There is a happy inn in the capital.

Chapter 256 If you like it, that's good.

Princess Changning: "This Flying Yellow Magnolia was a tribute from the Kingdom of Boyu. There are only a handful of them in the entire capital. It is extremely precious."

Li Shuchen stepped forward and took a deep sniff of a magnolia blossom; the scent was fresh, delicate, and pleasant.

Turning around with a beaming smile, he said, "I really like this courtyard."

He then quickly grabbed the bundle from Liang Yuying's body and tossed it into the house, saying, "Yuying, take me to see Aunt Liang. I just arrived, and I should at least pay my respects to her."

Liang Yuying: "My mother hasn't moved in yet."

Li Shuchen: "Why?"

Liang Yuying: "My mother likes lively places, and I think it will be very lively as soon as she moves in."

Li Shuchen nodded: "I see. With five of us young people together, I'm afraid Aunt Liang won't be able to handle it."

Liang Yuying smiled and said, "My mother likes it very much."

Princess Changning: "Li Shuchen, I'll go familiarize myself with the residence a bit more. You should pack your things quickly; we'll have dinner here tonight."

"Ok"

Li Shuchen began tidying up her things, with Liang Yuying helping her.

"Yuying, where do you live?"

Liang Yuying: "Shu Chen walked straight out of the courtyard gate, and my courtyard is just ahead."

Li Shuchen nodded upon hearing this: "Then I shouldn't get lost when I look for you."

Liang Yuying: "Of course not. If I get lost, I'll find Shu Chen."

With a "glug," something rolled to the ground.

Li Shuchen reached out and picked it up to examine it. It was a pale yellow jade pot vase, with a flared mouth, slender neck, drooping belly, and ring foot—quite beautiful.

"This vase would look absolutely beautiful with magnolia flowers in it."

After muttering to myself, I carefully placed it by the window, thinking that I would go and break off a branch to keep after I finished tidying up.

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuying turned and left the house. With a light leap, she reached the top of the magnolia tree, broke off the most beautiful magnolia branch, and returned to the house to place it in a jade pot vase.

As Li Shuchen finished tidying her vanity and turned around, she saw a beautiful yellow magnolia branch in a jade vase. The sunset outside the window scattered on the magnolia, adding a touch of golden hue to its color.

"So beautiful, Yuying, did you just fold it?"

"Um"

Li Shuchen admired the folding carefully: "I was thinking of folding it myself later, but I didn't expect you to fold it for me. Thank you."

Liang Yuying smiled indulgently: "If you like it, then that's good."

晚膳

Gu Ziying was the first to enter Li Shuchen's room, and immediately noticed the eye-catching scene: "That magnolia flower on Shuchen's windowsill is extremely beautiful."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuchen looked at Gu Ziying with tenderness and said, "Yes, I really like magnolias."

"What magnolia?"

Princess Changning and Ye Bingli arrived from outside.

Li Shuchen replied, "I said I really like magnolias, even more than I like roses."

Ye Bingli: "Why?"

Li Shuchen: "Because the magnolia flower symbolizes 'lasting friendship,' and I value friendship more than romantic love."

Upon hearing this, Princess Changning grabbed Li Shuchen's arm and said, "I'm the same as you. I don't care about love. Being with you is enough for me."

Liang Yuying: "Dinner is ready, everyone please sit down and eat."

Li Shuchen, shoveling rice into his mouth, asked, "When is Yuying going to pick up Aunt Liang?"

Liang Yuying: "Tomorrow"

Li Shuchen: "I'll go with you."

Princess Changning: "Remember to call me, I want to go too."

Gu Ziying: "Since I have nothing else to do, I'll go too."

Ye Bingli: "May I go too?"

Liang Yuying smiled and said, "Of course, but wouldn't that take up your time?"

Li Shuchen: "How could that be? It's so meaningful to do things together. I'll get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow."

Princess Changning: "Why are you up so early?"

Li Shuchen: "I need to wash up, put on makeup, and get dressed; it will take at least an hour before I can leave the house, so I have to get up early."

Princess Changning laughed upon hearing this: "Li Shuchen, you usually don't even bother to wash your face before going out, how come you suddenly know how to dress up?"

Li Shuchen waved his chopsticks and said, "It's different. Think about it, Aunt Liang is finally leaving that cannibalistic courtyard and coming to this free and easy place. How wonderful is that? Of course, we should welcome her in a beautiful way."

Gu Ziying: "Shu Chen is right. I'll get up early like him tomorrow."

Ye Bingli: "Then I'll go with you."

Princess Changning: "You're all up early, so I need to get up early too."

Liang Yuying: "Then I..."

Li Shuchen quickly said, "You need to get up even earlier and make yourself look cool and handsome, so you can pick up Aunt Liang from school in high spirits."

"it is good"

Second day

Li Shuchen was woken up by Grape at precisely the hour of Mao (5-7 AM). He rubbed his eyes and got out of bed.

After quickly washing up and eating, I sat down at the vanity and started applying makeup.

First, I applied a layer of makeup powder to my face, then carefully drew my eyebrows with eyebrow pencil, followed by applying a soft pink blush with my fingertips, and finally, I applied a very flattering lip rouge.

Okay, makeup done.

Li Shuchen nodded in satisfaction at her makeup in the mirror: "Grape, do my hair up."

"Coming, Miss."

Grape, while combing Li Shuchen's hair, happily said, "Miss's makeup today is very playful and cute."

Li Shuchen: "Yes, I naturally need to dress younger when I meet Aunt Liang, so that I can appear to be a well-behaved child."

Grape: "It's not that it seems so, Miss is only seventeen, she's still a child."

At seventeen, in this dynasty, most people are already married with children, yet Grape still treats her like a child. She then happily said...

"Yes, yes, yes, your young lady will always be a child, so her hairstyle should be a little cuter, right?"

Grape: "Yes, miss."

"Shu Chen, are you putting your hair up?"

Gu Ziying, fully made up and styled, entered the house with stunning beauty.

Seeing the beautiful woman put Li Shuchen into a good mood, and he smiled, saying, "Ziying got ready so quickly."

Gu Ziying sat down beside him and said gently, "No rush, it's still early, Shu Chen can take his time getting ready."

Grape styled Li Shuchen's hair into two symmetrical buns with bows, one on each side, with two braids hanging obediently in front of her chest.

She looks like the girl next door.

Gu Ziying looked at Li Shuchen, whose hair was now styled in a bun, and said, "Shuchen looks exceptionally well-behaved today."

Li Shuchen turned around and said, "I'm very well-behaved every day."

Gu Ziying stood up and said with a smile, "Let me put a hair ornament on Shu Chen."

"OK"

Gu Ziying helped Li Shuchen choose orange-yellow velvet flower hair accessories, which were pinned in pairs in her hair. The fluffy hair looked adorable and youthful. Two orange ribbons were tied to the ends of her braided hair, making it flow gracefully and adding to her playful charm.

"Shuchen, the velvet flower hair accessory suits you better."

"Isn't Ziying's hairpin prettier?"

Gu Ziying smiled and said, "Shu Chen suits this kind of cute hairstyle."

Princess Changning walked in just in time to hear this. She looked at Li Shuchen with her phoenix eyes and said, "Li Shuchen is usually full of tricks and can do anything. He's not well-behaved at all. This disguise is too convincing."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuchen stuck out her tongue at Princess Changning: "Hehehe, I won't listen, I'm the most obedient one."

"Are you all ready?"