Jiang Muxue had just spent a few days in peace.

Because she had complained to Zhong Lei in advance, Zhong Lei always stood on her side when Yu came to make trouble later.

On that day, Yu came with her maids and servants, and dragged her out to be beaten with a stick. She was so frightened that she kept crying and shouting that she was innocent.

Zhong Lei couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to stop them despite his still-injured body, which really scared Yu.

"Lei'er, she is becoming more and more lawless now. She even dares to beat her mother-in-law. Why are you still protecting this little bitch?"

Zhong Lei didn't know about this beforehand. He frowned when he heard this, looked at Jiang Muxue, and said unhappily, "Did you hit your mother?"

Jiang Muxue cried like a pear blossom in the rain, still looking delicate and weak, "Husband, it was my fault. I know I shouldn't have hit my mother-in-law, but... my mother-in-law hit me too hard at that time, and I was so angry that..."

She sobbed and her eyes were red. She looked so sad that anyone who saw her felt sorry for her.

Zhong Lei suddenly felt distressed and said to Yu: "Mother, even though it was wrong for her to fight back, who told you to hit her without knowing the truth? Xue'er was born in the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion, how could she have suffered such injustice?"

Yu was furious and said in a cold voice: "Since ancient times, it has always been the mother-in-law who teaches the daughter-in-law. As a daughter-in-law, you should abide by your duties. Even if you contradict your mother-in-law, it is still a mistake. She actually dared to lay hands on me, not to mention that she is just a concubine. Even if I drag her out and beat her to death in the street, it would not be too much."

"My concubine! You didn't agree when I wanted to marry her as my principal wife, and now you use your status to suppress her all day long."

Zhong Lei became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he refuted mercilessly, "What? Just because you are the mother-in-law, you can bully your daughter-in-law at will? Shouldn't she just stand up to your beatings and scoldings and endure your tortures in vain? Who isn't born by a father and raised by a mother? You keep making things difficult for her, don't you seem a little disrespectful to your elders?"

"You..." Yu was almost unable to catch her breath and held her chest, gasping for breath.

Zhong Lei saw this and realized that his tone was not very good just now. He quickly helped her sit down, and his voice slowed down. He continued to comfort her: "Mom, I really like Xue'er. I hope you can also consider it from your son's perspective. I am a man of seven feet tall. If I can't even protect the one I love, won't I be laughed at by outsiders when I go out?"

Yu took a long time to come back to her senses. Seeing Zhong Lei still wrapped in gauze, she sighed and said, "You don't even care about your own body but you still want to help her. As a mother, I just want to seek justice for myself but you have become a villain... Forget it, I will not care about your affairs from now on."

"Mother..." Zhong Lei looked at Yu's sad expression and finally felt a little reluctant.

Yu waved her hand without saying anything else, and walked out supported by her personal maid.

From then on, Yu no longer deliberately made things difficult for Jiang Muxue, and even skipped her morning and evening visits, obviously not wanting to see her.

Jiang Muxue was also happy and at ease. Anyway, she didn't want to serve the old woman and get harassed by her every time.

Unfortunately, her peaceful life lasted only two days before she heard the news that the coachman of the palace had murdered his master and was taken to the government. She was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she was worried all day long.

Fortunately, nothing happened for three or four days, and Jiang Muyu did not come to question her. Everything seemed calm, and she gradually relaxed.

Thinking that maybe the coachman didn't give her away.

However, things did not go as planned.

One day, she was embroidering in the yard when Luju suddenly ran in in a panic. She was so scared that her hands began to tremble and the needle pricked her fingertips and bled.

"Hiss—" She couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, then put down the embroidery and glared at Luju, "What are you doing in such a hurry? Do you have any rules?!"

Luju immediately knelt down and said quickly, "Madam Jiang, it's bad. Princess Rui has come in person."

Jiang Muxue's heart trembled, and she didn't even care about the injury on her hand. "Where is she now?"

"I have been invited into the main hall by the Madam. The old man is also here, and the eldest son has also been called."

Jiang Muxue stood up and walked out quickly. Her steps were unsteady and she totally ignored the demeanor of a rich lady that she usually acted like.

In this room, Jiang Muyu sat at the top seat in the main hall of the Zhong Mansion, while Master Zhong and Mrs. Yu sat below, and Zhong Lei sat next to Master Zhong.

Master Zhong smiled and said, "I wonder why the queen has come to visit me today?"

Jiang Muyu deliberately looked around and asked, "Why don't you see Eighth Sister?"

Yu smiled and said, "I have sent someone to invite him."

"Well, I came here today for something." As she said that, she ordered Yunyan to take out the things.

The three of them looked at the cloth bag on the small table next to her, with a puzzled look on their faces.

Jiang Muyu continued, "I believe you have heard that I was poisoned by a servant in the mansion a few days ago and almost lost my life, so I punished the person who poisoned me."

Master Zhong said, "I have indeed heard about this matter. The coachman was so bold that he dared to harm the princess."

"Master Zhong is right, but the coachman was not brave enough to do that. After investigation, we found that someone bribed him to harm me."

Zhong Lei suddenly had a bad feeling, "What do you mean, Madam? Could it be that the one who hired the coachman is from our Zhong Mansion?"

Jiang Muyu smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Zhong is indeed smart. This person is indeed in the Zhong Mansion."

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment. Master Zhong was even more terrified. As an official in the court, he naturally knew that the person he could not offend the most was King Rui. Even the prime minister of the court could not hold his head up after being hated by King Rui, let alone him, an insignificant fifth-rank official. If he offended King Rui, he would probably lose the black gauze hat on his head.

Master Zhong swallowed hard and asked in a stern voice, "Who is the person your majesty is talking about?"

Jiang Muyu opened the cloth bag and said with a smile, "You three may want to take a look at this first."

"good."

Mr. Zhong personally went forward to take the cloth bag, opened it, and saw some irregularly shaped pieces of paper inside, some large and some small, all densely written with words.

Zhong Lei picked up one at random, and when he saw the three words "Ji Xue'er" at the beginning, his face turned a little ugly. He quickly picked up a few more and looked at them. They all started with the same three words.

The content that follows is even more affectionate and corny, expressing a man's heartfelt love for his dream girl.

"Today, when I first saw you, you were like a fairy descending from the sky. You instantly entered my heart. I miss you as much as I do..."

"I send you my love, and I want you to be with me. My love is deep and my dreams are full of longing. I hope you share my love with me..."

The further he looked, the greener his face became.