Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 431 Extra - Xue Jiu (1)

My name is Xue Jiu, and I am a servant of the Duke's Mansion.

Since my grandfather's generation, he had been a servant following the Duke, but at that time, my grandfather was not valued.

My father was just an inconspicuous security guard in the Duke's Mansion.

I thought that I would be an insignificant servant like my father and grandfather for the rest of my life.

But by chance, when I was three years old, I became the second young master's playmate.

My father and grandfather were so happy about this that they repeatedly told me not to be naughty and to serve the second young master well.

So since I was a kid, I followed the second young master and played around.

Many times when the Second Young Master got into trouble, the Crown Prince would punish him and me as well.

The eldest son felt sorry for the second son and often pleaded for us. When that didn't work, he would secretly bring us food.

As she was implicated and punished many times by the Second Young Master, the relationship between the two deepened.

Slowly, as we grew up, my father discovered that my muscles and bones were suitable for martial arts training, so he asked me to practice martial arts whenever I was not accompanying the Second Young Master.

One day, the Second Young Master saw me practicing martial arts after school, and out of curiosity he followed me to practice.

This was noticed by the prince, who thought that practicing martial arts could also help to strengthen the body, so the second young master had an additional task besides studying every day - practicing martial arts.

However, the second young master still focuses on studying and practices martial arts only to strengthen his body. But for me, practicing martial arts is a very good way out.

In the future I want to be a guard like my father, rather than a mere servant.

I have put in a lot of effort for this, and of course, the effort paid off.

When the Crown Prince and the eldest son set out to guard the border, the second son was chosen to be the companion of the little emperor's grandson and had to go to the palace frequently.

During that period, I hardly ever saw the Second Young Master.

The Crown Prince and the eldest son spent more and more time at the border, and during that period, the Duke was the only one in the Duke's Mansion.

Later, the results of the imperial examination were announced. I heard that the second young master had passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. Although he was not among the top three, it was still a matter of honor for the family.

The second son then entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor, but within two years, news came from the border that the crown prince and the eldest son had died in battle.

For a moment, the whole situation in the Duke's Mansion changed. The Duke was ill, and the Second Young Master was in mourning at home, looking worried all day long.

During the period of mourning, the second young master's most common activity was to practice martial arts with me and a group of palace soldiers, and he practiced very well.

Three years later, the Second Young Master's mourning period ended, and everyone thought that he would return to the Hanlin Academy.

But unexpectedly, the second young master chose to join the military camp, and he even asked me if I wanted to go to the military camp with him.

I was ecstatic at the time, because joining the military camp meant being able to escape from slavery, and if I achieved military merit, I could bring honor to my family.

I followed the Second Young Master into the military camp, and after he returned to the capital, he was appointed Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War. Not long after, he was transferred to Suzhou City.

Since the Second Young Master took office as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, I have changed to calling him "Sir". This was my father's instruction, as he was worried that if I kept calling him "Second Young Master," it would remind him of his deceased father and brother.

Before going to Suzhou City to take up his post, the master was ordered to carry out a mission and took us to Suzhou City first.

On the way, the master found something wrong and changed his route to Hangzhou City, wanting to take a detour to Suzhou City, but he was still assassinated.

In order to protect the adults, I changed clothes with them and went our separate ways.

I didn't expect that the adult had been missing for a whole night and didn't show up at the agreed meeting point. I was very anxious. As a result, the adult came back the next day, injured, and didn't look very well.