She knew perfectly well that the Su family had been very good to her, but she didn't want to miss out on such a fine young man.

If you miss the last person who introduces you, they will be of good character and all other aspects, but they will definitely not be a very rich person or the son of a high-ranking official.

After all, given her status and the fact that she was to be the legitimate wife, what truly wealthy family would marry an ordinary girl without any powerful family background?

Daya stared at Erya's retreating figure, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

"Is it because I didn't teach you well? You could have lived for another two years at your age, but you're still so young. You'll regret it in the future."

Er Ya pretended not to hear and continued counting the money in her hand.

…

Su Muyao quickly learned the two girls' choices from Xia.

"Young Princess, this second young lady is really ungrateful!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaochun immediately scolded Xia: "What are you saying, Xia?"

Xia knew she had said the wrong thing and lowered her head.

Although they knew that the eldest and second young ladies were far superior to the maids in the mansion.

But I heard from the people at the workshop that the eldest and second daughters were bought by Master Su because he felt sorry for them.

How are they any different from those maids?

The kind-hearted old lady returned their indentures to them early on and then gave them jobs as managers in the factory.

Back in the mansion, she still referred to herself as the eldest and second young ladies.

I never expected her to be so ungrateful. Knowing that the other person had ill intentions, she was still determined to marry him.

To put it bluntly, the reason others wanted to marry her was simply to curry favor with the princess's family, yet she was so blind and insensitive.

Xia suddenly raised her head and said firmly, "Sister Xiaochun, what I said is true. She's just a girl who was bought. Although she was given a contract of indenture, her status and position are still what they are!"

Don't they think about why a wealthy family would choose a ten-year-old girl to be the mistress of the house?

He's neither good-looking nor has a good figure. Having seen so many beautiful women, why would he like this skinny little guy? I really don't believe it.

Er Ya overheard everything from outside the door. In the mansion, she was always respectfully addressed as Second Miss by the maids and servants. She had never been cursed like this behind her back before.

Without knocking, she pushed the door open and entered: "You lowly servant, how dare you talk about your master behind his back? You have some nerve!"

Su Muyao frowned as she looked at Er Ya.

Xia Xia retorted angrily, "Who are you calling a lowly servant? And you dare to gossip about your mistress? Who do you think you are? Have you forgotten your place?"

Er Ya was so angry that she was trembling all over and wanted to hit Xia Xia right away.

Su Muyao stood up and said, "Stop it, all of you."

Then he turned to Er Ya and said, "Have you forgotten your place? How dare you come to my courtyard to discipline a maid? Who gave you the guts?"

Er Ya suddenly realized that she had been so angry that she had lost her mind.

"Sister, please let me explain. That's really not what I meant. It's just that this wretched maidservant spoke such awful words."

"Sister? When did I become your sister? You keep calling me a lowly servant, have you forgotten that you were also bought by my grandfather? Doesn't that make you a lowly servant too?"

Er Ya's face flushed red from what she was being told. She never expected that Su Muyao would show her no mercy at all.

Immediately afterwards, Su Muyao said to the servants, "From now on, please stop calling me Second Miss, so as not to cause any misunderstandings."

The maids immediately replied, "Yes."

Er Ya, having been rebuffed by Su Mu Yao, ran to Old Madam Su's room looking aggrieved.

Unexpectedly, Old Lady Su also frowned after hearing this, and in the end, Er Ya went back to her room in a huff.

After this incident, everyone in the mansion knew that Er Ya was not well-liked and had always acted as if she were the master of the mansion because of the old lady's kindness.

In the room next to Daya and Erya, several maids were gossiping amongst themselves at night.

"This second daughter is really ungrateful. The master is kind and returned the indenture, and gave her a decent job with a good amount of money every month."

"How shameless of you to still be so unsatisfied and dream of becoming the master of this mansion!"

Another round-faced maidservant chimed in angrily, "Who says otherwise! She used to be so arrogant and looked down on us servants. She's just a lowly person herself, yet she acts so high and mighty, wanting to marry into a wealthy family!"

"I'm afraid she'll be unlucky and die without even knowing how she died after marrying him, and she'll really think she'll live a good life!"

"Don't you even look at her flat-chested figure? How hungry must anyone be to even glance at such a tiny little bean sprout?"

Then the maid who had spoken first chimed in, "Who says otherwise? She's not even of marriageable age yet and she's already in a hurry to get married."

"Haha, are you perhaps missing men?"

Immediately afterwards, all the maids in the room burst into laughter.

In the next room, Daya was already fast asleep, and Erya was so angry that her nails dug deep into her palms, but she didn't even feel the pain.

But what I was really thinking was, "Let these bastards laugh! Let's see who has the last laugh."

She's going to go and enjoy a life of leisure, unlike them who will spend their whole lives as servants.

She is still living in the mansion now, but only because she hopes that the old lady can give her a dowry so that she can leave the princess's mansion with dignity.

It was late at night, but the Wang family's house was brightly lit as the family sat around the table discussing their youngest son's marriage.

Old Man Wang said, "Son, now that the eldest daughter of the Princess's family has married into the family, you can't let her suffer any injustice."

"It's already a hardship for her to marry into our family. The old lady said she wants to find a daughter of good character from a good family, and she doesn't care about her family background."

Wang Xiucai nodded from the side: "Father, don't worry, don't you know your son's character?"

The eldest daughter of this princess's mansion doesn't mind that my family is poor. If I achieve fame and success in the future, I will not take a concubine. I will just stay with her and live a good life."

Old Wang patted his grandson on the shoulder and said, "Well done, you are a true son of the Wang family. Even if you become a high-ranking official in the future, don't be like those people who have three wives and four concubines. Just stay with your wife and children and live a good life. That's better than anything else."

Grandma Wang took stock of the family's possessions again: "Now that this young lady is here, we can't be stingy. We should give her more money to buy her some nice things, and you should also get yourself a couple of new outfits."

I've prepared the betrothal gifts; I'll visit your home tomorrow to formally propose marriage.

"Grandma, your grandson knows."

He slept soundly without any dreams, and the next morning the two families came to discuss an auspicious day.

Er Ya had heard early on that the man had brought betrothal gifts to their door.

After spending a long time getting ready in the room, she went out to the main courtyard and discovered that the Liu family had brought ten large boxes of betrothal gifts.

Wang Xiucai's family only brought six boxes, and the items there were all cheap goods, incomparable to their own.

He couldn't help but feel smug; just wait and see.