Yan Xue, accompanied by three servant girls, left the Wang Family with great strides, without taking any clothes or belongings.
In her attire, Yan Xue still had ten taels of secret silver.
Though ten taels of silver wasn't a large sum, at least they would prevent her and her daughters from becoming beggars for the month.
Finding a secluded house, Yan Xue rented the small courtyard there for a month, the rent costing five taels of silver. After settling her daughter, she gave five taels of silver to Da Ya, instructing her to take good care of her sisters, before she returned to Ji Mansion, changed her clothes, and went to serve Guo Yuqi.
Guo Yuqi lay lazily on the beauty couch in the luxurious courtyard, enjoying the cool breeze fanned by a maid at her side.
The weather in July, even after nightfall, was extremely hot.
"This servant pays respects to the First Madam," Yan Xue said,
as she adjusted her clothes and stepped into the room, bowing in Guo Yuqi's direction.
