Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Dressed in Bridal Gown, Waiting to Be Wed Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Dressed in Bridal Gown, Waiting to Be Wed She just wanted to see him once more, to return to the night they got married, just once.

Let her recall it once, let her recreate the scene just once.

That would be enough.

“We’ll film this afternoon,” Xia Weibao said softly.

Her gaze drifted, not daring to look into his eyes.

“Okay, I’ll go make the arrangements. You go get your makeup done first.”

“Director Lu…”

Seeing him turn to leave, Xia Weibao called out to him, hesitating to speak further.

Lu Hualiang lightly laughed and touched her head.

He didn’t say anything.

Xia Weibao felt even more guilty.

He was so smart, he must have guessed it all.

Yet he still went along with her.

Suddenly, she felt a blockage in her heart, filled with bitterness.

Lu Garden was vast, and there was a Water Heart Pavilion on the back mountain, with a little bridge and artificial hill, quaint and full of ancient charm.

It was very suitable for taking this kind of historical-themed photos.

So Xia Weibao had chosen to shoot there.

The photographer went ahead to scout the location, to see which angles were the most attractive.

She, meanwhile, was getting her makeup done in the room.

Lu Hualiang had arranged everything for her, makeup artists, stylists, all top-notch.

At her request, they created a hairstyle identical to the one she had when she got married.

The beaded crown adorned her hair, and her forehead shone with delicate beauty.

Her cheeks were as white as snow, and her skin as delicate as peach blossoms, with fragrant dew and rouge red.

Three bowings with the lord, the maid shyly lowers her eyes.

Looking at herself in the mirror, once again dressed in her bridal gown.

Just like in those days, a bride waiting in her chambers.

Xia Weibao’s nose felt sore.

In those days, the sounds of joy were continuous.

Now, however, she was alone, with everything changed, nothing as it was.

She tilted her head back, forcing the sour tears to retreat.

She couldn’t cry; her makeup was so beautiful today, she definitely couldn’t cry.

The makeup artists around her looked at each other, perplexed, not understanding what was happening to her.

Xia Weibao took a few deep breaths, swallowing back the loneliness and heartache.

Then she stood up and walked to the back mountain.

The moment she appeared, everyone was stunned by her beauty.

The servants of Lu Garden all gaped in awe.

Although they knew their young mistress was beautiful, they had never imagined that she, dressed in a bright red bridal gown and with bridal makeup, could be so profoundly breathtaking.

A single frown or smile from her was enough to make one suffocate.

She was the sort of person who seemed to belong in history, making it believable that an Emperor would forsake his kingdom for such beauty.

The phrase ‘playing the princes as one’s pawns in battle’ wasn’t just a joke.

She didn’t belong here; her innate classical aura didn’t fit with the modernity of the present.

At her glance, all the beauty in The Six Palaces fades.

Xia Weibao felt a bit self-conscious under everyone’s gaze.

Wearing this outfit, she seemed to return to a thousand years ago, shyly awaiting marriage.

With a mixture of timid joy and bashfulness.

“Director Lu.”

Just then, someone called out, causing Xia Weibao’s body to stiffen slightly.

Slowly turning around, she saw that Lu Hualiang had also changed his clothes, and was now standing behind her.

The moment she saw the man, she suddenly covered her mouth, tears uncontrollably spilling from her eyes.

“Your Majesty…”

The familiar title that caused heartache spilled out from her crimson lips, light as a wisp of smoke.

Dispersing in the gentle breeze.

No one heard, yet it struck her heart like a heavy hammer.

Similar.

So very similar.

Back then, her Emperor was dressed just like this when they took their wedding vows.

On the wedding night, he held a wedding candlestick and gently lifted her red veil.

The red that obscured her vision fell away, revealing his handsome and noble figure.

Just like Lu Hualiang, the spitting image.

To others, a modern man dressed like this in a modern city might seem out of place.

But to her, it was as if her Dog Emperor had traveled across time.