C5

"Thank you!" Su Yi thanked him softly.

She seemed to have not expected Su Yi to thank her. She paused for a moment before recovering. "Princess, there's no need for you to thank me. This is all something a servant should do."

She then called out to Chaner, "Chaner!"

A thirteen or fourteen year old maidservant ran out nervously. Her pretty face looked a little shy, but her smile was sincere. "Sister Dong Xue!"

"En!" Dong Xue nodded her head before turning to Su Yi, "This is Chaner, the maidservant assigned to serve the wangfei. If there's anything else, ask Chaner to come find me. My name is Dong Xue!"

"This servant will take his leave first if there's nothing else." With that, she gave a slight bow. Although she looked respectful, Su Yi could tell that she didn't have much respect for him.

However, being able to do so was already quite good.

Looking at the yard in front of her, she smiled faintly. This was probably the most widowed house she had ever seen. She slowly walked into it.

When the apricot tree came into view, the only things left were some overgrown weeds.

In truth, she didn't really understand what was going on either. She only knew that this wangfei wasn't exactly favored by her, because the Dewdrop Pavilion was the most dilapidated courtyard within the Duke Palaces. It had already been many years since it had last been repaired, and weeds had already gathered outside the courtyard.

In the end, she was still a mere servant girl, and the princess was a master. She could scold and scold her if she wanted to, and she was afraid of being scolded by her master, so she explained with a trembling voice, "Princess, your servant is already taking care of it, but the house isn't done yet. After you take care of it, then I'll take care of the yard."

"It's fine. Take your time. You'll be able to organize it well in a moment. You can just arrange a room to rest first!" Su Yiyun said calmly. A calm smile on her face could ease the uneasiness in people's hearts.

Su Yi suddenly felt like she was a fairy when she saw the faint smile on her face. That smile made her heart feel sweet. Thus, a charming smile appeared on her face. "Hey, Chaner, hurry and tidy up a room for the wangfei to rest!"

As soon as she entered the room, Su Yi impatiently took off the phoenix crown on her head. With such a long and complicated etiquette, the heavy dress and phoenix crown had already pressured her to the point where she couldn't breathe.

She and her mother were unfavoured. This was a secret that many people did not know about, and on the surface, she was the fifth miss of the Prime Minister's Estate. However, only she and her mother knew what kind of hardships this young lady was leading. Other than having a bite to eat, she didn't have the treatment the Miss should have. What the servants should do, she and her mother had done everything, washing clothes, cleaning the courtyard, making embroidery, raising horses, and so on, they had suffered all kinds of hardships, and if it weren't for Prince Mo who saw that she was a non-existent substitute and planned to eat and drink for her for half a year, her hands, which were thick with calluses due to rough work, would have been exposed the moment he held Prince Mo's hand. She would not fight, and she did not want to fight either. From the day she left her mother, she had already promised her mother that she would not fight for her mother's life, that she would be safe and sound. She had promised her mother that she would live well.