freenovelworld Chapter 271 Xin Yao's Backer?
Chapter 271 Xin Yao's Backer?
Mu Xin Nuan returned to Yue Xuan and began to consider whether she should inform her mother about this matter first.
After much deliberation, Mu Xin Nuan realized that her mother was the true mistress of the Mu family. If she made any significant moves within the household, it would likely be discovered by her mother. Rather than waiting for her mother to ask, she decided to take the initiative and tell her everything. This way, she might be able to discuss a better plan with her mother to expose the evil deeds of the old lady and let the old master see what kind of person she truly was.
Before Mu Xin Nuan could even speak, things got lively at Mu Xin Yao's place.
Because of Qinglian's matter, several maids and servants in her courtyard were sold off one after another. So Li Shi found a human trafficker and brought more than a dozen people for her to choose from. She also assigned a first-class nanny and a second-class nanny from her own side to serve her.
Mu Xinyao was a shrewd woman. She always felt that this was another spy sent by Li Shi. However, she was already thirteen years old and could not be without one or two nannies to remind her of the rules. Moreover, this person was sent by her stepmother. How could she dare to turn her away?
Besides, she had already offended the old lady quite badly, so naturally she wouldn't dare to offend her stepmother again.
The reason why Mu Xinyao's place was so lively was that the Duchess of Anguo had come to visit in person today. After listening to Mu Xinyao's song, she took a great liking to her and even offered to take her in as her goddaughter!
Although Li didn't understand the reason behind this, she knew that it must be inextricably linked to some other force.
Naturally, Li declined the offer on the grounds that she dared not make the decision on her own.
However, this Duchess of Anguo was quite interesting. She didn't allow Li to refuse and kept holding Mu Xinyao's hand, calling her "daughter" this and "daughter" that. This was clearly a deliberate attempt to use her status as a Duchess to suppress Li!
In terms of rank, the Duke of Anguo is several ranks higher than the Earl of Zhongyong!
Although Li was furious, she could only suppress her anger. Only after learning this did Mu Xin Nuan realize that the powerful figure the Prince of Ming had found for her was actually the Duke of Anguo's mansion.
To adopt her as a goddaughter?
Heh! On the surface, it's about finding a powerful patron for Mu Xinyao, but in reality, it's about using this to win over the Mu family, or to put it more bluntly, to win over my father?
Mu Xin Nuan smiled coldly, "You've got a good plan!"
However, if Prince Ming truly intends to win over the Mu family, then the person he should be trying to get close to or elevate is himself, the legitimate daughter, not Mu Xinyao. Could it be that Mu Xinyao possesses something that could still entice Prince Ming?
Thinking back to her past life, Mu Xinyao's main achievements were in business. Also, it seemed that after her death, she handed over a book of military strategy to the Ming King.
Mu Xin Nuan's heart skipped a beat. Military strategy?
Mu Xin Nuan tried hard to recall the name of the military treatise, until she heard Chun Yu's soft call. Only then did she remember that she also had an assistant. She gave Chun Yu a few instructions and then led Mu Qing and Rong Yue to Jin Yuan.
"Greetings to Mother. Greetings to Lady Anguo."
When Yang Luo saw that Mu Xin Nuan had grown into such a beautiful and elegant woman in just a few years, she felt a pang of bitterness and resentment.
Thinking about her own daughter, who was two years older than Mu Xin Nuan and had already come of age, she realized that very few people came to propose marriage. She knew the reason without anyone telling her.
In fact, the "very few" that Madam Yang considered were the kind of prestigious and noble families she deemed worthy of the Duke of Anguo's mansion. As for some obscure and unknown families, although they were unaware of Yang Yu'er's bad reputation, they dared not rashly propose marriage.
A few days ago, someone proposed marriage to the second son of a vice minister's family. However, Madam Yang felt that the other party's social status was too low, and he was not the eldest son. She thought that after he entered the family, he might not even be able to control the household affairs. How could she allow her daughter to marry into such a family?
Yang Yu'er didn't come today. I heard that she has been focusing on poetry and painting these days, hoping to salvage her reputation.
"Miss Mu is so beautiful. Madam Mu is so lucky to have two such lovely daughters. I am truly envious."
Madam Li smiled faintly. She really didn't want to pay any attention to this Lady of Anguo. Couldn't she see that the Mu family didn't welcome her?
"Madam Yang is joking. You have more daughters than I do. According to Madam Yang's logic, aren't you more fortunate than me?"
Madam Yang's face flushed with embarrassment. She hadn't expected that Madam Li would dare to give her such a tough yet firm rebuttal!
Madam Yang was not one to mince words, and her face immediately turned cold. She grabbed Mu Xinyao's hand and said with a forced smile, "To be honest, I just happen to have taken a liking to this Xinyao. Look at her—so sensible, so reasonable, and so poised in her words and actions. Madam Mu, there's nothing wrong with me taking her in as my goddaughter, is there?"
As she spoke, Madam Yang ignored how Madam Li would respond and directly took off a jade green bracelet from her wrist and put it on Mu Xinyao's hand!
Mu Xinyao glanced at Li Shi with some difficulty, her expression stiff as she lowered her head, not daring to speak.
Judging from her behavior, Madam Yang probably had no idea how much mistreatment this illegitimate second daughter had suffered at the hands of Madam Li!
When Madam Yang thought about how she usually disciplined those concubine daughters in the mansion, she felt even more disdain for Madam Li!
They're both legal mothers, so why pretend to be virtuous in public? Which legal mother would genuinely care for a concubine's daughter?
The more Madam Yang thought about it, the more she felt she should promote Mu Xinyao, at least to make that seemingly well-off Li Shi feel a bit resentful!
It has to be said that Madam Yang is quite stubborn; she always likes to impose her own ideas on others!
Li's displeasure wasn't because she felt Madam Yang was deliberately trying to annoy her, but because she had often heard her husband mention that the Duke of Anguo's family were aligned with Prince Ming. Therefore, she naturally couldn't allow anyone from her household to become associated with the Duke of Anguo's family.
Looking at Madam Yang's expression, Mu Xin Nuan couldn't help but chuckle. This person was far too self-important.
Did they think that just because she was the Duchess of the State, the Mu family had to fawn over her?
Besides Mu Xinyao being clueless, does she think everyone in the Mu family is an idiot?