The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

While pondering, Yue Li subconsciously reached for the jade pendant she often played with when no one was around. As expected, she didn't find the pendant. Only then did Yue Li realize that she had changed her clothes.

Getting up, Yue Li went to the bedside and searched under the pillow and under the thin blanket, but couldn't find her jade pendant.

Upon seeing this, Yue Li's heart skipped a beat. Could it have been lost while walking on the street last night?

Clinging to a sliver of hope, she turned to Jin Chenyuan, who was still fanning her, and said, "Did you see my jade pendant? It's a milky-white, round piece, about the size of a palm, with a tiger carved on it."

Jin Chenyuan had already guessed what was going on when he saw Yue Li stand up and look for something on the bed. Now that Yue Li was anxiously asking about the jade pendant, his guess was confirmed.

"I found a jade pendant on my bed this morning, but it looks like it was worn by a man. Did some man give it to Li Bao?" Jin Chenyuan asked tentatively.

"Really! You saw that jade pendant? Where is it? Give it to me quickly!" The unexpected turn of events relieved Yue Li's anxiety.

If she had lost the jade pendant while walking on the street last night, she would have been heartbroken.

This is a Spirit-Attracting Jade that she never obtained even when she was in the cultivation world!

Although the Spirit-Attracting Jade didn't bring her much benefit in this world with scarce spiritual energy, isn't it true that what you don't get is the best?

Back in the cultivation world, she longed to obtain a Spirit-Attracting Jade, but never succeeded. Now that she has it in this world, she treasures it dearly.

Seeing Yue Li's urgency, Jin Chenyuan turned around and went to the bedside. His left hand moved somewhere, and a small drawer popped out from the bedside.

Jin Chenyuan picked up two items from the small drawer, closed it again, and then turned around and handed them to Yue Li, who had come with him.

"Li Bao, check if this is the jade pendant and this purse. They were found on the bed."

Taking the item from Jin Chenyuan's hand, Yue Li nodded repeatedly, "It's this jade pendant. I almost thought I had lost it."

Returning to the round table, Yue Li placed the purse on it and carefully examined the jade pendant. Seeing that the pendant was intact, Yue Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the purse that Yue Li had tossed onto the round table, and then at the jade pendant that she was holding so carefully, Jin Chenyuan felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, he knew in his heart who the jade pendant originally belonged to.

"Li Bao hasn't told me yet which man gave her this jade pendant? Why is she treating it so carefully?" Jin Chenyuan's words were tinged with a hint of sourness.

Hearing Jin Chenyuan's strange words, Yue Li gave him a curious look. Since Jin Chenyuan had already seen the jade pendant, Yue Li no longer hid it, but played with it in her hand. After all, the capital was so far away from Qingyuan Prefecture, she believed that the owner of the jade pendant would not find out.

"I obtained this from a wounded man who was dying before I entered Qingyuan Mansion. I healed his wounds and took the jade pendant from him as payment for his life."

Yue Li handed the jade pendant towards Jin Chenyuan and said proudly, "Look, what do you think? Isn't this jade pendant nice?"

Hearing Yue Li's words and looking at the jade pendant handed to him, Jin Chenyuan said indifferently, "The jade pendant is of good quality, but there are even better jade pendants in the Prince's mansion's storeroom. Would you like to take a look, Li Bao? If you like it, you can wear it with you."

Looking at that jade pendant, Jin Chenyuan found it an eyesore. He thought that if Yue Li saw a jade pendant of better quality, she might forget about it.

However, he had no intention of telling Yue Li who the jade pendant belonged to, nor did he intend to tell Feng Yuanxi where the jade pendant was.

After all, as Yue Li said, this was money to buy a life, and Yue Li did indeed save Feng Yuanxi and gave him so many good pills. Who knows how many more times those pills will save Feng Yuanxi in the future.

Yue Li: ……

Is she concerned about the quality of the jade pendant?

What she cared about was the function of the jade pendant and the benefits it brought her.

However, Jin Chenyuan did not wait for Yue Li to refuse before leading her to the dressing table. Under Yue Li's puzzled gaze, he first had someone waiting outside bring warm water to wash Yue Li's face and help her put on makeup.

Because Yue Li's skin was already fair and delicate enough, Jin Chenyuan didn't apply powder or rouge to her. He only drew her eyebrows and applied lip rouge before starting to style Yue Li's hair.

His slender fingers ran through Yue Li's dark hair, and soon, Yue Li's originally loose hair was transformed into an exquisite and beautiful bun. Jin Chenyuan then took out a jade hairpin from a box full of jewelry and inserted it into the bun. He turned to look at Yue Li and said, "Wearing only a hairpin is still too plain."

As she spoke, she took out a pearl hairpin with tassels from the box, put it on Yue Li's hair, turned to face Yue Li, looked her over, and then nodded in satisfaction. "If you're not going out, you don't need to wear too many hairpins, they're too heavy. If you're just at home, this is fine."

Yue Li: ……

She had never dressed herself up like this before, but now she didn't have to say a word or move a finger to be dressed up.

Looking at the neatly combed hair in the blurry bronze mirror, Yue Li happily raised her hand and carefully touched it, praising, "How are you so amazing? You can even comb such an intricate hairstyle for a woman."

Besides buns and ponytails, she can only do one fishtail braid; the rest she can only admire.

Seeing that Yue Li liked it, Jin Chenyuan was also very happy. "I can also style many different hairstyles. I'll give Li Bao a different hairstyle every day, how about that?"

At this moment, Jin Chenyuan felt that the skills he had been forced to learn by his mother to take care of his wife could finally be put to good use.

Yue Li was naturally happy to be dressed up beautifully every day without having to do anything herself, but, "Isn't this too much trouble for you?"

"No trouble at all. Aren't we men learning these things precisely to please our wives?"

"Does this mean all men have to learn these things?" Yue Li asked in surprise, touching her hair.

"Pretty much. Anyone who wants to take care of his wife personally must learn how to take care of her. Dressing her and styling her hair are things he needs to learn."