Chapter 1

The third year of Yuanping.

It was cold and snowy.

In a small courtyard in the northwest corner of Chengguo Mansion, thick smoke was billowing.

Luo Qingzhou, wearing thin clothes, was squatting beside the brazier at the door, holding a moon-white girl's bellyband embroidered with peony in one hand and fanning the burning firewood in the brazier with a palm leaf fan in the other hand.

These firewoods were picked up from the snow, and the outside had long been soaked by rain and snow.

After the flames roasted the moisture inside, the firewood burned.

Luo Qingzhou coughed a few times in the smoke, waved the palm leaf fan in his hand, and fanned away some of the smoke, and then sat down beside the brazier, roasting the girl's bellyband in his hand while staring at the flame in the brazier in a daze.

Three days ago.

After waking up, I traveled to this place.

Great Yan Empire, Mo City.

Chengguo Mansion, the third son of the Luo family, a concubine's son.

A weak scholar.

In ancient times, the status of a bastard and a legitimate son was very different.

If a bastard was born to a woman without any status, he would be even more humble.

And from the memories in this body, he was not even the bastard of the master of Chengguo Mansion.

Three years ago.

His mother brought him to Chengguo Mansion and lived there.

The master of Chengguo Mansion, Luo Yannian, recognized his status as a bastard, but did not recognize his mother's status.

Until his mother died suddenly last year, she was not even given the title of a concubine.

Privately, the servants in the mansion were discussing his life experience.

"A child brought by a woman from the countryside, I don't know if it is the master's seed, looking at the face, how can it look like the master."

"The master is kind, in my opinion, they should be driven away as liars."

The memory is full of bad pictures.

Luo Qingzhou sighed and turned over the girl's bellyband in his hand.

What a bullshit state mansion son, no one in Chengguo Mansion regards him as the son of the Luo family.

Even the maids and servants were dressed better than him, and they even had charcoal to burn in the winter.

And what about him.

In this cold winter with heavy snow, he was wearing a thin coarse cloth gown, burning damp wood, sitting in this dilapidated courtyard, and no one cared about him.

How pitiful, how lamentable!

Although he had traveled through time, his body memories were integrated together, and he could empathize with the other person's emotions.

Frustrated, depressed, depressed, confused, angry, and hateful.

Yes, and hateful.

His mother was only in her thirties and was originally in very good health, but she suddenly fell seriously ill and died last year without any signs.

It took only two days from illness to death.

Obviously there was something else going on.

And "he" also lost his soul inexplicably three days ago, and was occupied by the current him.

There must be something strange.

He knew that the members of the big family would cheat each other for various interests, intrigue against each other, and even kill people.

But he didn't expect to encounter such a thing just after traveling through time.

It is obviously not feasible to be a rich young man who does not care about worldly affairs, eats, drinks, plays, lies and waits for death.

But he is now alone, without support and power. How can he break the situation?

"Young Master, Young Master! I have good news to tell you!"

With a clear voice like an oriole, a thin maid in emerald green clothes ran into the courtyard with a snowy body, and her delicate and tender face was full of excitement.

Xiaodie, his only maid.

Because she did something wrong, she was almost sunk into the well by the eldest lady Wang, and was rescued by his mother.

Since then, she has become a maid for them and their son, and is loyal to them.

However, because of their relationship, she is often bullied by other maids and servants in the mansion, and her body is often bruised.

"What good news?"

Luo Qingzhou asked while observing the weak and poor girl.

For him, what good news can there be in the mansion?

At most, the housekeeper will give him a few more coins or make him a new set of clothes as the New Year is coming.

After all, they will be celebrating the New Year together. Wearing these tattered clothes will not only bring shame to Chengguo Mansion, but also make the eldest lady look bad.

As the mistress of Chengguo Mansion, Wang is extremely averse to outsiders talking about her private morality behind her back.

But Xiaodie did not bring these news.

The little girl said excitedly: "Sir, I just heard the master talking with guests outside the living room, and the eldest lady was there. The eldest lady mentioned you, it seems to be about your marriage. Sir, you have come of age this year and are going to get married."

Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment: "Get married?"

In this era, people get married very early.

And if he gets married, he can get his own property, and even move out, have his own house and all kinds of freedom.

But will the eldest lady be so kind as to let him get married and then get the Luo family's property smoothly?

Although he is a bastard and cannot inherit too much property, and has nothing to do with the title, he is the son of the Luo family after all. The Chengguo Mansion is a big family, and giving him a house and some property is just a drop in the bucket.

However, based on the experience of the past three years in memory, there may be something else going on.

Even if the eldest lady is generous to those maids and servants, she will never be generous to him.

"Sir, when you get married, we will move out. Xiaodie can serve as three people and guarantee to take good care of you and your wife."

"I wonder which girl the young master is going to marry. With his status, she must be a daughter of a rich family. She must be very beautiful."

Xiaodie has already begun to imagine the wonderful life in the future with full expectation.

At this moment, the voice of the housekeeper Wang suddenly came from outside the door: "Is the third young master here? The master and the lady are calling you over."

Luo Qingzhou suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

But he did not dare to hesitate. He stood up and handed the girl's bellyband in his hand to Xiaodie, and then walked out of the yard.

Xiaodie opened her eyes wide and looked at the bellyband in her hand. She was stunned for a moment, and her little face suddenly blushed.

How could the young master steal her bellyband? This is a girl's thing. She washed it and hung it in the room...

Luo Qingzhou walked out of the small yard.

Outside the door stood a middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure and wearing a gray brocade robe.

It was Wang Cheng, the second housekeeper of Chengguo Mansion.

It is said that he is a relative of the eldest lady Wang's family.

This housekeeper Wang is different from others. He is very polite to everyone, even to his bastard who has long become invisible and dispensable in the mansion.

"Third Young Master, let's go. Go change your clothes first. We have to meet important guests later."

Housekeeper Wang smiled, bowed slightly, and his attitude was respectful and impeccable.

"Housekeeper Wang, which guest do you want to meet?"

Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and followed behind, deliberately pretending to be humble and timid, and his tone was also cautious.

He used to be like this.

Housekeeper Wang smiled and said, "Wait until the third young master goes, and you will know naturally."

Luo Qingzhou's eyes flashed, and he didn't ask any more questions.

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