I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

The wife of Duke Huo always loved to show off wherever she went, and those wives of officials always flattered her. Today, she actually lost face in front of a few juniors, how could she feel?

That’s not fun!

Especially Fu Yushu, her future daughter-in-law, who actually acted in an arrogant and indifferent attitude. Before leaving, Lady Huo, the Duke's wife, deliberately glared at Fu Yushu.

"Humph!"

Unexpectedly, just as Madam Huo finished snorting and took two steps, she heard Mu Shaoheng shouting, "Madam Huo, please stay."

Generally speaking, when addressing a woman of the rank of a Duke's wife, the word "please" should be used, for example, "Madam Huo, Duke of Huo, please stay."

But Mu Shaoheng just dropped the word "please"!

This made Lady Huo even more angry, but who was Mu Shaoheng? Even Emperor Jingde had to flatter him, and the Crown Prince, Prince Jing, and Prince Duan all wanted to curry favor with him!

What can she do?

She was so full that she turned around and asked in a bad mood, "What's the matter, Your Majesty?" There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

But Mu Shaoheng was seen sitting beside the stone table in a white robe. There was a crisp "pa" sound, and the white jade folding fan in his hand hit his palm.

As if playing, he tapped his folding fan several times, until Lady Huo had lost her patience, and then Mu Shaoheng asked nonchalantly:

"Master Huo is working under the governor of Jianghuai?"

When talking about this, Lady Huo Guogong's face was particularly bright. Her son Huo was still young, but he had already got a lucrative job as a water transport envoy, and he received countless tributes from merchants every year.

So, when answering this question, the pride in Lady Huo's voice was so strong that it was almost like she was showing off: "Yes, Your Majesty, my Lord Huo is only 20 years old, and he has already taken the position of the Canal Transport Commissioner."

"Oh, so it's the canal transport envoy."

Mu Shaoheng nodded, and then said to the servant beside him, "Tell the governor of Jianghuai that Master Huo is not worthy of being used, so he will be transferred to a less busy department. Also inform the Minister of Personnel."

The servant immediately agreed and went down to do the work.

Mrs. Huo: ???

This, this is... directly taking away her son's lucrative job?

Until this moment, Lady Huo, the Duke's wife, had not realized how much trouble her words "the engagement cannot be cancelled" had caused for her son's career!

With Mu Shaoheng's current prominent status, he can only be appointed as a "Grain Transport Commissioner". Which official would go against his wishes?

By the time Lady Huo came to her senses and was about to say something softly, Mu Shaoheng had already stood up and left, taking Fu Linghao, Fu Yushuo and others to another place to view the scenery.

She wanted to chase after him, but was rudely stopped by the servant, who said in a cold voice: "Madam Huo, please stop. My prince doesn't like to be disturbed by outsiders."

Madam Huo: ...

Today is really a very unlucky day. Nothing goes well for me!

~

Fu Yushu was walking in the purple bamboo forest. Thinking of the frustrated expression on the face of Lady Huo, she couldn't help but cover her mouth with a handkerchief and laugh secretly.

To be honest, she only received a slap in the face today, but Master Huo lost his "reputation and career", so she didn't lose anything.

The feeling of being pampered and cared for by loved ones...is so good!

Half an hour later, the group finished touring the Purple Bamboo Forest.

Led by the adventurous Cui Jiaojiao, the group took a shortcut and went downhill along a narrow dirt road to the lake.

As it turned out, it had rained in the morning and the dirt road was a bit slippery.

Cui Jiaojiao and Fu Linghao were nimble and walked very fast. Soon they disappeared.

The other girls... lined up carefully and walked slowly. Unexpectedly, Meng Yangwan slipped and bumped into Fu Yushu who was walking in front of her.

Fu Yushu also lost his balance and couldn't control his body and crashed forward...

The collision knocked Fu Yuzheng, who was standing in front of her, off balance.

Gao Ni heard something strange behind him, so he turned around and hugged Fu Yuzheng who was flying towards him, but Fu Yushuo behind Fu Yuzheng... Gao Ni dodged to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, Fu Yushu, who couldn't stop the car at all, continued to rush forward...

Mu Shaoheng heard the noise behind him and turned around in time to check. So he saw Gao Ni move away to avoid suspicion, and in an instant, Fu Yushu threw herself into his arms.

Following closely behind was Meng Yangwan.

Mu Shaoheng: ...

Without time to think, he subconsciously hugged Fu Yushu tightly and moved to the side... to avoid suspicion.

So, with no one to catch her, Meng Yangwan fell straight down the path... Oh no, to be precise, she "gurgled" like a cloth ball... and rolled down.

It rolled down the slope onto the grass and hit a big rock hard. It let out a scream, "Ah!" before it finally stopped.

Faced with such a tragic situation, Gao Ni could no longer let Fu Yuzheng walk on her own. He simply picked her up by the waist and carried her all the way down.

