The maid's road to success

After resting for a day, Wen Niang and the others packed up and headed for the provincial capital.

Even though I saw that Wen Niang and the others' appearances had changed, I still couldn't get used to seeing them become different people after a night's rest.

I almost screamed out loud.

It was only when the voices did not change that I was sure that they were Wen Niang and her friends.

"We are still living in the same place. If you need anything, please come to us. When Wushan and Yulian go to the capital to sell things, please also let us know that they are safe."

Bihe took the children aside and gave them detailed instructions.

In order to avoid being discovered, they will try to go out as little as possible. They don’t have many opportunities to come here, so they can only ask An Ning and An Ping to make more trips here.

Sitting in the carriage on the way home, Wen Niang smiled happily as she saw An Ning and her boyfriend looking uncomfortable because they hadn't worn women's clothes for a long time.

"You guys will look good if you dress up. Go back and ask Bihe to buy you some more girly things. Don't dress up like an old-fashioned person."

The two of them felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, they were not good-looking and were not called close relatives in their previous master's house.

But in the eyes of Wen Niang and Bi He, they are always good.

Today, when Bihe used rouge and powder to dress them up, they all felt weird.

"But I ask you to wait patiently. Now that we have changed our appearance, we can no longer communicate with the Tongpan Mansion with our previous identities."

I had originally planned to use my connections with the Tongpanfu to change your status into slavery.

An Ning didn't care.

"It's pretty good now. I'm not hungry or cold, and no one beats or scolds me. I live a freer and more comfortable life than our former master and mistress. I don't care about those identities anymore."

Wen Niang gently tucked Anping's loose hair behind her ears.

"Don't worry. I told you at the beginning that we met by fate. It's not that one of us owes the other anything, or that one of us owes the other anything. We just bought you out of the hands of the gangsters in time, and you also protected our safety along the way. We have been a family for a long time."

They had planned to establish good relations with the Tongpan Mansion and take Anning and Anping's slave status to the government office to exchange them for good status.

As long as the host family agrees and a little more arrangements are made, it will be done. Unfortunately, their appearance has changed now. Others don't know, but the people in the government will definitely be suspicious. They can't do it at the moment.

When they returned to Yufuzhai, they moved in with the owner of the newly bought house.

The neighbors came to ask a few questions and then left.

Yufuzhai reopened only after the house was thoroughly tidied.

Unexpectedly, no one came to Tongpanfu to buy cakes.

Wen Niang and the others can't force it.

An Ning brought An Ze and a few others to sell snacks in the front. The new pastries that An Ping had developed were even more delicious and difficult to make than before. Within two days, the business was stable.

Chen Luoxi, on the other hand, became worried.

He and Anyun lived here under the guise of aunt and nephew.

In order to get Wen Niang's attention, he disguised himself to look more handsome, not much worse than Chen Luoxi.

I had hoped that seeing my face would arouse some interest in Wen Niang.

After all, they have been in contact for a long time, so Chen Luoxi knows Wen Niang's preferences.

She has always preferred men who looked honest, tall, reliable, but with better looks.

He deliberately disguised himself to look like that.

But before he could formally meet Wen Niang in this state, he ran into the two young ladies from the prefect's family.

The woman didn't care about her daughter's modesty at all and directly asked for his name and address.

He didn't want to be involved in anything, so he didn't tell anyone, but An Yun leaked his address.

"This is my nephew, Bai Yi, and we live in Wushui Alley."

Chen Luoxi hurried to stop him, but An Yun had already told him the address.

"Why did you tell us our address?"

When they reached a place where there was no one, Chen Luoxi looked at An Yun with stern eyes.

"What do you know? I'm helping you."

Chen Luoxi looked at him with suspicion and always felt that An Yun had bad intentions.

"Mrs. Wen knows that I have appeared under her face and identity, so she won't go out much. Besides, their medicine has almost run out, and you know that she has returned to her original state now."

Chen Luoxi nodded. On the day Wen Niang came back, he almost couldn't help but rush over and hug Wen Niang in his arms.

"I've heard of these two young ladies from the Wu family before. They are domineering and arrogant. They look good, but they have no brains."

Chen Luoxi looked at her unhappily and asked her to get to the point.

"My idea is to let Miss Wu come to you and cause some trouble so that Wen Niang will notice you. Otherwise, how can you have any contact with her?"

"It would be best if the young ladies of the Wu family did something and you rescued them in time and protected them, so that you can have a further relationship with them, right?"

Chen Luoxi looked at An Yun with suspicion on his face.

