When she opened her eyes again, it was already pitch black outside. Aunt Wang had lit an oil lamp and was feeding Wang Ying.

Wang Ying was afraid of waking her younger sister, so she drank her porridge while sobbing softly.

That solved the problem. Seeing that his little sister had woken up, he immediately stopped holding back and started crying loudly.

"Alright, alright, your little sister has a headache and can't take any more shocks. Stop disturbing her."

Wang Ying glanced at her younger sister with her big, watery almond-shaped eyes, then fell silent after three seconds.

Then he snatched the bowl from his mother's hand and finished the rest of the porridge in a few gulps. He urged his mother to feed his younger sister.

After their mother left, Wang Ying and Wang Yan exchanged a smile. For Wang Yan, it had been seventeen years since she had seen her family.

In my past life, I tripped and hit my head, and died on the spot.

She was later reincarnated into the 21st century with her memories intact, but was abandoned in an orphanage by her parents because she was a daughter.

He spent seventeen years there, and then, to his bad luck, he got hit on the head.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the time when I was nine years old and had bumped my head. I slept in bed for three days in a daze until yesterday when my mind finally cleared up a bit.

………………

The next morning, a maidservant about the same age as my older sister came to the house, carrying a jar of ointment, and arrogantly delivered a message.

"I was instructed by the Third Young Master to deliver medicine to Sister Ying'er. The Young Master is kind-hearted, but I hope Sister will remember this lesson and never do such a thing again."

Furthermore, after Sister Ying'er recovered from her injuries and returned home, she was demoted to a third-class maid.

After saying that, he tilted his head back, snorted, and turned to leave without even bowing.

Wang Ying'er was so angry that she lay on the bed and cried. However, she was a very resilient person. Instead of giving up, she got up and drank her medicine.

"It wasn't me who stole anything." Then she lowered her voice and whispered to Wang Yan.

"It was the Third Young Master who took a liking to Xiang'er, but she was always a third-class maidservant after entering the courtyard, not high enough to become a concubine."

It must be that vixen who's sabotaging me. I saw her go into the young master's room the other day, and then things started going missing. Waaah!

"That's great, they've pushed me down, and she'll definitely be the one promoted to second-class maid."

The third young master that Wang Ying mentioned was the illegitimate son of the second master of the Marquis's mansion, and he was very two-faced.

He appears kind and gentle on the outside, but is actually petty and narrow-minded on the inside.

Although the Marquis's mansion was large, it had many descendants.

The Marquis's main branch has only one son, the heir apparent, and two daughters, ranked third and fifth.

The second husband was also a son born out of wedlock. He had three sons, ranked second, third, and fourth. He also had seven daughters, ranked first, second, sixth, and tenth.

The third master was the Marquis's younger brother, born of the same mother. He had one son and one daughter: the fourth young lady and the fifth young master.

Although the second master's son was born out of wedlock, he acted arrogantly and without any restraint.

So after hearing her sister's story, Wang Yan secretly thought that being demoted by one grade was fine, maybe it was a good thing.

Putting everything else aside, a second-class maid might even become a concubine? That's terrifying.

As someone who has received higher education in the 21st century, she has no time to comfort her sister; instead, she is plotting how to get the whole family out of the household registration system.

Although his family were homegrown, they did not hold any important positions.

Even the elder brother, due to his difficulty speaking, usually only served in the study of the mansion.

He was far less trusted than Lin Mude, another personal servant.

So their masters' businesses, secrets, and privacy are none of their concern. They're just low-class servants and henchmen running errands.

I think if I pay enough money, I should be able to buy my freedom.

The problem now is, where can we earn money? The whole family has to be at home 24/7 on call.

Sigh ╯﹏╰!