Jiang Yu was pulled through the gates of Jiang Mansion by her mother, crying, "I'm going to find Father! Mother, how can you side with an outsider against your own family?"
Mrs. Jiang said angrily, "Do you think your brother's military achievements can let you get away with this kind of willfulness? That line about the 'golden pheasant' was meant to put the matter to rest. But you? You went and had people spread it all over Chang'an City!"
Jiang Yu retorted indignantly, "But that Mu Wan Yun *is* just a golden pheasant!"
Mrs. Jiang sighed in exasperation. "Have you forgotten that His Majesty already acknowledged her as the Empress at the Shi family's home? It won't be more than a few months. Come next spring, Wanyun will be the Empress, it's set in stone! By having people spread that she's a 'golden pheasant,' you've committed the crime of deceiving the monarch!
