I was a housekeeper in ancient times

On this day, Yu Muyan went to the palace to meet the emperor and the empress, accompanied by the Lady of Huiyang County.

Lin Weiqiao and her whole family were waiting in the uncle's house. Everyone else was fine except Lin Weiqiao, who was like an ant on the hot pan, running around anxiously, not knowing whether to sit or stand.

If her status wasn't so low, she would have accompanied Yu Muyan into the palace no matter what.

This made Qiushi and Chunqing laugh. Qiushi held her shoulders and asked her to sit down. "My dear mother, you are going to the palace, not to risk your life. There is no need to worry. The county lady is here, nothing will happen."

Chun Qing said, "Yes, we asked Madam to go to the palace just to ask questions. Our Madam has not done anything wrong, so what is there to be afraid of?"

Having said that, she still couldn't help but think of the worst, for fear that the emperor would not believe her.

She said self-deprecatingly: "When you get older, you can't help but think too much."

Chunqing said: "Mom, you are not old, you are getting younger and younger as you grow older."

As they were talking, Hong Luo came over and said, "Sister Chunqing, I have already sent the red rice cake to Brother Shanjun. Brother Shanjun is very happy and said thank you for the stewed pear soup that you sent me the day before. His cough has gotten better."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Weiqiao and Qiu Shi looked at Chun Qing at the same time. Chun Qing's face turned red, and she felt helpless as if she had been exposed. She grabbed a handful of dried fruits and stuffed them into Hong Luo's arms, and hurriedly urged Hong Luo to leave.

Qiushi quickly stopped Hongluo and said jokingly, "Tell me quickly, what else did your sister Chunqing ask you to give to brother Shanjun?" Then she said to Chunqing, "No wonder I always saw you whispering to Hongluo these days. I don't know what you were talking about. It turns out that..."

Lin Weiqiao pulled Chunqing aside and asked in surprise: "Why are you guys..."

Ever since Shanjun and the people from the martial arts school came to the Bo's house, they have been in the front yard, managed by Manager Li, and rarely set foot in the back yard. So how did Chunqing know Shanjun and send him gifts?

All this happened right under her nose, and she had no idea about it?

Unable to resist their string of questions, Chun Qing said hesitantly that someone came to her house some time ago and said that the old house had collapsed and her two younger brothers were trapped under it, and they needed help.

This made her anxious, so she found a few servants. Just then, a tiger passed by and after learning about the situation, he eagerly helped.

Because of this incident, the two people came into contact with each other.

After a few visits, they became familiar with each other.

Shanjun was handsome and honest by nature. As soon as he entered the mansion, he attracted the attention of many maids, who tried to provoke him intentionally or unintentionally. However, he remained unmoved, like a piece of wood.

Chun Qing also thought he was good-looking at first, and after looking at him for a few more times, she didn't think much of him. But after they met, she gradually began to have different feelings for him.

I don’t know what Shanjun is thinking, but Chunqing has this idea anyway.

Lin Weiqiao was excited when she heard this. "Oh my god, if there was such a thing, why didn't you tell me earlier? My nephew grew up in the village, he doesn't have so many tricks, he's a bit simple. You were too embarrassed to tell him, how would he know?"

Chun Qing lowered her head in shame, "Mom, it won't come to that point so soon..."

While they were chatting about gossip, over in the second house, Madam Lu and her mother-in-law were discussing the issue of Yu Muyan entering the palace.

Mrs. Ding was shocked and said, "Sister-in-law, did you come to the palace to get His Majesty to agree to leave the Lu family?"

Madam Lu said dissatisfiedly: "Who knows. If His Majesty really wants to, the Lu family really can't keep her."

"Mom, are you going to let her leave just like that?"

"Or do you still want to disobey the order?"

"But we can't let her leave for nothing, right? The Bo Mansion originally had two branches. If she leaves, then the main branch will be gone, right?"

"What do you want?"

Mrs. Ding simply had her eyes on Yu Muyan's dowry and the first wife's property. Ever since the first wife stopped paying the money to the public treasury, she had been tight on money and had to calculate everything carefully. How could she have the dignity of a countess?

She was of course eager to see Yu Muyan leave the Bo Mansion, but no matter what, she had to keep Yu Muyan's dowry and take the first wife's property for herself, so that she would not lose out.

As night falls, the weary birds return to their nests.

As the sunset gradually faded, Yu Muyan finally returned amid everyone's anticipation.

To be honest, if Yu Muyan didn't come back, Lin Weiqiao would have to go guard outside the palace gate.

Seeing that Yu Muyan returned safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When only Lin Weiqiao and Yu Muyan were left as master and servant, Lin Weiqiao couldn't wait to ask, "Madam, how is this going?"

Yu Muyan spoke calmly, saying that she would answer whatever the emperor asked. The most frequently asked question was about Lu Yuxuan's fake death, and she swore an oath on the spot to convince the emperor.

She then told him about what Old Madam Lu had done, saying that even if she died, she would take her children with her.

The Queen and Princess Yiyuan were both mothers, and they were quite moved by her action.

I asked many questions, but I couldn't tell anything from the emperor's expression. After I finished asking, he just nodded, said nothing, and went to deal with state affairs.

However, the Queen kept her to talk for a while, and after leaving the palace, she talked about these things with Princess Yiyuan, so she could not come back until dusk.

"What did Princess Yiyuan say?" Lin Weiqiao asked.

"If we can't find the person who faked his death as soon as possible, the court will have a hard time handling this matter. By then, all the public opinion will come at me, and I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it. I'd better think of a way to lure the person out."

"That makes sense. But I'm not stupid and I won't be fooled easily."

"That's what I'm worried about."

Coincidentally, today is Aunt Lian's birthday. Mother Zhang prepared a table of food and specially invited Yu Muyan, Wan Jie'er and others to have dinner at Guanyuxuan.

In their big room, except for a few adults, the rest were all children. They were all talking to each other and vying to hold Qingjie'er. The whole banquet was very lively.

Zhang's mother first said to Yu Muyan, "These are just some home-cooked dishes. Please don't dislike them, Madam. My cooking skills are not as good as Madam Huang's, but they like my cooking. I don't know if these dishes are to Madam's taste."

Yu Muyan said: "Aunt, you are too polite. It is my blessing to be able to taste your food. I also envy Aunt Lian for having such love and care from you."

These words were from the heart. Yu Muyan really envied Aunt Lian. Even though she was already a mother, Mother Zhang still treated Aunt Lian as a little girl and even celebrated Aunt Lian's birthday.

Yu Muyan had never felt such comprehensive maternal love before.

Aunt Lian knew that Old Lady Yu and Yu Muyan had an average relationship, and was afraid that Yu Muyan would overthink it, so she said hurriedly, "I envy Madam, because you have several well-behaved and sensible daughters. Last year, on Madam's birthday, my daughter made a peace bag for her herself."