Your Majesty, the princess ran away again!

Aunt Jiang walked closer and bowed to greet her, "The eldest lady is back. I pay my respects to her. I brought them two back to the Jiang family two days ago, and only got the news this morning. It's so good." Aunt Jiang took Mu Nanyan's hand, looked into her eyes, tears flashing in her eyes.

She is already thirty years old, but here she looks like an eighteen-year-old girl, with skin more tender than hers. It may be that the original owner has not lived well in recent years, and her skin is dull and malnourished. She has a few pearl hairpins in her hair, which are of better quality than the ones on Shen's head yesterday, and the matching is also very tasteful. The fabric of the red dress on her body is also of better quality than that on Shen's body.

Which of these two is the mistress of the Mu family?

She saw that the candied haws in Mu Nanyan's hand had melted and the syrup flowed onto the back of her hand, so she took out her handkerchief to wipe it for her. Mu Nanyan was a little uncomfortable and took her hand away. Madam Mu stared at the handkerchief in Jiang's hand with shining eyes. It was a waste to use such good material to wipe the hands of this dead girl.

Jiang took off a pearl hairpin from her hair and stuffed it into Mu Nanyan's hand. "I came here in a hurry today and failed to prepare any gifts. These two pearl hairpins will be the gifts for the young lady when she returns home." After saying that, she still felt that it was not enough, so she took off two more hairpins from her head. She also took off a few hairpins from Mu Xiyao's hair who was eating candied haws at the side and stuffed them into Mu Nanyan's hand. "Look at why our young lady is so thin. Is it because our Mu family has no money? They can't even raise a daughter."

Shen was a little scared when she saw her. If she was to say who she was most afraid of in this mansion, Jiang was one of them, and there was also a crazy woman Su Lianyi, but Su Lianyi was different from her. Su Lianyi was just a bitch from a brothel. When she lost the master's favor, it would not be easy to crush her to death. But Jiang's mother's family was a merchant, and an imperial merchant. The expenses of the Mu family still depended on Jiang. If she was pissed off...

Mu Yuhuai tugged at the hem of Shen's skirt and said sincerely, "We were away from home for the past two days. Mother must have secretly eaten something delicious. Her face has become so big."

Mu Xiyao looked at Shen's face that was swollen like a pig's head and chuckled, "I'm sorry, mother. Yaoyao really couldn't help it. What's wrong with your face?"

Shen covered her face and wanted to get away from the mother and daughter as soon as possible. She would feel embarrassed every time they were around.

The Jiang family was very rich. When the Su family was still in decline, the daughter of the Jiang family married the fourth son of the Su family. With the power of the Su family, the Jiang family became the largest imperial merchant. Although Jiang was a concubine's daughter, the Jiang family never looked down on her. Every year, they would send her several carts of gold, silver and jewelry. Besides, Jiang had a charming appearance and a coquettish figure, which was just what Mu Xiwen liked. He doted on her for her money and beauty.

Although Shen's mother's family was not a royal family, nor was she wealthy, she was able to sit on the position of the mistress of the Mu Mansion because Mu Xiwen wanted to create a reputation for being affectionate. The concubines in the mansion were also brought in for the sake of profit, of course, except for Su Lianyi.

Therefore, Jiang could act as she pleased in the mansion, and even the old lady would not say anything bad about her. After all, without Jiang, there would be no money. If they only relied on Mu Xiwen's salary, they would probably not be able to support the whole family, not to mention his pursuit.

Jiang scolded Mu Xiyao: "Don't you see that Madam is in a bad mood? And you still mention her pain point? You, you, you." Although it was a scolding, there was no hint of scolding in her words. After she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and laughed out loud.

Shen was so angry that she was about to leave but was stopped by Mu Xiyao, "Mother, are you going to get a gift for my elder sister? I think your gift is better than my aunt's. After all, you are the mistress of this family, and you are in charge of the key to the storehouse."

Shen was in a dilemma as to whether to step down or not. She thought about giving away the hairpin on her head. Although it was not as good as Jiang's, she was reluctant to do so.

Madam Mu didn't want to embarrass her. After all, this was the daughter-in-law she had chosen. And this Jiang relied on her mother's family's wealth to bully others in the mansion every day. "Alright, stop arguing. Shen, help me back to the courtyard."

Mu Nanyan smiled evilly, "Yan'er would like to thank grandma first."

Madam Mu asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Thank you for what?"

"Of course I want to thank grandma for her attention to Yan'er and for going to get a gift for her granddaughter in person." Mu Nanyan looked at Madam Mu with a smile.

Old Madam Mu had no way to refute. If she explained, she would lose face in front of Jiang. This damn girl asked for something from her as soon as she came back. How could she tolerate this in the future!

He stomped his crutch and helped Shen leave.

Mu Xiyao licked her fingertips and said, "That's right, big sister, now that you are well, you should discipline them. Ah! Aunt, why did you hit me?"

Jiang glared at her. "I don't care how you fool Shen, but you have to be polite to the old lady. After all, she is your grandmother. I don't want Shen to find fault with you for this."

Mu Xiyao chuckled, "I see, auntie. Big sister, why don't you eat this candied haws? It's melted. I begged my uncle to make this for us for a long time."

No wonder there are candied haws in this hot summer. I didn’t expect it was made by Mu Xiyao’s uncle. It must be a blessing to have the care of family!

Mu Nanyan took a small bite. It was sweet and sour and very delicious. This was the first time she had eaten it in two lifetimes. She had only seen it on her mobile phone before. She could only eat the boxed lunches in the laboratory every day. It was not delicious but not bad either.

Seeing her expression, Mu Xiyao walked over and bit off a hawthorn from her candied haws, her cheeks puffed up, "Big sister... just... eat with big mouthfuls..."

Jiang looked at her daughter and laughed, "Eat slowly. Look at the syrup all over the corners of your mouth. Yan'er, can I call you Yan'er in private?"

"of course can."

Mu Nanyan knew that this man was an old acquaintance of the original owner's mother and had received a lot of favors from her mother. Since Su's death, he has been full of love and care for the original owner. Due to Mu Xiwen and Shen's fears, they did not dare to show it too obviously. They could only quietly send some food and medicinal materials, and let their daughter go to accompany the original owner when nothing happened. Gradually, Mu Xiyao also realized that her sister was different and needed her protection, so she stood guard in front of Mu Nanyan's door like a little soldier every day.

Because of this, she was often punished by Mu Xiwen to kneel, but she did not compromise.

Mu Nanyan felt sad when she thought of this. The original owner had been foolish all his life and was killed before he could feel the love. Now that she was here, she would never let anyone bully these three people, Mu Nanyan swore secretly.

Jiang looked at the clothes on Mu Nanyan and knew that Shen was no good. "Xiao Wan, go to my warehouse and get some fabric to make some new clothes for the young lady. Hurry up." She held Mu Nanyan's hand tightly. "Since you call me Auntie, you are my biological daughter, Jiang Shuli, just like Yaoyao."

Biological daughter...