The Goddess Who Sealed Him Is His Maid Now novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: Wages
Mei climbed down from the box and held out the purse.
It was a blue cloth bag tied with a red cord, and it clinked.
"Nineteen years of wages," she said. "Eight coppers a month, and I've kept every one."
"I never asked for them."
"Nobody who is owed asks. That's why someone keeps them."
Luan took the purse.
It was heavier than she had expected.
She stood in the first light with her hair coming loose from its braid, wrapped in Cangjue's coat.
It struck her that nobody had ever handed her wages before.
She had always just done it.
"Kuo counted out a year of it in advance," Mei said, and put a heavy purse in her hand. "Spend it on the mountain or off it. It is yours either way."
"Thank you."
"Now I will say the rest where he can listen."
Mei turned to Cangjue.
He stood a pace behind Luan with his hands at his sides.
"Sovereign," said Mei. "She is not yours. She is not a debt, a bargain, or a prize. She is a free woman who comes to your door because she likes your face."
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