As the year-end approaches, Dragon Tail City gradually fills with the sound of firecrackers, their crackling noise mixed with smoke often drifting into the Prince Mansion, drawing the maids and servants, still innocent at heart, to stop and stare.
And so another year comes to an end.
The housekeeper has already received the Princess's favor, opening the storeroom to distribute rolls of brand-new red silk and stacks of gilded red paper.
Nimble-handed young maids stand on benches, balancing on their toes as they carefully replace the old lanterns under the veranda eaves with brand-new, warm-glowing, large red lanterns. The red hue reflecting on their youthful faces seems to warm the chilly winter air.
