After Fifth Miss got a courtyard of her own, she appointed me as its housekeeper.
I got promoted!!
I was both excited and afraid.
Excited because my monthly pay had multiplied several times over, reaching a whole tael of silver a month.
Afraid because I might manage things poorly and let Fifth Miss down.
Not long after arriving at Deer Song Courtyard, I heard Fifth Miss's inner voice.
Fifth Miss really had divine powers!!
Not just me-everyone around her could hear her inner voice. I wanted to warn Fifth Miss, but I couldn't get the words out.
Fifth Miss's divine powers truly were unfathomable.
To do a good job as Deer Song Courtyard's housekeeper, I made a special trip to seek advice from the housekeeper in First Madam Min's courtyard.
She taught me very conscientiously how to manage a courtyard, and I studied just as conscientiously.
But much of what I learned never seemed to come in useful.
Normally, when a master went to bed, a maid would be assigned to keep watch overnight. Fifth Miss didn't want a night maid. She told her maids to sleep until they woke naturally, just like her.
Fifth Miss never punished her maids or took her anger out on them. She said everyone could rest once they had finished their allotted work.
Most astonishing of all, Fifth Miss slept until Wu Hour every day, and First Madam let her.
A Fifth Miss with divine powers really was unlike anyone else!
Deer Song Courtyard instantly became the place every maid in Jinyang Marquis's Residence would fight tooth and nail to get into.
I became the object of the maids' flattery and received the first bribe of my life-Granny Wang, who had previously urged me to go to the Younger Branch or Third Branch, wanted