Chapter 136: The Mu Family, A Lineage of Loyalty and Valor The Mu Family Mansion was shrouded in a heavy, indescribable sense of oppression. Night had fallen, yet the estate remained brightly lit. Nearly all the women of the household were gathered in the courtyard of Yishui Pavilion. At the front sat the Old Madam1, her fingers slowly turning a string of prayer beads, betraying the unease in her heart. Inside that room lay the wife of their fifth son2. She was not yet eight months pregnant,…