Quickly wear the boss and don’t be cannon fodder

Chapter 2207 Releasing the Palace Maids 1

"Su Yan, where are you going after you leave the palace?"

A gentle voice came from beside her. Su Yan steadied herself and opened her eyes.

There were dozens of palace maids like her queuing up to leave the palace, all looking nervous and excited. They were all palace maids who had reached the age to be released from the palace.

The tension stemmed from the fear that something might go wrong in this final round, while the excitement came from the fact that they could finally leave this cannibalistic place.

The person who just asked Su Yan was Cai Xia from Chunhe Palace. The original owner of this body worked in Qianqing Palace, serving the emperor, and was always the envy of the palace maids.

Caixia was also one of the original owner's best friends.

The original owner of this body was quite good-looking and was able to safely survive until she reached the age to be released from the palace, purely because she always stayed behind the scenes doing logistics and never caused any trouble.

In fact, the chief eunuch Wang had asked her if she wanted to stay in the palace to continue serving, but she refused at the time.

She said she had lived a life of constant fear and trepidation, and in her next life she only wanted to leave the palace, find an honest man to marry, and raise her children.

She did indeed marry after leaving the palace, but unfortunately, this simple wish was never fulfilled.

The original owner of this body was forced by her parents to marry an old widower after leaving the palace.

This old widower's previous wife was beaten to death by him. When the original owner married into the family, she only had three good days before her life became unbearably miserable.

She wanted a divorce, but her partner refused. Whenever she mentioned divorce, he would beat her, restrict her freedom, lock her in the woodshed and not allow her to leave, deprive her of food and water, and torture and beat her.

The original owner of this body only lasted for half a month before being tortured to death by the other party.

Some of her sisters from the palace wanted to visit her, but she turned them away each time.

The original owner of this body did not expect that leaving the palace would be the beginning of her tragedy.

All of this was because Zhang Qianqian, the most favored concubine in the palace, was reborn.

This novel features Zhang Qianqian, a reborn concubine, as the main character.

In her tragic past life, the original owner was accidentally seen by the emperor while making tea. The emperor, hiding in the shadows, saw her quiet and gentle demeanor. Tired of the treacherous life in the palace, he was instantly attracted by the original owner's calm appearance.

In her previous life, the emperor doted on her so much that she became the envy of everyone.

Of the three thousand beauties in his harem, he only took one to drink.

The original owner received the emperor's exclusive favor for more than twenty years.

For the next ten years, the emperor even dismissed the harem for her sake. Although the original owner had a low status, she never fought or grabbed anything, so the emperor naturally considered her well-being and was afraid that she would be harmed by others. He took the initiative to eliminate all dangers for her.

In her previous life, the original owner gave birth to a son and a daughter for the emperor, a family that was the envy of many.

Her son became emperor, and she became empress dowager.

In her previous life, the original owner didn't have to fight for anything; everything went smoothly as if she were favored by the heavens, and all good things would naturally come to her.

Zhang Qianqian was one of the concubines who were dismissed from the harem.

She resented the original owner of the body, hating her for ruining her life.

She was at least a concubine in the palace, with a monthly allowance and servants. Even though she was not favored, Consort De was a good person. In order to win people over with virtue, she would never allow the palace servants to deduct the allowances of other concubines.

Despite being out of favor in the palace, she lived a relatively comfortable life.

However, in order to restore the original body, the emperor dismissed the harem, and concubines like Zhang Qianqian who had no children were dismissed.

The Zhang family did not want to accept their daughter. Even if she left the palace, no one would dare to take her back, after all, she had once been the emperor's woman.

When Zhang Qianqian returned to the Zhang family, she was mistreated by her sister-in-law, disliked by her parents, and ridiculed by her relatives.

She tried her best to please her family and contributed money and effort to her brother's career, but she received no gratitude in return. In the end, he even looked down on her for being of low status and not knowing many powerful people.

She took care of her brother's children, subsidizing them with her own savings and buying them all sorts of expensive gifts.

However, once she ran out of the silver she had saved in the palace, her nephews and nieces turned on her and complained that she was freeloading at the Zhang family's house.

Unable to remarry her and exchange the dowry, her parents forced her to become a nun at a temple. If she hadn't had some money, they probably wouldn't have wanted to take her back to the Zhang family.

Zhang Qianqian believes that the reason she was betrayed by her family and driven out of the palace by the emperor in her previous life was because of the original owner of this body.

Therefore, she vented all her hatred on the original body.

Reborn, she imitated the original owner of the body, immediately attracting the emperor's attention.

Then she would show kindness, not compete or fight, and a gentle and unassuming demeanor.

In reality, she was secretly vying for and competing with others.

After gaining the emperor's favor, she told him that the palace didn't need so many servants, and why waste their youth? She suggested that some of the idle staff be released from the palace ahead of time.

After the original owner was released from the palace, she sent someone to threaten the original owner's parents, saying that she had offended a noble person in the palace and that if they did not want to bring disaster to their family, it would be best to marry her off quickly. She had already chosen the person to marry her.

He was a lazy man who killed three wives in his past life.

The Su family had no affection for the original owner to begin with. Since she had offended a noble person in the palace, they naturally couldn't bring her back to avoid implicating their family.

So when the original owner returned, before she could even react, she was forced to marry that old widower by her parents, brother, and sister-in-law.

Even if they knew the original owner was not doing well, what did it matter to them? In short, they would not take any risks for her, nor would they stand up for her.

The original owner was a palace maid. She gave most of her annual earnings to her brother to build a house and to support her parents. In the end, she was betrayed by them and outsiders.

Upon hearing the news of the original owner's death, they merely sighed, saying that the original owner was unlucky and had no connection to them.

After Su Yan figured out the original owner's past and present life, Cai Xia happened to ask again in a low voice, "Do you have any family members coming to pick you up?"

Su Yan said calmly, "No, I plan to establish my own household and be in charge of my own affairs."

"What? You're a woman, and you're setting up your own household? What if you get bullied? Aren't you afraid?"

Su Yan calmly said, "No, I will report anyone who bullies me to the authorities."

Caixia: "But what if it's too late?"

Su Yan: "I'm very strong; ordinary thugs are no match for me."

Caixia: "Really? When did you become so strong?"

Su Yan: "I used to just make tea in the kitchen, I never had the chance to show off my strength."

Caixia: "That's true. You're really amazing and have a lot of courage. I wouldn't dare to start a household as a woman on my own. My parents have been looking forward to my coming home for a long time."

Su Yan: "Really? Where do you live? I'll come see you once I've settled in."

Caixia: "I've already prepared it for you. This is my address. Remember to come find me!"

As she spoke, Caixia took out a piece of paper from her bundle, on which was written her home address.

Upon seeing this, Su Yan suddenly smiled.