Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 360 Special Hidden Mission 1

The 3rd day of the twelfth month of the 71st year of the Ming Dynasty, at the Mu Mansion.

"Miss Seven, get up and go pay your respects to the old lady." Xing'er called.

"I know." Yun Chu replied sullenly.

It is such a cold day. I still have to pay my respects in such a cold day.

Yun Chu is now thirteen years old. She is the illegitimate daughter of the eldest wife, but she has been registered under the name of her stepmother.

In the Mu family, Miss Mu is seventh in age, so she is Miss Seven.

The old man of the Mu family, Mu Zhenrui, is the third-rank Minister of Rites, in charge of the country's rites and music, sacrifices, court meetings, banquets, and tribute examinations.

The old lady, Yuan Yan, came from a scholarly family, the Yuan family.

Old Master Mu had a good concubine, Yang Lian, who was the daughter of a scholar.

Because he was the Minister of Rites, the Mu family attached great importance to rules and etiquette. If you did something wrong, you would be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall.

Almost all the children of Yun Chu's generation had knelt in the ancestral hall two or three times, and Yun Chu had knelt twice.

Why did they kneel in the ancestral hall? Because Mu Yunxing from the second house had a few words with a man from outside the family, so the other sisters were punished to kneel as well.

Because the Mu family is a whole, if something happens to one person, the others cannot escape.

Old Master Mu has five sons and three daughters.

The eldest son Mu Xingsui, the eldest daughter Mu Wanshu, the third son Mu Xingwei, and the fourth son Mu Xingchao are all legitimate children.

The second son Mu Xingneng, the second daughter Mu Wanqin, and the fifth son Mu Xingbo were all born out of wedlock.

The eldest legitimate son Mu Xingsui married Deng Jinxi and had Gao Xiu as his concubine.

He has an eldest son Mu Yunlin (19 years old), a daughter Mu Yunning (16 years old), a second son Mu Yunhai (14 years old), and a daughter Mu Yunchu (13 years old).

The second son born out of wedlock, Mu Xingneng, married Liu Hui and had concubines Fang Yan and Zhang He.

He has a concubine's eldest son Mu Yunlin (18 years old), born to Fang; a legitimate son Mu Yunxiang (17 years old), a concubine's daughter Mu Yunxing (16 years old), born to Zhang; and a legitimate daughter Mu Yunzhu (14 years old).

The third legitimate son, Mu Xingwei, married Wei Jin and had no concubines.

He has an eldest daughter, Mu Yunya (16 years old), a second daughter, Mu Yuntong (10 years old), and a youngest son, Mu Yunwen (10 years old).

The fourth legitimate son, Mu Xingchao, married Wei Bingling and had a concubine, Li Jia.

He has a legitimate daughter, Mu Yunyin (14 years old), a concubine's daughter, Mu Yunying (14 years old), and a legitimate son, Mu Yunbin (12 years old).

The fifth son, Mu Xingbo, married Xiao Qun, and had concubines: Yuan Xin, Shao Wanrou, Xing Biman, and Miao Qiuling.

He had a legitimate eldest son, Mu Yunjian (14 years old), a concubine's son, Mu Yungong (14 years old), born to Yuan; a concubine's son, Mu Yunwu (13 years old), born to Miao; a concubine's daughter, Mu Yunzi (13 years old), born to Shao; and a concubine's daughter, Mu Yunyue (12 years old), born to Yuan.

The Mu Mansion has five courtyards, five bays, three halls and six bedrooms. It is a wooden structure that combines the raised beam and through-beam styles. It is symmetrical with the hall as the main axis. Together with the gatehouse and the guard house, there are more than one hundred rooms of various sizes.

Yun Chu also had a small courtyard of her own, although it was registered under her name, but her stepmother treated her very well.

The illegitimate daughters of concubines share the same courtyard with their sisters.

In Yun Chu's yard, Yun Chu planted a lot of mosquito repellent grass and some medicinal herbs.

These herbs were all dug out from space and planted by Yun Chu.

Yun Chu remembered the space, but he didn’t remember why there were so many medicinal herbs in the space, and they were all strange and weird things.

But she knew them all, and Yun Chu felt like she was missing a part of her memory.

But this does not affect her life.

Yun Chu turned over and got up, quickly putting on his clothes.

Zhuer brought some hot water, and after Yunchu washed up, Xing'er helped Yunchu do her makeup.

After getting dressed and ready, she went to the Ningxiang Courtyard. After waiting for a while, her elder sister Mu Yunning came out.

