As soon as Jiang Ying finished speaking, she caught a glimpse of water-colored silk sleeves brushing lightly against the fallen leaves.
Amidst the swaying tree shadows, someone stepped over the leaves and came to a halt directly in front of her.
Jiang Ying looked up. Standing before her was a young man. He held a bone-carved folding fan, his black hair secured by a cloud-patterned gold crown, and he wore a silver filigree mask that caught the moonlight, scattering it in fragmented glimmers across his face. He was dressed in a moon-white outer robe embroidered with cloud patterns, and his starlight-colored wave-patterned silk sash was cinched with a belt of jade-inlaid alligator leather. Jiang Ying’s eyelid twitched—alligator leather!
Chapter 22