It wasn't for her aunt, Mu Changchun, but simply for her cousin, with whom she could finally have a heart-to-heart talk.
Judging from Mu Xin Nuan's judgment of people, if her aunt's family went back with them today, her aunt would still be unable to escape her miserable life. She had no intention of helping her aunt, after all, she had only met her a few times and they were not close at all, but she genuinely liked this cousin.
In the blink of an eye, an idea came to him.
"Mother, why does this maid's hairpin look so familiar?"
Mu Xin Nuan knew that Liu Mama and Mu Chang Chun had probably been bullied by them for a long time, and were afraid of them from the bottom of their hearts. They certainly wouldn't dare to tell the truth in front of them.
When Li took a closer look, she was so angry she almost fainted! The cold smile on her face made Liu Haiye break out in a cold sweat, unsure of what to do with his hands and feet!
"Well, brother-in-law, we've never considered you an outsider. We only arranged for our sister to marry into your family because we thought you were a scholarly family. But look at you, you've wasted all those years of studying the classics! How many of the things this lowly servant wears and adorns herself weren't gifts from us to our sister?"
Li stood up angrily, took two steps forward, and pointed at He, saying, "Just look at this exquisite jade hairpin in her hair! Is it something a lowly concubine, who started as a maid, should wear? This was clearly a New Year's gift that I personally prepared for my sister last year. How did it end up on her head?"
Mu Chang'an was furious. "Hmph! We thought you were a good person, which is why my father and I entrusted my sister to you. But we never expected that you would favor your concubine over your wife and allow her to run rampant in the mansion! You have utterly disgraced all scholars!"
After Mu Chang'an finished speaking, she seemed unwilling to look at him again, and simply flicked her sleeves and left.
Liu Haiye never expected that he would be so belittled as soon as he entered the front hall of the Mu residence, before he had even paid his respects to the old lady and his father-in-law! He also never expected that the person who would humiliate him so much was the concubine beside him whom he usually doted on!
At this moment, Mu Changchun seemed to be remembering something sad, because he started wiping away tears with a handkerchief.
Liu Tingting was still a child, and when she saw her mother crying, she also started to sob.
Normally, Liu Haiye didn't think that the child Mu Changchun bore for him was any good. But now that he'd entered the Mu residence and looked at his eldest daughter, he couldn't help but see how she was different from how she was at home.
Then it suddenly dawned on me that the clothes were already quite different!
When she was at the Liu residence, when had her daughter ever worn such splendid fabrics? And look at the gold necklace around her neck and the jade bracelet on her wrist—this was nothing like the daughter she usually saw. She was clearly a young lady from a prominent family!
Liu Haiye suddenly realized that he had been blinded by greed and had been so neglectful of his wife and children!
Mu Xin Nuan naturally didn't miss the look of remorse on Liu Haiye's face. However, was this remorse because he genuinely knew he was wrong, or was he simply after his father's promotion and the wealth of the Mu family?
Madam Li sighed softly, "Alright, we won't say anything more. You know very well what kind of life our aunt lived in your Liu household. If you truly repent, then show us what you've got. Instead of bringing a gaudily dressed, lowly concubine to our Mu household to flaunt your power!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan chuckled softly, "Uncle is quite amusing. How could he allow a concubine to take the mistress's things and then openly come to the mistress's family home to apologize? What kind of act is this?"
This time, Liu Haiye really wanted to find a crack in the floor and crawl into it!
I am clearly an elder, yet I was ridiculed by a junior. This is utterly shameful!
Mu Xin Nuan didn't care whether he lost face or not, and directly said to Li Shi, "Mother, Aunt is not fully recovered yet. Let my cousin and I help her back to rest. Don't get angry again, or it will only make things worse."
Madam Li nodded. "That's true. When my sister came, she had caught a cold from the cold. If she hadn't returned in time, I'm afraid she might have..."
As Li spoke, her eyes welled up with tears, and she quickly told the women to go back.
From the moment Li spoke, Mu Changchun never once looked up at Liu Haiye!
Liu Haiye thought to himself, "How can this be? I've finally made it to the capital, how can the Mu family treat me like this? We've only just met, and it's already over?"
Liu Haiye was about to speak again, but Li ignored him and instead glanced coldly at He, saying, "Guards, strip this lowly servant of her clothes!"
Liu Haiye naturally dared not say anything. It was the Liu family's fault to begin with, and they couldn't justify it! Besides, at this point, how could he possibly care about this concubine?
He didn't dare to struggle too much, fearing that Li would have someone take advantage of the chaos to attack her, so she cooperated exceptionally well!
Even so, they were not spared.
Of course, the old nanny who attacked her was not acting on the orders of the madam, but on the orders of the old lady!
Who was the old lady? She was a strong-willed woman her whole life, but when her own daughter was bullied, how could she swallow such a humiliation? Of course, it was impossible for her to take the initiative to meet this son-in-law! But that didn't mean she had no way to teach that He Shi a lesson!
Two of the maids who carried out the operation were acting on the orders of the old lady. Although their hands looked harmless, they were actually holding embroidery needles! In one swift motion, the needles pierced half an inch into the ground, causing He Shi to scream several times in pain and break out in a cold sweat!
But Liu Haiye had no time to care about her at the moment. Instead, he felt that she was making a scene in the Mu residence and losing face!
Liu Haiye didn't know, but Madam He did. Back when she was a maid, her head maid had used the same method to punish her. The places where the needles were used were incredibly painful! But they never left scars, so it was like there was no evidence!
Once the items were removed from He's body, He was immediately left in a sorry state!
Originally, the cloak she was wearing today was part of Mu Changchun's dowry, and almost everything on her head belonged to Mu Changchun. After all this fuss, she ended up with disheveled hair and was only wearing a cotton-padded coat and trousers.
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