As soon as she opened her eyes, she was forcibly carried back to the East Palace by the paranoid pri

A few days later, the noble checked in, and the one accompanying him was Hui Qing, the court physician. Oh! Hui Qing was a respected person in the clan, and they even bothered her to come in person. This showed how precious this noble was!

When the sky was just beginning to brighten, Manager Ma was led by a maid into the inner three houses from the corner gate. The inner three houses were the third large house of the Duan family. One of the two large houses in the front was where the elderly elders of the clan lived, and the other was the sacrificial hall, where the spirit tablets of ancestors were enshrined.

Now that the master has moved into the three inner houses, Manager Ma can no longer enter and leave at will. He has to be accompanied by a maid when entering and leaving the house. The house is very large, and the master has to ride in a sedan chair when going in and out. As a servant, Manager Ma can only walk. It took him half an hour to reach the hanging flower gate of the inner courtyard. The second gate in the saying "Don't go out of the main gate, don't step through the second gate" refers to the hanging flower gate.

Manager Ma and the maid who led the way held lanterns in their hands to light the way. Before it was fully light, they waited outside to be summoned.

When it was completely light, the door opened. It was Hui Qing. Manager Ma cried out, trotted to her, bent over, and servilely said, "Why did you come out in person? Those maids have nothing to do with it? Just say the word, and I will punish them and send them to serve in the outer house."

The maidservant beside her hung her head, feeling fear in her heart. Once she was driven out of the inner house, she would never be able to come back and would have to be a slave in the outer house for the rest of her life!

Hui Qing led him to the main room. The auspicious cloud relief road under their feet was intricate and elegant. The pendant under her hairpin swayed slightly. She raised her hand to support it. "This is your first time to meet the mistress, so I will take care of you. The mistress doesn't like too much noise. You have to weigh the limits yourself."

Madam! Oh my god! So the noble lady is the madam. No wonder, no wonder, she moved into the inner three houses as soon as she arrived!

"I'll save it, I'll save it!" Manager Ma kept replying.

Before Manager Ma could try to find out more, Hui Qing told him directly, "Spread the news of the mistress's return to the Duan family slowly, but be careful not to let it spread outside the Duan family. Those who dare to gossip with outsiders will be punished. By the way, tell the embroidery academy to send someone to measure the mistress's size and make clothes for her, and prepare all the necessary supplies."

"Okay! Don't worry!" Manager Ma nodded and bowed.

After going around the rockery and rocks, you will reach the main house.

"Cough... cough... cough..." A slight coughing sound was heard from the main room. Hui Qing hurried in and out. Manager Ma followed in and stopped outside the screen.

He heard someone inside ask, "Hui Qing, who is outside?"

The sound is as clear as the collision of cold jade, resonating with a cold timbre.

Hui Qing's voice was the most respectful and humble that Steward Ma had never heard before, "Madam, this is Steward Ma from the inner three houses. If you have anything to say in the future, just ask the maid to bring him over to give instructions."

"Come here and let me take a look." The mistress called him over.

Manager Ma walked around the screen and immediately knelt down, kowtowed. He kowtowed so hard that even He Yue, who was sitting on the main seat, could hear the sound clearly. "This humble servant greets the mistress!"

"Stand up." He Yue looked at Manager Ma, who was about forty years old, well-dressed and had an honest face.

"Thank you, Madam!" Manager Ma smiled flatteringly. After standing up, he raised his eyes and glanced at He Yue.

He was caught off guard and his heart skipped a beat. He didn't know how to describe the face he saw. It was so lonely, elegant, and dignified. She was countless times more beautiful than the famous prostitute that the young masters from other houses were fighting over!

Bah! He really has a confused mind. How can the mistress be confused with a lowly house prostitute?

Manager Ma spoke pleasing and loyal words, and He Yue responded from time to time.

Before leaving, Steward Ma respectfully asked, "What do you want me to do?"

He just came to show his face in front of his master.

He Yue nodded. She was taken out of Mushui Palace by the Duan family three days ago. The person in that coffin had been replaced.

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Recently, a strange thing happened in the Duan family. The mistress who was forced into the family tree by the head of the family really existed. I heard that she had been kept somewhere else due to poor health and was only found now.

The news spread so widely that even the servants in the Duan family's outer house could not help but mutter a few words in private. They were the lowest-level servants in the Duan family, and most of them were new servants bought from outside and signed death indentures.

These new servants, if they are lucky, can serve the masters of the side branches in the outer house. If they are less lucky, they will be assigned to the kitchen or embroidery room where there is a shortage of people. The worst luck will be picked out by the stewards or old women who have good reputation in front of the masters. They are said to do work for them, but in fact they are just serving them. Servants who serve servants always feel more humble!

They were not qualified to enter the inner house, let alone the inner three houses. Only the sons of the family who had been in the family for several generations could serve the master of the inner house. This was the ancestral precept passed down from generation to generation in the Duan family. The master of the inner house was the legitimate master. Even the illegitimate sons born to the legitimate master's concubine had to follow the rules and move to the outer house to be served by the servants of the outer house.

A series of barriers divided the masters and servants of the Duan family into different classes. Duan Qidai was born into such a family.