Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Jin Yu felt like she was playing the role of a fake princess. Real princesses are never like this. In stories, princesses can do whatever they want!

Now that she no longer has that empty title, it's good that she can just let her lover Chu Mingkong make her happy every day. This is much more comfortable and relaxed than being called "princess" before.

As for her mother's affair with her lover, Jin Yu wasn't too hard to accept, because she had considered this possibility when Pei Mi was tortured by her father's curse.

If Mingkong and his mother's cultivation progresses to a higher level, perhaps they won't have to worry so much.

Compared to watching helplessly as her mother is tormented to death by her father's curse, what does it matter if she has some connection with Mingkong and is rescued?

Moreover, Jinyu had hinted at it to her mother at the time, but her mother scolded her. Unexpectedly, later on, she seemed to have secretly consummated her relationship with Mingkong...

"Mother, I don't blame you for this. Quickly tell me the truth, is this really true?"

Jin Yu playfully pounced on her mother, Pei Mi. Both mother and daughter were voluptuous beauties, and their legs became entangled as they pounced on each other.

"If I don't tell my daughter the truth, I'll have to examine my mother! Ever since I reunited with my mother at the Xiaoxiang Qin Academy, I've felt that her aura is strange, as if she has a deficiency in her virginity. This time, it's my mother's turn to check my virginity!"

Pei Mi, unable to escape Jin Yu's persistent questioning, could only bite her lip and reply:

"Yes! He was trapped and couldn't get out at the time... Anyway, there was definitely a connection, but it was out of necessity. I told him that this connection should be attributed to you, Jinyu, and he should treat you even better from now on. I'll pretend this never happened, just like being bitten by a mosquito..."

Jinyu, you can resent your mother, but don't let her ruin your relationship with him. Chu Mingkong is a bit of a scoundrel, but he's good to his own people, much better than those who only bully their own kind. Just pretend it never happened, okay?

"You really did it..."

Jin Yu pursed her thin, glossy lips. Her once rosy face looked dull and gloomy in the backlight. Her pink arms, which were "wall-pinned" on either side of her mother's head, swayed precariously. Then she slowly and softly collapsed onto Pei Mi's voluptuous and graceful body, seemingly supporting herself helplessly, unable to even utter a word.

Seeing her daughter like this, Pei Mi felt even more distressed and guilty. She had long anticipated that Jin Yu would be devastated after her daughter learned the truth. Now, she didn't even dare to say a word of comfort. She could only gently hug Jin Yu and squeeze out a few guilty "I'm sorry"s from her throat.

"How can you calculate it like that... This kind of thing is said to be a favor and a kindness that I should be credited for, but I wasn't the one who experienced it at the time... You just say you'll credit it to me?" Jin Yu's voice sounded very distressed.

"Mother knows this is far-fetched, but... Chu Mingkong won't only have you as a woman in the future. That elusive female assassin by his side is incredibly skilled. If he remembers this favor and attributes it to you, he won't dare to underestimate you in the future..."

In a scene of a mother and daughter embracing each other in sadness, Jin Yu suddenly broke the atmosphere. She raised her head, looked at Pei Mi with a sly look, and chuckled, leaving Pei Mi completely bewildered.

Jin Yu laughed and said, "I was just kidding, I'm not sad! I just thought since I didn't experience this myself, it can't be attributed to me. Let's agree on this first: if anything happens in the future, I'll be the eldest since I arrived first, and you'll be the youngest, Mother! You'll have to call me sister!"

“Jinyu, you…” Pei Mi was speechless for a moment, unable to utter a sound.

"Also, Mother, you said you'd hold me responsible, so at least let me know what happened back then? How did Mingkong cultivate with you?"

Jin Yu touched a spot on the beautiful woman's lower abdomen, then lifted her skirt to show off her virginity mark, and then gestured the location on her own genitals.

"I've seen it before, it's all bulging out here, Mother, how do you feel?"

Chapter 178 Comforting Both Sides (4/38)

Chu Mingkong naturally didn't want to favor one side over the other; it would be better to take care of both.

The two babies inexplicably fell out of favor with Pei Mi and had a minor conflict, which was something Chu Mingkong had not anticipated.

Could it be that Wan Hua had a conflict with Pei Mi in the palace before? That shouldn't be the case, because the Empress's position is unshakeable, unless there is another concubine who also has the Golden Crow Phoenix Body. Wan Hua inexplicably realized that the Empress's position was unshakeable in the palace before, which is why she became so indifferent.

There shouldn't be any contradictions.

