The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

Mu Yan couldn't help but feel sorry for the gentle and quiet woman in front of her, who ended up being abused and committing suicide.

While the mother and son were exchanging pleasantries, Zou swept her eyes across the crowd and finally fixed her gaze on Mu Wan.

"Oh, this is Wan'er, she is really getting more and more beautiful, a real beauty."

When Zou Yuzhi came to Beijing to live for a while a few years ago, she had a very good relationship with Liu and served her wholeheartedly. Liu was the housekeeper at that time and would also give her many benefits.

Seeing that Zou was trying to please her, Liu Wenmei suddenly felt elated, as if she had returned to the days when she had the final say in the Mu family and was praised by everyone. But she remained modest on the surface and said, "No, I'm just more beautiful than the average girl. Xue'er is also very outstanding." As she spoke, she took off the jade bracelet in her hand and put it on Mu Xue's hand.

In fact, he was disdainful in his heart. How could a country bumpkin compare to the delicate Wan'er?

When Zou saw the bracelet, her eyes lit up and she smiled, "Madam Liu is so modest. Wan'er's appearance is so beautiful that even fish would sink and wild geese would fall off the ground."

Zou Yuzhi's words caused everyone in the hall to laugh inwardly. Zou was born in a common family and had little knowledge. She didn't even know idioms like "sinking fish and falling geese", so even the old lady was dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law.

Mu Yan sneered and looked down upon Zou Yuzhi's behavior. She was obviously the legitimate master of the Mu family, but she was willing to flatter a concubine and became Liu Wenmei's running dog.

"Yes, Aunt Liu is indeed modest."

It is unclear whether Mu Yan's words were a sign of modesty or agreement.

The originally bustling hall suddenly became quiet.

She is an aunt, not a lady. Mu Yan has to remind everyone of Liu Wenmei's identity at all times. The lady of the Mu family's main house can only be her mother Han Yunyan.

Liu's face changed slightly. Mu Yan emphasized her identity in front of everyone again and again. This was not only an insult, but also a provocation, but she could not refute it.

Sun picked up a handful of melon seeds and watched the show with pleasure.

Zou smiled awkwardly and looked at Liu's face carefully. Seeing that Liu looked angry, she quickly said, "Yan girl, why are you so ignorant? Even if Liu is not your legal wife, you lost your mother when you were young and she raised you. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. You should call her Madam Liu?"

Mu Yan put the teacup in her hand on the table, making a sound.

"Madam? Since ancient times, only the legitimate wife can be called Madam. Today's emperor attaches great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. If our Shangshu Mansion calls a concubine Madam, if this matter gets out, the censors will accuse my father of not managing the family properly. Once the emperor is furious, at the very least, he will be verbally reprimanded, or even dismissed from office. Not only my father, but also my second and third uncles will be implicated. Don't you understand the principle that everyone prospers and everyone suffers together?"

What grudge do we, the Mu family, have against you that you want to harm us like this?"

Mu Yan's words were so firm that Zou was speechless. She was so anxious that she almost cried: "I didn't mean that."

"All right."

Old Madam Mu smashed the dragon head stick in her hand to the ground, her expression clearly showing her displeasure with Zou. The most important thing to her was the future of her sons. The Mu family had worked hard for so many years to achieve their current status, and their future must not be ruined by a trivial matter.

Mu Yan sneered in his heart. He didn't feel the pain until the fire burned him. Only when his own interests were involved did he know what it meant to sacrifice the pawn to save the king. It turned out that the camp of Madam Mu and Liu was not so indestructible.

"What Yan said is right. Since ancient times, there has been a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. Our Mu family has strict rules. A wife is a wife and a concubine is a concubine. How can there be ambiguity? What do you think, brother?"

Mu Hong, who was always quiet at home, rarely spoke. He was an upright official and was very careful about his reputation.

Mu Yan respected her second uncle very much. He was an upright and honest man. He had been an official for decades without a single stain and had indeed done a lot of practical things for the people. In her previous life, Mu Lie had asked her for some benefits many times without Mu Jun's knowledge, but Mu Hong never bothered her, and even after she married into the Prince of Wei's Mansion, he still gave her a lot of help in private.

Unfortunately, he has a wife who is ambitious but lacks the ability to achieve his goals, and a daughter who is confused.

"Second brother and Yan'er are right. You can't yell at this lady anymore. If anyone dares to yell again, they will be punished according to the family rules."

Mu Jun's intimidation was apparent without him getting angry, which made those who curry favor with the powerful see the situation clearly.

Liu fell from the sky to the ground all of a sudden, and almost bit her lips until they bled.

Mu Wan looked calm on the outside, but anger was burning in her chest. The handkerchief under her sleeve had been ravaged by her thousands of times.

She had to endure until after the Hundred Flowers Banquet, then everything would become different. Mu Yan would become the shame of the Mu family and be trampled under her feet. Thinking of this, she felt much more comfortable.

"I wonder how the injury on my sister's face is. Did you use the medicine Wan'er asked for you?"

Mu Wan would poke at people's wounds, and if she found a person's weak spot, she would press it to death. She knew the importance of appearance to a woman.

"Medicine, what medicine? Is Yan girl sick?"

Zou was a little clever, and in order to make up for what happened just now, she quickly followed Mu Wan's instructions.

Before Mu Wan could say anything, Mu Ning stepped forward and narrated in a moving voice how Mu Yan had encountered bandits and was disfigured.

Zou and Mu Lie both looked at Mu Yan with sympathy, and they felt a lot more balanced in their hearts. Originally, there was a huge difference between their daughter and her. Mu Yan was not only of noble birth, but also had the support of the Loyalty and Bravery Mansion behind her. But now she lost her mother at an early age. In this huge mansion, a child without a mother is like a weed, and her appearance is ruined.

What’s the use of having the best food, clothing and other necessities? You will still become an ugly woman who can’t get married.

Mu Yan ignored the two people's gazes, with a half-smile on her lips. The bottle of so-called "ointment" was indeed a good medicine for healing wounds and removing scars, but there was an extra medicinal ingredient, which changed the medicinal properties of the entire ointment, causing the scars to heal and rot repeatedly, which made the wounds worse.

In the previous life, in order to express her gratitude for the sisterly love, Mu Yan treated the bottle of ointment as a treasure and never used it for a single day, which eventually led to deep scars on her bones.

Later, she looked through all the ancient remedies for treatment, but could only lighten the scar but not restore her entire face to normal.

"Thank you, Third Sister. However, after my grandparents found out about this, they sent a bottle of hereditary ointment to me as quickly as possible. I am afraid that the two ointments will conflict with each other, and I am also afraid of disappointing the elders. So Third Sister, you should just take the ointment back and use it yourself."

On one side is the family ointment that comes from a family known for its medical skills, and on the other side is the ointment that the illegitimate sister got from somewhere. It is easy to tell which one is more important. At this time, Mu Yan chose her grandmother's family ointment, and if it gets out, people will only say that this granddaughter is filial.