Seeing Mu Jin slightly lost in thought, Nan Wenhui and Lin Yueru exchanged glances and both curled their lips into cold smiles.
Lin Yueru continued, "We know everything about your Dongyue royal family. You were married to Su Yuntian, which means you are Su Yi's sister-in-law."
"With your withered and faded appearance, do you really think you can marry Brother Yi as his legal wife? This princess hopes you can recognize your own worth."
Mu Jin was neither angry nor annoyed. She smiled and said, "Then, according to the princess's wishes, what should I do?"
"I hope you will leave Brother Yi on your own initiative. You can make your own conditions. Considering that you have served Brother Yi for a long time, I will help you if I can."
Mu Jin smiled and looked at her, saying, "I'd like to know what conditions the princess can offer to make me leave Su Yi."
Lin Yueru smiled coldly, her eyes full of disdain: "You just want to find a backer because the Mu family is having a hard time in Dongyue."
“Our Lin family is originally from the royal family, not much less than Brother Yi. Why don’t you come into my Lin family and become my brother’s concubine? If you can’t stand it, and want to be a secondary wife? That’s not out of the question.”
After Lin Yueru finished speaking, she stared straight into Mu Jin's eyes, but Mu Jin smiled indifferently and said to her, "However, I am still considered Su Yi's person at this moment. If he agrees, it is not impossible for me to marry into the Lin family."
"However, I have one more condition."
Mu Jin smiled slightly, staring straight at Lin Yueru, and said slowly, "The Lin family must be able to afford the betrothal gifts when they marry me. At the very least, they cannot be less than the amount given by the King of Yun of Dongyue when he married me!"
"Otherwise!" Mu Jin scoffed, "Nothing is negotiable!"
"You shameless woman! You actually want our Lin family to marry you with the rites of a princess?" Lin Yueru shrieked.
Lin Yueru originally intended to mock and humiliate Mu Jin, after all, Mu Jin was a general's daughter from Dongyue Kingdom and a former princess. Hearing that she was to be made a concubine, Mu Jin would surely be filled with grief and indignation. However, she did not expect that Mu Jin would actually discuss the terms with her.
Lin Yueru glared at Mu Jin: "You! You want our Lin family to marry you with the rites due to a princess? Who gave you the audacity to negotiate such terms with us?"
"Do you have any sense of shame or decency at all? Or did you never love Brother Yi at all, and just use him as a stepping stone to get closer to power?"
Mu Jin smiled as she looked at Lin Yueru without saying a word.
Lin Yueru stared at Mu Jin. No matter how much Lin Yueru mocked and humiliated Mu Jin, Mu Jin remained calm and composed, as if she, Lin Yueru, was the one being humiliated.
Thinking of this, Lin Yueru's expression grew even more gloomy.
Seeing Lin Yueru's expression gradually losing its composure, Mu Jin almost burst out laughing.
Lin Yueru had schemed and plotted, but she never expected that her relationship with Su Yi was fake. If Lin Yueru had known that her relationship with Su Yi was just a transaction, I wonder if she would still treat her this way.
Thinking of this, Mu Jin actually wanted to laugh, but since this was Lin's territory, she advised herself to restrain herself. However, Lin Yueru still noticed the slight curve of her lips.
Seeing Mu Jin laughing at her without any apparent concern, Lin Yueru was furious: "Are you laughing at me, the princess?"
Mu Jin said innocently, "I wouldn't dare! Please don't misunderstand me, Princess."
Lin Yueru could not believe what Mu Jin said. Her face was full of malice as she walked up to Mu Jin, raised her hand, and was about to slap Mu Jin's beautiful face.
Qing'er was shocked and immediately stepped forward to stop her. However, before she could act, Lin Yueru suddenly screamed, "My hand!"
Everyone looked at Lin Yueru, and saw that she was holding her right hand with her left hand, and her face showed pain.
Nan Wenhui quickly stepped forward and asked her anxiously, "What's wrong, Ru'er? What's wrong?"
"Grandmother," Lin Yueru cried, tears welling in her eyes, "someone hurt Ru'er's hand."
When Nan Wenhui looked at Mu Jin with a fierce gaze, she saw Su Yi and Lin Yueru's elder brother, Lin Jingtian, walking over from a distance.
"This is how the Lin family treats its guests. Without my permission, I'd like to see who dares to touch my people."
After saying that, Su Yi walked to Mu Jin's side, put his hand on her shoulder, and asked with concern, "Did they give you any trouble?"
Mu Jin was stunned. When she realized what was happening, two lines of tears streamed down her face. She cried to Su Yi, "Your Highness, you've finally arrived! If you had been any later, they would have harmed me."
After Mu Jin finished speaking, she leaned on Su Yi and began to sob pitifully.
In the present world, Mu Jin is an actress after all. Tears come easily to her eyes; it's just a basic skill. Now, she could also play a scheming woman well. She's seen far too many scheming women, both in the present world and in this era.
When had Su Yi ever seen Mu Jin like this? But how well did Su Yi know Mu Jin? She was the woman who could fight her way out of Su Yuntian's camp with a cleaver, one by one, and yet she was being bullied to tears by the two women in front of her.
Realizing this, Su Yi immediately hugged Mu Jin tightly.
"Oh dear, my darling~ Let me see, have they frightened or hurt you?"
Hearing Su Yi repeatedly use the term "darling," Mu Jin got goosebumps all over. She leaned against Su Yi's chest, crying as she whispered, "If you keep acting like this, it'll be too much."
Su Yi replied, "I didn't know you could act like this."
Nan Wenhui and Lin Yueru never expected that Mu Jin, who was talking to them about marrying into the Lin family just a moment ago, would suddenly put on a pitiful act upon seeing Su Yi and exaggerate their faults to Su Yi.
They intended to humiliate Mu Jin, but despite hurling a torrent of insults, Mu Jin remained completely unfazed, showing no sign of distress. In the end, they didn't even manage to harm a hair on Mu Jin's head, yet she acted as if she had suffered a tremendous injustice.
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