Yuan Wei's Quick Travel

Nanny Chen was tidying up the kitchen. She had been very busy these days because of the master's funeral.

While she has some free time, Nanny Chen is organizing the tableware that she doesn't use on a daily basis.

Knowing the girl was looking for her, she quickly put down her work and rushed over, "Girl, are you calling me?"

"Mammy, come and sit down."

Yuan Wei asked Nanny Chen to sit on the couch on the other side, hesitating about how to lead Nanny Chen to tell Jia Yi's life experience and thus lead her out of Rongguo Mansion.

If the original owner wanted to go to the capital, he would have to find a reason to go there.

Otherwise, why would he want to go to the capital for no reason? Wouldn't that arouse suspicion?

Another way is to go to the capital with Su Yuebai after getting married, but I don’t know how many years I will have to wait.

Yuan Wei still preferred to go first. The original owner only said that he was going to the capital, but did not say when to go or how long the stay would last, which gave Yuan Wei room to maneuver.

"Miss?" Nanny Chen called softly when she saw Yuan Wei was still in deep thought.

Yuan Wei came back to her senses and looked at Nanny Chen, "Mammy, you know, after my father passed away, I was the only one left in the family, and my aunt was like that..."

After a pause, Yuan Wei continued slowly, "I wonder if there are any other relatives at home who I could rely on."

"Well... speaking of relatives, in Gusu City, the young lady is only close to my aunt, and the others are all within the fifth generation of kinship. But the young lady does have relatives in other places."

Nanny Chen looked at Yuan Wei in surprise, then spoke in a light tone.

Nanny Chen has been thinking about what to do with Yuan Wei's future these days. It is obviously unreliable to rely solely on what the aunt says, judging by her behavior these days.

It’s better to find a reliable person to rely on.

She organized her words, looked at Yuan Wei and said, "Miss, you may not know that you have two relatives in the capital."

"Two families?" Yuan Wei was shocked. Are there other relatives besides Rongguo Mansion?

"Yes, one is the master's cousin, the young lady's uncle, who is a fifth-rank official and the chief academic officer of the Imperial College. The other is the young lady's maternal family, the Duke of Rong's Mansion."

Yuan Wei was secretly surprised. She didn't expect that the original owner actually had a cousin!

Moreover, that cousin is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College. Isn’t that the position of Li Wan’s father?

Or was it her father's position before, but not anymore?

"This...this..." Yuan Wei covered her mouth with a handkerchief in shock, "Why have I never heard father or mother mention this?"

Yuan Wei's surprise was not fake. She was really surprised that the original owner had a cousin who was an official in the capital.

"When the lady was alive, the girl was still young, so she never told her about her family."

Nanny Chen thought Yuan Wei was surprised that she was the granddaughter of Rongguo Mansion.

Actually, there is nothing much to say. The lady's aunt died of complications during childbirth.

How can the lady have a good life living under the nose of her stepmother?

To put it bluntly, the lady only had a few years of peace and contentment during the years she was married to the master.

So after getting married, the lady rarely told others about her parents' home.

As a result, she, the dowry nanny, no longer remembered what happened in the Duke's Mansion.

Now the lady is gone, and the master is gone too.

Looking at the girl in front of her who looked quite similar to the lady when she was young, Nanny Chen couldn't help but fall into memories.

The lady was also very beautiful back then, just like the girl today.

In a few years, when the girl grows up, I'm afraid she will be even better.

Such an appearance made Nanny Chen worried.

Because this face looks more like the aunt from that time, it inevitably reminds people of the past.

Although so many years have passed, Nanny Chen didn't know whether the wife of the Duke of Rong was still thinking about these things, and she was afraid that it would bring back some unpleasant memories for her.

If the girl really intends to take refuge in the Rongguo Mansion, that would be a really tricky problem!

If you displease the person in power in the Duke's Mansion, you can imagine what life will be like in there.

Therefore, Nanny Chen did not agree with Yuan Wei going to Rongguo Mansion.

She knew very well how deep the water was there and did not want to see the girl follow in the lady's footsteps and suffer the same difficulties.

