Waking up after a car accident, Ye Yuwu discovered that her world had turned upside down.
That’s right—she had followed the latest trend and transmigrated!
She had transmigrated into a dynasty she had never heard of—the Jin Dynasty—during the Suiming era. As for who the emperor was, she had forgotten.
There was some good news: she had transmigrated into the family of the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Treasuries, and her status was that of the legitimate eldest daughter.
The bad news was that she was about to be kicked out of the house. Upon transmigrating, she had walked right into an ancient version of a “Real and Fake Young Miss” plot, and the original owner of her body was the fake daughter who had been switched at birth.
As ridiculous as it was, that was the reality. It was her misfortune to stumble into such a mess just as she arrived; she hadn’t even had a few days to experience the life of an ancient noble lady!
She remembered clearly how dazed she was when she first woke up. It took a whole day of surreptitiously “eating melons”—gathering gossip—to finally understand her identity and the situation.
While she accepted the facts quickly, the original owner, who had heard the news just before, had been in utter disbelief.
In particular, when the household decided to restore their original identities to make amends to the biological daughter, the original owner had been loud, tearful, and refused to accept it.
However, the parents who were no longer her own didn’t fall for her act. The “real” young miss was far more manipulative than the original owner, winning over the hearts of the biological parents in just a few short days.
The original owner, having been pampered and spoiled since childhood, was arrogant, domineering, and completely lacked any shrewdness. She was played like a fiddle by the real daughter.
In fact, just a few days ago, she had been framed for pushing the real daughter into the river.
Because of this, the Vice Minister’s wife had become determined to throw her out.
No matter how the original owner tried to defend herself, it was useless. The mother who had once doted on her now looked at her with eyes full of coldness and disgust.
Unable to handle the sudden drop in status, the original owner sought to end her life. Fortunately, she was saved by a maid.
Though the body was saved, the original owner had died, and Ye Yuwu had transmigrated into it. After she “returned to life,” she nearly scared the personal maid who had been “wailing at her funeral” to death.
After waking up, Ye Yuwu discovered that the original owner of this world shared the same surname as her, though a different given name. Coincidentally, her biological father shared her surname as well.
After she woke up, the original owner’s suicide attempt stirred what little remaining emotion the Vice Minister’s wife had left.
After all, they had been mother and daughter for over ten years, so she wasn’t kicked out immediately. Instead, she was given two days to pack her things.
When Ye Yuwu learned from the maid that her biological parents had both passed away, leaving her only a bookstore, her eyes suddenly lit up!
The original owner couldn’t hack it, but she certainly could!
In the 21st century, she had been a full-time writer, struggling daily to type out enough words just to barely feed herself. Her greatest dream had been to open a bookstore.
Who would have thought that what she couldn’t achieve in the modern world was about to come true in ancient times?
Just as she was blissfully fantasizing about the future that day, a long rectangular bar suddenly appeared in her mind, with a shape like a magnifying glass at the end.
When she first saw it, she was overjoyed. Finally, her Golden Finger had arrived, albeit a bit late!
But after closing her eyes and studying it in her mind for ages, she couldn’t figure out what it was for.
Furious, she cursed in her mind: Your uncle! What on earth are you useful for?
Then, a miraculous scene occurred.
The words she had just cursed in her heart appeared in that box. Ye Yuwu opened her eyes in shock.
She then saw what looked like an arrow click on the magnifying glass icon.
Immediately, several rows of semi-transparent search results appeared before her. At the very top was: “How to respond to ‘Your uncle’ with humor.”
Ye Yuwu’s face was a sea of question marks: ??
What kind of nonsense was this?! You can even answer “your uncle” with humor? Isn’t that just an insult?
Ye Yuwu suppressed her curiosity to click on it and concentrated on studying the semi-transparent panel in front of her.
The panel was quite user-friendly.
