Mu Xiyue had never been in love, but she didn't really not understand it at all. She had just realized it herself. Her trust in Xiao Yibai probably came from their first encounter. People are such strange creatures. Some people can develop a sense of trust after just one meeting, but this only means that they are considered friends. There is definitely no relationship between them.

But she herself was also a little confused. As someone who had experienced the end of the world, it would be difficult for her to easily trust someone she had only met once or twice. However, she really trusted Xiao Yibai for no reason.

Xiao Yibai's words touched her deeply. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to give it a try. After all, Xiao Yibai was handsome, noble, and had a good personality. Who knows, maybe she would really fall in love with him one day.

But, "Xiao Yibai, what if I only have a friendship with you? Will you blame me for keeping you hanging?"

Xiao Yibai smiled bitterly, "Then I can only blame myself for not being good enough to make you fall in love with me. Can you give me six months? During this six months, you can treat me as your fiancée. If you still can't accept me after six months, then we can go back to being friends. Is that okay?"

Mu Xiyue nodded. "Okay, then let's do it for half a year. Xiao Yibai, no matter what the final result is, I don't want to lose you as a friend."

Xiao Yibai promised earnestly, "Okay, if you really can't accept me, then we can still be friends."

Having said that, he secretly made up his mind. Qi Feng had won Xiao Tao over in just a few days, and he had half a year to impress her. If he couldn't win her heart in half a year, he deserved to live out his life in loneliness.

After the car was opened, the atmosphere in the car became much more relaxed, and the three people outside the car also breathed a sigh of relief.

The carriage finally arrived at the imperial manor where the flower viewing banquet was being held. The setting inside the imperial manor looked much more luxurious than Xiao Yibai's manor. Xiao Yibai's manor's environment was mainly natural, with only a few more trees and crops as artificial scenery. This imperial manor was obviously entirely artificial, built like a large garden, with all kinds of flowers planted in abundance. No wonder they held a flower viewing banquet here.

When they arrived, there were already quite a few people inside. Xiao Yibai and Mu Xiyue entering the imperial farm together attracted a lot of attention. Almost everyone in the place knew Prince Jin, but only a few people remembered that Mu Xiyue was the eldest daughter of the Anyuan Marquis' Mansion who was named by Prince Jin at the palace banquet.

The crowd suddenly started whispering. Everyone looked at the two of them from time to time, and then talked in low voices. It was obvious that they were talking about them, but Mu Xiyue didn't care what these people thought.

Xiao Yibai took Mu Xiyue a little further in and saw a long circle of tables in a relatively open space. Various foods were neatly placed on the tables, mainly pastries, but also wine, fruits and cold dishes. It looked like a modern buffet. I wonder which genius came up with this idea.

Now everyone hasn't arrived yet and no one has come to get food, so Xiao Yibai first took her to familiarize herself with the layout of the place so that she would know where to get the food later.

With the food as the center, there are several specially decorated venues around it for the young men and women who come to perform their talents. Several musical instruments are placed in one place, including the zither, pipa, flute, jade flute, and another instrument that Mu Xiyue has never seen before. Xiao Yibai said it is called the bixiao.

In another place, there were only a few chairs at the top. Xiao Yibai said that the chairs here were usually only sat on by a few members of the royal family, and this place was for people to dance.

There is also a place where some pens, ink, paper, inkstone and some paints are placed. It is obvious that it is a place for people to write and paint.

A little further ahead there are a few tables and chairs with chessboards on the tables, as well as areas for tossing pots and shooting.

In addition to these venues for activities, a little further in are the houses of the imperial farm. If you feel tired, you can go to the designated houses to rest.

She walked around the main areas of the Royal Manor. It was quite large, but Mu Xiyue had a good memory and usually wouldn't get lost in places she'd been to once. Since someone was going to target her today, she naturally needed to familiarize herself with the area.

Finally, Xiao Yibai took her back to the water pavilion not far from where the food was placed and sat down. The scenery here was really good. Next to the water pavilion where they were was a small river about four or five meters wide. This small river was artificially dug and meandered through the entire imperial manor, but it was not connected to the outside of the manor.

Not long after the two of them sat down, Qi Heng came over with a little girl. Qi Heng and Xiao Yibai were good friends who grew up together, so they were not polite when they met. The little girl did not greet him, but just happily called him Brother Yibai.

Mu Xiyue smiled politely at the two of them. Xiao Yibai asked them to sit down and turned to introduce them to Mu Xiyue, "This is Qi Heng, my good friend, the son of Marquis Jing'an, and Qi Qin, Qi Heng's sister."

Mu Xiyue smiled and said, "Hello, both of you. My name is Mu Xiyue."

Qi Heng smiled gently, giving the impression of a modest gentleman as gentle as jade.

"Hello, Miss Mu. I saw you at the palace banquet that day." What I mean is that I know your identity.

Qi Qin also greeted with a smile, "Hello, Sister Mu!"

The little girl has two dimples when she smiles, which is very cute.

The little girl had attended several flower viewing banquets before. She whispered to Mu Xiyue about how boring these banquets were. "Sister Mu, you don't know since it's your first time here, but these banquets are actually very boring. They're just a bunch of people getting together to compare with each other, like whose dress is prettier, whose jewelry is more expensive, and gossiping about which young master got into trouble, or which young lady is engaged to which young master."

Mu Xiyue liked Qi Qin's personality very much. Knowing that she was the eldest daughter of the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion, she must also know that she had lived in the countryside for more than ten years and did not look down on others with her superiority.

As they were talking, more and more people had arrived. People kept coming to the waterside pavilion to greet Xiao Yibai and Qi Heng. Mu Xiyue was naturally introduced to these people by Xiao Yibai. In just a quarter of an hour, the news that the eldest daughter of the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion, who was brought back from the countryside, was pestering Prince Jin had spread to everyone attending the banquet.

The Sixth Prince came to the waterside pavilion with this news. After greeting them one by one, he sat down and said, "Fifth Brother, Sister Yue, what's going on between you two? Why is everyone saying Sister Yue is pestering Fifth Brother?"

Mu Xiyue blinked innocently, "Yeah, your fifth brother is so handsome and charming, and he holds such a high position. Of course, a country bumpkin like me should seize the opportunity."

Xiao Yixuan sneered, "Come on, Sister Yue, if you fall for my fifth brother, he'll wake up laughing in his dreams. Who can't tell that he has a one-sided crush on you?"

No way, how did this kid see that? The last time she saw Xiao Yixuan, she and Xiao Yibai were very normal!

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