When everyone heard that this poison came from Miao Jiang, they couldn't help but shut up and didn't speak. Qin Tai and his wife also felt something strange and hurriedly asked why. An official of the Criminal Department who had been in contact with Qin Tai and his wife finally told the ins and outs of the matter. When everyone heard that this poison came from Miao Jiang, they immediately remembered a person, a woman with status. Her name is Mu Xiaoyue, and she is the daughter of Mu Qing, the current Duke of Dian State.

Speaking of this Duke of Dian Mu's family can be said to be famous in Daming, because the first Duke of Dian is Mu Ying, who is the Lord Mu that storytellers often talk about. Mu Ying is one of the only three princes of the opposite sex in Daming who was posthumously crowned as a prince. Whether in the capital or elsewhere, there are the most legends and stories about Mu Ying, and his fame far exceeds that of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and Chang Yuchun, the king of the opening mountain, and directly pursues Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Mu Ying was originally a child who lost her father when she was a child, and after her mother was forced to remarry, she became an orphan. At that time, there were many such orphans, because it was a time of war. At a young age, in order to live and survive, he had to join the rebel army. However, because he was too young to fight, he could only be assigned to some high-status officers as heralds. It sounds like a herald, but in fact, the herald is the officer's little follower and messenger, who not only has to take care of the officer's daily life, but also becomes the officer's punching bag. Mu Ying followed several officers, suffered a lot of grievances and scolding, until she met Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was just a low-level officer in the Red Turban Army, but he didn't like to beat and scold his subordinates like other officers. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about Mu Ying's life experience, he took the initiative to transfer Mu Ying to his side and took care of Mu Ying as his own brother. For the first time, Mu Ying felt the smell of being protected by her relatives, and directly regarded Zhu Yuanzhang as her father. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was only in his twenties at the time, Mu Ying was already in her teens, but Mu Ying lacked fatherly love since she was a child, and Zhu Yuanzhang was someone else's father for the first time, and the freshness caused the two to hit it off. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang has become Mu Ying's father, and Mu Ying has become Zhu Yuanzhang's first child, when Zhu Yuanzhang was twenty-six years old and Mu Ying was fourteen years old. This experience later became a good story, and the storyteller became a story, named "Zhu Taizu Yi Receives Mu Wangye".

Mu Ying followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, made a lot of contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang, and became a well-deserved leader of the second generation under Zhu Yuanzhang. In terms of military exploits, this young general of Wu Wang Yizi is no less than other generals. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not claim the title of emperor, his title was King Wu, so everyone called his army Wu Jun. Mu Ying is Zhu Yuanzhang's godson, so he became the little general of the Wu army.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang's territory became larger and larger, and several generals led the army to expand in several ways. Mu Ying, as Zhu Yuanzhang's godson, took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the southwest to open up a new territory. All the way to overcome thousands of difficulties and dangers and finally hit Yunnan, Mu Ying used the strong military advantage and personal force to open up the situation of assessing the southwest for Zhu Yuanzhang. Later, the storyteller compiled the book of Mu Wangye's one bow and three arrows to set Yunnan, and the thirteen kings of Miaojiang to subdue him, etc., all of which have a certain historical basis.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the government of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Ying was named the Duke of Yunnan and was Zhu Yuanzhang's Yongzhen Yunnan. Mu Ying made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty and became a good story in the early Ming Dynasty. Mu Ying is always an obedient child in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, never arrogant, and has nothing to think about. In the matter of Zhu Yuanzhang's choice of successor, Mu Ying either did not express her opinion or said that everything was arranged by her father. This kind of loyalty and complete obedience to Zhu Yuanzhang made Mu Ying's position stable and firm in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, which also led to the fact that among the many founding heroes, Mu Ying was the only one who was not suspicious and excluded by Zhu Yuanzhang. In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, Mu Ying is not only a hero, but also his godson, not his opponent or potential enemy. Mu Ying is also very smart, she asks for more instructions and reports more on some things, takes less ideas by herself, and obeys Zhu Yuanzhang in everything, which has become Mu Ying's success method.

Mu Ying set a rule for her children and grandchildren, the Mu family does not interfere in court affairs, as long as it is the emperor's decision, the Mu family absolutely supports it. As long as the person who sits on the throne is a descendant of the Zhu family, the Mu family will not interfere and will always guard the gate of the southwest frontier for the imperial court. Just because Mu Ying decided so, until Mu Ying passed away, Zhu Yuanzhang was very caring and trusting of the Mu family. After Mu Ying's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad, and personally crowned Mu Ying as the king with a different surname, and held a funeral for Mu Ying with the etiquette of the prince. At that time, many ministers put forward opinions, but Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not listen, but directly told everyone that Mu Ying was his first child and was definitely eligible for this treatment. The Dian Mansion has also become one of the several national mansions that the Ming Dynasty has inherited hereditarily, and the status of each Dian Duke is very noble.

