The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Du Mingxian counted them: five hundred taels of silver notes, fifty-three taels and six mace of loose silver, and then the old woman's jewelry: a gold ring, a silver ring, a silver bracelet, a silver hairpin, and a pearl hairpin.

Upon seeing these items, she released the knife from the man's neck and sat down at the table. "These jewels are yours. As for the money... three taels and six qian should be enough for you to make a trip tonight."

"Yes, yes." Neither of them dared to say a word, and they didn't even have the thought of revenge.

Du Mingxian put away the five hundred taels of silver notes and fifty taels of silver before looking at the things on the table. "If you want this silver, you have to do something for me."

"Please tell me."

The next day, the inn was still bustling with people. There was no movement inside Du Mingxian's room, while Chun Tao had been standing guard outside the door for a long time.

The door to the old woman's room next door was opened, and the old woman peeked out, looking like a thief, and she had even wrapped her head in a cloth.

Chun Tao was quite puzzled when she saw this. "Are you sick?"

The old woman waved her hand, her eyes filled with impatience and hatred. "Where is Miss?"

"Miss is still asleep."

"Go inside and wake the young lady up; we're leaving."

"Yes."

Chun Tao went in to call for help. Du Mingxian, who had stayed up late the night before, was sleeping soundly and was unhappy to be woken up. However, thinking about what had happened today, she quickly got up.

After Chun Tao brought her water to wash up, Du Mingxian stretched and said, "Let's go."

The two, mistress and servant, walked downstairs one after the other. They saw the old woman arguing with the shopkeeper in a low voice. Du Mingxian, standing at the top of the stairs, couldn't hear her and had to hurry down to see what was going on.

"Is this a rip-off? We're completely broke, and you're still charging us so much."

"There are ledgers here. The food you ordered yesterday was all our restaurant's signature dishes, and it was all delivered upstairs. Your young lady didn't finish it all, and she even gave the rest to the beggars outside. You can ask your young lady if you don't believe me." The manager pointed behind the old woman.

The old woman turned around instinctively and saw Du Mingxian smiling at her. "Can we go now?"

Did you eat anything yesterday, Miss?

"Yes, does that mean if you live on a breath, I also have to live on a breath?"

The old woman sensed the sarcasm in her words and immediately retorted, "No, no, it's just that before leaving, Madam didn't have much money. Since Miss is eating the meal herself, please pay for it yourself."

Du Mingxian immediately feigned shock, "What? What did you say? Are you mistaken? Although I'm not her biological daughter, I am still the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel. How could she send you to pick me up without giving you a single penny?"

The old woman was completely stunned. Was there something wrong with this person? How could he yell about something like that?

"Yesterday morning you made us eat dry biscuits, and last night you just went to sleep without caring about me, your young lady. I had to order some food for myself, but now you're not even willing to pay a penny."

"If my own mother were still alive, I wouldn't have to suffer like this."

Seeing that Du Mingxian was getting more and more excited, even wanting to introduce herself and let everyone see the shameful things that happened in the Minister's mansion, the old woman became a little scared and immediately admitted her mistake.

"Miss, don't worry, it was my fault, it was my fault."

Du Mingxian then concealed the sadness on her face. "Then please hurry up, let's get in the carriage first."

Du Mingxian swaggered away with Chun Tao, completely disregarding what the old woman was going to do.

After waiting in the carriage for a while, the old woman came out, her face so dark it looked like it could drip water. "Miss, please get off the carriage."

"What's going on?" Du Mingxian asked, her movements swift as she stepped off the carriage.

The old woman said with some resentment, "Because you ate too much and I didn't have enough silver on me, I'll sell this carriage first."

"Sold it? How are we going to get to the capital then? Are we going to walk?"

“I think the comprador bought an oxcart, which will be cheaper. Let’s go like this.”

Du Mingxian wanted to say something, but seeing that the old woman's hair was slightly gray and her face was now pale and purple, she was afraid of angering her to death, so she could only hold back.

"Alright then, I'll do whatever you say."

The carriage, which wasn't exactly luxurious, was now replaced by a simple, secondhand oxcart. It didn't matter to Du Mingxian, but that didn't stop her from causing trouble.

"You can't blame me for ordering food. You don't even have anyone bring me food. I have no choice. If you put some thought into it and bought me some food, I wouldn't have spent that little bit of money."

The old woman, feeling like she was infested with lice in the cramped carriage, was in pain all over and wanted to vent all her resentment on Du Mingxian, saying, "If it weren't for Miss insisting on eating, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

Du Mingxian was furious. "Stop! I want to get off the carriage. I'm going to ask the innkeeper how much silver it cost to sell the carriage. I'm not taking the blame for this!"

After saying that, she rushed to get off the bus.

This action probably stunned the old woman, who hurriedly reached out to grab the person and immediately smiled apologetically, "Miss, my dear Miss, please don't be angry. That's a shady shop. I'll tell Madam when we get back, and Madam will ask me to resolve this matter."

"really?"

"Really?" Du Mingxian stopped talking, remaining sullen and unhappy.

After sitting for a while, she turned to look at the old woman who had her head wrapped up tightly. "What's wrong with you? Is your hair sick? Why are you wrapped up so tightly?"

When the old woman heard Du Mingxian mention her hair, she immediately became anxious and felt extremely distressed. "I'm fine, Miss, you should rest. Before, the carriage was faster, but now that it's an oxcart, it will probably take much longer."

"You're really alright? You look like you have a serious problem." Du Mingxian said, glancing at Chun Tao who was watching the scene unfold. "Right?"

Chun Tao nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, you should go to the doctor as soon as you are sick. You must not delay."

Du Mingxian chimed in, "That's right. You're someone close to the Madam, someone of importance. If you looked like this, people would think you had some serious illness."

The old woman's lips twitched violently, her heart filled with curses and rebukes for the two of them, but the smile on her face remained unchanged. "Thank you for your concern, Miss and Chun Tao, this old servant is really fine."

This was the second time the old woman had referred to herself as "old servant" in front of her.

The first time was when I kept coughing, trying to get someone's attention; this is the second time.

It seems this old codger is a bully who preys on the weak.

"Alright then, you must tell me if you need anything. After all, we haven't returned to the Minister's residence yet, and you're the person I'm most familiar with right now. I'll be counting on you to give me some pointers in the future."