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

Ye Shuyue had just come out of the High Court when she saw Mu Yunchao talking gently to the cousin of the Mu family, and naturally did not want to miss this opportunity.

Mu Yunchao bowed politely, "Princess Yunle."

"It's been a long time since I've seen Young Master Mu. Last time at the Lantern Festival banquet, Shu Yue listened to Young Master Mu and didn't attend." Ye Shu Yue looked at Mu Yun Chao with affection.

Mu Yunchao felt somewhat uncomfortable being stared at, so he lowered his head and avoided meeting the princess's gaze.

"Yes, if the princess is alright..."

"Something's wrong." Ye Shuyue hurriedly interrupted him, her eyes lowered in disappointment. "Shuyue knows that Young Master Mu avoids her like the plague. I no longer call him 'brother.' And I've stopped letting anyone spread those ambiguous rumors. Could Young Master Mu please stop avoiding me like this?"

"Is it just this matter?" Mu Yunchao looked up at her.

With tears in her eyes, Ye Shuyue took out a jade pendant from her sleeve.

"This is a jade pendant that Shu Yue carved over half a month. Would Young Master Mu accept it? Shu Yue is going to meet someone next month, and perhaps this is the last time Shu Yue will be willful."

Mu Yun took a step back to avoid her contact.

Ye Shuyue's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she gripped the jade pendant tightly in her hand.

“Princess, this is not appropriate. You should not waste your time on me, but also look at the others around you.” Mu Yunchao jumped onto the carriage and picked up Xiao Yuxi, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, and carried her into the carriage.

Xiao Yuxi peeked out and looked at Ye Shuyue, who was standing still, and felt that she seemed a little pitiful.

She silently pulled her head back and looked at her second brother, "Why is she so sad that she didn't give him a gift?"

Mu Yunchao pinched her little face, unable to suppress a smile, "This is not as simple as giving a gift. If your second brother really accepts her jade pendant, then I will really marry her. She is of marriageable age. If I get entangled with her and do not marry her, then I will truly be delaying her life."

"Being sad for a while is better than being sad for a lifetime."

In her previous life, she married Nasha, and it is said that she ended up serving many husbands, and that none of them were good men.

In this life, he is not her true love either. If he were to truly accept her, he would only be harming her for another lifetime.

Xiao Yuxi nodded thoughtfully and grasped the sachet in her sleeve.

She needs to help her third sister find a good match. Ning Xiaohe's brother, just like her second brother, is not a suitable partner for her third sister.

Why would someone who doesn't like their third sister accept her sachet?

Do you regret it?

Will the third sister be very sad?

After the carriage stopped, Xiao Yuxi immediately lifted the curtain and jumped into the arms of the Duchess who was waiting at the door.

"aunt!"

"How is it? Is someone bullying Xixi?" The Duchess gently patted Xiao Yuxi's head, a hint of worry in her eyes.

This was the little girl's first time going to the National Academy. Although she had come from there herself, she knew that the cliques there were extremely serious, and she was afraid that she would be bullied by some ignorant person.

Xiao Yuxi shook her head. "No one bullied Xixi. They were all very kind to Xixi."

Remembering the table that her elder brother, the Crown Prince, had overturned, and how a bunch of people came up to clean up the debris, she added another sentence.

"Many people helped Xixi wipe the table and clean the floor. They were all very kind."

The Duchess breathed a sigh of relief, and only after watching the carriage enter the courtyard through the side gate did she look at Mu Yunchao with some curiosity.

"Where's Yun Chen? Didn't he go out with Xi Xi this morning? Could it be..."

The Duchess, recalling Mu Yunchen's achievements in her previous life, fell into an eerie silence.

It seems he's skipped school again. I wonder what it is about the military camp that attracts him.

"I'll pick him up from the military camp later." Mu Yunchao smiled gently.

-

This was Xiao Yuxi's first time visiting the West Garden of the Mu family mansion. The West Garden was where the Mu family's concubines lived, and the scenery there was much more dilapidated than the East Garden.

There were no servants coming and going, and Xiao Yuxi was exploring inside all by herself.

After walking for a long time, they bumped into Aunt Liu.

Liu Xiang lowered her eyes and looked at her quietly for a long time before forcing a smile, closing the courtyard gate, and blocking it with her body. "Why did you come here, Miss? This is a servant's place; it might offend your eyes."

Xiao Yuxi blinked.

She remembered this aunt; it was the first time she had seen her since the murder, and she was accompanied by a little boy who was about her age.

I almost never see her on weekdays.

"Xixi wants to find her third sister."

"Third Miss?" A hint of mockery flashed in Liu Xiang's eyes. "She doesn't deserve to be called 'elder sister' by Cousin. She'll just shorten her lifespan for nothing."

"Huh?" Xiao Yuxi was puzzled. How could calling someone "sister" shorten one's lifespan? What kind of logic is that?

She didn't understand at all...

"If you're comfortable with me, Miss, why don't you come with me?" Liu Xiang reached out her hand, and only when she saw the girl's small hand grasp hers did a ripple appear in her eyes.

"What brings you here to see the Third Miss?" Liu Xiang slowly probed the little maid for information.

Xiao Yuxi lowered her head and clenched the sachet in her hand tighter. "There's something I need to give... to Third Sister."

"Really? That's truly a blessing for Third Miss." Liu Xiang stopped at the courtyard gate and pointed to the small courtyard in the corner. "This is Third Miss's courtyard. Please go ahead, Miss."

Xiao Yuxi took a few steps, then turned around to look at Aunt Liu, who was standing under the tree, staring intently at her.

She always felt that Aunt Liu was acting strangely towards her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yuxi went into the courtyard.

Musiliao's courtyard was deserted, with no servants around. There were many fallen leaves in the courtyard, as if no one had cleaned it for a long time.

Hearing the noise in the courtyard, Musiliao opened the door and looked at her cousin, who shouldn't have been in her little courtyard, with some surprise.

"Miss, what brings you here?" Mu Siliao hurriedly went to greet her, looking around but not seeing any maids or attendants behind her, nor the Third Young Master who usually liked to follow her.

"You came alone?" Musiliao asked, somewhat incredulously.

Her status in the Mu family was quite awkward. If she was to be called a young lady, she couldn't really be considered one; if she was to be called a maid, she had the surname Mu. Normal young ladies and concubines would all want to distance themselves from her.

Even her aunt, who had given birth to her, deliberately kept her in this small courtyard, a small courtyard away from her.

She never imagined that one day a proper Mu family girl would come to this courtyard.

Xiao Yuxi nodded, opened her hand, and handed the sachet she had been clutching all the way to Mu Siliao.

Musiliao picked up the sachet, her hand tracing the torn embroidery on it, and she seemed frozen in place.

After a long while, he managed to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes, looked at the clueless little girl in front of him, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Who gave you this?"