The concubine will not accompany you: General, Madam ran away again

Chapter 568
After a pause, Mu Shuyao asked the girl to give those lanterns to the three sisters Mu Yanran, Mu Wanting, and Mu Jiaqing respectively, "Shuyao visited the lantern market last night and saw a lot of interesting things, so I took them with me." Come on, after all, it’s Chinese New Year, just to be happy.”

Mu Wanting was very happy looking at those beautiful lanterns, even Mu Yanran and Mu Jiaqing liked them a little.

Mu Shuyao said again: "Although these things are not worth a lot of money, it's good that the ladies don't dislike them. If it's really not good, it's okay to keep them for rewarding people."

The old lady hadn't recovered from the depression just now, but Nanny Sun reminded her in a low voice: "Master will buy lanterns for the ladies in the mansion every year."

Aunt Liu nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, there is a lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. If the elders don't take the juniors out with them, they must buy some and share them with the juniors. This means to illuminate the new year and give the juniors Ask for a good omen. Don't you think so, old lady?"

Only then did the old lady come to her senses, and hurriedly said: "That's right, it's a big event that the lights of the fifteenth day will illuminate the future, and Yongnian will never forget this if he forgets anything."

Although the words were a little sour, but her children and grandchildren would not follow her to fight for anything, so she put a smile on her face, "In the past, on the fifteenth day of the Yongnian, I would take your sisters out for a walk, and when they came back, they would be handed over. A string of lanterns, not one less. Even if they catch up with the busy business, they will buy some back specially, and this custom will never be broken.

Mu Shuyao curled her lips disapprovingly, the old lady still had resentment in her heart.

Mu Wanting nodded tightly, "That's right, my father gave Wanting a lantern in the shape of a kitten the year before last, but it was pretty."

Several people in the hall were talking lively, at this moment, I saw the little girl walking slowly with the help of Aunt Jin with a sick face, not far behind her, Mu Yongnian also accompanied Rong Xian to this place while walking.

The people behind were talking and laughing as they walked, Aunt Jin's face became even more sickly, and with the support of the little girl, she bowed to the old lady.

The old lady felt a little unhappy, and felt that she came out at such a festive time with a sick face, which was just to add trouble to others.But it's not easy to drive her back, so he just said in a low voice: "Didn't I tell you to lie down in the room and come out after a while when you recover."

"The concubine just wants to kowtow to the old lady and the master." She sobbed softly as she spoke.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, there is no taboo for those who celebrate the New Year." Then she turned to Mu Jiaqing, who was supporting Aunt Jin, and said, "Help your aunt to sit down."

At this time, Rong Xian was heard softly saying to Mu Yongnian: "Lord Mu, does Tianli really have such customs? Although Rong Xian is from Tianli, he was born and raised in Beidi since childhood. I don’t know this custom.”

As she spoke, she raised the lantern in her hand and said, "Will this lantern really illuminate people's future?"

Mu Yongnian nodded fondly, "Of course it is true, how could the truth lie to you."

The two entered the hall while talking and laughing. Before they could salute to the old lady, Mu Wanting was the first to stand up after Mu Shuyao gave him a look, and excitedly said to Mu Yongnian with a rare smile on her face. : "Father, you are here! We are all waiting for you to send lanterns!"

But seeing Mu Yongnian was taken aback, he said casually, "Festival lantern? What kind of lantern?"

When Mu Yongnian said these words, let alone the female relatives and a few children, even the old lady's heart was cold.She clearly heard that Rong Xian was still holding a string of lanterns in his hand just now, how come she didn't remember this at all when she was in front of her children?
Mu Wanting froze in place, neither standing nor sitting, her eye circles turned red all of a sudden, she lowered her head while twisting the handkerchief with both hands.

Aunt Jin also had grievances on her face and said: "The master just talked about the custom of lanterns with Princess Rongxian, did you forget it so quickly? It doesn't matter if the master has forgotten these concubines, but there are three young ladies in the house. Didn’t the old lady say that you buy them lanterns every year?”

Mu Yanran didn't know what she was thinking, she just sat there with an unpredictable expression, holding her breath, as if she didn't hear the conversation between Mu Yongnian and the others.

"The fifteen lanterns can illuminate the children's future. My father even gave it to Princess Rongxian. Why don't you buy it for us sisters? Doesn't my father want us sisters to have a good future?" Mu Jiaqing sat on the chair, quietly Open your mouth.

"The injury on the big sister's forehead is still there. It's fine if father didn't take grandma and our sisters out to see the lanterns. But since you even bought lanterns for Princess Rongxian, why can't you buy more lanterns?" What about our sisters?" Seeing that no one spoke, Mu Jiaqing asked again.

Hearing what she said, the old lady was even more unhappy, and asked Mu Yongnian with a gloomy face: "Are you a father after all?"

Mu Yongnian regretted what Mu Jiaqing said.Last night, he was so focused on making Rong Xian happy that he completely forgot about his children. Hearing the old lady say the same at this moment really made him a little embarrassed.

He hurried forward a few steps and said to his wife: "It's Yongnian's negligence, please punish my mother."

"Punishment?" The old lady snorted coldly, then looked at Rong Xian with an embarrassing face, her expression was even worse: "Let me ask you, who is your family?"

In front of Mu Shuyao, these words had already been said very seriously, and Rong Xian was a little embarrassed, but she was not an ordinary woman, so she hurriedly stepped forward to salute the old lady, and said: "This matter is not worth it. It was Rong Xian's fault, because it was the first time I came to Tianli Capital, and I thought it was very novel, so I begged Master Mu to take me out for a walk. Master Mu also thought that Rong Xian was alone in Beijing, so he took care of me more, and please Don't blame Mrs. Mu, the old lady, Rong Xian will bear all the blame for it."

Mu Yongnian hurriedly defended: "It's none of the princess's business, mother, the princess is personally appointed by the emperor, and the son takes care of him more to strengthen the foundation of the country, and this is also to share the worries of the saint!"

He directly lifted the emperor out and successfully gagged the old lady.

Mu Shuyao sighed softly, then turned to look at Mu Yanran and Mu Jiaqing: "It turns out that those who are sealed by the emperor are more valuable than their own daughters. Why have I never enjoyed this kind of treatment before?"

"You are a native of Tianli, and you are cared for by the emperor, so why bother with your true self." Mu Yongnian said awkwardly, as if he just saw Mu Shuyao.

But Mu Jiaqing suddenly interjected: "Father forgot, Princess Li grew up in the countryside at that time, so she had never really seen the lanterns in Tianli Capital, and she also got the emperor's personal seal at that time, but she never saw her father like that." Take care of her."

"She has someone else to take care of her, so don't provoke her here." Mu Yongnian glared at Mu Jiaqing disdainfully, and said, shaking his sleeves.

"Instigate?" Mu Jiaqing laughed immediately, "My daughter just doesn't understand what my father means, so I'm just asking, why is my father so angry? Is it because I also feel that this is not a proper thing to do."

(End of this chapter)