I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

After listening to Mu Shaoheng's explanation, sympathy and pity filled Fu Yushu's heart, and the little unhappiness caused by the dispute earlier was mostly dissipated.

Suddenly, remembering something, Fu Yushu quietly asked her husband: "Brother Shao Heng, when you were a child...did your father love you?"

If he ignored his legitimate son just because he favored his concubine, that would be too much.

When Fu Yushu was thinking, he heard Mu Shaoheng smile and said, "It's okay for me."

Hearing this, Fu Yushu breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Mu Shaoheng added:

"It's not like he loves me. We only see each other for ten days or half a month. But at least he respects my ideas and can accomplish whatever I want to do."

Fu Yushu: ???

When we were kids, we wouldn’t see each other for ten days or half a month?

Can this be called father and son?

Fu Yushu couldn't help but recall her childhood. Her father would hug her as soon as he came home from the military camp. Later, when she had a younger sister, her father would hold one in each hand and kiss her sister's little face before kissing his own.

My sister always uses her chubby little hands to wipe the saliva left on her face, and she pouts and calls out every day:

"Your saliva stinks. You won't let Daddy kiss you. You won't let Daddy kiss you."

Every time, Daddy would promise, “Be good, Zheng’er. Daddy won’t kiss me tomorrow.” But he would still kiss me the next day.

My sister was so angry that she almost cried...

When I recall my sister and I’s childhood, I can truly remember our father’s deep love and our warm family life!

In this comparison, Mu Shaoheng had a very hard childhood.

The biggest difference between her and him was not that her family was wealthy, but that after Fu Yushu's father got married, he only lived with his wife, but the old prince favored his concubine and neglected his wife. He gave all his love to Concubine Shao and completely ignored Mu Shaoheng and his mother.

Fu Yushu even suspected that it was fortunate that Concubine Shao had never given birth to a son, otherwise Mu Shaoheng's status as the crown prince... might not have been preserved?

Thinking of this, Fu Yushu felt heartbroken.

I couldn't help but hug Mu Shaoheng's narrow waist, put my face on his chest, and said with a choked voice:

"Brother Shao Heng, I understand. It has been very difficult for you and mother in the past days... Mother is also a victim. In the future, I will try my best to be more considerate of mother and try not to make her angry."

Hearing this, Mu Shaoheng hugged his little wife tightly with relief and said with a smile:

"If you have such a wife, what more can a husband ask for?"

"However, Shu'er, Mother's temper is indeed tricky and weird now. If you can't handle it, try to avoid her. If there is anything, just wait for me to handle it."

Fu Yushu nodded: "Brother Shao Heng, I understand."

~

The convoy arrived at the Mu Mansion in Xiaonong Hutong.

Fu Yushu followed Mu Shaoheng to the old lady's carriage, ready to help her get off the carriage.

Mu Shaoheng stretched out his hand, and Fu Yusu also stretched out his hand. If all went well, they should each support the old lady with one hand.

Unexpectedly, the old lady was still angry and only gave one hand to Mu Shaoheng, while she deliberately lifted her skirt with the other hand.

Fu Yushu stretched out his hand: ...

He froze in mid-air for a moment.

Unable to pick up the person, he could only shrink back in embarrassment.

The old lady wanted to get down from the shaft of the cart and step onto the yellow wooden stool.

Unexpectedly, Mu Shaoheng did not cooperate, but smiled and said to the old lady:

"Mother, you are old and it is not convenient for you to get off the carriage. Let my son and Shu'er help you down, so as to avoid any mishaps."

Does this mean that he can't support the old lady by himself? Is he afraid that she will fall off the carriage?

Need Fu Yushu’s help?

Obviously, this is just a euphemism to give face, but in fact it is to support Fu Yusu.

The old lady felt deeply depressed.

She had no choice but to protect her son's reputation in front of all the servants, so she could only smile and say, "My son is very thoughtful."

Seeing this, Fu Yushuo reached out her hand again, and together with her husband, helped her mother-in-law down from the ground.

