Harem Daily Life

The father and his two sons changed positions, moved closer to Mu Yu and the Queen Mother, and started fishing again.

Tao Yanyan looked at He Linzhang's solemn expression and felt like laughing.

"Mother, hurry, hurry, the rod is moving!" He Yue exclaimed. Before Tao Yanyan could react, Jin'an took the fishing rod from her hand and caught a fish weighing more than two kilograms onto the shore.

"Wow, we caught it! We caught it!" He Yue was very excited. She grabbed the fish and put it into the wooden barrel.

Yunuo frowned and looked at He Linzhang: "Mother and the others have found Yu's home, but Father hasn't yet."

Yu Cheng pouted: "How about changing places?"

The troops were divided into three groups, and they gained nothing along the way.

He Linzhang cleared his throat and said, "Fish swim around. They might have already swam towards us. Just be patient."

The twins had no choice but to sit down and wait quietly, staring at the lake without blinking.

When Shu Cairen came over, she saw His Majesty with the twins, the Queen Mother and Mu Yu with the fifth prince, and Queen Tao with several other children sitting in different places fishing.

She straightened her clothes and walked straight to He Linzhang: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." When the father and his two sons heard the voice, they all looked at Shu Cairen, then turned their heads in unison and continued to stare at the lake.

Feeling ignored, Shu Cairen bit her lip and said, "Your Majesty, your forehead is sweating. Let me wipe it for you."

As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief and went forward to wipe the sweat off He Linzhang's face.

He Linzhang was extremely annoyed. He was clearly upset because of the lack of harvest, but he didn't expect Shu Cairen to bother him. He instantly lost his temper: "If you have nothing to do, go back and rest. I have to go fishing for the twins and have no time to see you."

Shu Cairen's face was burning with anger, and she was sad because of He Linzhang's ruthless rejection.

Her eyes instantly turned red. She stood beside He Linzhang without moving, looking at him with a resentful expression.

"It's moving, there's a fish on the hook!" Yu Cheng shouted excitedly.

He Linzhang hurriedly reeled in his fishing rod, and a fish weighing more than a pound floated to the surface along with the fishing line.

The fish came ashore, and the two children rushed to catch it, but Yunuo suddenly lost her balance and fell to the ground. He Linzhang had no choice but to drop his fishing rod to help his daughter, and the fish slipped out of Yucheng's arms and back into the water, quickly disappearing.

"Wow, wow, wow, the fish is gone..." Yunuo cried sadly as he watched the fish he had caught with great difficulty run away.

He Linzhang picked up Yunuo and said, "If you run away, we can fish again. But you, did you get hurt anywhere?"

Tao Yanyan and the others quickly gathered around after hearing the crying. Before they even got close, they heard Yunuo say, "Shu Cairen tripped me, and my knee hurts."

He Linzhang looked at Shu Cairen coldly: "What exactly are you going to do? Why are you attacking a child?"

Shu Cairen naturally cried out in injustice: "I didn't do that. It was the Fifth Princess who wronged me!"

Tao Yanyan did not see Shu Cairen kick Yunuo, but based on her understanding of Yunuo, she knew that Yunuo would not lie.

She stepped forward, held Yunuo in her arms, and softly comforted him, "Mother, blow on Nuo'er and see where it hurts."

Yunuo hugged Tao Yanyan's neck obediently and let Tao Yanyan see.

Finding it was just a little red and not scratched, Tao Yanyan said, "It's not a serious injury, it will heal in a while." She looked at Shu Cairen who was standing beside her and said, "I think Shu Cairen's mistake was unintentional, so I won't bother with her. You can leave first."

Shu Cairen narrowed her eyes, looked at His Majesty, and said, "I was wronged to begin with. The Fifth Princess has falsely accused me. She's so young, yet she's already full of lies. Is this how the Empress, as the Fifth Princess's biological mother, taught her?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone frowned.

"Wow, I didn't lie. It was really Concubine Shu who tripped me, and I lost my balance and fell." Yunuo cried in grievance. She was wronged and her little heart was very sad.

He Linzhang said unhappily, "Mrs. Shu, Nuo'er wouldn't lie. Since Nuo'er's injuries aren't serious, the Queen has already let it go. Is it so difficult for you to make peace with an apology?"

Shu Cairen, however, was certain no one had seen what she had done, and she insisted, "Why should I admit to something I didn't do? Besides, she's just a child, she stumbled and fell, and she's accusing others of tripping her. She's conflating right and wrong. Shouldn't I encourage her to behave this way?"

Tao Yanyan was so angry that she almost laughed. She looked around and wanted to ask if anyone saw what happened, but no one saw it.

At this moment, Mu Yu came over holding He Xiaobao, and the empress dowager followed behind Mu Yu with a dark face.

Mu Yu handed He Xiaobao to Jin'an, looked at the Queen Mother, and said, "Just now, when the Fifth Princess fell, I happened to see her." He looked around at everyone slowly, and finally his eyes fell on Shu Cairen. "Shu Cairen stretched out her right foot, and with a light trip, the Fifth Princess fell to the ground."

Shu Cairen looked at Mu Yu angrily: "Island Master Mu is biased. Even from such a distance, he's still keeping an eye on what's going on here." She glanced at Tao Yanyan: "Why, Island Master Mu wants to climb up the Queen's ladder and slander the concubines for the Queen's daughter? Your Majesty, I still say the same thing. You can't force me to admit to something I didn't do."

The Queen Mother frowned. She had been so focused on the fishing rod and He Xiaobao that she hadn't seen what happened, but she did believe what Mu Yu said. However, seeing Shu Cairen's refusal to admit it, she became a little shaken, thinking that Shu Cairen seemed to have done nothing wrong.

Mu Yu smiled and said, "Why should I please the Queen? I was just telling the truth." He pinched Yunuo's leg and said, "It's common for children to fall and get bumped, but how can a child bear the stigma of being tripped? Your Majesty, I swear as the master of Penglai Island that I did see Shu Cairen trip the Fifth Princess. However, the Queen is magnanimous and will not make a fuss about it. As long as Shu Cairen apologizes to the Fifth Princess in front of everyone, the matter will be over."

How could Shu Cairen possibly go back on her word? She angrily said, "Master Mu, do you take yourself too seriously? You always speak up for the Queen. This bias is too obvious! As far as I know, this should be Master Mu's first time meeting the Queen. How could you be so biased? Could it be..."

Shu Cairen looked Mu Yu up and down, then glanced at Tao Yanyan. Just when everyone thought Shu Cairen had guessed the true relationship between Mu Yu and Empress Tao, Shu Cairen sneered, "Could it be that Master Mu has also been seduced by Empress Tao's beauty and wants to be a flower protector?"

Everyone: "..."

Mu Yu's face flushed red with anger. Just as he was about to lose his temper, Tao Yanyan chuckled, handed Yunuo to He Linzhang, took Mu Yu's arm, and said coquettishly, "Listen, she said this about us, what should we do?"

Mu Yu shuddered. This was the first time his precious daughter was so intimate with him!

Even if this is the Queen Mother's niece, I still have to take the initiative for my precious daughter!

Shu Cairen looked at Mu Yu and Tao Yanyan in disbelief: "You, you, you... Your Majesty, you see, there really is something wrong with them!"