"Fifth sister, did you have a good rest last night?" Mu Yunning asked gently.

"Sister, you had a good rest." Yun Chu said, "How about you, sister? Have you still had nightmares recently?"

"No, the calming incense you made is very effective. I haven't had nightmares recently."

Mu Yunning went to the Big Buddha Temple to pray for a peace talisman half a month ago, and encountered the Imperial Guards arresting a criminal. At that time, Mu Yunning saw the scene of the criminal being beheaded.

After coming back, I have nightmares at night and can't sleep well.

Mu Yunning asked her maid not to tell her mother, but Yun Chu found out.

Although Mu Yunning used powder to cover her dark circles and complexion, Yun Chu could still see it.

After asking, Yun Chu found out that Mu Yunning had a nightmare, so he made a calming incense for her. After using the calming incense, Mu Yunning no longer had nightmares.

Mu Yunning and Yun Chu have a very good relationship.

When Yun Chu was a child, he saved Mu Yunning during the Lantern Festival.

When eight-year-old Mu Yunning was visiting a lantern festival, she was squeezed away by the crowd and was nearly caught by kidnappers.

It was the five-year-old Yun Chu who beat the kidnapper and saved Mu Yun Ning.

Because of this incident, her stepmother registered Yun Chu under her name.

However, the fact that Yun Chu possessed great strength was concealed by his stepmother.

If a girl is reported to have great strength, it will be difficult for her to find a partner in the future.

In the East Courtyard, the two chatted and arrived at the Bigui Courtyard where the grandmother lived.

"The eldest and seventh young ladies are here. Come in quickly, don't catch a cold." Mother Wu quickly opened the curtain and welcomed the two in.

Mother Wu was my grandmother's roommate and grew up with her. She was an important person around my grandmother.

Yun Chu and Yun Ning were not the first to arrive. The first to arrive were Mu Yunzi and Mu Yunyue from Room 5.

The two stood up and said in unison: "Big sister, Seventh sister, how are you."

"Hello, Eighth Sister and Ninth Sister." Yun Ning and Yun Chu returned the greetings.

After returning the gift, the four of them sat down.

After waiting for a while, several young ladies from the second, third and fourth rooms arrived.

After greeting, Yun Chu thought he could go back to sleep.

But they didn't expect that their grandmother would invite them to have breakfast together today, so they had to stay.

Yun Chu had a simple breakfast. If he ate too much, he would be scolded, so Yun Chu could only eat less and wait until he returned to his own yard, then he would sneakily eat something.

After breakfast, Yuan said, "I'm inviting you to have breakfast today because I have something to tell you. Ten days later, Prince Ning's Mansion will hold a plum blossom viewing banquet, and the Mu Mansion has also received the invitation."

"I plan to take Yun Ning, Yun Ya, and Yun Xing to the plum blossom viewing banquet this time." Yuan said, "You are already of age, and it is suitable for you to meet each other, so I will take you with me."

"As for the others, they will stay in the mansion."

After hearing what their grandmother said, the sisters had different expressions.

The three sisters who were named had slightly red ears and flushed faces, and were very shy.

Mu Yunying had a look of reluctance on her face, and thought to herself: Why can't she go? She is fourteen years old and can also meet other people.

No, she had to go back and discuss it with her aunt, and she also had to go to the plum blossom viewing banquet at Prince Ning's mansion.

Yun Chu didn't care. She was impatient to go to such a banquet. There were so many rules and she had to be careful not to offend the powerful.

If you offend them, who knows if they will try to trip you up behind your back.

Moreover, in the cold winter, although there were heat-insulating containers such as sleeve stoves, warm tripods, dyed wine vessels, and cauldrons, people were still frozen to death when the cold wind blew.

Although she practiced martial arts, she was still afraid of the cold and didn't like winter.

So it’s more comfortable to stay at home.

"There are still ten days left. Yun Ning and the three of you should prepare well." Yuan said, "Okay, it's okay. You can all go back."

"Yes, grandma." Everyone bowed and left.

On the way back, Yun Ning said, "Seventh sister, do you want to go? If you want to go, I will ask grandma for help."

Yun Chu quickly said, "Sister, please don't. You know I hate winter the most. It's freezing cold, so I'd rather stay home and feel comfortable."

"Besides, if you ask grandma, and others also ask, grandma might get angry and blame my sister, which is not good."

"When the time comes, my sister can come back and talk to me. I won't go."

"alright."