Chapter 230: Filled with Their Own Thoughts (1) (2/2)

Senior Senior Servants Gui and Zhong brought Wenqing and Wenlan over to Xiyan’s room with the intent of asking about the details of what had happened at the Zheng Estate.

In a small room off to the side of Chu Lian’s bedroom, Fuyan and Jingyan were sitting on standby while drinking tea and eating some snacks.

Jingyan sipped a mouthful of sencha before sighing in a brooding manner. “Mingyan’s so lucky.”

She and Mingyan had both been sent to Chu Lian to serve as part of the dowry before Chu Lian had gotten married. The two girls weren’t family servants and had been bought from an outside slave trader.

Why would Chu Lian’s stepmother have been so nice as to give her servants born within the Ying Estate, who would be loyal to the Chu Family as well as educated on the customs of noble families?

Fuyan shot a glance at Jingyan. “It’s all up to luck for these kinds of things. We didn’t know there would be such a great chance for us before Third Young Madam left for the Zheng Estate.”

That’s true! If she had known earlier, she would have fought to be one of the servants accompanying Third Young Madam today.

Jingyan pressed her lips together in frustration. If she had taken Mingyan’s place and followed Third Young Madam out today, she would have been the one left behind.

This was House Zheng they were talking about! Furthermore, she would have been put in charge of Old Duke Zheng’s meals! She knew how to cook all those dishes that Mingyan knew of too!

Setting aside how rich House Zheng was, Old Duke Zheng was someone that even the Emperor respected! If she served him well and received the old duke’s favour, she might even be adopted as his daughter! Following that, even if she had to return to the Jing’an Estate, she would have a higher status. She wouldn’t just be a simple maidservant like Xiyan and Fuyan.

Other than that, House Zheng had only had a single son for three generations. The current Heir Zheng also just happened to be in the prime of his life! A ripe time for marriage!

Heir Zheng was currently studying in the Imperial College. He had a carefree and elegant bearing. The last time he had come to the Jing’an Estate as a guest, he hadn’t entered the inner court. Otherwise, she would definitely have found a chance to peek at him.

Fuyan sent a disdainful look at Jingyan; she was looking down on her for being short-sighted. It couldn’t be helped since she was bought from outside. Just a little bit of wealth had completely mesmerised her. She wasn’t fit to carry heavier responsibilities, what a waste of Third Young Madam’s guidance.

Due to Jingyan’s depression, she couldn’t even bear to continue eating her snacks.

Her tone was equally down. “Fuyan, don’t you want to go to the Zheng Estate too?”

Fuyan tossed the remaining fried fish skin and peanuts in her hand back into the porcelain dish on the small table. She dusted off her hands and stood up. “I don’t want to, I’ve been serving by Third Young Madam’s side since I was little. Who would bother with that little bit of credit from serving Old Duke Zheng? Only you girls who came later would be so short-sighted.”

After saying so, she turned around and went back to the outer chamber of Chu Lian’s room to wait for her master’s orders.