November 25, the ninth year of Zhaoping.

Red Sand Empire.

Capital city.

East Palace.

The news that Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess was returning to the capital arrived the day before yesterday.

Chenyou Palace.

Lu Jinshu hung a brocade dress with a silver thread and fine pattern on the rack.

The clothes have been carefully ironed. The golden auspicious clouds on the cuffs and the large orchids on the waist echo each other. Every detail exudes delicacy and complexity.

Jiufu carefully took out a emerald green hairpin from the jewelry box. "I think this hairpin matches this dress best. Master, if you wear this to welcome His Highness tomorrow, you will definitely outshine that bitch from Yunguang Palace."

"That bitch in Yunguang Palace" refers to Bai Lin, the noble servant who lives in Yunguang Palace.

When Ling Shumo left Beijing, she verbally raised Bai Lin's position, but she left in a hurry, and Bai Lin's body was covered with wounds from being beaten by the Princess Royal. For these two reasons, the ceremony to officially promote Bai Lin to the rank of fourth-rank noble attendant was not held.

But these did not affect Bai Lin, as they had become established facts for the noble servant.

Jiufu's round face was puffed up with anger, "He is really too much. He just relied on those injuries to gain sympathy in front of His Highness and was lucky enough to be promoted.

Now he is so proud that he can't even find the north. He doesn't even take you, the master, seriously and wants to compete with the people of Chenyou Palace for everything.

There were only three pieces of Liuyun brocade sent from the Western Regions in the warehouse, and he took the two best-looking ones. Only one piece of dark green material was left, and the color was so old-fashioned that even if clothes were made, the master wouldn't be able to wear them.

Lu Jinshu actually quite liked the dark green material, but when he thought that the cloth was the one left over by Bai Lin, he felt very unlucky.

There are only three male masters in the Eastern Palace's harem.

The princess now looks completely useless.

After His Highness left, it was only him and Bai Lin here.

The expenses of a fourth-rank noble attendant were not even a little bit lower than those of a third-rank wise king like him.

But in fact, Bai Lin is now the best in everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Those were the things that Bai Lin had left over, and only then could they be his.

The servants in the Eastern Palace all felt that Bai Lin had surpassed the Crown Princess, who had always been the only favorite, so they tried their best to please Bai Lin.

Lu Jinshu thought so at first, but gradually, other ideas came into his mind.

Those slaves who flatter the powerful and look down on the weak don’t realize that they have reversed the cause and effect.

It wasn't because Her Highness the Princess felt sorry for Bai Lin that she locked the Princess in the woodshed.

It was obvious that Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess had long since disliked the Crown Princess, and Bai Lin was just a fuse.

If someone else were to take Bai Lin's position, the Princess would still fall.

After Lu Jinshu realized this, he no longer took Bai Lin seriously.

But that was just his idea.

Those servants who cannot see the truth are now trampling on him, the wise king who offended the new nobles in the Eastern Palace.

Lu Jinshu had no intention of resisting at all. He endured it again and again until the day before yesterday, when he finally received the long-awaited news.

Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess is returning to the palace.

Lu Jinshu opened the drawer of the desk, twisted the secret compartment at the bottom, and took out an exquisite pink porcelain vase.

Lu Jinshu pulled out the cork blocking the bottle mouth, poured out an almost transparent pill from it, and then put it into his mouth with great care.

This tablet is for soothing the throat.

It was the medicine that Liu Yuanshi left for him before leaving Beijing.

Lu Jinshu was 90% sure that he had saved Bai Lin's face. The only thing he was not satisfied with was that his voice had not yet recovered to its best condition.

…

The next day.

Lu Jinshu and Bai Lin were waiting at the gate of the East Palace early.

Ling Shumo arrived in Kyoto early in the morning, but she did not return to the East Palace immediately. Instead, she went into the palace to pay her respects to the Emperor and the Empress.

The autumn wind is already very cold.

Jiufu tied the cloak that Lu Jinshu was wearing tighter to ensure that the cold wind would not pass through the gaps in the clothes.

Just when everyone felt that their feet had been frozen to the point of losing sensation.

The carriage they were waiting for finally arrived at the door.

A powerful horse neigh attracted everyone's attention, and then a slender hand slowly lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Ling Shumo got out of the car with big strides, but did not leave immediately. Instead, she turned around and reached out to hold the delicate hand of the person inside.

The first thing that caught everyone's eye was a moon-white sleeve. Then, Xue Wu, wearing a white veil, was supported by Ling Shumo and slowly got off the carriage.

Ling Shumo naturally tidied up the messy hair on Xue Wu's temples.

At this moment, a light breeze happened to blow by.

The white gauze on Xue Wu's face danced in the wind. The knot of the gauze seemed to have loosened, and the whole piece of gauze was swept into the sky by the wind.

The veil that covered her face was gone.

Xue Wu's breathtakingly beautiful face was exposed nakedly in front of everyone.

Xue Wu's attendant Zhu Ye hurriedly chased the white gauze, and was lucky enough that the wind direction in the sky suddenly changed, and the gauze was blown back into Xue Wu's hands.

Xue Wu was about to cover her face again when Ling Shumo casually crumpled up the gauze and stuffed it into the servant's hand. "I asked you to wear a veil because I was afraid other women would see your face. Now that you're home, you don't need to wear a veil anymore. You must be uncomfortable wearing a piece of cloth under your eyes all day long."

Bai Lin had never seen Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess treat someone so gently.

He stared at Xue Wu with his eyes fixed, and the handkerchief in his hand had been torn into a small hole at some point.

The clothes Bai Lin was wearing today were made from the Liuyun brocade that was tributed from the Western Regions.

He was originally very proud of his outfit, but when he met Xue Wu, he realized that in front of Xue Wu, all his fancy attire seemed like a joke.

Xue Wu is an enchanting rose, and he is just a green leaf used to decorate the rose.