The next day, the empress dowager sent someone to summon Xiao Li into the palace. She had already prepared a banquet to welcome her niece.

"I want the emerald green peony dress." Xiao Li picked out the most eye-catching one at a glance.

Gold branches and jade hairpins, embellished with red gems.

A touch of red amidst the green is vulgar and exaggerated, but absolutely bright and eye-catching.

She put on delicate makeup and decorated her eyebrows and eyes with pearls.

Her lip balm is bright scarlet, her skin is whiter than snow, and every glance is eye-catching and stunning.

After Hongyue and Lanyue combed her hair, they were unable to help. They were stunned to see her finish her makeup by herself.

Can I still draw like this?

Xiao Li stood up and turned around: "Why, it doesn't look good?"

The two were amazed and shook their heads stupidly: "It's not ugly, it's beautiful, it's just... beautiful beyond words."

They served the princess and had seen the world's top nobles. They had seen all kinds of luxurious and stunning dresses and all kinds of beautiful makeup, but this was different.

The green is too bright, the red is too eye-catching, and the makeup is bold enough.

There is a kind of vulgarity with all kinds of bright colors piled up. It does look a bit vulgar at first glance, but you will be attracted to it at first sight, and the more you look at it, the more special it seems.

Well, she is very beautiful, but also seems to be very bad. You can’t tell at first glance that she is not a good person and she is too aggressive.

Xiao Li touched his temples and said, "As long as it looks good."

Her outfit today was naturally the most eye-catching, so bright that even Lu Yanzhi, who was wearing a light green brocade robe with dark patterns, looked pale in comparison to her.

Xiao Li glanced at him, confused and puzzled. Why would a man like to wear green every day, especially when there were so many rumors flying around? Was he wearing green to annoy her or to remind her to do something?

"Princess."

Lu Yanzhi stared at Xiao Li for a few seconds, then turned away slightly uncomfortably.

Xiao Li glanced at him impatiently: "What's the matter?"

Lu Yanzhi coughed lightly: "Princess, are you going out?"

Xiao Li didn't even want to answer his boring questions. This guy was always in front of her, which was so annoying.

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The Empress Dowager doesn't like her, and County Lady Chen is also a bad person. Xiao Li would be stupid not to go there on her own, knowing that she is going to a den of tigers and wolves.

"Brother, why don't you go see Chen's sister?"

The emperor held the memorial in his hand, his face serious. "I have some urgent matters to deal with. You go ahead and I'll come back later."

How could Xiao Li possibly go there by herself? She walked to the imperial desk and half-leaned over: "Royal brother, is Miss Chen here to get engaged this time?"

The emperor looked up at her, just one glance, and almost forgot what he was going to say.

This green...

"You still care about her?"

Xiao Li sighed, "I don't want to care either, but my royal brother knows that my relationship with her has never been good. If she marries a powerful husband, won't she bully me to death in the future?"

The emperor felt as if he was stabbed because he thought that he might be Chen Pingting's future husband.

"These are all things from our youth. Now you are all grown up and sensible. She won't do anything stupid."

Xiao Li retorted, "That's not necessarily true. Even if she was young and naive before, I stole the man she loved. Who knows how she's thinking about torturing me."

The emperor frowned: "What do you mean by stealing his beloved man?"

Xiao Li blinked: "Brother, you don't know that she likes Lu Yanzhi, right?"

Xiao Li snorted coldly, "After you granted her the marriage three years ago, she wanted to eat me. If she hadn't been so young at the time, she would have fought with me. After that, every time she came back, she would have been playing tricks on me and secretly trying to show her affection to the prince consort. Now that she's back, she might have heard some news and think I was going to divorce her with Lu Yanzhi so I could get the upper hand."

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see if she will target me for Lu Yanzhi."

Seeing that the emperor's face looked unpleasant, Xiao Li knew that he had applied the right eye drops.

Even though the Chen family is his maternal family, it doesn't mean he would be happy if the Chen family plotted against him.

For the sake of the Empress Dowager's face, he had to take this cousin as his concubine, but if this cousin liked someone else in her heart, and this person was his brother-in-law, would he not mind?

It's a common problem among emperors. I may not care about you, but if you don't care about me and still think about others, then it's your fault.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

"Princess Xuanyang has arrived!"

Xiao Li followed behind the emperor, taking advantage of the emperor's power and feeling very good.

I could hear laughter and joy just now, but now I can hear it all.

Everyone inside, except the Queen Mother, stood up to greet them.

The woman standing on one side was the eldest lady of the Chen family. Sitting on the main seat was a young and beautiful woman sitting right next to the empress dowager. She was none other than Chen Pingting, the county lady of the Chen family.

"No need to be polite."

The eldest lady of the Chen family asked the emperor about his well-being and acted like an elder, treating him as her own nephew.

The emperor's expression was still polite, but he was actually a little displeased. However, Madam Chen didn't think so, and the empress dowager didn't notice it either. Instead, she kept praising Chen Pingting, calling her your cousin all the time.

The Empress Dowager and Madam Chen clearly intended to bring the two together, but unfortunately the Emperor did not respond, and Chen Pingting was not very willing either. She said a few perfunctory words and then directed her criticism at Xiao Li.

"Cousin Xuanyang, why did you come here alone? Where is your husband?"

His words sounded innocent, but there was no kindness in his eyes, he seemed to be looking for trouble.

Xiao Li glanced at the emperor and saw him frowning, then he replied with disdain: "He's annoying to look at, I don't want to bring him here."

Chen Pingting laughed sarcastically, "I think your husband is unwilling to come because he dislikes you, right? Look at what you're wearing, it's so green, it's really eye-catching."

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