The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Ma Chuyi stood at the bottom of the stairs, and tried to persuade her respectfully, "Mother, don't worry about it. If you haven't offered tea to the mistress, it's useless for anyone to know you. You are nothing more than a concubine with no status or status."

Everyone nodded, thinking that the chief of the East Feather Guard was right.

In terms of reason and law, those who have never offered tea to the mistress are all concubines. Now that the concubine has come to the door so arrogantly, the mistress can do whatever she wants.

Everyone was talking at once, and Wu was left so exhausted that she could not even raise her head.

Wu originally planned to go into the general's mansion first, cry and complain, and ask the lady to help her get her son out.

After all, he is the general's son. Out of affection and face, the lady cannot ignore him.

But the moment she saw Ma Chuyang, she knew her plan had failed.

In fact, even if Wu didn't come to make trouble, she would have lived like this for more than ten years. As long as General Ma acknowledged it, her identity would not be able to escape.

Now she had a feeling that even if General Ma came, it would be useless. She was deeply enveloped by a huge panic, just like the feeling she had when she was separated from her family during the escape.

At that time, Wu was rescued by General Ma. She grabbed a piece of driftwood and tried every means to get close to him, just wanting him to take her in.

Later, General Ma gave her some money, let her stay in a town on her own, and found her a job as a fire-making maid.

But she was unwilling to leave General Ma, because this might be the only chance for her to rise to prominence in her life.

The night before Wu left the military camp, she personally prepared two side dishes, ordered two kilograms of wine, and invited General Ma to have a chat.

As they talked, they ended up on the couch. In the end, General Ma sent her away the next day.

The difference was that the general gave her more silver, as much as one hundred taels.

If I stop here and use the hundred taels of silver to do some small business, I will be able to make a living no matter what.

But Wu was unwilling to accept this, as she felt that as a general's woman, her status would be different.

Seven months later, Wu came to see the general with a big belly and was finally able to stay.

It was not until she actually stayed with the general that she realized that she did not get the wealth and glory she had imagined.

Moreover, Wu did something stupid. In order to show that she was not after money, she returned the hundred taels of silver to General Ma.

General Ma was also very decisive and really took the money back. Later she found out that the money was borrowed, so of course she returned it.

Gradually, Wu discovered that General Ma was really poor.

The reason why he was poor was that he always took the wounded soldiers home to take care of them, and he had to buy medicine and make clothes for them.

She was a woman with a big belly, and she had to help him take care of the wounded soldiers. Anyway, she could starve, but the wounded soldiers couldn't.

Mrs. Wu cried and made a scene in front of General Ma, saying that they couldn't live like this any longer.

General Ma nodded and said, "Your coming here does cost a lot of money." His words showed that he was dissatisfied with her for increasing his expenses.

This is very hurtful! Mrs. Wu was so angry that her teeth itched. She knew that the child in her belly was her only support.

She had to give birth to a son. Maybe God took pity on her and let her give birth to a son.

Over the years, Mrs. Wu has tried her best to make her son a "general's son", hoping that her son would be successful and become a general at a young age like Ma Chuyi.

As long as her son became a general, why would she care whether General Ma gave her household allowance?

Now, looking at Mrs. Ma's graceful and elegant demeanor, she was truly jealous to the point of having her eyes turn red.

It turns out that General Ma cries poor every day because he gave all his money to the mistress!

She looked at the ferocious-looking wounded soldiers behind her mistress. Each of them was wearing clothes made of fine fabrics, better than her.

The gap in my heart was getting bigger and bigger, and it was filled with coldness.

As the two women were arguing, Mrs. Ma suddenly understood. Aha, it turned out that this woman didn't get much money from the stingy old Ma!

That's right, how much can old Ma's salary be? He left some for his parents, a little for her household expenses, and the rest was spent on the wounded soldiers and various aspects of the Ma family army.

If you really fall into this woman's hands, there will be no ghost!

Thinking of this, I glanced at the clothes of the mother and daughter. They were both wearing cloth. I felt really happy. Without comparison, I would not know that Lao Ma was... Ahaha, he was a wonderful person.

There was an indescribable joy hidden in that secret thought. It was that the hardships and anger she had experienced were finally experienced by others. It was quite interesting.

Ma Liyang rushed back to Beijing from Bixia Pass, exhausted, and went to the palace to meet the emperor before returning home.

Emperor Mingde looked at the old horse who was in his prime, with his hair all white, and felt a little disappointed with him. "Do you know why I summoned you to the palace?"

"I am ashamed." Ma Liyang knelt on one leg and lowered his head. "I failed to discipline my son and offended the spirits of the soldiers. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Emperor Mingde sighed inwardly, "Do you know why I chose you to guard Bixia Pass among so many generals?"

Ma Liyang really couldn't answer this question. He couldn't just say that he was the most loyal because he was brave and resourceful.

He couldn't answer, but Emperor Mingde had to tell him.

On the other side, Ma Chuyang lowered his head and apologized to Madam Ma, "Mother, I am stupid and it seems that I may have done something wrong."

Madam Ma was in a good mood and smiled dotingly, "My son is the smartest. How could he do anything wrong? My son subdued the bastard as soon as he made a move. He did the right thing!"

Ma Chuyang shook his head and pouted, "Mother, I'm not talking about that." He hesitated, but finally said, "Last year, I won the third place in the imperial examination. At that time, the emperor asked the six of us to write a wish and put it in a brocade bag, saying that it was a reward for our outstanding performance in the national competition."

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Mrs. Ma was surprised.

Ma Chuyang nodded, angrily, "My son is stupid. The wish he wrote was that he hoped his father could come back to Beijing more often to reunite with his mother."

Madam Ma: “…”

There is no need to do that! I am just very upset.

She covered her chest in agony, "Such a good opportunity, and you only wrote this? Oh my stupid son! Can't you write a reward of ten thousand taels of gold? Shang Xie!"

Ma Chuyang was indeed brought up in pampered circumstances, and never knew the value of silver. "My mother is already very rich, why would she need gold?"

"Who would complain about having too much money? Stupid son! Do you know that the price of porcelain has risen sharply this year? If we were not close to the Marquis's Mansion, how could we make so much money? We only got the goods by using the back door to get our face!"

Ma Chuyang touched the back of his head and said, "Next time I see the emperor, I will ask him to let me write a new wish."

Seeing her son feeling guilty, Madam Ma couldn't help but laugh, "That's not necessary. It's all right for my son to be successful. It's all right for him to be successful. When you get married, I'll be at peace."

In the imperial study, Ma Liyang looked at the few lines of nonsense written on the note in the brocade bag, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings...