The cousin's family is extremely wealthy; she deserves to be a concubine.

Wenqin also felt that Shen was the kind of person who would take advantage of anyone who passed by, and she couldn't understand why Shen was so magnanimous.

He Zhizhu picked at her fingernails, thinking that many things in this life didn't match up with those in her previous life, and felt powerless and fearful.

Wenqin came to He Zhizhu to inform on her, hoping to gain her favor and show her loyalty, not to cause her any trouble.

So she said kindly, "I suppose since you already have Granny Li here, it's not appropriate for Granny Yan to interfere. As the saying goes, 'Two tigers cannot share one mountain,' that's the point."

Young lady, you were born into a good family. You were born as the legitimate daughter of a marquis, surrounded by a group of people serving you.

You don't know that even servants like us secretly compete to stand before our masters and gain their favor.

He Zhizhu followed Wen Qin's line of thought and realized that this made perfect sense.

Although she usually ignored the infighting among those around her, she was not entirely oblivious to it.

However, "Sixth Sister has two nannies, Meng and Zhang, serving her together. How can they get along so well?"

Wenqin secretly cursed her bad luck and her mind raced to think of a solution. "Miss, you only see that the two old women are on the surface and they are harmonious. Who knows if they are actually at odds with each other in private?"

Besides, the Sixth Miss's situation is special. She is frequently summoned to the palace by the Eleventh Princess. If anything were to happen to her, it would be a matter of life and death.

She had two maids attending to her; the old lady must be worried about the sixth young lady's manners and etiquette.

He Zhizhu thought to herself, "I will also enter the palace in the future and become a person of high status. Not to mention two nannies, even four nannies would be worthy of me."

However, Wenqin's words eventually convinced her.

Instead of focusing on the Sixth Miss, she turned to ask the blind and ignorant Granny Yan, "I haven't been to the girls' school the other day. Do you know what remarkable skills Granny Yan possesses?"

Because she knew about Hua Sirong's good fortune in her previous life, a senior old nanny chose Hua Sirong without hesitation, which still made He Zhizhu a little worried.

Wenqin couldn't tell the truth. "That Granny Yan is strict and not well-liked by the young ladies in the manor. On the contrary, Granny Wu is always smiling and very kind."

The third and fourth young ladies usually like to hang around Granny Wu.

He Zhizhu's eyes lit up. Even if Granny Yan was gone, there was still Granny Wu.

Besides, even the legitimate daughters of the Marquis's mansion don't have palace maids serving them personally, yet you, a mere cousin, have a maid by your side.

Is this outrageous? If this happens, wouldn't Hua Sirong be devoured alive by her third and fourth sisters?

Thinking about it this way, He Zhizhu felt much better.

However, in order to add a little more excitement to Hua Sirong's life, she instructed Wenqin to return to Yimei Garden and ask her mother, Shen, to assign a few more good maids to serve Hua Sirong in Qingwu Courtyard.

Of course, this is not the same as that.

For example, the maid named Xiaoya who served Jin Yaoyao before was quite good.

Wenqin immediately understood and repeatedly assured her that she would make the arrangements properly.

In Qingwu Courtyard, Hua Sirong looked at the two little maids that Wenqin had personally brought over without even frowning.

Wenqin's smile was impeccable. "Please be well, Miss Biao."

My wife said that with the addition of Granny Yan, it would be inappropriate for you to not have any maids to serve you personally in the courtyard.

"Therefore, I've carefully selected two young maids and instructed my servants to send them over. Miss, you can simply use them as you see fit."

Hua Sirong glanced at the two girls out of the corner of her eye. One was Xiaoya, who had betrayed Jin Yaoyao a few days ago, and the other had a delicate, frail face that didn't look like someone who could do any work.

Hua Sirong remained calm and composed, but her expression was polite. "Thank you for your concern, Aunt, and thank you for making the trip yourself, Miss Wenqin."

Normally, Hua Sirong would give Wenqin some reward or something.

But now she understood that Wenqin had a subtle hostility towards her for some reason. Although she hid it very well, she was naturally sensitive to other people's thoughts and could still sense it.

Since we can't win her over or befriend her, let's just handle things officially and not waste her valuable resources.

After seeing Wenqin off, the two maids asked Hua Sirong to give them names.

Hua Sirong found it amusing; the indenture wasn't even in her possession, so why would she bestow a name upon her?

However, we still had to say something polite: "One of you is called Xiaoya, and the other is called Fufeng. Both are good names, so there's no need to change them."

My Qingwu Courtyard is small and quiet, so I don't ask anything of you. I just ask that you don't cause me any trouble.

They adopted a very humble posture, but neither Xiaoya nor that Fufeng were easy to deal with, and their expressions revealed a hint of arrogance.

They even had a vague feeling that Hua Sirong was just a merchant's daughter, and if it weren't for her aunt, the Lady Hou, her status might not be comparable to the two maids from the Hou family.

Hua Sirong didn't want to be under the watchful eyes of those two ingrates even when she was sleeping, so she arranged for them to stay in the back room of the east wing.

They called it "one room per person, spacious living."

Wang Mama led the two to settle in, leaving Yan Mama to serve them in the study.

Granny Yan's sharp eyes shot towards the east wing. "The young lady's situation is not good!"

Hua Sirong shook off her previous gloom and laughed playfully, "Things haven't been going well at all. It's already a miracle that it took this long to finally place an informant in front of me."

Seeing that Hua Sirong was still in the mood to joke, Granny Yan thought that she must be a shrewd person, so she also felt a little more relaxed.

"This old servant will take responsibility for teaching them manners. Even if we can't count on their loyalty, at least they can't betray us."

Hua Sirong raised an eyebrow. How could Granny Yan have such confidence without a contract of indenture?

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Granny."

Granny Yan understood that this was also a time for her to show her loyalty.

If she didn't have any tricks up her sleeve, why would anyone keep her in this old body?

Between two intelligent people, there is an unspoken understanding.

Granny Yan bowed and poured tea for Hua Sirong, "Miss, you've been reading this book for days. Is there anything special about it?"

Hua Sirong looked at the rare book in her hand, which now had a different cover, and smiled. "I don't know if it's because autumn has arrived, but I feel that the people and things around me are all in accordance with the saying—'a troubled autumn'."

Fearing I might lose my composure, I would pick up this book to find answers to my questions, and each time I read it carefully, I gained something new.

Granny Yan assumed it was a book that could enlighten people's minds and did not investigate it further.

As for getting it from Hua Sirong and reading its contents?

That would be overstepping her bounds. She had learned the rules of the palace very well, and she would never do anything that would offend her master.

Moreover, the woman in front of us may seem unknown, but she actually has powerful backers that she herself is unaware of.