The reborn businesswoman is the queen

Chapter 23 Debunking Aunt's Lie
Mu Yunge washed and dressed neatly before heading slowly to the front hall.

While walking, she asked Peiying, "Are both father and mother here?"

"No! Only Madam is here." Peiying said, "The young master is practicing martial arts with Mr. Tang, and today he said he was going to practice by the waterfall in the suburbs; the master went out in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet."

Mu Yunge frowned subconsciously: "Is my father always going out recently?"

Pei Ying said: "Master said recently that he had a lot of entertainment. Eight or nine out of ten days he spent walking outside. Every time he came back, it was midnight. He stayed outside twice and was brought back by carriage the next day."

The doubts in Mu Yunge's heart deepened.

Mu Zhizhao is very caring about his family. He has done business and socialized in recent years, but he has never returned late, let alone stayed late.She made up her mind that after seeing her aunt and cousin, she would find someone to keep an eye on her.

At the end of the long corridor is the front hall, and the eaves behind Meilin are faintly visible, making Mu Yunge's heart flutter inexplicably.Taking a deep breath, she slowly walked into the front hall.

Xiao Shi was sitting on the pear blossom wooden chair in the hall. She was wearing a lotus-colored skirt today, which was sober and elegant. She looked very generous and decent, and she looked even younger.Xiao's eyes were red, as if he had just cried a while ago, and he was still dabbing at the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.The two maidservants Yushan and Yuling standing behind her looked distressed and helpless, they were all waiting for Mu Yunge to come in to comfort Xiao Shi.

On the wooden chair next to Mrs. Xiao, sat a slightly plump lady with a tall cloud bun, her face was carefully decorated with makeup, and she did not look haggard at all.She was wearing a dark purple and gold brocade skirt with a pair of skirts of the same color, which made her face even more fair.

Standing behind her was a girl, wearing a dark blue silk embroidered skirt and a pink plain double-breasted jacket, which made her pointed melon-seeded face smaller and more lovable.Her eyes are watery, and it seems that she will shed tears at any time. When she looks at people, her eyelashes are half-closed, and she looks timid and will fall down when the wind blows. In addition, her figure is thinner than the average 14-year-old girl. People can't help but pamper and care.

Mu Yunge only felt cold all over, and all the hatred that had just been put away exploded almost instantly.

It was this weak and helpless girl in front of her. She once regarded her as her best friend and best sister, and even a man shared with her, and the two joined hands to marry a man.It was this young girl who robbed her of the Queen's position, burned her only son into coke, framed her together with her maid, and caused the entire family of Mu's family to be executed!

For a moment, Mu Yunge wanted to rush up and tear off her beauty skin, to see if the beating heart under her chest was black!

But Mu Yunge held back, she lowered her eyes slightly to hide all her emotions, saluted Mrs. Xiao with a smile, then raised her head, looked at Aunt Xiao and Shen Jingyu with doubts on her face: "Mother, this lady I haven't seen it before, is it your new friend?"

"Miss, this is Mrs. Shen from the capital, and also our wife's sister, your own aunt!" Yu Shan quickly introduced.

Mu Yunge nodded in understanding, and immediately bowed to Aunt Xiao: "Yunge met Auntie."

Aunt Xiao has been scrutinizing Mu Yunge's expression since she came in. Seeing that Mu Yunge is dignified and noble, she feels very uncomfortable.My elder sister has dominated me in everything for many years. I thought that I was finally proud of being married to an official. I didn't expect that my life in the house was not long, and now it made me miserable. On the contrary, she has been looking down on her all these years. Even though Xiao Shi married a businessman, she was already very unhappy when she heard that Mu Zhizhao was handsome and kind to Xiao Shi.Unexpectedly, even Xiao's daughters are hundreds of times stronger than his own daughter...

Aunt Xiao's silver teeth were almost gnawed into pieces, and her hand was pinched Shen Jingyu's arm hard to vent her anger in a place where Mu Yunge and others could not see.

Shen Jingyu frowned in pain and did not dare to say anything, but her eye circles became redder and she looked even more pitiful.

Aunt Xiao had a gentle and friendly smile on her face, she lifted Mu Yunge up, and then took her hand, with tears rolling down her cheeks from her eyes: "This is Yunge? He grew up so big Oh, you look a lot like my sister, as soon as I saw Yun Ge, I remembered the time when my father was still alive and we played together at home! Sister, we haven’t seen each other for so many years, I miss you very much.”

As she spoke, the handkerchief in her hand kept wiping the corners of her eyes, and she wiped more and more tears.

Mu Yunge smelled the faint scent of ginger emanating from the handkerchief, and felt nauseated in his heart. Resisting the urge to shake her hand away, Mu Yunge smiled even sweeter: "It's not my fault that my aunt misses mother, mother He always said that his only sister married far away in the capital, and it was a pity that she couldn't get together all the time. In fact, the capital is not far from Jinling, and it takes only a day or two to travel there. I am not as leisurely as my aunt, so I can't visit. Mother will cry every time she talks about this, always saying that the sisters are separated, I am sorry for the old grandfather's entrustment!"

As she spoke, she sneered in her heart: the friendship of play?miss?If you really remember the friendship with the Xiao family, if you really miss it, why have you ignored your mother for so many years, not even a letter?
Since they have already cut off contact with each other, now that they show this affectionate appearance to others, they are not afraid that they will lose their appetite!
When Aunt Xiao heard Mu Yunge's words, she cried out inwardly.

