Inside the Qiushui Garden of the Yunwang Mansion, the floor tiles were wet from the recent rain.

At this moment, Mu Jin was trembling, clutching Su Yuntian's sleeve, her eyes brimming with tears.

She was frail, like a flower swaying in the wind, and looked at her husband standing in front of her with eyes full of expectation and endless pleading.

"Your Highness! It wasn't me, it really wasn't me."

With a sob in her voice, Mu Jin said, "Please, let me explain."

Su Yuntian turned around, and before Mu Jinlai could even feel happy, she was thrown to the ground by Su Yuntian, her dress instantly soaked because of the recent rain.

"Miss!"

The maid Qing'er cried out in distress and anxiety at the entrance of Qiushui Garden.

"Your Highness! The person who pushed the watch and fell into the lake was really not at Miss's behest. We don't know them, and it really has nothing to do with Miss. You can't treat Miss like this!"

Su Yuntian glanced coldly at the guard beside her, who immediately understood and dragged the weeping Qing'er away.

Mu Jin grabbed Su Yuntian's sleeve again: "Your Highness, I really don't know that person. It was wrong of me to not keep a close eye on Qianqian when I took her out, but the fact that Qianqian fell into the lake really has nothing to do with me!"

"I was the one who invited Qianqian out, but I just wanted to get closer to her. Besides, she was the one who said she wanted to go out and clear her head. I didn't mean to harm her, I..."

Before Mu Jin could finish speaking, a slender finger pinched her chin hard, and a cold voice came from above her head: "Mu Jin! I've said it before, she's not someone you can touch."

Mu Jin shook her head desperately, her beautiful face covered in tears as she sobbed. The man pinched Mu Jin's chin, his fingertips pressing against her tear-dampened cheeks.

Even though Su Yuntian pinched her chin so hard it hurt, looking at his handsome and composed face, Mu Jin still didn't resent him at all. She thought that Su Yuntian would always believe her, and that everything would be fine once she explained it clearly.

At that moment, a soft sobbing voice came from inside the room: "Sister-in-law, I've told you I like my cousin, but I won't fight you for him!"

While crying, Shen Qianqian continued, "I'm just content to stay by my cousin's side. Please don't kill me. I know I was wrong. I'll leave now and never dare to appear by my cousin's side again."

As she spoke, she coughed and tried to get out of bed, supporting her frail body. Seeing that she was trying to get up, she realized that she needed to prop herself up.

Cui Xiang, the maidservant kneeling beside Shen Qianqian's bed, immediately stepped forward to stop her.

"Miss, the doctor said you can't get out of bed and walk around. Your body is severely damaged, and it could endanger your life."

The master and servant then embraced and burst into tears.

Outside the house, Su Yuntian exuded a cold aura and spoke coldly.

"Mu Jin, are you really that cold-blooded? So cold-blooded that you'd resort to murder? I've already promised you the position of my principal wife, don't go too far!"

A chill ran through Mu Jin's heart.

"I never intended to harm Chen Qianqian..." Mu Jin anxiously tried to continue explaining herself.

A surge of rage welled up in the man's eyes, and he didn't give Mu Jin a chance to explain.

"Ah~!" With a cry of pain, Mu Jin was pushed away again by Su Yuntian without any mercy, and fell awkwardly onto the wet ground.

Mu Jin suddenly looked up, staring in disbelief at the man she had loved for five years. From the moment she first saw Su Yuntian when she was 13, she fell in love without hesitation with this man who did not love her.

In order to marry Su Yuntian, she disregarded her father's objections and threatened to go on a hunger strike to force her father, a general, to use his military merits to petition the emperor for a marriage decree.

"Kneel down in front of this door and properly repent to Qianqian."

After finishing his sentence, Su Yuntian left Qiushui Garden without giving Mu Jin any explanation.

Mu Jin lowered her head, clutching her dress tightly. Watching Su Yuntian's departing figure, her face was pale. She pressed her lips together tightly, and her trembling shoulders betrayed her wounded heart.

Mu Jin slowly knelt on the ground. She was going to kneel! She would do anything Su Yuntian asked her to do.

When she first learned that Shen Qianqian would one day become Su Yuntian's concubine, although she was unhappy, she could only accept it with a smile in order to show the virtuousness and magnanimity of the mistress of the house, and more importantly, to win Su Yuntian's love.

Now that Su Yuntian has told her to kneel, she has knelt. Only if Su Yuntian is happy can she continue to stay in the Yunwang Mansion and stay by Su Yuntian's side.

As the night passed, Mu Jin remained kneeling before the main gate of Shen Qianqian's Qiushui Garden, her clothes soaked by the night mist. Her head was drooping heavily, and her face was flushed with a sickly pallor.

At dawn, the servants of the Prince's mansion rose one after another to perform their duties, finally bringing a sense of life to the place. At this moment, Guangfu, the steward of the Prince's mansion, walked in from outside the gate of Qiushui Garden.

Hearing the noise in the courtyard, Mu Jin opened her eyes wide, and her blurry vision gradually cleared.

"Your Highness, His Highness orders you to go to Hanshan Village to reflect on your mistakes in seclusion. You must depart immediately," Guangfu said to Mu Wan without a trace of emotion.

Hanshan Village was a remote mountain village far from the capital, surrounded by dense forests and sparsely populated. Only servants who had committed serious crimes were exiled to Hanshan Village to fend for themselves.

"I'm not going!"

Mu Jin tried to stand up, but because she had been kneeling all night, she struggled several times before finally managing to stand up from the ground, her legs trembling.

She opened her pale, bloodless lips and continued in a hoarse, nervous voice, "I want to see the Prince."

Guangfu stared at Mu Jin and said coldly, "Your Highness, this time you've harmed the cousin who grew up with the Prince. Although her parents died, she was raised with care in the Prince's mansion. If it weren't for you asking General Mu to ask the Emperor for a marriage decree, it would be the cousin who would be marrying the Prince and becoming his wife. You shouldn't be so intolerant of her."

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