Madam Mu stopped dancing when she heard what the maids said. Her face turned pale and she hugged her baby close to her like she heard that the devil was coming for her child. Why is she here? I thought father said that she was too sick to come over. Madam Mu thought with a worried expression.
Butler Fu saw this and sighed softly while shaking his head. Just I thought today was going to be a peaceful celebration. Like in every family, some rules and traditions need to be able to be followed. Our country has always been undermined. The people that lived here didn't know to protect their country, they would rather fight themselves than uniting together with the enemies. That was until five families saw this and said enough was enough. They rebuild the nation, not only in real estate but in the business, medical, military, political, and entertainment industries. Our country became one of the three strongest countries in the continental. Even though it was still going on, at least we made peace with one of our neighboring countries. They used the country's resources to make and others to make what our country is today. They called the five founding families.
Butler Fu snapped out of his thoughts when he heard voices, he turned and looked in the direction of the noise, all the maids stood in two rows bowing as they greeted the "good afternoon Old Master Mu, Old Madam Mu and Old Mistress."
"Where is my granddaughter? I am from Butler Fu. This morning she has been crying non-stop. I think that she misses me so much that she can't wait anymore." Said Old Master Mu as he came into the room with a smile on his wrinkled face. He forgot his two wives and quickly went to fetch the baby from Madam Mu.
Madam Mu snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Old Master Mu coughs indicating that he was waiting, she smiled and handed her over to him.
"Chu Hua, how are you doing?" Old Madam Mu asked as she walked in. She had on a two-piece red velvet qipao, with white pearls necklace and earrings. Her brown hair was pulled into a neat bun.
"Mother I'm fine, sorry for not visiting you when you were in the hospital, I hope you are well." After speaking she helped her to the couch. They acted like there was no one else in the room.
Old Mistress saw this and she was not happy. All of this was supposed to belong to her, and her son, her daughter in law was also pregnant with a baby girl but somehow she had a mysterious miscarriage. She gritted her teeth and looked at the happy mother and daughter-in-law and doting grandfather and smiled a wicked smile thinking about what's going to happen later on. Enjoy well you can cause after tonight I will be the only one smiling, she thought wickedly. She looked around to see if anyone saw her and put on a fake smile and walked into the room." Chu Hua, where are your husband and son?". She said as she walked into the room.
"Old Mistress welcome. My husband and son went to fetch the royal priest, they should be back just before the celebration." She smiled and said.
Old Mistress's smile slipped. All her life there nothing that she hates other than being Old Mistress, she is a princess born by birth and Old Madam is just a woman from a wealthy family, she gets her kids to call her mother, even her son has to call her in secret mother and front of everyone mistress or second mother, that is something she can't take. Just because her father the late emperor of the Chu dynasty agreed to a peace treaty that included when the five heirs of the founding five choose a bride their daughters would take the role of the second wife and never the second wife and they would marry to into that family if the wife does not both son and daughter in the first five years of marriage. Just as she was going to reprimand her.
Butler Du quickly came in and announced."Madam, the guest is starting to arrive should I led them straight to the ballroom?" Butler Fu felt the awkward aura in the and thought it would best to bring his Madam out first.
"Is my husband back yet if not I will come now to receive the guests myself. Father can I trouble you to look after her for me?." Madam said first to Butler Fu and then turned to ask her father-in-law.
"No problem child you can go, …..oh yes Fu is the journalists here yet you know where to put them right!" Old Master Mu asked with a chilling smile. Butler Fu breaks out chills from that smile.
"Yes, sir they also are starting to arrive". Butler Fu replied. Since they were nothing else to report he bowed and turned to walk away.