Xiaotao's wedding date is in twelve days, and her wedding dress is custom-made by Nishang Pavilion.

Although Xiaotao's embroidery skills were passable, they were still not good enough to embroider a wedding dress, so Mu Xiyue had it custom-made for her at Nishang Pavilion, without caring whether she had to embroider the wedding dress herself.

Nishang Pavilion was the finest ready-made clothing shop in Shangjing City, and naturally, the clothes there were extremely expensive. A coat costing over a hundred taels of silver was considered cheap, and not every noblewoman in the capital could afford to wear clothes from Nishang Pavilion.

After completing the transfer procedures at the yamen, the two went to Nishang Pavilion. In the morning, a servant from Nishang Pavilion came to the palace and said that the wedding dress was ready and asked Xiaotao to try it on.

It was almost evening when the two arrived, and there were not many people in Nishang Pavilion. When the waiter saw Mu Xiyue, he immediately stepped forward and saluted.

"I pay my respects to Princess Jin!"

Mu Xiyue smiled and raised her hand, "No need to be so polite, today I am here with my daughter Xiaotao to try on her wedding dress."

The guy smiled and quickly led the man to the second floor.

There was a manager on the second floor who was specifically responsible for receiving the two of them, and Xiaotao followed him into the tailoring room.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiaotao changed into her wedding dress and came out of the fitting room.

Mu Xiyue's eyes suddenly lit up. "Not bad, it's worthy of the craftsmanship of Nishang Pavilion. This wedding dress is so beautiful. Your Qiyun must be so excited to see you so charming."

The embroiderer from Nishang Pavilion showed Xiaotao the bronze mirror, and Xiaotao was amazed by herself.

"Princess, it's really beautiful! But it's also very expensive."

It was truly expensive. A custom-made wedding dress like this cost 2,800 taels, making it the most expensive wedding dress in the Nishang Pavilion. There were also noble ladies in the capital who would order custom wedding dresses, but few would order such an expensive one.

Mu Xiyue smiled and said, "This is the only time in my life, I have to give you the best. Don't worry about the money, the money is earned to be used."

As soon as Mu Xiyue finished speaking, a sudden female voice came from behind her.

"I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be Princess Jin! Princess Jin is really generous, she ordered such a beautiful wedding dress for a lowly maid. Is the money from Prince Jin enough for you to spend?"

Mu Xiyue was choked by these inexplicable words and her face suddenly turned cold. She turned around and looked at the person who came. He looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere.

"Whose mad dog is untied and running here barking wildly?"

The girl who was speaking pointed her finger at Mu Xiyue and cursed: "Bitch, how dare you call me a dog. Why are you, a country bumpkin, so proud? Don't think that just because you married Prince Jin, you can..."

Mu Xiyue rushed forward without waiting for her to finish her words, grabbed her outstretched finger and pulled hard. With a snap, the finger was broken.

"This princess hates people pointing fingers at me the most. Where did this crazy woman come from? She dares not to greet me but to speak foul language."

It all happened so quickly that the people in Nishang Pavilion didn't even have time to salute.

The woman cried out in pain. The maid behind her met Mu Xiyue's cold gaze and trembled as she said, "Princess Jin, my princess is the daughter of Princess Changle. If you dare to hurt our princess, the emperor will definitely stand up for her."

Princess Changle is the younger sister of the current emperor. She passed away five years ago. Mu Xiyue only knew of this person. No wonder she looked familiar. She must have seen her at the palace banquet. However, the princess's hostility towards her was inexplicable. Could it be that she was another one of Xiao Yibai's bad peach blossoms?

Mu Xiyue looked the princess up and down. "So, this princess' status is higher than mine? When she saw me, not only did she not greet me, she even insulted me. Does she look down on Prince Jin or the Emperor?"

"Who do you think you are? You're just a country girl, and you're dreaming that this princess would bow to you? This princess will go to the palace and tell my uncle the emperor right now. Let's see if you can still be so arrogant!"

Mu Xiyue looked at the master and servant who were leaving with disdain. The good atmosphere just now was ruined.

Everyone stood there, looking at her in silence. Mu Xiyue smiled and said, "Xiao Tao'er, Manager Xu, is there anything that needs to be altered about this wedding dress?"

She couldn't see anything wrong with it.

Manager Xu immediately put on a smile and said, "It looks very good to me. Does Miss Xiaotao think there's anything that needs to be altered?"

Xiao Tao shook her head and said, "No, I think it's great."

Mu Xiyue hummed, "Okay, then take the wedding dress back today!"

Xiaotao went into the fitting room to change out of her wedding dress. Manager Xu sorted out the matching veil and other items for the wedding dress and put them into a small wooden box specially for wedding dresses. As expected, the high price was justified, and it was packed in a gift box.

After returning to the palace, Mu Xiyue went to Xiao Yibai's study. Xiao Yibai saw that Mu Xiyue didn't look very good and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you say that you went to Nishang Pavilion and there was a problem with Xiaotao's wedding dress?"

Mu Xiyue felt unhappy when she thought that the princess might be Xiao Yibai's romantic partner. She went over and sat on his lap and asked, "Is Princess Changle's daughter also your romantic partner?"

Xiao Yibai was stunned. "No, what happened? Did you run into her?"

Mu Xiyue recounted what happened at Nishang Pavilion. "Then where does her hostility towards me come from? It must be because of you. Since I arrived in Shangjing City, I haven't had any grudges against anyone except the Mu family, and the only grudges I have are because of you."

As soon as Mu Xiyue said that, Xiao Yibai understood, "Qianrou and that woman from the Jiang family are close friends. She must be feeling sorry for that woman from the Jiang family."

"Jiang Yurou? Such a savage princess and such a cold noblewoman are best friends? No matter how you look at it, their personalities don't seem to get along! Your cousin went to complain to her uncle, the emperor. Do you think the emperor will reprimand me? Let me make this clear: if the emperor reprimands me, I will not give him face. And your cousin, if she dares to provoke me again for no reason, I will not care about her status."

Mu Xiyue spouted off a stream of words, and Xiao Yibai simply pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "Father knows her temper. You've just accomplished a great feat, so he won't reprimand you for it. Also, Qianrou is just my cousin. I don't interact with her much on a daily basis. When Princess Changle was alive, I didn't have much contact with the Princess's Mansion, and now that Princess Changle is gone."

Mu Xiyue was about to say something else when Uncle Fu knocked on the door and said, "Your Highness, Princess, someone from the palace is here to summon you to the palace to see the Emperor."

Xiao Yibai responded, "I understand," and said, "I'll go with you."

The two of them arrived at the palace gate. It was already dark. Mu Xiyue's stomach growled as she jumped off the carriage. "Is your cousin mentally ill? She forced me to enter the palace on an empty stomach."

Qianxing Hall, the palace where the emperor lives, is the first time Mu Xiyue has entered.

The two entered the hall and knelt before the emperor according to the rules. "Your son (daughter-in-law) greets His Majesty, Father. I pay my respects to His Majesty!"

The emperor raised his hand and said, "Get up! Yue'er, tell me what happened between you and Qianrou in Nishang Pavilion."

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