The Qin Kingdom's envoy residence.
Palace maids from the Qin Kingdom hurried back and forth through the envoy residence, busy inside and out.
Especially the maid Mingyue.
She directed every maid and checked every detail.
Today was Her Majesty's wedding day.
Not a single slipup could be allowed!
Compared with Mingyue, who was busy rushing about,
the bride in the room looked far calmer, her expression full of composure.
Once the last hairpin had been slipped into her hair, a maid picked up a sheet of rouge paper and placed it between her lips.
The woman closed her mouth and pressed her lips together lightly.
Her already delicate lips took on an added flush of festive crimson.
Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Qin Siyao tilted her head slightly. The hairpins on her head swayed gently, making a crisp tinkling as the jade pieces brushed against one another.
The maids in the room gazed at their princess, lost in a daze.
In their eyes, never mind a man—even as women themselves, they longed to draw the bride before them into their very bones and lavish her with love.
"Your Maj—Your Highness..."
Mingyue called as she entered the room.
Yet the moment she saw Her Majesty, she froze in a daze, momentarily forgetting what she had come to say.
Her Majesty's wedding gown was tailored to fit her perfectly. Its narrow waist traced a lush curve, flowing down from her shoulders and neck, over her chest and waist, before flaring naturally at her hips into a broad skirt.
As she walked, however, the side slit offered fleeting glimpses of her long, straight legs, loosely draped in silk trousers of the same color beneath. They gathered only at her calves, revealing a slender stretch of graceful ankle.
Her Majesty's brows had