The servant saw that fierce god pointing at him.
He was so scared that his whole body trembled.
His knees went weak, and he knelt down on the spot.
"I won't fight anymore, I won't fight anymore! Eldest Young Miss, spare my life!"
Nanny Liu saw this and trembled with rage.
She kicked the servant beside her.
"You spineless thing, a country girl scared you like this!"
Shen Qingyuan gripped the wooden stick and slowly walked toward Nanny Liu.
"Oh, so you're saying you have a lot of spine?"
Nanny Liu had just received a slap from her and felt a bit unnerved.
This girl is wicked!
But as long as she could be brought back, she assumed the girl wouldn't be able to stir up any trouble.
She would wait for Madam to deal with her properly.
Nanny Liu put on a fawning smile.
"Eldest Young Miss, what are you saying? We are all one family.
The Master and Madam are both looking forward to Eldest Young Miss returning to the manor."
Shen Qingyuan frowned.
"From just now, you've been talking about returning to the manor, and about some Master and Madam. Tell me the truth."
Nanny Liu was dumbfounded.
"Eldest Young Miss, you don't know the Master?"
It was one thing for the former Madam not to mention her own mistress, but she hadn't even mentioned the Master?
Gu Minglan sighed, knowing she couldn't hide it anymore.
"The Master she speaks of is your father, Shen Shiqian."
Shen Qingyuan studied at a Daoist Temple, and her Master had naturally calculated her fate.
Her bond with her father was shallow, their affection thin; among her closest kin, only her birth mother could protect her.
Therefore, Shen Qingyuan had never asked about anything related to her biological father.
But that did not mean Shen Qingyuan was completely ignorant.
It was truly that she, Shen Qingyuan, hadn't gone to their door to settle scores yet, and they dared to offend her first.
Shen Qingyuan raised her eyelids.
"Oh? My Scum Father, who promoted a Mistress to the position of wife, still dares to use the name of a 'modest gentleman'?"
Nanny Liu was shocked.
"To recklessly discuss the Master's great name is treasonous!"
Shen Qingyuan was not polite and hit her with the stick again.
Then she said.
"What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."
Nanny Liu was beaten until she lay on the ground, no longer daring to put on airs.
"This servant said, Eldest Young Miss is absolutely right."
Shen Qingyuan then dropped the wooden stick and stood up.
"Let's go, aren't you inviting me back to the manor?"
Gu Minglan was shocked.
"Yuan'er, why are you going back to that place that eats people without spitting out the bones?"
Her daughter had finally grown up like this with such difficulty.
What was the difference between returning to that disgusting place and jumping into a fire pit?
Shen Qingyuan clapped her hands, brushing off the dirt that had accidentally gotten on her mother.
"Naturally, it is to go and take back everything that belongs to Mother."
She turned around and snatched the bracelet right off Nanny Liu's wrist.
"Everyone heard it; whoever brings me back gets this bracelet.
Since I have decided to go back now, naturally, this bracelet belongs to me."
Afterward.
Ignoring the fearful gazes of Nanny Liu and the others.
She took Gu Minglan's hand and got into the small carriage.
The carriage was extremely small, meant for a servant like Nanny Liu.
They hadn't even prepared a carriage for a Master.
Clearly, from the beginning, Nanny Liu had never intended for them to ride back in a carriage.
Now, Shen Qingyuan sat in the carriage.
She lifted the cloth curtain and spoke to Nanny Liu.
"Stand over here and tell me about the situation in the manor."
Nanny Liu was angry but dared not vent it.
Holding her old waist, she climbed up and stumbled along beside the carriage.
"The Master is already a fifth-rank official. His Majesty has specifically named the Eldest Legitimate Daughter of the manor to perform a Wedding for Luck for His Highness Prince Jing..."
Gu Minglan's disgust for that scum man grew even more.
He had left the two of them in the countryside for over ten years without a word.
Now, for the sake of his career, he wanted to sacrifice her Yuan'er.
This time, no matter what, she would not let him succeed.
Shen Qingyuan felt her mother's tense body.
She patted her hand to soothe her.
"Mother, don't be afraid."
Shen Qingyuan raised her voice.
"Since it is the Eldest Legitimate Daughter, did the Mistress not have any more children after she was promoted?"
Nanny Liu was displeased but dared not hide it.
It was something she would naturally know once she arrived at the manor.
There was no need to hide it.
"Madam naturally has heirs, two sons and one daughter. It's just that this Eldest Young Miss only comes of age next month, so Madam naturally cannot bear to part with her."
Gu Minglan gripped her hand tightly.
Her Yuan'er had only just come of age a month ago.
