Just because she looks weak doesn't mean she's easy to bully.

Ma Xiner has been very busy since she entered the Duke's Mansion. She is not busy because she has too much work to do, but she is busy trying to find a way to work in the Duke's wife's courtyard. She remembers that the heroine Ning Jiaoer stayed directly by the side of the Duke's wife after entering the mansion.

When the heroine comes, she will become good friends with the heroine. Not only can she interact with the hero frequently, but she can also be lazy and do less work.

She had good plans and had been looking for opportunities.

It must be said that she is really lucky.

One day when she was about to go back to rest, she passed by the pond and heard the maids and old women around her shouting "Madam" loudly. Everyone was very worried.

She was so happy that she immediately jumped in to save the man. Although she fell into the sea and died in her previous life, she could swim.

Soon, she rescued the person who fell into the water, performed artificial respiration, and saved the person.

She thought that in return for saving her life, she would definitely be able to reach the lady’s yard!

She didn't expect that the person she rescued was the Duke's favorite concubine, the one who did the laundry for him.

Finally, she went to the aunt's yard in gratitude for saving her life.

In her previous life, she was a rich lady with a good taste. She was very discerning when it came to choosing clothes and jewelry. The aunt liked her very much, and she quickly moved from a laundry maid to the aunt's personal maid.

Although she is the concubine's maid, this concubine is different. The Duke has so many concubines, but he dotes on her the most. For example, no other concubine can let the servants call her Madam!

Logically speaking, Madam can only be called the Lady of the Duke. It is definitely against the rules for a servant to call her aunt.

However, this was what the Duke said himself. Every time he ordered his subordinates to send something to my aunt, he always said to send it to my wife.

By the way, when the Duke refers to Madam, he is referring to this concubine. He always calls the Duke's Madam Ning.

Of course, these titles are only used in the Duke's Mansion. When he is out, the Duke still has to maintain some face, so he naturally would not call her Ning, but Madam.

However, this only happened in some large public occasions and some of the Duke's own small gatherings. He would never mention his legal wife, and even if he did, he would call her Ning.

The Duke has been bullied to the extreme, shouldn’t the Duke’s wife be angry?

Of course he was angry, and he made a fuss at the beginning, before the incident in the Marquis' Mansion. However, at that time, the Duke was still restrained and did not go too far.

Afterwards, something happened to her brother from her natal family and the Marquis's Mansion was gone, so she had no confidence to make a fuss.

Her daughter became the eldest prince's consort not long before her brother got into trouble. For the sake of her daughter, she would not bother her about her affairs with the Duke.

Her best friend was a princess, and she knew that the princess had been in poor health because of her daughter’s matter. Naturally, she would not bother the princess, so she just endured it.

After a long time, she became disappointed and began to regard the Duke not as her husband, but only as her daughter's biological father. Gradually, she distanced herself from him and would only appear together when necessary, but would feel annoyed when she saw him when it was not necessary.

As time went by, gradually, one day, the Duke's wife saw her husband again whom she had not seen for a long time, and suddenly realized that she had no expectations or feelings for the Duke, and even no hatred.

By now, the Duke's wife no longer wanted to see the Duke anymore. She found that the Duke, who could barely be considered a human being before, was now like a dog always barking in front of her. Seeing him was always a headache for her.

At this time, the Duke's wife always wanted to sigh and say, "So this is what it feels like to be tired of each other."

Back to Ma Xiner, her quality of life has greatly improved since she became Aunt Zhou's personal maid.

Aunt Zhou already had money, and the Duke always liked to send things to her house. She also had a lot of land and shops of her own. Ma Xiner was sweet-talker and good at pleasing people, so when Aunt Zhou casually gave away some money, it was as much as the monthly salary of many housekeepers.

Maybe, more than that.

She had been busy with her own affairs recently and had not paid attention to Ning Jiaoer's affairs. On this day, she had a rare rest. Aunt Zhou had three personal maids around her, and the other two were Xiaohong and Xiaocui.

In fact, the Duke's favor for Aunt Zhou would definitely give her more maids to serve her, but Aunt Zhou didn't want it and insisted that everything should be done according to the rules for an aunt.

However, according to the rules, she had one extra personal maid;

The two maids of Aunt Zhou were brought by her from her own home. Although she was an Aunt, when she entered the mansion, the Duke still held a small party and invited some of his best colleagues to come and have a drink.

