Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 51 Ugly Slave: Do you know what a slave to the bitter end of life means?
The next morning.

When Chou Nu came out of the yard yawning and carrying a basket of vegetables, it was already bright outside.

She got up much later than usual. Usually, she would get up at five in the morning to go to the East Market to buy vegetables. At that time, the city gates had just opened and vegetable farmers had just entered the city, so she could grab the freshest fruits and vegetables.

It’s just that she didn’t get enough rest last night, so she got up late today.

Last night was her first time killing someone, and she suffered a great shock. After coming out of the bedroom, she didn't know how she got back to the courtyard, nor did she know where her master went with the head.

However, after a night's sleep, Chou Nu's mentality adjusted back to normal.

Sometimes being heartless is a good thing.

Although she had only slept for two or three hours, she still forced herself to get up despite her sleepiness.

After all, she had to prepare meals for herself and Zhao Qian'an, the master and servant, and also had to clean the house, do laundry, and trim the green plants in the yard... She was busy all day long, and from time to time she was ordered by her unscrupulous master to run errands and do this and that.

The masters of other mansions always have several servants serving them.

But Zhao Qian'an can only use her.

Oh, and there's also a deaf and blind old horse servant...

But that old guy didn't do anything except feeding the horses and driving the cart. You had to bring him meals and wash his clothes yourself.

It’s time to collect the money!
The ugly slave was secretly complaining in his heart.

But...she actually doesn't hate days like this.

Even enjoying it a little.

She also secretly raised a flock of chickens in the southeast corner of the yard. Picking up a few eggs every day was the happiest thing for her.

She had just checked the chicken coop and saw that six more eggs had been laid today. She might as well make fried eggs for lunch and stewed egg custard for dinner, so that she could save a third of the money for today's vegetables...

Thinking about these things, Chou Nu felt happy.

One step closer to one thousand taels!
Just when she was happy, a maid came towards her. Judging from her clothes, she was a first-class maid in the mansion.

The ugly slave quickly restrained the expression on his face, turned sideways to make way, stood aside and looked down at his shoes.

Although she was the personal maid of the prince consort, she had no status at all in the princess's mansion.

There was no way. After all, everyone in the princess's mansion knew that the princess and the prince consort were not on good terms, and everyone in the mansion listened to the princess. Naturally, the prince consort was treated coldly, and even she, the personal maid, had a hard time.

In addition, she was ugly and had obvious exotic features, which made her looked down upon.

The ugly slave knew this very well, so she simply stopped interacting with other servants in the mansion. If she was really met with some cold words and sarcasm, she would just pretend not to hear them and try not to bring any trouble to her master Zhao Qian'an.

Today, that's it.

She thought that the maid would ignore her and walk past her, but when the maid walked up to her, she stopped.

The ugly slave immediately became nervous.

I wasn't blocking her way, so was she deliberately looking for trouble with me?

But the next second, the maid bowed to her respectfully: "Good morning, Sister Ah Chou."

Ah Chou...sister?!
The ugly slave's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, full of disbelief.

……

"Sister Ah Chou."

"Good morning, Sister Ah Chou."

"Sister Ah Chou, this is the master's menu for today. Do you want to add anything?"

"Sister Achou, does the master have any intention of going out today? I can ask people to prepare the carriage in advance..." From the third courtyard to the gate of the princess's mansion.

Along the way, Chou Nu walked very slowly.

Because the maids and servants in the mansion seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and they all gathered around her, greeting her respectfully and asking about her well-being...

It was like being surrounded by stars, making the ugly slave, who was originally a nobody in the mansion, a little flattered.

Even the former Butler Ebi didn’t have such treatment!

Just when Chou Nu was feeling a little nervous, he was surrounded by the crowd and came to the front courtyard, where he met Butler Gou who came with a group of people.

As soon as Chou Nu saw Butler Gou, he suddenly felt a little nervous.

Don't be fooled by the unprepossessing appearance of this man with his greasy beard and height that only reaches her waist. He has only been the steward of the mansion for two days, but who doesn't know what a big commotion he caused when he arrived?
The former butler Hai Lao, who was all-powerful and powerful in the mansion, was killed with a single knife by the new butler Gou in front of Princess Yuzhen.

Who dares to disobey such majesty?
Butler Gou was followed by a large group of people. He looked up at the servants beside Chou Nu, frowned, and shouted, "Don't you have to work so early in the morning? Disperse!"

After he scolded them, the servants dispersed and left.

When Chou Nu saw him coming towards him, he panicked and explained hastily, "I, I didn't do anything, they just surrounded me..."

But she never expected that the originally serious housekeeper Gou would change his expression 180 degrees and smile after he came in front of her. His smile could even be described as flattering: "Miss Ah Chou, you can do whatever you want in this house without telling me."

While Chou Nu was stunned, Gou Xiangxi turned back and called out, "Come here."

A dozen maids came up behind him, each of them was about the same height and build, and each of them was a rare beauty.

Gou Xiangxi said, "Call someone."

The dozen or so beautiful maids all bowed down and said, "Sister Ah Chou."

Such a big scene really shocked Chou Nu.

Gou Xiangxi looked at the ugly slave, smiled again, and said with a cupped hand: "From now on, you can command these servants as you wish."

The ugly slave pointed at himself with wide eyes: "Is it under my control?"

"Of course. Miss Achou is the personal maidservant of the benefactor. How can she live without a few servants around her?" Gou Xiangxi saw that she was still holding a basket of vegetables, so he went over and took it down himself. "Look, you are buying vegetables yourself. Just tell the kitchen about these matters in the future."

The ugly slave got goose bumps on his arms because of his attentive attitude, and couldn't help asking: "Butler Gou, tell me straight, what happened?"

"Nothing, it's just that from now on this princess's mansion will only have one master, and that is Master Zhao En!"

Gou Xiangxi smiled even more and said, "I hope Miss Ah Chou will say a few good words for me in front of the benefactor in the future."

……

When the ugly slave returned to the courtyard with a bunch of beautiful maids, his steps were still a little unsteady.

From Gou Xiangxi, she roughly knew what happened last night.

I didn't expect that my master would not take action, but once he did, it would be with such thundering force.

She thought Princess Yuzhen was really stupid. Why did she provoke her master for no reason? Wouldn't it be better for her to just enjoy her wealth and splendor? She was wearing gold and silver, eating delicacies from land and sea, and had special servants to serve her in everything she did... Such a life was something that even gods would not envy.

How can there be people who are not satisfied?

In the end, he got into trouble and caused the prince consort to take action himself. How could anything good come of that?
But anyway...

Chounu felt that she had finally made it. As Zhao Qian'an's personal servant, her life was not as good as it is now when her master did not take over the affairs of the mansion. Didn't she accompany him through that time?

At least he should be considered a...slave of the family?
When she thought of this, she straightened her back, raised her chin higher, and walked with more vigor.

However, when she returned to the courtyard, she happened to see Luan Nu pouring tea for Zhao Qian'an with her head lowered.

(End of this chapter)