Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

After finishing her previous trip and resting for a while on the shuttle, Linlang chose another ancient world.

The original owner's identity in this world is somewhat similar to that of the villainous female supporting characters in many novels—an orphan girl living in the Chengen Duke's mansion, and the cousin of the Chengen Duke's heir.

Generally, the cousins ​​of these aristocratic young masters are often villainous female supporting characters in many novels. When the female lead arrives, they will inevitably try every means to frame her, all in order to marry the male lead's cousin.

The original owner wasn't like that, but the female lead, who seemed to think she was, disliked her. Then, the female lead would often secretly speak ill of her to the male lead, which caused the original owner a lot of trouble.

The original owner's requirements were quite simple: she wanted to marry someone better than the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en, so that the female lead would know that she didn't even look at the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en and would stop secretly causing her trouble.

If she has found someone with better prospects, and that person is still causing her trouble, then it means that the person is doing it on purpose. Linlang should take care of that person and avenge her.

Linlang was speechless when she saw the original owner's request. If it were her, she wouldn't care whether the other party did it on purpose or not. She would just assume that the other party was coveting the other party's man and that's why she was dealing with her. Anyway, she would deal with anyone who caused her trouble. She didn't care about this or that.

Therefore, if the original owner of this body wants her to marry someone better than the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en, she will try her best to satisfy him. As for what happens after she does this, she will deal with the female lead, whether or not she causes her any trouble, and avenge the original owner of this body.

What kind of people are these? Targeting the original owner of this body for no reason. How can such unreasonable people be considered the female lead? This female lead's character is just too bad! In Linlang's eyes, those who harm others don't deserve to be the female lead; they're all supporting characters.

When Linlang came to this world, she deliberately chose a time when the female lead had not yet met the male lead, and when the original owner of this body was young, only twelve years old.

If the original owner of this body had more money than he could ever spend in the previous world, then in this world, he is quite poor.

The name "Cheng'en Duke's Mansion" immediately suggests that the family were related to the emperor through marriage.

The original owner's maternal uncle, Duke Cheng'en, was the younger brother of the late Empress Dowager.

After the current emperor ascended the throne, he was granted the title of Duke Cheng'en, as the younger brother of the Empress Dowager.

Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager lived in constant fear while trying to gain power in the palace, so she passed away not long after her son became emperor. As a result, although the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion was a powerful maternal relative, the absence of the Empress Dowager and the distance between the emperor and his maternal uncle meant that the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion was not as prosperous as it had been a few years before the Empress Dowager was alive.

She was originally the daughter of the younger sister of the Duke of Chengen.

Like Daiyu in Dream of the Red Chamber, she also went to live with her maternal family after the death of both her parents.

In this world, the original owner's maternal grandmother is also present.

Although the late Empress Dowager has passed away, it was because life in the palace was difficult, so she died early. In fact, she was not very old, only around fifty years old. Therefore, it is quite normal that the late Empress Dowager's mother, who was the original owner's maternal grandmother, is still alive.

However, the original owner's maternal grandmother was nearly seventy years old, which was considered a long life in this era.

Just like how Grandmother Jia treated Daiyu, the original owner's maternal grandmother, the old Duchess, was also very good to her. After all, she was the only bloodline of her daughter who died young, so how could she not love her?

You see, this youngest daughter was the old Duchess's youngest daughter, whom she doted on. So now that her granddaughter's parents had passed away, she naturally extended her affection to the original owner of this body as well. However, the old Duchess didn't mention marrying the original owner to the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en. The old lady understood that with her daughter, the Empress Dowager, gone, she had no one to back her up and no right to decide her grandson's marriage, lest she upset her daughter-in-law. Therefore, the old Duchess only planned to find a good match for the original owner when she reached a suitable age.

So Linlang couldn't understand why the female lead felt so hostile towards her, even though the original owner was going to marry the heir of the Duke of Chengen.

However, the female lead doesn't know the heir of the Duke of Chengen yet, so Linlang doesn't need to worry about the female lead causing her trouble. She still has time to save money and find a suitable person to marry.

Having no money is naturally inconvenient. After all, these days, everyone is materialistic. If you don't have money, you can't even afford the small snacks you want to buy, because your monthly salary is only enough to tip the servants.

The servants in this Duke's mansion are very snobbish. Even though the old Duchess dotes on the original owner and dares not give her cold or spoiled food, they will definitely make her feel bad in some ways, and she will not be able to find fault with them or complain to the old Duchess.

However, since Linlang is here, she definitely won't waste money on tips. If anyone tries to cause her trouble by not tipping, she'll make sure they regret it. She won't tolerate this kind of behavior.

Since we're going to save money, let's start by saving this month.

Of course, I still didn't earn enough this month to save much.

Therefore, Linlang turned her attention to the original owner's mother's dowry.

The original owner's mother was the youngest daughter of the old Duchess. When she got married, her eldest sister, who was the late Empress Dowager in the palace, had already made her son the Crown Prince. As the Crown Prince's maternal family, the Cheng'en Duke's family naturally prospered. Not only did their social status rise, but their wealth also increased. Therefore, the original owner's mother had a considerable dowry when she got married.

After her parents died, she could not inherit or take the wealth of her father's lineage with her, according to the laws of the time. It belonged to her family. However, according to the laws of the time, her mother's dowry could be taken by her. So she took it with her to her maternal family.

Of course, the law is the law, and reality is reality. In reality, there are many who live off the children of their ancestors and won't let the girl take her dowry with her.

It was also thanks to the powerful and influential Chengen Duke's family that the original owner's father's family dared not withhold the original owner's mother's dowry.

Because the original owner was too young to manage, she was placed with the old Duchess and managed by her.

Linlang now wants to take back her dowry and manage it herself. That way, she'll have money to use and won't have to worry about being short of cash. She can also use the money to buy houses and shops in the capital, making money grow instead of letting it sit there without increasing.

She had a good reason: she was twelve years old and it was time to learn how to manage the household, and she thought the old Duchess would give it to her.

She had to get it back immediately because, since the Empress Dowager's death, the Chengen Duke's Mansion had continued to live a life of extravagance and luxury in order to maintain its previous dignity. If she didn't get her dowry back, it would be swallowed up by the Chengen Duke's Mansion.

She didn't know if Lin Daiyu had any money entrusted to Grandmother Jia for safekeeping, but the original owner of the body certainly did.

She wasn't worried about whether the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion, having squandered its wealth, would covet her possessions once it ran out of money. She didn't need to worry about that for the next year or two, and as long as she found a suitable marriage within that timeframe, these people wouldn't dare take her things.

Of course, even if she couldn't find a suitable marriage partner, with her abilities, once the things were in her pocket, these people wouldn't be able to get them out. (End of Chapter)