I was a housekeeper in ancient times

On the seventh day, Yu Muyan and Huiyang County Lady cried so hard that they really cried out something.

Lady Huiyang was a member of the royal family. She did not need her husband to exert influence in the court. She could exert influence in the harem on her own.

Not long after, an imperial decree was issued, saying that it was to show mercy to Lu Yuxuan's widow, and Yu Muyan was conferred an imperial title and generously rewarded with gold and cloth.

This scene really shocked everyone in the Bo's house.

If it was some other gift, other people would be able to benefit from it more or less, just like an imperial decree had been issued before, posthumously conferring an official title on Lu Yuxuan, promoting him by several levels, and also giving additional rewards to the Pingrong Marquis' Mansion.

No matter how high an official position a person is given after his death, it is useless. It is better to receive a real reward of gold and silver. This reward, without any surprise, fell into the hands of Madam Lu and the second wife, and Yu Muyan did not get any.

This time, the reward is given to Yu Muyan alone.

It is easy for a man to become an official, but it is extremely difficult for a woman to earn an imperial edict. Either she relies on her man and the man dies, or she relies on her son and the son dies. The man or son must have died while working for the court.

Moreover, when officials like this died in the line of duty for the court, their posthumous glory would be passed on to their descendants. Even if they were to be honored, it would be given to their descendants, and rarely to their widows.

It’s only because Lu Yuxuan doesn’t have a son. If he had a son, this reward would not have been given to Yu Muyan.

Lin Weiqiao took the imperial edict and looked at it several times, then said in front of Yu Muyan's bed: "Madam, this is a fourth-rank imperial edict."

Yu Muyan's pale face rarely showed a smile. "This is something my aunt wants for me because she pities me and is afraid that I will have no one to rely on."

"Now that you have the imperial edict, no one can look down on you. Madam, you still have to go on with your life. Even the fourth girl is still waiting for you to find her back."

"You said there was news about Sister Fan, why haven't you found her yet?"

In fact, Lin Weiqiao had no idea about this matter. She only remembered the general idea and didn't know whether Nanny Guo and her husband could really find the person.

She could only comfort him, "Madam, there is no rush for this matter. Even if there is news, don't we still have to find out whether it is true or not? God will not let down those who work hard. As long as we are willing to take the trouble to find it, we can find it even if it is at the end of the world. It just takes time to wait."

Yu Muyan was dazed, leaning on the bed, her eyes dull and dazed. She couldn't muster up any energy and didn't say much. She only answered one question at a time and had no interest in anything.

She felt scared and wondered if Yu Muyan was depressed.

It is really a brainless act to make yourself half dead just for a scumbag!

Do I have to die once to wake up completely?

But on second thought, she was a bystander who could see things more clearly. Yu Muyan was in a trap carefully set up by Lu Yuxuan. She didn't know the inside story and would naturally be troubled.

She sat on the soft stool next to her, picked up the mandarin duck handkerchief that had fallen to the ground, and said carefully, "Madam, there is something I dare to ask."

Yu Muyan lowered her head slightly, absentmindedly, "You ask."

"Madam, have you ever thought about why the uncle left a last word asking you to die for him?"

"Of course I want us to live and die together. When my husband was alive, he treated me with deep affection."

"But Master, have you ever thought about whether Madam is willing? What should the sisters do?"

"This……"

Yu Muyan was stumped by this question. She looked at her blankly and wanted to argue for Lu Yuxuan, "My husband may not have considered so much."

She was speechless in her heart. "Aren't the closest people to a man his wife and children? Lord, you can think of letting my wife die for her, but you can't think of my three sisters? Also, life is precious, didn't Lord think about my wife?"

It has to be said that Lu Yuxuan is too good at disguising himself. In front of Yu Muyan, he is an affectionate and considerate husband. He does not take concubines, does not linger in brothels, and only focuses on Yu Muyan.

Yu Muyan naively believed it and was willing to give birth to children for him, subsidize the Bo family, and even die for his last words.

She was unable to die for the husband she loved, she lost the one she could rely on, and she didn’t find her daughter either.

Yu Muyan felt like she was stuck in a quagmire. These two things were like clay, tightly entangling her feet and making her unable to escape.

Seeing this, Lin Weiqiao curled her lips helplessly, thinking that Yu Muyan would not give up completely until Lu Yuxuan's true face was exposed. Before that, she was still a love-brained person.

She remembered that Lu Yuxuan in the book faked his death and left the capital to hide his tracks. Two years after Yu Muyan's death, he returned with his new lover and two children.

Now that Yu Muyan is not dead, Lu Yuxuan’s plan is likely to fail.

Yu Muyan asked people to divide the reward into two parts, one part was put into the private warehouse, and the other part was used to buy some precious pottery and jade to be given to the Lady of Huiyang County.

This made her very relieved. At least Yu Muyan was still sane and knew what was right and wrong.

"Madam, I think you should not put the remaining portion into your private treasury, but use it to buy a shop or some land."

"Mom, don't I already have four or five shops? And a small farm."

"Madam, if you keep these things in the house, they will only make other families jealous. Most of the things in your private storehouse have been taken by the old lady and the second family. If they come to take them again, can you refuse?"

"Second Housekeeper, we do have to hand it over to the public. Didn't they say they were borrowing it?"

"Yes, it is a loan, but has Madam ever seen them pay it back? It's simply a bottomless pit. Madam, even if you don't care about money, you have to think about the three sisters. This has to prepare their dowries when they get married in the future."

"dowry?"

This reminded Yu Muyan that when she got married, she had a generous dowry, all thanks to her uncle's support. Now that she had three daughters, who else could she rely on except herself?

Dowry is a woman's greatest confidence after getting married.

She was not stupid. After marrying into the Earl's Mansion, she had provided a lot of financial support, and she almost spent all her fortune on it.

But doing so would not win the respect of the Bo family, but would make her and her daughters look down upon. She had to think not only for herself but also for her three daughters.

Her mother should have reminded her of these things, but Old Madam Yu didn't take her to heart, and she had a rift with Lady Huiyang, so there was no elder to advise her.

She nodded, "You are right. When my husband was alive, I hadn't thought about these things before, after all, my sisters were still young. Now I think about it, if I don't make plans when I am still young, it will be too late when I grow up. Mom, you can do it for me. This money is enough to buy things. First buy the best land, land will never be a bad thing, and then buy a few shops, which will bring in income."

Lin Weiqiao nodded in agreement and stared at the gold. This was the closest she had ever been to wealth. The only pity was that it didn't belong to her.