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Seeing that she was about to faint from crying, Mu Qingyan hurriedly picked her up and put her in the carriage.

"She's gone, and you've done everything you can for her. Don't be sad, let her go peacefully..."

Mu Yingyu leaned on Mu Qingyan's shoulder and sobbed.

"How can she leave peacefully? The stones they threw at her smashed her face... She once said that the most important thing for a girl is her face. Although she is just a girl, she also wants to live a decent life without any damage..."

Mu Qingyan recalled Chuntao's bloody face when the servant dragged her body up...

Reminded me of that dream...

The person who looked exactly like her had his eyes gouged out and his feet chopped off by Mu Ruge...

"You are still young. Since you know that they are not good people, try to stay away from them in the future. I know you are not as stupid and useless as they think. You just follow your mother's wishes and be a daughter who is not outstanding. You don't compete with your second sister in everything... You said before that you wanted to marry and escape from the Duke's Mansion and escape from your mother's control. But I must tell you that a woman's life is not only about getting married. If you entrust your whole life to others, you will inevitably be used by others. Remember, you are Mu Yingyu, you are born in the Duke's Mansion, you are of noble status, you can do many things to earn fame and status for yourself, so that no one dares to look down on you..."

Mu Yingyu was confused. "To earn fame and status for myself? Me? How should I earn it?"

Mu Qingyan touched her head, "Do you think that only men can have the ambition to serve the country and the people? Anything, as long as we women want to do it, we will not do it worse than anyone else. Miss Qin and I are thinking of setting up schools and charity houses to provide shelter for poor children in the world. Let them learn to read and write, so that when they grow up, they can stand upright in front of the world. Instead of being poor forever, and having to linger on for generations..."

Mu Yingyu sat up straight and wiped away her tears. "Then, what can I do?"

"There are many things you can do. You can be a teacher and teach them to read and write. I know you are good at embroidery and writing. Do you think someone like your second sister is good enough?"

Mu Yingyu nodded.

Mu Qingyan said, "But as a female official, she doesn't think about the welfare of the people, but only wants people to worship her. She always puts on airs and prestige as a female official. She only cares about her own fame and fortune. In order to avenge her personal grudge, she even wants to take your life. In my opinion, someone who treats human life as worthless is not worthy of standing on a high platform. If you want to escape their control, you have to stand up on your own and stand higher than them."

She lifted the car curtain and let her look outside.

Mu Yingyu was stunned. Behind the prosperity and wealth of Kyoto, there were more people who were hungry and poor... She had never seen so many beggars and people with incomplete limbs...

"Big sister, this is..."

"This is the poor alley in Kyoto. The nobles always go out through the east and west gates. You have certainly never been here. Look, the rich are feasting and drinking, but the poor are freezing to death on the streets..."

Different from the clean and spacious areas in the east and west of the city.

The streets here aren’t even streets…

It was so narrow that only one carriage could pass through.

The houses on both sides were built of mud bricks, with wind blowing in from all sides and holes in the roofs...

People on the roadside were either dying or wailing in pain.

There were also some children... held in the arms of women who were equally dishevelled and looked desperate...

Mu Yingyu couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Mu Qingyan asked her, "How about it? Do you want to do something for them within your ability?"

Mu Yingyu was kindhearted by nature, and she was not as snobbish as the Lan family and Mu Ruge. Therefore, she did not want this little girl to be forced into a desperate situation in the future.

What she has to do requires help, so it would be great if someone could give her a hand.

As for the Lan family, we can't touch them for the moment and can only take it step by step.

"Sister, whatever you do in the future, you should give me a share, right? I have saved a lot of money over the years. If you want to build a school or charity, I can also give you some money. Anyway, I have no worries about food and drink in the Duke's Mansion, so there is no use for this money."

"Silly girl, don't say that money is useless. Look at them, isn't it because they have no money that they are in this situation? Although money is vulgar, it is the foundation of a person's life, especially for us women. Only with money in hand can we have confidence. Even if you are entrusted to the wrong person and kicked out of the house, as long as you have money in hand, you don't have to sleep on the street, understand? Keeping money is to leave yourself a way out."

Mu Yingyu nodded heavily. Since then, Mu Yingyu has never forgotten to keep some money on her at all times. Of course, this is a later story.

No one had ever said these things to her.

The sentence that Lan said most often was, you are the third daughter of the Duke's Mansion, you don't have to be afraid of anything, this background can shield you from all wind and rain.

But she blocked the wind and rain outside, but the wind and rain at home made her feel cold from head to toe.

When the carriage reached the east street of the city, it was stopped by someone. It was Ah Shu.

Mu Qingyan lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?"

"My dear, the prince has asked me to inform you that General Gu and his men have already arrived outside the city. At this moment, His Majesty is leading all the officials to welcome them at the city gate. Do you want to go and see the excitement?"

So fast?

No wonder this usually bustling street is so quiet today, it turns out everyone is out to watch the fun...

His Majesty personally led all the officials to greet him. The scene must have been grand. It was inconvenient to recognize relatives at this moment. "Where is your prince?"

Ah Shu smiled slightly, "The prince has requested a private room in the teahouse over there, so we can just watch the grand scene of the army entering the city..."

Mu Qingyan raised her eyebrows.

It seems like they have been prepared for a long time. "Then go... lead the way..."

When Mu Yingyu heard that she was going to meet Prince Ling, she began to panic, "Can I not go? I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? Can he still eat you?"

"I really am not going!"

Mu Qingyan glanced at the jade hairpin and said, "Then you can go shopping with the third lady."

"Yes, be careful, young lady."

When a large army is about to enter the city, there will definitely be royal guards leading the way, so the carriage cannot be parked in the middle of the road. After Mu Qingyan left, Mu Yingyu also got off the carriage with Yuzhan, and asked the coachman to find a place to park the carriage. She pulled Yuzhan into the crowd to watch the excitement.

Mu Qingyan was brought into the private room of the teahouse by Ashu. As soon as she entered the room, the person standing by the window turned around. She was covered in brocade clothes, with a slender and upright figure, and her hair was tied with a jade crown, which made her look extremely noble.

He stood there with his back to the light, with a beautiful curve at the corner of his lips.

His handsome facial features were softened by the light behind him, no longer as strong as before.

But this angle is indescribably charming.

Mu Qingyan said secretly, monster...

Then she took a deep breath, walked over with light steps, and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.