After Fu Yushu stood firmly, Mu Shaoheng let her go, chopped down a small tree from the roadside, and took out a dagger from his boots to cut off the extra branches.

Make it into a walking stick.

Then, he handed it to Fu Yushu: "Try using it as a crutch."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Fu Yushu took the cane without hesitation and found that Mu Shaoheng had a good eye for it. The size was neither too big nor too small, just right for her small hand.

With the crutches, Fu Yushuo was indeed much more stable and walked more easily than before.

Mu Shaoheng slowed down his pace and stayed beside her. When she showed signs of slipping, he would hold her arm to give her support.

Suddenly, Fu Yushu noticed from the corner of her eye that there was a small red lip print on Mu Shaoheng's chest, which was conspicuous against the white robe.

Fu Yushu suddenly felt embarrassed, realizing that it was the red lip balm that she had accidentally rubbed on him when she pounced on him earlier.

If it is not handled, and she walks out with a bright red lip stain, and is seen by outsiders, who knows how much gossip and trouble it will cause.

Fu Yushu thought about it and reminded him reluctantly: "Prince, Prince...you accidentally got lip balm on there..." She pointed with her finger and felt so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into the ground.

Mu Shaoheng looked down and saw a plump lip mark left on his chest.

He smiled brightly: "Wait for me here for a while."

After saying that, Mu Shaoheng nimbly climbed up a wild fruit tree by the roadside, picked a bunch of small red fruits from the tree, squeezed them in his hand to squeeze out the juice, and then wiped them on the white robe in front of him...

In an instant, the red lip mark was covered up.

When he stood in front of Fu Yushu again, Fu Yushu only saw a... huge red maple leaf on his chest!

The kind that sways in the wind has a beautiful shape.

Fu Yushu: ...

I couldn't help but marvel at how quick King Zhenbian's mind worked!

And the painting is exquisite!

When Fu Yushu looked at the red maple leaves in front of him, Mu Shaoheng also glanced at her red lips, which were small and plump, like red cherries on the branches in early summer, fresh and juicy.

From her rosy lips to her pretty face, Mu Shaoheng naturally praised: "You three siblings are all very beautiful."

Fu Yushu: ...

Beauties of her and Fu Yuzheng's level hear similar compliments almost every day, but this is the first time she has heard it from... a man!

Fortunately, Mu Shaoheng was very good at praising people. He praised the three siblings together, thus avoiding the girl's shyness and discomfort.

Later, Mu Shaoheng told Fu Yushu:

"Your sister is really good at choosing a husband... When you look for a husband in the future, let Gao Ni do some research for you first, so you don't run into someone like Master Huo, who is a man who favors his concubine over his wife."

"It doesn't matter if a man has many concubines. As long as he respects you and lets the concubines obey you, your life will naturally be better."

When this was mentioned, the two of them started talking and exchanged a lot of ideas.

Fu Yushu couldn't help but frown and asked, "Why do you have to take a concubine?"

"A couple lives together for life, just like my parents, loving each other all their lives, without the jealousy of concubines and the quarrels of illegitimate children, isn't that good?"

Mu Shaoheng: ...

After a moment of silence, he said thoughtfully, "If you mind the other party taking concubines and having illegitimate children, you might as well talk to your in-laws directly before getting engaged. If they accept it, then get engaged. If not, then... find another one."

"As long as the other party truly likes you, I think these little things... can be negotiated."

Fu Yushu followed his words and couldn't help but ask one more question: "So, if the prince meets the right person in the future, can he be with her for the rest of his life?"

Mu Shaoheng did not give a perfunctory answer like he was dealing with a little girl, but thought about it seriously for a while before saying, "Yes, of course I can."

He didn't do it in the first half of his life because Princess Yuehua didn't care about him. A few days after the wedding, Yuehua was thinking about finding a concubine for him and drove him to sleep in the concubine's yard every night.

To be honest, none of those low-ranking concubines he took in were chosen by him on his own initiative. They were all... stuffed in by Yuehua.

By the time he and Yuehua discovered that... they loved each other from the bottom of their hearts, her life had come to the end.

Seriously speaking, Mu Shaoheng's first love was really short-lived. At most, it was only... three months? It just started, and it ended in a bang!

If he could meet the woman he loved again in the second half of his life, he would certainly cherish her!

I am willing to accompany her for the rest of my life!

Can you really do it?

What about his concubines? Are they all sold?

Although Fu Yushu was very curious, this question was too private and it was not convenient to ask in detail.

At this moment, the two of them also finished the slippery downhill road and successfully met up with the rest of the group.

Then, Fu Yushu saw... Meng Yangwan, who had fallen badly and no one was taking care of her.

——Not only was he covered in mud, but his face and the back of his hands were also scratched by sharp pebbles with several bright red cuts.

Fu Yushu hurried over and comforted her, "Don't worry about the wound on your face. I'll get you a bottle of snow skin cream later. It will heal in a few days."

