Jiang Shuyue patted Du Yutong's hand. "It's okay, I'm very brave. I've never been afraid of encountering poisonous snakes in the mountains with Qiuju before."
Of the four, only Jiang Shuyue remained the most composed.
Du Yutong touched her flushed face and pressed her hand to her chest, saying, "My heart was pounding in my chest. At that moment, I thought I was going to die."
"No, Ah Jin hasn't come to propose marriage yet."
"Sister Yue'er, you can't let Young Master Su know about this, it's so embarrassing!" Du Yutong stamped her foot playfully and walked towards the palace gate.
Jiang Shuyue looked at Zhu'er and Qiuju, "Did I say something wrong?"
"No, what the young lady said is the truth. Miss is just shy." Zhu'er covered her mouth and chuckled as she followed.
The tense atmosphere eased amidst the teasing.
Jiang Shuyue and Qiu Ju exchanged a smile and followed after them.
Back at Bixia Courtyard, Du Yutong went back to her room to change her clothes, and Jiang Shuyue and Qiuju also went back to their rooms to change their clothes.
"Miss, if we had brought Gao Mu along today, we wouldn't have been so scared that we had to run away."
Jiang Shuyue took off her cloak and hung it on the clothes rack, then walked to the copper basin to wash her hands.
She smiled and said, "The Bixia Courtyard is all inhabited by women. How could Gao Mu come over? Besides, he doesn't know we're going out."
"It's all my fault today. I shouldn't have gone too far from the pine forest."
Seeing her young mistress blaming herself, Qiuju handed her a handkerchief, saying, "It was my carelessness after all."
She wanted to say it was all the Emperor's fault, why did he have to provoke wild beasts? But she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Before they knew it, it was noon, but the girls still hadn't returned from Bixia Courtyard.
At this moment, a palace maid came to deliver a message.
"Miss, the princess is waiting for you in the inner palace to have lunch together."
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