Time Travel: The Noble Family

Yuehuan received the pouch, her heart filled with gratitude as she looked at the stack of small denominations of silver notes, including ten and twenty taels. She urgently needed money this time because Hong Mei’s brother had gotten into trouble that required a substantial amount of cash, and she did not have enough. This was a rare opportunity, the best time to win over Hong Mei. Once Hong Mei was on her side, Yuehuan’s actions would be much easier; otherwise, she’d have to keep a watchful eye on those around her, like now, preventing her from achieving anything. It was this situation that led her to decide to take a risk.

Yuehuan placed a fifty-tael silver note on the table, and said to Hong Mei, "Just tell me whether it was Madam or Maternal Auntie’s people, and I can help you." Hong Mei’s younger brother had accidentally killed a Good Citizen, and the deceased’s family was demanding sixty taels of silver plus funeral expenses. If they couldn’t pay, he would be taken to the officials, landing him in jail.

Hong Mei had no alternatives and pleaded with Yuehuan. Now, Yuehuan was the only one who could help her. No longer reserved, Hong Mei said, "Maternal Auntie only ordered me to look after you well."

Yuehuan thought to herself, just as expected, her movements were completely monitored by Maternal Auntie. Yuehuan said coldly, "Maternal Auntie just instructed you to look after me, didn’t she ask you to report everything about me to her?" It seemed Maternal Aunt Su wanted to control her.

Hong Mei trusted her, after all, Maternal Aunt Su was Yuehuan’s own mother and would not harm Yuehuan. Hong Mei said, "Maternal Auntie is just concerned about you. Miss, Maternal Auntie would never harm you."

Yuehuan sneered; she was not Maternal Aunt Su’s biological daughter, so whether she would harm her was debatable. "From now on, whether it’s Madam or Maternal Auntie, without my permission, you are not allowed to reveal anything about me to them."

Startled, Hong Mei had never thought the Miss would even be wary of Maternal Auntie. In the past, she might have hesitated, but with the current critical situation and the fact that Yuehuan was indeed the daughter of Maternal Auntie, she wouldn’t have other intentions. Thus, without much consideration, Hong Mei directly complied, "Alright."

Yuehuan couldn’t fully trust Hong Mei over this incident, but she believed that after this event Hong Mei wouldn’t dare to casually disclose her matters again, "As long as you do nothing behind my back, I won’t mistreat you." Yuehuan was not confident about letting Hong Mei know about her interactions with Yueyao, but for other matters, she could still rely on Hong Mei to handle them.

Yuehuan then gave Hong Mei the hundred taels of silver notes.