Although Su Yi had told her so much, Mu Jin had never heard Su Yi mention the Empress of the Southern Shu Kingdom.

Mu Jin knew that the Empress of Southern Shu had been dead for many years, but what she didn't know was whether the Empress's family's influence also affected the court of Southern Shu.

Mu Jin looked at Su Yi and asked, "Which family is the Empress from?"

"grandmother."

Su Yi didn't know much about the Empress of the Southern Shu Kingdom. He only learned from snippets of conversation with Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Shu Kingdom that his kind-hearted grandmother, whom he had never met, was just an orphan with no background.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yi said to Mu Jin, "Grandma is not from a noble family. She is just a poor, helpless herb-gathering woman with no background."

Upon hearing Su Yi's words, Mu Jin was greatly surprised. The Empress of the Southern Shu Kingdom was actually just a powerless herb-gathering woman.

However, this is enough to show that the emperor of the Southern Shu Kingdom must have loved the herb-gathering girl who saved him very much.

After all, choosing a powerless orphan as empress would inevitably put pressure on powerful families.

When Mu Jin came to her senses, she heard Su Yi continue talking to her.

"My grandfather told me that by chance, my grandmother saved him when he was seriously injured. He was badly injured, and my grandmother took care of him in the deep mountains for three whole months."

“Grandma must have put in a lot of effort during this process, but they also confirmed their feelings for each other during those three months.”

"Afterwards, my maternal grandfather seized the throne, withstood the pressure from powerful families, married my maternal grandmother, and helped her to become empress."

Mu Jin was stunned as she listened, because this kind of encounter always seemed strangely familiar to her.

Su Yi patted Mu Jin's head and smiled, "Ah Jin, doesn't our first meeting look like Grandpa and Grandma's first meeting?"

"You saved me, I fell in love with you, and then I wanted to marry you."

Mu Jin brushed Su Yi's hand away, rolling her eyes inwardly. She suspected that the meeting between the emperor and empress of the Southern Shu Kingdom might be a fabrication by Su Yi to fool her.

Thinking of this, she looked at Su Yi seriously and asked, "When your grandmother first saw your grandfather, who was covered in injuries, was she also forced to save him?"

Su Yi smiled and complained softly, "You always know how to hit the nail on the head."

...

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye.

That morning, Mu Jin got up very early. Qing'er found several light and breathable gauze dresses for Mu Jin to choose from. In the end, Mu Jin casually pointed to a lilac-colored gauze dress and asked Qing'er to help her change into it.

After Qing'er helped Mu Jia wash up and had breakfast, she headed towards the gate of the Princess's residence.

The old butler greeted Mu Jin with a smile.

"Miss Mu, His Majesty has just urgently summoned the young prince to the palace. He probably has important matters to discuss. We will trouble you to wait for the young prince for a while until he returns to his residence, and then you can go together."

Mu Jin smiled and said, "No need. Princess Wenhui sent me a private invitation yesterday. I will go there myself."

The old steward looked worried and advised, "The Lin family may not be easy to deal with. If we neglect Miss Mu, it could cause trouble. I think it would be better for Miss Mu to wait for the young prince to go with her."

Mu Jin smiled and said, "Thank you for preparing the car for me, Uncle Kun." After saying that, she led Qing'er toward the gate.

Knowing that Mu Jin was a woman of her own mind, the old steward had no choice but to have the carriage brought to the front of the princess's residence and also summoned four skilled maids to accompany Mu Jin.

When they arrived at the gate of the Lin residence, the guards outside saw the invitation in Qing'er's hand, but simply told them to wait outside, saying they would take the invitation to inform their master, and then they left without returning.

After a long while, Qing'er couldn't hold back any longer. She walked up to Mu Jin and said...

"Miss, it's been almost an hour, and the guard still hasn't returned? It's clearly the Lin family deliberately making things difficult for you. Why don't we return to the Princess's residence first and wait for Prince Yi to arrive together?"

The four maids assigned to Mu Jin by the old steward looked at Mu Jin standing at the entrance of the Lin residence and advised, "Miss Mu, why don't we escort you back to the Princess's residence first?"

Qing'er said, "Yes, Miss, why don't we go back? Normally, the person who sends the invitation will at least welcome the guest into the mansion to wait. Even if there are many guests and they are too busy, they would not leave the guests waiting at the gate for an hour."

Mu Jin shook her head: "Since you're all here, just wait. With this kind of hospitality, it's not us who will be impolite."

In the Lin residence, Lin Yueru, looking quite pleased, picked up a cup of tea and handed it to Nan Wenhui.

“Grandmother, the sun is so strong outside, and Mu Jin has been standing outside the whole time. It must be quite a hard time for her.”

Lin Yueru originally planned to leave Mu Jin out of the picture for a while, until she couldn't stand it anymore and returned to the princess's residence. That way, she could find a reason to say that Mu Jin was disrespectful to Nan Wenhui, and have Emperor Gaozong of Nan stop Su Yi from being with Mu Jin.

Nan Wenhui took a sip of tea directly from Lin Yueru's hand.

This morning she sent someone to feign an assassination of the Imperial Censor. With such a major event occurring, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Dynasty will surely summon Su Yi to the palace for discussion.

When the time for the banquet arrives, Mu Jin will definitely go ahead alone. Without Su Yi by her side, it will be much easier for them to openly embarrass Mu Jin.

Nan Wenhui scoffed and said, "She's a divorced woman who can't even tolerate these things, how could she possibly climb the social ladder to Su Yi?"

A hint of displeasure flashed across Lin Yueru's face: "Grandmother, will Brother Yi really be seduced by that slut? I won't stand for it. You must quickly ask that old man in the palace to grant Brother Yi and me a marriage."

Nan Wenhui patted Lin Yueru's head, who was sitting next to her, and said, "You silly girl, I told you to tone down your temper a long time ago. Once you've captured Su Yi's heart, he'll do whatever you want."

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