The maid's road to success

After comforting Chuncao, she also promised that from now on she would forget everything that happened in the Marquis' Mansion and never talk about it again.

The Marquis was not afraid that she would dare to talk nonsense. After all, if she told others, it would only damage the reputation of the Huaiyuan Marquisate. Luo An was already engaged, so the impact would not be big. It would not be a big deal if the Second Madam went out less in the future.

But Chuncao's life could not be saved. As a slave registered under the name of Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion, her life was naturally at the disposal of Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion.

"Yumei, go and seal 50 taels of silver and prepare it for Chuncao. It will be my dowry to her."

Yumei nodded, and Chuncao looked surprised. The ancestor had rewarded her with 50 taels of silver before, which was not very much, but in this situation, the Marquis, the First Lady, and the Crown Prince's wife would all follow the ancestor to reward her with some silver. Plus what she had saved during the days when she was favored in Wutong Garden, there must be taels. Add her jewelry, it wouldn't be too hard for her to follow anyone.

The most important thing is to save his life. Chuncao kowtowed repeatedly to express her gratitude. Chen Yuanzhi and the eldest lady looked at each other and made a decision in their hearts.

This girl deliberately made such a fuss today. The old ancestor has been worshipping Buddha for a long time, so she thinks everyone will not be too bad, especially since this girl has been serving her for quite a few years.

Since he was really loyal to his master, why didn't he secretly tell the Second Master? After all, the Second Master was the master of the Second House. The Second Master was pedantic and upright. He would definitely punish Chen Luoan and the Second Madam after knowing it.

She was just afraid that this matter would be exposed and she would not be able to leave the house, and would eventually not be able to escape the revenge of the second young master. Or even if she left the house, she would have been a maid with the second young master for a while, and no good family would want her. She was unwilling to really follow Zhuang Han.

Coming to see the ancestors is the best choice.

She followed the old ancestor to eat hot pot. The old ancestor would not let her be tortured to death by the second young master and the second mistress. Moreover, she was a victim. As long as she showed her pitiful side, the old ancestor would be soft-hearted and would earn compensation for her.

Second Young Master, Second Madam didn't dare to torture her anymore. She took revenge on her, killing two birds with one stone. She is quite an important person. No wonder Second Madam drove away so many people in Second Young Master's room and only left her.

It turns out that it's not just because she was descended from the ancestors, but she is also very scheming and resourceful.

In this case, we cannot follow her will. Those in a higher position have many ways to punish their subordinates, making you think you have gained an advantage and have a good future, but in fact you are suffering in silence.

Sweet on the outside, bitter on the inside. It not only preserves the reputation of the Marquis's mansion, but also does not make it easy for the servants who are scheming against their master.

The most important thing is that after a period of time, the servants in the mansion realized what was going on and no longer dared to have any second thoughts.

Chuncao never thought that her plan would be seen through by the two masters, who would immediately come up with a countermeasure, making her life miserable thereafter.

By night, the second young master's cursing voice reached many people's ears. He took a knife and said he wanted to cut off Chuncao's tongue. It was so horrifying that many servants dared not approach. It was not until the second master took a sword and said he would kill this evil creature that the second young master realized that his father was really angry, and he was so scared that he fell to the ground.

He was dragged to the ancestral hall by a servant and made to kneel as punishment. It was said that the second master personally took a rattan whip from the ancestral hall and whipped him more than ten times. It was not until the second wife came and lay on the second young master, crying and complaining, that the second master threw down the whip and left.

When the Second Madam was pulled back to her own courtyard by the maids, the Second Master had been waiting for her there for a long time, and the two of them closed the door.

The servants only heard the Second Madam cursing, crying, and sobbing, but no one heard what the Second Master said himself.

The next day, the second wife fell ill in bed, her face was pale and her voice was hoarse. The ancestor sent people to check on her. Her attitude became much more respectful, as if Yumei was the ancestor himself, and no one dared to show any disrespect.

