The peerless and dark princess

"Wange, you don't know that my family is having a headache choosing wives for my eldest and second brothers." Chu Moxuan was about to talk about her two brothers' marriages, but she didn't expect to be hit on the head by her own brother. "Ouch, it hurts, brother, why are you hitting my head?"

Mu Wange understood the thoughts of her grandmother and two aunts. The marriages of the two brothers from the Prince of Yan's Mansion were extremely difficult to arrange. If their family backgrounds were low, it wouldn't work. After all, as a princely mansion, they couldn't choose girls from humble backgrounds. If their family backgrounds were high, the only options left were princesses or girls from the royal family. But how could the royal family choose their own? Only the emperor could grant the marriage, and how could the royal family...

"Well, my brother and I came here to check on my cousins. Grandma and mother are the ones who are worried about this matter. Besides, Wange is the same age as you..."

"That's exactly what Big Brother said. Cousin Wange has just come to our house, so let's not talk about our affairs anymore."

"Second brother, what are you talking about? It's nothing serious for us to talk about. Anyway, as eldest brother said, this matter is already taken care of by grandmother and aunt, so I'll just listen to the elegy."

Chu Lixiu and Chu Lixiao's hearts weren't as calm as they appeared. Wange had called them 'eldest brother' and 'second brother'. Even three or four years ago, when Aunt Chu Wanran was still alive, she had only distantly called them cousins. But what was happening now? Chu Lixiao and Chu Lixiu planned to investigate Wange's recent stay in the Shangshu Mansion later.

"You, stay at home these few days, accompany Wangge and your little cousin, and don't go out again."

"Brother, I will definitely accompany Wangge when she is at our house. Besides, I am the only one at home, so that's why I went out."

"Hey, big brother, we're here to see Wange and my little cousin." Chu Lixiao saw that Chu Lixiu and Chu Moxuan were about to act like they were in the past, so he quickly interrupted their conversation, "Wange, where's my little cousin?"

"He is playing in the house with his brother Liyin."

"My elder brother and I just returned from the academy. We came to see you, Wange, and cousin Lin'er empty-handed. We'll make up for it later."

"Brother, you're going to spoil Lin'er and me. My two aunts and grandmother already packed a ton of goodies for us this afternoon. I'm afraid they've emptied the entire storehouse."

Mu Wange teased, lightening the mood a bit. She could sense something was amiss with the two. The original owner's memories of them weren't very good, so she couldn't quite pinpoint how she'd treated them. But since it was her turn now, she naturally had to get along with them. After all, the entire Prince Yan's Mansion treated them well.

"Lin'er? Is that my little cousin's name? Wange, don't blame me for not knowing my little cousin's name."

It wasn't Chu Lixiao's fault for not knowing that Wange's younger brother was called Mu Haolin. Back then, when Chu Wanran died in childbirth, everyone in Prince Yan's mansion was grief-stricken. Once everyone had calmed down, the original owner stopped seeing them. Later, Chu Lixiao and his brother didn't dare mention the matter, so they didn't know their little cousin's name.

Mu Wange and Chu Lixiu were chatting as they walked across the yard to the house. In the corridor of the house, they met Chu Liyin who was chasing the little boy Mu Haolin. Chu Lixiu was so scared that he stopped him directly.

"Brother?" Chu Liyin was being pulled by Chu Lixiao, so she only saw Chu Lixiao and Chu Lixiu. "Are you and big brother back? Aren't you playing with Lin'er? Let me go!"

"Little cousin, come and chase me!"

This afternoon, Chu Liyin successfully made Mu Haolin accept him and play with him, so Mu Wange let his two younger brothers play in front of the house.

When the Chu Lixiu brothers saw the soft and adorable Mu Haolin sticking his head out of the door, they immediately sighed in their hearts: The entire Dali Dynasty knew that their Chu family was beautiful, but Mu Wange and Mu Haolin before them were even better. They were surprised that the people outside were blind...

