At three quarters past midnight, just as the sky was beginning to break, the kitchen steward, Wang Pozi, crouched down and crept into Tinglan Courtyard, carrying a food box. Inside the box were freshly cooked meat buns and red date and lotus seed porridge. Steam rose through the cracks in the bamboo weaving, and the aroma made Chuntao's mouth water.

"Mrs. Wang, what are you doing..." Chuntao widened her eyes and watched her put the food box on the table.

Mrs. Wang rubbed her hands together, her face full of smiles: "Miss Chuntao, this is breakfast for the young lady. Look, there are meat buns and red date porridge, I guarantee it will be hot."

Shen Weiwan came out of the inner room, her plain clothes still stained with sleep. She smiled when she saw the food box: "Wang Pozi, is this what Liu asked you to deliver?"

Old Lady Wang shuddered with fear and quickly waved her hands, "No, no, no! It was me... I saw that the meal that the eldest lady had a few days ago was really... really not good. I thought that you, the legitimate daughter, should not suffer any harm to your health." She lowered her voice, "I have already taken care of the Second Madam, so you can eat without worry."

Shen Weiwan raised her eyebrows, picked up a bun and took a bite, the soup instantly bursting in her mouth: "Hmm, it's much better than the moldy tofu a few days ago." She looked at Wang Pozi, "Aren't you afraid that Liu will punish you if she finds out?"

Mrs. Wang said with a bitter face, "My dear Miss, it's not that I'm afraid, but everyone in this mansion has seen clearly—" She paused and looked out the door, "If the Second Madam keeps on being so stingy, I'm afraid even the food for us servants will go bad."

As he was speaking, Liu's screams were heard from outside the courtyard: "Wang Po! You traitor! Get out here!"

Wang Pozi's face turned pale, and her legs softened and she almost knelt down. But Shen Weiwan was not in a hurry and wiped her mouth: "Why are you panicking? I'm here."

Liu rushed into the courtyard with a group of maids, pointing at Wang Po's nose and scolding: "Okay! I asked you to send rotten food to the legitimate daughter's courtyard, and you dared to secretly send good food?! Are you tired of living?!"

Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly: "Madam, please spare my life! I was only looking after the young lady..."

"What are you looking at her for?!" Liu kicked the food box, sending the buns tumbling to the floor. "A motherless girl is worthy of eating lean meat buns?! Come on! Drag this slut away and give her twenty lashes!"

The servants around rushed over upon hearing the news, looking at the buns on the ground and Liu's sullen face, and dared not say a word. At this moment, the errand boy Li Si suddenly spoke up: "Madam, Mrs. Wang also has good intentions..."

Liu turned around and glared at him: "You want to die too?!"

"No, ma'am," Li Si scratched his head, "it's just...it's just that the meal that the eldest lady ate a few days ago was really like pig food. We couldn't bear to watch it..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liu was shaking with anger.

"We also feel that," Mrs. Zhang beside her couldn't help but speak up, "A legitimate daughter is still a legitimate daughter after all. No matter how much she remembers the good and the bad, she can't eat rotten tofu..."

"That's right," more and more servants echoed, "Second Madam, please spare Mrs. Wang. She's just worried that the eldest daughter will starve..."

Liu looked at the sea of ​​servants before her, each one pleading for Wang Pozi, and her heart skipped a beat. These people hadn't dared to breathe in the face of her before, and now they dared to contradict her in public?

"You...you are all rebelling?!" Liu screamed, "I am the mistress of this mansion! Who dares to speak so loudly?"

"Can the mistress withhold the food of the legitimate daughter?" an old voice came, and the old housekeeper walked in with a cane. "Second Madam, when the general was here, did he ever let the legitimate daughter eat a single stale meal?"

Liu looked at the old housekeeper's serious face, and then looked at the servants around her who were no longer afraid, and suddenly realized that something seemed to be different. These servants actually began to side with Shen Weiwan?

Shen Weiwan spoke at the right time, her voice filled with grievance: "Aunt, don't be angry, Wang Pozi also has good intentions. Otherwise, forget it, I will continue to eat my 'bitter and sweet' meal..."

As she spoke, she picked up the bun from the ground, dusted it off, and was about to put it in her mouth. Seeing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly shouted, "Miss, don't do that! The ground is dirty!"

"It's okay," Shen Weiwan smiled innocently, "Auntie said that eating dirty food won't make you sick. Just like the moldy tofu a few days ago, I didn't get diarrhea after eating it..."

Liu looked at the buns in her hand, then at the servants around her who were trying to suppress their laughter, and she felt dizzy. She wanted to explode, but she found that everyone was looking at her, their eyes no longer filled with awe, but with contempt and dissatisfaction.

“Good…very good!” Liu pointed at Shen Weiwan, too angry to speak, “Shen Weiwan, you can do it!”

After saying this, she flung her sleeves and left. The maids behind her looked at each other and quickly followed. Aunt Wang collapsed on the ground, her back soaked with cold sweat.

The old housekeeper sighed and said to Shen Weiwan: “Miss, in the future…you’d better be careful.”

Shen Weiwan nodded, looking at the old housekeeper's back, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. Liu, have you finally discovered it? The people in this mansion have long been no longer with you.

Over the next few days, the food at Tinglan Courtyard really improved. Although they didn't dare to openly send delicacies from land and sea, at least there were hot dishes and fresh fruits every meal. When the servants saw Shen Weiwan, they no longer hid like before, but would take the initiative to greet her.

Chun Tao looked at the sweet and sour pork ribs on the table and smiled from ear to ear: "Miss, look! The servants are all on our side!"

Shen Weiwan picked up a piece of pork ribs and said slowly, "This is just the beginning. The Liu family has long been unpopular for embezzling money. I just helped them break the window paper."

She recalled how in her past life, these servants dared not speak out, and now they were just going along with the situation. But this was only the first step. What she wanted was the hearts and minds of the entire General's Mansion.

"Miss," Chuntao approached mysteriously, "I heard that the Second Madam broke several cups in her room these past few days and even beat up Miss Cui'er!"

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