Mu Jinnian's expression also turned ugly.

Just as he was about to scold the two of them, he heard Mu Yunyao ask again.

"Didn't the Prime Minister prepare a yard for me? If the Prime Minister's residence is inconvenient, I can stay in an inn first."

Mu Jinnian was so angry that his face turned blue. He had been an official for more than 20 years and rose to the top of all officials, but today he was actually controlled by a little girl.

If he really let her stay in the inn today, his reputation of mistreating his own daughter would spread throughout the imperial city before tomorrow's morning court session. How would all the officials view him?

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are the daughter of the prime minister, how can you stay in an inn?"

Mu Jinnian said this and went to see Shen Qianjiao, signaling her to take people downstairs to settle down.

Shen Qianjiao also knew that this young lady was not as easy to control as she thought, so she put on a smile and said.

"Miss, you are joking. Your yard is of course tidied up. It is the most quiet Jingwu Courtyard in the mansion."

Mu Yunyao smiled secretly in her heart. It was exactly the same as in her previous life.

It is said to be quiet, but it is just the most remote courtyard in the prime minister's mansion.

There was a low wall separating her from the courtyard where the servants lived, and sometimes she could hear them talking obscenely from next door even from the courtyard.

Those people knew that she, the unfavored eldest daughter of the prime minister's mansion, lived next door, and sometimes they would deliberately speak loudly.

This time, Mu Yunyao was not going to just accept it.

"Thank you for your kindness, Madam. However, there is no need to go to such trouble. I will just live in my mother's old yard."

"This……"

"This makes the Second Madam very embarrassed? Logically speaking, only the mistress can live in the main courtyard of this mansion. Even if the mistress passed away, this courtyard should be vacant. Could it be that some blind person has occupied it?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, mother..."

Mu Yunyao glanced over coldly, and Mu Mingzhu swallowed the words "mother" that were about to come out of her mouth.

"The Second Madam is also the mistress, why can't she live here?"

Mu Yunyao didn't spoil her.

"A second wife is a second wife. If my sister can't even learn this rule, how can she marry into the royal family in the future?"

After saying this, he walked towards the backyard of the prime minister's residence without anyone leading the way, as if he was familiar with the route.

Even when the servants tried to stop her, she waved them away.

Shen Qianjiao was so angry at her but she had no choice but to look to Mu Jinnian for help.

"Prime Minister, please say something."

Mu Jinnian had no choice. He secretly felt that this girl was not so easy to control. For a moment, he even regretted bringing her back.

So he glared at Shen Qianjiao with dissatisfaction.

"It was you who wanted to bring her back, and it was you who came up with the idea of ​​letting her marry in place of Mingzhu. Now you ask me what to do? How can I know what to do?"

He was already busy enough with the affairs of the court, and he still had to worry about the affairs of the government.

This woman is so useless.

Mu Jinnian looked at Shen Qianjiao with increasing impatience.

"Calm her down first and don't let her talk nonsense outside."

The implication was that Shen Qianjiao should first do as Mu Yunyao wished.

How could Shen Qianjiao be willing to accept this? Just as she was about to say something else, Mu Jinnian's patience had obviously run out.

"If you can't even do such a small thing, you'd better stop managing the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and hand it over to someone else."

"Yes, sir."

When Shen Qianjiao heard this, she immediately lowered her eyebrows and eyes. Even if she felt aggrieved, she didn't dare to say more.

When Shen Qianjiao arrived at Qinfang Courtyard, she saw Mu Yunyao leaning on a huanghuali wood carved wreath chair, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand and taking a sip from time to time, watching the maids and servants in the courtyard packing up Shen Qianjiao's things.

Just as the two maids were about to carry out a mica folding screen with four panels, Mu Yunyao, who had been calm and composed, suddenly spoke.

"Mammy, stop for a moment."

The two maids who were stopped by her paused, carefully put down the screens in their hands, and then bowed to her.

"Miss, what are your orders?"

They had just experienced how powerful this person was. As soon as she arrived, she asked them to pack up Shen's things. When she wanted to move in, all the maids and old women in the courtyard sneered at her.

You have to know that Shen has been the head of the family for these years, and everyone who can serve in her courtyard is her confidant. How could they possibly listen to this young lady who was just brought back from outside? If she doesn't give her a warning, she would be lucky.

But those who were disobedient were all punished by her, and now they are all huddled up and more obedient than quails.

"This screen was part of my mother's dowry, so there's no need to move it."

As he spoke, he glanced at the other furnishings in the room and took out a few items from the boxes he had just sorted out and put them back.

Then he looked around and said.

"If you don't know which ones belong to the Shen family and which ones were originally my mother's dowry, you can ask my mother's maid to identify them. Don't take away things that shouldn't be touched."

Shen came in just as she said this. Looking at the things that had been put into the box and then taken out again, Shen was almost so angry that she vomited blood.

She was just a concubine's daughter abandoned by her family, and she had no personal connections at all.

Back then, she and Mu Jinnian were secretly pregnant and were discovered by their family. She refused to reveal who the man was and was sent to a nunnery by the Shen family early on.

She was not executed directly thanks to the plea of ​​her cousin, Shen Nianci, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Shen family.

Even though she later became Mu Jinnian's second wife, the Shen family did not give her any dowry. They even reduced their interactions with the Mu family and almost stopped communicating with them.

The only reason he had been able to live a decent life over the years was because of the dowry left by his first wife, Mrs. Shen.

If all these were taken away, what would she have left?

Just when Shen Qianjiao was feeling extremely angry and thinking about how to keep these things, she looked up and met Mu Yunyao's cold and playful eyes.

Suddenly, my heart sank.

"Could it be that this damn girl knew something? Otherwise, why would she target me as soon as I got back?"

Just when Shen Qianjiao was thinking about how to test how much Mu Yunyao knew.

Mu Yunyao had already spoken first.

"Second Madam, take a look at your things to see if you're missing anything. I heard Jingwu Court is nice, why don't you move there?"

As soon as Mu Yunyao opened her mouth, she wanted to drive Shen Qianjiao to the deserted courtyard she had prepared for herself.

She had not forgotten what Shen Qianjiao said when she asked her to move to Jingwuyuan, and now it was all returned to her.

Shen Qianjiao hated it so much in her heart, but she had to grit her teeth and put on a smile.

"Young lady, you are joking. Although Jingwu Courtyard is quiet and peaceful, it is far from the main courtyard. It is not convenient for me to serve the master. Young lady, please do not worry about where I live."

This damn girl just came back, and they had no idea what kind of cards she had, and how dare she go against them like this.

The more arrogant Mu Yunyao acted, the more afraid Shen Qianjiao became.

"Oh, then, Second Madam, please do as you please. After all, you are more familiar with the affairs of this mansion than I am, right?"

Seeing that Shen Qianjiao failed to move into Jingwu Courtyard, Mu Yunyao was not angry, as if what she had just said was just a casual remark.

But the more she did this, the more Shen Qianjiao became unsure of what she was trying to do.

I could only bow obediently.

"Yes, I dare not trouble you, Miss."

If you don't dare to act like a demon, you can only save some face with words, but your words sound a bit sarcastic.

However, Mu Yunyao seemed not to notice and followed her words and put forward her own request.

"I have something to trouble you, Madam."

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