The two women opposite Su Yu looked up at the same time, and then their expressions changed.
Feng Jin stared blankly at Su Yuban, not reacting for a long time. Then she saw Su Ruan slowly get up from the swing, take light steps, and slowly walk towards her.
"Hehe!" Su Ruan walked over and chuckled in a affected manner, "I've never seen my brother praise me like this before. Where did you learn such a glib tongue?"
With a flick of her finger, Su Yu gently tapped Su Ruan's forehead. Su Yu pretended to be annoyed and frowned, but the smile between her brows was hard to hide.
"You brat, can't you give me, His Highness the Crown Prince, even the slightest bit of face in front of others?"
Meeting Su Yu's gaze, Su Ruan glanced at Feng Jin, who was sitting in a daze next to the swing, and unconsciously covered her mouth and chuckled. Then, she changed her mind, forced herself to calm down, and asked Su Yu, "By the way, did you come here specifically to find me? Is there something important?"
“That’s exactly what I was going to say,” Su Yu said, glancing at Feng Jin with a slight tilt of her head. “Actually, the reason I came here this time is to say goodbye to you all.”
Feng Jin only came to her senses upon hearing this, then immediately got up and ran over. Her expression as she looked at Su Yu was slightly disappointed: "Your Highness, are you preparing to return to Jiang Lan Kingdom?"
"What? You don't want me to leave?" Su Yu met Feng Jin's gaze, his eyes brightened, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips: "I've heard that the customs and culture of Bei You Kingdom are quite good, otherwise... I'll reluctantly stay and wander the world with you?"
"ha?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Jin froze instantly, her awkward smile remaining perfectly still on her beautiful face.
This Su Yu always says such outrageous things, and she's incredibly audacious, even daring to have impure thoughts about married women. She's a real headache.
In fact, she didn't care about Su Yu's thoughts at all, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that this man not only spoke without any restraint, but was also shameless.
If it weren't for the fact that he was a prince, I would have really wanted to beat him up.
Su Ruan watched them chatting and laughing with great interest. Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in her mind, and she changed the subject: "Brother, you're not young anymore, but you don't even have a sweetheart. It's really a shame. How about... I, as your younger sister, do the hard work and find you a Crown Princess?"
"Thank you for your kindness, but my Crown Princess is not someone just anyone can aspire to be." Su Yu said casually.
"I decided to vet someone for you precisely because I know your taste is exceptional." Su Ruan glanced meaningfully at Feng Jin, a half-smile playing on her lips. "For example... how about someone like Sister Feng Jin?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Su Yu and Feng Jin exchanged a glance and fell silent without revealing their true feelings.
Even Su Yu felt that the joke had gone too far at this moment. He quickly changed the subject, saying, "Judging from the time, Father's troops should be arriving soon. Since time is short, I won't keep you company any longer."
When Feng Jin heard that he was leaving, she immediately followed him to see him off. In order to avoid suspicion, she planned to drop Su Yu off at the entrance of the garden and then give up.
Walking on the small bridge, Su Ruan was suddenly squeezed between the two of them. The narrow path brought them closer and closer to the edge, making them teeter on the edge.
At this moment, Feng Jin was unaware of Su Ruan's intentions. Subconsciously, she regarded everything as an accident and a coincidence.
Just as she reached the intersection ahead and saw a large section of the fence missing, she was about to turn and avoid it when Su Ruan's startled cry rang out: "Sister, be careful!"
In her vision, a person and a series of blurry figures flashed by quickly. Before she could calm down, Su Ruan pushed her into Su Yu's arms with a violent thud, while Su Ruan herself plunged headfirst into the pond below the bridge.
The sudden situation left Feng Jin in a state of panic, when she saw Su Yu also jump down.
Because the pond was not deep enough, only waist-deep at most, Su Yu was able to rescue Su Ruan without much effort.
Su Ruan, who was born with a delicate constitution, was bedridden for several days in a row.
Su Ruan's fall into the water and illness because of Feng Jin quickly alarmed the Prince's Mansion and the Imperial Palace. At this time, rumors circulated outside: "The gentle and virtuous Princess Mingxia reluctantly married Prince Jing, but was bullied by the Prime Minister's shrewish daughter to the point of drowning herself. I hope Prince Jing will open his eyes and cherish the person in front of him."
At this time, the Jingwang Mansion was in chaos, and Ningxiang Pavilion was constantly receiving guests from all sides from morning to night, including Su Yu and Mu Beichen.
Feng Jin is unaware of the rumors circulating outside, and even less aware that Su Ruan's scheme has already succeeded. Because of the drowning incident, she has gained everyone's trust. In addition, she has been maintaining the image of a virtuous wife in the Jing Prince's mansion, and recently even Mu Beichen has been intentionally or unintentionally favoring her.
Feeling guilty, Feng Jin hesitated for a long time before deciding to visit Su Ruan at Ningxiang Pavilion. But when she saw Mu Beichen standing by the bedside, personally feeding Su Ruan medicine, his every move was extremely meticulous. Even in all the time she had spent with him, she had never seen him so attentive.
It wasn't until this moment that she realized she shouldn't have come. From beginning to end, she couldn't get a word in edgewise. Watching Su Yu and Mu Beichen, two grown men, constantly circling around Su Ruan, she felt like an outsider in the entire room.
Seeing this scene with her own eyes, she felt a pang of inexplicable pain in her heart, and an urge to cry out of grievance.
A cool sensation touched her brow, and her pretty face paled.
Even at this point, Feng Jin could still maintain a smile in front of Mu Beichen and Su Ruan. No matter what expression she had, she was as charming as an elf. This was the first time in her life that she spoke to someone in a humble tone, "Your Highness must be tired after a long day. Why don't I take over taking care of the princess?"
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