The peerless and dark princess

Seeing that Chu Moxuan was not in a good mood to play, Mu Wange called Chu Liyin and Mu Haolin back. It happened that her grandmother Lu Yisan and the others had finished worshipping Buddha and were preparing to return to Prince Yan's Mansion.

Chu Moxuan couldn't hold back when she saw her mother and aunt, so she pulled Mu Wange onto the carriage of her mother Yu Yan'er and aunt Huang Qinya, and asked her younger brother Li Yin to bring her cousin Mu Haolin to accompany her grandmother.

Chu Liyin had become more familiar with Mu Haolin after playing with him, and was very happy to be with him. Mu Wange saw that Mu Haolin and Chu Liyin were having a great time playing together and didn't look uneasy, so she followed him, and she felt more at ease with her grandmother by her side.

Chu Moxuan glanced at Mu Wange and said, "Mother, can I not go to the Hundred Flowers Banquet in the palace?"

"Xuan'er, this is organized by the Empress Dowager. Your brothers are all studying in the academy, so there is no way for you to refuse. In the early years, you were young and you could have just not gone. Now you are almost coming of age, coming of age?!" In an instant, Yu Yan'er immediately understood why the Empress Dowager wanted to hold this Hundred Flowers Banquet.

"Xuan'er, how do you understand the reason?"

Huang Qinya gently pulled Chu Moxuan's hand and asked gently.

"It was Wange who said that now that the princes have reached adulthood, there's a vague feeling that... Prince Yan's Mansion will be the first to bear the brunt of the impact..."

Yu Yan'er and Huang Qinya were deeply surprised. Wange had become much wiser after losing his memories. It wasn't a big deal for them both to see clearly; Wange's ability to see the situation clearly was truly remarkable. No matter how surprised they were by Mu Wange's change, they didn't show it on their faces.

"Mother knows, but your father and second uncle are officials in the court. The harem and the court are intertwined. Even if the queen is plotting openly, we are still subjects after all. I'm afraid..."

Yu Yan'er held Chu Moxuan in her arms and explained softly that she also wanted her daughter to stay away from all this and find a reliable man to accompany her for life. The Prince of Yan's Mansion was powerful, but it was not as powerful as heaven.

If the king wants his subject to die, the subject must die. If it is the queen's decree, the subject cannot disobey it.

"Ge'er, it's thanks to you that you reminded Xuan'er. Li Yin always skips school and takes Xuan'er out. Luckily, he wasn't caught by someone with ulterior motives. Otherwise, what would we do?"

Huang Qinya took Mu Wange's hand and patted it gently, sincerely thanking her. If something really happened while Chu Liyin was out with Chu Moxuan, how would she and her husband, Chu Lianyue, face their family? Although she was overthinking it, the royal family had plenty of ways to harm people.

"Second aunt, you are all Lin'er and I's family. Besides, my eldest aunt must have thought of all this a long time ago. The elegy is just superfluous."

"song?"

Huang Qinya wanted to say, weren't you obsessed with the second prince Chen Yunfeng before, and now... But when she saw Wange's expression, she swallowed her words.

"Second aunt, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just feel that Ge'er, you have changed a lot compared to before."

"Really? Maybe I'm a little older and more mature now."

When Mu Wange heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought that his second aunt Huang Qinya had seen something, so he answered without showing it on his face.

Although Chu Moxuan was thinking about that matter, she stayed with her mother Yu Yan'er for a while and then sat aside chattering about other things. Now that she had told her mother about the matter, she felt much better. Therefore, she was a little shy about her pretentiousness and pampering just now. In her eyes, those were only the behaviors of girls in the boudoir.

In the other carriage, Mu Haolin and Chu Liyin were so tired from playing that they fell asleep, while Chu Liyin was also dozing off silently and nodding from time to time.

Lu Yisan looked at her grandson's appearance, and asked the maid to let Chu Liyin rest his head on her legs while he slept.

After a day out, everyone was a little tired, so when they returned to Prince Yan's Mansion, they went back to their rooms to wash up.

Besides Yu Yan'er, she immediately called her husband Chu Lianyao to tell him about Chu Moxuan and the Chu family's situation. Yu Yan'er was really a little panicked. Although she tried to comfort Chu Moxuan in the carriage, she was also unsure because it was the royal family, and it was also the military power that the princes had to fight for the throne. After thinking it over, she immediately called Chu Lianyao.

"Ayan, what's the matter that requires you to come here so urgently?" Chu Lianyao asked anxiously before he even sat down in his room, because the servant said that his wife wanted to see him for something urgent.

"Our Xuan'er's matter."

"What could possibly happen to Xuan'er? She acts like a little girl. Did she cause trouble? Even though our Xuan'er doesn't look like a girl, at least she won't cause trouble."

"She didn't cause any trouble. In a few days, the Empress will personally oversee the Hundred Flowers Banquet. I'm afraid it will be to select concubines for the other princes, or rather, for the Second Prince. But don't forget that our Chu family of the Prince of Yan's Mansion holds half of the remaining one-third of the military power in Dali, excluding His Majesty and the royal family. Our Xuan'er is about to come of age, and the princes will definitely be vying for her marriage. What do you think..."

When Chu Lianyao heard what his wife said, he understood the situation of the Chu family and his daughter's marriage. No wonder Yu Yan'er was anxious.

However, the Hundred Flowers Banquet was always attended by female relatives. Moreover, if the Queen arranged for Mo Xuan to marry the Second Prince, he couldn't disobey her order. What if his daughter got sick? What if the Queen ordered the imperial physician to leave the palace for treatment, or directly sent his daughter to the palace for treatment...

No, no, I have to discuss this with my father immediately.

"Ayan, I should talk to Father and Mother about this, and you and your sister-in-law should also think about what to do. I'm a little confused right now and can't think of any good way to help us avoid this."

"Okay, then Ayao, you should tell Dad and Mom right away. My sister-in-law will know today, and we sisters-in-law will definitely discuss it."

After Chu Lianyao left in a hurry, Yu Yan'er called the maid to prepare water for washing. She knew that she had to wash up as soon as possible because her parents-in-law would come to her and her sister-in-law to ask about this matter.

Only then did Yu Yan'er realize that her hands were slightly sweaty. Even though she had experienced separation from her husband and worried about his safety during the war, she was still a little worried about her daughter's marriage and afraid that it would be difficult for the royal family to handle it, as her daughter was the only woman in the Chu family.

Men in the Chu family never take concubines, and this has been the case for generations, even if the woman they marry is infertile. That's why Old Man Chu didn't agree with Chu Wanran marrying Mu Heng, because Chu Tianxiong and his wife felt that there was calculation in Mu Heng's eyes, but they couldn't persuade Chu Wanran.

Old Master Chu still doesn't understand why his daughter is so determined to marry Mu Heng. You know, Chu Wanran was very close to the King of Yue in the past, and it can be said that they were a perfect match made in heaven.

At this moment, Yu Yan'er's mind was in a mess, but she couldn't calm down. She hurriedly took a shower and drank tea for a long time before she slowly calmed down.

"Sister-in-law, are you okay? I'm coming in right now."

Huang Qinya came to Chu Lianyao and Yu Yan'er's yard quietly and called out softly.

"Qinya, come in."

Yu Yan'er was a little restless just now, so she asked the maid in the yard to go out so that she could be quiet for a while.

"I just saw my eldest brother hurriedly leaving in the corridor. He told me that he was worried that you would miss me too much and couldn't calm down, so he asked me to come and keep you company."