After sending all the girls back to their rooms and settling them in, Chu Mingkong wondered which side he should ask first. Following the principle of proximity, he went to Pei Mi's place first, and also to see Jin Yu's reaction. Then he unexpectedly discovered the scene of Jin Yu and Pei Mi "reasoning" with each other.

Chu Mingkong was completely speechless just listening to this, and couldn't help but think to himself:

"Jin Yu's mouth is truly remarkable; what she says is truly frightening... Even Pei Mi was shocked. I thought Pei Mi had passed on this skill of speaking to Jin Yu."

Judging from the situation in the room, Chu Mingkong felt that if he went in, it would only make things worse. If he let things develop for the time being, he estimated that Jin Yu, as the daughter, would be able to persuade her mother in no time.

He'll go visit his two mothers first, then come back to show his face. Jin Yu can only temporarily appease Pei Mi; the one who truly sets the tone and clarifies the future is still him.

Chu Mingkong quickly returned to the City Lord's Pavilion.

In the room of the Empress and her daughter, Jin Yu's antics had finally secured her the upper hand in the conversation.

Even a strong-willed woman like Pei Mi was helpless in front of her daughter, and couldn't bring herself to be fierce at that moment.

Because she was in the wrong, no matter what compelling reasons she had, in reality, she had taken advantage of her daughter's lover, which meant she had wronged her own daughter.

"There's a missing line on the virginity mark. I thought it would disappear, but it's still there. It's just that some details are incomplete."

Pei Mi lay helplessly on the soft couch, lifting her palace skirt up to her navel, revealing a large expanse of her fair and smooth skin. Even in her disheveled state, she possessed a natural air of elegance and nobility.

With her lovely face and plump figure, Jin Yu knelt beside her, her two delicate little feet spread on either side of her full, round buttocks, like a little duck obediently tucking her cute feet under her body.

However, this seemingly cute and playful girl mischievously put her mother in an embarrassing situation, leaning close to Pei Mi's virginity mark to look at it, and occasionally touching it to see if the color had faded.

At close range, Jin Yu's warm breath landed on Pei Mi's lower abdomen, like a small hand stroking it, making her skin as smooth and soft as tofu tingle with a light layer of goosebumps.

"Have you seen enough, Jinyu..." Pei Mi frowned and called out softly, as if begging her daughter not to embarrass her any further.

"Then let me ask you, Mother. When I told you this before, you were angry with me, but later you kept it from me and had an affair with my lover. Can't I ask you for the truth?"

You can't just ask for clarification like that; usually, all you do is explain that something happened...

"Then ask away." Pei Mi sighed inwardly. She had been defeated by Chu Mingkong first, and now she had been defeated by her daughter.

"What was the position at the time?"

"...I'm lying down...with my legs spread apart."

"I've never even tried doing the splits! Where is it? Point it out."

“Here.” Pei Mi turned her face away, biting her lip as she pointed.

Jin Yu frowned, thinking to herself, "How come this is a whole step deeper than mine?"

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When Chu Mingkong returned to the City Lord's Pavilion, his two mothers and babies were sitting at the table. The room was silent, and no one spoke.

This was quite surprising to Chu Mingkong. Pei Mi seemed to be suppressed by the landlord's family and was being wronged, but Jin Yu had made things awkward for her, though she was still relatively lively.

As a result, neither Zhi'er nor Wanhua said a word; they both remained silent and withdrawn.

After Chu Mingkong sat down, he poured a cup of tea for each of them and asked in a relaxed tone:

"What's wrong with you two? Why are you so serious? I thought Zhi'er and Wanhua would be happy to see me back. I'm only back for the first day and I'm already like this. What will I be like in a few days?"

Xiao Zhi accepted the tea offered by Chu Mingkong, her tone tinged with guilt, and said, "Today, Mother Consort, have I really ruined the welcome meeting for you?"

Chu Mingkong pulled their slender hands together, looked at them, and said:

"No, that's not true. It was just a bit complicated, but it wasn't exactly a disaster. Didn't you see my master and Fengying enjoying themselves while watching the show?"

"But they are, after all, people you brought here. Even if there are many things to discuss, they should be left until they are settled. To act like this on the very first day makes us seem like tyrannical landlords..."

Chu Mingkong was both amused and exasperated: "Then tell me, why don't Zhi'er and Wanhua get along with Pei Mi now that they've just met? Is there some past connection between them?"

Xiao Zhi gestured towards her sister with her chin and said softly, "Wan Hua, you speak."

Wan Hua then raised her chin, a forced smile appearing on her thin, beautiful face, made even thinner by her dejected mood:

“It was your mother who thought about the Fifth Prince and worried that you might end up like him, being seduced by the Empress… So your mother is very anxious. In addition, Empress Pei’s attitude clearly indicates that there is something going on between you and the Empress, which makes your mother even more anxious.”