"Although the girl has no conflicts of interest with them, and she's a young girl, they won't make things difficult for her. But life still depends on whether things go smoothly. If the girl goes to live with them, she will definitely suffer from it."

"The girl is not desperate, so she won't take the initiative to be bullied."

Nanny Chen saw that Yuan Wei looked thoughtful and it was obvious that she had heard it.

She continued, "And there's the old master. Actually, you can go to the capital to seek refuge with the old master. Your father also went to the capital to seek refuge with them back then."

The master also married his wife at that time. A scholar marrying the concubine's daughter of a duke's mansion was a hot topic among people in the capital at that time.

But later...it’s better not to say it.

"How did my father marry my mother? What are their backgrounds..."

Clearly a mismatch, isn't it?

Although Nanny Chen didn't say anything, Yuan Wei became curious.

Nanny Chen looked at Yuan Wei's curious eyes, smiled slightly, and said, "It was Madam who chose the master herself. At that time, the candidates chosen by Madam's stepmother were all superficially glamorous, but everyone knew what they were like behind the scenes. However, the Duke did not care, so no one could question her."

"It just so happened that the master was attending a banquet with his cousin and was met by the Duke. The Duke admired the master very much and mentioned it to the Duke's wife when he returned."

"The lady of the Duke's Mansion was worried about being criticized for choosing a husband for the lady, so she told the lady about the master's situation and let her choose for herself."

After getting married, the lady was smiling every day and was much happier than when she was in the Duke's Mansion.

Unfortunately, fate plays tricks on us and good people don’t live long.

So that's it! She was wondering how two people who had nothing in common could get together.

"As for this old master, I don't know much about him. His funeral was held in a hurry. I don't know if my aunt has informed him."

"Miss, you can look in the master's study to see if there is any correspondence between the master and the cousin. You can also write a letter to the cousin. There is also the Duke's Mansion. Miss, you can also write a letter to tell them about your current situation."

Although it was of no use, when the lady passed away, the master sent someone to notify the Duke's Mansion, but there was no movement from the other side.

Maybe that's why the master never tells the girl about her maternal family.

"I'm not going to seek refuge with them, but just letting people know that I have this relative will make people look up to me. It will also be a kind of protection for me."

"I understand. Thank you, Ma'am." Yuan Wei stood up gratefully and bowed to Ma'am Chen.

"No, no." Nanny Chen stood up hastily to stop Yuan Wei. "It's my good fortune to be able to help the young lady."

After Nanny Chen left, Yuan Wei sat alone on the couch and sighed.

The original owner was really badly harmed by her aunt. If it weren't for her aunt's scheming and the help of Nanny Chen, how could the original owner have lived such a life.

In the afternoon, Yuan Wei came to Yuan Hongming's study again. After searching carefully for a while, she finally found the letters that the original owner's father had communicated with others.

Among them were letters between Yuan Hongming and his uncle, as well as several letters between him and his friends of the same age.

Before Yuan Wei could take a closer look, she heard Shaoyao's approaching footsteps, and she put the letter into the space.

"Miss, what are you going to do? Let me help you!" Without waiting for Yuan Wei to reply, Shaoyao rushed in.

"How dare you! Who let you in?" Yuan Wei shouted angrily.

But she is still young, and the original owner's voice is soft, so no matter how angry she is, she loses in momentum.

Shaoyao didn't take her anger seriously and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, young lady. I just want to help you."

When Nanny Chen heard Yuan Wei's scolding and rushed over, she saw this scene.

The master is angry, but the servant is still smiling.

Nanny Chen's face darkened. "Peony! How dare you!"

Shaoyao finally straightened her attitude when she saw Nanny Chen coming over. "Nanny, I just wanted to help the young lady. I don't know what I did to make her so angry."

When she was bought, it was Nanny Chen who taught her the rules, so she was instinctively afraid of her.

Nanny Chen was almost mad at her. It was because she was too busy recently and had no time to teach her the rules.

"Miss, it's my fault. I didn't teach her well."

Nanny Chen stepped forward and grabbed Shaoyao's ear, "Come here."

Ignoring her cries of pain, Nanny Chen pulled her into the yard and said, "Kneel down."

Shaoyao knelt down reluctantly.