Within the Patrol of the Household, Grand Coordinator's Wife was welcoming them with a face full of smiles: "Why are you two so late? If you don't come soon, I'll send someone to invite you. Don't be so polite, get up and come in. "
After the Grand Coordinator's Wife exchanged a few words with the Lady Jin, their gazes landed on Mu Yunyao. Compared to the two times where they met with the Grand Coordinator's Wife, this time, she seemed to be more enthusiastic: "I have been busy these past few days and have not had the time to visit the Ni Yun Fang Workshop. Why does the Miss Mu look so much thinner?"
Mu Yunyao had an obedient smile on her face as she replied, "I have been troubling Madam for a long time. My appetite for the past few days was not good, so I ate a little less."
"You need to pay more attention at such a young age. The medicinal food cooked by my family's chef is not bad. In a while, someone will stew a cup for you to bring over."
Mu Yunyao immediately stood up, with an expression of being overwhelmed by the unexpected favor: "How dare I?"
What's there to be afraid of? When you leave, I'll get someone to copy down the prescription for you to take with you. When you get back, you can make some for me every day.
Mu Yunyao immediately bent down and bowed. "Thank you Madam, I will definitely stew it everyday." Her eyes were bright, and her tone of voice was extremely sincere. Grand Coordinator's Wife clearly had the intention of befriending her, so he naturally could not refuse.
Grand Coordinator's Wife and Lady Jin were a little distracted, and would look in the direction of the door from time to time. After about an hour, a maid ran in hurriedly: "Reporting to the Madam, Your Majesty's reward has arrived. The Master has ordered for people to inform you to go to the front courtyard with Lady Jin to receive the order."
"Alright, we'll go right now." Grand Coordinator's Wife immediately stood up, his face radiant, "Let's go, let's go, the two of you are the main point."
The Lady Jin did not continue being polite and followed her footsteps towards the courtyard.
In front of the main hall of the front yard, a incense table and other items had already been set up.
Grand Coordinator Zhang brought officials and stood respectfully at the side of the incense table according to their respective grades. On the incense table was a bright yellow imperial edict, emitting a majestic radiance under the sunlight.
Mu Yunyao followed Lady Jin to the front courtyard, slightly lowering his eyes as she looked at the ground. His eyes were calm, but her face carried a trace of fear. Grand Coordinator Zhang said: "Lord Su, everyone is here, we can announce Your Majesty's orders now."
Hearing the word Su, Mu Yunyao's brows twitched, and subconsciously looked up. With a glance, she seemed to have been struck by lightning, and suddenly stood in place.
Beside the altar stood a young man, he was dressed in light armor, his appearance like a painting, his phoenix eye s were shining with light, his entire body was like a pine tree covered in snow, his entire body was filled with pride, his figure was extraordinary.
Mu Yunyao looked at him as the hatred in his heart roiled and churned. It surged into his eyes, causing his pair of black, sunken eyes to freeze, like a thousand feet of ice, and not a single hint of warmth or light could be seen anymore.
Su Qingwu held the imperial edict and waited for everyone to pay their respects, but suddenly felt an exceptionally sharp gaze land on his body, and immediately looked up, only to see everyone kneeling down, and did not find anything abnormal.
"Emperor's Mandate, Jingling City…"
Mu Yunyao followed the crowd and kneeled on the ground. Both of her hands were crossed and her forehead touched the ground.
Su Qingwu, the first grandson that Su Family was most proud of, had already been promoted to a first class guard at the age of twenty. Even those nobles would have to praise him when mentioning him.
In her previous life, in order to take revenge on her good sister, she used some means to climb onto Prince Jin's bed. This young master who was praised by the world had kicked her in the chest, causing her to spit out three mouthfuls of blood. She always remembered the look in his eyes, scornful and disdainful, like looking at a lump of mud on the ground.
Afterwards, she entered the Jin Mansion and became a concubine. In order to please the emperor, he wanted to personally copy a hundred scriptures of the buddhist scriptures and pray for him, she accompanied him to the National Protector Temple, imitating his handwriting to help him copy the scriptures. Unexpectedly, Su Qingwu found her and used his disrespect to the emperor to drag her out to the courtyard and beat her up.
Although that child was beyond her expectations, she had hoped with all her heart that he would be safely born without those ten slates! As his thoughts churned, Su Qingwu had already read her the rewards.
"…" Mu Yunyao, with your kind heart and kind heart, you can also show it. You can bestow a jade ruyi with ten brocades, and a hundred gold taels … "
The imperial edict was read out for about a quarter of an hour before it was finished.
Mu Yunyao retracted the hatred in her heart, using all her might to calm herself down, and followed the crowd to pay her respects and show her gratitude.
Grand Coordinator Zhang stood up and offered the imperial edict to the Great Hall, then invited Su Qingwu to the banquet with a face full of smiles: "Lord Su is worn out from the journey, I have prepared thin wine at home to wash off Lord Su and the guards."
Not to mention that Su Qingwu was a popular person in front of the emperor, just because he was born in the Su Family, no one dared to look down on him. Furthermore, he was only twenty years old, so his future was bright and vast.
"Thank you, Lord Zhang, for your hospitality."
"Quick, invite him in."
Su Qingwu stood in place, his eyes looking towards Mu Yunyao's direction: "Speaking of which, lower official still has a private matter. I wonder if the Miss Mu that was spread to Jingling City is here?"
Hatred once again surged out from Mu Yunyao's heart that had just calmed down. She gripped her palms tightly and tried her best to appear calm and tranquil.
Seeing that everyone's gaze was on her, she walked towards Su Qingwu. With every step, the hostility in her heart increased, but her expression was the exact opposite, as she smiled gently: "This humble girl, Mu Yunyao greets Lord Su."
Seeing Mu Yunyao, Su Qingwu's eyes flashed with surprise, he never thought that Mu Yunyao would actually be so young.
At this moment, she was gracefully standing there like a slim and graceful lotus bud, and her entire body carried a delicate and pretty appearance, as if the spirit of Jiangnan was gathered within her.
Su Qingwu quickly retracted the strange feeling in his heart, and said gently: "Miss Mu doesn't need to be so courteous, I heard that no one in the embroidery craftsmanship can compare to Miss, and I wonder if I could get a screen from the lady's hands to be my grandmother's birthday present."
"Lord Su should not have rejected my request. It's just that I can't move my needle and thread lately. I'm going to disappoint Lord Su."
"Why is that?" Su Qingwu sized Mu Yunyao up. From start to end, her eyes were drooped down, her delicate and long eyelashes looked like two small fans. When the sun shone down, it was as if there was a seven colored light shining.
Mu Yunyao stretched out his hand, and a line of blood ran across her palm. Her white jade-like skin was especially calm, "I injured my hand a while ago, please forgive me."
"So that's how it is. I've been rude. What a pity …"
Mu Yunyao knelt down and bowed, then retreated behind Lady Jin and lowered her head slightly without making a sound.
Su Qingwu swept a glance at her again, and after withdrawing his gaze, his eyebrows faintly moved. He didn't know why, but when he faced Mu Yunyao just now, he couldn't help but feel an indescribable feeling of unfamiliarity, which caused him to be unable to stop himself from paying attention.