Mu Qing is the current Duke of Dian and the general who guards Yunnan, these two positions are fixed, and they are also a kind of trust and favor of the imperial court to the Mu family of the Duke of Yunnan. Mu Qing is more cautious, in the matter of who was appointed as the prince at the beginning, Mu Qing almost didn't say a word, and no one dared to offend. This crown prince incident does not refer to the time when the little emperor was established as the crown prince, but when the little emperor's father, Emperor Longqing, and King Jing established their heirs. The more careful Mu Qing is, the more respectful everyone has for this Duke of Dian Guo, because if he does not participate in the seizure of the heir, it means that the entire Duke of Dian will be safer. No matter who becomes the emperor, he will not target the Dian Mansion, but will only use the people of the Dian Mansion more. Sure enough, Emperor Longqing later became the emperor, and many people caused the family to fall because of the wrong person, and only the Dian Mansion had nothing to do.

Mu Qing has three treasures, the first is the family heirloom bow and arrow, the second is the golden seal of the Duke of Dian representing the status of the Duke of Yunnan, and the third is the daughter Mu Xiaoyue. It is said that the bow and arrow handed down by the Duke of Dian were handed down by Mu Ying, the first generation of Duke of Dian Kingdom, and it is said that an immortal gave Mu Ying to pacify Yunnan. Therefore, this bow and arrow is more important to the Mu family than the status of the Duke of Dian Guo, and it is an important family token personally controlled by the Duke of Dian in the past dynasties. Historically, the seal of the state and the public can only be made of silver, and the gold seal is not allowed to be used by anyone except the prince who is traditionally canonized and the feudal kings of various places. However, there were exceptions in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, and the descendants of the three kings with different surnames who were personally in the family style of Zhu Yuanzhang could each be in charge of a golden seal, which represented that their status as national princes was hereditary, which was different from ordinary national princes. Later, when the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor, two more were added, so there were five national princes with gold seals in the Ming Dynasty, which means that their identities are similar to ordinary princes. Mu Qing, the Duke of Dian State, holds this golden seal, which represents his lofty status and power in Yunnan. This daughter is said to be Mu Qing's top child, not only Mu Qing's baby daughter, but also the treasure of the entire Dian State Mansion. Mu Qing has spoiled this daughter since she was a child, and in order for her not to be wronged, Mu Qing would rather let her son be wronged. For this Mu Xiaoyue's complaint, Mu Qing once kicked a beloved woman out of the house.

Two years ago, the little emperor didn't know why he ordered this Mu Xiaoyue to enter Beijing, and Mu Qing was taken aback when the holy decree arrived in Yunnan. Mu Qing thought that the little emperor had taken a fancy to his baby daughter, and was worried that her daughter would become one of the little emperor's harems after entering Beijing, and her daughter's life would be difficult in the future. For the first time, Mu Qing did not obey the orders of the imperial court, and told the little emperor in a tactful tone that his daughter was not only not beautiful but also had a bad temper, and was not suitable to be the concubine of the little emperor. Others have no chance to send their daughter to the palace, and Mu Qing is reluctant to let her daughter be the imperial concubine.

The little emperor really couldn't cry or laugh after receiving Mu Qing's letter, it turned out that this holy decree was not what the little emperor meant. An official who came back from being an official in Yunnan returned to Beijing to report on his work, and his wife used to be the maid of the Empress Dowager Chen, so he mentioned Mu Xiaoyue, a well-deserved little princess in Yunnan. Empress Dowager Chen was curious to meet this Mu Xiaoyue for a while, so she asked the little emperor to summon Mu Xiaoyue. Unexpectedly, Mu Xiaoyue's father, who loved his daughter, did not dare to let Mu Xiaoyue enter Beijing, thinking that the little emperor had taken a fancy to his precious daughter. The little emperor had no choice but to ask the Empress Dowager Chen to write a letter to express her meaning, and the Empress Dowager Chen explained the meaning in the letter and assured Mu Qing that Mu Xiaoyue would not stay in the palace as an imperial concubine.

With the guarantee of Empress Dowager Chen and the little emperor, Mu Qing, who was a bit of a lover complex, agreed to let his daughter Mu Xiaoyue enter Beijing. After Mu Xiaoyue entered the palace, she not only got the favor of Empress Dowager Chen, but even Empress Dowager Li also fell in love with this little girl of the Mu family. If it weren't for the fact that Empress Dowager Chen had agreed to Mu Qing in advance, Empress Dowager Li really wanted to leave this Mu Xiaoyue as a concubine for the little emperor. However, the little emperor didn't feel anything about this Mu Xiaoyue, and he was a little out of touch with Mu Xiaoyue.