"I'm not boasting, I'm telling the truth."

At this moment, the butler came forward and said, "Lord, lord, this meal has been prepared in the dining room. ”

"Lord Wang, please..."

Mu Zhennan politely invited Prince Bao to go first, and Prince Bao was also polite, and only left when General Mu raised his feet to leave, and the two walked out side by side.

Mu Haifeng also knew what they were talking about before he came in, and asked with some concern: "Could it be that my father-in-law doesn't care about this matter?" ”

"He doesn't care, it's in front of Prince Bao, it's not easy to care."

This is also true, how to say it is also an internal matter of the General's Mansion, if it is torn outside, it will lose the face of the entire General's Mansion.

"What then? Madame has always been partial to Miss Chang, and when the mother and daughter bite you at the same time, it will not be easy to do. ”

"Hmph, in order to prove that Miss Chang lost the necklace, we also need a witness."

Mu Xue's eyes flashed with a strategizing gaze, and it seemed that she had already dug a pit for Mu Wanting.

"Witnesses? What witnesses? ”

Mu Xue gave Fei Qi a look, and Fei Qi retreated, and went to the courtyard where Aunt Hong lived with a lot of gifts.

Prince Bao is a guest today, and only those who are born are eligible to dine at the same table with the lord.

But until the meal was over, the mother and daughter did not come.

Prince Bao is a good person, and he didn't ask, presumably there are still many things in this general's mansion.

At this moment, he looked at Mu Xue with scrutinizing eyes, and said with concern: "Xiaoxue, you went back to your parents' house to pay New Year's greetings today, why don't you see your son?" Is he okay in the palace? ”

Mu Xue put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, wiped her mouth and said, "My nephew and daughter-in-law have thanked Uncle Huang for his concern here, and the prince is all right in the palace." It's just that my prince doesn't like to go out, and you know this, Uncle Huang, but since he is married, the prince will always come to the General's Mansion one day to meet his father-in-law. ”

Speaking of this, Mu Xue glanced at her father and spoke for Nangong Li: "Daddy, don't blame him for not coming, he has his troubles." ”

"Naturally, it's not strange, I think I heard about the deeds of the prince on the battlefield four years ago, but it's a pity...."

After saying that, he was very reluctant and sighed embarrassedly.

"Daddy doesn't need to sigh, the prince has his own ideas, and I'm useless as a wife, so I can only try my best to take care of his body, so as not to worry about the emperor and the emperor's uncles."

Although these words were said to Mu Zhennan, Prince Bao nodded again and again when he heard it, indicating that he was quite satisfied with this nephew and daughter-in-law.

It's just that today he came over on a mission.

It was for the emperor to come up to investigate the character and style of Miss Mu Wanting.

After all, the emperor has high hopes for the crown prince, and the choice of the crown princess is not something that the prince alone can decide.

The crown prince had already begged the emperor a few years ago, wanting the emperor to grant marriage by holy decree.

I came here to inspect it after a few years.

The royal daughter-in-law is not so easy to be!!

Although Mu Wanting's family background is already here, it is enough to be worthy of the title of the crown princess.

However, there are many children of scholarly families in the capital, and if you want to win the title of crown princess among the best people, it is useless to rely on a good skin.

So he also needs to know what this thing looks like today.

So he deliberately pretended to drink too much wine, fainted a little, and it was not easy to return home for the time being.

This naturally arranged for him to rest in the wing room in the backyard of the General's Mansion.

Seeing that the little servant helped Prince Bao to the backyard to rest, this Mu Zhennan had a calm face, and asked Mu Haifeng who was waiting on the side with a majestic face.

"Is this chain really like this after Wanting threw it into the lotus pond?"

"Yes, just now when I went to Bishui Courtyard with Xiaoxue to give gifts and asked about this chain, she did say so."

"Hmph, rebel girl, it's just bullying the small with the big and lawless."

He is not in the capital all the year round, and he doesn't know much about the children.

But Mu Haifeng understands it, and Mu Haifeng, this kid, never lies in front of him.

Mu Xue was silent and didn't speak, and a thought kept spinning in her mind, just now during the banquet, Prince Bao and his father talked very happily and didn't drink much, why didn't he leave the General's Mansion at this time.

"Housekeeper, go quickly, call Mrs. and Ting'er over, and say that I have something to ask, master."

Mu Xue stepped forward at the right time, stood behind Mu Zhennan, and pinched his shoulder.

Xu was relieved of his muscles, and Mu Zhennan said: "Your mother married you in a hurry, and your father hasn't even had time to prepare some dowry for you." Now that you are in the palace, are you all right? ”

"It's all good, the prince treats me very well, don't worry about my father, it's just that my daughter is married, and I can't often come back to do my filial piety in the future, and I ask my father to forgive me."

Mu Zhennan's hand was very rough because of his perennial martial arts practice, and he reached out and patted Mu Xue's little hand that pinched his shoulder, looking very relieved.

"As long as you're doing well,"

Saying this, Mu Zhennan's eyes fell on Mu Haifeng, who had been silent, and remembered that Mu Haifeng had kissed him before.

I thought of this child giving his family heirloom necklace to his daughter, which shows that he is very affectionate.

