The peerless and dark princess

Madam Mu Jiang was stunned when she heard this, not knowing how to respond. Logically, since Qiao Yan was a second wife, this made sense, but in front of so many people...

Seeing this, Mu Heng spoke up, "Wange, stop making trouble. Ask Daddy to send your mother back to her room, and we can go there privately."

"Father~"

Mu Wange's eyes suddenly welled up, and her pitiful expression was heartbreaking (yeah, I have to give her an Oscar). "My mother, Chu Wanran, just completed her three-year mourning period yesterday, and only Haolin and I visited her grave, but you haven't been in two years. Now, you've married someone new, so how can I not feel bad? I hope someone will take care of you, but I also remember when mother was alive... so, this is just a small wish..."

"Yes, it's only been three years since the original wife passed away, and Minister Mu has already married a new wife. Poor Miss Mu..."

"That's right. Once this new wife gives birth to a child, there won't be room for them and their brother..."

The people around them felt distressed when they heard Mu Wange's slightly sad voice, and some even felt the same way, "After my great cousin remarried, the children of his first wife were pitiful..."

For the first time, Madam Mu Jiang felt that Mu Wange didn't care much about the Shangshu Mansion's reputation, but she couldn't tell Mu Wange to stop talking about these things in front of everyone. Madam Mu seemed to have forgotten that Mu Heng's initial success as Shangshu depended on Chu Wanran, who in turn relied on the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Without Chu Lianyao's guidance and covert support, how could Mu Heng have climbed to the Shangshu position so quickly? It would have taken at least another five to ten years, and if not, he might never have made it.

"Sir, can I say something?"

Just when Mu Heng and Old Madam Mu were feeling awkward, Qiao Yan's soft and weak voice came from under the veil.

"Yan'er, go ahead."

"As the wife who came in later, I should naturally pay my respects to the late wife. However, it's my turn at Qiao Yan's wedding banquet, and Miss is being a bit overbearing. Could you please allow me to pay my respects tomorrow?"

At this moment, Shen Xinyue, Mu Ruohan and Mu Yucheng were hoping that Mu Wange would make more trouble. The uglier the situation became, the more Qiao Yan would hate Mu Wange. They just wanted to benefit from it.

Moreover, if such a wedding banquet is not good-looking, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of this new lady? At this moment, Shen Xinyue couldn't help but want to laugh a few times.

"Wangge isn't being pushy. Yesterday, my mother was only three years old, and today my father married you. This shows how much he likes you. He couldn't wait to marry you off. There will be no place for Lin'er and me in the future..."

"Yeah, this Mu Heng is really unkind. Chu Wanran has only been here for three years, and on the second day... cough, cough..."

"Hmm, no wonder the second son of the Chu family looked so angry today. It turns out..."

"Mu Heng was able to ascend to the position of Shangshu so quickly because of the support of Prince Yan's Mansion..."

Everyone was whispering on the side, but some of the noises still reached Mu Heng's ears. Mu Heng was immediately furious, but he had to endure it at this moment. After all, as the head of the Shangshu Mansion and an official in the court, he still had to have some dignity.

Mu Heng secretly felt lucky that Prince Chen Yunjie did not come, otherwise it would have left a bad impression on him.

"Elegy, it's my father's fault, and now this..."

"Wange, your father's marriage was indeed a bit hasty this time. It's your grandmother and your father's fault for not considering your feelings." Old Madam Mu had no choice but to speak up. "At that time, we were thinking... tomorrow, after your mother came to my yard..."

Seeing this, Mu Wange also restrained herself. After all, Old Madam Mu was quite nice to the original owner and Mu Haolin. However, if the new person was not Qiao Yan, but someone else and gave birth to a child, whether she would still treat them as before remains to be seen.

"Grandma, alright." Mu Wange said with a look of grievance and unwillingness, "I'll take Lin'er back to Tingxue Garden right away."

After Mu Wange caused trouble, she pretended to be aggrieved and left the banquet hall. Everyone looked at the brother and sister. Their backs seemed a little lonely, but no one dared to say anything. They were afraid that Mu Heng had heard their previous discussion. Now that the main person had left, they couldn't say anything more, otherwise they would be hated by others. After all, this was Mu Heng...

Mu Heng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Mu Wange and her brother leave, and then followed the bridesmaid to send Qiao Yan into the bridal chamber. Caiyu was very interested in seeing Mu Wange like this. Caiyu knew that Mu Wange was the Miss Mu mentioned by Zuo Qi and Xiao Jiu.

After the maids from the Shangshu Mansion left the bridal chamber, Qiao Yan couldn't wait to lift the red veil and asked, "Caiyu, what did you say happened to Miss Mu just now?"

"Madam, maybe she doesn't like you. You'd better be careful, Miss. This Miss..."

Caiyu winked at Qiao Yan while she was talking, indicating that someone outside was listening.

Qiao Yan has become much more sensitive now, which is of course the result of Caiyu's surprise teaching yesterday. Although Qiao Yan has a desire for revenge, she was not brought up in a big family after all, and she does not know enough about places like the backyard. Besides, Mrs. Qiao does not want her to take revenge, and the backyard of the Qiao Mansion is very clean, so Qiao Yan has no idea about the darkness of the backyard.

"This young lady doesn't even give me face. Seriously? I'm her mother in name only. Humph, wait until I give birth to a child and see how arrogant she is..."

Caiyu was listening to the noises of people outside. When she heard the footsteps of the two people going away, she changed her cautious attitude and sat down at the table beside her. She took some peanuts, peeled them and started eating.

"gone?"

"Well, they left. They probably went back to tell their master."

"Well, but," Qiao Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and followed Qiao Yan to grab a handful of peanuts on the quilt and eat them, "What do you think Miss Mu meant?"

"I really don't know how you plan to get revenge," Caiyu shook her head. "You don't even understand such a simple meaning. You let others think she doesn't like you!"

"..."

Qiao Yan was silent for a while, and then she realized that she was now in the Shangshu Mansion and had taken the first step on the road to revenge.

"master!!"

When Caiyu heard this, she quickly covered Qiao Yan with the veil, pretending to be a weak maid and hiding the sharpness in her eyes.

"Greetings, Master!!"

"This is??"

"Oh, Madam is a little hungry, so I peeled some peanuts for you."

"Oh, then go down."

Caiyu's eyes flashed, and she put the pill into the wedding wine that the maid had just poured with her fingertips. She left without looking back, thinking that she would secretly look for Xiaojiu later. All this was not discovered by Mu Heng.