The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

Upon seeing this, the captain of the imperial guard said no more. He knew very well that what Jiang said was true. The national treasury was already abundant during the previous emperor's reign. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he started large-scale construction, built a back garden, and spent a lot of money to recruit extraordinary people in order to seek the elixir of immortality.

However, military pay had been cut. General Mu couldn't bear to see his soldiers go hungry, so he bought food and fodder out of his own pocket. He also gave out subsidies during festivals so that everyone could eat better and send money home to report their safety.

"Alright, first take the Mu family to the prison, and let the guests go after they have been lined up for inspection. The slaves will be taken back by the government, and some people will be assigned to count the property here."

The envoy of the Hanlin Academy spoke at the right time. After this confrontation, the captain of the Imperial Guard no longer searched their belongings one by one in front of many guests and common people. He just took people away when he saw that there were no jewelry. This made it convenient for them to smuggle some silver bills.

The second wife was not stupid either, and she had some banknotes hidden on her.

When we arrived at the prison, everyone stood together with heavy hearts. The ground was covered with wet straw. There was a large kang against the inside wall, with nothing on it except straw. The simple and dirty environment was unbearable.

The Mu family was placed in two adjacent cells, one for men and one for women, separated by a wooden fence.

Fu Yunxi walked closer to Mu Yibai, found a slightly cleaner spot in the corner of the kang, spread some straw, and asked the old lady to sit over there: "Grandma, please take a rest here first."

"Alas, the Mu family has no hope this time." Supported by Luo, the old lady sat down on the kang. She had lost her former spirit and seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. Perhaps it was because she had been supporting this huge family business alone for many years and was too overworked.

"Oh, you're being too attentive at this time. The Mu family may have suffered such a disaster because someone just came in." The youngest concubine of Second Uncle Mu Yiguo, the Eighth Aunt, covered her mouth and laughed. She usually loved to curry favor with the mistress of the second house, Cai, and loved to be attentive to her no matter what.

"Whether Xier is unlucky or not is not your turn as a concubine to comment. Since Xier has not broken off the engagement, she is a member of our Mu family and a member of our eldest wife's family." Luo immediately stepped forward and said.

Only then did Fu Yunxi take a closer look at the people in the second house. There were many female relatives, more than those in the first house.

Mu Yiguo's first wife, Ms. Cai, has an eldest son, Mu Yifan, who is 20 years old this year. He married Ms. Liu and has a three-year-old son, Mu Yuanzhang.

Standing next to Cai were seven concubines, each of them was outstanding in appearance and beautiful.

Only the fourth aunt had a daughter, named Mu Shanshan, who was fourteen years old.

Cai was usually quite harsh on them, especially on the fourth concubine, just because she gave birth to a daughter.

Only the Eighth Aunt could please Cai, and she was always humble and fawning to the extreme.

"Mother, sister-in-law, come and rest. Our family has been in great trouble and we have been thrown into prison. I don't know when the emperor will order us to be exiled.

My sister-in-law is pregnant, so she shouldn't overwork herself."

Fu Yunxi ignored the people from the second house and only asked Luo and her pregnant sister-in-law to sit down and have a rest.

At this point, she didn't know what the people from the second house relied on to be so arrogant. In her impression, the people from the second house were not kind people. The book said that her sister-in-law encountered many disasters on the way to exile, and she had a miscarriage not long after the exile. The second house not only watched coldly, but also mocked her.

As a result, the sister-in-law was heartbroken and had a high fever all night. She called out the name of her eldest brother in an incoherent manner. Even the medicine that the villain had worked so hard to obtain was of no use. After all, who can save a person who has lost his heart?

Then, during droughts, they robbed the eldest wife's water and food, and exposed the eldest wife's location when they encountered bandits. Such evil deeds were countless and chilling.

Fu Yunxi thought that even if the second room had a share of the supplies in her space, she would never give them to help.

Because she knew very well that human nature was the most difficult to change, let alone the extremely hateful Second Wife, who was not worthy of her sympathy.

"Mother, sister-in-law, Yun Xi is right. You should take care of your health."

Mu Yibai whispered to Luo and Lin on the other side of the railing,

Fu Yunxi was stunned. The big villain actually called her Yunxi. Does this mean that the big villain has slowly begun to accept her in his heart?

She felt a little happy in her heart. No matter how the plot of the book developed, since she had come this far, she would never let the tragedy happen, and would never let him become the villain.

Fu Yunxi walked over to Lin and sat down, whispering in her ear

"Don't be sad, sister-in-law. I absolutely don't believe the imperial edict that says father and elder brother are colluding with the enemy and committing treason. With elder brother's wisdom, perhaps he has not fallen into the trap of the dog emperor. He may have already escaped from the border and is trying to clear his name."

Lin knew that she was comforting herself, but she still couldn't help feeling sad and her tears kept flowing. She simply couldn't believe that her elegant husband would be charged with treason.

"Even if nothing else, sister-in-law should also consider the fetus in your belly. This is big brother's child, the fruit of your love, and the eldest grandson of the Wei family. You must take care of your health and raise him to adulthood. What I said is the truth. Big brother is so smart, maybe he has seen through the conspiracy, so we must take care of ourselves and wait for big brother to come back."

Fu Yunxi was not making a random guess. She remembered that when the villain in the novel was assassinated on his way to revenge, a man rushed to save him. The author did not describe his identity in detail, but from the description, he was somewhat similar to her eldest brother, so she believed that Mu Yitian was not dead yet.