Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

After the room quieted down, Caifu walked over timidly and picked up the clothes that Chunlan had just taken out, not knowing whether to change them for Shen Nanyue.

"Throw that away and get a plain dress."

"Yes, ma'am."

In her previous life, Shen Nanyan would mostly listen to Chunlan, wear particularly bright clothes, and wear pearl hairpins on her head, like a walking jewelry shop. There were always people pointing fingers at her, so she became more and more afraid of interacting with others, and always hid in the corner, looking like a delicate lady who was not presentable.

Caifu looked delighted. She had told Shen Nanyan a long time ago that those clothes were not suitable for her, but Shen Nanyan never listened. But today she suddenly changed her mind, which surprised her.

She took out a moon-white dress from the bottom of the cabinet and carefully held it in front of Shen Nanyue, not even daring to raise her head, for fear that Shen Nanyue would be unhappy.

"This is a nice one. Just help me to comb my hair into a simple bun and tie a hairband of the same color. By the way, Caifu, please call in Nanny Yuan who is sweeping the yard."

"Yes, ma'am."

Before Caifu turned around, she looked up at Shen Nanyan. She always felt that the young lady was weird today, but she couldn't tell what had changed.

Soon, Nanny Yuan followed Caifu into the house. This was the first time Nanny Yuan went into the house to serve. In the past, the old maids in the yard would not allow her to come in and only let her do some rough work outside.

"Miss."

"Madam Yuan, do you remember that your husband also works in the mansion?"

"Correct."

Nanny Yuan bent down and lowered her head, neither flattering nor pandering to her master. Shen Nanyan raised her hand and beckoned her to come forward.

"Take this change."

"Miss, if I have done anything wrong, please punish me. Please do not send me away."

Shen Nanyan reached out and stuffed the silver into Nanny Yuan's hand, then gestured to Caifu to help her dress up.

"Take this money and do something for me."

"Please tell me, young lady. I will do it without hesitation. You don't need to pay me."

"This silver isn't for you. Take it and go find your husband. Tell him to rent a carriage and go to Qimengfang to bring back the Second Young Master. Remember, come back quietly through the north gate. I'll have someone send a set of clothes to the foot of the rockery east of the north gate. Have him change and then kneel down in the Orchid Garden immediately."

"Orchid Garden? That's not the old master's study."

"Yes, that's right there."

"But Miss, how can the Second Young Master listen to my man? He..."

"Tell your man to tell him that if he doesn't do what I want, I'm going to report what happened on the night of the Lantern Festival to the police."

"Is…is this okay?"

"Don't worry, it will definitely work. Remember, don't let anyone know about this. I only trust you."

With Shen Nanyan's affirmation, Nanny Yuan instantly became full of confidence.

Then there was a sound of a cup falling to the ground in the room. Shen Nanyan yelled at Aunt Yuan and drove her out.

In the previous life, when her grandfather passed away, her brother Shen Yunzhi was still drinking with girls in a brothel, and her father Shen Zongyuan almost wiped him out of the family tree. All this was a scheme of the Lu family. In her new life, Shen Nanyue wanted to rewrite everything.

Caifu had a pair of skillful hands and quickly combed Shen Nanyan's hair into an extremely simple and gentle bun. With a plain dress, she looked like a different person, fresh, elegant and graceful.

As soon as the master and servant went out, the gossiping maids in the yard were stunned. In the past, Shen Nanyan was always dressed up, always making the eldest lady Shen Lingxi look like a lotus emerging from the water. But today, Shen Nanyan's outfit was many times more beautiful than the eldest lady Shen Lingxi.

"Oh, Fifth Miss, you're dressed so poorly today. If you go out, people will think you're a beggar from someone's family. How can you do that? Chunlan, give it to me quickly..."

Nanny Wang is also from the Lu family. How could she allow anyone to surpass the eldest daughter?

"Has Nanny Wang forgotten her identity?"

"Ah? What do you mean, miss?"

"When did it become your turn as a servant to make decisions about this young lady's affairs? Or do you want to climb into my father's bed and replace the lady?"

"I dare not, Miss, you can't say such things carelessly. I just want you to be prettier. Are you slandering me like this? I have a pity for my sincerity."

"I don't know if you're sincere or not, but I do know that you're showing off in my yard. From today on, no one except Caifu is allowed to enter the house to serve."

"Fifth Miss, we are all sent by Madam to serve you. We are not allowed to enter this room. So let us explain this to Madam."

"You can go back to the lady's courtyard. Caifu, let's go."

Seeing that Shen Nanyan was about to leave the yard, Nanny Wang gave a look and the maids and old women gathered around her. Lu had instructed that Shen Nanyan was not allowed to leave the yard, so they had to stop her.

Caifu hurriedly stood in front of Shen Nanyan, fearing that these clumsy servants would hurt Shen Nanyan. Shen Nanyan was not angry and turned back to the house, but soon came out again. This time, she had a feather duster in her hand, and she swung it out without waiting for everyone to react. Immediately, screams broke out in the yard.

Shen Nanyan showed no mercy. Thinking of the details of her previous life, she hit him even harder, almost killing him with every blow. Soon, no one could stop her.

"Remember, I am the master of Qingyun Pavilion. If you don't want to stay here, get out as soon as possible."

After saying that, Shen Nanyan took Caifu out of the yard quickly and headed straight for Luxiangzhai.

Caifu, who was walking beside Shen Nanyan, looked at her profile and felt happy. Those old women and maids always bullied the young lady, and today she could finally get rid of her anger.

Outside Luxiangzhai, Shen Nanyan stopped.

"Caifu, go to my aunt's yard and ask her to come here as soon as possible. Also, find a set of mourning clothes and send them to the rockery at the north gate, and then come back to me."

"Mourning clothes? Miss, don't dare to say anything."

"Don't worry, just do as I say. Go quickly."

Caifu was nervous, but she dared not disobey the young lady's order, so she turned around and did it without much hesitation.

Shen Nanyan stood at the door and listened for a while. She could hear her grandmother crying. She knew that the time was almost up, so she walked in. She didn't go into the house, but knelt down in the yard.

Sure enough, servants began to come in and out in the blink of an eye, with heavy expressions on their faces. No one paid attention to the little Shen Nanyue until an incense stick of time later, when Shen Zongyuan and Lu helped the old lady out, followed only by Lu's son Shen Yunyi and daughter Shen Lingxi.

"You...why are you here? This is how these maids take care of the Fifth Young Lady."

It sounded like Mrs. Lu felt sorry for Shen Nanyan, but in fact she hated her children very much. This was a good opportunity for her children to show off, but she didn't expect Shen Nanyan to interfere.

"Yan'er, why are you here?"

Although Shen Zongyuan couldn't say that he liked Shen Nanyan very much, she was his daughter after all. Shen Nanyan slowly raised her head, tears streaming down her innocent little face.

"Grandma, Daddy, Madam, I just dreamt about Grandpa. He said he was going to a very far place and asked me to come and keep him company from time to time. I couldn't keep him here, so I woke up. Now I want to come and see Grandpa. Daddy, where is Grandpa?"

"Did your grandfather really...really tell you that?"

Shen Zongyuan's hands were shaking. He didn't expect that when his father passed away, he would appear in his daughter's dream. It can be seen that his father loved her.