At the beginning, the little koi carp was grabbed by a wolf and became the favorite of the beasts.

After years of hard study and practice, Jin Bao has become so good at using flying needles that he can accurately insert acupuncture points even with his eyes closed.

In addition, the silver needle is small and difficult to detect, so it can be regarded as a means of protecting yourself. However, it is better not to let others know about it.

"Xiao Ziqing, can you help my sister keep it a secret?"

"Okay, sister, don't worry, I even hid it from my mother." Mu Ziqing stood up, raised her little hands and made a promise.

This is my sister's secret, she will keep it rotten in her belly.

Jinbao pulled her hand down and winked at her, "I believe you, let's go get the silver needle back now, shall we?"

The force she used just now was not small, and most of the silver needle was immersed, but just in case, it was better to get it back as soon as possible.

Mu Ziqing took them around the house for a while, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard in the corner.

"Sister, mother and son live here. Dad doesn't like them and says that out of sight is out of mind, so he arranged their residence here."

"Is it convenient for us to go in like this?"

Jin Bao stood on tiptoes and looked inside, but did not dare to go in directly.

"Sister, wait, I'll call her out."

As Mu Ziqing said that, she ran into the yard and started kicking in the door.

"Mu Ziyan, come out!"

This little girl is really a tiger.

Jinbao was shocked by her behavior. Where had the cute and well-behaved little sister gone?

"I'd say she's more ferocious than a tigress." Xue Tuan'er curled her lips, her face even more disgusted.

When no one responded, Mu Ziqing was about to kick the door again, but then the door suddenly opened.

A woman with a delicate face walked out of it and bowed her head respectfully, "Miss Third, Yan'er is feeling a little uncomfortable. She fell asleep just now."

"Who let her sleep? Go and wake her up." Mu Ziqing shouted displeased.

It's impossible to sleep with a face that smells like shit.

"Yan'er is really not feeling well. Please ask Miss Third to let her rest for a while!" The woman's eyes flashed slightly and she prayed.

Mu Ziqing didn't want to get into trouble with her. She rolled her eyes and said with a hooked smile, "Since she's not feeling well, she can just go to sleep. I'll tell dad that she won't go to the front yard to eat."

After saying that, he strode out of the yard.

The woman stood up for a moment, with a flash of annoyance in her eyes. After thinking for a while, she caught up and said, "Miss Third, please stay. Since it is the master's order, Yan'er will definitely be willing to go. I will call her right away."

After saying that, without waiting for Mu Ziqing's consent, she hurried into the house.

Mu Ziqing stuck out her tongue naughtily and made a gesture to Jin Bao to get it done.

After a while, Mu Ziyan walked out of the room with a pale face. She had changed into a simple outfit.

Without the bright clothes to set it off, her face looked even more ordinary, even less outstanding than her mother's appearance.

She trotted to the door of the courtyard and asked happily: "Sister, did dad really ask me to eat in the front yard?"

"I told you, don't call me sister!" Mu Ziqing pinched her nose and took a few steps back, then blushed and yelled at her.

A flash of resentment flashed in Mu Ziyan's eyes, and then she lowered her head in grievance and stopped making any sound.

Jin Bao took the opportunity to circle around her, retrieve the silver needle from her body, and then nodded to Mu Ziqing.

The goal has been achieved, Mu Ziqing didn't want to see that face, so he started to burn bridges across the river.

"You go back and rest. I remembered wrongly just now. My father didn't ask you to go to the front yard."

After saying that, he took Jinbao and ran away without giving her a chance to complain.

Mu Ziyan stamped her feet angrily, but did not dare to chase after him.

She knew that she was not popular because of what happened when she was a child, so she didn't want to seek displeasure.

If she had known she would be in today's situation, she would have pushed both of them in.

The three of them returned to the quiet little courtyard. At this time, Lin Yuerou was already sitting at the table waiting.

Seeing them coming back, he waved with a gentle smile, "Come over and have some pastries."

Not long after they sat down, a figure appeared in the yard.

Jin Bao looked at the person coming and could tell at a glance that he was Mu Yuan.

Mu Ziqing's facial features look very similar to her father's, but her face shape takes after her mother's, looking slightly heroic but still agile.

"Dad, why are you here?" Mu Ziqing asked vaguely with cakes in her mouth.

"My daughter has brought her friends back. As a father, I must come over and have a look." Mu Yuan replied, but his eyes glanced at Lin Yuerou aside.

