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

Looking at the dresses in front of her, Xiao Yuxi hesitated. Looking at the maid holding the clothes, she whispered to her second sister, "If...if you like them all, can you give them all to Xixi?"

After a two-second pause, she spoke again, "Isn't Xixi being too greedy? Isn't she a good child?"

Mu Yunnan chuckled softly, smoothed her still somewhat messy hair from just waking up, and said affectionately, "These all belong to Xixi. Who would say that Xixi is greedy? Xixi is the most obedient and well-behaved child in the world."

Mu Yunnan was keen to cultivate Xi Xi's personality and patiently watched her look at the clothes.

"Xixi, which outfit do you like?"

Little Yu Xi looked at the encouragement in her second sister's eyes, reached out her little hand and grabbed a pink dress in front of her, saying in her childish voice, "I like it."

The maidservant immediately straightened the dress and took the matching cloak and headdress into the inner room.

“Then Xixi will wear this today.”

Little Yu Xi gave her second sister a quick kiss on the cheek.

"We'll wear the rest one by one in the future, and we'll wear beautiful new clothes every day."

The maidservant beside her carefully took the young lady from the group and patiently helped her wash up, but she couldn't help but feel the importance of this young lady.

All the clothes in this room were sent by the Old Madam and the Duchess. Logically, one would have to choose based on the Old Madam's reputation, but the Second Miss let her choose whatever she wanted. In the end, the Cousin didn't even choose the clothes sent by the Old Madam and the Duchess. If it were one of the concubines, they would have let the young ladies choose the clothes sent by the Old Madam and sold them.

However, this kind of willful behavior is in line with the Second Miss's consistent personality.

Actually, when Miss Cousin first returned, her skin tone was a bit dark, but after using the priceless beauty cream for a few days, she became several shades lighter. The maids, who helped her apply it every day, also had much lighter hands. Indeed, the life in the Duke's mansion was unimaginably extravagant.

Yinglan was only thirteen years old, three years younger than Yingrui. The first time she was assigned to the inner quarters, she was placed by the side of the young lady because of her exquisite appearance. She was exposed to things she had never encountered before, and the shock she felt was unimaginable.

Mu Yunnan looked at the maid beside him and felt that she was somewhat familiar, but since she was arranged by the old lady, he didn't pay any attention to her.

Looking at the exquisitely dressed young girl, she smiled and her eyes crinkled, then she had a servant take her to the children.

She still wanted her to be like a young lady from the capital, with her own friends, instead of just being confined to the Mu residence with only them for company.

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This banquet at the Duke of Mu's mansion was ostensibly a plum blossom appreciation feast, but in reality, it was a ceremony to bring back Mu Siyi's daughter.

Mu Siyi was once the most talented woman in the capital, and several scions of prominent families openly expressed their admiration for her. However, she later married a man from the martial arts world.

It is said that she encountered her husband's enemies while she was away, which led to her untimely death and the loss of her orphan.

However, some say that the scions of those powerful families couldn't stand the fact that the woman they liked had chosen someone far inferior to them, so they joined forces to try and win her back, but something unexpected happened.

Some even say that someone wanted to target the Mu family, but couldn't get their hands on the other members, so they changed course and went to find Mu Siyi.

There were many conflicting accounts, and even teahouses fabricated love stories between Mu Siyi and a man from the martial arts world. There were more than a dozen stories, and no one knew which was true and which was false.

However, one thing is generally accepted: the girl the Mu family brought back was Mu Siyi's biological daughter. It is said that the old lady doted on her extremely, and her status in the Mu family was much higher than that of the illegitimate daughters.

The eldest daughters of the Mu family, one became an empress and the other a general protecting the country; both were figures that others could not approach.

But now a cousin of the Mu family has appeared, and I heard that she even took her mother's surname. She is a young lady from a prominent family that those of us with low-ranking official positions can easily approach. If someone's son or daughter could be favored by this cousin of the Mu family, wouldn't they really be on the rise to great heights?

All the families who came to the plum blossom appreciation banquet, whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, were brought out to participate in this banquet. Perhaps this cousin of the Mu family took a fancy to one of them and made her a playmate?

With such immense wealth laid out before them, who wouldn't want to grab a piece of it?

"Sister Shanshan, come sit here!" The pavilion was crowded with little girls under ten years old. It looked bustling, but if you looked closely, you could vaguely tell that the little girl in the middle wearing a purple cloak was the most respected among them.

Yan Shanshan is the second legitimate daughter of the Yan family. Her older sister is Consort Yan in the palace, her older brother is the Minister of Justice, and her mother is the current emperor's aunt. With such a status, she is naturally the object of everyone's admiration.

Yan Shanshan was in a bad mood. Before she came, her mother had told her to befriend this new cousin from the Mu family who had just arrived in the capital. Even if she couldn't befriend her, she absolutely couldn't make enemies.

She was the youngest in her family. Her mother was a princess and her father was a marquis. She was the youngest in the family and had been pampered since she was a child. She had never suffered such grievances.

She's always been pampered and pampered by others; she's never had to lower herself like this before.

Yan Shanshan sat down on the chair that the girl next to her had wiped clean for her, her face stern.

Although she called her "sister" affectionately, she didn't even know her name and was too lazy to bother to find out.

The other girls noticed her bad mood, and their chattering quieted down as they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Another simply dressed girl pushed past the other girls and walked in. Seeing Yan Shanshan like this, she smiled and said, "Oh, little princess, you look so gloomy on a day like this. I'm afraid you won't be able to explain yourself when you get back."

Yan Shanshan looked up at her, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes. "Ye Shuyin, if you could shut your mouth, no one would think you're mute."

Ye Shuyin wasn't annoyed at all. Her mother was a princess and her father was a general. Even if Yan Shanshan disliked her, she could only talk back.

On the surface, the Yan family appears wealthy and powerful, but in reality, they are nothing more than a declining aristocratic family that has to send their daughter into the palace for survival. If their status were truly high, would they only be a concubine?

Although they were young, they had all heard about it from their families to some extent. She could only fool these girls whose families didn't have high-ranking officials.

"What? What did I say that angered Sister Shanshan?" Ye Shuyin asked sassily, her mood improving as she watched Yan Shanshan's expression darken. "What? Didn't Madam Hou instruct you to befriend this new girl? Are you about to smash everything here?"

"You!" Yan Shanshan slammed her hand on the table and stood up, glaring angrily at Ye Shuyin.