In a corner of the Longevity Festival banquet, He Siyuan, son-in-law of the Xia Family, was staring distractedly into the distance.
"Lady Guo dances so well, don't you think, Linzhi?"
Only after Consort Guo received the Emperor's reward and gracefully withdrew did Xia Rongzhi finally look away, asking with a smile.
To attend the palace today, Xia Rongzhi had put on her finest head ornaments. She took after her father, with a plump, prosperous look that was somewhat lacking in true beauty. Had she worn fewer heavy accessories and chosen the right makeup, she could have appeared as a dashing and refined lady from a great family. However, the thought of seeing her husband's old acquaintance in the palace made her go all out. She'd had her brows shaped in advance, transforming her distinctive, thick eyebrows into cliché, willow-leaf thin brows. The result was an overwrought, incongruous look.
Linzhi was He Siyuan's courtesy name.
