Ye Zhen came out of the upper room, and as soon as she returned to her own room, Daimei came in and told her that the cousin of the Chen family asked to see her.
"Which cousin?" Ye Zhen asked suspiciously.
Dai Mei said, "It's the second girl of the Chen family."
Chen Liping? Ye Zhen could probably guess the purpose of the other party's visit, she smiled and said, "Please come in."
The two cousin girls also lived in Lu's house for a while, and they refused to go back to the residence that Chen's house arranged for them. Ye Zhen couldn't understand what their purpose was.
Chen Qiuping is interested in Lu Lingzhi and always likes to inquire about Lu Lingzhi, but Mrs. Lu seems to have no intention of asking Lu Lingzhi to marry Chen Qiuping.
Thinking about it, Lu Lingzhi is already a dignified Lord Marquis, and his future wife will be Mrs. Marquis, who has to face the entertainment between various aristocratic families in the capital. Chen Qiuping's background is too low to handle the big scene, and now the Lu family needs it most. The most important thing is to marry other aristocratic families in order to improve the Lu family's status in the capital.
Chen Liping came in with a brocade box in her hand, and looked at Ye Zhen with a smile, "Yaoyao, I got two new pearl hairpins, I'll bring you one, you can see if you like it."
"I have a lot of pearl hairpins, you should keep them for yourself." Ye Zhen smiled, she will not be rewarded for nothing, Chen Liping is not usually generous, but today she will give her pearl hairpins, it must be something she wants.
"Yaoyao, you are going to enter the palace tomorrow, are you... nervous and scared?" Chen Liping put the brocade box on the table, staring straight at Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen nodded, "Nervous, I've never been in the palace before, how can I not be afraid."
Chen Liping looked at her enviously, "You will be fine, if you can enter the palace to see the imperial concubine, it would be great if I can also enter the palace."
"Maybe there will be a chance in the future." Ye Zhen lowered her head and took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
"Yaoyao, can you... take me into the palace with you?" Chen Liping looked at her pleadingly, she didn't dare to go to Mrs. Lu, so she could only come to Lu Yaoyao.
She felt that Lu Yaoyao must be more convincing than Madam Lu, as long as she went to tell Madam Lu, maybe...she could enter the palace with her.
With her appearance, even if she was not as good as Yaoyao, she was still pretty and beautiful, and she always wanted to find a chance for herself.
Ye Zhen laughed secretly in her heart, did Chen Liping coax her like a child? Why should she bring her into the palace? At that time, Mrs. Lu thought she was capricious and ignorant, so she insisted on bringing Chen Liping with her.
She could imagine that as long as she agreed, when Mrs. Lu asked, Chen Liping would definitely say that she had to find someone to accompany her because she was nervous and scared.
"You have to go to grandma about this matter, I can't decide." Ye Zhen shook her head hastily, with a look of panic on her face.
Chen Liping coaxed, "As long as you tell the old lady, she will definitely agree."
Ye Zhen bit her lower lip lightly, clasped her hands together, "I won't tell you, if it were really that easy, the old lady would agree not to let me enter the palace."
"With me by your side, you won't be nervous." Chen Liping said angrily.
"Since you want to enter the palace so much, then you can tell the old lady yourself, the old lady will definitely agree." Ye Zhen said innocently.
Seeing her resolute refusal to take her into the palace, Chen Liping became angry, "It's fine if you don't want to, I just hope that you will go into the palace tomorrow and lose face."
Ye Zhen looked at her timidly, her pair of black and shining eyes were like stars in the middle of the night.
Seeing her exquisite and beautiful appearance, Chen Liping was jealous again, and grabbed the brocade box on the table, "Since you don't like my things, I'll take them back."
"I don't look down on..." Ye Zhen whispered.
Chen Liping had already left angrily.
Seeing her leaving back, Ye Zhen couldn't help laughing out loud, she really didn't hide it at all, even took away the pearl hairpin that she said she would give it to her.
In the evening, Mrs. Pei gave Ye Zhen a set of newly made clothes for her to wear into the palace tomorrow.
"Mother, is this color too bright?" Ye Zhen looked at the pink clothes spread out on the bed, she had no idea of wearing them into the palace at all.
Mrs. Pei gave her an angry look, "You are at a tender age now, don't you want to dress more beautifully, do you have to wait until later?"
Ye Zhen shook her head vigorously, "I'd better wear this."
What she was referring to was the probably new moon-blue dress with a pattern of small clusters of flowers. The color was neither plain nor light, just the way she liked it.
"Is this too plain?" Mrs. Pei frowned and asked, "What if the imperial concubine doesn't like it?"
"Mother, I think... it's better not to be too eye-catching when entering the palace. Although this dress is beautiful, it is not suitable for entering the palace. I will wear it later." Ye Zhen put her arm around Pei's arm coquettishly.
If she really dressed so brightly and entered the palace ostentatiously, Lu Shuang'er would definitely remember her. She had seen that woman's jealousy before.
If possible, she would like to use some medicinal juice on her face tomorrow... Ye Zhen suddenly had an idea, maybe, she should do something on her face tomorrow.
Pei didn't force Ye Zhen, anyway, she didn't want her daughter to enter the palace like a noble concubine in the future, she just hoped that she could find a good husband's family, a safe and happy life is enough.
"Then it's up to you." She smiled, "You, I really didn't know that after you came back, you would become so thoughtful."
Ye Zhen leaned on Pei's shoulder, "Because I've grown up."
Pei pinched her cheek, smiled without saying a word.
In the early morning of the next day, the sky was not completely clear, and even the breath in the winter morning was so cold that it pierced into the heart. Ye Zhen stood on the stone steps and watched the thick fog covering the entire Lu family mansion.
She began to stretch her limbs, jumped a few times on the spot, and started to do a set of boxing moves that were very strange in the eyes of outsiders. She used to think that these movements were strange and should not be done by a lady, but her father insisted that she do it every day. I practiced it every morning, and it felt like martial arts but not like martial arts, it was limp and had no strength.
But it is really helpful to the body. Originally, Lu Yaoyao was ill and her body was very weak. Although she had a spiritual spring, she still insisted on practicing the boxing techniques taught by her father every morning.
When a majestic morning glow appeared in the eastern sky, a thin layer of sweat broke out on Ye Zhen's body. She poured water on her eyebrows, washed up, and then changed into the clothes she had prepared yesterday.
The thin cotton clothes printed with small indigo flowers in moon blue, and the lake blue dress underneath, although this dress is not as beautiful as yesterday's peach red, but it still makes her look slim, making her skin white as jade.
Ye Zhen looked at the white and flawless face, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and she took out a bottle of medicinal juice that she had prepared, thanking her for reading Qi's medical classics these days, she really learned a lot.
When she appeared in front of Mrs. Lu, she had already scared everyone into stupidity.
"Yaoyao, what's the matter with the red spot on your face?" Mrs. Lu asked almost angrily.