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The next day, Du Ruanyu came to the palace as per usual to pay her respects to the empress, and even brought her quite a few interesting and fresh things.

The main reason was because she knew that Du Mu Zhou brought these things to the empress and won her over. She wasn't willing to give up.

Du Ruanyu was dressed in a dark green light attire. On top of her head was the symbol of a noble and reserved jadeite step. The accessories on her body were all meticulously crafted.

It was really out of place with the little gadgets in his hands.

"Esteemed Empress, I've heard that you like these exquisite things outside the palace. Your consort intentionally brought these here."

Du Ruyu took the items that were pretending to be a cloth bag and passed them to the palace maids by the Empress's side.

The empress's expression was one of joy, while Du Ruanyu was secretly pleased with herself.

"Come and sit down." The empress held Du Ruanyu's hand. "It's a little cold today. Why don't you add on some clothes?"

The Empress was actually concerned about him?

Du Ruyu was secretly delighted in her heart. Her originally exquisite and beautiful face now had a hint of brilliance added to it.

"Empress, today, chenqie's new sleeve has finished her clothes, which is why I wanted to send them over for you to take a look."

The empress smiled, knowing that her new daughter-in-law was fawning on her.

However, she had been alone in this palace for many years, and her son wasn't willing to come visit. It wasn't bad to have a daughter-in-law by her side.

As she was thinking, the empress called over the palace maid by her side and said, "Ruanyu is very popular with me. Go and reward her with some of the new offerings."

"Thank you, Empress!" Du Ruanyu immediately answered.

As a result, Du Ruanyu accompanied the empress in the palace for a while longer, until she felt a little tired.

After that, he ordered Du Ruanyu to walk around the palace by herself, until she returned after having her lunch.

It seemed like the empress still liked him. Du Ruanyu was secretly happy.

Thinking about how Mu Yufeng's mufei had wanted him to help her, while she could easily win the empress's favor, wasn't she stronger than Du Mu Zhou?

Du Ruanyu then happily headed for the imperial garden.

The brilliance of the imperial garden didn't enter her eyes. Gradually, she walked to the pavilion at the side.

The attendant immediately said, "Royal Consort, you can't go over here."

Du Ruanyu frowned and said, "Why can't I go over?"

The follower was afraid that she would punish him, so he replied immediately, "The main thing is that the First Princess is here today, afraid of being disturbed."

Normally, people would not hear of the Eldest Princess being here, but those who didn't know what was good for them decided to join in.

However, Du Ruanyu did not think this way.

Since she was a person of esteemed status in the palace, she wanted to build a good relationship with them. Thus, she refused to listen to her follower's persuasion and insisted on going up to take a look.

"That's great. The Eldest Princess is also Yu Feng's elder sister. I can go greet her today." She smiled.

His follower looked troubled.

Du Ruyu noticed that something was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"But... Today, the prince of Yan Kingdom, Arda, is also here. " The follower stammered.

Upon hearing this, Du Ruanyu keenly felt that something was wrong.

These two were clearly engaged, how could they have a relationship in private? Could it be that their relationship was already good?

Du Ruyu then forced her follower to bring her to the front to take a look, saying that she would not greet them and would not disturb the First Princess and the Eldest Princess.

The follower could only agree.

Du Ruanyu was hiding behind a golden orange tree, the thick branches blocking the two of them. She stuck out her head and saw that it was indeed the princess and Arda!

However, from the looks of their smiling faces, it seemed as if they had already known each other for a long time.

"Alright, let's go back." Du Ruyu said in a deep voice.

However, she kept it in mind.

After having dinner at the empress's palace, he returned to the prince's mansion in a carriage.

Since Mu Yufeng had nothing to do today, he decided to stay at the mansion. After returning home, Du Ruanyu told him about this matter.

"What?" Mu Yufeng looked somewhat surprised. The hand holding the porcelain cup shook a little, "Are you saying that the Eldest Princess and Arda seem to have known each other for a long time?"

Du Ruyu straightened her bun and nodded. "I'll have my follower take me to see how the First Princess and Arda are having fun together. It seems that she's rather satisfied with her marriage."

"But... Something's wrong. " Mu Yufeng said.

Hearing his words, Du Ruanyu puckered her lips, her eyes revealing a look of pleasant surprise: "I just feel like something's wrong!" That's why I'm here to talk to you. "

Mu Yufeng pondered for a moment before replying, "The Grand Princess isn't a law-abiding woman. Ever since she took the initiative to request for a marriage, I felt that something was amiss. This isn't like her at all."

"What do you mean?" Du Ruanyu asked.

Mu Yufeng then told her his true thoughts, "There must be a trick to this!"

After saying that, he waved his hand, and two dark guards with superb skills flew out from the darkness.

"The two of you, go investigate in the direction of Mu Ling Shao and find out what's wrong with the First Princess's marriage." Mu Yufeng said.

After the two secret guards had accepted their orders and left, Du Ruanyu curiously asked, "What does this have to do with Mu Lingshao?"

Mu Yufeng squinted his phoenix eyes, a light as cunning as a fox flashed within them.

"Although Mu Qing has a strong personality, she is very innocent in nature. If it were her, she wouldn't have thought of such an ingenious plan."

Du Ruanyu nodded as if she did not quite understand, and said, "So that's how it is."

It was night when the dark guards sneaked into the manor to search for clues.

There was no wall in this world that didn't leak out wind. The secret guards that the Emperor had sent out before didn't go over to check on Mu Ling Shao, but the secret guards that Mu Yu Feng had sent over managed to find some clues.

Thus, the guard returned to report to Mu Yufeng.

"Milord, this matter is indeed related to Mu Ling Shao."

The guard told Mu Yufeng the whole story.

Mu Yufeng's expression changed slightly.

Du Ruanyu, who was at the side, raised her head and looked at him, "Husband, what should we do next?"

"Hmph, it's just a small scheme." Mu Yufeng was a little disdainful, "If he, Mu Lingshao, wants to be a good person, then we must be bad people and ruin their good fortune."

Hearing that, Du Ruanyu laughed happily.

Mu Yufeng disdainfully replied, "When the day of the banquet arrives, it will be their time to reveal their true colors."

"Darling, you sure are resourceful." she said obediently.

Mu Yufeng embraced her and laughed madly as he lowered his head to kiss her. Du Ruanyu was a little shy, but she still obeyed his commands, her heart beating like a drum.