Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Li San Niang had no idea that Lin Lang intended to kill her to avenge the original owner of this body. Like any servant, she felt that Lin Lang was being unfair. She felt that she had given up a good marriage to Lin Lang, and now that Lin Lang was enjoying great success, she had returned without even thanking her. This was truly unfair of her.

Yes, she knew that she hadn't actually helped Linlang. On the contrary, Linlang had helped her, helping her escape from the fire pit. And thanks to Linlang's marriage into the royal family, she was able to get such a good marriage with the Wang family.

But only she knew this secret. On the surface, it seemed that she had helped Li Linlang, and Li Linlang should be grateful to her.

As a result, Li Linlang didn't say anything, which naturally made Li San Niang feel that Linlang was not being fair.

—She probably forgot that the other party didn't want her marriage at all. It was she who approached Marquis Changning and persuaded him to arrange the marriage for Linlang. So why should she owe him a favor?

Seeing that Linlang ignored her, Li Sanniang took the initiative to go up to Linlang and tease her, saying, "Big sister, it's all thanks to me for giving you this marriage, otherwise you wouldn't be so successful now. You have to protect me in the future."

Seeing that Li San Niang, the murderer who killed the original owner of this body, still had the nerve to squeeze in front of her and ask for thanks, Lin Lang coldly said, "I didn't ask you to give up your place. You went to Father and insisted on arranging the marriage for me, so what's there to thank you for? After all, isn't this something you didn't want? Actually, I'm quite curious. Why don't you want such a good marriage and insist on arranging it for me? Isn't there a problem with that?"

Seeing Linlang's wary expression, Li Sanniang could no longer laugh. She felt both embarrassed and guilty. She chuckled and said, "Sister, you're really too funny. It's the Prince's mansion, what's wrong with it? I'm good to you, and you still think the worst of me. How can an older sister talk to her younger sister like that? It really breaks my heart."

Linlang said calmly, "It's best if there isn't, otherwise I'll think that you knew there was something fishy about the Prince's Mansion all along and deliberately made me jump into a fire pit."

Seeing that Linlang was not easily fooled, Li Sanniang dared not continue to claim credit or ask Linlang to thank her. She then excused herself by saying she was feeling unwell and ran away.

Once they were far away, he spat angrily, cursing inwardly, "So Li Linlang is this wicked! You deserve your bad luck!"

Li San Niang disliked Lin Lang because of her words, but Lin Lang didn't care. After returning home, she continued to treat Prince Qinghe with the utmost respect.

There was no intention to deal with the maids around Prince Qinghe who wanted to climb the ranks. After all, if Prince Qinghe didn't want them to, they wouldn't be able to rise. If Prince Qinghe wanted to, dealing with this batch would only lead to another batch, so there was no point in dealing with them. Therefore, it was clear that there was no need to care about those ambitious maids.

A maid with ambition doesn't need to be managed, but a maid with ulterior motives does.

The Prince of Qinghe had ten head maids and ten junior maids by his side.

The youngest of the head maids was over sixteen years old. They had all served Prince Qinghe since childhood and were the ones who most wanted to climb into his bed.

The young maid was also quite old, at least twelve or thirteen.

When those head maids grow old, if the Prince of Qinghe does not keep them, he will arrange their marriages with their families. Usually, their families will find them servants in the household to marry them, so that they can continue to serve in the household. If they do not have family members, the mistress of the house will arrange the marriage.

After marriage, if she remains in the household, based on seniority, she may be promoted to head maid, and then a new batch of maids will be trained to take over, and so on in a continuous cycle.

However, those living in the royal palace knew that as long as the imperial descendants performed well in the examinations, they all had a chance to obtain a title. As a result, none of the maids wanted to marry servants; they only wanted to become their masters' concubines, bear a son or daughter, obtain a title, and then, after leaving the palace, become old noblewomen and rise above others. This was the optimal choice.

What if they encounter someone like Prince Qinghe, whom they can't win over no matter how they try to seduce him, and who is about to ruin their dreams of wealth and glory?

Naturally, they didn't want to watch themselves grow older year by year and still not be able to achieve their plans. So some of them would have other ideas. After all, there were more than just Prince Qinghe in the mansion. Other male masters had lower status, but as long as they married and had sons who were successful and did well in the imperial examinations, they could live a good life.

Some might think they've turned their attention to the Prince of Qinghe's brother, but that's impossible.

These head maids are all clever; how could they be trusted with the lecherous younger brother of the Prince of Qinghe?

It's easy to get started, but once you do, the other person is just playing around. How many of them actually end up in his household, and how many will actually have children in the future?

With his promiscuous lifestyle, how often does it take him to get pregnant and have a baby?
Without these, wouldn't their lives have been wasted?
Moreover, the Prince of Qinghe's younger brother was quite incompetent, and his official title was only that of a General Who Guards the State.

It should be noted that, apart from the eldest son of the principal wife who inherits the title, other sons of the principal wife can be granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo if they pass the examination. If they do well, they can be granted the title of Duke of Fuguo if they do not pass the examination, and if they pass the examination, they can be granted the title of Duke of Fengguo if they pass the examination. Those who fail the examination can only be granted the title of General of Zhenguo.

Sons born out of wedlock would be demoted one rank from that position.

The younger brother of the Prince of Qinghe was one of those who did not do well in the exam and failed, so he only received the title of General Zhenguo.

Of course, unlike the imperial examinations, which only allowed members of the imperial clan to take the exams once, they could take them every three years if they wanted to. However, given the Prince of Qinghe's brother's lack of learning and ability, he would probably fail every time, and his rank would not be able to rise any higher.

With such a title, it's no wonder that the Dowager Princess Qinghe was anxious, worried that her youngest son's future salary would be too low and his life would be difficult, so she made money for him in advance.

As for this title, if a child born out of wedlock were to take the imperial examination, only those who performed exceptionally well would receive a title. Those who performed below average would not be granted a title and would only become idle members of the royal family. But who could guarantee that their child would perform exceptionally well? So this was clearly not what those women who wanted to sleep with the emperor wanted to see.

Therefore, smart people would not seek out the younger brother of the Prince of Qinghe. Those who did seek out the younger brother of the Prince of Qinghe were mostly helpless, having been seduced by him and not daring to refuse.

As for the people around Prince Qinghe, Prince Qinghe's younger brother wouldn't dare to mess around, so there's no need to worry about him trying to seduce them and causing trouble if they refuse. In this way, they can choose better targets.

The person chosen by these people was Second Master Jiang, the half-brother of Prince Qinghe, who was one year younger than him.

Because Second Master Jiang is not married yet, even though the old prince has passed away, he has not yet separated from his own household. He will probably only be able to separate from his own household after he gets married.

Since they were still within the manor, these ambitious maids naturally had other targets to choose from. (End of Chapter)