Chapter 232 Invitation from the Palace
During this process, she learned from the maid that the tall and thin young man who helped her get off the carriage was named Luo Yang, and he was one of the Marshal's capable men.
I don’t know what she was thinking about, but her face turned red.
After that, Bai Li was secretly on guard. Everything was calm for one or two days and the emperor did not summon him.
On the morning of the third day, Wu Lanzhi received an invitation letter from the palace.
When she opened it, she found out that it was Concubine Shu's birthday in three days. Concubine Shu had specially invited ministers and their wives to a banquet and invite them to the palace to accompany her to enjoy the flowers and celebrate her birthday.
It’s hard to say, it’s also a celebrity blind date conference.
"No, help me push it!"
Bai Li was extremely annoyed. In the past two days, high-ranking officials and ministers had often come to her to make friends with her by offering the reputation of the women in her mansion, but she turned them down one by one, using the excuse that she had pockmarks on her face and it was inconvenient for her to go out. There was nothing they could do.
Bai Li herself found it funny when she thought about it. She had used this trick when she was in Simon Country, but she didn't expect it to work in the Great Zhou as well.
So will she use this trick every time she doesn't want to show up in the future?
No matter whether it is a new trick or an old trick, as long as it works, it is a good trick!
"This time it's different. It's not easy to push."
Wu Lanzhi sighed. Most people couldn't even ask for an invitation to the palace, let alone turn it down.
Besides, no one has the courage to turn down an invitation from the palace!
"So, you mean, I have to go? Even if I'm sick?"
"If you are sick, the palace will send an imperial physician to treat you under the pretext of concern."
Wu Lanzhi saw through her thoughts at a glance and gave her a look that said, "Don't pretend to be sick. You can't hide it from the imperial physician, and it will only cause more trouble later."
Bai Li scratched his hair in annoyance. "Then go ahead. It's just a birthday party, you're not going to eat me?!"
Bai Li stretched out his legs and put them on the tea table, leaned back, and spread his hands. He looked as scoundrel as possible, not like a woman at all. Even Wu Lanzhi felt angry when she saw him.
If her father Bai Zongren saw this, he would chase her for two miles and beat her.
Although, in the end, I don’t know who will be drawn...
"Of course I have to go. Not only that, I have to dress up beautifully!"
There was no one else around, so Wu Lanzhi pulled her over and looked her up and down, front and back, shaking her head.
She was wearing a short, dull grey shirt and her hair was tied in a high ponytail. At first glance, I thought she was a young man.
Although, the big part is big enough, and the small waist is small enough to fit in one hand...
"First, you need to order clothes, a bun with pearl hairpins, jewelry, accessories... Oh, I have to go shopping!"
"No, the emperor sent me some princess clothes, but I didn't wear them."
The next day, the emperor sent her the keys to the princess's mansion, the house deeds, the territorial documents, etc. However, the princess's mansion still needed to be cleaned up, and she could not move in for a few days.
"No, that's too formal, not suitable for a flower viewing party. I'd have to order a few sets of party clothes and some casual clothes, and the clothes would also need to match..."
"Alright, alright, it gives me a headache just listening to this. Just put a simple hairpin on it. Don't make me look like a flower and make me uncomfortable!"
"Sister, my elder sister, I call you elder sister, you know you are a woman, right?"
Wu Lanzhi held her forehead with her hand. If her three points were not so prominent, she would really suspect that she was a man.
"I'm a woman. Not to mention in the military camp, I have to dress up well at home, otherwise it would be a waste of my natural beauty."
These soldiers go out in the wind and rain all day long, sleep in the open air, and fight on the battlefield. Their skin is not much different from men's, rough, black and yellow.
Looking at her again, wow, I don’t know what she looks like. Her skin is whiter and tenderer than that of a girl in seclusion. She doesn’t look like someone who runs around outside at all.
She was always the one rushing to the front, and she didn't take any protective measures, but she was whiter and more tender than anyone else.
The exposed skin on the face, hands, feet, and ankles is like a peeled egg, shining with a bright white light, which makes people envious and jealous.
Wu Lanzhi could only say: This is really unfair.
The two of them had just decided on a few sets of clothes and some jewelry when someone from Wu Lanzhi's family came.
The visitor was the steward of the Wu Mansion. He handed Wu Lanzhi an invitation and left.
After reading it, Wu Lanzhi said helplessly, "That's good, we can keep each other company."
Before this, she didn't dare to hope to attend the banquet in the palace.
After all, the fact that she was abducted by Zhao Yuntian to be trained as a tool had already become common knowledge, and she was labeled as dirty and unclean.
The emperor must have seen that she had made military achievements after joining the army, so he deliberately promoted her status.
Just for this, she must be grateful to the emperor and remember it for the rest of her life.
For the next three days, Bai Li completely gave up and let Wu Lanzhi do whatever she wanted to her.
Wu Lanzhi came from a family of officials and had a high vision. She understood clothing matching, etiquette, and social skills better than her. It would be a good idea to leave it to her. She would have to buy some herself anyway, so she was too lazy to worry about it.
Wu Lanzhi was extremely busy during these three days, selecting fabrics, accessories, asking a tailor to come to her house to take measurements, etc. She had to make enough for two people, and she was so busy that she had no time to rest.
Fortunately, she had Lu'er's help. She knew which fabrics were good and which craftsmen had good skills, which saved her a lot of effort and she was able to catch up on time.
Time flies, and three days have passed in a blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, Bai Li was pulled out of bed by Wu Lanzhi and sat in front of the dressing table for a long time.
When she opened her eyes, she was almost frightened by the monster in the bronze mirror.
"What kind of makeup are you wearing? You might as well not wear any."
The girl in the bronze mirror had two smears of blush on her paper-figure-like pale face, and her mouth was painted like a round button, which made her slightly upturned lips disappear, making her look weird and extremely ugly.
"Are you sure this ghostly appearance isn't meant to scare people?"
Bai Li seriously suspected that the people here had a problem with their aesthetic sense. They felt that only by turning people into ghosts could they be considered beautiful.
Lu Er said at a loss, "This is a classic beauty makeup, it's really not suitable for the Marshal."
"Is it okay to not wear makeup?"
"This... The Marshal has fair and rosy skin, so he should be fine without makeup."
Wu Lanzhi was busy with herself and had no time to pay attention to Bai Li.
Bai Li called Lu'er to fetch some water and washed off the layers of powder on her face. Afraid that it wasn't clean enough, she rubbed it hard until her face turned red and painful.
She raised her head and wiped off the water stains. Her pretty face was like a lotus emerging from the water, fair and radiant with a hint of redness, her cheeks were red without any dye, her lips were vermilion without any makeup, her eyebrows were like distant ink, and her eyes were like autumn water. What a natural beauty!
"Look at you, you're so elegant and refined, you make me look so vulgar!"
Wu Lanzhi, who had just finished putting on makeup, turned her head and saw it. Her eyes widened and she almost drooled.
After being amazed, I looked at my own makeup and it was simply unbearable to look at.
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