When he returned to the capital from Jiangzhou, the late emperor, in recognition of his contributions to disaster relief, promoted him three levels in a row and appointed him as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue.

Although the official rank was not high, it was a real job. For him, a new official who had just entered the officialdom, it was already a high position.

However, the Shen family only received a plaque that read "A Family of Good Deeds".

Ever since Mu Jinnian joined the Ministry of Revenue, his career has been advancing by leaps and bounds, as if he had been blessed with a magical power. In just ten years, he secured the position of the left prime minister of the current dynasty.

As for how much money and connections the Shen family spent to help him, only he himself knows best.

Unfortunately, the Shen family only knows how to do business and has not made any achievements in becoming an official through the imperial examinations.

The Shen family had thought about training their own children and nephews, but the best they could do was to pass the imperial examination and it would be difficult to go further.

It was for this reason that the Shen family tried their best to help their son-in-law Mu Jinnian. But who could have thought that in the end they would raise an ungrateful person.

When Mu Yunyao thought of this, a dark light flashed in her eyes.

If we say that the Shen family has not had any contact with the Mu family in recent years, and if we say that this is partly due to Shen's death, in fact, a larger part of the reason is that Mu Jinnian has exploited their bones and marrow over the years, which has damaged their foundation.

Even if Shen Qianjiao became Mu Jinnian's second wife, they did not ask about it, for fear that her mother Shen's intentions might have been involved.

Mu Yunyao couldn't help but tear up when she thought of her biological mother whom she had no chance to meet.

When Qingyun saw her master like this, she was about to say a few words of comfort, but she heard Mu Yunyao had already calmed down.

He hooked his finger at her.

Seeing her like this, Qingyun knew that her master had something to say.

She quickly put her ear closer and heard Mu Yunyao whispering in her ear.

"Later, when everyone in the yard has gone to bed, go to the peach tree in the yard and dig something out. Be careful not to let anyone see any signs of disturbance."

Qingyun was a little confused when she heard this, but still nodded as she said.

Mu Yunyao insisted on moving into this courtyard, naturally not for the purpose of arguing with Shen Qianjiao.

There were some things she didn’t know in her previous life, but in her new life, she still had the upper hand.

For example, some things left by her mother, in her previous life, Shen Qianjiao obtained them only after she married into the Third Prince’s mansion.

At night, Qingyun came into the house holding a box.

Mu Yunyao had just finished washing up and changed into pajamas when she saw her bringing something into the room, so she asked her to carry it to the bed.

Qingyun wiped the box carefully before handing it to Mu Yunyao.

Inside were the things that Shen had left for her. Mu Yunyao didn't intend to let anyone else see them, so she waved her hand and let Qingyun go down first.

Before leaving, Qingyun moved the candle flame closer to her and trimmed the wick before leaving with peace of mind.

Mu Yunyao opened the wooden box and couldn't help crying when she saw what was inside.

What caught her eye was a pair of small tiger-head shoes. Judging from the size, they should be the ones she wore when she was about one year old. The stitches and threads on them had been worn out and it was obvious that Shen must have taken them out and rubbed them often.

Mu Yunyao took it out of the brocade box, which contained a lot of odds and ends that she had used and worn as a child.

She packed everything neatly one by one, until at the bottom, she saw a letter left for her by Shen.

In her previous life, she didn't know until the end what Shen had done for her during the years when she was lost.

Although she was unable to continue her mother-daughter relationship with Shen in this life, she still wanted to do something for her.

The next day, it was already morning when Mu Yunyao got up, and Qingyun went into the room to serve her.

"Master, what would you like in the morning?"

Seeing that her face didn't look good and there were bruises under her eyes, I knew she didn't sleep well.

Qingyun's tone also softened a lot, as if she was afraid of disturbing her.

Mu Yunyao really didn't have much of an appetite, so she responded in a calm voice.

"Use whatever you want. I want to go out and buy some things for a ritual. I want to ask Master Yuankong from Ci'en Temple to perform a ritual for my mother to help her pass away."

In her previous life, she learned from Mu Mingzhu that her mother's body was not buried in the Mu family's ancestral tomb, but was buried in the farm that Shen had married with during her lifetime, which was three or four hundred miles away from the capital.

The Mu family even announced to the public that it was Shen's idea, saying that Shen felt ashamed to bury her daughter in the Mu family's ancestral tomb after losing her daughter, so she chose such a place for burial.

Little did they know that all this was the work of Mu Jinnian and Shen Qianjiao. Shen Qianjiao was angry that Shen Nianci had always suppressed her during her lifetime, preventing her from becoming Mu Jinnian's first wife. So she decided not to be buried in the Mu family's ancestral tomb after her death.

A hundred years later, the wife of Mu Jinnian, the person who should be buried with Mu Jinnian should be Shen Qianjiao.

If it were her previous life, Mu Yunyao might still want to seek justice for her mother, but after living her life again, she felt that this was better.

It would save these two disgusting people from polluting her mother's reincarnation path.

However, she was currently unable to leave the capital to pay tribute to her mother, so she wanted to go to Ci'en Temple to hold a ritual for her mother to comfort her soul in heaven and let her know that her daughter, whom she had been waiting for for so many years, had returned.

When Qingyun heard that in order to buy these things, she immediately said, "Master, can you let me handle this matter? I see that you are not in a good mood, why don't you rest more in the mansion."

Mu Yunyao shook her head. Her mother was no longer around, and there was only so much she could do for her. She wanted to do it herself.

Seeing that she insisted, Qingyun did not try to persuade her anymore, but went to the small kitchen to bring up the warm breakfast.

Seeing that Mu Yunyao really had no appetite, he only served her a bowl of porridge and picked up some refreshing side dishes for her.

Mu Yunyao ate half a bowl and didn't want to eat anymore.

Qingyun asked someone to come in and clear the table, and sent a little maid to go to the outer courtyard to notify and arrange for the carriage to go out.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the little girl came into the room with red eyes, "Qing, Sister Qingyun, the stable said that all the cars in the mansion have been painted, and there is only one car for delivering vegetables. If the young lady wants to go out, she can only, can only..."

The little girl felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and she bit her lip and couldn't utter the last few words.

Not long after Mu Yunyao came back, it was obvious that she was not on good terms with the Second Lady who was now in charge of the family. Those who were sent to serve in her courtyard were either spies from other people or those who had no background and were not well-received.

The little maid who was just sent out by Qingyun was called Chuntao. She was originally a third-class maid working in the kitchen. Shen Qianjiao just wanted to disgust her on purpose, so she promoted several third-class maids who were responsible for sweeping the floor to second-class and sent them to her courtyard.

Fortunately, these people were not very smart, but they were honest and had no bad intentions, so Mu Yunyao kept them.

Seeing the aggrieved look of the little girl, Qingyun wanted to get angry, but when he glanced at the abnormal redness and swelling on her face, the words on his lips instantly changed.

"What happened to your face? Who hit you?"

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