Chapter 182: Uncle I'll Behave Myself 55_1

Seeing that Uncle showed no signs of displeasure, Mu Ziying continued to explain to Baili Xia.

“Our ancestors, the founders of the Eight Big Families, were all generals who carved out empires on horseback, once fought alongside the emperor to claim territories.”

“Now, over the generations, there is an unspoken rule among these families.

We hold a competition every three years to compete for a golden cup.”

“What golden cup?” Baili Xia was genuinely ignorant of such a story involving the Eight Big Families.

Smiling, Mu Ziying continued, “This golden cup is said to have been granted by the emperor hundreds of years ago.”

“Originally, the eight generals vied for this cup by holding competitions every once in a while, including horse riding, archery, martial arts, along with an assortment of other stuff.”

Horsemanship, archery, martial arts…

These terms made Baili Xia curious, yet confused.

This matter sounded like something that would have happened in ancient times.

In this 21st century, could it not be somewhat magical?

“Don’t underestimate these disciplines.

It takes a great deal of effort to master each one.

It’s precisely because we haven’t practiced well that Uncle…”

Stopping mid-sentence, Mu Ziying quickly bit her lip, not daring to say more.

Indeed, Uncle had just been reprimanding them, mainly her and Ziqing.

She knew she had been slacking off these days, not practicing diligently.

Ziqing was the same, always busy dating, when had she properly practiced?

Although the Mu family had some distant branches, since their second uncle was no longer around, the remaining distant branches were quite remote.

The younger generation of the Mu family mainly consisted of these few individuals.

Seeing her and Ziqing’s performance becoming worse and worse, even Uncle became angry this time.

“This golden cup itself is not of high value, but its significance is great.

If you really participate, you better not disgrace the Mu family.”

Mu Ziqing added, albeit, she didn’t dare to be rude this time.

After all, Uncle had said to watch their words.

Mu Ziying noticed that Baili Xia still seemed bewildered, she laughed and said.

“It’s okay, the children of our Mu family are all so outstanding, we won’t lose.”

“In fact, you don’t know, this golden cup has been in our family for a long time.

Back when the second uncle was…”

Suddenly, someone coughed heavily.

Scared, Mu Ziying bit her lip hard and sneaked a look at Mu Lingchuan, not daring to speak any further.

Mentioning the second uncle is a taboo for Uncle, anyone who brings it up in front of him over the years would certainly upset him.

Sure enough, upon hearing the words ‘second uncle’, Mu Xiaojiu’s face went completely dark.

Even his fingertips were tightly strung, but he did not let anyone else notice.

“As the young mistress of the Mu family, you will also participate in this competition.”

Only after a while did he finally loosen his tightly strung fingers and looked at Baili Xia, speaking indifferently, “Go mind your own business.”

“Understood.” Baili Xia nodded her head hurriedly, grabbed the shopping bags, and headed to the kitchen.

Uncle was unhappy, though she did not know why he suddenly became unhappy.

But she had somewhat understood his every facial expression, every change in the tone of his voice.

Uncle was not only unhappy, he was also in a sour mood.

Just now, who said what that suddenly made him like this?

Was it something Mu Ziying said?

However, it didn’t feel like there was anything wrong with Ziying’s words.

Why was Uncle upset?