Outside the window, the clouds and mist gradually unfurled. The lingering breeze and thin fog hidden among the artificial mountains rose like a corner of misty sand, making the shallow waterways shimmer as fish swam through them.
"Clothes like these really are inconvenient." I watched her fingers fasten each button along her garment and couldn't help smiling. A flush covered Qi Nuannuan's face, but there was a smile at the corners of her mouth. "I'm not making you wear them, so there's no need to worry."
My hand slid over her delicate neck. I could only feel that her skin, white and smooth as congealed fat, surpassed that of countless women. Such refinement came only from noble birth and the meticulous care given from the moment one was born. And the elegance in her very bones was as though born of nature itself; no matter how much one tried to affect it afterward, one could never reach even a tenth of hers.
She truly was a peerless beauty of the High Tang.
Seeing me listlessly watch her smooth the creases in her clothes, Qi Nuannuan burst out laughing. "You shouldn't stay here either. The child will be here soon. It's been a long time since Shanshan left, and she's very good at judging the time."
Hearing that Qingling was coming soon, I couldn't help smiling bitterly. "If we run into her, so be it. A day like this was bound to come eventually. Right?"
"Hmph, I know how good you are, but you mustn't make her secretly heartbroken." Qi Nuannuan beamed as she climbed onto me. Her collar was still undone, revealing a patch of snowy white. I swallowed, and she couldn't help laughing again. Raising her head, she revealed her beautiful chin. "What are you thinking about? I can't