This was the first time that the old lady came to the Southwest Mu Mansion’s mansion in the capital. With the help of her son and daughter-in-law, she walked through the gate, crossed the screen wall, and entered the backyard through the hanging flower gate.

"This palace in the capital is very unique, very different from the royal palaces in our southwest. It feels like being in a poetic and picturesque place. Not bad, not bad."

The old lady liked it very much and kept praising him with a smile: "Shao Heng, you have good taste!"

Mu Shaoheng glanced at Fu Yushu and said with a smile, "Mother, you praised the wrong person. Every blade of grass and every tree in this mansion was designed by Shu'er. She has a very good vision."

Old Lady: ...

The smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly froze.

His nephew Shen Yixiao knew how to please Mu Shaoheng, and he immediately praised him with a smile:

"I didn't expect that Wang's wife is such a talented woman. She is worthy of being a noble lady in the capital. I admire her very much."

The smile on the old lady's lips became increasingly stiff.

At this moment, the concierge came hurriedly to report: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince has an important matter to visit you."

The current prince?

Mu Shaoheng nodded and told the gatekeeper, "Take the prince to the flower hall to sit for a while, I will be there soon." After that, he wanted to help his mother move forward.

The old lady stopped and persuaded Mu Shaoheng, "Son, it's okay for your mother. Go meet the prince first. There may be something important going on. You can't delay."

Mu Shaoheng didn't care.

Even if we take a step back, no matter how big the event is, it is the event of the prince's party. What does it have to do with his Southwest Mu Mansion?

The prince doesn't have that much face in front of him.

However, Mu Shaoheng didn't want to disobey his mother, so he gave her face and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, mother. I'll go over and take a look."

Before leaving, he glanced at Fu Yushu and said with a smile, "Shu'er, mother must be tired from the long journey. You help her go back to her yard to rest first."

Fu Yushu smiled gently: "Brother Shao Heng, don't worry, I will definitely entertain mother well."

Unexpectedly, just as Mu Shaoheng passed through the hanging flower gate, the old lady pulled her arm out of Fu Yushu's hand, stretched it in front of Shen Yixiao and said:

"Xiao'er, you should come and help your aunt. Your aunt is not used to ordering other people around."

Upon hearing this, Fu Yushu smiled faintly, withdrew his hand and stood aside without saying a word.

Seeing the old lady being so pretentious, Dieyi rolled her eyes rudely.

Fu Yushu quietly shook her head at Dieyi, indicating that she didn't need to do so.

At this moment, the old lady laughed loudly at Shen Yi:

"Xiao'er, this is strange. The design style of this mansion seems a bit novel at first glance, but after a few more glances, I found that... the pavilions, towers, and scenery are not grand at all."

"It's totally unworthy of the grandeur of our Southwest Mu Mansion. It exudes a sense of... pettiness everywhere."

Fu Yushu: ???

He was praising me at first, but in the blink of an eye, he started to belittle me?

This attitude changed too quickly.

Anyone could tell that the old lady did it on purpose. After learning that the mansion was designed by Fu Yusu, she started to find fault and slander people.

Fu Yushu was certainly not happy in her heart.

However, considering that my mother-in-law had suffered a lot when she was young and had become a resentful woman in the boudoir, I felt pity for her and was unwilling to care about it.

It went in one ear and out the other, and I pretended not to hear it.

Dieyi didn't have Fu Yusu's good temper. She wanted to refute directly, but Fu Yusu stopped her in time with her eyes.

Mu Shaoheng said that the old lady would only stay in the capital for more than half a month at most. She was too old to stand the cold, so she would return to the southwest before the heavy snow in December.

It was only more than half a month, not a long time. Fu Yushu didn't want to cause trouble for her mother-in-law, nor did she want to let Mu Shaoheng be caught between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Dieyi had no choice but to shut up, but deep down she didn't agree with her sister-in-law's concession.

Some people act according to the situation. The more you give in, the more they will push you. Dieyi thinks that the old lady is just that kind of person.

As expected, the old lady and Shen Yixiao criticized the design of the mansion, saying that this place was not good, that place was not good either... At the end of the review, they actually said bluntly:

"Princess, please prepare some writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone for me. I will work hard to redesign it. Tomorrow, you will call the construction team to tear down the entire mansion and rebuild it."

