Years later, outside the snow was still flying, and the people in the courtyard had to get used to their situation of being isolated from the rest of the palace. When Jiang Wan saw her occasionally appearing in the courtyard, there were more resentful glances. The two housekeepers in the courtyard, who rarely agreed on anything, comforted each other by saying: "It's good that we're locked up like this, even if we can't see our families during the New Year. But at least we have fewer things to worry about and don't have to worry about those restless maids being rude to their masters."

  Two maids were saying this, but from the end of the year to the beginning of the next, they felt uncomfortable in their hearts. They thought they were the most miserable maids in the Wang Fu, serving a master who was not popular, and now because of her causing trouble, it affected these unrelated people. The young maids in the courtyard, after the New Year, became much more subdued, dressing simply and quietly, unlike before when they were so flashy. After the New Year, the Wang Fu was still quiet as usual.

  Lianhao had never appeared at the gate of the courtyard, while Mingyu and Mingtou would occasionally visit the entrance to inquire about old times. They would chat with the housekeeper and maids, exchanging news and gossip. After the New Year, the beautiful cousin of the young master's wife came specifically to take care of her pregnant sister-in-law. As the young master's wife was heavily pregnant, Lianhao personally accompanied the noble guest every day, and they got along extremely well, so he temporarily didn't have the heart to manage the affairs in the courtyard.

  Jiang Wanru and Ji Yan were stuck in the room, missing the news that Ming Yu and Ming Tou had come multiple times. After New Year's Day, there was less snow, and sometimes Jiang Wanru would also go out of the room and stroll around the courtyard. Although she felt the cold eyes of these people, she thought it was just because they were locked up for too long, causing them to be angry, so she didn't think much about it. Until one day, while walking randomly in the courtyard, a maid in green clothes rushed towards her. Jiang Wanru looked at her rushing posture and quickly dodged to the side. The maid directly fell heavily on the snowy ground.

  The maid in blue got up and shouted loudly at Jiang Wanru, who was frowning slightly: "Third Young Master's wife, it's all your fault that we've been locked up in this courtyard for so long. From last year until now, who knows when the princess will let us out? Following a master like you is just our bad luck. But we'll be lucky soon. Third Young Master hasn't left the palace these days and has been accompanying the young master's wife on that side. I heard that beauty has a good family background and looks good, maybe after some time, this courtyard will have a new mistress."

  She saw the maid rushing towards Jiang Wanru and hurried over to listen. The maid clenched her fists, ready to retort in anger, but stopped when she saw Jiang Wanru shaking her head at her. She stood silently by instead. Jiang Wanru glanced at the bold maid who was taking advantage of the situation, noting that she had some looks, and spoke calmly: "Firstly, congratulations on getting a new master soon, secondly, congratulations on your master getting a new person. As for what you said about luck and fate, from these few sentences alone, I can tell that you won't be someone with good fortune."

  That girl heard Jiang Wanru's words, her face filled with anger, but when facing the gentle Jiang Wanru, she forced herself to endure it. She looked around and saw the housekeeper standing far away, immediately becoming arrogant and laughing as she clapped her hands: "Third Young Master's wife, my life is not good, so I'm just a servant girl. But at least I'm better than Miss Jiang from the Jiang family. You were born to be disliked, no one cared about you in your own home, and no one wanted you when you married into this family. At least I have family, and I know how to read and write..." 'Slap slap' Ji Yan rushed forward, using both hands to slap her twice, forcing the servant girl's words back into her mouth.

  "Good words are lightly spoken, but the housekeeper's wife who rushed forward stood beside Jiang Wanru and said to the maid in green: "The people of the Jiang family are blind, and those of the Wang family are not long-sighted. Our young lady is now unlucky, but she will be a person who enjoys great blessings in the future, suffering first and then sweetness, do you understand? Humph! How can our young lady be spoken ill of by your dog's mouth, this is below the rules of the Wang family? I think you are looking for death. What does it have to do with our young lady that the third young master of your family has a new person? Our young lady has a good temperament and will certainly..."

  Jiang Wanru covered Jiyan's mouth with her hand, and after seeing that Jiyan understood her intention, she pointed at the Qingyi maid and said to the approaching housekeeper: "This is one of your people. You'd better keep a close eye on her and not let her out easily to cause trouble." The maid looked obviously dissatisfied, and was still trying to rush forward while being held back by the housekeeper, when Jiang Wanru coldly said: "If I, as the mistress, want to punish a maid who doesn't know her place, no matter where I go, no one will say I'm wrong."

  She looked around at the people gathering around her, gazing at the beautiful faces among them, and seeing those flickering eyes, suddenly smiled and said: "Some of you want to serve your master closely, thinking of ways to climb onto his bed, I won't stop you. But if you want to use suppressing me to get your master's attention, then I won't be easy to mess with. In any case, as the third young madam, the king's residence will not tolerate people who deceive their masters. Moreover, using such clumsy methods to attract the master's attention will only end in loss."

