“Young Madam, wake up!”
“Young Madam, please don’t scare us!”
Ugh… my head hurts. Why is it so noisy?
Am I dreaming? Why is someone calling me ‘Young Madam’?
Amid the frantic cries, Lan Luoyun slowly regained consciousness.
Squinting, she took in the furnishings of the room.
Then she looked at the two girls beside her, both dressed like maids.
A bad feeling immediately rose in her heart.
I might have transmigrated.
“Cough… cough…”
She let out a weak sound.
The two girls instantly became excited.
“Young Madam, you’re finally awake!”
“Yunyan and I were worried sick!”
“Young Madam, how did you get hurt?”
“…”
Lan Luoyun felt her head pounding.
These girls sure know how to scream.
“Where am I?”
The girls had been too excited to notice anything else. Hearing her speak again, they quickly turned toward her.
But when they saw the confusion in her eyes, Yunyan assumed her mistress had hit her head too hard and become dazed.
“Don’t you remember? We’re in the Prime Minister’s Residence!”
Yunxin couldn’t bear the disappointment in Lan Luoyun’s eyes and answered honestly.
“Yunfei! The Young Madam has gone stupid from the fall!”
Yunyan let out a loud shout.
A shadow immediately descended from above and landed in front of Lan Luoyun.
Only then did Lan Luoyun fully come back to her senses.
She was a researcher from the year 2022.
What deity had she offended to end up transmigrating here?
She tried to recall what had happened.
That morning, she had been riding an elevator.
Bang!
A loud crash.
The elevator stopped.
Then it began plummeting downward.
She frantically pressed every button she could find, but nothing worked.
After that…
Her memories became a blur.
How did I end up transmigrating?
Gradually, the original owner’s memories surfaced in her mind.
This was a fictional dynasty known as the Southern Yue Empire.
The original Lan Luoyun was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei and was also named Lan Luoyun. She was eighteen years old.
Two years ago, the Emperor had arranged her marriage to Lin Nancheng, the nominal second legitimate son of the Prime Minister’s family.
Thus, Lan Luoyun was now the Young Madam of the Prime Minister’s Residence.
She even had a pair of twin children—a boy and a girl.
“I was single for eighteen years, and after one transmigration, I suddenly gained a husband and two kids. What kind of ridiculous soap opera plot is this?”
Lan Luoyun muttered under her breath.
The two maids didn’t understand what she was saying. They only thought the fall had damaged her mind and made her start talking to herself.
“Young Madam, what’s wrong?”
Yunxin asked nervously.
“I’m fine. Where is Lin Nancheng right now?”
“Madam, have you forgotten? Young Master returned to the capital early this morning. He should still be in the palace reporting to His Majesty.”
Lan Luoyun searched through the original owner’s memories.
Then her expression darkened.
Heavens…
Transmigration was one thing.
But transmigrating into someone whose family was about to be confiscated and exiled?
Which immortal have I offended?
She had thought Heaven pitied her for struggling in the twenty-first century and had sent her here to enjoy a life of luxury in the Prime Minister’s Residence.
Who would have guessed her luck could be this terrible?
“Ah… what a tragic fate.”
That was right.
Tonight was the eve of the Prime Minister family’s downfall.
The imperial decree for confiscation would arrive tomorrow morning.
Thinking of that, Lan Luoyun felt completely drained.
Less than half a year after her marriage, Lin Nancheng had been sent on a secret mission to establish an intelligence network in the Kingdom of Beixing.
Just as his efforts were beginning to bear fruit, the Emperor could no longer wait.
What a master at killing the donkey after it has finished pulling the millstone.
Originally, the Emperor had intended to send Lin Nanhao on the mission.
However, Madam Su, the legal wife, didn’t want her biological son risking his life in a foreign land.
So she had transferred Lin Nancheng into her name and pushed him out instead.
Back then, Lan Luoyun, the legitimate daughter of a marquis, had been married to the concubine-born Lin Nancheng only because Madam Su had begged her elder sister, the Empress, to act as guarantor.
Afterward, Madam Su used that marriage as an excuse, claiming she wanted to give Lin Nancheng a better status.
The original owner had genuinely believed her stepmother’s kindness.
During the two years Lin Nancheng spent in Beixing, she had treated Madam Su with utmost filial respect.
Now, however, it was obvious.
This had been planned long ago.
Madam Su had wanted Lin Nancheng to disappear forever in a foreign country.
But despite all her calculations, she had never expected the entire family to be dragged into the disaster.
“Lin Yixiao colluded with foreign enemies and betrayed the nation for personal gain…”
The words of the imperial decree suddenly echoed in Lan Luoyun’s ears.
She shuddered.
There was no time to dwell on it.
She turned to the two maids beside her.
“Yunyan. Yunxin. Stop crying.”
“From now on, we may have to rely on ourselves for everything.”
“You can’t keep crying like this.”
The two girls immediately cried even harder.
Their Young Madam had never spoken like this before.
In the past, she probably would have cried even more than they did.
But now…
She seemed much stronger than before.
“Young Madam… are you sure your head isn’t damaged?”
Yunxin finally voiced her concern.
It wasn’t an unreasonable question.
The original owner had been timid and weak, shedding tears whenever trouble arose.
Worst of all, the people she trusted most were the very ones harming her.
Good grief.
What kind of brainless protagonist was this? No wonder she was deceived by Lin Yaru.
It seemed Lan Luoyun would have more to deal with than just confiscation and exile.
She didn’t bother explaining.
There wasn’t enough time.
According to her memories, the decree would arrive tomorrow morning.
She had no intention of repeating the original owner’s mistakes and ending up hated by her family before dying miserably during exile.
Still, she could tell these two girls genuinely cared about her.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry.”
“From now on, just do as I say.”
Slowly, Lan Luoyun sat up.
“Yunyan, Yunxin. Before it gets dark, go to the market and buy five water skins.”
“Young Madam, why? There are plenty in the storeroom. We can just get them there.”
Yunyan looked puzzled.
Yunxin was equally confused.
Of course Lan Luoyun knew there were water skins in the storeroom.
She simply wanted to give the girls something to do and send them away for a while.
“Don’t ask questions. Just hurry and come back. Make sure no one notices you.”
Seeing how urgent she seemed, the two maids didn’t dare ask further.
Still, they felt that since waking up, their mistress seemed like a completely different person.
Her words were crisp and decisive.
Gone was the weak and hesitant personality she once had.
But perhaps that was a good thing.
Maybe she would no longer be bullied by Lin Yaru and the others.
With that thought, they quickly left.
On the road to exile, comfortable and durable shoes would be essential.
Lan Luoyun turned toward Yunfei.
“Yunfei, go to the shoe shops immediately. Buy five pairs of sturdy travel shoes for each member of the family, using my size and the Young Master’s as references.”
After receiving this string of orders, Yunfei was thoroughly confused.
She had no idea what her mistress was planning.
But as a servant, all she needed to do was obey.
Besides, although the Young Madam had once been weak and timid, she had clearly changed after waking up.
With that in mind, Yunfei acknowledged the order and vanished into the night.
“Finally, some peace and quiet.”
Lan Luoyun stretched her body.
Suddenly, warmth surged through her chest.
The sensation felt strangely familiar.
In fact, she had already noticed something unusual while speaking with the maids.
Ever since waking up, a warm current had been flowing intermittently from her heart.
Could it be…?
“The Universal Storage Space that Master and I developed in my previous life… came with me?”
This space had been her master’s greatest invention.
Before her transmigration, he had insisted on attaching it to her body to test its effectiveness.
Then the very next morning…
She had transmigrated.
Lan Luoyun closed her eyes and concentrated…