The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

That altar from last time?

Upon hearing this, Mu Yunchao frowned slightly, then looked at him sharply, his eyes filled with doubt: "Where was the altar last time?"

"Princess Lian'an's fiefdom."

Mu Yunchao frowned deeply. Princess Lian'an?

The princess's name sounds somewhat familiar, but...

This person doesn't fit at all.

Mu Yunchen patiently recounted the entire process of going out with Xie Yaochuan to him in detail.

Mu Yunchao slowly tapped the table, looking at him with a deep gaze.

"Princess Lian'an wields such great power over there?"

Mu Yunchao didn't quite understand. Lian'an was supposed to be betrothed to a minor county magistrate, practically a princess who had been completely abandoned by the royal family. How could she have such great power?

What he found even more unbelievable was that she actually dared to use living people as sacrifices! Only those who are heartless and inhuman could do such a cruel thing!

What puzzled him most was that after Xie Yaochuan experienced this incident, he did borrow a lot of manpower from him, saying he was going to investigate some things, but he didn't reveal at all what he was going to investigate.

If he hadn't suddenly had the idea to ask Mu Yunchen, he probably would never have known about this in his entire life.

Mu Yunchen slowly moved her legs, which had become stiff from being bound, and struggled to move to one side, afraid of accidentally bumping into her brother.

He tried to roll over and get out of bed, but Mu Yunchao pressed him down hard as soon as he moved. The latter sneered, "What, do you want to go back and let your mother see your broken leg again? You're really something!"

Mu Yunchen pouted helplessly, lay back on the bed with a look of despair, and muttered to herself, "I don't want to go back..."

"You won't behave until your mother gives you a good scolding." Mu Yunchao rubbed his temples, continuing to ponder the matter of that princess.

If this princess were to wield such immense power under such circumstances, then the capital would inevitably be rife with serious problems.

However, in his previous life, until the very last moment, he had never heard of this princess's name. Why was that? Could it be that someone deliberately concealed her identity and protected her too well?

In other words, someone had secretly concealed all the information she received, and there aren't many people in the capital who could do that. Those marquises, though lacking real power, were undeniably incredibly wealthy.

It would be easy to pave a smooth road for her with money, but this princess seems to have never said anything about her relationship with any marquis's family.

Or perhaps, Yan Hou's image suddenly flashed through Mu Yunchao's mind. He had been trying to uncover all of Yan Hou's connections, but he hadn't been able to find the connection that led to the shipment. Maybe he could try looking for it through this princess.

Mu Yunchao suddenly curled his lips into a wicked smile, "You mean, Xie Yaochuan was stopped by her daughter?"

He nodded.

Unable to suppress the smile, she raised an eyebrow and said, "Then your brother Yaochuan can sacrifice his good looks for a moment."

Mu Yunchen looked at her older brother with some surprise. Seeing the smile in his eyes, as if he was holding back some bad idea, she silently mourned for Xie Yaochuan. Her second brother's smile meant he was definitely up to something.

Xie Yaochuan is in trouble.

Mu Yunchen was arranged to recuperate at the Mu family's villa in the suburbs. It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, so he spent almost every day in bed, and his second brother's guards would bring him a box of food.

He ate vegetables, radishes, and tofu every day, and his mouth lost all taste.

We still can't choose what we want to eat.

The food was delivered much earlier than usual today. Mu Yunchen casually closed his eyes to rest, waved his hand, and said lazily, "Just put it on the table. I don't really feel like eating today."

But when he didn't hear any sound of someone opening the door, he curiously opened one eye to look.

Upon seeing this, he tried to sit up by supporting himself with his hands, but instead lay back down.

My hands are too weak to move.

"You're just lying here like this?" The Duchess looked down at him indifferently, then casually pulled up a stool and sat down.

This kid is incredibly stubborn.

The Duchess looked at his leg, which was bound with a wooden board, with heartache and tears welling up in her eyes. "Has the imperial physician examined him?"

Mu Yunchen awkwardly pulled her legs back a little, then braced herself with her hands and sat up abruptly, looking obediently at her mother.

He didn't actually want to bother his mother.

"I've already checked, don't worry, it's okay."

"You brat, I really want to give you a good beating. You even managed to persuade your brother not to tell me about this? You've grown up? You think you're all grown up now?"

Mu Yunchen moved his mouth for a while, but couldn't say anything, only lowering his eyelashes slightly.

The Duchess patiently looked at him and said, "Tell me, how did you get injured, you're such a grown man?"

"Well... I accidentally fell down the wall when I skipped class."

The room fell silent instantly upon hearing this.

The Duchess's gaze fell on him, and she sighed softly, "You... your legs..."

"My leg is fine," Mu Yunchen quickly replied, giving his leg a hard tap. It was actually in a lot of pain, but he kept a straight face.

The Duchess couldn't stop him. Her heart ached terribly, and she glared at him helplessly. "You may not feel sorry for me, but I do. If you really don't want to learn, I'll talk to your second brother, and you won't have to go anymore."

Mu Yunchen had been waiting for these words, but when he actually heard them, he felt a little dazed.

It seems he wasn't as excited as he had imagined.

"No...no need. I'll go." Mu Yunchen smiled stiffly at her mother.

The Duchess's gaze trembled slightly as it fell on his tightly bound legs. In her past life, he had injured his legs.

If someone really has to bear this injury, why not let her bear it?

The Duchess took out a plate of exquisite dishes and placed them on the table. Looking at him, she sighed again in her heart, "You're already so picky. How can your brother, that roughneck, take good care of the child? He eats nothing but vegetables and radishes every day. How can this illness be cured? He needs to be taught a good lesson."

Mu Yunchen suppressed a laugh as she ate the side dishes her mother fed her, bite by bite.

Mu Yunchao had been watching through the crack in the window when his mother came in. Seeing that the estrangement between his younger brother and mother had been resolved, he finally felt relieved.

Now, only Sister Yunshang still harbors resentment towards her family.

Mu Yunchao was a man of profound understanding, though he didn't show it on his face, he had a thorough grasp of his family's thoughts.

He wanted to give his family a good ending, so that his second life would not have been in vain.