"Miss, please don't abandon Qingtan. Qingtan has no relatives left besides you."
Qingtan felt a lump in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes.
If it weren't for the young lady saving her, she would have been a wandering ghost long ago. Once she gets her revenge, her life will belong to the young lady.
This time, she refused to believe that her mistress was dead. She felt that her mistress still had a faint pulse and breath, so she stayed at Xixiang Pavilion and did not dare to leave for even a moment. As a result, she was beaten quite a bit.
Finally, Song Danru woke up as she had hoped, how could she possibly be separated from her mistress again?
Song Danru frowned. This little girl was good in every way, except that she was too soft-hearted and kind.
She helped Qingtan up.
"Come with me, and I'll treat you to the best food and drinks."
Song Danru patted his chest and said.
She didn't believe she could make a name for herself in modern times but couldn't earn a living in ancient times, especially since she had the system as her cheat code.
She was no longer the sheltered eldest daughter of a marquis's family who never left her home.
Qingtan finally stopped crying and started laughing: "Where are we going?"
"Go wander."
Qingtan asked, "What is wandering?"
"The young lady has indeed changed since she woke up; she's become much more lively," Qingtan thought.
"I'll take you around the world."
Qingtan tilted her head: "Miss, what is the world?"
Ugh, communicating with the ancients is exhausting.
Seeing how loyal the little maid was, Song Danru patiently explained:
"I'll take you around the world and let you taste all the world's delicacies."
Qingtan was overjoyed upon hearing this:
“Miss, you’ve finally decided to leave the Marquis’s mansion. I’ll go pack my things now.”
Song Danru looked around. The dilapidated house had few usable items and nothing worth tidying up.
The courtyard where Song Danru used to live was named "Laifeng Pavilion" by the Crown Prince himself. After Song Yuqing returned to the Marquis's mansion, she was banished to Xixiang Pavilion, the most dilapidated part of the mansion.
It was the season of sudden cold snap in early spring, and her body was always delicate. Moving from the warm pavilion of Laifeng Pavilion to the cold courtyard of Xixiang Pavilion at this time would definitely be unbearable for her.
Even after taking all the good things, Song Yuqing was still not satisfied. She blamed all the suffering she had endured in the countryside over the years on her, and wanted to drag her down to hell to vent her anger.
Song Danru originally felt sorry for Song Yuqing because she had suffered so much in the countryside for so many years, so she endured it again and again, but she did not expect that it would only make Song Yuqing worse.
Now that she has died once, she has repaid the debt she owed Song Yuqing.
She instructed Qingtan to take the important items and pack a few clothes.
Suddenly, a noisy commotion arose from afar. Song Yuqing, accompanied by a dozen maids and servants, lifted the curtain and entered. Pointing at Qingtan, she said, "Tie her up and beat her to death with sticks. Throw her along with that slut's corpse into the mass grave to feed the dogs."
"It stinks! It stinks! That bitch's corpse must be rotting. Hurry up and carry it out."
Song Yuqing pinched her nose and waved to the servants.
It's such bad luck to die in the Marquis's mansion!
In order to impress Song Yuqing, Cuiyi and Cuiyun stepped forward and held Qingtan down so she couldn't move. Several old women went forward, pulled back the bed curtains, and lifted the quilt, only to find it empty.
"stop!"
Song Danru called out, and only then did everyone notice Song Danru sitting on a stool, holding some kind of food that smelled foul.
Her voice was full of energy. As the legitimate daughter of a marquis's family for fifteen years, and having been raised from childhood to meet the standards of a future crown princess, she naturally possessed an air of pride and inviolability.
Even now that she's down on her luck, no one dares to act recklessly in front of her; they'll only resort to underhanded tactics behind her back.
"Oh my god...wasn't that fake lady dead...how come I saw her in broad daylight...am I seeing things?"
“I saw it too… Is the Marquis’s mansion haunted? I spoke ill of her a few days ago… Will she come after me?”
"I also bullied her maid, I..."
The servants could no longer speak fluently, their limbs trembled, and some even felt the urge to urinate.
Some who had done wrong were trying to escape, but their shoulders were stiff and their leg muscles were tense, making it impossible for them to take a step.
"Please spare us, Miss... We didn't mean to kick someone when they're down; we were just following orders..."
"Miss, please spare us! You have the heart of a Bodhisattva; you won't stoop to the level of petty people like us..."
"Miss, spare me..."
One old woman took the lead and knelt down, and in an instant, more than a dozen old women and maids knelt down on the ground, trembling and begging for their lives.
People at that time were still somewhat ignorant, especially believing in these ghost and god legends.
The young lady who was dead for two days is now lively and energetic; what else could she be but a ghost?
Qingtan also took the opportunity to break free from the old women and stand beside Song Danru.
"Yes, I am a ghost, and I've come to settle accounts with you. Are you scared?" Song Danru shouted.
"Hey! You surnamed Shen, stop playing tricks in broad daylight. Now that you're awake, get out of here and stop bothering us at the Marquis of Xuanping's residence," Song Yuqing said.
Song Yuqing grew up in the countryside and was used to being feisty from a young age, so naturally she wasn't afraid of these things.
She knew that Shen Danru was faking her death, trying to stay in the Marquis's mansion and continue to enjoy the wealth and honor that didn't belong to her.
When Song Yuqing mentioned someone surnamed Shen, Song Danru didn't immediately recognize who it was.
On second thought, she realized that her original surname was Shen, so it seemed she should change her name and be called Shen Danru from now on.
She looked up and sized up Song Yuqing. The other woman was wearing a brocade outer robe, and with her already good looks, she truly had the air of a noblewoman.
But now he's acting all high and mighty, humph, what a smug look on his face!
"But before you leave, you must search me. The jade pendant my father gave me is missing; this maid must have stolen it for you."
Shen Danru now understood that the father Song Yuqing spoke of was the Marquis of Xuanping.
The father she had loved and respected for fifteen years suddenly became someone else's father. Although she had accepted reality, she still felt a pang of pain when she heard Song Yuqing call him "father."
The servants, who were initially terrified, cursed her in their hearts when they heard that the fake young lady was not actually dead.
"You're talking nonsense, I didn't say that," Qingtan said angrily.
"Your jade pendant is missing, and you claim we took it. What proof do you have? Just your empty words?"
Song Yuqing: "I said you took it, so you took it. Take them down."
All the maids and servants in the mansion had switched sides. They knew in their hearts who would be the master of this mansion from now on. Since the young lady had spoken, they dared not disobey. One by one, they stepped forward to strip Shen Danru of her clothes and search her body, hoping to make a good impression on the new young lady.
Qingtan stood in front of Shen Danru, her arms protecting her like an eagle's wings: "You dare..."
An old woman spat:
"The young lady has given the orders, what do we have to be afraid of? Does she still think she's the mistress of this Marquis's mansion? Bah! On the contrary, you treacherous little beast, why are you protecting this fake young lady?"
Seeing this, Shen Danru knew that she wouldn't be able to leave this cannibalistic manor without being skinned alive, so she had no choice but to say:
"Miss Song, how about we take a gamble?"
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