Mu Ziqing curled her lips in disbelief, "If you want to take the opportunity to see my mother, just say so and keep it secretive."

Mu Yuan was not embarrassed after being exposed. Instead, he walked to the table and sat down, picked up a piece of pastry and ate it.

"Madam's cooking is still as good as ever. It's been a long time since I've had this peach blossom cake."

Lin Yuerou smiled calmly and did not answer.

Instead, Mu Ziqing looked at him with some displeasure, "This is what my mother made for my sister and the others to eat. Just eat a piece."

With that said, he pushed the plate in front of Jinbao.

Mu Yuan was heartbroken. He finally tasted the cakes made by his wife, but his daughter even disliked them.

He stuffed the last bite of pastry into his mouth, turned his attention to Jinbao, and said politely:

"Since the girl and the young master are friends with the little girl, let's stay for a meal tonight."

Jinbao thought for a while, but still refused, "Uncle, we didn't say hello to the family when we came to the house, so we won't stay."

After all, this is my first time as a guest, so it would be a bit too casual to stay for dinner.

"Where does my sister live? I'll just ask my servants to inform you. Sister, just stay and have dinner with me."

When Mu Ziqing heard her rejection, he picked up her arms and started acting coquettishly.

It was the first time that Lin Yuerou saw her daughter being so clingy to an outsider, so she persuaded softly: "It's getting late, why not stay here, and your uncle will send someone to your house later to tell her."

Looking at their expectant eyes, Jin Bao was shaken. It was not far from home anyway, and besides, his father, mother, and Uncle Mu should know each other, so he should stay.

"Then I'll trouble my uncle to send someone to the Duke's Mansion to inform you that I won't be going back for dinner tonight."

She also wanted to stay here with her sister whom she had just recognized for a while.

"Wha...what? The Duke's Mansion?" Mu Yuan was stunned.

What kind of place is the Duke's Mansion? Except for the birthday of the Duke of Zhen and the Duke of Guo, no one has ever dared to visit, for fear of making the Duke angry and being whipped out.

"Yeah, my father and mother live in the Duke's Mansion."

"You...you are Princess Fujin..."

Mu Yuan stood up excitedly and raised his hands to salute.

Jinbao frowned slightly and interrupted his movements, "Uncle, now I am just Ziqing's sister, not the princess, so can I be exempted from these etiquettes?"

Although she has the status of princess, she doesn't like those red tapes at all. She just bows when meeting, which is very troublesome.

[This chapter is two in one]

Mu Yuan and Lin Yuerou looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

After Mu Ziqing found out Jin Bao's identity, not only was she not polite, but she became even more excited and wanted to stick to her.

In order to entertain the two of them well, Lin Yuerou cooked a table of delicious dishes herself.

At the dinner table, several people were talking and laughing. It was so lively that no one noticed a figure flashing past the door.

There were lanterns hanging everywhere in Mu Mansion, and the figure walked into a remote courtyard.

Inside the house, a woman was sitting at the table waiting, with simple meals on the table.

Mu Ziyan walked into the house with a look of reluctance.

She is obviously the daughter of the Minister of Household Affairs, so why should she eat in this shabby courtyard? This is not fair, not fair at all.

"Yan'er, you secretly went to the front yard again, right?"

The person who spoke was none other than Mu Yuan's concubine, Cuiping, Lin Yuerou's former maid.

Mu Ziyan glared at her resentfully, "You don't have the ability to please dad, so why don't you allow me to make plans for myself?"

She has never experienced her father's love since she was a child, and even the servants in the house don't take her seriously. She never wants to live such a miserable life again.

"Yan'er, you...you don't understand..."

Cuiping looked at her daughter in a panic, wanting to explain something, but couldn't.

"I don't understand. There's something I don't understand. As long as you can please dad, we won't stay in this miserable place."

Mu Ziyan kicked away the stool at her feet, feeling increasingly irritated and displeased with everything she looked at.

"Your father has always been ruthless to me. No matter how much I do, he will never take it lightly. Yan'er, be obedient and don't compete with the third lady. You can't compare to her."

Cuiping's eyes turned red and she tried to wake her up.

"Shut up, are you my mother? Why can't I compare to her? Is it because of my status as a concubine? As long as she dies, I will be the only young lady of the Mu family."

Mu Ziyan yelled ferociously, the resentment in his eyes seemed to overflow.

When Cuiping saw her talking nonsense, she was so frightened that she ran forward and covered her mouth.

"Yan'er, don't talk nonsense, she is still your sister no matter what."