Fu Yushu: ...

This is her and Mu Shaoheng's wedding room. Every tree and blade of grass was planned by her and Mu Shaoheng, and it was full of hard work. It's only been a few months since the renovation, and they have to renovate it again?

There was no doubt that the mother-in-law had no real problem with the scenery, but was just trying to embarrass her and provoke her.

This time, Fu Yushu did not give in. Her voice was sweet and soft, but her refusal was firm:

"Mother, you have come all the way from the southwest. You must be very tired. Don't worry about these little things. The prince and daughter-in-law will take care of them."

After thinking about it, Fu Yushu couldn't help but add:

"The aesthetic tastes of young people and old people are very different. My daughter-in-law and the prince like the current style very much. It is poetic and picturesque. Every day is like wandering in an ancient painting. It makes them feel good and comfortable."

Old Lady: ???

Is this a direct statement that she is an old woman and is meddling in other people’s affairs?

She immediately turned around and glanced coldly at Fu Yushu, sneered and was about to scold him, but at this moment, Mu Shaoheng came back. The old lady didn't want to lose her temper in front of her son, so she had to put away her cold face temporarily.

But the old lady was still unhappy in her heart, so much so that she tossed and turned at night and couldn't fall asleep.

Later, he simply called in his trusted maid Qiao Xing, who was on night watch outside, and the two of them started chatting.

It’s called chatting, but in fact it’s more of...complaining.

The old lady snorted:

"Are all the young wives in the capital now like the princess, ignorant of the rules and even daring to contradict their mother-in-law?"

It is said that people are shaped by the land and water they live in. Who knows, this capital city might be in such chaos that even "filial piety" is ignored.

The old lady came to Beijing for the first time and was unfamiliar with the place. She wanted to find out more about the place before deciding what to do next.

Qiao Xing, who was chatting with her, was also brought by the old lady from the southwest. Like the old lady, she was also a newcomer.

But Qiao Xing has a special skill - she is good at socializing.

Look, after only one day of moving in, Qiao Xing has already made friends with many maids and servants, and found out a lot of amazing news.

Seeing that no one was around, Qiao Xing knelt down beside the bed and whispered:

"Old Madam, other young wives in the capital would not dare to be so rude and provoke their mother-in-law at every turn."

"But the princess's sister (Fu Yuzheng) is quite remarkable... within a few months of marrying into her husband's family, she defeated her mother-in-law, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo."

The old lady was horrified when she heard this. She grabbed the mattress and asked, "Tell me quickly, what happened?"

Qiao Xing continued in a low voice:

"My sister's (Fu Yuzheng) mother-in-law is in such a miserable state now. Not only has she been deprived of her right to manage the household, she has also been locked up in a gloomy ancestral hall and will never see the light of day again."

"Not only that, as soon as her sister took over the household duties, she ruined her sister-in-law's marriage... Tsk tsk tsk, what a ruthless person."

Hearing this, the coldness in the old lady's eyes grew deeper and deeper.

"No wonder the princess is so unruly, her family is full of bad people!"

Her younger sister is so sinister, how can Fu Yushu be a good person as her elder sister? Sooner or later, her true nature will be exposed, and like her younger sister, she will make her husband's family a mess!

Qiao Xing nodded and said:

"That's right. Our prince was fascinated by the princess's beauty and could not see through her true nature, so he married her."

"Alas, Miss Shen Yifei (Shen Yixiao's sister, the old lady's niece) is so nice. Unfortunately, our prince is not so lucky. He will never be able to marry her in this lifetime."

Upon hearing this, the old lady sighed even more.

Shen Yifei, her niece from her mother's side, was a girl she had watched grow up. She was a girl with both talent and beauty, and had excellent character.

It would be great if I became her daughter-in-law!

She can sit back and relax for the rest of her life, just waiting to have grandchildren. Unlike now, she gets annoyed when she sees Fu Yushu.

After all this sighing, the old lady became even more unable to sleep.