"Xiao Lin'er, I'm the eldest brother."

Chu Lixiu wanted to touch Mu Haolin's eyebrows with trembling hands. After all, his eyes were exactly the same as his aunt's. He was the only one among them who was raised by his aunt, although he didn't remember it at that time.

When Mu Haolin heard the word "big brother", his originally cheerful face turned pale in an instant. He also stepped back a little and stopped talking.

Seeing Mu Haolin like this, Mu Wange quickly picked him up and asked, "What happened to Lin'er?"

"Big sister, don't you want Lin'er anymore?"

"How could that be? Sister likes Lin'er the most. Then Lin'er, tell me, why do you feel that Sister doesn't want me?"

"Big brother, big brother said that big sister doesn't like Lin'er because Lin'er killed mother."

"Big brother?" Wange's heart skipped a beat. She knew it was Mu Yucheng who said that, and this was the first time Chu Lixiu had met Mu Haolin. "It's the big brother in our Shangshu Mansion, not this big brother, right, Lin'er?"

Mu Haolin nodded slightly, and when he thought of what Mu Yucheng had said in the yard before, his face turned even paler, fearing that Mu Wange didn't want him anymore.

He spent most of his time with Mu Wange during this period. He gradually fell in love with this sister and was afraid that things would be the same as before.

"Okay, from now on, just call him Brother Lixiu, okay? We don't call him Big Brother. The Big Brother in the mansion is a bad guy, so we ignore him."

Mu Wange patted Mu Haolin's back lightly and spoke slowly, lowering her eyes to hide her sharp gaze.

Chu Lixiu, Chu Lixiao, and Chu Moxuan, who were standing by, felt even more distressed after hearing this. Chu Lixiu and Chu Lixiao glanced at each other, intending to teach Mu Yucheng a lesson. "Yes, yes, yes, just call me Brother Lixiu. Look, this is Brother Lixiao. We all like Lin'er. Lin'er's eldest brother is a bad guy, let's ignore him. Come on, Brother Lixiu will take you to get the gift, okay?"

Mu Haolin buried his head in Mu Wange's shoulder and listened to the gentle voice. The fear seemed to have subsided a lot. He turned his head slightly to look at Chu Lixiu and then turned back to look at Wange, thinking.

Seeing that Mu Haolin looked much better, Mu Wange knew that he was just a little afraid of his elder brother, Mu Yucheng. "Lin'er, Brother Lixiu has prepared a gift for us, Lin'er. Shall we go and take a look together?"

Mu Wange had originally intended to get along well with Chu Lixiu and the others, and now that Mu Haolin wasn't so resistant, she naturally wanted him to get along with them...

Mu Haolin was curious about Chu Lixiu's gift, but he was also afraid of these two strange brothers. "Is this for Lin'er?"

In the past at the Shangshu Mansion, Mu Haolin had never received any gifts brought home by Mu Heng, but fortunately the old lady protected him.

"Yes, it's a gift from Brother Lixiu and Brother Lixiao to Lin'er."

"Then sister, come with me."

Mu Haolin pursed his lips, but he couldn't resist his curiosity about the gift, so he held Mu Wange's clothes tightly.

"Okay, I'll go with Lin'er to see what gifts Brother Lixiu and Brother Lixiao have prepared for her. If she doesn't like it, we can tell her aunt. What do you think, Lin'er?"

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On their way to Chu Lixiu's courtyard, Mu Wange spoke gently to Mu Haolin, not wanting him to think of that bastard Mu Yucheng. Chu Lixiu and the others (except Chu Liyin) suppressed their anger and heartache.

It has been more than three years, and their aunt's child turned out to be... Chu Lixiao clenched his fingers tightly, fearing that he would not be able to help but scare Mu Wange and Mu Haolin, the brother and sister. They were already so pitiful and he couldn't scare them anymore.

Mu Yucheng, his brothers will never let him off easily...