After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

People often say that the eldest daughter of the Wen family is very lucky and she failed to die three times. But who knew that Wen Qian really died in that lotus pond.

Midsummer had just passed, and the lotus pond was full of flower stumps that had not been cleaned up. The young lady of the aristocratic family, who had been poisoned by the paralysis poison, plunged into it, as if she had plunged into a huge spider web. How could she survive? Even though this body had been replaced by a soul, it would still suddenly sit up in the middle of the night and breathe heavily. That was the instinctive fear, despair, and gratitude for surviving the disaster.

That kind of strong emotion, transmitted from the dead soul to the new soul through a body, is so clear and real that it is heart-wrenching.

The girl who was pretending to write the hairpin-flowered small calligraphy turned the tip of her pen slightly, revealing her sharpness.

She tilted her head to look at the maid beside her, and said in a calm and gentle voice, "It's nothing. It's just that it's not appropriate to run away two days after getting married... Besides, there are things to prepare for returning home. Let's talk about Tong Wanzhen's matter later."

After thinking for a while, he instructed, "Prepare the return gift first. If there is anything you don't understand, go directly to the mother-in-law next to the lady and ask. Don't say anything else. Just say that you are young and are afraid that the preparations are not thorough enough... Madam Song is concerned about the face of the Song family, so she will definitely not make things difficult for you on this matter."

"Yes."

……

The news that the maids and servants in Luofengxuan were punished by being forced to bask in the sun in the yard for three hours spread quickly and reached the ears of Madam Song.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Song sneered, "Nonsense," and said nothing more.

Countess Wang Xiuru was born into the Wang family of Langya. Although she was only the last descendant of a side branch, she was just as well-mannered as she was in appearance and had a pride that made her look down on everyone. To her, the Wen family was nothing more than a nouveau riche with some money - a small family.

The maidservant beside Wang Xiuru was surnamed Sun. She was the most considerate on weekdays. While tidying Wang's clothes, she said with a smile, "She was a bit naughty, but at least she had good sense and knew who was in charge of the backyard. From my perspective, she was neither arrogant nor impatient and was calm and generous. She just sent her maidservant to ask me what gift she wanted to prepare this time. She was unlike the one in the eldest master's room..."

"Where did she go? I haven't seen her for the past two days."

"He said...he was going home to visit his parents."

Wang Xiuru was amused and sneered, "She came to visit her parents? She has been married for two years, and she only went back when someone from the other side came to urge her repeatedly. The number of times can be counted on one hand. What's the point of visiting her parents? She just doesn't want to see the eldest son's wedding being bigger than hers... She has been giving me a cold shoulder ever since she accidentally saw the engagement letter. Ha! She doesn't think that, not to mention that my son is the eldest son, the Wen family can afford a corresponding dowry, but what about her? What does their family have? She just comes here every now and then to ask for money!"

Nanny Sun nodded good-naturedly, "That's true."

"Each of them is not a worry-free person! Send someone to call her back! Her sister-in-law is going back to her parents' home to avoid her brother-in-law's wedding. What a shame! It would be so embarrassing if the news got out!"

Nanny Sun nodded and said, "I will go and invite him myself right away."

The next morning, a nanny came from the Tong family with gifts, saying that her young lady heard that the third young master's wife was unwell and wanted to visit her, but was afraid of disturbing her rest, so she only prepared a small gift to show her concern, and would come to apologize after the third young master's wife recovered.

When the doorman relayed the message, he emphasized the word "apology" very heavily, and his facial expressions and winks were about 70% similar. Yuan Ge shook his head and thought to himself that there were quite a few interesting servants in the Song family. He smiled and told the maid behind him to take it, not caring at all that he didn't look "ill" at all at the moment.

The maid's name was Ling'er. She was the little maid who stood alone at the stove on the wedding night. She was also the girl who bent over and gently advised Qiuju when she was punished to kneel. Qiuju was originally a big maid who served in the house. After she left, there was one less person in the house. She didn't think much of it at first, but now Shiyin was busy preparing things for the return gift, so she naturally couldn't spare time. So she recommended this little fire-burning maid to Yuange.

Ling'er had no father since she was a child. Her mother was addicted to alcohol and gambling and owed a lot of debts to the gambling house, so she was sold to the Song family as a maid. She had been in the Song family for several years. Because of her dull and dull personality and not being pretty enough, she only did menial and rough work.

The little maid was indeed born thin and small, with a pale face and skinny body, like a yellow-haired boy, but she spoke softly and slowly, and was meticulous in her work. Although she would lack some tact if she was taken out to deal with people, it was pretty good for her to stay in the yard to do her work.

Ling'er prepared both lunch and dinner. They were simple home-cooked meals that tasted great.

Yuan Ge was walking in the yard to digest his food just after dinner. Lin Mu came in from the doorway and called out "Young Madam" in a low voice. He spoke very quickly and reluctantly. After calling her, he became much calmer. He bowed and saluted, and then said, "The master told me to stay at the mansion today and wait for the list of gifts for the young madam's return so that I could prepare them. I waited for a day but didn't see her, so I came here to ask."

Yuan Ge would not really care about the "wife" he called this unruly but genuine servant. The warning he gave when he left was just because he was in a good mood and wanted to take advantage of his power to bully others.

Seeing Lin Mu's awkward look, she saw through it but didn't say anything. She stood in front of a deep red crabapple tree and said calmly, "Shiyin has already gone to prepare. I asked her to find Nanny Sun. Nanny Sun knows more and won't miss anything. As for the money, don't bother. It's the same if you go from my side. When your husband comes back, tell him that everything is ready. It would be best if he can go tomorrow. If he can't leave, that's fine too. Just focus on his own affairs. I don't care."

Lin Mu was very surprised and subconsciously looked up. Even though he had not yet married, he knew that it was a laughing stock for the bride to return home alone! But what did she say? It was his own business, not important?

Dusk was falling little by little.

The woman standing in front of the crimson crabapple was dressed differently from yesterday. She was wearing a smoky blue dress and no makeup. Her cold and pale complexion made her look more indifferent and thinner than yesterday. She looked serious and tolerant as she spoke, with a bit of the aura of a young lady.

He was completely different from the way he was yesterday, grabbing my collar and gritting his teeth and threatening me childishly...

Lin Mu bowed slightly, stepped back, and walked out with his head down, heavy-hearted. He thought that when his master came back, he would try to persuade him. This... this woman was quite pitiful.