Chapter 6
Mu Qinhan removed his mask, remaining motionless as he stared intently at Mu Yulu: "So you are a daughter of the Mu family. May I ask your birth order?"
Mu Yulu was pinned to the bed by Mu Qinhan. She was already feeling cold all over, and now, her anger made her even colder, and she was trembling more violently than a sieve: "I am a respectable daughter from a respectable family. I want to marry with a clean reputation. Please have some self-respect. Get out now, and I will pretend nothing happened."
Mu Qinhan raised an eyebrow, about to speak, when he suddenly heard a series of chaotic footsteps outside the courtyard. Along with the footsteps came Xinyun's angry voice: "My young lady has already retired for the night. We can talk about it tomorrow. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the master for barging in like this?"
Unfortunately, Xinyun alone was no match for the horde of servants who were coming on strong. They quickly stormed into the courtyard and forced their way to Mu Yulu's door.
Xinyun rushed over and blocked the door tightly: "What do you men want by barging into my young lady's boudoir in the middle of the night?"
"What are you doing? We've come here specifically to invite Miss to Qingwu Courtyard." The head servant was extremely arrogant, daring to shout directly at Mu Yulu inside the room through the door: "Miss, our aunt has something to ask you. Please don't waste any time and come with us right away."
Xinyun still blocked the door tightly: "Master has punished Miss by confining her to her quarters for a month. During this month, no one is allowed to step into the courtyard. If you insist on coming in, you must have Master's warrant, right? How can you just force your way in like this?"
This group of people came with great force and were bound to cause trouble, so Xinyun had no choice but to bring up the master.
However, these people worked under Aunt Wang and were used to being domineering in the mansion. How could Xinyun possibly intimidate them with just a few words?
But then a crisp slapping sound came from outside the door, followed by a knocking sound.
This group of people actually intended to force their way in.
Mu Yulu frowned, looked up at Mu Qinhan and said, "If Your Highness still wants to preserve your reputation, release me now."
She paused, then lowered her voice and said, "You'd better get under the covers right away."
Mu Qinhan was taken aback for a moment, then surprisingly nodded in agreement, obediently letting go of her hand, and quietly crawled into the quilt, lying down beside Mu Yulu.
Just as Mu Yulu had expected, the next second the group of scoundrel servants pushed open the door and strode towards the bedside, raising torches and shining them directly at Mu Yulu's face.
Mu Yulu suppressed the urge to strangle Mu Qinhan. At this moment, she wanted to deal with the bunch of sycophantic lackeys in front of her.
Mu Qinhan, huddled under the covers, narrowed her eyes slightly.
But Mu Yulu, in front of everyone, began to take off her clothes as if no one else was there. After she was down to only a bodice, she got up and sat on the edge of the bed, coldly staring at the group of servants: "Anyone who takes another step forward, I will make sure they die a horrible death."
His chilling tone was like a dead man exhaling from his coffin.
This tone, unlike Mu Yulu's, instantly frightened everyone into not daring to move. The servant walking at the front even tried to back away cowardly.
Unfortunately, it was too late to back down.
Mu Yulu threw her clothes on the ground and actually got off the bed, walking step by step toward the head servant.
People then realized that Mu Yulu's good looks didn't even match her good figure.
Mu Yulu actually has a good figure.
The moonlight carefully trickled up her skin, like frost forming on it, making her look so white that it made one feel a little guilty.
He wanted to stare at her without blinking, but then he narrowed his eyes in fear.
The red bodice rose and fell with her movements, sometimes revealing her snow-white skin, and sometimes covering it so that no one could catch a glimpse of her cleavage.
Just like red plum blossoms falling on the snow, the red ones become redder and the white ones become whiter.
Just as the servants were staring in disbelief, forgetting where they were and who they were facing, Mu Yulu glanced at them indifferently, and said with a slight smile, "Who was it that made the move just now?"
If her tone just now sounded like the breath of a dead man, then the words she spoke with a cold laugh now were even more chilling than bones.
Where does this sense of oppression come from?
They couldn't understand how the once single-minded and headstrong young lady could suddenly exude such an aura of domineering authority.
It's like someone who has died once, who doesn't care about anything and isn't afraid of anything anymore.
No one spoke; to be precise, no one dared to speak.
Mu Yulu turned her head and looked at Xinyun, who was covering her face and crying with tears in her eyes: "Come on, Xinyun, tell me, who hit you just now? Don't be afraid, I will get justice for you."
Xinyun choked up for a moment, then reached out her trembling hand and pointed to the servant boy huddled at the very back of the crowd.
If it were in the past, Xinyun would never have dared to point out that person; she knew her young mistress's character best.
Mu Yulu is always the type to be bullied. Whether she's angry or wronged, she'll just lock herself in her room and brood over it.
In the end, she will inevitably be unable to reach a conclusion, and then she will become extremely angry and cry and make a scene to find Mu Yugang, which is exactly what Aunt Wang and the Third Miss want.
She couldn't get any justice from Mu Yugang; instead, he scolded her, rebuking her for being the eldest daughter of the Mu family and unworthy of her status.
