It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

"Ms. Yayue, Mu Qing is a woman."

"Female?" Ya Yue's eyes widened instantly when she heard it, "She, she is..."

"The young marquis has three confidants. One is Li Yan, whom you have met. Another is Ning Xingzhou, who is in the military camp now and rarely has time to come. The last one is Mu Qing, you can call her Deputy General Mu." Yuan Buwei explained to Yayue, "In the future, you will take care of the young marquis, and I can focus on managing the affairs of the mansion."

"Yuan Buwei, what did you say? You want me to take care of the young marquis together with this woman of unknown origin?"

As Yuan Buwei expected, Mu Qing didn't even want to be polite and exploded directly: "How could she, a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken, walk so far and appear in Wanning Marquis's mansion unscathed, and even hold the young marquis's broken gun? In my opinion, she is a spy."

"Deputy General Mu, how can you slander me? I have no grudge against General Lu, and he is my savior. Can't I repay him?" Ya Yue's eyes suddenly turned red. "But when Deputy General Mu came in, he didn't salute the young lady, but called her by her name. Aren't you General Lu's deputy general? How can you disrespect the young marquis's wife!"

"presumptuous!"

Being questioned by a young girl in front of Yuan Buwei, Mu Qing was furious. "I am a meritorious official. How can a country girl like you make comments? I will take you back to the camp and interrogate you."

"Deputy General Mu, it was the young marquis's intention to keep Miss Yayue in the mansion. You are going against the young marquis by doing this." Yuan Buwei said lightly, "Since you are here, go into the house to see the young marquis. Don't make him wait anxiously. Butler Ye, take the two of them in."

"Yes."

Mu Qing clenched her fists. Very good. This Ya Yue made her hate Yuan Buwei even more.

After she meets the young marquis, she will settle the score with Yuan Buwei!

"Young Madam, aren't you going in with me?" Yun Ling asked. If she didn't go in, there would be no gossip to watch.

"There are only two possible outcomes for me if I go in. One is to be a judge, and the other is to be a sitting duck. I don't want to do either of those things." Yuan Buwei spread her hands at the disappointed Yun Ling, "Don't just think about eating melons all day long. Go to Madam Feng's courtyard and tell her that Mu Qing is here."

"Okay, got it."

Yun Ling nodded and ran away quickly.

The parents-in-law don’t know about this yet, so Yuan Buwei is saying hello to them now to avoid any hindrance to the show.

"Bu Wei, you are amazing. You can think of such a good idea."

When Wan Ning Hou heard about Yuan Buwei and her son's plan, he immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "My wife and I fully support you. We can also remain invisible. Anyway, you have the final say in Wan Ning Hou Mansion."

"Yesterday when I went to visit Mu Yu, I heard from Nanny Feng that her son was planning to arrange a marriage for Mu Qing. If that's the case, you must tell them in advance so as not to disrupt your and Sui'er's plans." Lady Wanning handed the tea to her daughter-in-law.

"Master Mu wants to arrange a marriage for Mu Qing?" Yuan Buwei was really curious, "Which family?"

"From what Madam Feng said, it should be a friend of Mr. Mu. I guess Mr. Mu wants Mu Qing to marry as far away as possible. This way, Old Madam Mu will have no help around her." Lady Wanning Marquis said after taking a sip of tea.

"I'll ask Master Mu when he comes back. If he has already chosen a candidate, we naturally can't delay her lifelong event." Yuan Buwei was a little worried. With the addition of Yayue, Mu Qing would definitely be more cautious. Now that Master Mu wants to arrange a marriage for her, she will definitely be anxious. If she wants to stay with Lu Sui, she must have a legitimate reason.

It's Lu Sui...

Yuan Buwei observed a moment of silence for him.

When she came to the room at night, Yayue and Mu Qing were not there. There was only Lu Sui lying on the bed with a look of despair on his face.

"Awei, can we just give up on what we discussed earlier?" Lu Sui looked aggrieved. "You don't know, Mu Qing and Ya Yue are incompatible. They have been arguing in front of me. I can't escape even if I want to."

"Then I'll tell you something."

"You said."

Yuan Buwei moved closer to Lu Sui and whispered in his ear that Master Mu wanted to arrange a marriage for Mu Qing.

"really?"

"Master Mu hasn't come back yet. I'll go check with him tomorrow." Yuan Buwei pinched Lu Sui's arm, "Just bear with it for a few more days."

Lu Sui thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, but you still have to sleep in the same room with me at night. I'm afraid they will sneak in."

"understood."

Night falls.

Yayue was standing in the yard. When she saw the light in the young marquis' room go out for a moment, she clenched her hands.

If she saw correctly, the young lady never came out after she went in.

"Humph."

At this time, a sneer came from behind. Yayue turned around and saw Mu Qing standing at the door of the opposite room: "A toad wants to eat swan meat."

Mu Qing's voice was not very loud, but it was just loud enough for Yayue to hear.

"Deputy General Mu, you are right. I am indeed a toad, but I just want to stay by General Lu's side and take care of him until he recovers. I am not like you who has tried every possible means to marry the young marquis." Facing Mu Qing who was full of hostility towards her, Ya Yue did not need to look at her in a good light. Maybe if she forbeared and gave in, it would only encourage her arrogance. "A woman with such deep scheming like you is not worthy of the young marquis at all."

"Who told you?" Mu Qing glared.

"Any servant in the Marquis Wanning's mansion will know these things. I will find out once I ask." Yayue smiled slightly.

But in Mu Qing's opinion, the smile on Yayue's face was a provocation: "I don't care who you are, if you dare to harm the young marquis, I will immediately cut you into pieces."

"Deputy General Mu, you have followed the young marquis for so many years, can't you see that the person the young marquis really cares about now is the young lady? But you are so good that you have offended the young lady completely. In the future, you can really marry the young marquis as a concubine..." Yayue deliberately put the emphasis on the word "concubine", "The young lady will always be superior to you."

"Impossible, I, Mu Qing, will never be a concubine."

Ya Yue heard what Mu Qing blurted out and thought she had misheard. The next second she laughed: "Deputy General Mu, you are quite ambitious."

"Don't act so pretentiously in front of me. I will go to the young marquis tomorrow and expose your true colors." Mu Qing stretched out a finger and placed it on Yayue's face, warning her seriously, "You'd better keep your tail between your legs. If you show even a little bit, I will make you disappear."

Done.

She turned and went into the room, slamming the door shut.

Yayue stood in the yard for a while before slowly returning to the room, staring at the candlelight, not knowing what trick she was planning.

In this way, Mu Qing and Ya Yue lived under the same roof, and in order to win Lu Sui's favor, they tried their best.