If Yue Ningyin hadn't mentioned it today, Mu Yunyao really wouldn't have known that this bright, generous, and seemingly carefree girl was actually always in a situation where she was being plotted against.

Compared to her, Liuyun is actually much luckier.

Although her family also has an annoying and biased grandmother who uses her status as an elder to bully others, at least she still has the empress dowager.

As long as the Queen Mother doesn't allow, those people won't even have the chance to see Liuyun, let alone put pressure on her.

But Yue Ningyin was different. Although she had the support of her sister, the Queen, her father was still alive and that person was her nominal mother. If she was really asked to go back, she would have to go back.

Especially now that she is getting older, it is indeed not appropriate for her to live in the palace for a long time.

Yue Ningyin put away the sachet given by Mu Yunyao. She was originally sure that her scumbag father would not dare to do so, but now she is not so sure.

Although her sister is the queen, she is also her biological father. If her father is really determined to do this, can her sister kill them afterwards?

Yue Ningyin felt uneasy when she thought about this. She didn't feel cold at first, but now even the soles of her feet felt cold.

"Why don't I go back to the palace and spend a night with Liuyun."

As she said this, she lifted her skirt and turned around to run towards the palace gate.

"return."

Mu Yunyao grabbed her and shook her head helplessly.

"I just told you to be careful of them, but I didn't say they would attack you today."

Mu Yunyao really had no way to deal with this little girl who said whatever she wanted. After thinking for a while, she said, "If you are really scared, I will lend you someone."

When Yue Ningyin heard this, her eyes lit up and she looked at Qingyun.

Qingyun turned her head away and didn't look at her. She didn't want to follow Miss Yue. The master couldn't do without her.

Mu Yunyao smiled and said, "Qingyun is not okay. I can't leave her. What's more, this may not happen. I will lend you someone who is good at protecting in secret."

Yue Ningyin was a little disappointed when she heard that Qingyun was not able to do it, but after hearing Mu Yunyao's arrangement, her eyes lit up again.

He immediately asked, "Is it the legendary secret guard? Did Governor Xiao give it to you?"

Even her sister, the Queen, was not qualified to have secret guards in the palace. It was said that these people were trained by Governor Xiao's mother.

Apart from His Majesty, they only listen to Governor Xiao, and even her eldest nephew cannot control these people.

Mu Yunyao smiled and shook her head, "No, they are my own people."

Yue Ningyin seemed a little disappointed, but when she thought that the person was someone that only His Majesty could transfer, and that she was indeed not worthy of the position, she felt relieved.

After changing his tune, he asked cheerfully, "Who is the person you lent me? Can I meet him?"

Mu Yunyao did not refuse this time and nodded to Qingyun.

Qingyun walked to the side and made a few gestures, and soon a tall and thin figure walked out from the darkness.

He was dressed in blue and holding an oil umbrella in his hand, with the brim of the umbrella pulled down so low that his face could not be seen clearly.

But his appearance did not attract any attention at the crowded palace gate.

I just thought it was some noble young man coming to pick up his family.

Only when he arrived in front of Mu Yunyao and the others did Qingshu slowly put away his umbrella.

Originally, Yue Ningyin was looking forward to what kind of face would match her peerless beauty, but when his true face was revealed, she felt as if her heart was hit hard, and she suddenly felt empty.

What a face it was, it shattered all her expectations of a peerless master.

But out of politeness, he still smiled at Qingshu and bowed.

"I'm going to trouble you sir in the next few days."

Not knowing how to address him, Yue Ningyin secretly thought that calling him "Sir" would always be right.

Qingshu put away his umbrella and didn't care about Yue Ningyin's disappointment when she first saw him. After all, she was not the first and would not be the last.

Qingshu gave her a bright smile and returned the greeting.

"Miss Yue, you are welcome. Since it is the master's order, Qingshu will do his best."

Yue Ningyin looked at his polite appearance and sighed secretly in her heart.

"What a pity for such a young man. If you don't look at his face, he would definitely be able to seduce thousands of girls."

No one knew what she was thinking, but the expression on her face was easy to guess.

Qingshu's heart twitched. This was another woman who only cared about looks.

But since she was Mu Yunyao's friend after all, he couldn't say anything and could only let her sigh.

Seeing that they both knew each other, Mu Yunyao said to Qingshu.