When it came to the necklace, Mu Zhennan still felt angry in his heart.

If you really follow these two children's statement, presumably Mu Wanting usually bullies her younger sisters.

Just when he was thinking about questioning Mu Wanting later, Zhao Xiangning came over with Mu Wanting, followed by Aunt Hong holding the three-year-old Mu Yuchen.

Mu Yuchen is the son of the old man Mu Zhennan.

Mu Zhennan loved and valued him very much, and saw Mu Yuchen following Aunt Hong at a glance.

"Yuchen, come here, daddy hug,"

Yuchen hurriedly ran over, and the little man fell into Mu Zhennan's arms, playing with Mu Zhennan's beard, making Mu Zhennan laugh heartily.

"Daddy."

Mu Wanting came over slowly, and shouted aggrievedly Daddy.

Mu Zhennan looked over, stared at her left and right faces, which were still a little red, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with your face?" ”

At this time, Mu Wanting will pretend, and she will not be arrogant when facing Mu Xue alone.

Hearing this at this moment, he looked at Mu Xue who was standing aside with some cowardice, and whispered, "Leave the princess."

Mu Zhennan turned his head back to look at Mu Xue suddenly.

Mu Xue was weak and delicate like a fragile flower in the past, even when she was at home during the Chinese New Year in the past, Mu Zhennan disliked Mu Xue's knowledge, and disliked Mu Xue's submissiveness, and didn't even dare to say it out loud.

Now that this third daughter has beaten someone?

Is it still my sister-in-law?

Isn't that what --- impossible thing for a rooster to lay eggs?

No matter how you think about this, Mu Zhennan can't believe it.

At this moment, he looked at Mu Xue with suspicion, pointed to Mu Wanting's face and asked her, "Xiaoxue, did you really do this?" ”

"I did it, but Daddy, my daughter naturally dares to do it, but Daddy, why don't you ask me why I hit her."

"Hmph, why can there be, isn't it just a broken chain? You beat your sister like this, do you say you have a sister like this? ”

Mu Xue was not surprised at all, this Zhao Xiangning would help her daughter speak.

But when she heard this, Aunt Hong sarcastically said: "Heh, that's Major General Mu's family heirloom necklace, although it is not worth 10,000 gold, it is a treasure to Major General Mu and the princess." But it's also said that Mrs. and Miss Yan have more good things in the past, so they will naturally think that they are broken chains. ”

Although these words carried some bitter meaning, but it was true, Mu Zhennan's gaze at Zhao Xiangning was even more unkind.

And Mu Xue also calmly took two steps forward, and asked rhetorically: "Before Madam said that I didn't do a good job as a sister, I wanted to ask Sister Wanting, how did she become this sister?" What do you do with our sisters? ”

Mu Xue's tone was loud, and Mu Zhennan obviously saw that Mu Wanting took two steps back with a weak heart and hid behind Zhao Xiangning.

"What the hell is going on? Haifeng, you come. ”

For these two children to have their own opinions, Mu Zhennan chose to believe in Mu Haifeng.

"You can't ask him, he has favored Mu Xue since he was a child, and he can't believe what he says."

Zhao Xiangning looked at Mu Haifeng with suspicion.

This Zhao Xiangning has always looked down on any child in the General's Mansion, whether it is a concubine or an adopted person.

In her eyes, she can only see Mu Wanting's brilliance.

Put all your hopes on Mu Wanting.

All everything that is not good for Mu Wanting openly and secretly, she has to screen it out.

"Then let Aunt Hong say it, what does Madam think of this?"

Mu Xue looked at Aunt Hong over there and suggested to Mu Zhennan.

Aunt Hong is actually not good-looking, but she is younger than Zhao Xiangning, and she gave birth to a son to Mu Zhennan.

At this moment, she took two steps forward and made a salute: "If the master trusts, the concubine can tell the master everything that the concubine knows." ”

"Hmm. You say yes,"

Aunt Hong's eyes stayed on Zhao Xiangning's old face for a while, and then looked at the brocade box placed on the table, and said with a bright smile: "Master, I recognize this thing, it was indeed Miss Chang who snatched the third lady's things to wear, but then she didn't return them, and where they went, I don't know where they went." ”

Hearing Aunt Hong say this, Mu Wanting was anxious.

"You are talking nonsense, no one saw it at all, how can you ....."

As if knowing that she had slipped her mouth, she jerked up her hand to cover her mouth.

"Daddy, don't listen to my aunt and third sister, they have wronged me."

"Wronged you? There are so many witnesses and physical evidence, why did you still wrong? Hmph, I think you're just disobedient. ”

"But Daddy, she's not much better, she still beats people, why don't you care about this matter."

As she spoke, Mu Wanting looked at Mu Xue with hatred, her eyes fierce and hated to see her eaten alive.

She was thinking that it was fortunate that Prince Bao was gone now, otherwise Prince Bao would see her and this little slut tearing up the chicken feathers all over the ground because of these things, then she would definitely give a bad impression.

When Prince Fang Caibao left, no one went to inform the people of Bishui Courtyard, and even the housekeeper who sent Prince Bao to the wing room had not returned.