Su Xinyi rose early in the morning to dress and make herself up; she had already sent word to Qi Country Duke's Mansion yesterday about the Crown Prince's visit today.
Early in the morning, while she was still drowsy, Zhang Jian came to wake her up. The Crown Prince had left in a hurry and had not yet returned; she looked at the time, uncertain if she would make it back to the Duke's Mansion.
As she gazed into the bronze mirror to do her makeup, Lianqiao picked out a suet jade hairpin from the makeup box to insert in her hair. Feeling it was too plain, she considered switching to a ruby-studded gold one, but Su Xinyi said, "Let it be."
Lianqiao complied, but her fingers moved quickly to add a ruby and multi-gemstone-studded hairpin to her temples, finally feeling satisfied.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Su Xinyi indeed appeared more spirited and did not take it off. She got up and walked out while asking, "Any news from the front?"
