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

On the wedding night, the groom was nowhere to be seen.

It's not unexpected.

After all, this marriage was originally a farce. One day, the time and place were right, and His Majesty had a few drinks, and he wanted to be a matchmaker, so he randomly arranged this marriage - the man was heartless, and the concubine was not only uninterested, but also had other intentions. A month after the imperial decree was issued, the elders of both parties were busy with this marriage, and the bride was also busy - busy hanging, jumping into the river, trying to commit suicide, and losing face for both parties.

The Song family was forced to marry her. If she was still asked to be polite and courteous, even Yuan Ge felt that it was too much of a burden.

The Wen family was probably also disappointed with Wen Qian. Only Shi Yin accompanied her as a dowry. There were four maids, two old women, and even two servants in the room, all of whom were servants of the Song family. They all treated her coldly and were very arrogant, wishing they could take over and be the boss right away.

At night, the courtyard was still pitch black without any lights on until a quarter past You, when a cold-faced maid threw a bowl of cold sweet soup over.

There were two people in the room and only one bowl of sweet soup.

Faced with Shiyin's questioning, the other party rolled his eyes and said coldly, "Eat it if you want or not," and walked away. Shiyin, who was holding the sweet soup, was left standing at the threshold dumbfounded. After a while, he stamped his feet fiercely and complained, "Miss! Look at her! What an attitude! Is this how the servants of the Song family are without rules and don't know the difference between superiors and subordinates?"

The servants' attitudes naturally followed those of their masters, and they would even go further. Following a young mistress who was disliked by the master, one could imagine the status of these servants in the mansion. How could they not feel resentful?

It was already night, and this body had been up since before dawn, and then fell into the water and was poisoned. Although the poison didn't last long, it was extremely exhausting after all the torment. Whether it was to punish him to establish authority or to kill a chicken to scare the monkey, this was not a good time. Yuan Ge supported his chin and played with the teacup in his hand, smiling smugly, "It doesn't matter, let them go. Let's eat some food tonight and rest early."

Shi Yin didn't believe it, and went to the small kitchen in the backyard to prepare a "sumptuous" dinner for his young lady. However, the whole small kitchen was empty, with no people or food. There was only a skinny little girl squatting at the stove. She looked about twelve or thirteen years old. When asked, she said that there was a wedding at the mansion today, and the cooks went to the front yard to help. The yard was newly renovated, so naturally there was no food... When she said these words, she stumbled, her eyes flickered, and she didn't dare to look at anyone.

Shiyin was so angry that he laughed.

Yuan Ge has never liked sweets, but Wen Qian likes them. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, she just insisted that she was not hungry and had no appetite. In the end, the bowl of sweet soup went into Shi Yin's stomach, and Yuan Ge... only ate a few peanuts and drank half a cup of bitter tea.

It's barely enough to fill my stomach.

On the first day of her arrival, the most overbearing young lady on Zhixuan Mountain vaguely felt a sense of grievance that she could be bullied by anyone...

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On the second day after arriving, the sky was just turning light, and the maid in the courtyard didn't even knock on the door, but pushed it open and came in. After entering, she threw the copper basin she was washing her face in heavily onto the wooden rack with a "bang", splashing water everywhere. The maid turned her head to look at the new master on the bed, and shouted in a domineering manner, "Why don't you get up, new daughter-in-law--" Before she finished speaking, she met the other's eyes and choked subconsciously, swallowing the rest of the words.

That look... was quite calm, but somehow it was a little creepy.

It's like the calmness a wolf feels when he sees a rabbit that can't move.

Miss Yuan sat up with a cold face that said "No strangers allowed". Her eyes fell on the splashed water stains. She casually glanced at the other person's somewhat unnatural expression and asked, "What's your name?"

The other party said two words dryly, "Qiu Ju." After saying that, she raised her chin slightly, arrogant and fearless - the young lady of the Wen family was famous for her soft temper. The nanny also said that while she had just arrived and was still unsure of her mind, she should be bullied as much as possible. This would not only establish her future status, but also show her loyalty in front of the master.

"How old are you?" Miss Yuan continued to ask, indifferently and without any expression.

"Nineteen."

"Is she betrothed?"

Qiu Ju was a little surprised. She didn't know why the new young lady was asking so many questions, but she still subconsciously answered truthfully, "Not yet."

Yuan Ge nodded indifferently, gathered her nightgown, lifted the thin quilt, stood up, sat on the bed and looked at the short maid, and said in a calm voice, "Go to the yard and kneel. Kneel for three hours, then go wherever you need to go, and don't show up in front of me again."

The other party suddenly looked up, "What do you mean? Why are you chasing me away?!"

Yuan Ge lowered his eyebrows and stroked the embroidery on his sleeves. He pulled the corners of his mouth lazily and said perfunctorily, "Your name contains the word chrysanthemum, but I don't like chrysanthemums. You are nineteen years old, and your zodiac sign is unlucky for me."

Qiu Ju was dumbfounded - the speech she had prepared early in the morning, which was a combination of everyone's wisdom, extremely powerful, and sure to be handled, suddenly became like a mouthful of thick phlegm stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a word.

After a while, he opened his mouth and said with his neck held tight, "I was arranged by the Countess. How can you punish me or drive me away as you say? Even if I really did something wrong, the Countess will make the decision. Don't think of using these trumped-up charges to drive me out of the Song family!" He just looked obviously weak inside.

Outside the half-open window, a little maid with a bun on her hair sneaked half of her head out and then quickly shrank back.

But the rustling sound did not stop.

Yuan Ge glanced at that place, lowered his head and smiled, thinking that it was some kind of character, but it turned out to be just a bird that was pushed out to wade in the water.

She rolled up her sleeves slowly, calculating the time. Shiyin, who had gone out to buy breakfast, should be back soon. She stood on the steps in front of the bed with her skirt dragging on the ground, looking down at the maid opposite her with a lazy smile, "It just so happens that according to the rules, I have to serve tea today. I just want to ask the Countess whether such trivial matters as the stay or departure of the servants in my courtyard still need to be reported to her one by one and approved by her."

Even if the Countess disliked her new daughter-in-law, several families were present when the tea was served, and there were many people talking, so I'm afraid she wouldn't want to be criticized.

Qiu Ju suddenly took half a step back, putting some distance between herself and Yuan Ge.

The maids and nannies had spent days preparing for how to manipulate the new master, but they were completely useless. The new master didn't reason with them at all - the new master didn't reason at all! And the look in her eyes and her posture, how could she be soft and gullible? !