Seeing Duke of Mu treated her like that now, Li Mingzi couldn’t help worrying. Duke of Mu remembered the thing that happened before. If Yang Zijin returned to the mansion, would Yunong be neglected by Duke of Mu?
Thinking of that, Li Mingzi shook her head. No, she was the hostess of the family, and she had the right to manage all the affairs in the mansion. Since she could occupy the position, she would never let this happen.
So she decided not to revolt, and to do what Duke of Mu said at first. She didn’t want to provoke Duke of Mu’s dissatisfaction with her and her daughter.
She let the maid call for Mu Yunong.
“Mom, what are you calling me for? I was sleeping.” Mu Yunong acted coquettishly.
She walked into the room and found that Li Mingzi looked unpleasant. Mu Yunong became serious and whispered, “Mom, what’s the matter?”
“Yunong, come here. I have something to tell you!” Li Mingzi took Mu Yunong’s hand and let her sit beside her.
She told Mu Yunong what Duke of Mu said.
After hearing what Li Mingzi said, Mu Yunong jumped up immediately, “Mom, did you promise daddy?”
Li Mingzi nodded and sighed.
“Mom, how can you promise him? Why should I live in another yard after Yang Zijin coming back? There are many empty rooms! No, I’m going to find dad.” Mu Yunong complained and ready to go out.
Upon seeing this, Li Mingzi shouted, “Mu Yunong, stop.”
Mu Yunong, who had felt aggrieved, began to cry after hearing that.
“Yunong, listen to me. Last time you went to the Blossoming Peach, your father still remembers that. These days he deliberately kept himself away from me. Now let’s stop irritating him. Okay?” Seeing there were tears in Mu Yunong’s eyes, Li Mingzi stepped forward and pulled her to sit down. She helped to wipe the tears off Mu Yunong’s face with a handkerchief and then explained to her.
Mu Yunong sobbed and asked, “Mom, am I going to move out and live in a side yard? I lived in this courtyard since childhood!”
“Yes. We have no choice.” Li Mingzi sighed.
Knowing that she must move out from this yard, Mu Yunong was even more aggrieved, “My father’s concubines in the courtyard will laugh at me.”
“Yang Zijin is an infanta after coming back. It’s really inappropriate to let her live in a side yard. If you leave your yard to her, people will know that you are a general girl, and your father will also feel happy and favor us!” Seeing Mu Yunong was still crying, Li Mingzi comforted.
After listening that, Mu Yunong thought what Li Mingzi said was reasonable, so she nodded reluctantly.
Seeing that, Li Mingzi hugged Mu Yunong, who was still sad, and stroked Mu Yunong’s head with her hand. She said, “You’re so sweet.”
Yang Zijin was on her way back to the mansion. She thought that she couldn’t tell her identity to girls in the Blossoming Peach in advance, so as not to leak the secret, which would result in people’s doubt.
Yang Zijin upon she saw Yang Zijin back. Qiao Shu put the decoction aside and told Yang Zijin to drink it quickly and went out.
Then she hid in a corner to observe Yang Zijin. She had long suspected that Yang Zijin didn’t drink the decoction she made for long.
She saw Yang Zijin took the decoction and poured it into a flowerpot.
Qiao Shu felt nervous. When did Yang Zijin find out that the decoction was poison?
When she was thinking, she saw Shuo Ling entered Yang Zijin’s room. Qiao Shu stared at them carefully.
Shuo Ling knew that Yang Zijin was taken into the palace today. Knowing that she was back, he couldn’t help but walk towards her residence.
As soon as he entered the door, Shuo Ling dragged Yang Zijin into his arms. Yang Zijin was already used to his intimate behavior and didn’t resist.
Qiao Shu bit her lips after seeing that.
“You went to the palace today. What did His Majesty say about your identity?” Shuo Ling asked.
From the beginning, Yang Zijin knew that Shuo Ling didn’t intend to harm her but helped her a lot although he had an unpredictable temper, so she told Shuo Ling her plan.
Shuo Ling nodded after listening to her idea.
Qiao Shu was stunned that Yang Zijin should be an infanta! How could it be? Qiao Shu couldn’t accept that for a while!
Seeing that Shuo Ling and Yang Zijin behaved so intimately, Qiao Shu couldn’t help but hate.
Qiao Shu left silently and went back to her yard to think about the matter. She felt that it was not so simple now. It seemed that she had to think of countermeasures carefully.
She thought of Mu Yunong. Right, Mu Yunong.
Not long before, she saw Mu Yunong went to the Blossoming Peach in disguise, but she couldn’t understand her action. Now she knew Yang Zijin’s identity, so her action could be explained. It seemed that Mu Yunong didn’t like Yang Zijin!
She met with Mu Yunong several times at banquets, and also knew some of her personalities. If Mu Yunong knew that Yang Zijin was about to return to the mansion of Duke Mu, she would certainly not be happy.
So, she decided to take advantage of Mu Yunong!
She heard Yang Zijin said that the antidote was kept by Duke of Mu, so she wanted to kill Yang Zijin with others’ knife.