  Jiang Wanru said, looking at the crowd with several lowered heads, she suddenly had an idea and continued to smile: "Your master's appearance is handsome and elegant, originally I was not worthy of it, but by chance, I had to enter the palace. To say that I am more pitiful than you, fate is determined by heaven. You have affection for him, I can understand. Now I occupy this position, but I don't get along with your master, which makes you lose opportunities to be with him. Actually, opportunities are created by people, broaden your horizons and open your eyes a bit more."

  "When the time is right, those who can sing will sing more songs, those who can recite poetry will recite more poems, and those who are skilled in cooking will make some pastries to present to their masters. This is also a way of showing your thoughtfulness. Such opportunities are numerous, but you must learn to take advantage of them, rather than being used by others like her, only to be eliminated as a rival and kept away from the master's side. What a pity for her good looks! You can all unite and help each other out, so that whoever has an opportunity will go up, and those who succeed must remember to repay kindness in the future. This is my repayment of the peaceful coexistence we have shared for over a year, and from now on, let's mind our own business."

  Jiang Wanmu said these straightforward words, looking at the bright eyes of several people, those eyes all had ambitious and heroic ambitions. Jiang Wanmu secretly rejoiced, as long as they had the heart, they could have a good fight with Mingyu and Mingtou. She smiled at the pale-faced Qingyi maid, who was foolish enough to be used by others to deal with irrelevant people, and naturally wanted to enjoy the fruits of failure, let alone just a few words, she would make several enemies. Jiang Wanmu casually pulled Jiyan away, ignoring those stupid people.

  Two housekeepers with complex eyes sized up Jiang Wanru, one pulling a young maid in a green dress, the other stepping forward to ask: "Madam, how do you want to deal with her?" Jiang Wanru looked at them for several moments, smiling lightly and saying: "I'm someone who never wants to watch plays, naturally I don't want to be a character in one. Whatever chaos is going on in this courtyard doesn't concern me, I won't go looking for trouble. Just let the people under you know that when they're playing tricks, not to play them on my head, and don't come provoking me without cause - after all, I'm someone who even dares to defy a princess."

  Jiang Wanru and Ji Yan entered the room, she smiled and praised Ji Yan, saying: "Ji Yan, you're very impressive today, thank you for protecting me." Ji Yan looked at his own hands, smiling and said: "Miss, it feels great to beat up a bad person. But why didn't you let the housekeeper just kick her out?" Jiang Wanru pulled Ji Yan to sit down at the table, speaking in a low voice: "This is only our temporary residence, what can be done by the housekeeper, why should I handle it? Ji Yan, remember, in the future, there can only be one mistress in a household."

  Jiang Wanmu thought about Jiyuan's temperament and also thought about Mugen, who had been straightforward and generous in his actions over the past year. His temperament was warm and gentle, making it easy for him to get entangled with romantic debts. Jiyuan's face turned red as she said in a low voice, "Mugen Ge said that women are too troublesome. He said that since there are already three women at home who can't be messed with, he won't bring another woman into the house." Jiang Wanmu felt relieved after hearing this, thinking that others had already made plans for their own family. She raised her eyebrows: "Three women?" Jiyuan's face turned even redder as she said, "Auntie, me, and Miss, exactly three women."

  In the evening, Jiang Wan's servant reported to her: "Third Young Master's wife and Second Young Master's wife have taken charge of selling her out. Also, the servant next to the Young Master's wife just came over and told me that the Young Master's wife's cousin will return home after the Young Master's wife gives birth." Jiang Wan looked at her with a hint of a smile: "You should be more anxious about the women by your master's side, after all she is your future mistress. The Young Master's wife's cousin coming to see her is just sisterly love, I'm happy for the Young Master's wife on the surface, but it has nothing to do with me at a deeper level."

  When the spring breeze arose, Jiang Wan sat in her room, doing needlework. In recent days, she felt that she had made great progress in this area and was preparing to make autumn shoes after finishing winter shoes. She heard the commotion in the courtyard from inside the house, but only slightly furrowed her brow as she stared at the shoe in her hand, originally intending to embroider blooming flowers, now turned into overlapping flower buds. The housekeeper gently knocked on the door and said: "Madam, the housekeeper of Princess Wang's side wants to come in and talk to you."

  "Come in." The housekeeper pushed open the door that had not been closed tightly and sent the housekeeper who was beside the princess into the room. After entering the room, she saw Jiang Wan's brow furrowed as he stared at the shoe in his hand. The housekeeper hurriedly smiled and said: "Madam, the princess has taken pity on you and lifted the seal on the door." Jiang Wan looked up at her, then turned to look at the housekeeper beside the princess, seeing her sincere expression, she slowly opened her mouth to convey the princess's concern for her.

  Jiang Wanru listened to those empty and polite words of concern, smiled lightly, nodded slightly, and continued to stare at the things in her hands. The two busybody women stared at her for a long time, seeing that she had an expression that said nothing could be said. Staring and waiting for a word of gratitude, the two women looked at each other, shook their heads secretly, thinking that Third Young Master's wife was foolish, not knowing to yield even now. Jiang Wanru glanced at the two women standing in front of her, exchanging glances, and said softly: "I know about this matter, you can leave."

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