Courtesy

During the tea break, Handsome Fairness Gao kept an eye on Beauty Xie.

Xie was wearing an ivory-coloured long cotton robe with a smoke-purple short jacket over it. She only had a pair of jade phoenix hairpins on her head and a pair of gold leaf orchid tassel earrings on her ears. She looked elegant and refined, without any hint of extravagance or luxury.

Handsome Fairness Gao had never closely acquainted with Xie before, nor did she pay attention to her dress. Although she had heard that many people in the palace were learning from Xie, it was beneath Gao's status to learn from a mere beauty.

However, everyone agreed that Xie's dress must be pleasing to the emperor since he often visited Haunting Fragrance Pavilion.

"I wanted to come and see Meimei for a long time, but I never had the chance. Today, I ran into the little eunuch of Haunting Fragrance Pavilion outside Qingyun Palace. Was it Xie who sent him to deliver something?" Gao asked.