After the idea was settled, Qiao Shu fell asleep. She decided to go to the mansion of Duke Mu to investigate first.
The next day, Qiao Shu took her cherished exquisite hairpin to the mansion of Duke Mu.
A servant led Qiao Shu to Mu Yunong’s yard.
Qiao Shu showed Mu Yunong the exquisite hairpin she brought.
“Qiao, it’s so pretty!” Mu Yunong stared at the hairpin.
Qiao Shu smiled and said, “I was lucky to have this hairpin, and I think that among the people I have seen, only you deserve to own it.”
Qiao Shu looked around and said, “Yunong, did you change your residence? Why did you move to this side yard?”
Mu Yunong was slightly surprised when Qiao Shu mentioned that. She replied after a moment, “It’s hard to say, and I’ll talk about it later!”
Hearing Mu Yunong’s response, Qiao Shu was sure that the thing was just as she guessed!
So, she tactfully asked Mu Yunong about Yang Zijin.
After listening to Qiao Shu, Mu Yunong asked in doubt, “How do you know that?”
“I can let her disappear forever. I wonder if you’re interested in my idea?” Qiao Shu smiled slightly and continued.
Mu Yunong was thinking without speaking.
“If you don’t want to know, then I haven’t been here today.” Qiao Shu said and turned away.
Mu Yunong said before her left, “Stop.”
Qiao Shu snickered as she knew she was about to succeed, and Mu Yunong’s response was as expected.
So, she told Mu Yunong of Yang Zijin’s plan for going back to the mansion of Duke Mu.
After listening to her words, Mu Yunong asked, “Do you mean that the antidote is kept by my father?”
“Right!” Qiao Shu nodded.
Then Mu Yunong asked doubtfully, “Why do you help me?”
“You don’t need to know the reason. Now I have given you the news. It’s your business to think about what to do next. It’s too late. I should go back.” Qiao Shu walked out of Mu Yunong’s yard.
After Qiao Shu left, Mu Yunong couldn’t help thinking that now she was banned from leaving the mansion because of Yang Zijin!
Now that Yang Zijin didn’t come back, her father loved her the most before asked her to give her yard to Yang Zijin. If Yang Zijin came back, her father might no longer love her.
Thinking of this, Mu Yunong picked up the small bottle that Qiao Shu left on the table and decided to go to the room of Duke of Mu to change the antidote.
Seeing that there was no one in the room, she looked around outside the room again and walked in. Then she began to search for the antidote
She heard Duke of Mu before she found it. Mu Yunong couldn’t help but feel anxious.
She quickly put things in place and tried hard to calm down. Then she walked out of the room.
“What are you doing here?” Duke of Mu saw Mu Yunong coming out of his room and immediately asked.
At this time, Mu Yunong walked to Duke of Mu with a smile and said, “Dad, I’m looking for you. I found you are not in the room, so I got out.”
“What’s the matter?” Duke of Mu said impatiently.
She said something about Yang Zijin, “Dad, mom told me that my sister is going back to the mansion immediately. I was naughty before. So I wanted to buy something for her as an apology, but I didn’t know what she likes. Could you please ask her when you meet her next time?”
Duke of Mu felt very comforted after listening to that. He thought Mu Yunong would make a scene because she was asked to move out of her yard as she didn’t have a very good temper. Seeing her response now, he believed that Mu Yunong has grown up.
His tone eased a lot, “I know. I will ask her next time I saw her.”
“Thank you, Dad; then I’m back now.” Then Mu Yunong turned around and left.
She felt happy that her father didn’t find out anything.
However, she heard her father before she walked far away.
“Yunong.”
At this moment, Mu Yunong couldn’t help but get nervous again. Did her dad realize her purpose?
She turned around and asked, “What’s the matter, Dad?”
“From now on, you’re not allowed to enter my room without my permission.” Duke of Mu said.
Hearing that, Mu Yunong was surprised for a while, but she still answered, “Yes, I remember.”
Mu Yunong’s happiness disappeared immediately. Her dad never restricted her from entering any place of the mansion. Now, as Yang Zijin was to return to the mansion, she was banned by her father.
As soon as she returned to her room, she smashed many things.
Xiaocui didn’t know why. She quickly hurried to pull Mu Yunong, “Miss, Miss, what’s the matter? Let’s get rid of it first….”
“Leave me alone!” Mu Yunong pushed Xiaocui away.
Xiaocui didn’t expect that. She directly fell on the vase that had just been broken by Mu Yunong. Her hand was scratched, so she stood aside with the pain.
Mu Yunong shouted loudly, “Yang Zijin, you haven’t entered the mansion yet, but dad protects you like this!”
She overthrew the table in front of her while shouting.
Then she said to herself, “No, I’m going to find a way, I’m going to find a way.”
Xiaocui was confused by her words. She was frightened to stand aside, not daring to move forward.
Duke of Mu arranged everything properly, and he needed to hand over with Yang Zijin.
So, he wrote a letter. He asked a servant to send it to the mansion of Marquis and had it hand over to Yang Zijin.