(ง) The Impatient Lin Daiyu
A few more days passed.
That afternoon, the enormous Cloud Palace Skyship arrived in the airspace around the floating island of the Rongguo Immortal Estate and docked with great fanfare. Annie, Lin Daiyu, Tanchun, Jia Lian, and Jia Yucun, who had hitched a ride, finally reached their destination.
Before disembarking, Lin Daiyu had already changed out of her long white mourning dress.
Since this was the Rongguo Immortal Estate and she was a guest, she wouldn't dare wear mourning white to her maternal grandmother's home. Instead, she changed into a pale pink jacket and skirt, pinned her hair with a silver hairpin, and wore no makeup.
They had brought along many belongings and valuables, so while the servants and maids carried the luggage, Lin Daiyu went ahead to Grandmother Jia's courtyard to pay her respects.
When the two sides met, their joy and grief naturally mingled. They embraced and wept together, and only after exchanging words of comfort and congratulations did they finally manage to stop.
They had not seen Daiyu for three months, and everyone felt she had grown even more graceful and ethereal. Her face had also grown somewhat thinner, and it was only natural that her figure seemed more delicate.
Once she returned to her own courtyard, Daiyu was busy sorting and arranging the many books she had brought from home. She also gave paper, brushes, and other things to Baochai, Yingchun, Baoyu, and the others who had come to see her.
During this time, Baoyu took out the lingxiang prayer beads given to him by Prince Beijing and offered them to Daiyu, but she politely declined.
All in all, the fuss lasted the entire day.
It was not until evening that she finally had some free time. While Zijuan and Xueyan