Sui Jin eventually followed Zhuque back. Outside the Zhuque Palace, through the crack in the door, he saw the merman. It was sitting by the table, now completely transformed into human form, dressed in white, gentle and refined.

"You like people who wear white?"

Sui Jin glanced at his unchanging black clothes, then with a slight movement of his hand, his clothes turned white.

Zhuque understood what he meant, but her face remained cold. "I don't like you. Wearing white is useless to you. Sui Jin, don't bother us."

She pushed open the palace door, the sound attracting the attention of everyone inside. The person turned to look at her, his face cold and aloof, but his gaze towards Zhuque was extremely gentle.

"You're back."

"Hmm." Zhuque was about to close the palace door when Sui Jin followed her in. She asked impatiently, "Is there anything else?"

"I don't believe you would like him."

The mermaid, named Mingyue, smiled slightly upon hearing his words, "Aque likes me."

Sui Jin completely disregarded him, responding with both certainty and scoff at his words, "No way."

"I like the bright moon, you should leave."

Zhuque was really annoyed with him. She grabbed Mingyue's hand, and Sui Jin's eyes turned cold. "Zhuque, you..."

"Aren't you annoying?"

"I love the bright moon, I love him!"

Zhuque raised her voice and even stood on tiptoe to kiss Mingyue's lips. The next second, she was pulled away by a great force. Mingyue's expression turned pale, and she gathered her spiritual energy to make a move.

"Mingyue, don't do it."

Mingyue obediently nodded.

Zhuque shook off Sui Jin's hand and said coldly, "I have already told His Majesty that Mingyue and I will be getting married in a few days. Sui Jin, you can come if you want, or not if you don't. Don't bother us anymore. We are serious."

"You really don't want me anymore?"

Sui Jin's eyes were a little red. He gripped her hand tightly, his voice filled with furious rage, "Why don't you want me? What did I do wrong?"

"Don't you understand?"

Zhuque laughed, "Look, you get so angry when I kiss Mingyue, so when you're in the mortal realm, sleeping with other women, having intimate moments with them, and bearing their children, do you ever think about my feelings?"

She pressed closer, her face cold. "Have you ever thought about how much pain I'm in? No, I only care about my own pleasure. Sui Jin, you're so filthy."

Sui Jin suddenly took a few steps back, his face pale.

"I won't allow myself to like someone like that." Zhuque abruptly shook off his hand. "Go away, don't come back. We'd better never see each other again."

Sui Jin wanted to explain, but he couldn't find a way to explain.

If he didn't leave, Zhuque took Mingyue and left.

Mingyue looked down at their clasped hands, feeling a pang of jealousy. "You used to like him."

"Yes, I used to like him."

Zhuque didn't hide anything, "But Mingyue, from now on, I will only love you, you have to believe me."

Mingyue nodded thoughtfully. "You kissed me just now, was it because you liked me?"

Zhuque blushed slightly. She was always carefree and knew that this was something she would have to do sooner or later, so she simply spoke her mind.

"You want to know?"

"Hmm, something feels off."

Mingyue touched her lips. "When you kiss me, my heart beats so fast, my chest is pounding, it doesn't feel good, and my face is getting hot."

"Ahem, this is all normal." Zhuque took a book out of her sleeve. "You must read this book carefully, you must read it very carefully, understand?"

Mingyue nodded, seemingly confused.

"Watch closely, I'm going to discuss the marriage with His Majesty."

As soon as he spoke, Zhuque fled as if he were running away.

Mingyue opened the book, which depicted two little figures embracing and kissing, with annotations below.

"Hey, you fish are up to no good!"

Little Gem quickly took his book and flipped through it. The more she flipped through it, the redder her face became. "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I'm going to tell Zhuque that you're reading bad books by yourself here. I'll make sure she doesn't feed you."

Mingyue recognized Xiao Baoshi and knew that he had always been by His Majesty's side with Zhuque, so she was less hostile.

Not understanding, he asked, "Is this a bad book? Ah Que made me read it. What is it about?"

"Did Suzaku show you this?"

Little Gem was so startled that she threw the book into the air. Bright Moon caught it and nodded earnestly and sincerely.

Well, that's just how couples are.

Little Gem chuckled, "Good book, this is a good book. You should study it slowly, and then serve Zhuque well. She will be very happy. I have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."

The person disappeared as soon as he finished speaking.

Mingyue thought about it and felt that what he said made some sense, so she opened the book and continued reading.

The more he looked, the redder his face became, and his whole body felt hot and uncomfortable. Mingyue tugged at his collar and, remembering there was a hot spring in the palace, he ran back to soak in it while looking around.

He will definitely take good care of Aque and make her happy!

"What brings you here?" Sisi was busy with official business and didn't even look up when Zhuque arrived.

Zhuque lay on the table. "Your Majesty, do you think I can move the wedding forward? I really don't want to wait any longer. Sui Jin is too annoying."

"The date has already been set. If we move it forward, none of these days will be as auspicious as that one day."

Sisi smiled. "Sui Jin came to see you again?"

"Yes, he won't give up."

Zhuque said, "I don't have that many fuss. Let's get it done early so it's less trouble and saves Sui Jin from bothering us."

"Have you thought it through?"

"Um."

Sisi opened the calendar and canceled the originally scheduled date. "Which day do you want to change it to?"

"Tomorrow."

"OK."

If the date on the calendar is changed, the other invited deities will know that the time has been changed.

Sisi thought that Sui Jin would definitely come to find her within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Just as she suppressed the thought, two people walked into the main hall.

One is Sui Jin, and the other is Mingyue.

Neither of them paid any attention to the other, and they walked over and bowed.

"What is it?"

Both of them turned their gazes toward Suzaku.

Sui Jin said in a low voice, "Your subject has come to find Zhuque."

"I've come to discuss the wedding with A-Que," Mingyue said in a gentle voice. "A-Que, I see the date has been changed to tomorrow. Is it that soon?"

Sui Jin's gaze was also fixed on her.

"I've changed my mind. I want to get married to you sooner, so things will be more stable." Zhuque walked to Mingyue's side and naturally took his hand. "I'm not getting any younger, it's time to have children. Have you finished reading the books I gave you?"

When the topic of books came up, Mingyue blushed deeply.

Sisi smiled and said, "What kind of weird books did you show him? Look how red his face is."

Zhuque touched her nose. "It's not too messy."

Mingyue clumsily took out the book, and Sisi glanced at it before silently covering her face with the booklet.

"Cough, no need to take it out." Zhuque snatched it and stuffed it into her bosom. "You can understand it yourself."

Mingyue pursed her lips. "There are still some things I don't understand. I've made annotations in the parts I don't understand. I'm sure Aque will understand. I was thinking of asking Aque."