dognovel Chapter 601 Is someone stirring things up?
Chapter 601 Is someone stirring things up?
"So what? If one day Mu Qingyuan finds out that you've imprisoned his sister, won't he resent you? After all, she's his own sister. What if someone else exploits this weakness and instigates him in the future? Have you considered the consequences?"
Upon hearing Duanmu Chuze's words, Mu Xinnuan immediately abandoned all other thoughts, grabbing his sleeve with one hand, "Aze, then what do you suggest we do? To be honest, this matter has been troubling me for a long time. I know that Ayuan treats me, his older sister, differently. Since we were little, he has always been more attached to me. But now that we are separated by distance, I am really unsure about this younger brother."
"Ah Nuan, so you're worried that someone might use him to harm the Mu family?"
Mu Xin Nuan's brows suddenly furrowed tightly. "Prince Ming! Prince Ming will definitely not let this unstable member of the Mu family go. After all, Prince Ming knows what kind of person his sister is. Perhaps Prince Ming will send someone to the capital to get close to A Yuan, and then add fuel to the fire, and tell all this?"
"Don't be afraid, Nuan." Duanmu Chuze gently patted her back and then hugged her. "Don't be afraid. Since you've thought of it, I'll send someone to the capital to test this Mu Qingyuan first."
"Mu Qingyuan is a deep thinker. Although he is young, I know that even though the Song family died, they left him a few reliable elders."
"Don't worry, I'll have someone test him. Also, have someone keep an eye on him secretly. If they find any suspicious people approaching him, it would be a good opportunity to test him."
Mu Xin Nuan hesitated for a moment, "He is still a child after all, A Ze. Even if you want to find someone to test him, you must not let anyone hurt him."
“I understand. Actually, I still have some confidence in Mu Qingyuan. After all, your mother has always treated him well. And in the past few years without Song Shi, the cultural influence he has received has made him more aware of etiquette, loyalty, and filial piety. As long as he doesn't make bad friends, then everything should be fine.”
Since Duanmu Chuze said he would send someone to the capital, Mu Xin Nuan could only go along with it. After all, they had been separated for almost two years, and she really didn't know if Mu Qingyuan had changed.
I want to write him a letter.
Duanmu Chuze nodded, understanding her thoughts. He had someone prepare the Four Treasures of the Study, and he personally ground the ink for her.
The capital city, the Mu residence.
As soon as Mu Qingyuan returned to his courtyard, a servant came to report, "Second Young Master, this is a letter that the Eldest Miss sent to you."
"Eldest sister? Where is she?" Mu Qingyuan's face showed a hint of excitement. In all this time, his eldest sister hadn't written to him often. Whenever she wrote to their father and mother, she would mention her brothers in her letters. But this time, she was writing to him alone, and Mu Qingyuan was still somewhat hopeful.
"Reporting to the Second Young Master, the person has been taken away to rest. They said they'll stay overnight and leave first thing tomorrow morning. If you want to reply, you should write it tonight."
Mu Qingyuan nodded, waved for him to leave, opened the letter, and quickly began to read it.
A moment later, a look of worry appeared on his still somewhat immature face.
In the letter, Mu Xin Nuan briefly recounted everything that had happened to Mu Xin Yao and Jin Hui after they arrived in Yanzhou. To the outside world, Mu Xin Yao had been exiled, but in reality, she had been placed in a private residence in Yu County and had a few people serve her, but her freedom of movement was restricted.
Mu Qingyuan had naturally heard about Jin Hui and Mu Xinyao's affair. He heard that in a fit of anger, Marquis Dingyuan had his name removed from the family genealogy, and that his birth mother was now living a life worse than death in the Marquis's mansion.
As for Mu Xinyao, although Mu Qingyuan didn't have deep feelings for her, he knew that they were siblings born of the same mother.
Mu Xinyao repeatedly provoked her elder sister, and this time, it can only be said that she herself was too weak-willed.
At the end of the letter, Mu Xin Nuan mentioned that if he had time, he could come to Yanzhou after obtaining his father's permission to see Mu Xin Yao and persuade her not to be so stubborn.
After much deliberation, Mu Qingyuan wrote a reply.
The gist of it was that Mu Xinyao had only herself to blame and had no one else to blame. However, the fact that her elder sister spared her life out of consideration for her being a member of the Mu family was already an extraordinary act of mercy.
Mu Qingyuan had someone deliver the letter to the guard, then read a book in his room for a while before going out.
Upon arriving at a teahouse, Mu Qingyuan went into a private room and had a servant stand guard at the door.
"Brother Mu, why are you so late? We've been waiting for you for ages." Inside the house, several young masters were already waiting for Mu Qingyuan.
"Oh, my father gave me a few words of advice, so I came out late and kept you all waiting."
Judging by their ages, Mu Qingyuan should be the youngest among them. One of them, wearing a purple robe, looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old.
"Brother Mu, how have you been doing in the manor? Everyone in the capital is saying that your stepmother treats you like her own son. Is that really true?"
The men who came to meet me today were all illegitimate sons of the household, most of whom were not valued within the family. In comparison, only the youngest, Mu Qingyuan, possessed a scholarly air. The others, on the other hand, exuded a more dissolute and spoiled air.
"Of course it's true. My mother has always treated me like her own daughter, and even my older sister and brother have always taken extra care of me. You can probably tell from my clothes."
"Brother Mu always looks very healthy. We are all sons of concubines, and we share the same plight, but Brother Mu is always impeccably dressed and in excellent health. Even when we go out for tea and drinks, it is Brother Mu who usually pays the bill."
Mu Qingyuan laughed, "Brother Liu is teasing me again. Everyone knows that you are always the one who is generous. I am young and naturally don't have much money. So I can only treat you brothers to some tea."
"Hey, Brother Mu, why be so modest? By the way, I heard that your second brother-in-law had some trouble in Yanzhou. Is that true or not?"
Another young man said, "Brother Liu, isn't your news coming a bit too slowly? Didn't the Marquis of Dingyuan fall ill from anger?"
"Is this true? I heard that the Prince of Chang Le also exiled your second sister. Isn't that too cruel? She's still your own sister, a daughter of the Mu family. How could the prince give such an order? He doesn't take you siblings seriously at all."
Despite such blatant provocation, Mu Qingyuan simply smiled and said, "You're mistaken. Now that Second Sister is married, she's a member of the Jin family. If her husband gets into trouble, she'll naturally be implicated as well."