Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

After all the hassle, it was almost time to enter the palace. Everyone was discussing how to prepare to enter the palace when they heard a servant outside come to report that Prince Guangping had arrived!

Chu Xiaoyi originally thought that today was the emperor's birthday and Li Chu would go to the palace early and would not come, but he did not expect that he would actually come, so he said, "Please come quickly!"

After saying this, the servant walked out quickly and invited Li Chu in.

Li Chu strode into the main hall, first greeted several elders, and then sat down.

After sitting down, he happened to see Dugu Jingyao sitting across from him. He thought to himself that Jingyao was refreshing again today, like a fairy. He felt that he could always see a different side of Jingyao. If Jingyao married him in the future, wouldn't that be...

Before he could finish his thought, he heard Dugu Xin at the top ask, "My dear nephew, my dear nephew!"

Li Chu came back to his senses and looked at Dugu Xin: "Ah? Uncle, you called me?"

Dugu Xin knew that Li Chu was looking at his daughter, and he could hardly move his eyes away. How could this be so shameless in public! I haven't even agreed to marry my daughter to you, and you're so unrestrained?

Dugu Xin suppressed his inner anger. If Li Chu didn't answer, he would probably call him by his name!

Dugu Xin suppressed his anger and said, "Chu'er, what are you looking at? So engrossed?"

Li Chu also noticed that Dugu Xin seemed to be a little angry, so he didn't hide it: "I was just looking at Jingyao..." Then he added: "And Jingyue! They are really beautiful today, and my nephew was accidentally dazzled by them."

Hearing Dugu Xin praising his two daughters, Chu Xinyu's anger subsided a lot. Before Dugu Xin could speak again, Chu Xinyu spoke first: "Cousin, you only look at the two sisters, don't you see me?"

Li Chu turned and looked at Chu Xinyu with a faint smile: "Yu'er is also very beautiful today, you guys will definitely shine today!"

Chu Xinyu felt much more relieved after hearing what Li Chu said. She smiled so happily that she couldn't close her mouth!

Then, returning to the main topic, Li Chu said, "Because the birthday banquet will not begin until the evening, I will take you all to the Eastern Palace first. You will have lunch there, and then go directly to the birthday banquet. Because the emperor is old, the birthday banquet will start earlier and end earlier."

Several elders said they understood.

Then everyone followed Li Chu, got on the carriage prepared early in the morning, and headed towards the palace.

The others, unlike them, had entered the palace much earlier due to their connections with the Crown Prince or Crown Princess. Therefore, some women from aristocratic families were still diligently rehearsing performances and birthday celebrations at home.

Of course, there were exceptions, like Cui Caiping, who was still trying to decide what to wear. After a long search, she found that neither this nor that seemed right. Finally, she took out the Xise Liuxian dress made of tribute fabric that her aunt, the Imperial Concubine, had gifted her. After comparing and trying it on, she was finally satisfied. However, she still had some time before entering the palace, so to look her best, she took it off after just one try and put it on again when she was almost there.

On the other side, Li Chu and his companions arrived at the palace, and Li Chu led them to walk for two quarters of an hour to the East Palace.

Li Chu asked the eunuch to pass the message and then entered with a few people. In fact, the Crown Princess had been looking forward to it for a long time, but she had to maintain her image as the Crown Princess and could not show too much excitement.

But Li Ruo was different. Joy was already visible on her face, and she couldn't wait to go to the door to greet them.

Everyone came in together and bowed, saying, "Your sons and daughters greet the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. May the Crown Prince and Crown Princess be blessed with good health."

The prince called them up and indicated that since they were all family, they should not be so formal and should sit down quickly.

That being said, they dared not really be disrespectful. What if someone caught them and accused them of being disrespectful by relying on their relationship with the Crown Princess?

The Crown Princess then took notice of the attire of the other women in the household and asked Wei Jiayan, "Yan'er, why do I feel like you look much better after not seeing you for two days? You actually look a lot younger."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince also looked at his sister-in-law and nodded slightly, saying, "Yes, she looks younger! It's only been two days, how did you do that?"

Wei Jiayan covered her lips with a smile and said, "Sister and brother-in-law, thank you for your praise. This is all thanks to Yue'er!"

So the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess looked at Dugu Jingyue, but found that today not only Wei Jiayan and Dugu Jingyue, but even Dugu Jingyao and Chu Xinyu seemed to have become dazzling!

Yes, when Li Ruo looked at them, she was also amazed. She thought she had dressed very well, but why did she feel that she was still not as good as these people?

The Crown Princess asked Dugu Jingyue, "Yue'er, how did you do it?"

Liu Jingyue bowed formally to the head of the family and said, "My dear Crown Princess, I was bored at home and researched some makeup techniques. I didn't expect the results to be quite good, so I tried it on my sister first. Later, Aunt Chu saw it and thought it was good, so I tried it on my sister Yu'er as well."

Then he added: "If the Crown Princess does not mind my crude skills, I can give them to you."

The Crown Princess seemed puzzled and asked, "Can I do that too?"

Liu Jingyue nodded vigorously and said, "Of course!"

Li Ruo interjected at the right moment: "Then can I do it too?"

Liu Jingyue looked at Li Ruo and nodded: "Of course!"

After receiving a positive answer, Li Ruo looked at the Crown Princess and said, "Mother, I want to try!"

Seeing her daughter's eagerness to become more beautiful, the Crown Princess said gently, "You should ask Yue'er about this. This is not for me to decide."

Li Ruo looked at Dugu Jingyue again with expectant eyes. Liu Jingyue thought that she originally wanted to promote her makeup skills to the Crown Princess, so of course it was possible.

So he nodded and said, "Of course!"

Because it would take some time to return to Li Ruo's bedroom, I helped Li Ruo change her makeup in the side hall of Zhaoyang Palace.