The delicate cannon fodder is stunning, saving the male supporting role but getting teased instead

Mu Wanying tidied herself up, looked happy, and hurried to the outer room. Sure enough, she saw the eunuch beside the emperor waiting there with the imperial edict in his hand.

Mu Wanying smiled and said politely, "What brings you here?"

The eunuch knew the contents of the imperial edict, and knew that Mu Wanying was about to die, so he didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and said, "Your Majesty, please accept the edict quickly. The Emperor is waiting."

Upon hearing this, Mu Wanying quickly knelt down with the palace maids, feeling very excited. Her position was now one of the four concubines. If she was promoted further, she would become a noble concubine or even a queen.

"It is God's destiny, the emperor decreed:

Since ancient times, both within and outside the palace, all should adhere to the principles of benevolence, valuing harmony and treating one another with courtesy. However, I recently heard that Concubine Mu, relying on her favor, has become so arrogant that she has even whipped the wife of a minister. Such behavior is truly perverse, contrary to the will of heaven, cruel and ruthless, contrary to the virtues of women, and greatly damages the prestige of our dynasty.

I personally attend to state affairs, care deeply about the country, and treat my subjects like my own children. How could I allow such brutality to prevail? I hereby decree that, effective immediately, Concubine Mu be banished to the cold palace and confined to reflect on her mistakes as a warning to others, hoping she will reflect on her mistakes and regain her compassion. Furthermore, according to the law, she will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane as a warning to others, alerting them to the difference between right and wrong.

After hearing the imperial edict, Mu Wanying collapsed to the ground. She looked embarrassed and shouted madly, "Impossible! I am the sister of General Dingyuan! The emperor can't do this to me. That woman is just a plaything! Why? Why? I want to see the general, I want to see the emperor! Impossible! Impossible!" She fell heavily from the sky to the ground in an instant, even falling into hell. How could she not collapse?

But the eunuch ignored him and gave his helpers a look. Immediately, the surrounding palace servants filed forward and restrained Mu Wanying. The chief eunuch pressed the imperial edict into her hands and said, "Your Majesty, oh no, Miss Liu, accept this order. I heard that General Mu has expelled you from the Mu family. From now on, you must be called Miss Liu." Liu was the surname of Mu Wanying's biological father.

Hearing this, Mu Wanying suddenly raised her head and looked at the eunuch in disbelief. She shook her head repeatedly and said in disbelief, "Impossible, impossible, I am the second daughter of the general's mansion! I am the second daughter of the general's mansion! Mu Yunzhou can't be so heartless."

The head eunuch looked at Mu Wanying with sarcasm. In fact, he had always disliked this Concubine Mu. She relied on the general to bully the palace, always pretending to be a good person even when she did bad things. The head eunuch had followed the emperor and the general since he was a child. The general's gentle and polite character was ruined by Mu Wanying, so he hated Mu Wanying and wanted her to be rejected.

The head eunuch winked at the people behind him, who were here specifically to carry out the caning. They dragged Mu Wanying onto a wooden bench and beat her mercilessly with the sticks, making a dull sound as they hit her flesh.

Mu Wanying was beaten so badly that she cried out for help. She kept calling Mu Yunzhou's name, hoping that he would save her.

Suddenly, the caning stopped abruptly. A pair of boots appeared in Mu Wanying's sight. She raised her head with great effort and was surprised to find that the person coming was Mu Yunzhou. So she hurriedly shouted for help: "Brother, Yunzhou, please help me, save me, these people are trying to harm me!"

Then, the only response she got was Mu Yunzhou's cold gaze. He looked at Mu Wanying without any heartache. Thinking of Wenrou's appearance, he felt relieved. He said coldly: "I promised Wenrou that I would make you want to live but not die."

Mu Wanying was stunned, a huge fear spreading in her heart. If Mu Yunzhou had done all this for that woman, then she was truly finished. She had relied on the Mu family and Mu Yunzhou until now. Even in the Mu family, it was because Mu Yunzhou treated her like a sister that others recognized her. Thinking of this, Mu Wanying burst into tears, not caring about anything else, and kept begging for mercy and apologizing: "I was wrong, brother, I was wrong. I apologize to her! I really didn't know you liked her so much."

Mu Yunzhou said nothing more, but instead gave the caning officers a wink, and they continued. Mu Yunzhou stood by, witnessing Mu Wanying's punishment. He would memorize this, reminding himself that a benevolent person loves others, and a wise person protects himself. He would never again be so kind-hearted; he only wanted to protect the one he loved.

Only after Mu Wanying was thrown into the cold palace did Mu Yunzhou return to the General's Mansion. Upon arriving, he was summoned by Madam Mu. Madam Mu had already heard about this serious incident, but she knew her son was angry, so she didn't intervene. Mu Wanying was dispensable to Madam Mu, a temporary playmate out of kindness. If her son hadn't liked her, she would have married her off long ago.

"I heard that you even went to the palace to make a scene because of that skinny horse?" Madam Mu asked her son with a cold face.

Mu Yunzhou felt unhappy when he heard Madam Mu still calling Wenrou a skinny horse. He said carefully, "Mother, she is not a skinny horse. She is the daughter of Wen Yun, the richest man in Jiangnan. Her talent is even more outstanding than many officials in the court. Moreover, when Wenrou's injury heals, I will marry her. In the future, she will be the wife of General Dingyuan. Please be careful with your words."

Madam Mu was furious when she heard this. She was already angry that her son had made such a fuss over a woman, but she didn't expect Mu Yunzhou to marry that lowly woman. So Madam Mu threw the teacup at Mu Yunzhou's feet and said angrily, "What Wen family? The Wen family has been confiscated! I brought her back from the brothel! As long as I'm in the Mu family, she can't even think of entering!"

Mu Yunzhou remained unmoved. When he had the idea of marrying Wenrou, he was already prepared to face everything that was happening now. So he said firmly, "If mother doesn't want me to marry her, I will never marry again. I will always keep Wenrou by my side. It's the same as having a harmonious relationship with her."

"You!" Madam Mu was so angry when she heard this that she wanted to cover her chest and pretend to be sick, but she was in very good health and no one would believe her. Madam Mu couldn't help but hate General Mu. After General Mu retired from the army, he went back to his hometown and threw the responsibility of the general's mansion to Mu Yunzhou and Madam Mu. In the past, Mu Yunzhou was obedient and Madam Mu could control him at will. But now that the child was rebellious, Madam Mu was at her wit's end. After all, Mu Yunzhou still had the final say in the general's mansion.

Mu Yunzhou knelt there, and it seemed that he would not get up unless Madam Mu agreed.

Madam Mu was panting heavily, unwilling to speak. Seeing this, the nanny beside her whispered, "Madam, you're mistaken. You used to worry about the young master not marrying or having children. Now that he wants to marry, that's a good thing. As for the question of status, I don't think it's a problem either. Look at Mu Wanying, the daughter of a mere fourth-rank local official, who became a general's daughter just because she had a past with the master."