Best friends dressed up in ancient times to become mistresses? You run, I run too!

"What are you doing? Let go!"

"Hmph, why should we? If it weren't for the kind-hearted lady who asked us to take care of her until she woke up, we might have already found other good jobs by now."

"Now look what's happened! She's stuck in this dark, gloomy courtyard, serving some lowly village girl who's practically a living dead. What right does she have? Doesn't she even know her own worth?"

A fake heiress who has been living as the legitimate daughter of the Minister's mansion for 15 years is already quite lucky.

They don't even know how to be grateful.

Now that the real young lady has returned, she maliciously pushes her into the water, almost causing the young lady to lose her life.

In her opinion, this kind of person deserves to die. She deserves what happened today; she tried to harm others but ended up harming herself.

"Qiuyu, what are you standing there for? Come help me! She's already a pawn to be discarded. Let's give her a hand so she can die sooner and be reborn sooner, rather than being a burden to us."

"No, Xia Zhi, let go! She was our master before, we can't do this."

Shen Ningzhu was in a daze, feeling as if someone was tightly gripping her neck, as if her lungs were about to burst, and she felt suffocated and unable to breathe.

I heard these words intermittently, and tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't.

Her head felt like it was about to explode, and she cried out in pain.

"Cough cough cough, hiss~~~"

"Shh, something's wrong, that person seems to have woken up."

"So what if she's awake? Who's afraid of her? We're servants of the Minister's mansion, after all. What can a country bumpkin like her do to me if she hears this?"

Shen Ningzhu felt as if someone had twisted the soft flesh of her arm hard, causing her to break out in a cold sweat from the pain.

"Don't just stand there, come help me!"

The childish, clear rebuke hurt her ears. Shen Ningzhu frowned and finally couldn't help but open her eyes, slapping the source of the force with all her might.

"Snapped--"

A loud slap rang out, and Shen Ningzhu slowly opened her eyes, meeting the gazes of the two people present.

"you--"

That bitch, how dare she slap her? A fake, still putting on airs like a rich young lady?

Xia Zhi's eyes were filled with hatred, wishing she could tear Shen Ningzhu to pieces. Another maid, quick-witted and nimble-fingered, hurriedly grabbed her sleeve.

Xia Zhi spat in frustration, turned around with a resentful look, and was about to leave when the curtain was lifted from the outside. A jeweled lady walked in, followed by a string of maids and servants.

The two people inside quickly bowed.

"Meet Madam."

"Well, get up."

The noblewoman glanced indifferently at Shen Ningzhu on the bed, a hint of hatred flashing in her eyes.

Shen Ningzhu frowned subconsciously.

Strange, what are these people wearing? They look like they're dressed in ancient times. And those two just now, it seems like they wanted to take advantage of her illness to kill her, but how did she get sick?

hiss~~~

Her whole body felt like it was about to fall apart. Wasn't she doing an outdoor live stream with her best friend?

How did the environment change so quickly?

Suddenly, her head twitched twice, followed by a sharp pain that felt like needles were pricking her head, a dense, throbbing pain. A flood of memories rushed into her mind.

Shen Ningzhu felt like her head was about to explode; the pain made her roll around on the bed, disregarding her image.

A cold snort came from above.

"Stop pretending. Today, I will kick you out of the manor no matter what. I will never give you another chance to bully my Xue'er."

Just then, the person on the bed calmed down and was surprised to find that they had actually traveled through time.

The original owner was the daughter of a high-ranking official, whose father was Minister Shen Yu, mother was Jiang Wanwan, the legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jiangnan, and she also had two older brothers.

The eldest brother, Shen Chenyi, is 20 years old. He is handsome and elegant, and is a well-known young man in the capital. He has become the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review at a young age, and his future is limitless.

The second elder brother, Shen Chenxi, is 18 years old. He is a well-known playboy in the capital who loves martial arts and is determined to join the army.