"I dare not trouble the old ancestor to worry about me. I am useless. I can't get up after a while. I just need to take nourishing medicine for a few days and I will be fine. You go back and talk to the old ancestor and don't let her worry. I will go to pay my respects to the old ancestor when I am better."

Even Yumei, the most stable person in Fushou Hall, was somewhat surprised by the Second Madam's attitude. She suppressed her emotions and looked at the Second Madam with a smile.

"Madam, you should rest and take care of yourself. In two months, the second young mistress will come into the mansion, and you will be much more relaxed."

What the old ancestor meant by saying this was to remind the second lady not to get sick just because she was angry, or not to be unable to get out of bed just because of a quarrel.

It's not that she hasn't done some ridiculous things since she married into the mansion over the years, but for the sake of the Second Madam's reputation, no one in the Huaiyuan Marquis's mansion, from top to bottom, has ever bothered with her. But they can't keep using this trick to threaten people.

Seeing that the second young lady is about to enter the mansion, if the second lady uses these unjustifiable tricks again, she will lose face in front of her daughter-in-law.

This is also because the old ancestor saw that the second lady was becoming more and more inconsiderate as she got older, so he had to give her a reminder. It depends on whether the second lady can let it go.

"Yes, I will take good care of him."

I don't know what the second master said, but the second lady was not as competitive as before and was much more docile today.

"Then I will go back and reply first. Madam, take care of yourself."

The servant took a heavy purse and stuffed it into Yumei's hand. He sent her away in a gentle tone before returning to the rude person.

"Ma'am, you?"

The Second Lady's face was filled with tears as she stared foolishly at the peach tree outside the window. This was the peach tree that was planted for her when she first got married and she and the Second Master lived in harmony with each other. She had enjoyed reciting poems and composing couplets there at that time.

She never thought that she often heard her mother talk about how difficult life was at home, while she herself was eating delicious food, drinking spicy drinks, and wearing gold and silver jewelry.

Unable to resist his mother's nagging, he often took out money from his thick silver box to support her family.

No one ever said a bad word to her. Her parents were even more attentive to her, and the flattering words made her lose herself. Her monthly allowance was not enough, so she started to think about the monthly allowance money issued by the government.

When the Second Master knew about this, he would send her money from time to time. She thought that the Second Master loved her.

She never thought that he felt ashamed for her and covered up for her. Some time ago, she used Luo An's betrothal gift to give to her nephew, and the Second Master had quarreled with her. At that time, she just felt that the Second Master had so much money and didn't give her more money every month, which forced her to use her son's betrothal gift and quarreled with her.

Yesterday, the second master took out the long book and counted it with her one by one. Over the years, the money he took from the Marquis' Mansion to subsidize the Wang family was almost 20,000 taels of silver. The Wang family has always regarded themselves as noble and upright, and they would sneer at anyone who was corrupt or abused their power in business, and even debate with them in public.

Nowadays, married daughters take money from their husband's family and treat their illegitimate children harshly. They also take money from their biological son's betrothal gifts to support their parents' family.

If these words were to get out, not only would Wang's own reputation be damaged, but the self-righteous father of the Wang family would also be deeply hurt.

Those families that were once looked down upon and despised by the king’s father would now be happy to laugh at them in front of the king’s door.

Not only his father and brother, but everyone else would be implicated, and even his father would cut off all ties with him.

Wang didn't realize that she had always believed that she was not moved by money and had always looked down on her elder sister-in-law Bai and her third brother's wife who calculated the income from the land every day.

I am not as good as them. They spend their dowry, and I use the money of the Marquis' Mansion.

"I was really wrong. After so many years of good life, I got used to it and forgot how poor the Wang family used to be and how cautious I used to be."

The maids looked at Wang, at a loss, and she lay on the pillow and sobbed.

The next day, Wang managed to go and pay her respects to the old ancestor. She came back and sold some of her jewelry to make up the difference between Chen Luoan's betrothal gift and she no longer dared to hide behind the eldest lady to enjoy the good life and be lazy. She would always spare some time every day to learn some skills in managing household chores.

