Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 410 The Guan Mansion, Oh, the Guan Mansion

granddaughter?

Lu You stared blankly at Feng Er, feeling somewhat dazed, the scene from when she first arrived in Qingzhou Prefecture unconsciously flashing through her mind.

At that time, Lu You tried every means to get Guan Shanyue to recognize Lu Yi as her grandson.

Guan Shanyue, however, would rather give away the dragon-patterned jade pendant representing the Martial Emperor to repay the debt of saving his life than directly refuse.

But now, he's just accepted himself like this...

He knew he was going to Wudu in the next couple of days, so he must know what he had done in Qingzhou.

He must also know that he is now being watched by the Second Prince, Wu Quanwen, and countless other people.

At this moment, I must accept myself...

Is Lao Guan trying to protect me?

"Miss!"

Seeing Lu You staring blankly, Feng Er quickly moved closer to Chen Jiang and whispered a reminder.

"The master has already ordered someone to prepare a room for you. Would you like to go and take a look? If there's anything inappropriate, please have someone make arrangements immediately."

Hearing the reminder, Lu You finally came to her senses.

Looking at the maids and servants on either side, Lu You nodded slightly.

"Okay, take me to see it."

As Lu You spoke, two maids stepped forward and bowed to her.

"Miss, this way please!"

Lu You followed two maids into the room.

Wu Quanwen, however, pointed lightly at Zhou Ya with his folding fan in hand.

At Zhou Ya's instruction, he took a bag of silver from the carriage and walked up to Feng Er.

"Steward Feng, here are three hundred taels of silver. Ten taels for each maid and servant, and the rest is yours."

"This is a gift from Miss Lu, please don't refuse it."

Feng Er took the silver and held it up to his forehead with both hands.

"Thank you for the reward, Miss!"

Feng Er respectfully called out, then handed the silver to the servant beside him and bowed again to Wu Quanwen and the others.

"Your Highness, please come into the residence."

Wu Quanwen didn't stand on ceremony and immediately led the way inside, followed by Zhou Ya, Zuo Yunfeng, and others.

Inside the Guan residence, Lu You followed two maids through the halls and alleys, continuing to move forward for more than a minute.

"Hey, where are you taking me?"

Lu You asked the two maids in front of her.

The two stopped and turned around, one of them nodding to Lu You in a gesture of respect.

"Miss, your room is in the backyard, you'll have to walk there a bit."

"Still walking?" Lu You frowned and said, "We've already passed several courtyards, haven't we? Why aren't we there yet?"

"Replying to Miss," the maidservant said respectfully to Lu You, "we just entered through the main gate and passed through three courtyards."

"After passing the covered walkway and the three courtyards in front, you can enter the garden. After passing through the winding walkway and the inner courtyard, you can reach the backyard of the mansion, where your boudoir is located."

Listening to the maid's tongue-twisting introduction, Lu You felt a moment of disorientation.

Wonton... Corridor...

What I'm walking on is just a long shed that runs around the perimeter of the courtyard.

Who's so bored as to give this thing a name?

Lu You turned her head and saw a water vat standing in the courtyard.

With a leap, Lu You lightly touched the water vat with her foot and jumped directly onto the veranda. Then, in just two steps, she stood on the roof of the main house in the courtyard.

"Miss……"

The two maids exclaimed in surprise and stood in the courtyard waving anxiously, trying to get Lu You to come down.

Be careful, please don't fall!

[Negative emotions from Mingcui +60, +60...]

[Negative emotions from Bingqin +40, +40...]

Upon hearing the notification sound in her mind, Lu You began to look around the entire Guan residence.

The Guan residence occupies a vast area.

The place where she was standing at this moment was the roof of the main building of the three-courtyard house.

Behind that, you can see two more courtyards.

Moreover, on the side of these five parallel courtyards, there are two gardens, one large and one small.

The larger building in front stands shoulder to shoulder with the three courtyards below, containing artificial hills and ponds, flowers, trees, pavilions, waterside terraces, bridges, and boats.

The small garden at the back is divided in two by a winding brick path in the middle. Although the smaller half is blocked by the eaves, it can be seen that it should be a forest of strangely shaped rocks with lush green bamboo in the middle.

As for the larger garden across the road, it was filled with flowers and plants, and was very well maintained.

I used to think that this old man was so aloof, but now it seems that his life is far too extravagant.

Lu You couldn't help but complain in her heart, then turned to look down.

"Mingcui, just how big is the Guan residence?"

Mingcui was stunned for a moment because she didn't expect Lu You to know her name, but she quickly replied.

"Replying to Miss, the Guan family mansion is 27 zhang from east to west and 46 zhang from north to south."

"Miss, Mingcui begs you, please come down and tell me what you have to say!"

"If you get hurt, we really can't bear the responsibility."

Seeing the two maids below so anxious, Lu You lightly touched the ground with her feet and leaped back down.

But this simple action startled the two maids, who gasped in surprise once again.

"Don't be afraid, I am an internal energy martial artist, I won't get hurt."

Seeing the two maids' eyes trembling with fear, Lu You reached out and patted their shoulders.

"Lead the way. I want to see exactly where the room Old Guan arranged for me is."

Upon hearing this, the two maids hurriedly led the way forward, afraid of causing any delay, and the impatient young lady went back to her room.

The three of them walked through the long corridor, passed through the large garden, and through the inner courtyard, finally arriving at Lu You's residence.

Looking at the strange rocks, green bamboos, and clusters of flowers and plants on both sides of the road, Lu You almost laughed out of anger.

"If I remember correctly, the main gate of our Guan residence is in the southwest corner, while my room is in the northeast corner."

"In other words, whether I want to go out or go home, I have to take a roundabout and diagonal route through the entire Guan residence. Am I right?"

“What Miss says is absolutely right,” Mingcui and the other woman replied with a slight bow.

"It's a yo-yo!" Lu You said angrily, "Who arranged this room for me?"

Upon hearing Lu You's unusual tone, Ming Cui and Lu You suddenly lowered their heads and knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"This servant knows her mistake, please forgive me, Miss..."

"Hey hey hey hey..." Lu You was startled and forgot what she was going to say. She quickly grabbed one of the people's arms and tried to pull them up: "Get up quickly, I'm not blaming you..."

Lu You wanted to explain, but the two maids took a step back and bowed even lower.

“Miss, if you have any complaints, I will make changes right away. Please forgive us this time.”

Hearing the trembling and fear in Mingcui's voice, Luyou felt quite helpless.

In feudal society, many maids and servants signed indenture contracts.

In the eyes of those in power, they are not even considered human beings, but no different from livestock such as pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses.

The power of life and death over these people was also in the hands of those in power.

This fear of dying at any moment cannot be dispelled by a few words of comfort from her.

Left with no other choice, Lu You could only forcefully pin Mo Mei to the ground and speak coldly, mimicking Qian Zhaode's manner from her memories.

"If you don't stand up, I'll chop you all down right now!"