Tangled

When they returned to Mu's mansion, they saw lights and festoons everywhere, full of joy and bustle, and Mu Luoluo, who was dressed as a maid, was ignored.

"What's the happy event at home?" Mu Luoluo casually grabbed a servant who was passing by her.

"Oh! Missy! The servant's blind eyes didn't recognize Missy. Why are you dressed like this?" The servant was unguarded, and was suddenly dragged and almost fell down. "You don't remember? Tomorrow is the third lady's big wedding." Day!"

Third miss, Mu Luoluo frowned slightly, tomorrow is actually the day when Mu Pingping gets married.

"Who did you marry?" Mu Luoluo asked.

"It's just an ordinary family, an honest farmer." A voice behind him replied.

Mu Luoluo turned her head, and standing behind her was the second young lady, Zhao Mushi, who had been married three years ago.

"I've seen the big sister, but the younger sister is carrying her body, so it's inconvenient to perform the full salute." Zhao Mushi patted her protruding belly with one hand, and supported the maidservant with the other, and bent her knees with difficulty.

"Forget it." Mu Luoluo waved her hand towards Zhao Mushi, and then signaled to the servant who was stopped by her to leave, "Why are you back? It's a long journey, and even if you are exhausted, you won't be afraid of tire gas."

"I've been married for three years, and I rarely go home. Now that I'm pregnant, I should return home to announce the good news. It's okay to work harder." Zhao Mu smiled lightly, as meek as ever.

Mrs. Zhao Mu was born of her aunt Liu. When she was alive, she deliberately trained Aunt Liu, who could read a few words, to help her manage the accounts. Therefore, the relationship between Mrs. Zhao and Mu Luoluo was also closer than that of other sisters. It's closer, but just like other children of the Mu family, Zhao Mu's family is also a little afraid of Mu Luoluo.

"How are you doing?" Mu Luoluo walked to Zhao Mushi's side and helped her walk into the house.

"Although he is not rich and powerful, but he respects each other like a guest, and his life is considered happy." Zhao Mu's face was brimming with happiness, and when he looked down, he saw Mu Luoluo's clothes were unusual. "Sister, is this?"

"Xiaoxiao enters the palace, I will go with her too." Mu Luoluo replied.

Zhao Mu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he also understood, "I think it's very difficult for my sister to come back. Why don't you change your clothes and go to see your father earlier, and you can rest earlier to relieve the exhaustion of the boat and the car?" Tired."

"Alright." Mu Luoluo nodded, patted the back of Zhao Mushi's hand, and took a step forward.

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"Come in." Master Mu raised his voice when he heard the knock on the door.

"Father." Mu Luoluo pushed the door open and entered the room, blessing her body.

Master Mu was taken aback when he saw Mu Luoluo, and then he was shocked.

"Xiaoxiao didn't come back, Qingwan returned to Ning, I came back with her." Mu Luoluo noticed that Master Mu glanced behind her vaguely, and answered without waiting for him to speak.

"Sit down." Master Mu nodded, poured a cup of tea for Mu Luoluo himself, "How is life in the palace?"

"Right now, Xiaoxiao is already a beauty, with a title of Xian, an upright lord, quite a sacred heart, much better than I expected." Mu Luoluo was not modest, and took a sip from her cup, "I am coming back this time, I just want to persuade my father to raise Aunt Yin as an equal wife."

"It's absolutely impossible." Master Mu refused straight away, "When I married your mother, I made an oath to God that I would only marry her as my wife in this life."

"So what, it's different now that there are three aunts in the Mu family?" Mu Luoluo sneered, "My mother never said anything about this matter, nor did she have any complaints, because she never cared about her status, she only cared about you. She didn't care about it before she was alive, let alone Behind?"

Master Mu was speechless, and lowered his head to play with the cup in his hand.

"Father doesn't want to break his oath, and I don't want someone else to be the mistress of the Mu family, but now I propose it after careful consideration." Mu Luoluo sighed, "Everything is going well for Xiaoxiao in the palace now. The power of division, but the status of a concubine, the status is too high, it must be difficult to convince the public."

"It's all right for Xiaoxiao to live a peaceful life in the palace, why bother to pursue status, isn't it great for you to live a quiet life beside Concubine Shu?" Master Mu still didn't want to raise Aunt Yin as an equal wife.

"A concubine from the first line is always better than a concubine from the concubine." Mu Luoluo took another sip of tea. The journey was bumpy, but she was very thirsty. Let me say more, the pros and cons of it, I ask the father to weigh it himself, the daughter has said so much."

Master Mu sighed for a long time, turned his back to Mu Luoluo, his back seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

Mu Luoluo's appearance is seven or eight points similar to that of his wife, and his temperament is not bad except that he is stronger than his wife. She must have been to her mother's grave when she said these words now.

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In the early morning of the next day, Mu Pingping got married. The girl who used to make a fuss in front of Mu Luoluo because of entering the palace, finally married into an ordinary family, and her life has been ordinary ever since.

Mu Luoluo stood at the door, watching the big red wedding sedan chair swaying away from Mu's house. Aunt Sun was supported by the maid, crying uncontrollably.

"Father, it's time for my daughter to go." Mu Luoluo turned her head to look at Master Mu who was standing in the yard. "Father, please think about what happened yesterday."

"I have my own arrangements, so you can rest assured." Master Mu's hair seemed to have turned gray overnight. He once deceived himself and others, but now he was brought back to reality by his daughter.