Meng Yangwan nodded. She looked at the intact Fu Yushu with great envy and whispered in a low voice, "Yushu, the King of Zhenbian treats you so well. He is willing to stand up for you and... hug you."

After hearing this, Fu Yushu hurriedly explained, "Don't talk nonsense. The prince is just taking extra care of me for my brother's sake."

If it weren't for her brother, she would be like the other noble ladies, unable to get close to the King of Zhenbian.

There is no difference.

Meng Yangwan smiled and said, "The difference between people lies in chance. You have an innate advantage..."

At this time, Mu Shaoheng walked over here, and Fu Yusu hurriedly covered her friend's mouth with a handkerchief, not allowing her to say anything more.

"Miss Fu, please wait a moment. A pleasure boat will come to pick you up soon." Mu Shaoheng said.

Fu Yushu covered her friend's mouth and nodded at Mu Shaoheng.

As soon as Mu Shaoheng left, Meng Yangwan moved the handkerchief away again and smiled quietly, "I was right, wasn't I? The King of Zhenbian came over to tell you about this little thing in person. He is very attentive to you."

Fu Yushu: ...

~

After a while, a three-story exquisite pleasure boat came to the island in the middle of the lake to greet us.

The pleasure boat traveled much faster than the small wooden boat, and in less than a quarter of an hour, it reached the other side of the lake.

At this time, the sun was setting.

Meng Yangwan got off the pleasure boat and said goodbye to Fu Yushu and his group. When Fu Yushu and his two siblings were about to say goodbye to Mu Shaoheng, suddenly...

Two old women in their fifties walked up to me.

Because Mu Shaoheng looked at the two old women, Fu Yusu and others also looked in the direction he was looking.

The two old women came straight to Mu Shaoheng, knelt down and saluted:

"Concubine Liu greets His Majesty."

"Concubine Qin greets the prince."

Is this Mu Shaoheng's concubine?

So old?!

The exposed skin on her face and hands looked completely decrepit... an old woman!

Fu Yushu, Fu Yuzheng and Cui Jiaojiao all widened their eyes in shock.

Fu Linghao had obviously seen him many times in Southwest Mu Mansion, and there was no surprise in his eyes.

His father's concubines had already aged like this since he was two or three years old!

Fortunately, my father was kind-hearted. He had been treating them well for more than ten years. He took care of them like old ladies and saw them to the end of their lives. He did not ruthlessly drive them out of the house.

Gao Ni whispered in Fu Yuzheng's ear: "Princess Yuehua poisoned Mu Shaoheng's concubines...are all so old."

Fu Yuzheng: ???

I have to admit that Princess Yuehua is...very vicious.

At this time, Mu Shaoheng gently asked the two concubines: "You have come all the way to Beijing, is there something wrong?"

Concubine Liu said with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness, Concubine Qin has been vomiting blood recently. I'm afraid... she doesn't have much time left. She has never been to the capital in her life, and I want to come and see her. The old lady asked me to accompany her to the capital for a stroll."

Upon hearing this, Mu Shaoheng instructed his servant, "Send a few more guards to take them into the city for a good stroll. Don't skimp on their money."

The servant immediately agreed.

The two concubines knew that they looked old and were too embarrassed to stay with Mu Shaoheng for long, so as usual, they greeted each other and said goodbye in a hurry.

Despite this, the two old concubines still attracted the attention of the Crown Prince, Prince Jing and Prince Duan. They keenly realized that Mu Shaoheng lacked women around him.

Princess, since we can’t make a decision right away, just take the concubines away...it will be quicker, right?

So, that night, officials from the court came one after another, bringing their concubines' daughters to visit Mu Shaoheng's tent.

The visitors formed a long queue, all the way from Mu Shaoheng's tent to Fu Yushu's tent.

Fu Yushu: ...

It was not until Mu Shaoheng claimed to be ill and declined the visit and hid in Fu Linghao's tent that the long dragon finally withdrew.

Cui Jiaojiao asked the maid to bring a pot of wine and prepare some side dishes. She asked the two of them to sit around the eight-immortal table and chat, while she went out to play with her two sisters-in-law, Fu Yuzheng and Fu Yusu.

Soon, Fu Linghao called Gao Ni over, and the three of them sat together and chatted.

Gao Ni clinked his glasses with Mu Shaoheng and said with a joking smile, "Your Highness, there is no concubine who understands your feelings. Are you really not planning to take one in?"

Mu Shaoheng drank the whole cup and said with a smile: "Forget it, the concubine is very noisy. Let's live a quiet life for a few years first, then marry a beloved princess and live with her."

Gao Ni sensed something and clinked glasses with Mu Shaoheng again, grinning wickedly: "Oh, Your Majesty is so conscious! Are you going to stay pure before you marry the princess?"

Mu Shaoheng was drinking and choked when he heard the words.

A mouthful of wine sprayed out and landed on...Fu Linghao's face.

Fu Linghao wiped the wine off his face and suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have invited Gao Ni. He never speaks seriously!