Of course, this fierce maid was wronged this time.
But Gu Mu wouldn't mistreat her in other ways. For a maid like her, who didn't know proper etiquette and wasn't very smart, being able to be the Regent's personal maid, doing easier work and earning more money, was already enough to make many people in the mansion envious.
However, Gu Mu had sent the people away, and the fierce maid was also acting according to Gu Mu's instructions. She boiled water and was about to knock on the door to call Gu Mu to take a bath.
Moreover, even if she suffers injustice, she only grumbles a few words in front of Gu Mu. That's because Gu Mu usually doesn't hold it against her and has spoiled her. If Gu Mu tells her to shut up, she would probably immediately fall silent and not dare to utter another word.
She didn't do anything wrong, she's just not very bright.
In other princely mansions or imperial palaces, a maid with such a dim mind would probably have been devoured by reality long ago.
However, she was, after all, Gu Mu's personal maid at this moment, and Gu Mu was still very kind to his own people.
"Aren't you worried about not being able to get married? Go to the accounting office tomorrow and get an extra five hundred taels of silver. You can use it to renovate your thatched house in your hometown. Then you can find a husband. We won't get married; we'll take a husband. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
Gu Mu said slowly.
After all, he knew this fierce maid's personality all too well.
Even if she marries into another family, the relationship between her and her mother-in-law alone would be enough to make her suffer.
After all, she came from his Regent's Palace and carried the title of his Regent's personal maid. How could she bear this grievance?
Of course, this time he made a small compensation to his personal maid with money, but as long as she is loyal to him and does a good job, Gu Mu will give her a sum of money when she leaves the palace.
Sure enough, the lively maid's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this.
“Na…Nafu?” the fierce maid murmured. She remembered that every time she went back to her hometown to visit relatives, her mother would always sigh and say that she was not careful or tactful enough, did not understand human relationships, was easily taken advantage of, and was not liked by others.
Given her fierce and capable nature, it was impossible for her to be taken as a concubine by the Regent. Being able to serve as the Regent's personal maid was already an immense blessing.
Her mother's greatest wish was that she could leave the palace safely, without being disliked or schemed against by her master, and then find a good family to marry into.
That good family would not dislike the fierce maid because she lacked the virtues of modern women and kick her out, nor would they punish her for not knowing household customs and rules.
Therefore, whether or not they could marry into a good family was always a headache for the fierce maids.
Only when the parchment scroll covered her mouth did he immediately realize that she would never be able to get married.
The parchment scroll is just a piece of paper!
But now, she has received a reward of 500 taels of silver from His Highness simply because she suffered a little injustice.
This is equivalent to several years' wages for a servant!
That's enough to renovate her old, dilapidated thatched house.
With the money she had saved up, finding a husband in the countryside wasn't too difficult.
In that way, she wouldn't have the worry of being bullied if she married into another family.
Of course, if the fierce maid knew that His Highness would give her an even greater reward after she left the palace, she would probably be overjoyed.
Because she was already moved to tears, and from the bottom of her heart she was willing to live and die for His Highness, even though she knew before that as a maid, it was her duty to die for her master.
But now, she inexplicably felt an urge to do everything she could for His Highness.
I can't wait to repay Your Highness.
The spirited maidservant completely forgot her earlier troubles, and with a thud, knelt on the ground, respectfully saying, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Then, he kowtowed heavily.
The bathwater had cooled down, so the vigorous maidservant added fresh water.
Because Gu Mu didn't have the habit of needing maids to serve him when he bathed, the fierce maid obediently withdrew.
Gu Mu lay comfortably in the bathhouse, while the parchment scroll floated in mid-air.
Gu Mu recalled that this was already the second achievement the parchment scroll had made.
The first thing was that even though General Meng and Shen Ci were rescued from the enemy's swords and brought into the Hidden City, their lives were saved at the last minute.
The second thing was that he couldn't tell Shen Ling that he wanted to be alone with her, so he tried to get rid of the lively maid, who wasn't very bright.
Then, the sheepskin scroll, who had mastered the essence of being a simp, stopped the boisterous maid from disturbing his and Shen Ling's private time at the door.
“You deserve an award too,” Gu Mu said calmly.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, the parchment scroll excitedly shook its four corners and spun around in the air.
"Tell me, what do you want?" Gu Mu asked, puzzled.
After he acquired the parchment, he never paid any attention to it again, so he didn't really understand his desire for it.
The parchment scroll seemed to have been waiting for Gu Mu to ask it this question, so it immediately said obsequiously, "I...no, no, no...Your Highness, this servant wants to make a deal with someone..."
"This servant wanted to make a deal with people in order to increase his own strength by drinking their blood and flesh... Actually... actually this servant was doing all for Your Highness's sake!"
"This servant...this servant is doing this so that I can better serve my master after I increase my strength..."
"It's to transform him from a barking puppy under His Highness's command into a biting Tibetan Mastiff!"
The parchment scroll spoke in an extremely obsequious tone.
I don't know how a child can become so shrewd and worldly.
It seems that during the days it was subdued and brought into the Hidden City, it has learned quite a bit about how to curry favor with people.
Gu Mu looked at the parchment scroll with a hint of sympathy.
Imagine someone who could become the biggest villain in the future, and right now he's acting like a lackey, doing everything he can to please you.
Gu Mu felt that fate was playing tricks on him.
“No,” he said coldly.
He certainly knew that the parchment scroll, once enhanced, would be able to do things for him better.
However, he kept the parchment scroll in the Hidden City without leaving it, because he was worried that after the parchment scroll increased his strength, unknown changes would occur, and then the Hidden City would be unable to control it.
Gu Mu has plenty of trump cards now. Even if the parchment scroll increases his strength, there's no reason for Gu Mu to need to use it. Instead, it would just create another hidden danger.
It's better to keep the parchment and let it continue to be a lackey, doing what it can to do.
The sheepskin roll had its four corners curled up.
It knew, of course, that it would be rejected by its master's master. After all, its master's master was such a smart person that he would certainly consider all possibilities and analyze the pros and cons.
But what's the big deal about being rejected by your master's master?
As long as the master's master is happy!
Sooner or later, its master's master will be moved by its sincerity!
Right now, it's just that the master's master hasn't seen its sincerity yet!
Only by working even harder and continuing to serve its master can it move its master!
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