Early the next morning, just past five o'clock, Yu Wanqing got out of bed.
Attended by servants, she took a bath and had her hair dried, then Yu Wanqing sat down in front of the dressing table and began to carefully apply her makeup.
She shaped her eyebrows, painted her lips, applied blush, and then slipped into the ink-blue cheongsam she had picked out after a whole night of deliberation.
A complete set of emerald jade jewelry accessorized her, and around her neck, she wore a string of full and lustrous pearls.
Once again standing before the mirror, Yu Wanqing's eyes were filled with a warm, tender smile.
Gu Mozhen, who had been silently watching by her side, had not lost his smile for a moment. How many years had it been since he had seen this side of his wife?
Descending the stairs to sit on the couch in the living room, Yu Wanqing sat up straight, her posture reminiscent of times when she had been received by the Prime Minister's wife.