The Mistress's daughter would come of age next month.
It was clear that the scum man had been involved with that Mistress long ago!
Now, the Emperor wanted Lady Liu's daughter to perform the Wedding for Luck, and he couldn't bear it.
So he was willing to let her Yuan'er go and perform the Wedding for Luck for that dying Prince!
Gu Minglan was about to pull Shen Qingyuan off the carriage.
"Yuan'er, let's go back. We won't perform this wedding!"
Shen Qingyuan did not move and pulled Gu Minglan to sit back down.
She whispered in her ear.
"Mother, don't worry. Whether this wedding happens or not is up to me."
Gu Minglan did not know.
Her daughter was born with the ability to see Luck.
But this ability was not so easily obtained.
The more heaven-defying the ability, the more it was bound by restrictions.
A shallow bond with her biological father was one.
Extremely poor Wealth Luck was the second.
Otherwise, with Shen Qingyuan's ability.
And the fact that the Daoist Temple had been accumulating Merit for her for years.
How could she have stayed in these mountains year after year?
To the point where the money her mother brought out had long since been spent completely.
They hadn't even been able to renovate their own dilapidated house.
Not to mention her mother.
Even her Master, after bringing her back to the Daoist Temple.
Even the temple was poor to a certain degree.
Since her Master had let her go down the mountain to undergo her tribulation.
She couldn't let her mother become poorer and poorer because of her.
Nanny Liu was right.
This Prince Jing, no matter what, was still a Prince.
In this world, a woman cannot remain unmarried forever.
Prince Jing is fine.
What could be more satisfying than guarding a comatose mountain of gold?
As for the Wedding for Luck, as long as Prince Jing didn't die, it would be fine.
This bit of skill, she, Shen Qingyuan, could still manage.
But she couldn't explain this clearly to her mother.
Shen Qingyuan spoke.
"Mother, Master said. He told me to go down the mountain to the Capital City to see my Eldest Senior Brother.
Although it's not far from the Capital City, it's on the way, isn't it?"
Gu Minglan felt relieved after hearing this.
That was true; her daughter had already entered the Daoist Temple and was already a Daoist nun.
How could she possibly get married? She was just going to the Capital City to see her Senior Brother.
Xuan Liang: This is the Zhengyi Sect, where marriage is not forbidden; do not confuse us with the 'fake monks' of Quanzhen!
Of course, Gu Minglan didn't ask.
Shen Qingyuan naturally wouldn't explain it to her either.
Right now, Shen Qingyuan had two urgent matters.
First, the black aura on her mother's forehead had not yet dissipated.
She, Shen Qingyuan, had to meet whoever dared to take her mother's life.
Second, since the Emperor said it was the Eldest Legitimate Daughter.
Then her mother must be the true Madam, and those who had stolen her mother's position for years.
They would all have to pay her mother back with interest.
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Returning to the Capital City.
Nanny Liu stepped forward first and raised her voice to the servant guarding the gate.
"What are you still standing there for? Open the gate! I have completed the task ordered by the Master and Madam; I have brought back the Eldest Young Miss and... and Lady Gu!"
The servant peeked and saw only the disheveled servant behind Nanny Liu.
A flash of surprise crossed his eyes, but he dared not ask more.
Nanny Liu had quite a bit of weight in front of the servants.
He hurriedly stepped forward to open the gate.
"Nanny Liu, you've worked hard. And this is the Eldest Young Miss?"
Nanny Liu supported her injured old waist.
She stood respectfully with her hands hanging down in front of the small carriage.
"Eldest Young Miss, we have arrived."
As for the Madam, she absolutely dared not call her that again.
This was in front of the manor, and one never knew who might be listening.
If it reached the Madam's ears, she wouldn't fare well either.
Shen Qingyuan helped Gu Minglan slowly step off the carriage.
The servant guarding the gate finally saw the two people who had stepped down.
They were wearing plain clothes, and although there were no patches on them.
The fabric was about the same as what the servants in the manor wore.
It wasn't even as good as the inferior brocade Nanny Liu was wearing.
At that moment, the servant couldn't be bothered to keep up appearances.
"Nanny Liu, this is the Eldest Young Miss you brought back? Why is she helping a servant?"
Gu Minglan was dressed poorly and had been worn down in the countryside for many years.
She looked a bit older in the face.
Shen Qingyuan was young, even if she wasn't dressed well.
She had been raised extremely well in the temple.
The servant mistook Gu Minglan for Shen Qingyuan's old servant.
This, however, was not entirely the servant's fault.
After all, in the Capital City, no matter how down-and-out a young miss was when she went out.
She would still bring a maid and a nanny.
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