The lights in Chonghua Palace were bright, and rows of palace servants brought dishes and cakes to Li Muyun. He took a look, or tasted a bite, and then had someone bring them to Ji Zhen or just take them away. After nearly half an hour of busy work, the table was filled with all kinds of dishes.

"Zhenzhen, please use it."

Li Muyun poured a glass of wine for Ji Zhen and asked the palace servant to bring it to her. Ji Zhen took it without hesitation and did not forget to remind him:

"Why call me Zhenzhen! I'm two years older than you, call me Sister Zhen!"

Li Muyun picked up the wine cup in his hand, took a sip, and hummed:

"Zhenzhen, what you said is not right. My father is four years younger than my mother, but I have never seen him call her sister. Why should I call her sister when I see her here?"

Ji Zhen almost choked to death on that mouthful of wine. She immediately put down the wine glass, looked warily at the palace servant who was serving beside her with his head bowed, and frowned:

"I'm going to die! How can you compare with His Majesty? You, even in your palace, shouldn't speak so bluntly!"

He is really not as obedient as when he was a child! Ji Zhen thought silently, when they were young, she only needed to scare him a little and he would obediently change his words and call her sister.

"Why don't you like them? That's right, we haven't seen each other for such a long time, and they are really in the way here."

Li Muyun drank the wine in the cup, waved lazily to the attendant standing behind him, and said:

"Take them all downstairs. No one is allowed to come in without my order."

The palace servants quickly and silently retreated, and only Ji Zhen and Li Muyun were left in the huge hall.

The hall was too quiet for a moment, which made Ji Zhen feel a little uncomfortable. She looked at Li Muyun, who was sitting opposite her in a polite manner, and then looked at the oversized table. She picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and felt a little inconvenient.

"Mu Yun, you have sent all the palace people away, who will serve you the food?"

Li Muyun's eyebrows curved when he heard this, and he slowly walked to Ji Zhen with a wine cup in hand, dragged a chair over and sat next to her, looked at her with a smile, tilted his head and said:

"There are delicious foods in front of Zhenzhen. Zhenzhen, help me set the table."

Under the candlelight, Li Muyun's fair and delicate face was stained with a bit of drunkenness, her lips were like rouge, and her eyes were full of spring light. Her whole body was lightly pink, and she looked more delicious than the table of dishes he had carefully prepared.

At this moment, the word "disaster" took shape in Ji Zhen's mind and turned into the appearance of the young man in front of him.

Li Muyun saw her staring at him in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking, so he stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, calling softly:

"Zhen Zhen."

The girl's unpainted skin was as smooth as cream and felt great. Li Muyun caressed her face gently and caressed it, which immediately brought Ji Zhen back to her senses.

She stepped back suddenly, avoiding Li Muyun's hand, laughed dryly with guilt, and stood up to get the bowl and chopsticks to serve Li Muyun.

The smooth feeling suddenly disappeared, and Li Muyun clenched her empty palms.

Ji Zhen had her back to Li Muyun. As she served him food, she sighed that men really change a lot when they grow up!

When she was young, Li Muyun was just a short and stocky girl who was bullied by her. Who would have thought that after not seeing her for a few years, she would become such a beautiful woman. What kind of feng shui is in Beijing? Is there a beauty everywhere? If she stays for a while longer, will she become more beautiful?

Ji Zhen couldn't help but touch her face, thought about the possibility of becoming beautiful, smiled secretly, and stood up to put the bowl full of food in front of Li Muyun.

Ji Zhen didn't know that Li Muyun had already seen her sneaky look. He frowned slightly, and when Ji Zhen sat back in the chair, he grabbed her wrist and asked:

"What are you thinking about? You have a silly smile on your face."

Ji Zhen was caught off guard by her giggles, her face slightly reddened, and she said awkwardly:

"I think Beijing has good feng shui and many beautiful women. It's a good place."

Li Muyun didn't hear anything else in this sentence, but the three words "many beauties", and immediately thought of Jiang Yan, who dared to show off in front of Ji Zhen without any clothes. At the moment, his eyebrows raised, he grabbed Ji Zhen's wrist and gritted his teeth and said:

"Why, sitting next to me, are you still thinking about that male lover?"