"Will this work? Isn't this too cliché? What if they really hurt Wen Niang?"

An Yun looked helpless and rolled his eyes. This man was usually as shrewd as an old fox, but he acted stupidly when it came to Wen Niang's matter.

"Just let them provoke Wen Niang so that you can be a hero and save the beauty. They are not interested in your face, so you can use your face to deal with Miss Wu."

"Besides, why is it that the hero saves the beauty has always been used by people from the past to the present? It shows that it works. No matter how old the trick is, it works."

Chen Luoxi was persuaded and followed An Yun back, thinking about the feasibility of this matter along the way.

"I'll go get close to them these few days and make a good impression on you, an impression of filial piety, kindness and honesty. Didn't you say that Wen Niang likes this type of person?"

Chen Luoxi nodded and asked her to perform well.

An Yun looked at Chen Luoxi and muttered.

"In fact, you and Wen Niang like the exact opposite type of people. Can you pretend for a while but not for a lifetime? Sooner or later, your fox tail will be exposed. No wonder Wen Niang doesn't want to marry you."

Chen Luoxi looked at An Yun with a dangerous look in his eyes.

"Cut your expenses in half."

An Yun wailed and asked Chen Luoxi to show mercy.

An Yun has no other hobbies except studying poisons, to the point of being obsessed.

An Qing likes to study prescriptions for curing diseases and saving lives as well as various emergency elixirs.

But An Qing served in the palace and had the support of the emperor, so he had no shortage of medicinal materials.

But he couldn't do that, and An Qing's salary had to be saved for An Nian and An Rui.

She could only rely on the money Chen Luoxi gave her to buy medicinal materials for research. Chen Luoxi was very generous and could give her three hundred taels of money for research a month, which was enough to buy a lot of herbs. Now it was halved.

She has recently been researching medicinal herbs that can cause people to have hallucinations and become obsessed with beautiful scenes in their dreams. If half of the herbs are cut off, her research will not be able to continue.

"Sir, I was wrong. Sir, you and the girl are a perfect match, made in heaven. I will definitely do my best to help you bring Wen Niang back to Kyoto. Sir, please forgive me."

Chen Luoxi walked quickly in front, and An Yun jogged after him from behind.

It was not until they reached the door that Chen Luoxi and An Yun resumed their normal behavior as aunt and nephew. Chen Luoxi spoke in a low voice.

"Get the medicine ready. Once the Wu family really attacks Wen Niang, let them know the consequences immediately."

An Yun nodded and promised that she would not hold back, and only then did Chen Luoxi let her go.

Looking at Chen Luoxi standing on the ladder again and observing the yard next door.

He couldn't help but curse her in his heart as shameless and despicable. He decided to wait until Wen Niang was coaxed and then return to Kyoto before making any further comments.

By then, I will use these as leverage to blackmail others for the rest of my life.

The next day, the young lady from the Wu family came.

In order to attract Wen Niang's mother, Chen Luoxi chose a really good face. After seeing it, Miss Wu lost her sense of reserve and came over with people the next day.

"Miss, are we being too abrupt? If the lady knew, she would have to put you in solitary confinement again."

The young daughter of the Wu family swung her arms and scolded the maid.

"Mother was busy cleaning the house waiting for my uncle and aunt to come and discuss my sister's marriage, so she couldn't take care of me. I promised to come buy rouge today. If someone knew about it, you would definitely tell them."

Seeing that the Third Miss Wu refused to listen, the maid dared not say anything more. She was indeed very scared.

The second young lady also met that man yesterday, but she didn’t dare to come today.

If a woman from the inner house comes out to meet a man from outside the house at will and others find out, her life will be over.

Fortunately, the second young lady still listens to the wet nurse. The wet nurses of other young ladies only know how to please the young lady to get more rewards, and they don't consider the young lady at all.

The maid only thought that if this matter really became known to others, she didn't know what would happen to the young lady, and she would have no choice but to die, and she would use death to preserve the young lady's reputation.

But she didn't dare to complain, because her family was relying on her monthly salary to survive. If she told on the truth, the lady would not let her go, and she would have no way to survive.

I just hope no one knows about this and that the man has no interest in the lady.

Zhuhai lay in the inner courtyard listening to what the two men said, and immediately ran back to inform the young master.

Then he sneaked all the way back to his own yard.

The third young lady of the Wu family knocked on the door.

"I wonder what's up, young lady?"

An Yun opened the door a crack with the look of an old woman and looked at the third lady of the Wu family and her servants outside.

