Chapter 362: Refusing to Leave and Asking to Expel Others (Part 2)
Chapter 362: Refusing to Leave and Asking to Expel Others (Part 2)
Unable to bear seeing his goddaughter so sad, he lovingly comforted her, "Regardless of any connection, Erni is my most cherished goddaughter. Those sad memories, Erni should completely forget them and focus on living well in the days to come."
Mo Erni, with tears brimming in her eyes, threw herself into Steward Song's arms, coquettishly saying that he was the one who loved her the most.
Steward Song was amused by her antics and couldn't help but laugh heartily, feeling fortunate to have such a good goddaughter. He must have been sent by his own daughter, who couldn't bear to see him living alone in the world, deliberately sending a goddaughter who looked similar to her and had a similar temperament to accompany him.
Mo Erni closed her eyes and enjoyed the "paternal love" Steward Song gave her, but her mind was spinning rapidly.
The Xue family was the wealthiest and most powerful family she had ever seen. She had thought that with some careful maneuvering, she could use the Xue family's influence to "repay" those who had humiliated her. However, the reality was that a second-tier steward from the Wu'an Manor could make the Xue family's master kneel in submission. What could she, a mere third-tier maidservant, do?
What was even more infuriating was that wretched woman had actually seduced the lofty Young Master Yan and persuaded him to stand up for her. Truly, like mother, like daughter—all despicable creatures.
Currently, the Xue family was useless to her. She had to find a way to find a more powerful patron to overwhelm that wretched woman. However, having entered the Xue family as a slave, unless she died, there was no way to escape from the Xue family.
However, her godfather was only employed by the Xue family, not their slave. Originally, she had just wanted to find a support to slowly climb up, but now he was her only chance to break free from the Xue family and climb up to the powerful. She had to seize this opportunity tightly.
Thinking of this, a trace of fanaticism flashed in Mo Erni's cold eyes—a fanaticism for power!
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As the saying goes, excessive courtesy does not harm, watching the half-hall filled with apologies, Mo Yan politely sent away the smiling master of the Xue family.
Closing the courtyard door and seeing the envious glances from the villagers staying in her house, she couldn't help but shake her head with a bitter smile. If it weren't for Young Master Yan of the Wu'an Manor, the Xue family wouldn't have come running obediently to apologize, let alone hastily appease her.
However, Young Master Yan hadn't done anything to the Xue family. Moreover, the Xue family itself was a prominent business family. Since they had plotted against her shop, it was best to let bygones be bygones.
Sorting through the Xue family's apologies, Mo Yan couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.
Various flavors of pastries from Baiwei Pavilion were fine, and exquisite satin fabrics were sent over as if they were free. Dozens of them. The gifts prepared individually for each person were either gold or jade, and there were even six roots of hundred-year-old ginseng...
This generosity was truly remarkable. The wealth and power of the Xue family only revealed the tip of the iceberg. It's no wonder that throughout history, so many people have tried their best to establish relationships with those in power. Once connected, it's definitely a path to wealth and status. However, high returns often come with high risks. She still thought that honest farming was better.
Fabrics and other items could be kept and used slowly, but pastries like these would go bad in at most three days unless they were placed in storage space. There were too many pastries; even if used as meals, they couldn't be finished in three days. Mo Yan had Xin'er send a letter to Cai shi, Zhou shi, Xiong shi, and other well-wishing families. She had Zhen'er bring a few letters to invite the children living in her house to eat.
With this gift, half of it was consumed. The pastries from Baiwei Pavilion were very good, but some were too sweet, and Mo Yan couldn't eat them after a few bites. The appetites of the Three Beasts were large, but except for Mao Tuan, the other two were very picky, and they wouldn't taste such sweet pastries.
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