Then there's Shen Ningzhu, 15 years old, whose beauty is unparalleled in the capital, but whose temperament is utterly annoying. She is the most beautiful woman in the capital, known to everyone, and also the most incompetent fool.

Seeing that she was not responding but instead seemed lost in thought, the noblewoman's expression darkened, and her tone became noticeably colder.

"I advise you not to try and stay here. If you know what's good for you, I might give you some compensation. Otherwise..."

Shen Ningzhu's lips twitched. It seemed that this was the original owner's adoptive mother, Jiang Wanwan, the mistress of the Minister's mansion.

Before anyone could speak, a scream pierced the sky, startling everyone in the room.

Jiang Wanwan frowned. "Who is shouting like that? What kind of behavior is this? Go and bring them here."

"Yes, ma'am."

The two old women agreed and went out. Soon, they escorted the bewildered maid into the house.

"So it was you. Like master, like servant," Jiang Wanwan said grimly.

The maid sitting on the ground had a look of terror in her eyes, and her lips trembled as she said, "There are no cameras...you...are you human or ghosts?"

"How dare you! You've come to see the madam and you're still not kneeling? What nonsense are you spouting?" The two old women forcefully forced the maid to kneel.

Shen Ningzhu's brow twitched, and she tentatively asked in her voice:

"Xiaoyi?"

The other person paused abruptly, then their eyes lit up. "Zhuzhu, is that you? You also..." (Image of the female lead, Shen Ningzhu) "Ahem," Shen Ningzhu quickly interrupted her, looking at Jiang Wanwan, "Madam, you're right. I was wrong before. I'll leave now, but could you give me this maid and let us pack up before we leave?"

Seeing that she was sensible, Jiang Wanwan's expression improved slightly. She breathed a sigh of relief, nodded lightly, and turned to leave.

Once inside the courtyard, Xia Zhi said reluctantly, "Madam, she's been living off the manor's resources all these years. What if something happens while she's packing her things now...?"

Jiang Wanwan sighed deeply, pressed her slender fingers to her brow, and waved her hand helplessly.

"Let her be. After all, we are mother and daughter. If it weren't for... we wouldn't be short of food for her. It's just that she's too willful and doesn't know what's good for her."

"Alright, I'm tired. I'll go see Xue'er in her courtyard first. Granny Wang, go and give Shen Ningzhu that maid's indenture, and also take five hundred taels of silver notes and some loose silver from my trunk for her travel expenses."

After saying that, he left the courtyard.

Xia Zhi was so angry she gritted her teeth. She turned around and glared fiercely at Shen Ningzhu's boudoir, spitting under her breath:

"You're lucky."

Inside the house

The two are exchanging information.

Liu Zhiyi: "So, you're saying the real heiress ruined you, but you're pretending to be the one who ruined her?"

Shen Ningzhu nodded, "The original owner was afraid of losing her current wealthy life, so she framed Shen Ningxue in various ways. Who knew that Shen Ningxue was not a pushover. After enduring it a few times, she stopped and used the trick to fall into the water, pulling the original owner into the water as well."

Then he pressed her firmly underwater to prevent her from calling for help, until she stopped struggling, before dragging her ashore and then collapsing unconscious beside her.

As for whether the dizziness was real or feigned, no one knows.

Liu Zhiyi jumped into the water to save Shen Ningzhu, only to realize later that she couldn't swim. In the end, she not only failed to save Shen Ningzhu but also lost her own life.

That's how the two of them got through.

Liu Zhiyi clicked her tongue.

"It's hard to say who's right and who's wrong in this way, since the original owner tried to kill Shen Ningxue several times, and the other party was just retaliating. But speaking of which, how come you have the original owner's memories while I don't, even though we both transmigrated?"

"And why are you dressed as a young lady while I'm just your personal maid? Ugh, this isn't fair."

"In your previous life, you were a rich second-generation heiress and I was a working girl. In a different time and space, you are still a rich and beautiful woman, and I am still a working girl, still selling my body, the kind with no human rights."

"Is this how you bully people?"