It functioned like modern VR glasses; the background was the real-time world. The text followed her head movements; if she looked up or down, the page would scroll, and closing her eyes entered the search page.
If she thought of a question she wanted to search for, the various answers would appear when she opened her eyes.
Uh, isn’t this just a modern search engine?
It could actually do this?
After only a second of exclamation, the surprise vanished from her eyes, and she immediately slumped onto the bed like a salted fish.
But what use is this? She wailed inwardly toward the heavens.
Its practical applications hadn’t been developed yet; how was she supposed to use it in ancient times?
Other transmigrated girls had massive Golden Fingers, or at the very least, a system.
Not only did she have nothing else, but this search function didn’t even come with a beginner’s guide. It took her half a day of fumbling just to figure out how to use it!
For a poor thing trapped in the inner manor who was going to be kicked out the next day, this thing was temporarily useless.
While Ye Yuwu was still lying there like a salted fish, a maid dressed in green suddenly ran in.
“Miss, the Madam has issued the final ultimatum.” Beside her, her personal maid’s tears were about to fall in anxiety.
“It must be that Miss Lin causing trouble again!” the maid, Huaping, said indignantly.
“Don’t cry. Since that’s the case, there’s no need to stay here. We can leave right now.”
They were in such a hurry to push her out?
However, she didn’t have much to pack anyway. Everything she currently owned belonged to the Vice Minister’s estate. The Madam hadn’t been so heartless as to forbid her from taking anything, but Ye Yuwu felt it was better to make a clean break. These things weren’t hers to begin with.
“Now?” The maid wiped her tears and looked helplessly at the eldest miss sitting in the chair.
“Yes.” Ye Yuwu stood up and walked to her bedside.
She reached under her pillow, pulled out a piece of paper, and tucked it into her sleeve. Only after ensuring it wouldn’t be lost did she feel at ease.
This was the land deed for the bookstore her biological parents had left her. It had been brought to her secretly by a loyal family servant of her biological parents, who had bribed someone at the back gate of the Vice Minister’s estate after she was rescued.
“Miss, are you taking nothing at all?” The maid looked at Ye Yuwu in shock.
“No. This estate raised me, but these things are not mine. I will not take a single item.” She shook her head, removing the hair ornaments and hairpins one by one and placing them on the table.
She then took off her luxurious robes and exquisite embroidered shoes, changing into the rough clothes and ordinary cloth shoes she had prepared earlier.
The clothes didn’t even have a pattern, a far cry from the life of an eldest miss who was once the center of attention.
Yet even in such plain attire, it couldn’t hide her breathtaking beauty. Even without makeup, she was stunning.
“Miss.”
“Huaping, I will no longer be a ‘Miss’ from now on. You don’t need to call me that anymore. What about you? Are you coming with me?”
“How can I not? You will always be my Miss! It’s just that… I…” She looked hesitantly at the beautiful woman standing in the light, as if finally making up her mind. “My indenture contract is still with the Madam…”
“That’s not a problem. I still have some money, enough to buy back your contract. I’m just asking if you are willing to leave with me.” This money was also left to her by her deceased biological parents.
Originally, she hadn’t planned on taking this maid with her. After all, the girl had grown up with the original owner and knew her temperament well; Ye Yuwu was afraid of exposing herself.
Soul Transmigration was an offense that could lead to Pig-cage Drowning in ancient times!
But seeing how the little maid had been devoted to her these past few days, worrying about her and looking out for her, she couldn’t find it in her heart to be cruel.
Besides, if she left, someone with the maid’s personality would surely be bullied to death.
As they say, the servants often reflect the master’s personality.
The original owner was like that, and so was this little maid—without any schemes or guile, relying only on favor to survive in the inner manor. That was not a sustainable way to live.
“I… I am naturally willing to follow you, Miss.” Huaping burst into tears, her delicate face becoming a mess of sobs.
“Alright, stop crying. Dry your eyes, and we’ll go find the Madam to get your contract.”