"The daughter of Scholar Zhong?" Mrs. Zou frowned discontentedly, "Didn't I ask you to find daughters from poor families? Why have you found a Scholar's daughter? They are to sign an indenture when entering our mansion. A Scholar is a person of academic title, considered a scholar, could he allow his own daughter to become a maid in our household?"
She would be serving as a concubine maid to the Old Master.
"Madam, do not worry, that girl is not Scholar Zhong's biological daughter, she was merely a foundling picked up along the way," Mrs. Hong explained with a smile: "Scholar Zhong's family fled from famine, and their household is not as well-off as before. This adopted daughter is also not favored by his family. Hence, to avoid causing Scholar Zhong any trouble, she sold herself into servitude to become a maid in our mansion."
In fact, Mrs. Hong had held back some information.
