3270 They Came Knocking

"You must tell him. Then in two days, Granny will be home waiting for you to return," the Old Madam said happily.

Qiaomu had originally just tried to put her off for two days, but she didn't expect the Old Madam to take it so seriously...

She couldn't help but sigh helplessly, nodding her little head hesitantly.

The Old Madam was overjoyed. She reached out and lightly pinched her granddaughter's bright, watery little cheek, "You can't lie to your Granny. I'm decades old already, I can't let a little girl like you trick me."

Qiaomu looked at her with a slightly sulky expression.

"You promise to come back, you must come back, okay!"

"Got it," Qiaomu could only nod her small head again.

The Old Madam laughed heartily, and Mu Qingya, who was beside her, quickly smiled and advised, "Old Madam, look at you, so happy. Old Master has told us before that we must monitor your emotions and not let you be overly joyful or sorrowful."

"Hmph," the Old Madam pouted and scoffed, "I'm not a puppet, you know. Am I not allowed to laugh or move?"

Concubine Qiu of the Second Branch hadn't been able to get a word in edgewise. Seeing the situation, she quickly smiled and said, "Indeed, I see the Old Madam is full of vigor.

"This must be because she's happy to see the Crown Princess, which puts her in high spirits when good things happen."

After the incident just now, Mu Rouyan had been biting her lip, standing far behind the crowd with her aunt.

Upon hearing Concubine Qiu's shameless flattery, she couldn't help but spit.

"How utterly shameless." She usually saw Concubine Qiu of the Second Branch as a shrewd individual, but she never expected her to speak so without principle. Seeing that the Old Madam was so fond of the Crown Princess, she rushed to flatter the Crown Princess like this; it was simply despicable.

Shi Huixin's face was grim, her heart still pounding.

After having a close call with death just now, she suddenly realized something.

From now on, she could no longer directly confront the Crown Princess. She could only take a roundabout approach, after all, their statuses were worlds apart.

Even if the Crown Princess didn't use her full power, just by using her status to oppress her, like today, she could crush her like a small ant in minutes.

Thinking of this, Shi Huixin couldn't help but shiver coldly, secretly cursing herself for her reckless actions just now.

But how many ordinary people could have such self-control? When suddenly seeing an enemy right before them, how could they not lose their temper and get angry?

A group of people sat in the pavilion, gathered around the Old Madam, "harmoniously" enjoying tea and pastries.

Suddenly, a young garden guard rushed over in a panic. He swiftly knelt and kowtowed, repeatedly shouting, "Old Madam, Ladies, this is bad! Madam Chen has brought a group of guards and forced her way in. We couldn't stop dozens of them."

The Old Madam immediately frowned, "Which Madam Chen dares to be so ill-mannered?"

The garden had been exclusively booked by her Mu family for the day, which meant that for this entire day, as long as the Mu family members didn't leave, Nanxinyuan could not be opened to other outsiders.

This was an unwritten rule, known to all the nobles and wealthy households in Longyan City.

The Old Madam frowned and was about to get up to inquire when she saw a noisy crowd approaching from that direction.

The grim-faced woman leading them looked very familiar. The Old Madam narrowed her eyes slightly, then put on a surprised expression, "Isn't that Madam of the Left Prime Minister? Why have you trespassed into Nanxinyuan today?"

Madam Chen instantly spotted Qiaomu sitting by the Old Madam and suddenly rushed towards her.