The cannon fodder heiress trembled with fear after being recognized as a member of her family.

Han Cuiyin was in a great mood.

She almost misjudged this girl before. She's a treasure, and she should make good use of her in the future. If she's used properly, she might achieve unexpected results.

Back in her room, Han Cuiyin swiftly struck the ceiling with her palm, yelling, "How dare you hide in my room! You really don't want a next life!"

The small yellow ball at her waist appeared in her hand, which she then shot directly at the cloud of gray mist.

"Girl, spare me!" The gray mist gradually took on a human form. "I am Li Ermi."

Han Cuiyin then put away the wooden fish, thus preventing the gray mist from being completely destroyed.

Li Ermi's fate was something she had never anticipated.

That day, I asked him to reveal the bad things Lu Cheng had done behind my back, but I never expected it would harm him.

"Fine, you're a pitiful person too, I'll help you out!"

Those who commit evil deeds have no chance of being reincarnated as humans unless they first repay their debts in the underworld and endure those tortures in order to accumulate and eliminate their evil karma life after life.

"No, wait a moment, young lady! I have a favor to ask of you; could you please help me instead?"

Li Ermi abandoned the shortcut and asked Han Cuiyin for help.

"Fine, since you died because of me, I can grant you one request. Speak!"

Han Cuiyin wanted to end this karmic entanglement, and as long as it wasn't excessive, she would naturally grant this person's request.

“Young lady, my sister Li Rou and I depend on each other for survival. About nine months ago, that wicked man from Lucheng took a fancy to my sister and forcibly abducted her, disregarding her already engaged marriage—”

"There's no need to mention those things again. I already know them. State your request." Han Cuiyin was straightforward and didn't want to repeat herself to someone else's life story.

She already knew that Li Rousheng was beautiful.

However, if a beautiful girl is born into a powerful and wealthy family, her future is undoubtedly bright; but if she is unlucky enough to be born into an ordinary family, then it is a tragedy.

Li Rou is an example.

Li Ermi made his request, and Han Cuiyin immediately agreed. She then sent the gray mist away to where it was supposed to go.

Taking in a maidservant was not excessive for her.

Once they arrive in the capital, the specific punishments in Lucheng and the arrangements for his family will be handled according to established procedures.

These concubines can be bought and sold at will; she can simply buy them back.

She didn't take this trivial matter to heart.

If she hadn't overheard Da Ni and Granny Wang's conversation tonight, she wouldn't have noticed Da Ni's constitution.

"Qingyun, I never thought that the disciple you've been searching for all this time would actually be found by me."

Han Cuiyin thought about Da Ni's matter, and then fell asleep.

The next day.

Before dawn, there was a knock on her door.

"Miss Yang, it's time to return to the capital. Steward Han said we should travel while the sun isn't too strong—"

Jin Yi was about to knock on the door again when it opened from the inside, startling her with a dark face and a messy head of hair.

"Miss Yang, why does your face look so dark again?"

After Jin Yi finished speaking, he quickly looked away.

Han Cuiyin went to bed late last night and was in a bad mood when she woke up. She didn't even glance at Jin Yi and directly ordered her, "Come in and comb my hair!"

"Miss Yang, I am not a hairdresser, please let Da Ni do it!"

Jin Yi's eyelids drooped, and he stared only at the ground.

"Oh, the Han family has really strict rules. Even the maids are so arrogant. I wonder if Princess Mingxia—"

Han Cuiyin's voice was loud enough to be heard on the first floor, where people were already whispering among themselves.

The city gates are open today, and all these people need to get up early to return to the capital. They are having breakfast on the first floor now.

The tug-of-war between the two reached the people below, who stopped eating, craned their necks, and waited to hear more of the interesting stories from the Han family.

“Miss in brocade, Miss Yang still needs your help here, so please... bear with it.”

When Manager Han heard the two arguing, he hurriedly came out to calm them down.

Jin Yi gritted her teeth and said, "I understand!"

Granny Wang and Da Ni didn't want to talk to Han Cuiyin, but she suddenly had a brain fart and called out to this dark-faced girl.

Surprisingly, this dark-skinned girl actually dared to make her do servant work.