"Qingshu, you will stay by Miss Yue's side and protect her in secret for the next two days."

Then he repeated his concerns and asked him to pay more attention to those people.

"If you can't do it alone, you can ask Xingchen for a few more people to help."

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Queen will definitely invite Yue Ningyin into the palace, and then she won't have to worry about anything anymore.

In fact, she was more worried that those people really had this idea and would definitely not miss the days that Yue Ningyin stayed in the Yue family.

After all, if she missed the opportunity, considering Yue Ningyin's age, the Queen would definitely arrange a marriage for her this year, and it would be even more difficult to make her do it then.

As long as her father was not completely crazy, he would not offend his future in-laws for a distant relative.

And if Yue Ningyin's marriage is decided by the Queen, the man's family must not be too low.

Mu Yunyao thought about this and explained it again in detail.

You must keep the sachet I gave you close to your body, and keep it within your reach even when you are bathing.'

When Yue Ningyin heard her words, she became even more suspicious.

"Isn't this sachet afraid of water?"

Mu Yunyao shook her head. "Although the effect is weaker after being touched by water, ordinary incense can't do anything to you. When you are fine, I will give you another one."

Yue Ningyin felt relieved when she heard this, and held the sachet in her hand as if it were a treasure.

The girl next to her was so excited that she wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Mu Yunyao, but was stopped by Qingyun.

"Sister, what are you doing? There are so many people coming and going here, don't bring trouble to your young lady."

When the girl heard this, her face turned red.

"It is my fault for not considering this matter carefully. Thank you, Sister Qingyun, for your advice."

Qingyun curled her lips, thinking that the little girl beside Miss Yue might not be very smart. They were both servants, so there was no need for her to call herself a slave in front of him.

However, she didn't know that with Mu Yunyao's attitude towards her, who would dare to look down on her and treat her as half a master?

While they were talking, a carriage with the Yue family logo slowly drove towards them.

A beautiful woman poked her head out of the carriage and looked at Yue Ningyin.

"Ning Yin, since you have left the palace, go home with your mother. It's getting late and we shouldn't keep disturbing Miss Mu."

When Yue Ningyin heard this, she rolled her eyes to the sky.

Then he said bluntly, "I can't get used to the incense smell in your carriage. I'll take Yunyao's carriage and she will take me back."

As soon as she said this, the beautiful woman's expression suddenly changed, and she sighed softly, as if she was angry and aggrieved.

A look of being disdained and helpless.

Seeing that she was pretending to be dead again, Yue Ningyin became even more furious. Just as she was about to say something, a scolding voice came from the car.

"Yue Ningyin, where is your upbringing? Is this how you talk to your mother? I think you are becoming more and more unruly."

When Yue Ningyin heard the voice, she was stunned at first, a hint of hurt flashed across her eyes, and finally she stiffened her neck and said.

"I grew up with my sister. My rules and etiquette were taught by the maids in the palace. Father asked about my upbringing. Should he ask my sister?"

Mu Yunyao also spoke up at the right time, "Master Yue, Ning Yin didn't mean anything else. She caught a cold today and can't stand the strong smell of incense. Madam Yue, please don't bother with her."

Mu Yunyao felt a little distressed when she saw her red eyes.

I don’t know what this father-in-law is thinking. Doesn’t he know that this is the time when the most people come and go at the palace gate?

He rebuked Yue Ningyin like this, could it be that he wanted to accuse her of being unfilial?

Every girl of this age would start to look for husbands. If rumors spread that she is disrespectful to her parents, how could she choose a good family?

Thinking of Yue Ningyin's expression when she mentioned her father before, Mu Yunyao now understands it very well.

And her stepmother is obviously not a good person either.

Sure enough, as soon as Mu Yunyao said this, the looks that were originally somewhat accusatory towards Yue Ningyin turned into sympathy.

Some people who knew about the Yue family's past began to talk about it with people around them.

"That Madam Yue is not Miss Yue's biological mother. No wonder she didn't even know her daughter had caught a cold and even used such heavy incense in the car. Who can stand this?"

"That's right. This girl found someone to send her back, but she was still accused of being unfilial. It's true that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather."

Mu Yunyao couldn't help but look in the direction of the voice when she heard this. She felt that what this person said made so much sense and was simply her substitute.

