Chapter 1 (2/2)

“Milady, it’s that wench, Shanhu! Not only did she take away a lot of our jewelry, she even stole all of the silver notes you hid in your secret compartment! That’s five thousand taels worth of silver notes!” Shanhu was so angry that she started crying.

Chu Yue was speechless.

‘Well, looks like I’m really a miserable, demoted lady now.’

“This won’t do! I have to go to the government office to file a complaint against her. She’s a wretched cur who betrayed her master and even stole from her! I can’t let her escape from the law!” Hupo wiped off her tears and prepared to go down the mountain to make a report to the government.

“Don’t do something so useless. She has clearly come prepared. If we run into her in the future, we’ll take care of her. Let’s see how much money we have left,” Chu Yue said feebly.

Her new body’s constitution was really terrible. But if it were not for the fact that the body was weak, the original person would not have died because of a few days of rain in the autumn.

Hupo quickly went off to calculate what remained of their money.

They only had a few dozens of taels of silver left. Hupo wiped off her tears and said, “Milady, we only have this bit of money left. How are we going to survive?”

“It’s enough to live,” Chu Yue said.

One tael of silver was one string of coins, and one string of coins was one thousand cash coins. One huge meat bun was only worth two or three cash coins in this period of time, so they could survive for a while.

“It’s not enough. This is the last dose of herbal medicine we have, and I just gave it to you today. Tomorrow, I have to get more medicine. Besides, this winter might be especially cold, so we need to prepare some pure hardwood charcoal and mink cloaks.” Hupo was very familiar with the subject.

Chu Yue found herself confused by all this talk. “Stop! Lass, don’t you understand our current situation?”

Forget about pure hardwood charcoal, what was this mink cloak and silk? How could they use that sort of stuff?

But her current blanket was indeed a silk blanket, which weighed about four to five catties. It was suitable for this weather, but it would not be enough for the cold that was about to come.

But when it came to keeping out the cold, cotton blankets and cotton clothes were the best. They were also cheap.

“Milady, your body is precious. How could you use things that commoners use?” As Hupo spoke, she started crying again.

When Chu Yue saw how she was behaving, she said, “Then, why don’t you go to the prince’s mansion and ask him for my dowry?”

Hupo hiccuped.

Even though her lady’s dowry was still in the prince’s mansion, they could not go there anymore.

“Lass, even though we should enjoy life when we can, you should be practical, considering our current situation. We only have this little money left, and if we finish using it, we’ll starve to death during winter.” As Chu Yue spoke, she got up.

Hupo was a little puzzled. She felt that her lady had changed quite a bit.

But when she saw that her lady was about to get up, she quickly said, “Milady, you’re still sick. You can’t get up.”

Chu Yue exercised her body and stretched while she said, “I’m pretty much fine now. If I continue lying around, I’m going to end up sick.”

Chu Yue did not need to hide when she faced this girl, who was bought by her family when she was young. The more she tried to hide her real self, the more mistakes she would make, so it would be better if she just behaved as she usually would while remaining completely at ease.

When Hupo saw how she acted, she said dumbly, “Milady, what are you doing?”

“While I was sick, I saw Death’s door. Now, I’m back, and I’ve thought things through. I’m going to live for myself from now on. To hell with all these shackles placed on me by the world,” Chu Yue said offhandedly.

Hupo was stunned. Then, she started crying. Hardships always forced people to grow up. In the end, her innocent and naive mistress was forced to mature.