After the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion was reborn, she divorced and married the prince!

"I know what you want to say. My young lady has been very kind to the Gu family. But she has been guarding the inner courtyard alone for seven years!

"How many seven years like this does a woman have? Besides, when she gave birth to the young master, she narrowly escaped death and walked through the gates of hell! What did she get in return?"

Nanny Zhou was chatting privately with a few maids and saw that they all had sad and moving looks on their faces.

She paused and lowered her voice, "I won't hide it from you elder sisters, the Gu family is angry with my young lady! You are stuck in the middle and are being used as a pawn!"

"Oh! We just came to our senses!" Several people hurriedly pulled Madam Zhou and walked aside.

"Sister Zhou, you have an idea. As servants, how dare we make things difficult for our master?"

"If we had a way out, we wouldn't dare to make trouble in front of the young lady today!"

"We have to live! The masters are fighting, and they can't destroy our jobs! How can we live at such an old age?"

Madam Zhou sighed, "Ah, it's true. We are old now, not like young girls. If we leave this family, we can find an easy job somewhere else."

"Yes, yes! Sister Zhou is right!" Several maids nodded repeatedly.

"What are they saying over there?" Nanny Zhou pointed towards Sun's yard.

Several maids rushed to explain to her, fearing that if they spoke too slowly they would lose touch with Madam Zhou.

"They told us to pay off this month's wages, leave within three days, and find our own way out!"

"Isn't this going to kill us?"

Madam Zhou frowned and said, "My young lady does have a farm, but she's still short of some staff, but not many..."

Several maids looked at each other and said, "Sister Zhou, look at me. I have always done rough labor! I can also go to the farm!"

"There are too many monks and too little porridge, so don't make a fuss." Nanny Zhou lowered her voice and said, "There's not much I can do to help you old sisters. I'll go back and ask Zi Su to prepare the contract for the long-term workers. You take back the contract with the Gu family and come to me quietly."

"Hey! Okay, Sister Zhou! Thank you so much!"

"As for wages..."

"Well, you're still worried. The young lady is such an honest person. She just paid the people in the yard three months' wages in advance!"

Madam Zhou laughed and lowered her voice, "The young lady said that she made money from her business outside, and she will give everyone an extra month's salary during the New Year. My young lady always keeps her word!"

"Ladies, those who come early will not be paid less than before... For those who come late, I can't say for sure."

When several people heard this, they didn't even go to the second gate.

There were many people at the second gate waiting for them to go back and report the news.

But if others knew about this way out, they might not have a chance anymore.

After these old women made a plan, they immediately went to find the housekeeper and took back their deeds.

They were originally farmhands, not servants of the Gu family.

After receiving this month's wages, they will have no relationship with the Gu family anymore.

The people waiting at the second gate waited and waited, but they didn't see the old women coming back to deliver the letter, so they couldn't sit still any longer.

Those who were smart quickly asked people in the inner courtyard to find out.

Sometimes, the more "confidential" the news is, the faster it spreads.

The more loudly you tell people, the less they will believe you.

The people at the Second Gate spent a lot of money to find out...

"They have already received the silver, taken the deed, and went to Qichiyuan to find Madam Zhou!"

"why?"

"I heard that since the young lady came back from her parents' home last time, she no longer manages the household expenses. Her Qichiyuan is responsible for its own profits and losses, and does not use the money of the middle master!"

"So it wasn't the young lady's idea to cut expenses and lay off servants?"

"As for those old women, if it was Young Madam's idea, would they have taken their deeds and gone to find Young Madam? They would have wanted to eat Young Madam!"

"Then this is..."

"It must be that the young lady is soft and easy to talk to, and after they made a scene and cried, she found a new way out for them!"

The people outside the second door thought about it and their eyes widened.

"These old women have found a way out for themselves and kicked us out?"

"Then what should we do?"

The people outside the second gate couldn't enter the inner courtyard, and they were worried when they saw the Cui family's carriage bringing the young master back.

They immediately rushed forward and surrounded the Cui family's carriage.

"Young Master, please have mercy on us and don't let the Gu family chase us away!"

"Young Master, please say something nice to the Young Madam! Leave us a way out!"

Young Master Cui raised his head from the chessboard and looked at Jingyou in surprise, "What happened?"

Jingyou shook his head, "I don't know either. Let me ask you clearly. Please forgive me."

"Well, we are good brothers. Your business is my business! What's embarrassing or not?"

Cui Shiwulang patted his shoulder and said, "You are being polite. Go and ask. I'll be waiting for you. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask me!"

Jingyou got off the carriage and was about to ask.

But then he saw Song Mingli coming out to greet him.

When the group of people saw Song Mingli, they stopped surrounding the Cui family's carriage and immediately turned around and knelt before Song Mingli.

Everyone was talking at once.

Song Mingli looked frightened, his face turned pale and he looked like he was about to collapse.

"Stop disturbing the young lady and making a fuss in front of the guests! It's rude!" Nanny Zhou stepped forward and scolded, "Follow me to the pavilion over here and talk to each other one by one!"

The old women who had "jumped job" to work on Song Mingli's farm also came out from the inner courtyard.

They nodded and winked secretly at those who were on good terms with them, asking them to follow Nanny Zhou.

Anyone with a keen eye will immediately understand what he means.

They stopped surrounding Song Mingli and Jingyou and followed Nanny Zhou away.

When the others saw that the leaders had left, they decided to leave too.

Divide and rule, these people are alone and powerless and can't achieve anything.

"Jingyou!" Song Mingli smiled gently at Jingyou.

Cui Shiwu lifted the curtain and looked outside, just in time to see Song Mingli's gentle appearance.

He couldn't help but sigh with envy, "Jingyou, you are so lucky! My mother is always very strict with me. She will only smile at me like this if I am praised by my grandfather or teacher."

Upon hearing this, Song Mingli couldn't help but sigh.

In a large family like the Cui family, with so many children and grandchildren, which mother would not hope that her child would excel?

The more prestigious the child's status, the greater the expectations placed on him or her, and the greater the pressure on his or her mother.

Song Mingli could understand this feeling very well...but if she were to live her life again, she only hoped that Jingyou would be healthy, lively and happy.

Jingyou's talent and success are his blessings, and perhaps also God's pity and compensation for his experiences in his previous life.

Song Mingli nodded and thanked the young master of the Cui family.

Cui Shiwu waved and said goodbye to Jingyou.

He lowered the curtains, and when the carriage started moving, he quickly opened them again, and looked enviously at Jingyou and his mother, holding hands and skipping towards the inner courtyard.

"He is so mature and steady in front of us. But he is so childish in front of his mother?"

Cui Shiwu grinned, "Hey, I'm better off than Wang Twelve and Jingyou now! Because I know what's going on in his family! Humph, I will definitely help my brother!"