A Personal Maid, but Her Ransom Is Ten Thousand Taels

A young lady from a noble family runs away from her wedding and leaves her hardship-averse personal maid as collateral at her fiance's home.

She leaves a letter: “When I make a name for myself, I'll redeem her with ten thousand gold taels.”

The steward sets the letter aside and looks at the bright-eyed little maid in front of him.

It's a long way back, and it wouldn't be convenient to send her home. Fine, she can work here for now.

On her first day, the little maid offends the manor lord.

After a month, her food and other expenses have already reached a hundred taels.

The steward finds fault with everything she does. No matter how he looks at it, she's an eyesore.

The manor lord, however, just says, “Let her be. We can afford to keep her.”

Later, they discover that the little maid looks perfectly ordinary, but she's an excellent cook.

On closer inspection, she seems quite good at winning the manor lord's favor. She isn't entirely useless after all.

As for those hundred thousand gold taels?

The steward claps his hands and laughs. Surely that was just a figure of speech.

Later still, the little maid risks her life to save the manor lord, feeding him her blood when he's on the brink of death.

The steward nods to himself. She is loyal and true-hearted. He can see the manor lord has fallen for her, and just as he's preparing the wedding, the young lady from the noble family arrives on a tall horse, bringing ten thousand taels of gold after a long journey.

She points her riding crop at them. “I've come to redeem you!”

The steward, who strives for perfection in everything, faces the greatest challenge of his career!

The manor lord's former fiancee has come to steal the woman who has now captured his heart!

There was once a ballad in Bianjing:

An immortal points the way, a goddess takes flight

A beauty smiles for ten thousand gold taels

The young lady never tells a lie. Her personal maid was once Bianjing's top dancer, and she really is worth ten thousand taels of gold.

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1. The love interest is the manor lord.

2. There are lots of male supporting characters.

3. The heroine transmigrates. She has a pretty, refined look, but when she dances, she's breathtaking, the most beautiful woman in the world.

4. The steward is the snarky commentator.

5. The young lady cares only about making a name for herself in the martial world.

6. I've revised the blurb. The chapters I previously abandoned are locked for now, and I'll rewrite them one by one.

Theme: A sweet little romance, perfect for bedtime reading