Unexpectedly, this little hoof is far from being as simple as it looks, and a single sentence directly pointed at the loophole in her words.The relationship between her and Xiao's was not good in the first place, but something happened later, which was almost equivalent to a break.She married the Shen family in the capital as the wife of an official, and the Xiao family married to Jinling as the wife of a merchant, so she was filled with arrogance and looked down on the Xiao family.Not to mention that the distance between Jinling and the capital is only two days away, even if the distance is two quarters of an hour, she is unwilling to walk.

If it wasn't for being desperate this time, knowing that this sister is the most soft-hearted, she would never bow her head no matter what.

Xiao's naturally understood her daughter's implication. She was kind-hearted, but she was not stupid. Aunt Xiao had changed so much this time, and she also had doubts in her heart. Unconsciously, her face was not as emotional as before.

When Aunt Xiao saw Xiao's face changing, the sorrow on her face became heavier. She didn't dare to get entangled in the topic just now, so she quickly turned to pull Shen Jingyu forward, and said to Yun Ge: "Yun Ge, I heard that the Mu family has only One of your daughters, this time when my aunt came, she also brought your cousin Jingyu, so you can play together in the future, so you can have a companion."

Shen Jingyu's wrists turned white from being pulled by Aunt Xiao, and under the pain, the water in her eye circles became heavier, and she said softly, "Hello, cousin Yunge."

With her expression and her thin voice, she was as fragile as glass.

In her previous life, Mu Yunge was always deceived by her pitiful appearance, wishing to share everything she had with her so that she could live a happy life.But now, when she looks at Shen Jingyu again, she always plays back the appearance of Shen Jingyu she saw in Jingren Palace that day: a big red Suzhou embroidered cloud and water skirt, the long skirt dragging behind her, piled up with clouds. The phoenix crown on the bun is as cold and mocking as her gaze!Mu Yunge felt nothing in his heart.

Mu Yunge smiled and stepped forward, took Shen Jingyu's hand, and said affectionately: "You are also good, cousin! I never thought that Yunge has such a beautiful cousin, she is even more beautiful than the fairy who walked out of the painting!"

Then, she turned her head and said with a smile to Mrs. Xiao: "Mother, it's rare for my aunt and cousin to come to Jinling as guests. Let's do our best to be a landlord and let my aunt and cousin have a good time. When we return to the capital, we will return to Jinling." Miss us all the time, maybe you will come to our house to play often!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Aunt Xiao and Shen Jingyu changed, and their faces became more miserable.

Xiao's eye circles were red again, seeing Mu Yunge smiling, he said angrily, "What are you talking about, kid!"

Yushan also quickly said: "Miss, Mrs. Shen didn't come to play. Mrs. Shen went westward two months ago, and the Shen family bullied Mrs. Shen and Ms. Shen that they had no branches to rely on, and they came to make noise every day. Mrs. Shen had nowhere to go. I thought of the Mu Mansion, and came here on purpose."

"So that's how it is." Mu Yunge lowered her head, and the handkerchief lightly passed over the corners of her eyes, causing her eye circles to turn red. She was full of sympathy and apology and said, "Auntie and cousin, people cannot be resurrected after death, so you should mourn. Since you are here The Mu family, my mother and father will definitely arrange for you properly, and will not let you come here in vain."

Seeing that Aunt Xiao's face softened slightly, Shen Jingyu's eyes also glowed, and Mu Yunge's eyes became more apologetic, she let go of Shen Jingyu, and took Xiao's hand to act coquettishly: "It's all Yunge's fault. Yun Ge remembers what my mother said before, the laws of the Great Wei have always emphasized 'loyalty and filial piety', there is a newcomer in the family, the wife and daughter will obey the filial piety for six months, and the heirs will have to guard the mausoleum for three months. Wife and daughter must wear plain clothes within half a year, not thick With heavy make-up, you should stay at home within one year. But looking at the appearance of aunt and cousin, Yun Ge must have made a mistake. Mom, please scold Yun Ge, Yun Ge always can't remember what mother said, which makes mother sad!"

Ever since Aunt Xiao and Shen Jingyu stepped into Mu's house, anyone with a discerning eye could see the touch in Xiao's eyes.

She had only one relative in Jinling, the Zhou family, but the Zhou family did such a thing that ruined their daughter's reputation, her heart was almost terribly cold.Although my younger sister didn't get along in the past, after so many years, no matter how much resentment there is, she is still happy as long as the blood relationship is still there, and she can have relatives by her side.

Just because she was happy, Aunt Xiao had been in the house for so long, she hadn't noticed Aunt Xiao's dress, and after hearing what happened to Aunt Xiao, she felt sad for her sister, let alone caring about it.

At this time, when Mu Yunge mentioned it, Xiao Shi naturally noticed Aunt Xiao's and Shen Jingyu's attire, and her complexion obviously sank, and the excitement on her face also faded.

Aunt Xiao's husband had just lost, so she followed her daughter in red and green. She was so ruthless to the people next to her pillow, so what kind of friendship did she have for her sister who was at odds with her in the early years?

Aunt Xiao knew something was wrong when she saw Xiao Shi's face, and she was also a quick-witted one. She wiped the handkerchief immediately, tears rolled down, and said while crying: "Yun Ge is right, but Jingyu and I have no choice but to do this. of!"

(End of this chapter)