Because of what happened with Liao, Ruan Jiading didn't want to stay at home for another day, so he took his second wife Ding and Mi Niang to the new house early in the morning.

As for Liao, Mi Niang was sure that Second Mistress would not be able to get any information from her, so she quietly asked Good Mistress, who whispered, "I heard that Liao was locked up with a wild dog for a whole night before being released."

This is indeed a case of giving someone a taste of their own medicine. Even if Liao is still alive, people bitten by wild dogs will most likely get rabies. This disease may not break out for the time being, but it will be a disaster for people around them if it breaks out in the future.

If Liao didn't want to harm her child, she had no choice but to commit suicide. If she didn't want to commit suicide, then everyone in the tribe would know that she was bitten by a wild dog, and no one would dare to let her live in the tribe.

Even if she went back to her parents' home, no one would take her in.

Compared to directly killing people or imprisoning them in the ancestral hall, this is the real retribution for her.

Mi Niang nestled in the arms of Second Lady Ding, thinking, "I wonder if my mother committed suicide because she was afraid of being bitten."

The new house has two entrances and a small courtyard with a few pots of flowers next to it. The white walls and green bricks look like an ink landscape painting.

Mi Niang and her family fell in love with this place almost as soon as they arrived.

This yard is usually looked after by a family. They seemed to have received instructions from Grandma Shang Si in advance, and the family of five came to pay a visit to Grandma Ruan Jiading and Grandma Ding Er.

"I am Wang Wu, and this is Mrs. Zhong from the Hun family and her three children coming to pay their respects to the scholar."

Ruan Jiading said with a smile: "Get up, you just need to serve the Second Madam and the Young Miss carefully in the future."

Wang Wu was a very honest man. He looked after the house, fed donkeys and drove the cart on weekdays. It was not for other reasons. He was originally a dowry of Shang Si's grandmother, but he was too honest and was squeezed out of the shop. He had no place to stay for a while. He could not collect rent or be a shopkeeper. He could only look after the house here. The family of five could not even have enough food on weekdays.

This time, Fourth Madam Shang said that their indenture had already been given to Second Madam Ding. If this scholar had a bright future, he could become a member of a high-ranking official's family. For a moment, Wang Wu's eyes were filled with eagerness.

Because of what happened to Liao, Second Mistress Ding also started to be wary. Even though Wang Wu's daughter Zhong from the Hun family looked very honest, she did not let her serve her closely.

The kitchen was still handed over to the mother-in-law, which made her very happy.

Mrs. Zhong and her eldest daughter were responsible for the rough housework at home, while the youngest daughter served Mi Niang.

Second Madam Ding also offered a sweet treat: "If the baby in my belly is a boy, I will let your Hu Zi be my servant."

Zhong was very happy.

Mi Niang also had her first maid in this life, Er Niu. Er Niu's elder sister, Da Niu, was fair-skinned and gentle, but Er Niu was a girl with a big head and a big brain. However, Second Mistress Ding chose Da Niu to do rough work and Er Niu to be a maid.

She knew that although her mother had not received much education, she was still very good at judging people. This girl was pretty and the eldest daughter, so it was inevitable that she was proud. And what Mi Niang wanted was a maid, not a proud lady.

Although Erniu is not good-looking and not very smart, for a maid, loyalty and usefulness are the most important things.

People who are too smart tend to think for themselves, not to mention that the girl has looked at Ruan Jiading several times since she entered the door.

Ruan Jiading had a handsome appearance and was still very young at that time. He had won the first place in the exam at the age of twenty-four or twenty-five. It was very likely that he would pass the imperial examination in two years, and his future would be limitless.

It is quite normal that someone favors you. For example, when Ruan Jiading was a teacher at a community school, a wealthy businessman wanted to marry his daughter to him, but he refused.

The first meal here was cooked by Second Grandma Ding herself. She was very good at cooking and could cook authentic Jiangling cuisine. For example, the mackerel she cooked was different from others. Her secret was to add some brown sugar to enhance the flavor.

