"Muyao, where's Hongxiao? Why did you change your maid?" Su Ruojin looked at the maid next to Su Muyao.
“Hongxiao was caught having an affair with a servant before, and I forgave her once. I didn’t expect her to hold a grudge. She stole my jewelry and even tried to elope with the servant. When the adults found out, she was beaten severely, her tendons were severed, and she was kicked out of the Deng mansion.”
Su Ruojin raised her eyelids slightly to look at Su Muyao, who remained calm and composed.
"Mu Yao, do you really want to sever ties with the Su family?"
"Your Highness, there's no going back now that I've made this choice."
"Alright, in that case, Yanluo."
Yanlu handed over a small box and opened the lid.
"Mu Yao, this is the handkerchief you embroidered for me. I'm returning it to you. From now on, let's each go our separate ways peacefully. The pair of bracelets in the box are my wedding gift to you." Su Ruojin pointed to...
Su Muyao glanced at it, then bowed, "Muyao thanks Your Highness for the reward."
The maid behind her stepped forward and took the box.
“Tell Deng Yi that since you have severed ties with the Su family and are no longer a member of the Su family, you don’t need to come to the Su family to propose marriage. I don’t want to make Mother sad. Yanluo, let’s go.”
Su Ruojin stood up.
"Respectfully seeing off the Princess." Su Muyao bowed as she saw Su Ruojin off.
After Su Ruojin left, Deng Yi came out and went to Su Muyao's side. "She didn't notice, did she?"
"No, otherwise they wouldn't have given me such an expensive bracelet." Su Muyao looked at the box held by the maid beside her.
Inside was a pair of top-quality imperial green jade bracelets, the kind of bracelets even palace concubines could not possess, and Su Ruojin gave them to her like that.
"It seems that Su Ruojin isn't entirely indifferent to her younger sister who has occupied her position for over ten years," Su Muyao said.
Deng Yi smiled and said, "There have always been rumors that Su Ruojin is cold and unapproachable. But how could an unapproachable person disregard her pregnancy and rush to Mo Han? It's a pity that she wasn't infected by the smallpox epidemic."
"My lord, what should we do next?" Su Muyao asked.
"Once she hands over the defense map and sends it back to Bei Li, it will be the time for Bei Li to unify the Nine Provinces. The prince has already sent word that the queen is almost ready and is just waiting for the defense map."
What if she doesn't pay?
"Hmph! She has no choice but to hand it over! It was my carelessness; I didn't expect a rabbit to jump out and bite at such a crucial moment!" A cold glint flashed in Deng Yi's eyes.
"Does Your Excellency still wish to propose marriage at the Su residence?" Su Muyao asked.
"Go, of course I'll go. Only by going can I show how much I value it."
As Su Ruojin walked out of the Deng residence, a smile appeared on her lips, but the smile was as cold as ice.
'Su Muyao'?
hehe!
"An Yi, send someone to find where Mu Yao is!"
Upon hearing this, Yanluo realized what was happening and exclaimed, "Miss, isn't that the Second Miss?"
“The handkerchief I have in my box is not the one Mu Yao embroidered for me. She does look a lot like Mu Yao, but Mu Yao couldn’t have been indifferent to seeing that handkerchief.”
Even the calmest and most aloof person cannot remain completely unmoved by emotions, especially when talking about Hongxiao, who grew up with them.
“Those imperial green jade bracelets were a wedding gift from my fifth brother when I got married. If she really is Su Muyao, she would never accept this gift,” Su Ruojin said.
At that time, Fifth Brother prepared two identical pairs of imperial green bracelets, one pair for her and the other pair as Mu Yao's dowry when she got married. The Su family all knew about this.
If it were really Su Muyao, she wouldn't have the nerve to accept these bracelets.
In addition to what Hongxiao said, everything can only prove that the 'Su Muyao' that Su Ruojin just saw was fake.
Although her disguise was very good, and even her voice and demeanor were similar to Mu Yao's, a fake is a fake, and it is impossible to be 100% identical.
Yanluo understood, and her face became even more nervous. "Miss, but the capital is so big, where are we going to find the Second Miss?"
If Deng Yi deliberately hid people, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Su Ruojin suddenly thought of something.
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