Chu Mingkong suddenly realized that the incident involving the Fifth Prince had left a deep psychological scar on Wan Hua, and now that Empress Pei, an indirect party involved, had reappeared, this was why Wan Hua reacted this way.

He had no intention of analyzing who was right and who was wrong; in such matters, both sides were equally important, so he could only try to please both.

Xiao Zhi also said:

"I noticed that Wan Hua's expression turned sour after seeing Empress Pei. I paid close attention to Empress Pei for a while and also noticed that she was exchanging glances with you... My intention in the hall just now was not to make things difficult for her."

I just wanted to give her a little warning, to tell her not to try the same trick on Wan Hua as I did with the Fifth Prince, but I didn't expect her to get even angrier than I did.

Hey.

Chu Mingkong really didn't want to bring up the matter of the Fifth Prince. Just mentioning it reminded him of that gourd string and centipede, which would only dirty his honest mind that was usually only thinking about women.

In the incident involving the Fifth Prince, Empress Pei was merely an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire; she had absolutely no connection to the whole affair.

To be honest, it was actually the Fifth Prince's arrogance and pride, fostered by Xiao Chengren, that made him unable to withstand even the slightest setback. Once he was hurt, he would go completely mad, resorting to any means necessary, even to the point of changing his sexual orientation, all to win over his own people.

Xiao Chengren, this top-notch daughter-selling expert, is also a first-rate expert in educating his grandsons. Both the Fifth Prince and Xiao Fengnan are extremely arrogant, probably having been instilled with the idea that they are born extraordinary by Cui Chengren since childhood.

If we delve deeper, the problem lies with the entire royal family; it's quite pathological in many ways.

Chu Mingkong spoke frankly about Pei Mi's matter:

“My dear Zhi’er and Wan Hua, I do have a physical relationship with Pei Mi. Without her, it would have been very difficult for me to defeat the Jin Prince who had been transformed into the Abyss in such a short time, and to have been able to remain hidden in the palace for so many days before escaping unharmed.”

Fearing that he hadn't made himself clear enough and that his two mothers would continue to misunderstand him as having been seduced by the Empress, Chu Mingkong added:

“I asked her to do it, but she refused at the time. I know that I tend to force things when I’m in a hurry.”

Xiao Zhi lightly flicked his forehead, the force almost like flicking a hair, and scolded playfully, "Nonsense!"

Wan Hua nodded and said, "Shall we go apologize to her now?"

Chu Mingkong considered Jin Yu and Pei Mi's situation and decided it was best not to disturb them for now. If they were caught, their relationship would be truly ruined.

"No need for now. We can talk about it again in a few days when everyone has calmed down. Also, my two mothers, if you really have any complaints about Pei Mi, please tell me. I'll take her to move out of Qingxin Mansion. It's the same for both of us."

Qingxin Mansion is also your home, and we can't let you suffer like this, can we?

Understanding and communication are certainly good things, but some people are just not suited to communication. They live under the same roof and see each other all the time, but they only remember the bad things about others and then dislike each other.

If they are separated, they will see each other less often, and when they do meet, they will be very polite to each other. Some of the emotional impressions will fade, and they will get along better.

Wan Hua wanted to suggest staying, but Xiao Zhi thought about Wan Hua, and how could the gloom in her heart be so easily dispelled? She suggested they separate for now and see how things went, and then she could bring Wan Hua over to live with her later once she got used to it.

So, Xiao Zhi took the initiative to play the villain and said:

"Let Empress Pei rest at Qingxin Mansion for two days first, and then move out. There are several mansions for her to choose from. Let's see how she gets along first. Otherwise, if we have a conflict, it will be you, Mingkong, who is caught in the middle, who will be embarrassed."

"Alright, I'll talk to her tomorrow morning. Mothers, don't worry, today's events are not your fault. I'll explain everything to you!"

Having said that, Chu Mingkong stood up and opened his arms to Xiao Zhi and Wan Hua:

"You don't have to be so down, right? It's been so long since we've seen each other, and it's such a rare occasion for us to get together, yet it feels like a farewell meeting. How about a hug first?"

Normally, Xiao Zhi wouldn't have thought of letting Wan Hua hug her, but today's situation was special. She wondered if she should let Ming Kong hug Wan Hua first to comfort her.

As a result, Wan Hua got up without hesitation and embraced his son tightly, even taking up the spot reserved for Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi gritted her teeth, feeling that all her concern had been wasted, and said reproachfully:

"So, Wan Hua, your earlier dejection was all an act, wasn't it? Get out of the way! This is my son!"

"Stop it, stop it!"