The tea party finally arrived.
Xiao Yun and Mu Yan were working diligently to dress Nan Hua up. Since the main protagonist of this tea party was Empress Xiao, they had to make sure that Nan Hua would not look too eye catching and steal the limelight.
If she did, there was no doubt that others would hate her very easily.
Battles between women started from the very simple, which was their dress and etiquette, until the more complicated ones such as their words.
Dressed in light peach colored clothes and only wearing a few hairpins, Nan Hua would not attract much attention. That was, as long as she wore her veil. Her features alone were more than enough to catch attention from miles away.
"Miss, it's done."
Nan Hua looked at her reflection in the bronze mirror and nodded faintly. There was no need for her to add anything. Her servants were very well trained and knew that they would have to make sure that Nan Hua didn't attract too much attention.
*Ben Gong is a way for woman to call themselves, employed by an empress or a high-ranking consort when speaking to a person or an audience of lower rank or status
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Honestly, in the palace there were several other words used to address oneself, but I change it all to the most common ‘Your Highness’, ‘This one’, or ‘This servant’ and so on.
If I had to use the original words in pinyin in accordance to the proper use… I might need to make a full list of glossary XD
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