My Lord, please respect yourself. I am the wife of a marquis.

"Stop talking about the late emperor. I'm talking about you..." The person was scared. She was the daughter of the Grand Tutor, the oldest and the most favored. She had never been treated like this before and was obviously panicked and incoherent. But even so, she did not think of apologizing. If she went to apologize, she was afraid that there would be no place for her in the capital.

"Okay, then let me tell you..." Su Muxi paused, as if she was thinking of the past, her eyes were sad.

"Five years ago, the barbarians from the northwest invaded. My eldest brother died in battle and my second brother was seriously injured. I was the only one left to lead the remaining soldiers to defend Yucheng. It took a whole month for reinforcements to arrive. The emperor made an exception and made me a county lord, giving me a county as my fiefdom."

"Three years ago, the barbarians invaded again, with a force more than twice ours. My fourth brother and I led soldiers across the dangerous mountains to encircle them. Only a few dozen of the five thousand soldiers were left. I held my fourth brother's ashes and received the title of princess. The emperor awarded me a county as a fiefdom and named it Anping. Although I had no official position, I was able to attend the court."

"Prince An is an official in the court, and I was on the battlefield in the northwest. We have only met twice so far. He protects his younger sister, and I protect my elder sister-in-law. What's wrong with that? You slandered Prince An and me, and you are slandering the emperor for not being able to judge people well."

Su Muxi's words made people burst into tears, and An Min burst into tears and was supported by her two younger siblings.

Princess Jin stood aside and said nothing. Her father was a princess since birth but had no fiefdom. After Xiao Yunjin's death, he was posthumously awarded the highest-ranking prince. She had the highest status among all the imperial concubines. She enjoyed the honor and could not refute Su Muxi.

She glanced at the daughter of the Grand Tutor lying on the ground. She couldn't save her. Today, she had overestimated Su Muxi.

Su Muxi did not stop, but continued speaking, her voice sonorous and powerful.

"Prince An is thirty and still unmarried. It's not that he doesn't want to, nor is he waiting for someone. He wants to revive the reputation of the Duke of An's Mansion. He is the son of one family and the grandson of seven families. He gave up military service and took up literature step by step to become the Junior Official of the Dali Temple. Do you know that your words may ruin his life?"

"Grandmaster's daughter, I only want to ask you, are you going to apologize or not?"

There was a sound of applause, and the second prince appeared with a group of people. He said in a dignified voice, "The daughter of the Grand Tutor has behaved immorally. Send someone to the front yard to tell the old Grand Tutor that Jing'an Hall is still short of a maid who can light incense. Send someone over!"

"Second Prince, I was wrong. I apologize. I don't want to go to Jing'an Hall..." He had just said two words when his mouth was blocked and he was dragged away.

"Princess Anping, how are you?"

The Grand Tutor was the Second Prince's mentor, and Jing'an Hall was a nunnery. He treated the Grand Tutor's most favored daughter so coldly, which showed that he was also a cruel person.

"The Second Prince is well. The Sixth Prince is well." Su Muxi bowed.

"Anping returned to the capital and made a fool of himself as soon as he came back. Second Prince, please don't laugh at me."

The Sixth Prince interrupted from the side and said, "Sister Mu, I am taller than you now."

"The Sixth Prince has indeed become a lot stronger." The crown prince in the previous life had fought with Xiao Yunjin for several years, so how could he be a simple child?

An Yutang took a step forward, bowed deeply to Su Muxi, and stood up after a long time.

He had never thought that what he was thinking would be known to others. His father was not the old lady's son, but her nephew. At that time, the Duke of Anguo was only a title. Life was extremely difficult for an orphan and a widow.

Because his grandfather was on good terms with Zhenguo Gong and left a marriage plan, and his parents were all male, they agreed that the marriage would be chosen in his generation. The Su family gave birth to four sons in succession, and finally after the third uncle gave birth to An Min, the marriage fell on Su's Dalang and An Min.

When Su Muxi was born, he was already twelve years old. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the girl he watched had grown up and got married. He knew that he had just lost his composure. He quietly swallowed all his emotions and said, "Xinzhi, thank you for your protection, Princess."

"You're too polite, Prince An." His tone was polite and distant, and he turned his gaze to Xiao Yunjin.

The closeness was immediately apparent. Seeing this, the Second Prince smiled knowingly, "The princess is as capable as any man. Young Marquis He is so lucky!"

