Destroy the scumbag husband, beat the bitch, the reborn legitimate daughter overturns the entire cap

Mu Chang'an glared angrily at the beautiful and delicate Aunt Song in front of him, and a nameless fire quickly ignited in his heart!

He never really liked this concubine. If his mother hadn't forced her into the family, why would he have taken her in? As the saying goes, one should not refuse a gift from an elder. Mu Chang'an had never mistreated her because she was chosen by his mother. He never expected that this woman would have the audacity to plot against his own daughter!

"Butler, has the interrogation yielded any results?"

The steward, who was already waiting in the corridor, entered the room after hearing the master's announcement. "Reporting to the master," he said, "these are the testimonies of several matrons in the kitchen. According to the rules, they are interrogated separately. Two of the matrons and three maids had previously received favors from Concubine Song. The one who put the medicine with polygala in it was the deputy head of the kitchen. And the one who added the medicine today was the maid in charge of decocting it. Now, all of them are tied up and awaiting the master's judgment."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Song could not bear it any longer and fainted immediately.

Mu Chang'an glanced at the person on the ground with some disgust and directly ordered, "Aunt Song has been convicted of murdering the eldest young lady. The evidence is conclusive. Drag her away and give her twenty strokes of the cane. From now on, she is confined to the Plum Garden. She is not allowed to leave the courtyard again. All her monthly allowances will be halved. She will only have two people serving her. The rest will all be sold off. The second young lady is also not allowed to approach the Plum Garden again, otherwise she will also be confined."

"Yes, sir."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xinyao froze on the spot. Even after Mu Chang'an ordered someone to take her away, she didn't utter a single cry or shout, remaining somewhat dazed.

Madam Li was taken aback, not expecting Mu Chang'an to directly forbid Aunt Song from seeing her two children. It seemed that the master truly cherished Anuan; otherwise, he wouldn't have disregarded his mother's feelings and punished her so severely.

Moreover, dealing with the concubines and servants in the backyard was something she, as the mistress, should have done, but he did it personally. This was to show the old lady his attitude and, at the same time, to take all the old lady's dissatisfaction upon himself, so as to prevent his mother from taking her anger out on him!

Just as the old lady was about to plead for mercy, she turned her head and met the old master's cold and stern gaze. She immediately shrank back in fright and dared not utter a sound.

"Haven't these household affairs always been managed by the daughter-in-law? When did they end up in the hands of this lowly concubine? This is utterly absurd!"

The old master's words were like cold, icy blades, piercing straight into the old lady's heart! With a single word, "lowly concubine," this Song Yiniang was effectively condemned to be nothing more than a lowly concubine by Mu Chang'an's side, forever stripped of the prestige of a virtuous concubine. It must be understood that although both are concubines, the difference between a virtuous concubine and a lowly concubine is vast! A lowly concubine doesn't even have the right to her own courtyard. She's only slightly higher than a maidservant.

Hearing the old man's last words spoken so harshly, the old lady's hand trembled slightly. She gritted her teeth and remained silent.

Seeing that it was about time, Li returned to the inner room to visit Anuan.

The voices outside weren't quiet, so the people inside naturally heard them clearly. Mu Xin Nuan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing about the punishment for Aunt Song; at least for the time being, Aunt Song wouldn't be able to cause trouble again! However, there were still half a month until the day her younger brother drowned in her previous life. She wondered if, after this incident, without any capable people by her side, Aunt Song would dare to scheme against Ah Xuan again.

The thought of lying there without hearing Mu Xinyao cry made Mu Xinnuan feel uneasy! Mu Xinyao was extremely cunning and good at disguising herself. The fact that she didn't cry today probably meant that she hated her and her mother to the core.

"Anuan, does your heart still hurt?"

Mu Xin Nuan snapped out of her daze and saw the heartache in Zhao Zi He's eyes, which she understood immediately.

She had always known Zhao Zihe's feelings for her. It was just that she was foolish in her past life, only thinking of that treacherous wolf, and in the end, she even caused the death of Zhao Zihe, whom she had always regarded as an older brother!

Now that she saw Zhao Zihe standing alive and well in front of her, she was naturally overjoyed!

"It doesn't hurt anymore, thank you, Brother Zihe." She said it didn't hurt, but seeing the occasional twitch of her lips, she knew she was only saying that to reassure Mu Qingxuan.

"Anuan, it's all my fault for making you suffer. I will never give those vile people another chance. They actually tried to harm my Anuan!" As soon as Li Shi came in, her eyes reddened again when she saw her daughter's pale face.

"Don't worry, Auntie, little sister Nuan will be alright soon."

"Thank you so much, Zihe. If your father hadn't happened to be here today, I'm afraid..." As Li Shi spoke, tears fell again.

The punishment of Concubine Song caused a huge uproar throughout the Mu family!

Before Aunt Song took control of the kitchen, she treated the servants very kindly and rarely scolded or beat them. As a result, she had a good reputation in the mansion. In addition, the old lady was her aunt and often showed her favoritism. Therefore, the servants in the mansion treated her with respect.

But now that the master has given the order, Concubine Song has immediately become a drowning dog, hated by everyone!

All the servants who had previously worked in Concubine Song's courtyard were driven out of the mansion by the steward and sold off. Only two previously unfavored third-class maids and an old woman remained in the plum garden to take care of Concubine Song.

The master didn't specify which two people to keep, but the steward naturally understood his meaning. How could he possibly leave two trustworthy servants for her to do? Besides, the crime of plotting against the eldest daughter of the family would accompany Concubine Song for the rest of her life, and even after her death, this crime would still be indelible!

In the Great Yong Dynasty, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children has always been clear. No one would even look at a lowly concubine who dares to plot against the eldest legitimate daughter!

Therefore, Concubine Song is completely finished! Already unfavored, now burdened with such a terrible reputation, even the Old Madam would no longer be willing to defend her. In the eyes of the steward and others, the fact that the Master didn't beat Concubine Song to death or expel her from the mansion was already a great favor to the Old Madam and the Song family!

The next day, Mu Xin Nuan looked much better, but Granny Yu said with heartache, "Miss, there are plenty of ways to deal with that Aunt Song, why did you have to do this?"

“You don’t understand!” Mu Xin Nuan shook her head. “If it weren’t for that, how could Father have been so cruel to her? Don’t forget, Father is a filial son. Although he can’t be said to be completely obedient to the old lady, he is close to it. If Aunt Song had only made a small mistake, I’m afraid Father wouldn’t have had the determination to punish her.”

Mu Xin Nuan sighed softly, "This time, for my sake, it can be said that this is the first time that Father has disobeyed his mother."