It is said that after the guests left that night, the Duke specially prepared a wedding dress for Aunt Zhou that only the legal wife could wear, and went to the old lady to pay her respects again.

Recently, Aunt Zhou has been particularly fond of Ma Xiner, so she has not been able to rest. The two maids who used to be by Aunt Zhou's side must be jealous.

It just so happened that the Duke of Tianguo said he would accompany Aunt Zhou back to her parents' home. Xiaohong deliberately told Aunt Zhou that Xiaoqing (the name Aunt Zhou gave to Ma Xiner because Aunt Zhou's favorite colors were red, emerald green and blue) was young after all, and she didn't know if she would miss home when she saw her lady go home. Besides, Xiaoqing had never had a day of rest.

After hearing what Xiaohong said, Aunt Zhou gave Ma Xiner a holiday.

Of course, Ma Xiner couldn't go back to that home. She had escaped with great difficulty. If those people didn't rely on her to serve them, she didn't know if they could still survive. They were all lazy.

A few days ago, he came to the Duke's Mansion to look for her. The doorman came and talked to her about it. She told the doorman that those people were from the same village and were scoundrels. If they came again next time, she would just beat them away!

Ma Xiner took advantage of the break to return to the servants' yard to boil water and wash her hair. There was a small yard at the back of the Duke's Mansion where the maids and old women lived. There were almost ten people in a room. This was where the lowest-ranking servants lived. Ma Xiner was just a low-ranking maid who washed clothes before, so she was arranged to live here.

Although she has recently gone to live with Aunt Zhou, she is still living here for the time being. Aunt Zhou asked her to wait and will make new arrangements for her after the New Year.

In her previous life, Ma Xiner had neat short hair. She had never washed hair this long before. She felt annoyed every time she washed her hair, especially in winter when it was cold. But she couldn't stand not washing her hair. Aunt Zhou, who was obsessed with mysophobia, would definitely send her away immediately.

Fortunately, the weather was fine that day. She washed her hair, dried it, and sat next to the charcoal fire waiting for her hair to dry.

Their servants also have a supply of charcoal, but it is not good quality charcoal. What she uses now is the reward from Aunt Zhou, which is not much. Therefore, she rarely uses it when she can cover herself with a quilt to keep warm.

Just when Ma Xiner was feeling drowsy from warming herself by the fire, the door opened and a very beautiful woman came in.

She was a girl from the same room as them, named Xiaoguo. She was good friends with Ma Xiner. She went home for a break yesterday and was very happy to see Ma Xiner.

"Xin'er, try it!"

She held a small plate with two pastries on it.

"Ah! Where did the cakes come from?"

It’s not that Ma Xiner has never seen the world, but she hasn’t eaten these things since she came here.

"This was given to me by Mother Li. I just came back and the mansion is so lively!"

Mother Li is the one who manages the kitchen. She is a very kind person. In addition, Mother Li’s son likes Xiaoguo, so Mother Li always takes extra care of Xiaoguo.

Ma Xiner picked up a piece of pastry, took a bite, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned down. The taste was quite ordinary.

Although she hadn't eaten these things for a long time, her good life in her previous life had made her a very picky eater.

"What's so lively?"

Ma Xiner didn't care about what was happening in the mansion and just asked casually.

"Oh, the Duke's wife's niece, Miss Ning, will be here tomorrow. The Duke's wife asked the kitchen to prepare well. Miss Ning used to like the food made by Chef Wang in the mansion the most, but unfortunately Chef Wang has returned to his hometown. You must have heard that the Duke's wife doesn't like to eat cakes and the people in the mansion who are good at making cakes are all in her small kitchen. The Duke's wife wants to make some to try today. If it doesn't work, she will go to the Princess's mansion and ask the chef who makes cakes to come over!"

In order to distinguish Aunt Zhou from the Duke's wife, the servants usually call her the Duke's wife. They also follow the Duke in calling Aunt Zhou Madam, otherwise the Duke will be unhappy.

The servants were not used to it at first and were afraid of the Duke's wife, but later it seemed that the Duke's wife really didn't care at all.

Ma Xiner's attention was all on Ning Jiaoer. What did she hear? Was Ning Jiaoer coming?