The maid's road to success

When An Wenniang was sitting in the courtyard of Fu Shou Tang, she was relieved to hear the news. She finally got some compensation. She had always heard from her ancestors that the old marquis' wish was to become a general who protected the country.

Now she can finally get what she wanted, but when she turned her head and looked at the old ancestor's bitter expression, she felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she missed her husband and had been maintaining the Marquis' Mansion.

Unexpectedly, her children and grandchildren died tragically. She should be enjoying the company of her children at an age when she is young, but now she has only the Fourth Young Master to accompany her. Wen Niang knows without much thought how she should value the Fourth Young Master.

Whether in the past or now, Wen Niang was destined not to become the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, and she could not make things difficult for the old ancestor.

"Bihe, are you willing to travel with me to see the beautiful scenery of the world?"

Bihe looked at Wen Niang's expression. No one else knew what was wrong with Wen Niang recently, but as Wen Niang's good sister, Bihe knew it very well.

She was avoiding the Fourth Young Master. Bihe didn't know it at first, but these days, every time the Fourth Young Master came, he would deliberately look for Wen Niang, but Wen Niang would always hide away in advance.

After three or five times, Bihe noticed it. Also, the old ancestor always looked at Wen Niang with a look of pity, but also helplessness, so she roughly guessed it.

Wen Niang is a very beautiful woman with a kind heart. She has persisted for so many years for the sake of her ancestor's request. Bihe doesn't think Wen Niang can live well outside. It is not easy for her, a teenager, to escape with a seriously injured boy.

Who wouldn't like such a person? Especially two poor people who have been dependent on each other for seven years?

Almost everyone in Fu Shou Tang liked Wen Niang. She was steady, helpful, gentle, kind and considerate.

The fourth young master would certainly not fail to see it.

But the Fourth Young Master is now the pillar of the mansion. It is not so easy to support such a large mansion, bring the Huguo Mansion back on the right track, and restore its former prosperity.

This not only requires the efforts of the Duke's Mansion itself, but also a lot of external assistance. Marriage is the best option.

Wen Niang could either become a concubine and be favored more than the main wife, or stay away from the Fourth Young Master and put an end to his thoughts.

Obviously, Wen Niang chose the latter path.

"Okay!"

Wen Niang felt warm at heart when she saw Bihe's determination. She was also hesitating whether she should go with Bihe or not. After all, it was impossible to say that there would be no danger along the way.

"Aren't we sworn sisters? Wherever you say to go, I'll follow you."

Wen Niang nodded, and without telling the old ancestor, she packed up her bags, made an excuse to go back to Xiaohe Lane, and left with Bihe.

In fact, Bihe also knew that Wen Niang could leave on her own, but she was just thinking too much about her.

Wen Niang is a bit older, but after all, she has done favors for the Duke's Mansion and is still a virgin. Even if the Duke's Mansion becomes crowded with people in the future, no one will gossip about her.

However, several of them had worked in the Jiaofangsi before, and unlike Chunlu and Chunxiu, they were not protected by their families. If a new maid came into the mansion in the future, they would be talked about and gossiped about.

Wen Niang was worried that I couldn't bear it, so she thought about it in advance and wanted to take me with her.

"Madam Su and the others are still at the farm and haven't been picked up yet. Let's leave a letter and go."

Since Wen Niang decided to leave, she didn't want anyone to know that she had been bullied by her stepmother since she was a child. She had been working at home all the time and had rarely even left the village. Later, she was sold and came directly to her ancestors. She really had not seen much of the world.

He fled to Gongzhou for revenge, but was afraid of arousing unnecessary suspicion and causing trouble, so he seldom went out.

Now I have the opportunity to experience the scenery described in the poem.

Fortunately, An Zizhong had been sending money here before. She seldom used it, but now there is still a lot of it. Even if the two of them don't come back, it is enough for them to live for a lifetime.

Bihe put the silver bills, gold leaves and silver beans in different places.

"Wait for me to get us some antidote pills and poisons to protect ourselves on the road."

Wen Niang took into consideration that there were only two women among them and it might be dangerous so it was better to be careful.

Each of them had a bunch of detoxification bracelets on their hands, and their arms were stuffed with detoxification pills and love powder. The two of them went to the market to buy a carriage, disguised themselves and left the city gate.

An Yun's previous prescription was in Xiaohe Lane. It contained a lot of medicines she had tinkered with, including the kind that could transform a person into another person. Wen Niang and Bi He took the medicines after leaving the city gate and headed south. Their first stop was to see the scenery over there.

Chen Luoxi insisted on coming to Fushoutang to pay his respects every day, but every day he could only hear the news that the man was not there. Finally, he could not bear it any longer and came to Xiaohe Lane.

"Sir, there is no one in the mansion."

Chen Luoxi had a gloomy face and a very ugly expression. Zhuchuan immediately said that he would go nearby to ask the neighbors.

Zhushan looked at the dust in the yard and the young master's expression, and knew that something big was about to happen.