Jin Yi's status was special; she was essentially Princess Mingxia's bodyguard, and she didn't do the kind of work that involved serving others.

The two legitimate daughters in the mansion treated her with utmost respect, yet this dark-skinned girl was being bossed around.

Jin Yi was angry, but she didn't hurt Han Cuiyin when she combed her hair.

Han Cuiyin kept her eyes closed and dozed off, letting her do as she pleased.

"Alright! Go on downstairs. We'll leave right after breakfast. Miss Yang is a grown woman; we can't keep urging her. Steward Han is in a hurry to get back to the capital!"

Jin Yi tossed out a few words and hurriedly left, as if someone was chasing after her.

"Running so fast, am I that scary?" Han Cuiyin looked at herself in the bronze mirror again and again, but found nothing wrong.

Han Cuiyin didn't eat the breakfast below. She took out a roast chicken from the nine-hole lotus seedpod, quickly ate it, and the chicken bones turned into powder in her hands.

She blew gently out the window, leaving no trace.

Gazing at the newly risen sun, she felt incredibly excited.

The capital, here I come! Princess Mingxia, you'd better behave yourself, or we'll settle all the old scores together.

She was the last one to arrive at the caravan. Han Song casually remarked, "Miss Yang didn't eat breakfast. If you're hungry, you'll have to bear with it. We're in a hurry to get going and can't stop for just one person."

Han Cuiyin just smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll find something to eat if I get hungry."

Han Song is nothing special. Based on his memories of his past life and his interactions with him a few days ago, he thought Han Song was a decent person, but it turns out he's just like everyone else.

There were ten carriages in total. Seven of them were fully occupied, while the remaining three were used for passengers.

One carriage was occupied by Han Song and two guards, another by Wang Mama, Da Ni, Jin Yi, and several maids, and the last carriage contained their miscellaneous belongings for the trip.

"Whose stuff is this? Take some of it away, I'll squeeze in here."

No one said a word.

Han Cuiyin grabbed two bundles and threw them behind her. "Go find your master. I'm going to lie down here for a bit."

"careful!"

Aoyama drew his long sword and slashed dozens of times at the two attacking bundles, turning the clothes inside into pieces of cloth.

"Oh dear, my things!"

At this moment, Granny Wang rushed down, trembling with anger.

"You...you country bumpkin, how can you just throw other people's things away like that? You..." The phrase "born of a father but uneducated by a mother" almost came out of her mouth.

"Didn't I ask you? Who told you to pretend you were deaf!"

Han Cuiyin originally intended to keep a low profile and avoid trouble, but now that others have bullied her, it would be too frustrating not to fight back.

"Miss Yang, is there nowhere to sit? My carriage is quite spacious; if you don't mind, you may—"

"I don't mind!" Han Cuiyin didn't argue with the Han family and quickly jumped into the carriage.

Luo Jingqian was helpless. He originally wanted her to sit outside with Qingshan, but she moved too quickly and he didn't have time to say it.

Green Mountain sheathed his longsword, looking at his junior brother with a resentful expression, "I've never even sat in a carriage before~"

Luo Jingqian is ill and dislikes spending too much time alone in a room with others.

"Forget it, she looks so pitiful, I won't hold it against her."

This time, it was the Han family who didn't react.

Especially Wang Mama, who originally wanted to make things difficult for them, but was saved by the Duke of Dingguo's heir and had to give up.

Luo Jingqian's gaze fell on Han Cuiyin's head, and he asked gently, "Do you know who usually wears the double bun hairstyle today?"

"Unmarried women and women who haven't reached the age of marriage are both fine, right?" Han Cuiyin seemed quite satisfied. "Isn't she beautiful?"

The nine-hole jade lotus seedpod was conspicuously stuck in her hair.

"This is the attire of a maid in a wealthy family," Luo Jingqian said casually.

Maid?

Han Cuiyin was stunned. No wonder! In her previous life, she had so easily blended into the group of maids. It turned out that people who didn't know her really thought she was a maid.

"If you don't mind, I'll fix it up for you again!"

Luo Jingqian took direct action and disassembled the original double buns.