She also borrowed some money from the second master and opened two shops. Although the Wang family wrote a letter to reprimand her, she just explained the situation in her reply and did not close the shops.

From then on, the old ancestor finally put his mind at ease. On the day of the dragon boat race, the old ancestor was happy and took the female relatives to charter a big boat in the moat outside the city. In Fushou Hall, except for Yumei and Chunlu, the rest were taken by the old ancestor to watch the dragon boat race.

"Grandfather, look, Luo Xi is there."

The Third Madam led the Eighth Miss to stand beside the old ancestor, and her tender white finger pointed to the left front. The old ancestor looked forward in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, Chen Luoxi and his party were wearing red bodices, neatly marked with a long and thin dragon stripe with carvings.

There were drum beats and a boat was following closely behind, all of them wearing blue vests, and it seemed that there were quite a few young men from wealthy families.

Wen Niang was lucky enough to come here and broaden her horizons, and she was very happy. She didn't dare to just watch the fun, so she pulled Chunxiu to carefully watch over the ancestor.

The group of people were so fascinated by the scene that they unconsciously moved forward. Wen Niang followed behind, holding out her hand to be cautious.

Sure enough, when the Fourth Young Master's dragon boat was about to reach the finish line, the female members of the family were so excited that they leaned slightly out of the boat. Coincidentally, at this moment, the boat behind them bumped into it and the hull shook, and there were signs that the people on the bow were about to be thrown off.

Wen Niang and a few others immediately grabbed the clothes from behind and pulled up the unstable women. Even so, some people still fell in. Not only their own boat, but also the boat that hit them from behind, also had many people falling into the water.

The old ancestor patted his chest in fear and looked around nervously.

"Why don't you hurry down and rescue them? They are all young girls. It would be bad if they caught a cold."

The attendant guards hurriedly jumped into the water and pulled up the maids who had fallen in. The masters were taken care of by the maids, so there was no danger. The maids and concubines who were usually treated badly fell into the water.

Seeing that everyone was rescued safely, the old ancestor felt relieved and pulled Wen Niang into the boat. Chunxiu was standing behind the eldest lady at that time, and even though she grabbed the eldest lady's coat, she was now being talked to by the eldest lady.

"It's a pity that you are so steady. Look at those short-sighted people. They are taking it more seriously than the master. If they fall into the water, how long will it take for them to recover?"

Wen Niang brought hot tea to the old ancestor. At this time, Chunxiu came in. The eldest lady had already gone to see whose boat had hit ours, so she asked her to serve the old ancestor first.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard the ancestor say this and asked with a smile.

"Grandfather, it's so serious. The Madam just asked the attending doctor to check it out. It's all fine."

The old ancestor shook his head and pulled the two of them to sit down in front of him, one on each side.

"You are young and don't understand. We girls in the boudoir are not as strong as the girls who work outside. If you soak in water, the cold will enter your body and it will be difficult to recover. Many girls who have gotten into trouble have caught cold at a young age and will never be able to have children in their lifetime."

Chunxiu was full of fear, but fortunately Sister Yulan often reminded her to take good care of the ancestors when she was away from home and not to be distracted by other novel objects.

If Wen Niang hadn't pulled her today and asked her to follow closely behind the old ancestor and take care of her, the boat would have been shaking so violently that the old ancestor and the others would have very likely fallen off the boat. At that time, it would not be as simple as having someone pull them up.

"You did a great job today. Come back and I will reward you."

Wen Niang and Chun Xiu were so frightened at the moment that they no longer cared about the money.

She just served the ancestor diligently and didn't let the noisy noise outside affect her.

After this incident, the masters were in no mood to continue watching the fun, so they asked the boatman to pull the boat back to the shore and returned home in a sedan chair.

In Fushou Hall, Wenniang and Chunxiu held the pair of rings and bracelets that the old ancestor had just awarded them, and stood below listening to Sister Yulan praising them for a good job they had done today.