I had accompanied the young master to Fu Shou Tang before, but I had never seen the girl. But at least she was still in the Duke's Mansion. She was just deliberately avoiding the young master.

When I went there these days, I kept hearing Yumei and the others say that the young lady and Bihe had returned to Xiaohe Lane. The young master wanted to come earlier, but the old ancestor had arranged a lot of errands for him, and he also wanted to let Wen Niang be alone and quiet.

But I didn't expect that when I came here today, there was no one here at all. The dust on the ground and in the room proved that the girl and Bihe were not here at all.

"Sir, something bad has happened. Someone nearby said that he saw the girl and Bihe leaving with a lot of luggage. He even asked if they were planning to move to a certain place, but the girl didn't answer."

At this time, Zhuhai rushed out from the small room at the back.

"Sir, sir, the girl has left."

Zhu Hai held up a piece of paper in his hand and ran over to hand it to Chen Luoxi.

After a quick glance, his face immediately darkened, his chest heaved violently, his breathing became much heavier, and he clenched the letter in his hand and spoke with gritted teeth.

"An Wen Niang, you dare to escape."

The letter fell to the ground, and Zhushan glanced at it. There were only two sentences written on it.

"Madam Su, Bihe and I are leaving and may never come back. This house will be left to Nannan as a dowry. Take care."

Zhushan felt his heart stop beating immediately. This girl was going to kill them.

Since forcing the emperor to abdicate, Zhushan knew An Zizhong's true identity and that they were not biological siblings but former master and servant.

From the way the young man looks at the girl, one can tell that he has deep feelings for her.

When they were originally siblings, I always thought it was the look of a brother loving his sister, but since I found out they were not siblings, I understood the young master's intentions.

But the girl didn't seem to accept it and kept avoiding him.

The old ancestor and Madam Bai in the mansion seemed to hope that the young master could marry a noble lady as his wife. Zhushan felt at the time that it might not be easy to achieve.

Unexpectedly, the girl ran away first. He was standing next to the young master just now. Just from the aura he exuded, one could feel the young master's panic and anger at the moment.

Chen Luoxi immediately took people to the streets and alleys of Kyoto to search for them, hoping that An Wenniang and Bihe would move slower so that they could still find them.

It was already evening when the ancestor and Mrs. Bai found out about it, and they immediately felt something was wrong.

The old ancestor's eyes turned red.

"This girl, she guessed my plan and left on her own because she didn't want to embarrass me. How could she be so stupid? It would be so dangerous for the two girls to be outside."

The more Bai supported the old ancestor, the more worried she became.

After talking with the ancestor, she knew Luo Xi's thoughts, but she and the ancestor had the same idea.

The Duke's Mansion needs a daughter-in-law of noble birth and powerful family background, but Wen Niang is not suitable.

It’s not that they despise her, but Wen Niang is unable to independently support the affairs of the harem and the social interactions.

They are all widows, they need to go out less and show their faces less often. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for Wen Niang herself.

But I didn't expect that Wen Niang was so smart that she chose to leave on her own.

"Mother, don't worry. I'll ask my family to send someone to look for them. They are two girls and they can't walk far in just three days."

After experiencing such a big thing, Bai and the old ancestor treated even Yumei and other girls as their own children. They would settle these girls down as soon as things were stable. They valued Wen Niang, who preserved the family's incense, even more. Bai even wanted to take her in as the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion and support her for the rest of her life.

Although they all felt that Wen Niang was not suitable to be a clan wife, they would not watch her risk leaving Kyoto.

"Grandma, Wen Niang left me."

Chen Luoxi was carried back to Fushou Hall by Zhuhai, his whole body limp. He looked decadent and in pain, as if he had fallen somewhere, and his clothes were covered in mud.

"No, we can send more people to look for it. We will definitely find it."

Chen Luoxi understood that this time it might not be so easy. Wen Niang took away An Yun's things, and those things were enough to make it impossible to track their whereabouts. The Duke's Mansion had not been settled yet and there were not enough manpower.

An Wen Niang had planned everything out, but they had prepared a lot of household registration documents to facilitate her escape after the failure. Now they have no idea what identity Wen Niang used when she left.

"Bai, go find the Princess of Li, the Bai family, and Marquis Wu'an and the others, and borrow more people. Bring the people back safely first, and we can discuss other matters later."

Looking at Chen Luoxi's appearance, the ancestors guessed that if Wen Niang really got into trouble, Chen Luoxi would not be better off either. They all thought that Chen Luoxi's feelings for Wen Niang were just the result of the two of them relying on each other to go through too many things, and that they would develop feelings for each other, and that things would get better over time.

Now it seems that Wen Niang has Luo Xi in her heart, otherwise she would not leave directly for the sake of Luo Xi's future and the future of the mansion. She just wants to make the mansion a national one and not put herself in a difficult position.

And Chen Luoxi treated him even worse than Wen Niang. His limp appearance, with no will to live at all, told them how serious the consequences would be.

The most important thing now is to find the two girls first. If that doesn't work, keeping the whole family together is more important than working hard to make the Duke's Mansion an upper-class family.