After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

She knew that her mother was genuinely thinking of her, but sometimes she really wanted to tell her mother that the dowry should not be handed over to her father's people to manage, and that it would be better for them to take it and manage it themselves.

But seeing her mother's disapproving expression, she knew that there was no point in saying anything more!

But now, listening to Madam Xue's words, she felt that perhaps she had a chance to escape her parasitic fate and become the master of her own destiny.

"Ya'er, don't talk nonsense!" Mother Wen looked at her daughter with disapproval.

“Mother, I’m serious. I want to go to Jingzhi Academy to learn skills so that I won’t be at a loss after I get married and not know how to manage household affairs. What if I get deceived by someone?”

Wenya knew that her mother cared most about her marriage, and that this was the only way to persuade her.

"That's true." Mother Wen hesitated. She knew that there might be a problem with the management of her dowry, but she didn't know how to do it. If her daughter could learn, she would suffer less in the future.

“Mother, please let me try. If I learn it, it’s my skill; if I don’t, I can just go home.”

Anyway, if she didn't spend the family's money, her father and those concubines would squander it all sooner or later. However, she didn't say these things aloud. Firstly, family scandals shouldn't be aired in public, and secondly, her mother didn't like hearing about these things.

"Then, let's give it a try?" Wen's mother was persuaded by her daughter.

"Yes, yes!" Having finally convinced her mother, Wenya nodded emphatically, her eyes brighter than ever before, as if she could already see her bright future.

While some were tempted, others naturally objected. As Wenya and her daughter discussed the matter in hushed tones, questions were raised.

"Our Great Sheng Kingdom has been established for so long, and we've never heard of any girls' schools. Who knows if what you're saying is true or false?" Madam Zhao's words were true; the Sheng Kingdom had indeed never had a girls' school. After hearing this, everyone felt that it made sense and hesitated for a moment.

"I know that you ladies have doubts about my identity. I can only say that I was once the daughter of a good family, well-read and rigorously trained in etiquette. If you don't believe me, you can check the Fan family of Qingzhou, and you will know that what I say is true." Yin Xue responded calmly and respectfully.

As a descendant of the Fan family, she has always been proud of this and is not afraid of anyone investigating.

"Who knows if what you're saying is true or false? Qingzhou is far away from here, and we have no way of verifying it. Even if there really is such a Fan family, how do we know it's your family?" Madam Zhao scoffed, taking Yin Xue's words as mere sophistry.

"The Fan family of Qingzhou, are you talking about the Fan family of Fan Huaiqian?" A woman in the crowd asked anxiously, her expression excited.

Yinxue was surprised. Her grandfather had passed away many years ago and had never been here before. She wondered how this lady knew. She asked curiously, "It is indeed my grandfather. And who is this lady?"

"I never expected to see the Fan family again!" Madam He said excitedly, stepping forward to tightly grasp Yin Xue's hand.

Yin Xue felt a slight pain from the force of her grip, but seeing the other person's agitated state, she didn't say anything.

She then asked, "May I ask how you are addressed, Madam?" She searched her memory but could not recall such a person.

"Look at me, I got so excited that I forgot to introduce myself!" Madam He smiled wryly and said, "Of course you don't recognize me. My maiden name is Wang, and my ancestral home is Qingzhou. I married into the family twenty years ago. He's Silver Shop is my husband's family's."