"Hello, Missy, we met yesterday and you told me your address. I came to see you today."

The girl behind him showed the things she had bought on the road.

An Yun quickly opened the door and invited her in.

"It's that rich girl, come in quickly, come in quickly."

The third young lady of the Wu family walked into the yard. The room was well tidy, but she didn't show much dislike for it. She just watched An Yun succeed in his move and pulled her arm back without making any expression.

"Where's Brother Bai? Isn't he taking care of you?"

An Yun pretended to be annoyed

"Young lady, I think you are destined to be together, so I won't be shy with you. My nephew is really disappointing. He just fell in love with the woman next door. She is married and has a child, but he is still crazy enough to throw himself at her."

The third young lady of the Wu family froze on the spot and looked towards the wall with hatred in her eyes.

"I'm not exaggerating. My nephew is really talented and handsome. It's just that I've held him back from getting married. Since he was a child, the academy has always said it's a pity that he didn't take the imperial examination."

"I, an old woman, have never had a child of my own. I have been worrying about him. I have a lot of land and property, which I have left to him. But he just refuses to get married. He doesn't even want a fairy like you, nor can he want the woman next door."

In order to make Miss Wu more determined to be with Chen Luoxi, An Yun bore a grudge against Wen Niang and made trouble for her.

He said a lot of good things about Chen Luoxi and said that their family was not short of money.

"The woman next door is already married. Can Brother Bai still have a future with her?"

An Yun slapped his thigh and became more worried.

"You don't know, young lady. That woman's husband is at the frontier and hasn't come back for many years. They say that her husband died on the battlefield."

Miss Wu couldn't help but clench the handkerchief in her hand.

"But if they don't want to, can Brother Bai still take it away by force?"

An Yun pointed at the next door with an angry look.

"Our silly nephew said he was not afraid of waiting, so he stayed with that woman. Sooner or later, she would know his feelings. What kind of magic potion did the vixen next door give him? He lost his mind after just seeing her once."

As they were talking, An Yun had already brought the third young lady of the Wu family into the room. In order to make the young lady of the Wu family pay more attention to Chen Luoxi, An Yun specially decorated the room.

You can't see anything from the outside, but there are many valuable ornaments inside.

There are some things that the third Miss Wu doesn't even have.

"This beauty bottle is really beautiful."

Miss Wu didn't expect that this woman was not bragging and was really rich.

"Alas, when I was young, I traveled all over the country with my husband and saved up a lot of wealth. Unfortunately, I didn't have any children of my own when I got old. These things can only be passed on to my nephew and his wife in the future."

Miss Wu was somewhat moved.

She had also reached the age where she could discuss marriage. The eldest sister's marriage proposal was to her uncle's cousin. They were the second and third daughters, and had never been liked by the noble ladies.

The marriage being discussed is either with the second son of the family who is not very outstanding, or with the illegitimate son who is capable but of poor origin.

Brother Bai was one of the most handsome men she had ever seen. He was not under pressure from his parents-in-law and had a lot of money at home.

Just these two points make me worthy of myself.

In the future, when she gets married, her parents will not care about her, and she will have no parents-in-law, uncles or sisters-in-law, so she can buy maids and women herself and have enough money.

Brother Bai has great literary talent, and if he passes the imperial examination, it would be the best choice for him.

Many of my second sister's proposed marriage partners were from poor families, and they would have to suffer for a few years before they got married.

The third young lady of the Wu family sat for a while, then thought that it was getting late and was afraid that her family would find out, so she quickly left with her maid.

Since she said she was out buying rouge and powder, she had to find a shop to buy some to make up for the lie.

But at the door, I saw Brother Bai helping a child drive away a group of hooligans.

I like him even more in my heart, and he is even in my dreams.

Unfortunately, in my dreams, Brother Bai was always surrounding a woman, and then he spoke to me coldly.

"Don't bother us. I like her, not you."

Miss Wu was so angry that she woke up immediately. Looking at the flawed red porcelain beauty vase in her boudoir, she couldn't help but think of the transparent white jade beauty vase of the Bai family.

She couldn't help but secretly decide that she must win Brother Bai's heart. How could a married woman be worthy of comparing with her?

I am the daughter of a prefectural governor. My mother and father have said many times that after this disaster, if the Duke of Protectorate is willing to say a few good words, I am afraid I can be promoted to the next level and go to Kyoto.

By then, she will be a government official’s daughter in Kyoto.

Brother Bai, the best thing is to choose yourself.