The most likely outcome is that Mu Yulu will be reprimanded, and her personal maid Xinyun will be punished by having her monthly salary reduced.
It's the same every time, a recurring cycle, without exception.
It was precisely because of this that Mu Yulu in her previous life became increasingly extreme, hiding all her resentment and injustice in her heart, relentlessly pouring her love into Mu Qinhan, and constantly begging for his affection.
Unable to obtain what he desired, he eventually went mad with love.
But having been given a second chance at life, how could Mu Yulu be as cowardly as she was in her previous life? This time, she was determined to love and hate fiercely. Those who didn't love her, let them go. As for those she hated to the core—
She gritted her teeth and snorted coldly, then turned her gaze to the servant that Xinyun had pointed to, and walked towards him.
Before the servant could react, a loud slap exploded in his ears, then on the left, then on the right, then on the right, and so on and so forth...
Only after beating the servant until his nose bled twice did Mu Yulu reluctantly shake her arm and stop, rubbing her shoulder and muttering softly, "Looks like I'll have to practice my arm strength more in the future."
The servant was stunned by the beating. He stood there swaying for a moment, then fell backward with a thud.
Everyone stood frozen in place, not daring to move.
"It's so good to be young, you can fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow."
Mu Yulu sneered and sighed, then stepped on the servant's face and turned to the crowd, saying, "How dare you touch my people? Watch closely, this is what will happen to this person."
"Can't you speak properly now?" She smiled at the head servant. "Tell me, why did Aunt Wang summon you here?"
The servant boy, his previous arrogance completely gone, immediately prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing as he said, "The Third Miss developed a high fever last night after falling into the water, and she can't go to the temple fair tonight, so... so..."
Mu Yulu finished speaking for the servant: "So Aunt Wang asked you to take me to Qingwu Courtyard. She wants to ask me what my intentions are, and why I pushed her daughter into the lake?"
The servant looked up at Mu Yulu in astonishment, then quickly lowered his head again.
Aunt Wang did say that before sending them here. It's amazing how Miss knows what Aunt Wang said.
Even more remarkably, Mu Yulu seemed to be able to see right through the servant's thoughts. She narrowed her eyes and said, "You want to ask me how I know that Aunt Wang said those things, right?"
The servant lowered his head even further, no longer daring to utter a sound.
But Mu Yulu continued, "Because the master had already asked the same question before you even came here."
She took a few steps back, then turned around and sat down on the edge of the bed.
“I am not in charge of the household affairs, and I do not know what kind of rules Aunt Wang runs in the household. In the middle of the night, she actually ordered you to break into the young lady’s boudoir to arrest her.”
“I’m just telling you that the master has already made a decision about what happened during the day. He asked what he needed to ask, and I said what I needed to say. He has ordered me to stay in the courtyard for a month, and I am not allowed to go out or be visited by anyone else.”
"What?" Shower Gel leaned forward. "You're treating what the master said like it's nothing?"
"No, no, no, no..." The servants shook their heads like rattles.
“If Aunt Wang wants to ask questions, she can. She can get a warrant from the master and ask whatever she wants.” Mu Yulu tilted her head and narrowed her eyes again. “But if the master is not informed, I cannot cooperate. I cannot bear the responsibility of disobeying the master’s orders.”
If Mu Yulu couldn't bear the responsibility, then the servants below her certainly couldn't either; they shrank back like quails into their collars.
Just moments ago, as Mu Yulu swung her arm to slap someone, they suddenly remembered that the person standing in front of them was the eldest daughter of the Mu family. Even if she was disliked by the master, her status was still there.
In the past, this wouldn't have been a problem. This young lady is known for being simple-minded, and even if they caused a scene here tonight, she wouldn't be able to make a fuss.
But for some reason, Mu Yulu's personality changed drastically, and she suddenly became someone not to be trifled with.
Just as they were sweating profusely and racking their brains for a way to end this, Mu Yulu said calmly, "Just relay my words to your master. If she really gets the master's order, I will cooperate with whatever she wants to ask."
After saying that, she pointed to the wardrobe and said, "I have a set of clothes belonging to the Third Miss here. I don't know what the people in Qingwu Courtyard are doing all day. They can even deliver custom-made clothes to the wrong courtyard. Why don't you take this set of clothes back to the Third Miss?"
The servants looked at each other for a while, and finally the leader mustered up his courage and said, "This dress... if it was delivered to the wrong person, it was delivered to the wrong person. There is no reason to take it back from Miss."
Mu Xingzi did indeed make a scene in the courtyard, saying that Mu Yulu had stolen her custom-made dress to wear in order to attend the temple fair, and that she wanted Aunt Wang to stand up for her.
But now neither of the young ladies can attend the temple fair. Mu Yulu said the clothes were sent to the wrong person, shifting the blame to Qingwu Courtyard. She just gave them such a big warning, so now they really don't dare to make any rash moves.
In any case, even if we take the clothes back, the Third Miss definitely won't wear them. She might even scold them for being cowardly, for just taking the clothes back like that.
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