Then he went around two side doors and left the garden from the corner. In the distance, he saw a room with a candle on the door.

The girl's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a little.

In the previous life...my aunt also wanted to see her, but unfortunately she didn't dare to break the rules at that time, so she never got to see her.

When she married into Prince Fushan’s palace and became a concubine… entering the palace would be even more troublesome.

Even so, she remembered that her aunt still asked her cousin to pretend to be an embroiderer and secretly gave her a small bag of silver when she came into the inner house to take her measurements and make clothes.

Although it was not much, Ruan Yuluan knew that it was not easy for them to make a living, and she never complained that it was too little.

The cousin's eyes were red. Before leaving, she told her to take care of herself and to find a way to come in and visit her after some time.

But that was the last time they saw each other in the previous life. The funny thing is that she realized at that time who was really doing good for her... and who was using her as a tool to curry favor with the rich and powerful.

Before the girl pushed open the door, she took a few deep breaths and then raised her fingertips to push the door.

There was a slight "creak" sound, and the young woman sitting in the room looked at her first, then stood up in a daze, her eyes already red and swollen.

"My son——"

The woman came forward and hugged her, and the girl's eyes turned red for a moment and she was at a loss.

A young couple behind the woman stood up and came forward to persuade her, and only then did she stop crying.

Aunt Lou briefly introduced them: "This is your older cousin and younger cousin."

Ruan Yuluan called out to her cousin, who looked to be about thirty years old, with a tired look on his face from the hustle and bustle of making a living.

"If I had known that this would end up like this..." Aunt Lou said sadly, "I would never have sent her here... She became depressed and died of illness, leaving Luan Niang to live alone in this big house..."

Ruan Yuluan naturally knew that the second branch of the Lou family had no choice but to do so.

The Lou family was originally very wealthy, but Mr. Lou was killed by villains while on his business and his property was taken away. Even his body was thrown off a cliff and could never be found.

Mrs. Lou fell ill and soon passed away. The eldest son of the family, relying on his status as the eldest daughter, swept up all the family properties, leaving the entire family with nothing but an empty mansion in Meizhou for the second son of the family.

The second wife only has two daughters, and Aunt Lou had just gotten married at that time, so how could she keep the children?

Originally, my younger sister, Aunt Lou, wanted to go to the capital to participate in the selection, but in such a huge mansion, she couldn't even afford the travel expenses.

It was really a helpless move to introduce her to Mr. Ruan, the prefect of Meizhou, as a concubine.

The girl felt a little sad. She stretched out her fingertips to hold her hand, and shook her head gently to comfort her: "Of course there were difficulties back then. Auntie, don't blame yourself too much."

The two chatted for a while, and the girl took out a purse tied from her waist and handed it to Aunt Ruan.

"Aunt, take these for now." She whispered clearly, "Although it's not much, it can still be used as a small business."

This was the monthly salary she had saved up for half a year by living frugally.

The woman's expression turned colder. "How can I take your money? You are in a big house. If you don't have money, those people will be very good at looking at you and treating you badly. Just keep it for yourself!"

The girl shook her head slightly, smiled and said, "I am now eating at the mansion, and I don't need much money, so I won't feel wronged, don't worry, aunt."

Aunt Lou was adamant about not accepting it, and Lou's cousin also frowned and said, "Although we are having a hard time, we can always make ends meet. We have also bought a shop at home, so you don't need to spend this money."

Seeing that they were determined not to accept it, the girl had no choice but to say, "To be honest, I also want you to take the money and find out some information for me outside... so that you can pass it in and tell me. I am living under someone else's roof now, I can't be completely in the dark, right?"

This does make some sense. The cousin of the Lou family nodded slightly, took the money, but still made a promise.

"Don't worry, cousin. I will definitely return this money to you a hundred or a thousand times in the future."

The Lou family didn't like to take advantage of others. Ruan Yuluan smiled and nodded gently, but she didn't really expect anything, she just took it as encouragement to the three people.

After all, in her previous life, when her cousin last came to see her, the Lou family was just an ordinary businessman.

"Okay, I'll wait for good news."

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