On the fourteenth day of the third month, at the hour of the rabbit, Bailu Plain was draped in a thin veil of mist. Jiang Wan, dressed in silver-gray riding attire, rode her Gale Horse alongside Lu Jingyuan, her silver bow catching the cold morning light. The intermittent sound of horns echoed from afar, startling a flock of sand geese into drawing graceful arcs across the sky.
"The news of the Emperor’s decree of marriage yesterday has likely spread throughout the Capital by now," Lu Jingyuan said, turning his head to look at her with a faint smile.
Jiang Wan touched the jade pendant at her waist—the betrothal gift bestowed by the Emperor the day before. "Madame Li met me this morning and said she wants to send us ten bolts of Shu brocade."
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