After being reborn, I hugged the villainous boss tightly.

It snowed heavily again last night, and everything outside was covered in white. Ye Zhuxi opened the window, and a blast of cold air hit her, making her shrink her neck.

Lotus Leaf carried in hot water and said softly, "Miss, please wash up quickly. We have distinguished guests, and Madam is waiting for you!"

"Well, I see!"

Ye Zhuxi glanced at Fu Jingyuan, who was not moving at all on the bed, and pursed her lips.

She pinched her delicate, fair face: Thank goodness, I'm only sixteen, there's still time!

After everything was settled, she took the lotus leaf and headed towards the Purple Bamboo Garden.

Upon hearing the door close, Fu Jingyuan suddenly opened his eyes, which had been closed, and stared at the place where Ye Zhuxi had left, his narrow phoenix eyes filled with malice.

.........

Upon arriving at Zizhu Garden, before even entering the house, a woman's smiling voice rang out: "Zhuxi's beauty has been praised by His Majesty himself. Looking across the entire capital, there is no other young lady more beautiful than her."

Then she added, "Zichen has always wanted to marry his sister Ruoruo as soon as possible. If possible, the wedding should be set for the eighth day of the fifth month. What does Madam Gu think?"

"not good!"

A voice interrupted their conversation, and Ye Zhuxi gracefully walked in, lifting her skirt.

Mu Zichen, who had overheard the conversation, was taken aback by her refusal and his expression faltered slightly...

"not good?"

Seeing Ye Zhuxi walk over, Mu Zichen stepped forward to try to take her hand, but she coldly dodged him.

Madam Mu looked embarrassed: "Didn't we already reach an agreement?" Then, as if remembering something, she turned and glared at Mu Zichen: "Zichen, did you bully Zhuxi?"

"How could I bear to bully Ruoruo!" Mu Zichen said with heartache.

Seeing Mu Zichen's deeply affectionate expression, Ye Zhuxi felt inexplicably disgusted.

If it were her past life, she would definitely have been moved to tears. Now, thinking about it, she can't help but despise herself for being so preoccupied with love back then!

Seeing that the mother and son were about to start acting again, she looked up at Mu Zichen and said in an unusually cold tone, "It's that I don't want to marry you anymore, it's that simple!"

This was the first time Gu had ever heard Ye Zhuxi speak like this. She couldn't help but wonder, how could she have changed so much in just two days when she was so desperate to marry Mu Zichen just a few days ago?

She pulled Ye Zhuxi aside and said, "Marriage is not a child's play. Even if you want to back out, you need a reason. At the very least, you have to wait for your father to come back!"

Madam Mu quickly chimed in, "Yes! The General's Mansion isn't some insignificant household..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ye Zhuxi continued coldly, "So, you want to marry into the General's Mansion, is that it?"

"..."

These words left Madam Mu speechless for a moment, and she secretly gave Mu Zichen a wink.

"Alright," Mu Zichen said, looking at Ye Zhuxi like this, and pulled her close with a "heartache": "Are you upset that I broke our promise to see you the day before yesterday? I already told you, it was because something came up at the last minute!"

Look at her aggrieved yet affectionate appearance. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was petty and couldn't distinguish between what was important and what was not, clinging to Mu Zichen.

"Ah!"

Ye Zhuxi sneered. She no longer cared what Mu Zichen had done that day; he was probably just having a secret rendezvous with Ye Fuyao.

Seeing that Ye Zhuxi didn't want to talk, Madam Mu didn't say anything either.

She glared at Mu Zichen with exasperation, then made an excuse to leave.

When leaving, Mu Zichen still looked reluctant to part with Ye Zhuxi.

Ye Zhuxi struggled to suppress her anger and refrained from slapping him to death.

Mu Zichen only wanted to climb up to the General's Mansion, so that the Third Prince, whom his family was supporting, would have an unshakeable position in the court.

She recalled how, after he married her in her previous life, he would beat and kick her at the drop of a hat, even allowing Ye Fuyao to commit violence against her, and letting the servants in the mansion beat and scold her at will.

Just thinking about it made Ye Zhuxi so angry she could hardly breathe.

Absolutely disgusting!

Madam Gu didn't know what was wrong with Ye Zhuxi, but seeing her looking so distressed, she still felt sorry for her and pulled Ye Zhuxi to sit down beside her. Then she gently asked her, "Were you serious about what you just said?"

Seeing Ye Zhuxi nod, she sighed, "Speaking of which, the Mu family and the Third Prince are in cahoots. The waters here are too deep. I'm afraid you'll suffer in the future. When your father comes back, we'll call off this marriage. What do you think?"

"it is good."

Ye Zhuxi's eyes reddened. In her past life, she did not understand her mother and father's good intentions for her and tried to marry Mu Zichen even at the cost of her life. It was not until she was imprisoned in the basement by Mu Zichen and suffered all kinds of torture, and the entire General's Mansion was executed, that she finally realized her mistake. But it was too late.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly remembered that there was something important she had to say.

She grasped Madam Gu's hand: "Mother, my eldest brother didn't do anything to me yesterday, nor did he bully me. I just fainted because I was weak. Please don't punish him!"

Madam Gu said irritably, "Even if Fu Jingyuan didn't do it, he's still involved!"

Ye Zhuxi immediately waved her hand: "No, no, no, this time it has nothing to do with him, on the contrary, he saved me!"

Gu asked in confusion, "Save you?"

Ye Zhuxi nodded and continued, "When I fainted, I was in grave danger if I hadn't seen someone call a doctor! Luckily, Fu Jingyuan was there, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing your precious daughter again!"

After hearing this, Madam Gu looked at Ye Zhuxi and couldn't help but chuckle: "So, Mother is wrong after all!"

Ye Zhuxi leaned into her arms with a grin and said, "No, Mother can't be wrong." She continued to slander Ye Fuyao, "Blame my cousin, she's the one who made me sick."

Speaking of Ye Fuyao, she's still kneeling as punishment in the ancestral hall.

Madam Gu stroked Ye Zhuxi's soft hair tenderly: "Alright, Mother was wrong to blame Fu Jingyuan. I'll have someone take good care of him later!"

Hearing this, Ye Zhuxi wriggled out of Madam Gu's arms and said happily, "Great! Great! I'll take care of you now, I'll take care of you in the future, I'll take care of you every day! Mother, I'm off now!"

After saying that, Ye Zhuxi got up and ran out.

Watching Ye Zhuxi run away, Madam Gu couldn't help but shake her head: "That child!"

When they returned to Tingyu Pavilion, Fu Jingyuan was nowhere to be found.

Ye Zhuxi asked the maid who was making the bed curiously, "Where is my eldest brother?"

"This servant doesn't know. I didn't see him when I came in. I suppose he went back to the backyard!"

"..."

Ye Zhuxi's eyelashes trembled, and she nodded hesitantly.

At this moment, He Ye came back and handed her a letter: "This is the letter that Young Master Mu asked me to give to you, Miss, when he left. He also said that you must go, Miss, otherwise he will keep waiting for you!"

Ye Zhuxi opened the note:

"Meet me at Chengbei Temple in three days. Don't be late!"

Hilarious! This Mu Zichen really thinks she's something special. She said she'd wait forever if he didn't go, and now she's playing the lovelorn card with him? Doesn't she realize it's too late?!

Lotus Leaf asked, "Miss, are you going?"

Ye Zhuxi crumpled the note again and again, her gaze fixed intently ahead...

"go"

Not only are we going, but we're also going to invite Mu Zichen's beloved Ye Fuyao to go with us...