Jiang Yan? What does it have to do with him?

Ji Zhen looked at Li Muyun in confusion, not knowing how to connect Jiang Yan with her own words.

"What does it have to do with him? How can he be as pretty as you?" Ji Zhen told the truth.

"I?"

Li Muyun was stunned for a moment, and the jealousy that was rising up in her heart was easily dispelled by Ji Zhen's words before she could even feel jealous.

"Seriously?"

Li Muyun's grip on Ji Zhen's hand was hot and tight, making Ji Zhen uncomfortable. She tried to pry open Li Muyun's fingers, snatched back her wrist, rubbed it and said seriously:

"You can disbelieve in yourself, but you can't disbelieve in my aesthetics. If I say you are beautiful, of course you really are."

"What about Bi Yunzi?" Li Muyun asked.

"Uh......"

Ji Zhen was a little speechless, not understanding why this guy always loved to compete with Yun Zi. But if we really compare them, Li Muyun is indeed better, so Ji Zhen said honestly:

"You look good."

Li Muyun's eyes lit up and her lips curled up, she was very satisfied with this answer. Ji Zhen let out a long sigh and raised her chopsticks to eat. Unexpectedly, Li Muyun paused, as if she had thought of something, and suddenly looked up at her and asked again:

"What about Zhao Youqing?"

Ji Zhen's hand holding the chopsticks froze, and she was speechless.

Is this the end? Why do you still want to compare with Zhao Youqing? What is there to compare? Don't you know that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder? Who can compare with Zhao Youqing?

Ji Zhen placed her chopsticks on the white jade chopstick pillow and was about to complain when she suddenly remembered that her relationship with Zhao Youqing was an important matter related to the marriage granted by the Empress and she could not talk about it casually.

What's more, Zhao Youqing was not in the album of children from aristocratic families, and she was not completely sure that she could convince the empress. Therefore, before replying to the empress, this matter could not be leaked to anyone, including Li Muyun.

Ji Zhen was silent for a moment, and she had made up her mind to just blow some rainbow farts to fool Li Muyun first. However, she didn't expect that her silence had already revealed the answer, and Li Muyun's face suddenly became a little ugly.

"Eat, I'm hungry."

Li Muyun spoke before Ji Zhen and interrupted her, not giving her the chance to say something she didn't want to hear.

After the meal, Ji Zhen ate heartlessly, but Li Muyun only ate a small half of the dishes Ji Zhen prepared for him. He spent most of the time watching Ji Zhen drink, frowning slightly, looking like he had a lot on his mind.

Ji Zhen would secretly glance at him from time to time. She wanted to ask something, but was afraid of asking a question she couldn't answer, so she had to pretend she didn't see it and just buried her head in her food.

After finally having her fill of food and drink, a palace maid came in and served her tea. After she washed her hands, Ji Zhen prepared to leave.

Li Muyun brought Ji Zhen to the inner hall, asked the attendants to set out the chess pieces, and wanted to play two games with her.

Ji Zhen hadn't played chess for a long time. Glancing at the night view outside the window, he realized it was still early, so he got on the couch and prepared to play a game before leaving.

Li Muyun looked at Ji Zhen who was playing with the chess pieces and said softly: "I'm going to change clothes first, can you wait for me for a while?"

Ji Zhen lowered his head to study the chess record on the couch. He just waved to Li Muyun, telling him to come back quickly.

However, when Li Muyun came back, Ji Zhen was dumbfounded.

In the gentle candlelight, Li Muyun, wearing a long green gauze gown, walked towards Ji Zhen. His satin-like black hair was loosely tied with a jade hairpin and hung down to his waist. The thin and flowing green gauze gown hung close to his body, perfectly outlining Li Muyun's slender and beautiful figure.

He walked to the couch, gently pulled the stunned Ji Zhen into his arms, and whispered in her ear:

"Zhenzhen, look at me. Am I pretty?"

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