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

"Yun Chao, you..."

After coaxing Xixi to sleep, the Duchess took him to the small pavilion in the courtyard.

Looking at his mother, who was still young and looked completely different from his previous life, Mu Yunchao suddenly felt as if it were yesterday.

"Eniang."

The Duchess gazed at him silently for a long time, then chuckled softly, "Yun Chao, what happened to Yun Chen after I died?"

Mu Yunchao froze, raising his head in disbelief to look at his mother, his mouth slightly open, but unable to utter a single word.

He thought that if someone could be reborn, it could be Yunnan, it could be Yun Chen, but it could never be his mother.

Looking at her mother, who was dressed in elegant and luxurious clothes, she felt a chill seep from her feet all the way to her skull for the first time.

"You and Yunnan both returned from that time, right? I've been observing for a long time, and Yunchen doesn't look like he did in his previous life, so what about him?" The Duchess's voice carried a hint of anticipation.

If only those who die tragically can be reborn, then did Yun Chen escape a calamity?

He's already suffered so much, so how did he manage to survive?

"I am not like I was in my previous life..."

Mu Yunchao decisively interrupted her, "Xixi did it to save Yunchen. The two of them were buried together in the Heze desert."

The Duchess suddenly looked up at him, her lips trembling slightly, "How old was she back then?"

"Not yet sixteen."

The Duchess shook her head, twisting the handkerchief in her hand. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, the handkerchief ripped into pieces.

Not even sixteen? She actually died before her?

"Mother, aren't you going to ask me anything?" Mu Yunchao said with a light laugh, as if he were joking, but there was a hint of caution in his eyes, as if they were about to shatter at any moment.

The Duchess was somewhat taken aback. It seemed that she had never really cared about him and Yunnan. However, the two of them were just too independent. Compared to them, little Yunchen was much more likely to stir up all her emotions.

After a long silence, the Duchess finally spoke slowly, "You..."

"Mother, please don't worry, I don't mind. However, Xixi has been kind to the Mu family, and things are in turmoil in the inner quarters, so Mother needs to take good care of her."

“Yun Chao…” The Duchess watched her son’s departing figure, somewhat dazed. She bent down, picked up the torn handkerchief, and felt a sense of loss.

From the day she was reborn, she had been observing everyone. It seemed that the old lady, Yunnan, and Yunchao had all been reborn, and their behavior was completely different from their previous lives. She hadn't even met Yunshang in the palace yet. But she really seemed to have overlooked the two most obedient children.

What exactly happened to Yun Chao back then?

-

"grown ups."

Mu Yunchao looked at the man in black in front of him, calmly holding his cup, and asked, "How is it?"

The man in black nodded. "It has been confirmed that the Lord of Yandu City has financial dealings with the Sand Clan. As for other matters, there is still no news."

Mu Yunchao nodded. Just as he thought, the defeat of Yue Kingdom back then was not the fault of the Mu family alone. It was just a woman. Even if she stole the military map, how could she have been defeated so quickly? Only the betrayal of a few neighboring city lords and the corruption at the political level could have brought down a country so quickly.

Unfortunately, he didn't live that long, and although Yunnan was a military general skilled in many things, she was not politically astute. Even if she had lived to the end, she probably would have only felt that she was incompetent and unable to resist foreign enemies, without realizing that the Yue Kingdom had already been infiltrated from the very beginning.

He didn't have many thoughts about serving the country and its people, but he had his family. Having been given a second chance at life, he couldn't possibly fail to protect the peace and tranquility of his family.

Xi Xi suffered too much in her previous life, and he wanted to leave her with a happy and carefree childhood.

After a long pause, he spoke again, "Send Fifteen back. A cousin of the Duchess, Mu Yuxi, has come to visit. Have Fifteen keep an eye on things from the shadows."

Chu Qi hesitated, then looked up at his master, "But what Shi Wu is doing right now is..."

"Aren't Sixteen and she twins? It wouldn't be a bad idea for the boy to dress up as the girl and take her place."

Seeing her master's calm expression, as if describing a fact, Chu Qi couldn't help but twitch her lips. This was truly something else. She felt a pang of sympathy for Shi Liu. "Is there something wrong with that young lady?"

Mu Yunchao glanced at him, "No problem, just have her take care of him secretly to prevent him from being bullied."

The seventh day: ? ? ?

Despite being full of doubts, he still adhered to the principle of obeying whatever his master said and withdrew.

-

When Xiao Yuxi woke up, she vaguely saw someone in front of her. She struggled to get out of bed, hugged the person in front of her, and slowly came to her senses as she smelled the faint floral fragrance on her body.

Upon seeing the person's face, she hugged her and rubbed against her, saying, "Xixi hasn't seen her second sister in so long! I missed her so much!"

Mu Yunnan's heart softened, and he pulled the blanket up to keep the little girl from getting cold. "Today, the manor is hosting a plum blossom appreciation banquet, which will be a good opportunity to introduce you to some playmates."

Xiao Yuxi looked up at the dark circles under her second sister's eyes and asked, "Second sister, are you very tired? Let me give you a massage."

Mu Yunnan smiled and took her small hand in his palm. He looked at Xi Xi, who was yawning but still wanted to massage his legs, and couldn't help but smile gently.

"Second sister isn't tired. Come on, Xixi, get up first. You're wearing new clothes today, all dressed up beautifully."

Xi Xi obediently stood up, wrapped herself in a thick fox fur coat, and was carried into the front hall by her second sister.

The front hall was filled with different kinds of clothing.

Xiao Yuxi stared in amazement at the beautiful clothes in front of her. She had never seen so many clothes before, not even on her rare trips to the tailor shops in the county town. The scene before her was more breathtaking.

Mu Yunnan was used to it, carrying Xiao Yuxi as they strolled around, one item at a time, "Yuxi, see if there's anything you like?"

Xiao Yuxi had never seen anything like this before. In the past, she only got to wear the clothes that her older or younger sisters didn't want. Although she no longer lacked food and clothing after arriving at the Mu family, she thought that the dozen or so sets of headdresses she saw last time were the most she had ever seen. Now, the number of items displayed in this room was beyond her count.

Even so, Mu Yunnan still had some complaints, "The house is still too small. Once the general's mansion is built, I'll make a big room for Xixi to put her clothes in."

Xi Xi was dazzled by what she saw, and when she heard her second sister say that the room was too small, her little head couldn't keep up at all.

The house where her family of seven used to live was a little smaller than the house she lives in now.

"Xixi, do you have any clothes you like?" Mu Yunnan gently rubbed the little girl's face, thinking to himself how adorable Yu Xi was when she was little, and how every little thing she did tugged at his heartstrings.