"The Second Prince is right. I am indeed very lucky." Xiao Yunjin came over from behind and shook hands with Su Muxi with great affection.

After all, it was the old lady's birthday, so everyone found an excuse and went their separate ways.

The female members of the family resumed their earlier liveliness. Su Muxi greeted everyone and said that she was going to visit her sister-in-law.

Everyone was afraid of her, so naturally they would not object. "Sisters, are you coming with me to see my eldest sister-in-law, or are you staying here to play?"

Yu Rao said first: "Let's stay."

The scene just now was too shocking. Even though Su Muxi spoke to them in a soft voice, they could not forget her murderous expression just now.

Su Muxi smiled knowingly. It seemed that the effort to establish her authority had paid off. If she didn't go to the Northwest, she would have to deal with these noble ladies in the future. However, she was tired of these social interactions, so it was just right that she could get rid of them once and for all. She guessed that no one would invite her to a banquet in the future.

Led by Zhijuan, they soon arrived at the eldest sister-in-law's courtyard. The eldest sister-in-law sat in the pavilion and watched Chen'er playing with his younger brothers and sisters.

Before she could say anything, Chen'er spotted her and ran over to hug her legs, "Aunt, Chen'er misses you."

She bent down and picked him up, "Aunt misses Chen'er too."

"Stop hugging her. Her clothes are all dirty." An Min came over after hearing the voice. "Chen'er, come down. Your aunt won't be able to see anyone soon."

"It's nothing, sister-in-law, just a set of clothes."

An Min brought the person over and said, "What do you mean a set of clothes? All your princess-grade clothes are from Linglang Pavilion. They are worth a fortune."

"Is it really so expensive?" Su Muxi was shocked. "Thanks to my sister-in-law and mother for taking so much trouble."

"As long as you know."

Seeing Chen'er pouting, Su Muxi scratched his nose and said, "I brought you a gift. Let Zhijuan take you to see it."

"That's great, thank you, aunt." The little guy's expression changed immediately, and he happily followed Zhijuan to open the gifts.

"Back then, the old lady did not allow Duke Anguo to go to the battlefield, and now the eldest sister-in-law does not want Chen'er to take risks, right?"

"After your eldest brother left, I was left with only Chen'er. He is my life."

Thinking about how her elder sister-in-law died by hitting her coffin in the previous life, she knew what she said was true, and that made her feel even more uncomfortable.

"Sister-in-law, have you ever thought about Chen'er? Chen'er's future."

"What do you mean?"

"Sister-in-law, you have lived in the capital for a long time, so you may not know that my second brother has a childhood sweetheart in the northwest. If nothing goes wrong, they may get married by the end of the year."

"What do you mean? I am naturally happy for my second brother to get married."

Su Muxi ignored her doubts and continued, "That woman is the daughter of Deputy General Lin. Deputy General Lin's sister-in-law should know!"

She naturally knew Deputy General Lin, and Uncle Lin was Deputy General Lin's younger brother. They were both the right-hand men of the Duke of Zhenguo, but it was precisely because she knew that she felt that Su Muxi was very strange. "Xi'er, please speak frankly! I don't want to guess what you mean by doing this."

"Sister-in-law, you know that Lieutenant General Lin has a high prestige in the army. After my second brother gets married, he will soon give birth to a child. The child will grow up in the army and have Lieutenant General Lin as his grandfather..."

"Little sister, be careful with your words," An Min was flustered but said firmly, "Don't you know what kind of personality your second brother has? He would be so sad if he heard that you thought about him like this."

"Of course I believe him. My eldest brother risked his life to save my second brother, and my eldest sister-in-law also believes him. But my eldest sister-in-law, aren't you afraid? Once my second brother's child has prestige in the army, how will Chen'er, the grandson of the emperor, cope with it?"

"Little sister, this incident has not happened yet, so it may sound alarmist. I will just pretend that I heard nothing today. Please leave now!"

In fact, she was not exaggerating. In the previous life, this Lieutenant General Lin first tried to seduce the second brother, but failed, so he turned to Xiao Yunjin's camp. In that battle, his father and brother died in succession. Lieutenant General Lin made great contributions and took over her father's official position, while she got the casual title of a first-rank lady.

She said everything she should and shouldn’t say today. Su Muxi glanced at her sister-in-law who seemed a little dazed, then turned and left.