So other people's mackerel is too salty, but hers is just the right salty taste.

Erniu sat next to Mi Niang and ate her rice desperately. A serving of stir-fried pork made Wang Wu's family burst into tears. You know, the five of them were pretty much scattered around, and businessmen didn't keep useless people. There were too many people serving Grandma Shang Si, and people like them who were useless and had to eat for free would certainly not get anything good.

Although Second Grandma Ding's family does not have much money now, they have just been allocated dozens of acres of land, and there is also the prospect of an orchard and bamboo forest, and even some gifts from the old and young in the clan. Their family is small, and although they cannot pay wages now, at least they will not have to worry about food and drink.

"Erniu, eat slowly. Our lives will definitely get better and better in the future." Mi Niang comforted Erniu.

She also personally picked up a date mud cake and put it in Erniu's bowl.

Erniu was very grateful.

Since she was little, her elder sister was prettier than her, more eloquent, and more pleasing to her mother than her. Therefore, her elder sister would always pick out the good things in the house, and she would even eat the least at meals, and she was never full.

It is so nice to have enough food to eat.

Mi Niang didn't care. To be honest, the reason why she could take over the Phoenix Seal in place of the empress and hold it so firmly was simply because she knew the sufferings of the servants.

These servants were not born servants. Most of them were refugees or sold as slaves because their families were in hard times. What they wanted was very simple: to have enough food, warm clothes, and not to be wronged.

When she replaced Queen Nguyen as the Empress, why did the people below support her so much? Because when she was in charge of the palace, the servants had good food, medical care was available, and the aunts were not allowed to take too much advantage of them. Queen Nguyen, in order to prevent extravagance, reduced her own share, and kept everything simple in the palace. She did not even wear kingfisher hairpins, but only silk flowers to show her frugality.

She was the empress and had the support of her natal family, so even if her status in the palace was reduced, it would not have any impact.

But the expenses of the concubines themselves were not much, so they followed suit and had their allowances cut by half. The servants in the palace also followed suit, but their work did not decrease.

Therefore, Queen Nguyen got the reputation of being frugal, and other people in the palace lived a miserable life. She was actually unpopular in the palace.

Besides, she was not really frugal. For example, the gold and jade jewelry that Mi Niang and her friends wore only had the right to be worn. If the person was no longer around, they could be melted down and made into new ones. They would not be wasted. But the empress had to wear silk. The silk was definitely not the same as the silk that ordinary people wore. The silk had to be inlaid with pearls, gold and jade, and had to be thrown away when it was worn out. In fact, it was more of a waste. It was simply a loss.

At night, after washing up, Mi Niang lay on the new bed, which had new bedding and quilt covers. Fourth Madam Shang was very thoughtful, and she knew that Ruan Jiading and Second Madam Ding were not the kind of people who liked to take advantage of others. If she had said at the beginning that she was going to send this and that, Second Madam Ding would probably have refused directly, so she first said she would rent a house, and then send servants and household items after they arrived. Ruan Jiading and the others could not refuse.

Erniu blew out the candles and whispered, "Miss, if you want to drink water or go to the toilet, please call me."

"Well, okay." Mi Niang replied softly.

Through her own efforts, her father became the first in the case, and her mother escaped a disaster, and her situation became much better. Tomorrow she will go to the girls' school, which is a place she never thought of in her life, but she longed for.

She could be like everyone else, with parents who loved her, and could learn to read and write. She would no longer be an orphan without parents, hated by everyone and living under someone else's roof.

Thinking of this, Mi Niang turned over. It was Er Niu's first night watch. Seeing the young lady turning over, she thought she had not served her well, so she hurriedly asked nervously: "Young lady, can't you sleep? Is the quilt too thin?"

"No, I was just thinking about going to the girls' school tomorrow." Mi Niang said with a smile.

Girls' school. Erniu was curious: "I wonder what a girls' school is like? Are the girls there easy to get along with?"

Mi Niang looked at the beams above her head and said, "We'll know tomorrow."