Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 146 - 1: Susu Leaves the Residence (1)

Now, Zhen Zhu decided to leave the manor, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief deep down. From now on, she wouldn’t have to put on a smiling face when seeing people, wouldn’t have to worry about attracting the master’s attention with her clothes, nor fear someone coveting the Old Madam’s storeroom and plotting against her.

Outsiders only saw her surrounded by luxury and favor, gaining so many things, but all of this was achieved step by step, with sincerity and strength. Since entering the manor, she has been cautious in every step and careful in every matter, even falling ill was a luxury for her.

Now, all of this can be let go, Susu thought, perhaps life isn’t so bad after all.

In summer, dawn breaks early, and by five in the morning, the diligent rooster has already been crowing for quite a while. Susu slept late at night, lying in bed pondering things, feeling like she had just slept, when dawn arrived. Upon waking and checking, sure enough, there were two shallow shadows under her eyes.

By the time Fen Dai and the other three maids came over, Susu had already washed up and was putting on her clothes; only her hair hadn’t been done yet.

The four maids had served Susu for two or three months and somewhat understood Susu’s temper and character. She never liked being served by maids in matters of washing and dressing.

Initially, both Susu and they were not used to it. Susu couldn’t adjust for a while, as she used to serve others.

The four maids also felt helpless, having never seen a master so easy to serve, doing everything inside and out herself, rendering them like useless people. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

It took quite a while for Susu to find the feeling of being a master, and the four maids clearly divided their duties.

Susu disliked close personal service when washing and dressing, so that was left out. Fen Dai, with her good looks and sweet tongue, took care of passing messages and running errands, and could style hair; Qi Qiao managed the clothes; Linglong took care of the jewelry; Shuimo, who could read, managed the silver coin and household expense ledger.

When Susu gave Ning Xiang and Yun Tong intensive supplementary lessons, she also brought along these four maids. Now their actions were presentable too.

Today Susu wore a light water-blue jacket, with its length extending below the knees, revealing just a short section of white silk skirt.

The hem of the long shirt was embroidered with dark green lotus leaves and pink lotus buds, and as she walked, water droplets seemed to roll among the leaves. Upon close look, one would find plump creamy pearls and fragmented crystals hanging among the lotus leaves.

The white silk skirt had only silver thread embroidery of water ripples at the edge. Below were a pair of shallow green embroidered shoes with pink lotus buds, and a green bixi jade-carved dragonfly perched on them, truly embodying "A young lotus bud revealed, with a dragonfly alighting upon."

Though Fen Dai and the other three maids had been with Susu for two or three months, they still found themselves somewhat captivated and enchanted whenever they saw Susu like this, perceiving her as a celestial beauty.

Susu, with her hair cascading, saw the four little dazed maids, and smiled gently, "What are you staring at? Hurry up and come in. The Old Madam will be getting up soon."

The Old Madam didn’t require Susu’s service early in the morning, but Susu knew her days around the Old Madam were numbered, so how could she miss a chance? Today was also the last time to serve the Old Madam rising, definitely not willing to be late.

The four maids entered the room, Linglong took out Susu’s usual jewelry box and retrieved a set of jade-encrusted hair accessories as pure as blue water—this set matched the lotus theme.

Two long hairpins sculpted with blooming lotus flowers, two short hairpins with semi-blooming buds, a bowl-sized lotus leaf frog-in-the-flower decoration, a dragonfly-lotus pendant, and a pair of small lotus seedpod earrings.

Fen Dai had been specially trained in hairstyling. After entering the manor, she learned a lot from Yun Duo, and seeing Susu’s clothing and jewelry, gave her a cascading cloud bun.

Fen Dai used two long hairpins to fix the hairstyle, originally intending to insert the pendant, but Susu shook her head, "Too formal, wear that flower decoration instead!"

Fen Dai could only stop, slightly regretting it. Their mistress looked so good, dignified, and elegant; wearing the pendant would fit the description "cloud hair, flower visage, golden steps waver!"

But their mistress always had a subdued nature, and high-profile luxurious pendants and phoenix hairpins were always kept at the bottom of the box.

Fen Dai felt regretful, and it showed on her face. Susu noticed the humor in it but said nothing. After all, she was a child. As Susu was leaving the manor today, she just hoped nothing unexpected would happen elsewhere, so she remained cautious and careful.

Today’s outfit was already extraordinary, solely for the reassurance of the Old Madam.

Though Fen Dai was pretty and clever, it was because of her good looks that she had a bit of vanity in her girlish nature.

Susu wore her small lotus seedpod earrings herself, a pair of jade-green water bracelets, and Qi Qiao handed over a watery azure handkerchief. Susu took it and, before stepping out, said, "Teach this maid a lesson, you three."

The four maids escorted Susu out of the door, and after Susu walked away, Shuimo pulled Fen Dai’s hand, tapping her forehead, "Why have such a clever face..."

Here, the four little maids privately admonished each other, while Susu went to the upper room.