I transmigrated!
Good news: I ended up in the wealthy Marquis of Chengan's household.
Bad news: I didn't become a noble lady of a rich family. I became a hereditary servant instead!
Yun Shang was so frustrated. Wait, why was her transmigration different from everyone else's? Where was the promised dragon-hero destiny? Where was the promised wealth and glory?
In her last life, she worked like a beast of burden. In this life, she was one outright! She'd been one since birth. Yun Shang was on the verge of tears. Why did she still have to work after transmigrating?
Her whole family were lifelong servants of the marquis's household. Her father was a junior steward on the estate, her mother a second-rank cook in the kitchen, her brother a gatekeeper, and she herself had been demoted to a lowly cleaning maid after making a mistake.
Time to hustle! Everyone, hustle! She was going to rise from a rough-serving maid to a trusted aide of the people in charge!
The workplace was tough. Some coworkers made life difficult for her, while others shut her out. The madams and young ladies were even harder to please. Her ultimate goal: to gain her freedom from servitude!
Years later, the once-prosperous Marquis's household fell apart, its hangers-on scattering. But the former little maid had become a noblewoman with an imperial title...
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