Mu Luan also specifically asked Su Lan why she didn't help her at that time, leaving her isolated and helpless and insulted.

Su Lan replied to her seriously that this was a necessary process to integrate into their group.

Thinking about it now, it’s really funny.

Her father is the head of the military officers. As the noble daughter of the general's mansion, why should she try to please those who are lower in status than herself?

We allow them to bully and insult us, not only cannot resist, but also take pride in it?

It’s simply unreasonable!

Unfortunately, in her previous life, Mu Luan didn’t understand these principles until she entered the Regent’s Palace.

In this life, Su Lan is no longer qualified to be her friend, and she will not let her continue to step on her to show her nobility.

Su Lan knew that Mu Luan intended to bring her and Mu Qingyu together and would not try to stop her, so she took a step forward, trying to get closer to Mu Qingyu.

She stood at the bottom of the stairs. She had just stepped onto one step and had not yet had time to lift her back foot when a figure suddenly approached.

She felt something blinding her and was startled. Her body suddenly fell backwards and she couldn't help but scream.

"what!"

The maid behind her was quick to act and hurriedly supported her young lady.

But because Su Lan retreated in a hurry just now, she accidentally sprained her ankle.

A piercing pain immediately made her annoyed, and she raised her eyes and glared at the culprit.

This sight almost made her doubt her own eyes. She opened her mouth slightly, lost her composure, pointed at Mu Luan and yelled, "Mu Luan, what are you doing? I sprained my ankle."

In the past, if Su Lan shouted at Mu Luan like this, angry and aggrieved, Mu Luan would be so scared that he would not dare to say anything and would immediately come forward to ask about her well-being.

But this time, Su Lan supported the maid and took a break for a while, but she didn't see any movement from Mu Luan.

When she raised her eyes again, she met a pair of cold and indifferent eyes, and her heart trembled.

At this moment, Mu Luan was standing in front of the steps, and she inexplicably felt that he was out of her reach.

She called out tentatively, "Yaoyao..."

"Miss Su, please don't call me by my nickname. That's something only my closest relatives can call me by."

Mu Luan's eyes were cold, and he looked at her with his eyes lowered. "Miss Su and I have only met a few times. We are not familiar enough to call her by her nickname casually."

"You..." Su Lan widened her eyes in shock. What do you mean we only met a few times?

The fact is, they only met a few times, but Mu Luan was already in Su Lan's palm.

However, she was only returning to her hometown to worship her ancestors, which delayed her for two months.

Why would this idiot who had been following her lead suddenly turn against her?

She immediately looked at Mu Qingyu with an aggrieved look, her eyes sparkling with a pitiful expression as if she had been bullied, and whispered, "Second brother, look..."

But before he could finish his words, Mu Luan interrupted him again. She said like a protective child, "Second brother is my second brother. Miss Su doesn't have a brother? Isn't Su Yu, the eldest son of the former Shangshu Madam Cui, your biological brother?"

Mu Luan seemed to suddenly realize something, and continued, "Oh, that's right. Lord Su did not hesitate to favor a concubine and destroy the legitimate wife. He made your aunt Liu his legitimate wife and demoted Cui to a concubine. You also went from being a concubine to a legitimate wife, but you can't just call other people's brothers bad when you don't have a brother."

"Shut up, you idiot. What do you know? I was born a noble daughter of the Shangshu Mansion."

Su Lan's eyes were already bloodshot, and she subconsciously argued.

What she hated most was when others brought up her illegitimate status.

This incident has been hidden deep in her heart and is an ugly thing she never wants to recall.

Just because she was born out of wedlock, she was looked down upon by the high-ranking officials and noble ladies in the capital.

If it weren't for this, she would have used her aunt's identity to become the Crown Princess of Da Zhou. Would she have had to come to the General's Mansion and yell at and deceive a fool?

When Mu Luan mentioned it today, it was like digging open this long-sealed scar and rubbing salt on the wound again and again.

The hatred in Su Lan's eyes took a long time to calm down.

But she didn't understand. This matter had already been suppressed by her father. How could Mu Luan, a fool who never left the house, know all this?

Mu Qingyu couldn't stand seeing someone yelling at his sister like that.

He took a step forward, stood in front of Mu Luan and said, "Miss Su, please respect yourself. This is the general's mansion, not a place for you to yell and scream casually."

At this time, Madam Mu had prepared the snow pear soup and was about to bring it over when she heard a shrill cry not far from Shaoguang Courtyard.

Her heart tightened and she hurried over to check, and happened to see the whole thing.

"Miss Su claims to be the most polite person in the capital, so why did she bite someone in my general's mansion without thinking, causing dog barks everywhere?"

A sharp and ungentle female voice sounded, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice. Mu Luan and Mu Qingyu smiled immediately when they saw their mother.

They walked down the stairs and headed towards Madam Mu.

"Mother," Mu Luan called sweetly.

The coldness on Mrs. Mu's face eased a little. She touched her daughter's head and looked at Su Lan, who had lowered her eyes since she saw her.

Su Lan seemed to wake up at this moment, and realized belatedly that she had been tricked by Mu Luan.

How could she curse Mu Luan in front of Mu Qingyu? She simply didn't take the Mu family seriously.

But she also felt that she had Mu Luan under control. Who would have thought that she would be so abnormal today and embarrass herself in front of Mu Qingyu.

Her mind raced as she thought of ways to remedy the situation.

Feeling Madam Mu's cold gaze coming towards her, Su Lan immediately put on a proper smile and bowed to Madam Mu in a proper manner.

"Madam, you are insulting me. Madam Su and Yaoyao are good friends, and Madam Mu knows that it is inevitable that we have some arguments occasionally. I hope Madam Mu will not be so aggressive."

Madam Mu sneered. Didn't this make her look like she was bullying the weak?

"I don't know what the quarrel was about, which could make Miss Su, who is always elegant and graceful, look like she wanted to eat my daughter up."

Su Lan clenched her embroidered handkerchief tightly. Is this matter impossible to resolve?

The younger one brought up her status as a concubine's daughter, and the older one asked me to repeat it!

Do you want her heart to die again and again in the general's mansion today?

Su Lan was speechless for a moment, she glanced at Mu Luan with her red eyes, and her voice was deliberately tempered with anger.

"Yaoyao, are you really going to break up with me? My aunt's birthday party is coming up in a few days, and I was thinking of bringing you along. Do you really want to hurt my heart like this?"

Mu Luan raised her chin and said calmly, "The General's Mansion is invited to the Queen's birthday banquet, so there is no need to bother Miss Su with her hospitality."

Su Lan had completely given up at this point. Even after she had said so much, Mu Luan was still unmoved.

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