Mu Luoluo was taken aback when she heard the words, and then smiled lightly.

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On the sixteenth day of the first month, concubine Su Shiluan drove back to the palace, and when she arrived on the [-]th day of the first month, she was shocked to hear the sad news—the side hall of Huiju Hall, Shen Shi, died.

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Shen Jieyu passed away on the nineteenth day of the first month, and is now in mourning for three days in the side hall of Huiju Hall, and buried on January 22. During the mourning period, concubines of the third rank and above are required to mourn for three days, and concubines of the third rank and above are required to pay their respects. A day of condolences.

After Mu Luoluo hastily rectified in the Shangqing Palace, she and Zhen'er changed their identities back and returned to Guanglu Hall. It was noon, and Mu Xiaoxiao came back from the side hall of Huiju Hall for lunch.

"Sister is back." Mu Xiaoxiao, who was supported by Zhu'er, walked with a limp, obviously due to kneeling for a long time, her eyes were red and swollen like walnuts.

"It's fine, why did Shen Jieyu die suddenly?" Mu Luoluo hurriedly stretched out her hand to support Mu Xiaoxiao, sat down beside her, let Zhu'er, who was also staggering a bit, rest for a while, and called a little maid to help Mu Xiaoxiao get off coat.

"Sister Shen has been seriously ill since years ago, and has not been able to recover well. A few days ago, after my sister and Sister Su left, the temperature suddenly dropped. Sister Shen couldn't bear it, so she passed away." Mu Xiaoxiao said, The teardrops couldn't help but fall down again.

Mu Luoluo also had a sore nose. When she first heard the bad news, both she and Su Qingwan were shocked, and it was really unacceptable.

Shen Jieyu has a docile temperament and doesn't fight or grab, she seldom argues with others, and she is a bit older, which looks like an elder sister.Although Mu Xiaoxiao had very little contact with her, she was genuinely saddened.

Zhou Zhaoyi, who is the same sister as Shen Jieyu and received a lot of care and advice from him, was even more sad, and heard that she passed out twice from crying.

On the 22nd of the first month, the last day of her death, the emperor issued a decree to posthumously confer the title of second-rank concubine on Shen, and to be buried with the ceremony of a first-rank concubine.

On the day of the funeral, Zhou Zhaoyi helped the coffin and sent it all the way out of the palace gate, and finally lost all manner at the gate of the palace.

The heavy snow that was flying all over the sky added a bit of chill and desolation to the funeral.

After Shen Xiuyi's death, the empress dowager took the third prince Dai Rong to her side and raised her personally.From then on, Shen Ruhui was just a name in the memory of those who missed her, and she was just a passer-by in the imperial city.

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"Your Majesty, the plum blossoms in the plum garden are already in full bloom, and you haven't gone out for a long time, why don't you go for a walk?" Wen Hui stood beside Concubine An Xian, asking about her background.

"Forget it, let's go for a walk and relax your muscles and bones." Concubine An Xian put down the scroll in her hand, glanced at the sunlight outside the window, and her mood became slightly brighter.

The plum blossoms in the plum garden are in full bloom, standing proudly on the branches one by one, covered with a thin layer of fresh snow, which is too beautiful to behold.

"Is there any interesting news recently?" Concubine An Xian walked under the tree, raised her hand and put a plum blossom under her nose, closed her eyes and sniffed lightly.

"There is one." Wen Hui followed Concubine An Xian.

"speak."

"A few days ago, for some reason, the Mu family adopted Xianmei under the name of the deceased Mrs. Mu, and Mr. Mu also raised Xianmei's biological mother as his equal wife." Wen Hui finished speaking without haste.

"Oh? In this way, she is a real daughter-in-law." Concubine An Xian opened her eyes and looked at the delicate but charming flower in front of her. "When did this happen?"

"Coincidentally, it is after Concubine Shu returned to Ning."

"What's the relationship between the Su family and the Mu family?" Concubine An Xian slowly gathered her five fingers, holding the plum blossom in her palm, and a little bit of snow also spread the coolness.

"This servant doesn't know. I only know that when Mrs. Mu was still alive, she had a good personal relationship with Mrs. Su." Wen Hui lowered her head.

"Go and investigate, focus on investigating the Mu family's concubine, the real concubine." Concubine An Xian spread out her hands, only the broken petals remained in her palms, she really underestimated this handsome woman.

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"I heard that the Hu people in Northwest China have asked us for peace, and His Majesty is willing to make friends with them, so he will send the princess out of the fortress to make a marriage."

"Really? Which princess is it?"

"Isn't Princess Heping the only princess in the palace today? I also heard that His Majesty has decreed that Concubine Shu and Concubine De should prepare the dowry."

"How can there be two empresses? Isn't there only one empress who prepares the dowry when princesses of all dynasties get married?"

"Then I don't know, maybe His Majesty thinks that Concubine Shu is weak and cannot handle it alone."

"Just gossiping here, why don't you go and see if there is any work left to do." Mu Luoluo opened the curtain and said to the two little maids standing in the corridor.

Seeing Mu Luoluo, the two little maids hurriedly lowered their heads and left quickly. To be honest, they felt that the eldest maid was more terrifying than their master.

"Actually, I'm also curious as to why the two empresses are preparing the dowry." Mu Xiaoxiao walked to the window, today is a rare sunny day in winter, and the feeling of bathing in the sun is really wonderful." His Majesty said that day , when spring begins, the barbarians will send envoys to take the princess out of the fortress on auspicious days, could it be because of the rush of time?"