She dug through the original Yun Xi’s complete lifetime of memories to piece together the situation with the Mu family.
Although the Protector General’s household was distinguished, its members were few and its relationships uncomplicated.
The old general had retired from the battlefield, but he was still in good health. He had stepped down simply to give his son more opportunities.
The old lady also came from a military family and had a straightforward, forthright personality.
The two of them counted as ideal in-laws.
The current Protector General, Mu Sheng, had followed his father into battle since childhood and had accumulated impressive military achievements. He was loyal and upright by nature. Setting aside the facts that he was widowed and raising a child, he was actually an ideal choice of husband too.
At the very least, during the original Yun Xi’s earlier, short-lived life, over more than ten years he had always treated her with respect and had never once forced her into anything. On that point alone, Yun Xi already had a good impression of him.
Mu Sheng had a full biological younger brother named Mu Xuan, a proper young master of a noble household. Although he hadn’t gone to the battlefield like his father and elder brother, he could still be called accomplished in both scholarship and martial arts.
Mu Sheng also had a son, who had just turned three.
Thinking of this, Yun Xi nearly blurted out a curse, she felt like she’d forgotten something important. Oh right, she’d overlooked the whole “instant stepmother” situation. Not only had she become someone’s wife, she’d also become someone’s mother.
Truly, all the way there in one step.
Actually, she didn’t have any particular feelings about being a stepmother. In modern society, marriage and divorce were common, blended families were everywhere, and stepfathers and stepmothers were all over the place. Many such families got along just fine. Truly awful cases were rare.
Take, for example, that eldest son of the luxury-goods family, he’d married a world-famous supermodel from a humble background who’d been divorced with two kids, and people just said they made a good match.
What shocked her and made her want to complain wasn’t the stepmother situation itself, it was the whole combo of 【sudden transmigration + marrying into a family + becoming an instant mother】. The key word was “sudden”, she’d had absolutely no mental preparation whatsoever.
Mu Sheng’s first wife had been the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingyuan’s household, a match of equal social standing with him. Unfortunately, she too had died in childbirth.
The saying that giving birth in ancient times was like walking through death’s door, that was truly no exaggeration.
Yun Xi thought the whole matter over and settled into calm acceptance.
Based on the original Yun Xi’s memories of her first life, staying in the general’s household was actually quite safe.
Food and clothing were never a worry, she had a large house to live in, and servants to attend to her. As for her husband, well, she’d just have to see how she felt about him. If they got along, fine, if not, she could just treat him as though he didn’t exist. After all, he wouldn’t force her into anything.
What, you’re asking if transmigrating means she had to go change the world?
That kind of thing wasn’t within the scope of what Yun Xi was considering.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t do it, it was simply too exhausting. There was too much to think about, and she wasn’t the emperor, so why should she bother with that kind of responsibility?
Unless it later turned out that she truly couldn’t get along with the Protector General, and that she was genuinely unhappy living in his household, she was willing to go on living in this completely unfamiliar era in her current identity as the original Yun Xi.
Actually, looking at it from another angle, she’d died and then transmigrated, picking up a second life for free, growing nearly ten years younger, and gaining a husband and a son for free on top of it. She had everything one could want out of life. In a way, wasn’t this just switching from one life-winner mode into another?
The more Yun Xi thought about it, the better it seemed. She couldn’t help but start feeling genuine anticipation for this life in ancient times.
Having sorted out her thoughts, Yun Xi lifted the bed curtains and turned to look out the window. The morning light was faint at this hour, as if hinting that her life in this new world would rise steadily, just like this newly risen sun.
Yun Xi couldn’t help but break into her first smile since arriving in this new world.