High-class maid

Wang, accompanied by her maid, arrived at Qianying's small courtyard. It was called a small courtyard, but it was actually just two rooms, and the courtyard itself was smaller than those two rooms.

Along the way, some idle young maids, abandoning their duties, secretly followed to take a look. When Madam Wang found out, she didn't scold them. This matter had to be handled openly; the more she tried to keep it a secret, the more obvious it would seem.

"Is Miss Qianying here? Come out quickly, she's pregnant!" Madam Wang called out into the house.

Qianying hurriedly came out, and when she saw the rewards held by the maids, she was first stunned, and then tears welled up in her eyes. She covered her mouth with her hand, crying and laughing at the same time.

"Miss, aren't you overjoyed? Come and collect your reward!" said a young maid who had come to watch the commotion.

Qianying wiped her tears haphazardly from her face and said with a smile, "Look at me, look at me, I'm really stunned! Please come in, Granny." After saying that, she opened the curtain and invited Wang Shi into the room.

Madam Wang glanced at her tiny room, then looked away and said, "No need. Madam has a lot to do there. This old servant has to go back and report after delivering the message."

Looking at the courtyard full of maids and nannies, Qianying felt extremely proud. She tugged at her new clothes and said, "Please tell me, nanny, what is it that requires your personal visit?"

"Miss Qianying is intelligent, kind, and understanding. Madam has taken a liking to you and has specially promoted you to be a maidservant. I hope that you will serve the young master well, respect the mistress, and be obedient in the future." After Wang finished speaking, she quietly watched Qianying's reaction.

Qianying was slightly stunned, and a lot of thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant: "I can't even be a concubine, let alone a maidservant? I'm just a maidservant!" She almost lost her composure, but she was a strong-willed person, and she quickly sorted out her thoughts in a few seconds.

"Thank you for making this trip in this cold weather, Granny. Here, take this as a treat for your tea." Qianying took out a purse from her sleeve. Wang Shi squeezed it without making a sound and found that it was a silver note.

Heaven knows how much it hurt Qianying. This was her last bit of savings. If she gave too little, she would lose face as the young master's woman. So she had no choice but to reluctantly take out a silver note and stuff it in.

"Put the things in Lady Qianying's room, be careful not to break them," Madam Wang instructed the maids.

Although Qianying felt a pang of regret, her face flushed with joy as she looked at the rewards on the tray. She had seen even more exquisite jewelry, tea sets, and fabrics before, but those belonged to her masters. Although the rewards she received were not as luxurious as those of her masters, they were truly hers.

Qianying smiled and saw everyone out of the courtyard. She touched the rewards on the table again and again, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, and sometimes talking to herself.

"They only offered me a concubine, not even a maidservant. It's alright, I'll climb the ranks slowly, and no one can stop me!"

After saying this, she put all the rewards into her chest. Looking at the still empty chest, she vowed in her heart, "One day I will fill it up!"

"Xing'er, have you heard? Qianying has become the young master's concubine!" Shen Xing'er was patting the old lady's quilt in the courtyard when Shan Tao came out of the house carrying a cotton quilt and said.

"Your information network is quite good. What happened today?" Shen Xing'er asked, casually adding Shan Tao to the conversation.

"Yes, everyone in the manor is talking about this now. I never expected that Qianying would become the young master's person so quietly. Everyone is guessing whether the young master likes extroverted people?" Shan Tao also picked up a feather duster and started dusting.

"Alright, let's not gossip about others. Let's get busy. I still need to tidy up Granny Zhou's bed." Shen Xing'er said, speeding up her work.

"Go ahead and get busy. I almost forgot. There's still Zhou Mama's bed to tidy up. I'm afraid she's getting anxious waiting for us in Jinling." Shan Tao took the feather duster from Shen Xing'er and patted it with both hands.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll go and come back quickly. When I'm on leave, I'll have the escort agency take her away from Granny Zhou." After saying that, Shen Xing'er walked quickly into Granny Zhou's room.

Shen Xing'er pushed open the door. Inside the small room were two beds. The bedding on one of the beds was neatly folded, presumably rolled up by Chen Shan's family.

She unfolded the quilt and felt something hard in one corner. Then Shen Xing'er cut it open with scissors, revealing all of Granny Zhou's belongings inside.

Inside, there was a land deed and several silver notes. Just when Shen Xing'er thought there was nothing else, she touched a purse. It turned out to be the purse she had given to Granny Zhou a few months ago.

She opened her purse and found silver inside. Shen Xing'er's eyes immediately reddened, and she murmured to herself, "Could it be that Granny Zhou didn't touch this money? Did she never blame me from the beginning?"

She dared not waste any more time, hurriedly sewed up the corner of the quilt, put the silver notes and land deeds into her own purse, wiped away her tears, and went back to work as if nothing had happened.

"Xing'er? Why are you back so soon?" Shan Tao was still making the quilt fluffy so that the old lady could sleep more soundly at night.

"I don't know who rolled up Granny Zhou's bedding, but it saved me a lot of trouble," Shen Xing'er said.

"It must be my mother. They've lived under the same roof for so many years, and my mother has mentioned Granny Zhou to me more than once," Shan Tao said.

Shen Xing'er nodded. She was thinking of someone while looking at the objects and didn't have much time to talk.

As the sun was about to set, Shen Xing'er and Shan Tao carried the old lady's bedding into the house. At this moment, Dan Xue gathered the servants in the courtyard and said...

"The old lady is kind and considerate of you for not having a holiday in Jinling for many days. Now that things have settled down in the manor, you can take a three-day holiday. However, your next holiday will not be until the end of December."

Shen Xing'er and Shan Tao exchanged a glance, both seeing joy in each other's eyes. After being away from home for several months, they could finally go home and visit!

Then, Danxue said, "This time, the servants who went to Jinling last time should be given priority on leave. Pack your things and leave the manor tomorrow." After saying that, Danxue went back to report, ignoring the cheers of the crowd.

"That's great! I can finally go home and visit. I've been away from home for months and I'm really homesick." After everyone had left, Shan Tao secretly leaned close to Shen Xing'er and said.

“Yes, why don’t you stay at my place again this time? We can go to the street to sell embroidery tomorrow,” Shen Xing’er invited.

"I'm afraid it won't work this time. My mother wants me to go with her to the village outside the city to deliver winter clothes to my father." Shan Tao was also disappointed. Staying at Xing'er's house was much more comfortable than staying at her own home, but she also missed her father.