With Shen Muchi's approval, Mu Qingchao couldn't wait to go home the next day.
With money in hand, she was eager to buy the best things in the world for her mother.
The best silks and satins in Late Spring Pavilion, the most expensive jewelry in Linlangxuan, the pastries from Suxiangzhai...
Everything she could think of she bought for Mr. Zhong.
When she returned to Zhong's house, she saw Mrs. Zhong running out in a hurry, and she said, "Yao Yao, you are back, you scared your mother to death, do you know that?"
Mu Qingchao was stunned for a moment, it was so good, there was nothing to be scared about.
But I heard Mrs. Zhong say immediately: "Did you know something happened to your uncle? Does it affect you if you are in the palace?"
Mu Qingchao smiled, it turned out that was why.
My mother didn't know that she was the murderer of her uncle, but she just liked to worry about something unnecessary.
But when she saw her mother's red eyes, she felt like she couldn't laugh anymore.
I only heard Qing Yan say: "Sister, you are back, you don't know, my mother has been asking about you every day these days, and I can't even sleep well at night.
If you don't come back, my mother will break into the palace."
"Have you been inquiring about me these days?" Mu Qingchao looked at Zhong and asked.
Mrs. Zhong smiled awkwardly.
"Um... I don't have much ability. I've been staying at home these days. I don't even know anyone. Where can I find anything? I'm just anxious."
Yes, her mother is incompetent.
She was originally a delicate girl who was raised at home, but later she married her father and was raised to be a child without any trace of beauty.
She was soft and cowardly, but Mu Qingchao had no doubt that his mother would really go to the palace for her.
Because she is such a delicate girl, and for her in her previous life, I really beat the drum.
And he escaped from exile.
According to the law of Nanming, the person who beats the drums will be beaten twenty times first, and since she fled privately, the crime will be increased. But with such a weak appearance, she was able to bear the pearl that was once held in the palm of her hand.
Just to say in court, in front of everyone: "My daughter is not a demon concubine!"
She is defenseless, but she can fight for her daughter.
Because God cannot be everywhere, there is a mother in this world.
With such a mother, how could Mu Qingchao not try his best to be kind to her?
Forgetting the pain and sorrow of her previous life, she raised a smile and faced Mrs. Zhong: "Mom, let me tell you good news. Our family's ancestral property is coming back."
"Not only that, His Majesty specially issued an edict to allow you to establish a female household. With the imperial edict and the emperor's grace, no one will dare to bully us again.
Mom, we can go home, go back to our own home."
go home……
Just hearing these two words made Zhong feel hot in his heart.
How desirable, yet such a distant word.
Her father is dead, her husband is also dead, and she has forgotten that she still has a family.
After living under the shelter of others for so many years, she never even thought that she could go home.
As her daughter got into the carriage and crossed from the south to the north of the city, until her feet stepped on the Mu family's land, Mrs. Zhong still felt like she was dreaming.
Everything here seems to have remained unchanged, including the osmanthus tree in the courtyard and the swallow's nest in front of the hall.
"Do you like it?" Mu Qingchao asked Zhong.
"I asked my servants to arrange it before I came here."
"I like it, I like it!" Mrs. Zhong nodded repeatedly.
"It's still the same as before, it hasn't changed at all."
It's just that the people who used to live here are no longer there, and when she returns, her temples will be gray.
One year spent similar, each year is different.
Just when Ms. Zhong was about to feel sad, she heard Mu Qingyan say loudly from the side: "Sister is so amazing, Qingyan will be like sister in the future."
When Mu Qingchao heard this, he smiled.
"Qing Yan is so good."
She was very happy that her brother had gradually gained courage and was no longer as weak and bully as before.
The concubine Mu Yin on the side also said loudly: "I want to be like my sister."
When Aunt Zhuang heard this, she felt that she was a concubine, and she said the same thing as a legitimate daughter. It was really too presumptuous.
So he poked his daughter on the head: "Nonsense, how can you be like my sister? Is it possible that you can still enter the palace and become the Queen Mother?"
Mu Yin raised her head and looked arrogant: "Who said I want to enter the palace? I want to learn kung fu, join the army, go into battle to kill enemies, and practice martial arts.
When the time comes, let’s see who dares to bully our family.”
"The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes." Aunt Zhuang scolded.
After saying that, he raised his head and smiled awkwardly at Mu Qingchao: "Your sister has been crazy these days, and the female celebrity is not doing well. She is holding a book of war and fighting and killing all day long, and she is talking crazy things.
Don't argue with her."
Mu Qingchao did not agree with Aunt Zhuang's words. She looked at Mu Yin: "Do you really want to join the army?"
Mu Yin nodded: "I really want to."
She was wearing a pink short dress. Perhaps because Aunt Zhuang had grown taller and was reluctant to change her into new clothes, her hands and feet exposed part of her neck, and her hair was tied behind her head. She really looked a bit young and heroic.
"Why?" Mu Qingchao asked her.
"Those female workers were making needlework awkwardly and uncomfortable. I just wanted to go into battle and kill the enemy. It would be great!"
"Good! You are ambitious!" Mu Qingchao praised loudly.
When Aunt Zhuang heard these words, she felt astonished.
"Why is Sister Chao following her in the mischief?" she asked Mu Qingchao.
Mu Qingchao said: "Auntie, do you think that only men can fight on that battlefield? Then why did Mu Guiying lead the army in ancient times and be remembered forever?
In this world where men can compete, why can’t women?
My aunt believed that there were many things in this world that only men could do but not women. She believed that the world should revolve around men, so she followed my mother to join the Zhong family.
But what is the result?
A woman does not necessarily have to be a prostitute in needlework. The best way out is to raise her delicate and fragile child in the backyard and wait for a man to marry her.
Rather than leaving your destiny in the hands of strangers in the future, it is better to be like my sister and earn it on your own, and truly hold it in your hands."
Aunt Zhuang has never heard of these words and cannot understand them.
She only asked: "But if Sister Chao really said that, Sister Yin is a woman after all. She can't even enter the military camp, so how can she go into battle to kill the enemy?"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything," Mu Qing said.
She can't get her way in this life. She can only hide in the darkness of that corner and stir up troubles. She will never see the light of day.
But at least she can work hard to earn a future for her younger brothers and sisters.
Let them do what they want to do.
**
The next day was the day when the Zhong family went to the vegetable market and slaughtered everyone.
Anyway, with Shen Muchi's order, Mu Qingchao was not in a hurry to return to the palace and simply spent the night in Mu's mansion. The next day, he went to the vegetable market and gave the Zhong family a show in person.