Su Yun Chu returned to her courtyard with Xi'er. Zhang Mama immediately greeted her, saying in a low voice, "Miss, you're back!"

Immediately, Granny Zhang sternly ordered the maids, "Miss is back! Hurry up and serve her dinner. She must be hungry!"

Upon hearing this, the maids all sprang into action. Before long, a large table of sumptuous food was laid out before Su Yun Chu.

Su Yun Chu looked at the large table of delicious food, paused, and said to the maids, "I can't finish all this food by myself! Why don't you all sit down and eat some together?"

Upon hearing this, the maids were so frightened that they knelt down and said in unison, "Miss, this is unacceptable! How can we uncouth people sit with you? This would break the rules!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yun said in a deep voice, "In my courtyard, I am the rule, and what I say goes! I order you all to sit down and have a meal with me."

Upon hearing this, the maids all sat down cautiously. They were all rather reserved and dared not touch their chopsticks.

After seeing this, Xi'er was the first to pick up her chopsticks and eat some food, exclaiming as she ate, "Wow! This is so delicious!"

Then, Xi'er looked at her sisters who didn't dare to touch their chopsticks, blinked, and said mischievously, "Sisters, aren't you going to eat? Well, I've already finished mine! I won't be polite."

Upon hearing this, the maids all picked up their chopsticks and began to eat. The atmosphere at the table gradually relaxed, and the maids started chatting and laughing.

Seeing this, Su Yun Chu smiled with satisfaction. Then, she asked in a low voice, "Where are you all from? Do you have any family members?"

Upon hearing this, some of the maids said that their families had suffered a disaster and that they had no relatives left.

Some say that there were too many brothers and sisters in the family, and the parents simply couldn't support so many people, so they sold them to wealthy families as servants.

Others said that their families used to live quite well, and they were young ladies from wealthy families, but their families suddenly fell into decline, leaving them no choice but to become servants in wealthy households.

After hearing this, Su Yun realized that they were all children from poor families and had all had a very difficult life.

Su Yun Chu felt a pang of sorrow in her heart. After a pause, she said softly, "From now on, this will be your home. As long as you remain loyal to me, I will never mistreat you."

The maids were deeply moved and all expressed their willingness to follow Su Yun Chu to the death.

One of the maids, named Wei'er, looked at Su Yun Chu and said in a low voice, "Miss, I am from Yangzhou. My parents are still alive, and I have a younger brother. I have been in the Su family for eight years."

"I never imagined I'd be able to sit and dine with you, Miss. You're so kind!"

Su Yun Chu looked at Wei'er and asked in confusion, "But Wei'er, your parents are still alive, why have you been at the Su residence for so long?"

Upon hearing this, Wei'er's eyes dimmed, and she said in a low voice, "Miss, my family is very poor. My parents are still alive, but their health is very poor, and my younger brother is too young to work. So I sold myself into slavery and entered the Su family to supplement the family income."

Upon seeing this, Su Yun felt pity and secretly resolved to take good care of Wei'er and her family in the future.

Su Yunchu paused for a moment, then said softly, "Wei'er, don't be sad. From now on, you only need to serve me wholeheartedly, and I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

Upon hearing this, Wei'er prepared to kneel down and kowtow to express her gratitude. Su Yun Chu, seeing this, quickly stopped her, forbidding her from kneeling.

After the meal, Su Yun Chu told the maids to go and rest. Once everyone had left, Xi'er couldn't help but exclaim, "Miss, you are so kind-hearted!"

Su Yun Chu shook her head slightly, her gaze firm, and said, "They are all pitiful people. I only did what I could. In this deep mansion, we can only rely on each other."

After hearing this, Xi'er nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, Su Yun Chu looked at Xi Er and instructed, "Xi Er, go and find me a book. I want to read it."

Upon hearing this, Xi'er whispered, "Miss, it's getting late. You should get some rest! You can read it tomorrow!"

Su Yun Chu was deeply moved upon hearing this! She then said softly, "You should get some rest! I think I'll go to sleep soon."

After hearing this, Xi'er didn't say anything, but went directly to find a book for Su Yun Chu.

Xi'er handed the book to Su Yun Chu.

Then, Xi'er slowly retreated, gently closed the door, and went to sleep.

Su Yun Chu read for a while, then felt a little tired, so she put the book down and went to sleep.

Before long, Su Yun Chu fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, after Su Yun Chu got up and washed up with Xi Er's help, she went to have breakfast.

After having breakfast, Su Yun Chu was summoned to the study by her father, Su Lie.

Inside the study, Su Lie looked at Su Yun Chu and said softly, "Chu'er, your eldest uncle rarely gets to return to the capital. Why don't you take some time to visit him?"

After hearing this, Su Yun Chu said in a low voice, "Father, I understand! I'll go right away!"

Upon hearing this, Su Lie immediately instructed his steward, Uncle Su, to prepare a gift.

After a while, Su Yun Chu took Xi Er and boarded a carriage to her uncle's villa in the capital.

Before long, Su Yun Chu and Xi Er arrived at their uncle's villa.

Su Yun Chu respectfully announced her name to the gatekeeper.

A short while later, the gatekeeper respectfully invited Su Yun Chu and Xi Er into the reception room of the villa.

Shen Yu sat upright in the main seat, watching Su Yun Chu and Xi Er walk in.

At this moment, Su Yun Chu looked at Shen Yu and bowed softly, saying, "Yun Chu greets Uncle, may Uncle be well!"

After hearing this, Shen Yu looked at Su Yun Chu, smiled, and said in a low voice, "Yun Chu, you've grown so much! You're getting more and more beautiful!"

Xi'er glanced at Shen Yu and said softly, "This servant Xi'er greets Grand Uncle, may Grand Uncle be well!"

After hearing this, Shen Yu looked at Xi'er, smiled, and said in a low voice, "You're Xi'er, right? You've grown so much! Time really flies!"

After hearing this, Xi'er said in a low voice, "Yes, I am Xi'er, Uncle."

Su Yun Chu glanced at Shen Yu, smiled, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, you're not going out this time you're back in the capital, are you?"

After hearing this, Shen Yu paused for a moment and said in a low voice, "Yun Chu, I don't have any plans yet."

"Your third, fourth, and fifth uncles all died in a war, and your second uncle was also seriously injured."

“Your maternal grandfather suffered a lot, but he kept it all to himself. I want to stay and keep him company.”

Upon hearing this, Su Yun felt extremely sad!

Then, Su Yun Chu looked at Shen Yu and said in a low voice, "Uncle, you, my cousin Tianyi and I will all stay with Grandfather."

Just as Shen Yu was about to say something after hearing this, Lin Shi and Shen Tianyi walked in from outside.

After seeing this, Su Yun Chu quickly greeted her, "Hello, Aunt!" Madam Lin looked at Su Yun Chu, smiled, and said softly, "Hello, Yun Chu!"

Su Yun Chu glanced at Shen Tian Yi behind her and said softly, "Cousin, hello!" Shen Tian Yi also looked at Su Yun Chu and said gently, "Cousin Yun Chu, hello!"

When it was almost lunchtime, Madam Lin personally cooked a large table of dishes, all of which were Su Yun Chu's favorites.

After lunch, Su Yun Chu sat down and chatted with her uncle's family. It was such a heartwarming scene!

After a while, Su Yun Chu took Xi Er and prepared to leave her uncle's villa.

Her uncle also prepared many exquisite pastries and some novelties for Su Yun Chu.

The eldest uncle's family personally saw Su Yun Chu and Xi Er off onto the carriage returning to the mansion and watched them leave.

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