I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

She was naturally very happy.

"Yu'er thanks you, Madam."

Cheng Yu wanted to kneel down but Zhao Rulan held him up with one hand.

"That's not necessary. However, the pastry shop will still be handed over to you. Do your best. I trust you."

Cheng Yu was indeed very surprised by what the lady said to her.

"Are you wondering why I suddenly told you this?"

Cheng Yu nodded and looked at Zhao Rulan.

"Lilac told me that you don't want to be a concubine, you just want to be free. I have seen everything you have done for me during this period. Yu'er, you are a person worthy of trust."

Zhao Rulan trusts Cheng Yu very much.

The pastry shop she runs outside needs Cheng Yu.

Knowing what Cheng Yu wanted, she catered to his wishes and made Cheng Yu willing to follow her. For Zhao Rulan, this was much better than being trapped by a contract of sale.

It can also make Cheng Yu fall in love with her.

It has to be said that Zhao Rulan really grasped Cheng Yu's mind.

Zhao Rulan said that after the pastry shop was opened, she would give her indenture contract to Cheng Yu. She could then take the indenture contract to the government and register as a good citizen, rather than a slave or an inferior person.

Cheng Yu was only thinking about running the pastry shop well.

In order to run the pastry shop, she even stopped making braised food.

Zhang, the food deliveryman, looked for her several times and said that the braised food was selling very well now and she had many regular customers, and everyone was addicted to the taste.

Cheng Yu said that she couldn't do it for now and wanted to wait for a while.

Zhang, who was delivering the food, saw that she insisted, but he was helpless.

Zhang, the delivery man, could also see that Cheng Yu had no interest in him at all. Zhu'er saw the opportunity and when she saw that Zhang, the delivery man, was unable to get what he wanted, she would occasionally go up to him and talk to him.

After a few interactions, the two of them got along pretty well.

But Zhang, the food delivery man, did not express his intention to marry Zhu'er, and Zhu'er was in a dilemma.

The lady said that as long as they have someone they truly love, she will give them some money and marry them off when they reach the right age.

If you want to stay by the mistress's side, then you can marry the servants in the mansion. If you don't want to stay in the mansion, if there is a decent family outside who is willing to go, just pay the money for selling your body and then take it away.

Zhu'er was thinking that Zhang, the vegetable delivery man, already had a family in Kyoto, and if she married him, she would definitely not be able to endure hardship.

Seeing that Cheng Yu refused the dish Zhang sent to make braised meat, Zhuer went up to ask some questions.

"It's obviously a job to make money, why do you just stop doing it? If I had your skills, I would do it every day."

Cheng Yu chuckled, "Madam, please allow me to manage the pastry shop once it's open and starts making money."

Zhu'er said, "You look so happy. Are you going to be given the freedom you want?"

Seeing that Cheng Yu didn't say no, Zhu'er immediately became serious.

"Yu'er, you have to think it through. We follow the madam and eat well, drink well and wear well, and we don't think it's a big deal. But when we get out there, we have to rely on ourselves for everything. You don't have a field or a shop. When you go out and make money with your skills, it's fine. But if you don't make money with this, what will happen if you get sick?"

When working in the mansion, the lady is there to take care of everything, so there is no need to rush forward when encountering difficult situations.

Cheng Yu said: "You always have to rely on yourself and be down-to-earth."

Zhu'er knew that she couldn't explain Cheng Yu, so she simply gave up.

The pastry shop outside the mansion was opened after Sister Yan's full moon banquet.

The full-month banquet for Sister Yan was prepared by Chef Cheng Yu. All the guests, especially the wives of officials, praised the chef for his good work. Some even came forward to ask which restaurant the chef was invited from.

This tastes very good.

The ingredients and condiments for the meals Cheng Yu cooks all come from the system store, and the items in the store will change according to the needs of her recent living environment.

In short, this bastard system, from being a money-making system in the beginning, has now become more useful.

For example, in winter, Cheng Yu can have a place to take a hot bath.

In summer, you can wash it anytime and anywhere.

She renovated half of the warehouse provided by the system into a two-bedroom apartment, which was very complete with a bedroom, a small kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet.

She even made a special cupboard to store the rewards she received.

These things were objects that could be exchanged for money in ancient times, but in modern times, they are antiques and are worth a lot of money.

Zhu'er knew that Cheng Yu was a powerful person.

She also said optimistically that she hoped Cheng Yu could live the life she wanted after leaving the house and save a lot of money.

This way, if she has any problems, she can go to Cheng Yu.

Zhu'er is the type of person who hopes that everyone around her is wealthy, so that she can have a group of rich friends and live a good life relying on the help of her friends.

***

By early July, the pastry shop that Cheng Yu opened had begun to stabilize.

Cheng Yu is the one who does the daily account book.

Just when Cheng Yu was looking forward to leaving the Lu family and starting her own business, something unexpected happened in the Lu family.

Something happened to Lu Zhaowen.

To be precise, something happened to the Second Prince. The Second Prince assassinated the Fourth Prince outside the palace. The evidence is solid and the matter is confirmed.

The second prince kicked Lu Zhaowen out.

All the members of the Lu family were arrested. At this time, Cheng Yu was working in a pastry shop outside with Madam Li and two maids.

Before she could go back, Taozi from the Lu family's small kitchen ran out through the dog hole holding the child.

"Yu'er, it's bad, Yu'er, something happened, something happened to the Madam..."

"What happened?" Cheng Yu saw Taozi's face was covered with dust, her clothes were messy, and the baby in the cradle was still sleeping, which looked abnormal. "What happened to the young lady?"

"The lady fed her a sleeping pill and asked me to bring her out and find you. She told you not to go back and to find the prince. Now only the prince can protect her."

Cheng Yu never expected that suddenly, the Lu family's property would be ransacked overnight.

Suspected of murdering the prince.

Lu Zhaowen was detained.

All members of the Lu family are being held in prison and will be tried again in the autumn. They are now being detained.

Cheng Yu handed the child to Madam Li.

"Master, please look after the young lady first. I'm going to go out for a while."

"Yu'er, you have to be careful and don't act rashly. The lady asked Taozi to send the young lady out, so there must be no other way."

Cheng Yu hummed, feeling particularly heavy-hearted.

Madam, her madam was waiting happily to confront Lu Zhaowen.

She thought that she would spend more money to leave the Lu family.

She had thought it through. After leaving the Lu family, they would buy a yard and she and her child could still live a good life.

As for Cheng Yu, he was busy running the pastry shop and making good money. He could also go to the mistress's place every day to cook for her and amuse the young lady.

But no one expected that something happened to the Lu family and implicated her mistress.