Su Muxue's Fengyang Palace was as luxurious as it could possibly be, with golden hooks and fragrant curtains, and a high bed with soft pillows.
After the palace servants helped the two of them bathe and change, Su Muxue pulled Mu Jin onto her bed.
She changed Mu Jin into her own nightgown, ordered all the palace maids to leave, and then, holding a pillow, lay down on the bed with Mu Jin.
At this moment, the palace was completely silent.
Only a dim oil lamp remained in the hall, while the night light from outside shone through the Korean paper on the windowpane.
Mu Jin looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and suddenly felt a little dazed.
With Mu Jin lying beside her, Su Muxue looked at the top of the tent, blinked, and sighed, "Ah Jin, this is the first time in my life that I've slept in the same bed with someone. It feels a little strange."
Mu Jin closed her eyes and said, "If the princess wants someone to sleep with her, it's very simple. Either get married or find some male concubines."
Su Muxue said with a grin, "That's not impossible, but I want to find someone who looks similar to me. I don't want to sleep with an ugly monster."
"So I can sleep here? The princess seems satisfied with my appearance?"
Su Muxue turned to Mu Jin and said, "Of course. The first condition for the person I have chosen is beauty."
Mu Jin opened her eyes, turned to look at Su Muxue, and said, "So when did you start wanting to be friends with me?"
Su Muxue blinked and said, "I became interested in you after I learned that you were going to divorce my third brother. Then, I found that you were different from before at Zuiyue Tower, so I thought it would be nice to go out to eat, drink and have fun with you every day."
Mu Jin smiled and said, "After divorcing your third brother, I'm going to live my carefree life and may not stay in the capital."
Su Muxue's eyes lit up: "Then this princess will go with you? I also want to go out and see the world."
Mu Jin didn't think Su Muxue could travel around with her.
"After my divorce from Su Yuntian, we are no longer sisters-in-law. If we get too close, the Emperor might not like me. If I were to run away with his precious princess, the Emperor would surely punish me severely."
Su Muxue knew that Mu Jin was telling the truth, and she couldn't help but feel discouraged.
After a moment of silence, Mu Jin suddenly asked Su Muxue, "You...do you like Zhao Yefan?"
Upon hearing Mu Jin's words, Su Muxue sat up abruptly. Reflexively, she grabbed the blanket and covered Mu Jin's head, as if she didn't want to hear what she was saying.
"Stop talking nonsense! That ugly monster Zhao Yefan! How could this princess like him?"
Mu Jin pulled the blanket off and laughed, "I was just saying that. Looking at your flustered expression, it feels like you're trying to hide something. Besides, Zhao Yefan isn't ugly at all."
Su Muxue remained defiant and lay back down next to Mu Jin.
"Don't talk nonsense. This princess and he are incompatible by nature. When we were little, he often tripped me up in class and even threw bedbugs into my notebook to scare me. I am a princess, and he dared to disrespect me. He was punished by his father, but he still didn't change his ways!"
Why would he provoke you for no reason?
"Who...who dared to be so ungrateful? Everyone else treats me with utmost respect, but he alone shows me disdain."
As she spoke, Su Muxue's voice became strained again, "I had someone kick him off his horse, and he got injured. I didn't really want to hurt him that time; I just wanted to teach him a lesson. Because of that injury, he missed the imperial examination, and my father punished me for it."
"You injured him and made him miss the scientific expedition. Zhao Yefan didn't kill you, so he's actually been pretty good to you."
Hearing Mu Jin's teasing, Su Muxue felt deflated. She knew the importance of the imperial examination for men. Although men could inherit titles, those who passed the imperial examination were more likely to be respected than those who inherited them.
"My fifth brother took me to apologize to him. Later, he became friends with my fifth brother, but he still ignored me. Every time I messed with him, he would stop arguing with me because of my fifth brother. Actually, he is quite smart. It wouldn't be difficult for him to pass the official exam. But now he goes into business and is doing quite well. Although Shuyulou is not his, he manages it. He must have put in a lot of effort to make it so successful."
When it came to Zhao Yefan, Su Muxue didn't realize that she could unconsciously list a whole bunch of good things about him.
"Hey, Jin, do you think Zhao Yefan still hates me because I hurt him when we were kids?"
Su Muxue rambled on and on, but when she realized that Mu Jin wasn't responding, she turned around and saw that Mu Jin had fallen asleep at some point.
Su Muxue pursed her lips, muttering to herself as she closed her eyes and said, "It's a good thing Ajin is asleep. Why did she suddenly bring up Zhao Yefan?"
Su Muxue sighed, turned over, and soon fell asleep as well.
At this moment, Mu Jin, who was sleeping next to her, opened her eyes, smiled slightly, and quickly closed her eyes and fell asleep as well.
In the early morning, the palace servants of Fengyang Palace helped the two of them wash up. Because they had gone to bed late the night before, they were still very sleepy when the palace servants woke them up in the morning.
Su Muxue turned around and glanced at Mu Jin. At this moment, Mu Jin was standing there wearing only a snow-white undergarment, her face bare. She looked sleepy, probably because she had just woken up, but she was still so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her!
She, Su Muxue, instructed the palace servants to dress and groom Mu Jin.
Mu Jin applied a light layer of rouge, which made her already fair skin appear even more radiant.
Mu Jin noticed that Su Muxue was staring at her.
"What is the princess looking at?"
Su Muxue replied without hesitation, "Look how beautiful Ajin is."
Looking at the beautiful Mu Jin, Su Muxue couldn't help but think, "Is Su Yuntian blind? Why would he marry Shen Qianqian when he already has Mu Jin? If Mu Jin really divorces Su Yuntian, she won't have to worry about getting married. I just don't know if Su Yuntian will regret it."
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