jdhmnovel Chapter 131 The Eldest Daughter of the Duke's Mansion
Chapter 131 The Eldest Daughter of the Duke's Mansion
"lady."
The servant's voice interrupted the mother and daughter's conversation, "The carriage has been repaired, we can set off now."
Lady Anguo held her daughter's hand and smiled lovingly, "Come on, I will definitely buy you that dress today."
“Whatever my Wan’er wants, Mother will surely find a way to get it for you.”
Chen Wan looked at the kind and loving Lady Anguo in front of her, her face beaming with a smile, but her mind was already elsewhere.
By now... he should already be in Shengjing, right?
Thinking of those scenes in her dream, Chen Wan blushed.
She was originally just a hunter's daughter, but unexpectedly, through a chance encounter and a dream, she rose to prominence and became a phoenix.
She became the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's family, and the Duke and his wife doted on her, their "daughter" whom they had lost and found, to the extreme, wishing they could pluck the moon from the sky and give it to her.
If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Wenjing in the palace was too old, Chen Wan would have even wanted to enter the palace as a favored concubine.
However, even if she couldn't become a favored concubine, being the regent's wife wouldn't be much different.
In her dream, "Yu Wan," the eldest daughter of the Anguo family, married the future regent.
Although the regent was a prince of a different surname, he held great power. He was supposed to assist the young emperor, but what could a three-year-old child understand about politics? The affairs of the court were ultimately decided by the regent alone.
The Regent's wife, on the other hand, was second only to the emperor, holding a position of immense power.
Now, she has become "Yu Wan", and everything that "Yu Wan" owns will become hers in the future!
Thinking of this, Chen Wan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Seeing her so happy, the Duchess of Anguo reached out and tapped the tip of her nose, amused, and asked, "What amusing thing are you thinking about that makes you so happy?"
Chen Wan took the arm of the Duchess of Anguo and said with a smile, "It's not that I thought of anything funny, but I just can't help being happy when I think that I can be reunited with my mother in this lifetime."
When this matter was mentioned, Lady Anguo was also very pleased.
"I thought I would never find you again in this lifetime." She reached out and touched the top of her daughter's head. "Fortunately, God blessed us and we are reunited. I have no regrets in this life because I was able to find you."
The Duchess of Anguo was extremely satisfied with the daughter she had found again.
Although she was adopted by a hunter, she was not vulgar at all. On the contrary, she was generous and knew how to please people.
Not only her, but all the elders in the household were also very satisfied with her.
Less than half a month after the mother and daughter reunited, everyone in the household was full of praise for this legitimate daughter.
Lady Anguo had already planned to hold a banquet in a few days to formally introduce her lost and found daughter to the powerful and influential families of Shengjing.
Her daughter has also reached the age to get married.
……
On the other side, at the Zhou residence.
The servants who remained at the Zhou residence knew long ago that the house had changed hands. They were initially anxious, but after learning that the new owner of the mansion was just a scholar from the countryside, they all became indifferent.
They couldn't understand how that poor scholar had gotten the house from Young Master Zhou, but what kind of background and ability could a poor scholar have?
They won't serve you!
Looking at the tightly closed gates of the house, Yu Wan glanced at Yun Shang with a puzzled expression. "Don't the servants in this mansion know we're coming today?"
Yun Shang glanced at the tightly closed door, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
Upon seeing this, the coachman, who had not yet left, immediately went forward and knocked on the door.
After knocking for a long time, the red-lacquered door slowly opened.
A servant peeked out and looked around. Seeing that it was a coachman knocking on the door, he said impatiently, "My master is not here. Come back another time if you need anything."
The coachman was taken aback and was about to speak when he saw the servant roll his eyes and prepare to close the door.
"Wait!" The coachman stuck his leg in, blocking the servant from closing the door.
The servant, annoyed by his rudeness, retorted, "Whose coachman are you? How dare you be so impolite?"
The coachman hadn't expected the Zhou family servants to be so condescending. He held back for a moment and said to them, "Did Young Master Zhou inform you beforehand that this mansion has been given to Young Master Yun? Young Master Yun and his wife will be staying here today. Have you prepared the rooms?"
The servant was taken aback upon hearing this.
Only then did their gaze fall upon the two figures standing at the bottom of the steps outside the door.
A man and a woman, dressed in simple clothes, yet possessing an aura that was impossible to ignore.
Especially that man.
Dressed in a simple white robe, with a calm and composed expression, he exuded an aura of authority without anger when he looked over.
The servant felt a sudden surge of nervousness.
After realizing the identities of the man and woman in front of him, he thought to himself that he had been fooled by a country bumpkin.
He rolled his eyes and opened the door a crack. "So it's the new master of the manor. I didn't know you masters were coming today. Please come in, please come in."
Yu Wan and Yun Shang exchanged a glance, both seeing ill intent in each other's eyes.
……
The driver left first, and the two of them entered the new house together.
After passing the screen wall, what came into Yu Wan and Yun Shang's view was a messy courtyard.
The withered flowers still clung to the branches, and a layer of dead branches and leaves had fallen to the ground, indicating that no one had cleaned it for many days.
Under the eaves, a group of maids and servants huddled together, their emotions running high.
Yu Wan glanced at it a few times and thought to herself, "Wow!"
No wonder they're not working; they're gambling here.
The servant who opened the door quickly walked over and said something to the group of people, and all the maids and servants turned around to look at him.
The deliberately hushed whispers drifted over.
"Is this the new master of the manor?"
"Why doesn't he look like a poor, uneducated country bumpkin?"
"He's just a scholar from the countryside; no matter how much he doesn't look like one, it doesn't change the fact that he came from a poor background."
"Yes, it's unbelievable that Young Master Zhou would give his house to someone like that. I really don't know what methods he used."
"I don't serve people like that... They're not even as valuable as us."
Yu Wan: "..."
Is this the world of novels?
Even though he deliberately lowered his voice, the male protagonist could still hear every word of the cannon fodder's taunts.
The servant was pushed over again.
He probably had the least say among the group.
“My lords, it’s like this,” the servant said. “We didn’t know you would be coming today, so we didn’t prepare anything in advance.”
"Furthermore, we do not know the preferences of the two masters, so we would like to trouble the masters to purchase some items they like themselves."
He kept calling himself "master," but his tone made it sound like he was the master and Yun Shang and Yu Wan were the servants.
Yu Wan remained silent, deciding to stand aside and watch the show.
The thought had barely formed when he heard Yun Shang beside him speak calmly, "Who's in charge here?"
A woman stepped forward from the corridor; she was a richly dressed maid. "It's me."