Resisting the Wind and Splendor

into the night.

Chu Yueli changed into a plain white dress.

Zisu was somewhat puzzled: "Miss, tonight is a formal palace banquet. Her Majesty the Empress will be displeased."

"Isn't it pretty?" Chu Yueli asked with a smile.

Zisu shook her head: "Beautiful, like a fairy descending to earth."

"Since it looks so good, why is the Empress not happy?" She walked towards the front yard.

Zisu followed closely behind: "The banquet is going to be very grand, and everyone will be dressed up to show off their beauty. Miss, you are so plain and stand out from the crowd. I'm afraid the Empress will think that you are too scheming."

The struggle among the women in the imperial harem was all about being different and original, which was what the empress despised most.

"It's alright, the Empress won't be angry with me tonight."

As soon as Chu Yueli arrived at the front yard, she saw Chu Xiaohe standing beside the carriage, looking worried.

"Ah Li, don't go to the banquet tonight." Chu Xiaohe immediately went to greet Chu Yue Li when he saw her come out.

"If I don't go, it means I'm truly afraid of those rumors and ashamed to death hiding at home. Doesn't that just further prove the credibility of the rumors?"

“But if you go, you will definitely face a lot of criticism. My elder brother has to toast the Emperor tonight and can't stay by your side often. I'm afraid…”

"Big brother, don't be afraid. I'm no longer the little Ali who needed protection."

Chu Yueli smiled, said nothing more, and got into the carriage first.

Helpless, Chu Xiaohe had no choice but to step forward as well.

The road to the palace wasn't long, but the carriage moved so slowly it felt like half a lifetime had passed.

After entering the palace, Chu Xiaohe was indeed dragged away by a group of generals to drink.

At first, Chu Yueli was worried that her elder brother would feel uncomfortable. After all, although no one said it to his face, everyone in the capital knew that his body had been ruined.

Bad news travels fast, and there are always countless busybodies.

But seeing that her older brother was gradually becoming more cheerful, she felt relieved.

Zisu was also watching Chu Xiaohe from afar, her face full of worry.

Instead, Chu Yueli comforted him, saying, "Don't panic, I'm already researching effective medicines, and we'll be able to cure him eventually."

Zisu nodded.

Such a good young master, harmed like this by Tuoba Feiyuan, who wouldn't feel heartbroken?

As the master and servant entered the Imperial Garden, they immediately felt strange gazes coming from all directions.

They pretended not to see anything and took their seats under the guidance of the palace maids.

At first, everyone was relatively quiet, but soon, some whispers began to circulate.

The final topic of conversation all turned to Chu Yueli.

"I heard that the shouting was extremely loud and could be heard clearly from several tents away. I don't know what the soldiers thought when they heard it. It's unimaginable."

"Look at how she's dressed. Her clothes are spotless white, but her body..."

"I heard that those tents were drafty, and the curtains could be blown open by the wind from time to time, so what would she look like naked..."

"Good heavens, now that you mention it, I get goosebumps all over! Could it be that the soldiers have seen everything?"

"Does Prince Jin still want her?"

"Now the news has spread far and wide, and everyone knows that she and Prince Jin have been intimate. If Prince Jin doesn't want her, wouldn't he be a heartless man?"

"That's true! So, these so-called rumors are actually beneficial to her? Could it be that she ordered people to spread them on her own?"

"This is too shameless! She's willing to do anything to force the prince to marry her! I never would have guessed!"

The crowd discussed it animatedly, and in the end, they all came to the same conclusion—

The rumors that ruined Chu Yueli's reputation were not deliberately spread by someone to harm her; it was clearly something she herself intentionally spread in order to become the Princess Consort of Jin!

When Lu Fengjin arrived, these whispers inadvertently reached his ears.

His handsome face instantly turned completely dark!

Tuoba Feiyuan, walking beside him, looked even more unpleasant: "Didn't you say you never touched her? Lu Fengjin, how dare you lie to me?"