Quickly wear the boss and don’t be cannon fodder

The palace maids leaving the palace lined up for inspection. Each person's belongings were checked, and they were even searched.

Even hair buns were inspected to prevent anyone from smuggling palace items out of the palace.

For personal property, its origin must generally be explained.

No matter who bestowed the gift, as long as it can be mentioned, it will not be confiscated.

Su Yan's package was simple: a few sets of clothes, a few silver hairpins, and two hundred taels of silver notes.

Although she worked in the Qianqing Palace, she was not one of the palace maids who could frequently appear in front of the emperor. These two hundred taels were her savings accumulated over ten years, including rewards from various nobles and the emperor's gifts during festivals.

Previously, when she took leave from the palace, she would send some money home, and they would treat her kindly, showing that they missed her very much.

But when it came to her own interests, she was the first person to be abandoned by her family.

They were too heartless and cruel to her.

In her previous life, Zhang Qianqian felt a mixture of envy, jealousy, and resentment towards the original owner of this body.

In this life, she is favored, but in order to maintain her image as a person of quiet elegance, she will not hire assassins to hunt her down, nor does she have the ability to do so.

It's even more impossible that they would go so far as to kill a palace maid.

Even in the original novel, she only sent someone to say that the original owner of the body had offended a noble person in the palace and was expelled from the palace.

The Su family had no idea that Su Yan was released because she had reached the required age, and that they were afraid of being implicated by her, so they hurriedly sent her to marry the widower who had killed the original owner of the body.

After leaving the palace, Su Yan first went to establish a household for himself.

The government did not make things difficult for her; their only requirement was that she could establish a female household, but she had to have her own house.

It doesn't matter where the house is, as long as it allows her to settle down, that's fine.

Without a house, she cannot register her household and can only return to her original home.

This dynasty allowed women to establish their own households, and even produced a female scholar who achieved the highest rank in the imperial examinations. It also had a female emperor. Although the status of women improved, it was still a patriarchal dynasty.

If a woman marries and her husband dies, she can still inherit her husband's house if she chooses to remain unmarried for life.

Su Yan asked 999 to help her scan for suitable houses for sale.

999 is even more reliable than human brokers; it can scan out all the listings that others can't access.

999: "There's a courtyard house for sale in the east of the city that's perfect for you. It's cheap too, the seller only wants three hundred taels."

The original owner worked his whole life but couldn't even afford to buy an apartment in Beijing.

Su Yan followed the directions given by 999 and went directly there.

The other party was a widow with two children. Over the years, she had a hard time raising her two children alone, and had already spent all of her family's savings.

The cost of living in the capital is too high, so she wants to sell her house and move with her child to her employer's estate, which would save her some money.

Because the manor is in the suburbs of the capital, where houses are much cheaper than in the capital, she plans to buy another small courtyard house there.

When Su Yan arrived, the broker had just left, and the broker brought a buyer to see the house. The buyer wanted to lower the price and was only willing to pay 280 taels of silver.

Widow Liu did not agree, after all, she would also need money to buy a house in the suburbs, and selling the house was also to have money to rely on.

She needed money for her two children's education, and she wouldn't have had to sell the house if she hadn't run out of savings.

"He's so stingy. I'm afraid he'll ruin my house if I sell it to him."

Widow Liu spat and walked inside. A boy of about ten years old followed her and asked worriedly, "Mother, what should we do? If we can't sell the house, how will we pay the teacher's tuition?"

Widow Liu sighed and comforted him, "Wait a little longer, maybe someone will buy it in a couple of days."

The little boy pouted, looking unhappy.

At this moment, Su Yan stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, are you selling a house? May I take a look?"

When Widow Liu saw Su Yan, she noticed that although her clothes were not luxurious, they were quite decent, at least made of fine cotton, unlike her family, who all wore coarse linen clothes.

“Young lady, you want to buy a house? That’s perfect. Come with me and take a look.” Widow Liu said with a friendly smile, pulling Su Yan inside.

Su Yan didn't push her away, but followed her inside.

This house is more than enough for Su Yan to live in alone. It has three side rooms and one main room. Moreover, the house is not messy. It is clean and tidy everywhere. There are some flowers and plants, a vegetable garden, and an old well.

Aside from the toilet, which wasn't very satisfactory, everything else was pretty good.

Su Yan said with satisfaction, "Not bad, can we transfer the ownership now?"

"You want to buy it?" Widow Liu and her son's eyes lit up.

"Yes, I can pay you the money now for the transfer today."

"Yes, of course. Once I get the property deed, we can go right now."

"it is good."

By the time Su Yan and Widow Liu arrived at the government office and completed the transfer of ownership documents, it was already past 3 PM.

Only after Su Yan acquired the property did she establish a female household registration.

Widow Liu will not be able to go to the farm to help with the work for another three days, so she may have to stay in the old house for another three days. These three days will also be the time for them to move.

Su Yan naturally didn't make things difficult for her and agreed to take possession of the house in three days.

It just so happens that she also needs to go back to her original parents' place.

When Su Yan returned to the Su family, they were not surprised at all, as they had obviously already learned about her leaving the palace from elsewhere.

With a displeased expression, Su's mother rebuked, "I heard you left the palace, why are you only coming back so late?"

"I ran into some trouble on the way."

The original owner's elder brother, Su Fu, didn't care about what she encountered on the way. Instead, he reprimanded her unhappily, "After serving the nobles in the palace for several years, you can't even call your parents when you get home."

Su Yan sneered, "As soon as I got home, you all gave me the cold shoulder. I'm wondering if I offended you. I remember giving you money the last two times I left the palace. I don't owe you anything, do I?"

Su Fu choked, and his father coughed, then asked in a pretentious manner, "What happened when you left the palace this time?"

Su Yan naturally knew what they wanted to ask, but she didn't intend to explain the pros and cons. Instead, she simply replied, "It's nothing. My daughter just reached the age to leave the palace, so she was naturally released."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, otherwise how could I leave the palace so easily?"

The Su family didn't believe it. They already knew that she had offended a noble person in the palace. At this moment, they were upset and worried about being dragged down by her. They were already thinking about how to quickly kick her out of the house.

"What's wrong with you guys? It's so late and you haven't cooked yet. I'm hungry. Hurry up and cook something to eat."

"Eat, eat, eat. As soon as you come back, you want to eat and drink, but you didn't even bring anything good home."

"Wasn't what I gave you before enough? Now that I've left the palace, I naturally have to plan for myself. I'm getting old, so it's time to find a good family to marry into."

Su Yan's words seemed to remind them, and the group looked at each other, an idea already forming in their minds.