Awaken

Im your sister-in-law, are you just going to disregard our relationship?

Mu Mingtang only realized when she got up the next day that she still didnt have a dressing table.

Sure enough, she couldnt count on Jiangs servants. The two maids were dowry servants but in reality, they were actually just spies to watch over her every move. However, after arriving at the Qiyang Palace, Mu Mingtang couldnt leave the place at all, and the two maids didnt dare to enter. The two of them accepted Mrs. Jiangs money and they didnt have to serve Mu Mingtang. How could she expect them to be obedient?

Mu Mingtang sighed as she casually tied her hair into a bun. Her wedding wasnt true to its name. Everything was so casually done. Afterwards, all the rituals, such as visiting her uncle and praying at the family temple, were of course skipped. It was also a good thing they skipped all of this, as she couldnt bear to let anyone see her in this current state.

But Mu Mingtang didnt plan to go on like this forever, no matter what situation she was put in, shell be the one living her life. Others can trap her, if she was also unkempt and lived her life aimlessly, then she was really locked away.

Mu Mingtang tidied her hair, and the first thing after that was to go to the princes room to greet Xie Xuanchen: Prince, good morning.

If she didnt have anyone to talk to for a long period of time, shell fall sick sooner or later. Mu Mingtang had no choice but to treat Xie Xuanchen as a normal person, shell greet him in the morning and evening and also tell him about todays menu. After Mu Mingtang wiped Xie Xuanchens face and applied his daily medicine, the person who delivered meals came. They were very particular about breakfasts here in the manor, Mingtang ate lots of beautifully made dim sum until she couldnt eat any more, then she put away the food box and walked out.

She had to find a way to head out today, at least to find a mirror for herself.

Sure enough, she was stopped by the chief guard at the door. Mu Mingtang knew what to do and wasnt afraid of him at all. She even dared to bargain with him: My lord, I know youve been given orders, to not let me leave. But Im not going to leave the manor, Im planning to just go to Qing Xin Hall to look for my dowry. Although the main hall of the manor is fully equipped with everything, there hasnt been a female host here before, and there isnt a dressing table. Also, all of my clothes and jewelry are in there. You cant let me live on with only this set of clothes forever, right?

Mu Mingtang couldnt find womens clothings for herself yesterday, so she could only continue to wear her wedding outfit. Obviously she cant keep wearing this, no matter what, she needed to get her dowry.

Not only that, she also had to fight for the right to pass freely between Qing Xin Hall and Yu Lin Hall.

The chief guard was made speechless by Mu Mingtang, and their duty was to look out for The Prince of Qiyang, not the princess. Mu Mingtang was only going to head out for a while, as long as she didnt leave the manor, it didnt seem to matter.

The chief guard was lenient on this and sent two soldiers to follow Mu Mingtang, so that she could move her dowry back.

Mu Mingtang looked at the two guards behind her, and thought to herself, they werent here to help her, but to watch over her, he was worried that she would run away. Anyway, Mu Mingtang didnt intend to escape, she didnt care about the spies behind her at all, and instead she commanded the two soldiers very confidently.

She might as well utilize these strong men, why should she be courteous with them?

Mu Mingtang was once poor, so she values

money more than her life, she had kept the dowry list long ago, and she even carried the keys with her. It was absolutely impossible for the dowry servants to bully her and steal her dowry. This would never happen to her.

Mu Mingtang has always had a good memory in terms of money, and she found the dressing table very quickly. Mu Mingtangs original plan was to choose a small and compact sized one, otherwise it wouldnt fit in her room. However, in order to hold up to the Jiang familys reputation, the furniture prepared were all very prominent, the dressing table in the dowry had to also be big in size.