Xiao Zhufeng then entered the Pei Mansion.
He disguised himself, adopting an unremarkable face that one would glance at and never think of again. After much effort, he finally became a guard in the courtyard of Pei Yunshu.
He saw Pei Yunshu.
The eighteen-year-old Pei Yunshu, raised in seclusion, appeared as any heiress of a noble family might: uninteresting, dull, gentle. If anything set her apart, it was her good nature; she never mistreated servants and even when bullied, she did not retort.
Pei Yunshu's days in Zhao Ning Manor were not easy.
Even though she was the legitimate daughter of the Pei Family, after Pei Di married a new woman following Lady Zhao Ning's death a year prior, the stepmother Jiang Wan was seemingly kind yet endured hardship, and the concubine Mei Yinang was no easy character. Pei Di himself was cold and indifferent. Pei Yunshu, despite not lacking food or clothing within the Pei Mansion, faced a difficult situation.