Mu Ziyan pushed her away and looked at her fiercely, "Sister? When did she treat me as a sister? What I regret most is that I didn't push her into the lotus pond together..."

"Clap~"

Seeing that her words were getting more and more outrageous, Cuiping slapped her.

"Are you crazy? You dare to say anything. If these words reach your father's ears, he will kill you."

Back then, the eldest lady fell into the water and left a root cause of illness, and ultimately her life was not saved. If anything happens to the third lady because of her again, the master will definitely not let her go.

Mu Ziyan covered her face and stared at her in disbelief, "How dare you hit me..."

"Yan'er, listen to my mother's explanation. She didn't do it on purpose. She did it for your own good."

Cuiping's face was filled with distress and regret. She wanted to step forward and touch her face, but she avoided her.

"It's for my own good. If it's for my own good, go and snatch dad over. Anyway, he doesn't have a son yet. As long as you can give birth to a son, this Mu Mansion will be ours from now on."

Mu Ziyan took advantage of her feeling distressed about him and started to give her eye drops.

Cuiping didn't dare to look at her, lowered her head and said, "Your father will not let me give birth to a child."

"Humph~ No, if not, then where did I come from? Since you have a way to give birth to me, you can give birth to the second and third. As long as you can give birth to a son, dad will definitely change his mind. of."

Mu Ziyan's eyes were shining. She had already imagined what she would look like when she was the master of the house.

Cuiping didn't expect that she would think so far ahead. She raised her head and looked at her with complicated eyes.

If having a child was so easy, how could she wait until today?

At first she had no choice but to...

"Speak, you don't plan to stay in this shabby yard all the time." Mu Ziyan urged when she saw that she remained silent.

"We have food and drink when we live here. Your father never lacks our food and clothing. Isn't that good?"

She just wants to stay here and live peacefully, and doesn't want other troubles to arise.

"You...how could I have a mother like you."

Mu Ziyan was so angry that she couldn't speak. She chopped off her feet twice and turned back to the back room without eating.

Cuiping looked at the empty room and sat on the stool in despair. For the first time, she wondered if she had done something wrong.

The daughter who was born after ten months of pregnancy not only complained about herself, but also had evil thoughts. Is this retribution for her?

Mu Ziyan sat on the bed, looked at the bag of medicine in her hand, smiled ferociously, and murmured to herself: "Since you don't want to grab it, then I'll grab it for you..."

It was already dark by this time.

After dinner, Mu Ziqing insisted on taking Jinbao to see her room. Jinbao was a little stuffed and had no intention of going back so early, so he went with her.

Lin Yuerou saw the two people leaving and continued to return to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras, leaving Mu Yuan sitting alone with a gloomy expression.

He wanted to get up and go for a walk in the backyard, but as soon as he stood up, he saw Mu Ziyan walking in.

"Why are you here?" Mu Yuan frowned, looking a little distant.

Mu Ziyan looked around and saw that no one else was there. She suppressed the resentment in her heart, knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes, and prayed: "Dad, my mother misses you every day. She hasn't eaten in the past two days. Please go." Look at her."

When he heard her calling her daddy, Mu Yuan subconsciously wanted to avoid her, but even if he didn't like her, the person in front of him was still his daughter, and he had to face it.

"I won't go there. If you have anything to say, just say it here."

He put his hands behind his back and turned around, not wanting to see the mistakes he had made.

Mu Ziyan raised her head and glared hatefully at the figure standing in front of her. After a long time, she lowered her voice and said, "Dad, I know you don't like mother, but mother is in a really bad state today. I...I'm afraid of her." I can’t think about it, please go and persuade her.”

Mu Yuan was a little moved. Although he didn't want to see their mother and daughter, he didn't want anything to happen to them, so he asked worriedly:

"Isn't she always fine? Why can't she think about it all of a sudden?"

"My mother has always been depressed. She used to force herself to smile in front of you. She has been suppressing herself all these years. Please save her."

Mu Ziyan burst into tears as she spoke, looking extremely pitiful.

Mu Yuan was a good man, so he couldn't bear to see someone begging him like this, let alone his daughter.

"You get up first, I'll go with you, and you have to try to enlighten her in the future and don't let her think too much."

He turned around and couldn't help but agree.

"Thank you, dad. Thank you, dad. I will definitely try to persuade my mother in the future so that she won't be so worried again."

Seeing him agree, Mu Ziyan was so surprised that she quickly got up from the ground.