Lin Yushu paced around the room, looking around, and finally stopped in front of an exceptionally thin figure. Under a dark blue coarse cloth servant's outfit, a pair of hands covered with calluses and small wounds were clasped nervously.

"What's your name?" Lin Yushu asked softly.

"My name is Lancao, serving in the kitchen." The thin maid answered in a low voice.

Lin Yushu's throat tightened slightly, and she looked at her tenderly, "Are you willing to follow me?"

Lancao nodded hurriedly, "I am willing."

Lin Yushu felt warmer in her heart, "From now on, your name will be Shi Lan."

Shi Lan was a maid who lived with Chun Tao in her previous life and guarded her wholeheartedly, but was eventually implicated and killed by Lin Yushu.

Shi Lan is a meticulous and introverted woman. Although she is currently working as a lowly maid in the kitchen, she was so smart that in her previous life, she was promoted to a management maid in the other courtyard within a few years.

In her previous life, Shi Lan was chosen to be Lin Yushu's maid when she got married. Both she and Chuntao died because of Lin Yushu. Chuntao was given to King Zhao by Nan Huaishuo, and was bullied to death by King Zhao.

After Chuntao died, Shi Lan was the only one who took care of Lin Yushu.

At that time, two years after Nan Huaishuo ascended the throne, he placed Lin Yushu under house arrest in Qifeng Tower.

There were countless anxious nights when Lin Yushu didn't know if she could survive the next day. Shi Lan stayed by her side loyally, comforting her with soft words. Shi Lan was the only light for Lin Yushu during those dark days.

After Lin Yushu was under house arrest in Qifeng Tower for a whole year, she realized from Nan Huaishuo's attitude and words that he was going to take action against the General Zhenguo Mansion and the Duke Qing Mansion. She was extremely anxious and asked Shi Lan to escape from the palace to inform the two mansions.

However, the General's Mansion and the Duke of Qing's Mansion were still massacred by Nan Huaishuo, so Shi Lan must have been killed as well.

Thinking of the tough yet gentle little girl in her memory, Lin Yushu's eyes turned slightly red.

After finding Shi Lan, Lin Yushu felt relieved and chose a smart-looking maid from among the many maids. In this way, she had a first-class maid Chun Tao and two second-class maids Shi Lan and Cui Zhu.

The simple courtyard has been the home of Lin Yushu's six years, but after six whole years, the courtyard remains shabby and simple.

Chuntao led the two new maids to pack their bags. With a stern face, she gave serious instructions to Shilan and Cuizhu, as serious as a forty-year-old man.

The three skinny maids were busy for only half an hour, searching the courtyard from top to bottom several times, and packed out three bags in total, one of which was full of medicinal herbs and poison.

The master and his servants, who were four people, gathered around three small bags and were all speechless for a moment.

"Um...Miss, how about we go back to the house to see if there is anything left behind?" Shi Lan said cautiously.

“No need.” Lin Yushu shook her head. “That’s all I have. No need to look for more.”

As the legitimate daughter of the general, she was only accompanied by three maids and three bags. Even the maids felt shabby, but Lin Yushu didn't care at all.

Shi Lan and Cui Zhu were deeply shocked by Lin Yushu's indifference and nobleness, who regarded material things as dirt. Little did they know that Lin Yushu only regarded all this as a farewell drink for her, letting Wang Pozi and her family serve as sacrifices for her journey back home for revenge.

Early the next morning, people from the general's mansion arrived.

In front of the gate, Nanny Li, who was wearing a cotton gown with pine and sparrow patterns, smiled with joy when she saw Lin Yushu, and her face was full of wrinkles. When she knelt down to salute Lin Yushu, the gilded hairpin on her head and the jade bracelet on her hands jingled. Such a wealthy and graceful appearance made Lin Yushu look as shabby as a low-ranking maid.

"This old servant pays his respects to the eldest lady. In the past few years since the eldest lady left the mansion, the old lady and the second lady have missed her every day. Now that the eldest lady is in good health, she can finally reunite with the old lady and enjoy the happiness of family life together."

Nanny Li served my grandmother and was her confidant. She came to pick up Lin Yushu and said these irrelevant words in order to reveal the attitude of the General's Mansion to others and stop the rumors.

At this moment, many curious people gathered in front of the gate of the villa, craning their necks to watch the fun.

Lin Yushu raised her hand to help Nanny Li up, and wiped away the non-existent tears, saying sincerely, "Thank you, Grandmother and Second Aunt, for your concern. I am unlucky and should not have disturbed Grandmother's peace..."

Nanny Li suddenly grabbed Lin Yushu's hand, stopping her from saying anything else, and pretended not to hear anything, continuing to disgust Lin Yushu.

"The fact that the young lady can return home safely is naturally due to the blessing of the old lady. Hurry up and get in the car and follow me back home..."

As she spoke, she pulled a burly old woman behind her, and the old woman came to help Lin Yushu with the luggage. Chuntao and the other two, with stern faces, each stuffed a bag into the old woman's arms.

The old woman was puzzled: "Young lady only has three bags?"

Without waiting for Lin Yushu to answer, Li Ma quickly pulled the old woman back behind her and whispered something to her. Unfortunately, she couldn't stop the ears of the nosy people around her.

"Tsk tsk, the eldest daughter of a general's mansion actually only has three small bags, not as good as the wealthy merchants in the county..."

"Look at Miss Lin's clothes, and then look at that old woman's clothes. Do you think the people are blind? And yet they still say they miss Miss Lin! Bah!"

Nanny Li's face turned red with embarrassment, and she half-pushed and half-reluctantly "invited" Lin Yushu and her servants into the carriage.

The carriage was simply furnished with only soft cushions and a small stove for heating. Thick cotton curtains blocked the cold wind, but could not block out the noisy chatter of the people.

Now Lin Yushu has the reputation of a living Bodhisattva in Qingshan County. The people see that she is treated so badly in the general's mansion, and they spit at her and wish they could drown Li Ma and her group.

The small stove could not emit much warmth, and the four masters and servants squeezed into the narrow carriage to keep each other warm. Outside the carriage, a dozen strong servants escorted and stood neatly beside Lin Yushu's carriage.

It seems that Second Aunt and Grandmother really put a lot of thought into it. They only worked on the areas that outsiders could see, and tortured Lin Yushu in areas that outsiders could not see.

He wanted to bring Lin Yushu back in glory, but he also wanted to suppress her in order to save the General's Mansion's bad reputation.

It’s a pity... they never expected that Lin Yushu lived such a humble and poor life in the villa. Lin Yushu didn’t have to do anything, just stood there and let all their little thoughts go to waste.

Lin Yushu half-closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, and the death knell for Wang Po's family had sounded.

But... Lin Yushu's heart hesitated a little, this journey back home was destined to be not peaceful.

Lin Yushu managed to dodge two consecutive frame-ups, which not only caused her second uncle to be impeached, but also damaged the reputation of the General's Mansion. Second Aunt suffered so much before achieving her goal, and she would never let it go.

Second Aunt will definitely deal with Lin Yushu before she returns home. Without affecting the reputation of the General's Mansion, she will force Lin Yushu to agree to the ridiculous marriage and pave the way for Second Uncle and Lin Qingrou.

Lin Yushu pondered quietly. The trajectory of her fate in this life had been changed by her. What would happen next was unknown. She could only deal with it as it came!

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