Two days later, the Prince Qingyan's mansion was decorated with lights and colorful decorations early in the morning, with red and gold hangings all over the mansion, and there was an atmosphere of joy to celebrate the birthday of Prince Qingyan.

Ji Zhen also dressed up, which was rare for her. She wore a long dress with wide sleeves and red background embroidered with gold, and a goose yellow shawl with cloud pattern and silver sprinkled on it. She looked bright and beautiful, and looked extremely pretty.

Ji Zhen looked at herself in the mirror, looking at her slender waist that was less than a hand's width. After thinking for a while, she took out a soft sword and wrapped it around her belt, fastening it like a silver chain. She felt relieved. After all, both Princess Li Yuanzhen and Princess Xianyao Li Yuanying would be here today, so she had to make more preparations.

Everything was ready and it was still early, so Ji Zhen planned to take a look around the mansion. However, she didn't expect to run into Yun Zi and Jiang Yan as soon as she walked out of the room.

"Yun Zi pays respect to His Highness." Yun Zi was the first to salute.

"Jiang Yan pays his respects to Your Highness." Jiang Yan followed Yun Zi and bowed.

"No need to be polite." Ji Zhen stepped forward and helped the two of them up. He noticed with his sharp eyes that both of them were dressed well today.

Yunzi's long hair was still half hanging and half tied up. He wore a light blue robe with silver gauze, which made his fair skin look even smoother.

Jiang Yan, on the other hand, wore an apricot-red long gown with wide sleeves. The wide gown was gathered at the waist, and a wide brocade belt with silver edges was used to create a perfect figure. He was not as elegant as Yun Zi, but he looked more romantic and suave. Ji Zhen's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he praised the two of them generously:

"nice!"

Ji Zhen has always been surrounded by beauties. Yun Zi has never seen Ji Zhen praise anyone's beauty since she met her. Today's sudden compliment made Yun Zi blush.

He lowered his head and handed the small box in his hand to Ji Zhen, saying softly:

"I respectfully wish Your Highness a peaceful spring every year, and may we always meet your beautiful face."

Ji Zhen took the small box and asked curiously:

"what is this?"

Yunzi blushed even more and lowered her head and replied:

"This is the rouge I made for Your Highness. I have nothing but these, so I hope Your Highness will not despise me."

"Rouge? You can also make rouge!"

Ji Zhen didn't expect Yunzi to have such a skill, so she immediately opened the small box and saw a small glass rouge jar that was less than half the size of a palm. There was a ruby ​​embedded on the top of the jar lid, which was very dazzling against the backdrop of the morning light.

As soon as the lid of the rouge was opened, a rich and sweet fragrance wafted into Ji Zhen's nose. She took a deep sniff and felt intoxicated by the sweetness.

"It smells so good, so sweet and fragrant. It smells much better than what we usually have in the mansion!" Ji Zhen praised sincerely.

Jiang Yan, who was standing next to Yun Zi, took a step forward, raised the small box in his hand to Ji Zhen, and wished her well:

"I respectfully wish Your Highness to be as constant as the sun and as rising as the moon. May every day be a good day and every moment be a good moment."

Ji Zhen didn't expect that even Jiang Yan had prepared a birthday gift for her. She took it with great joy and opened it. It turned out to be a pair of huge, round pearl earrings.

Different from the pearls on ordinary jewelry, the pearls Jiang Yan sent reflected a layer of very beautiful pink under the morning light. Ji Zhen was very happy to see it.

You have to know that Ji Zhen wears military uniform all year round, so she basically doesn't wear hairpins, rings or jewelry. But not wearing them doesn't stop her from buying them. One of her few hobbies is buying jewelry for collection.

Among all the gold, silver and jewelry, Ji Zhen had a special preference for pearls. Therefore, Jiang Yan's pair of pearl earrings touched Ji Zhen's heart.

Yunzi took a deep look at Jiang Yan who was staring at Ji Zhen, took a step forward, moved sideways to block his gaze, and said to Ji Zhen:

"Your Highness, it's still early. Let me help you dress up."

Ji Zhen never wears makeup, not even the fairy powder that is popular among the noble ladies in Beijing. She wanted to reject Yunzi directly, but then she thought about it and accepted her rouge just now, so she agreed readily.

The three of them returned to Ji Zhen's room. Ji Zhen sat down in front of the bronze mirror. Yunzi took out the dressing box that had never been opened on the dressing table, took out the eyebrow pencil and lead powder, and applied it to Ji Zhen's face and drew her eyebrows.

After everything was ready, he applied the rouge he had personally prepared for her, little by little, on Ji Zhen's lips with his soft fingertips.

Ji Zhen sat quietly in front of the dressing table, letting him do whatever he wanted. She only occasionally glanced at the bronze mirror, watching Yun Zi in the mirror focusing on her lips.

Yunzi's skin was extremely white, his eyes were slightly lighter in color, and his eyebrows were long and deep. His eyelashes were thick and long, dark and curled up like wings, half covering his eyes that were fixed on her lips.

Ji Zhen was lost in thought: "Yunzi's hands are so soft, so soft and so deft. If it were Zhao Youqing, who knows what kind of ghostly appearance he would turn me into."

As Ji Zhen was thinking, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Zhao Youqing for several days since they parted outside the city.

Where has he gone?

Ji Zhen suddenly felt uneasy and immediately asked his servant to call the butler Wen Daoxing over.

When Wen Daoxing came, Jiang Yan was putting earrings on Ji Zhen. They were the pair of light pink pearl earrings that Jiang Yan had given her. Yun Zi picked up a comb, spread Ji Zhen's black hair, and tied her hair into a bun again.

The sight of him, surrounded by beauties and living a peaceful life, made a dark light flash across Wen Daoxing's eyes.

He stepped forward politely, bowed respectfully in front of Ji Zhen, and said:

"I wish Your Highness will always have a youthful and youthful appearance."

After saying that, he took out a small box from his sleeve and placed it respectfully in Ji Zhen's hand.

"what is this?"

Ji Zhen opened the small box and found a key inside.

"This is the key to the new storehouse of Dingyuan Bank. I will exchange the bank's small gold beads for yours and expand your business. I wonder if yours truly likes it."

Warehouse key?

Ji Zhen's eyes lit up immediately, and she smiled and gave Wen Daoxing a thumbs up, praising him sincerely:

"My Mr. Daoxing is the best at making money!"

Wen Daoxing maintained his usual indifferent expression without comment, but the joy in his eyes revealed that he was very pleased with Ji Zhen's praise.

"Your Highness, what do you want to see me about?" Wen Daoxing asked patiently.

"Oh, it's about the list. Is Zhao Youqing among the guests coming today?" Ji Zhen asked

"Yes, but..." Wen Daoxing paused and looked up at Ji Zhen.

"Just say what you want to say." Ji Zhen frowned slightly.

"Yes. Her Highness the Princess will also be attending the banquet today, so please make preparations early and go to the gate of the mansion to wait for Her Highness the Princess' carriage, so as to appear more respectful."

"So complicated."

Ji Zhen stood up with a look of disgust, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the gate of the palace reluctantly.

Maybe it was still early, Ji Zhen waited at the door for a while, and when she found that no one had come yet, she decided to go back to her room and sleep for a while.

Unexpectedly, just as she was about to leave, there was a sound of wheels rolling over the bluestone ground, and a carriage engraved with "Princess Xian Yao's Palace" stopped at the gate of the palace.

What Ji Zhen didn't expect was that the people who got off the carriage were Zhao Youqing and Li Yuanying.

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