O príncipe estéril a persegue todos os dias, a bela delicada engravida com facilidade
Shen Tubai era a mais simples das plebeias. Uma fome despedaçou sua família, e ela se viu diante de duas escolhas: ser vendida como criada ao rico proprietário de cuja mansão, todos os dias, retiravam
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Shen Tuba was born under an ill fortune. At the age of five, starving and desperate, she sold herself to the Thousand Gold Pavilion. After years of striving and scheming, she finally found an opportunity to escape her lowly status.
She stood on the stone-paved road under the scorching sun for an entire hour, her heels aching from the hard ground. At last, faint sounds came from inside the hall.
A woman dressed in red stepped out from behind the screen and sat upright in a chair, her gaze fixed squarely on her.
Shen Tuba immediately forced a smile and knelt on the ground, awkwardly bowing, “Your servant, of the Shen family, pays respects to Miss Cui.”
“Rise.”
Shen Tuba caught the flicker of disdain in the woman’s eyes but pretended not to see it. Without waiting for an invitation, she took a seat.
Sure enough, the woman’s expression darkened with even deeper dislike, yet much of her wariness eased.
The daughter of the Cui family was known for her virtue and magnanimity. News had spread for half a month that before her marriage, she would send a maid to serve the Prince of Yan. Yet she chose a servant of lowly birth like Shen Tuba.
Shen Tuba understood well—they valued her precisely because of her humble origins and simple-mindedness. Since that was the case, she would make sure her masters felt she was worth more than their investment.
“Do you know why I bought you?” Cui Xiwen said coldly.
Joy that could not be hidden bloomed on Shen Tuba’s face. “I know. Your servant will surely win the Prince’s