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"Your Majesty, why is this dress a little small?" Consort Yi knitted her delicate brows and tugged awkwardly at the pale purple gauze dress she wore.

The fabric stretched taut over her voluptuous body, outlining breathtaking curves. Across her chest, it was stretched almost transparent, offering a faint glimpse of the snowy whiteness beneath.

She kept feeling that the dress looked familiar, but she could not remember where she had seen it.

Indeed, this was the very palace dress Li Sining had worn yesterday. On the mature, gorgeous Consort Yi, however, it looked particularly... ill-fitting.

Li Chen admired the woman before him, ripe in all her beauty.

Consort Yi was fuller and more voluptuous than her daughter. Wearing Li Sining's dress, she looked exactly like a "larger version" of Li Sining. That curious sense of déjà vu left him thoroughly satisfied; she was a feast for the eyes.

"You look beautiful dressed like this, Consort Yi." Li Chen's deep voice carried a note that brooked no refusal.

A rosy blush instantly spread across Consort Yi's fair cheeks.

She was gentle by nature, and now she lowered her head in embarrassment, her slender fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her dress. "B-but this dress..."

"It's fine. I truly think it looks lovely," Li Chen said, rising.

Early the next morning, Li Chen stepped out of the palace feeling refreshed and invigorated. After walking a short distance, he encountered Li Sining, who had come to pay her respects.

At the sight of Li Chen, the girl ran over in delight. Her pale purple skirts fluttered in the morning light like a dancing butterfly. "What a coincidence! What are you doing here so early? Do you want to come pay your respects to Consort Yi with me?"

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