Yen was doing washing laundry when a eunuch called upon her for summoning to the Palace Official Chief's room in the central area. Palace officials are one of the three divisions in the inner palace, a low ranking palace lady. The other two are Inner Officials, the consorts with rooms, and the Eunuchs, who are equivalent to a department of attendants of the inner palace. The eunuch also spoke to the maidservants around her. So, she followed the eunuch.
The Palace Official Chief's building was close to the main gate, which was one of the four gates that connect the inner palace to the outside. The emperor will surely come through this gate when he visits the inner palace. While it somewhat paled in comparison to the building of the Inner Palace Chief next door, the structure was more extravagant than the buildings of the middle-ranking consorts. Each handrail was carved, and lifelike dragons entwined around each of the red pillars.
Yen found herself in a room with about over ten maidservants gathered inside. Their expressions ranged from uneasiness and anticipation to excitement.
"Yes, up to here. All of you can return now." A eunuch said as a group of maidservants left
As Yen tilted her head, she noticed that the gazes of all the palace ladies around her were fixed to a single point. A woman was sitting inconspicuously in the corner of the room. Yen looked again at the person who she thought was a woman at first is a man. She almost fell for one of those traps, she heard so much about from her son Aster.
But now she knows why the maidservants were somewhat excited. A beautiful man with a tender smile of a celestial maiden. He was just as beautiful as a painting of a celestial maiden with silky hair, slender features, almond eyes, and willowy brows. Such a waste that he was male.
Ren picked up a brush and displayed his note
Girl with the large birthmark, you're staying overtime
The man put away his writing and clapped twice. "We are done for today. You can return to your rooms." The maidservants left the room reluctantly while in doubt. They couldn't understand the meaning of that note from before. She signed and noticed that the maidservants who went the room were all her height and had similar birthmarks to hers. She understood what this was about pretty quickly as she didn't move from her spot