Su Muxue gently tapped her somewhat heavy head, trying hard to recall what had happened last night.

No matter what she thought, all she remembered was that Chunyun had asked Zhao Yefan to take her to the Prince Yi's mansion. She didn't want to go, so she dragged Zhao Yefan into a drinking game and drank a lot of wine. But as for how they ended up in bed together, she really couldn't remember anything.

This situation made Su Muxue extremely flustered. It was obvious that her own feelings for Zhao Yefan were at play, and that she had slept with him in a daze while drunk.

Zhao Yefan and she had never gotten along since childhood. She couldn't imagine how furious he would be if he woke up and found out that he had slept with her.

Su Muxue racked her brains trying to figure out how to solve this thorny problem, but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both sides. She couldn't help but sigh softly. Thinking about it, there was only one option left: to retreat.

Su Muxue gently removed Zhao Yefan's arm from her body, then quietly got out of bed, found her dress on the carpet, put it on, and tiptoed to the door of the room.

Su Muxue gripped the doorknob and opened the door to the room. As she stepped out, she couldn't help but glance back at Zhao Yefan, who was still fast asleep on the bed. Then she took a deep breath, turned around, and walked out of the room.

Su Muxue, who had just stepped out of the room, beckoned to the waiter who was waiting beside the room.

Su Muxue took out a hundred-tael silver note from her pocket and handed it to the shop assistant: "Here's the silver note. When that customer inside wakes up, just say that I hired a brothel owner to sleep with him last night, understand?"

The shopkeeper was stunned. When had he ever seen so many silver notes? When he realized what was happening, it was like a pie falling from the sky and hitting him on the head. He quickly took the hundred taels of silver notes from Su Muxue, bowed and thanked her profusely, and repeatedly promised that he would tell Zhao Yefan what Su Muxue had instructed him to do.

After arranging everything, Su Muxue finally breathed a sigh of relief and fled Shidinglou.

In the dining hall of Prince Yi's mansion, Su Yi looked at Su Muxue with suspicion as she listlessly ate her porridge with a spoon.

"I say, you've arrived at my Prince Yi's residence so early, you didn't fail to return to the palace last night, did you?"

Upon hearing Su Yi's question, Su Muxue perked up and hurriedly replied, "No, absolutely not. I couldn't sleep last night, so I slipped out this morning when the ministers were attending the morning court session and the palace gates were open."

Su Yi glanced at the guilty-looking Su Muxue and said, "Really? I feel like you've done something wrong."

"No way, you must have seen wrong!"

Su Yi could tell at a glance whether his sister was lying. He scoffed and continued eating his breakfast. He knew that Su Muxue was someone who couldn't keep secrets, so he didn't bother to ask and waited for her to slip up on her own.

After a moment of silence, Su Muxue glanced at Su Yi several times, then stirred the bowl of porridge in front of her with a spoon, and said leisurely, "Brother~ Actually, I heard what you and Father said in the Zichen Palace yesterday outside the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yi paused involuntarily, his hand still holding the chopsticks as he was picking up buns from the plate.

Seeing that Su Yi didn't speak, Su Muxue couldn't help but smile: "Did your grandfather tell you? I remember that after you came back from your grandfather's place, you never went back to the palace to see Father Emperor again."

Su Yi put down his chopsticks, looked at Su Muxue, and stroked her head with his hand, just like when she was sad when she was a child.

Su Muxue's eyes were slightly red, but she still forced a smile.

"When I found out yesterday, I was really sad. I even thought of doing what you did: going into the palace and giving my father a good scolding, and then telling him that I would never speak to him again."

"But then I thought of something else. From childhood to adulthood, our father has always been very good to us. He has already lost our mother, and if he loses us too, he will be so pitiful. We can't deny that he wasn't a good husband, but he was definitely a good father to us siblings. I think our mother didn't tell us everything because she didn't want us to hate our father."

Su Muxue glanced at the silent Su Yi and whispered, "Brother, can you forgive Father?"

Su Yi was very reluctant to let Su Muxue mention Su Mu. He frowned slightly and said, "Enjoy your meal and don't mention him."

Su Muxue knew that she couldn't persuade Su Yi in a short time. She hesitated, but finally decided to give up trying to persuade Su Yi.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere in the dining hall, Su Muxue felt a little dejected. She was someone who hated being bored. After thinking for a moment, as if she suddenly remembered something, her eyes lit up and she looked at Su Yi.

Su Muxue narrowed her eyes and gave a mischievous smile.

"Brother~ I think I heard you say yesterday~ that you actually like Ah Jin!"

Su Yi rolled her eyes at Su Muxue without answering her question. Seeing Su Yi's expression, Su Muxue knew she hadn't misheard, and she smiled slyly.

"Tell me quickly, when did you start liking Ah Jin? Does she know?"

Su Yi kept a straight face, but when he thought of Mu Jin, the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up: "Children shouldn't pry into adult matters."

Su Muxue said with dissatisfaction: "You probably forgot that I am only a quarter of an hour younger than you. We are the same age. Don't think that just because I am your sister, I am much younger than you. Maybe I let you come out first while I was in my mother's womb. Otherwise, I should be your older sister."

Su Yi sneered, "Why don't you say that you're always a step lazier than others in everything you do?"

"Ugh, are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, I'm going to go find Ah Jin and ask her for a clear answer."

Su Yi tapped Su Muxue's forehead with his finger: "You've really grown up, daring to threaten your brother now?"

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