But Qingyun quietly tugged at her sleeve and whispered.

"Master, don't look for it anymore. It's Qingshu. He knows some ventriloquism skills."

Mu Yunyao didn't expect that he actually had this skill. He is really a talent.

Madam Yue and Lord Yue naturally also heard the discussions of others.

As Lord Yue is the father-in-law of the emperor and the grandfather of the prince, few people dare to say anything about him in front of him. Now, hearing these discussions, he wishes he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Mrs. Yue's face also looked bad.

Madam Yue knew that Yue Ningyin had found help. She had only heard that Miss Mu was powerful before, but she didn't expect her to be so difficult.

She immediately smiled and explained, "Ningyin, you misunderstood mother. Mother sighed because she felt guilty for not taking good care of you."

She has always been like this, used to not saying anything clearly and letting people guess. Even if something goes wrong later, she can always make it up.

In the past, if she had claimed to be her mother in front of Yue Ningyin, this damn girl would have been furious and asked her whose mother she was.

She is the stepmother, so there is nothing wrong with calling herself 'mother'.

The more excited Yue Ningyin was, the better it was for her. She just wanted to see Yue Ningyin lose her composure in front of everyone.

Why should her two children, both legitimate sons and daughters, always be inferior to this dead girl?

Just when Mrs. Yue was imagining how Yue Ningyin would insult her next and how she should express her grievance and magnanimity, she saw that Yue Ningyin was not angry as usual.

Instead, he looked at her as if she were an idiot.

"Madam Yue, what nonsense are you talking about? When have you ever taken care of me? You took care of me until my father fell into his bed, but you took care of me until I fell into the lotus pond in the cold winter. If you really felt guilty, you should have committed suicide more than ten years ago. How can you still have the nerve to act in front of me?"

Although Yue Ningyin's words were harsh, her tone was very calm. She didn't sound like she was arguing with anyone at all, but rather like she was narrating a fact.

This prevented even those who had some complaints about her from saying anything to blame her. After all, if anyone encountered such a thing, no one would regard such a person as their mother.

That's not filial piety, that's stupidity.

This time, not only Mrs. Yue, but even Lord Yue had a look of astonishment on his face.

Thinking of what happened in the past, he felt a little guilty towards Yue Ningyin, but what did it mean for this unfilial daughter to say it in front of so many people?

They are all family. Is there anything that cannot be resolved behind closed doors? Do they have to let all these people come to laugh at their Yue family's joke?

Seeing that Yue Ningyin was determined not to ride in the same car with them, Lord Yue glared at her through the curtain and raised his voice to order the coachman.

"Go home."

The driver also understood who was the master of the mansion. He looked at Yue Ningyin apologetically, then whipped the car and drove away.

Yue Ningyin felt somewhat aggrieved when she saw the carriage going away.

Seeing her like this, Mu Yunyao stepped forward and held her hand.

"Okay, I'll take you back. We'll have to go back to the palace soon."

After hearing Mu Yunyao's words, Yue Ningyin's expression finally looked better.

Mu Yunyao originally meant that she would have to go back to the palace soon, and if she didn't go back, she would really have no time to rest.

And to Yue Ningyin's ears, it was naturally translated into.

She will be entering the palace soon, and then she can go to the Empress to complain and ask her sister to send a nanny to Yue Mansion to give that woman a lesson, to see how arrogant she can still be.

Seeing Yue Ningyin like this, Mu Yunyao did not remind her again.

Seeing his own carriage coming over, he pulled people onto it.

Although Yue Ningyin was disgusted by Madam Yue, he did not forget what happened in the palace before.

As soon as he got on the carriage and waited for it to drive away from the crowd, he hugged Mu Yunyao's arm and said.

"Good sister, what happened in the palace before? Can you tell me now?"

Mu Yunyao thought that this matter would not be kept secret for long, and everyone who should know would know it tomorrow morning, so she nodded to Qingyun.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Qingyun saw three pairs of eyes staring at him, and felt a little proud in his heart. He cleared his throat before speaking.

“When I went there, the place had already been cleared. According to an insider, the Third Prince originally wanted to pretend so that people would see him getting drunk and tangling with Miss Chu.

In order to show his innocence, he asked someone to secretly give Miss Chu some... uh... that kind of medicine."

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