These three words were enough to extinguish Miss Xu’s morning irritability. She wiped her face, resigned herself to her fate, and got out of bed to change her clothes.
Jun Xiaochen had stepped out the moment she woke up. Servants filed in, presenting fresh robes for her to wear. Miss Xu yawned as she dressed herself, paying no attention to the appearance of her outfit. Once she sat before the vanity and the maid had finished pinning up her long hair, Miss Xu selected a green bamboo jade hairpin from the array of shimmering accessories and inserted it into her hair. She stood up and headed outside to where Jun Xiaochen had been waiting for some time.
Jun Xiaochen stood under the corridor with his hands behind his back. Only when he saw her attire did his gaze soften with satisfaction. The bamboo leaves embroidered on the hem of her skirt rippled like green waves as she walked; the green leaves against the long skirt made her look like a fresh shoot of bamboo after the rain—strikingly clear and beautiful.
Chapter 239