Mo Tiange didn't know how long she had soaked inside the Wenyang Pool, but she eventually had the strength to open her eyes.
She looked all around and finally got a clear glimpse of what the Wenyang Pool looked like.
It was a pool made of irregularly-shaped warm jade. Steam from the water spread all over. The water from the pool was a faint milky-white color and emitted a fragrant medicinal scent that she was already accustomed to.
The pool was built into a high platform. The steps below were uniformly made of white jade. Furthermore, coupled with all the gorgeous carved and painted decorations, the place looked extremely luxurious. The light muslin curtains hanging all around occasionally rose and fluttered with the breeze. When that happened, flower petals occasionally flew in along with the wind and fell down slowly…
The poem about the favored concubine is a real Chinese poem. It's called "Song of Everlasting Regret – Bai Juyi" (長恨歌 – 白居易)
https://en.wikisource.org/?curid=65855%7C
Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum refer to the maids. In her thought, Mo Tiange doesn't refer to the four of them by their complete names. She just thinks of them as Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju (Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum).