After everyone outside the Envoys' Residence had dispersed, the window of a private room on the second floor of the wine shop opposite closed as well.
"Sister Yin, it seems this third prince of Great Song is quite a handsome man," a young woman in a pink dress said with a soft laugh behind her hand.
As she laughed, her willow-leaf brows curved slightly and her eyes half closed, lending her boundless charm.
The woman beside her, dressed in pale yellow and addressed as Sister Yin, seemed slightly less beautiful than her, but she too was a great beauty who could turn the world upside down.
"Younger Sister Yan, what nonsense are you talking?" Sister Yin chided, a faint blush rising to her face.
"Nonsense? What nonsense did I say?" the pink-clad young woman called Younger Sister Yan asked with an exaggerated expression.
"You're still at it!" Sister Yin said.
"Younger Sister Lian, tell me, did I say anything nonsensical?" Younger Sister Yan asked another woman standing beside her, who wore a pale green dress.
This woman was none other than You Lian'er, though she was here under the identity of Zhang Pu's daughter, Zhang Lian.
Earlier, when Huang Xiao turned his head, he had been somewhat surprised precisely because he saw You Lian'er.
He had not expected to encounter You Lian'er in Khitan.
"Sister Yan wasn't talking nonsense. Sister Yin, I think this third prince of Great Song, Zhao Yuankan, is rather good-looking. Next, we'll have to see what his character is like," You Lian'er said with a smile.
"They say Zhao Yuankan's character is quite good. Of course, all that news comes from Great Song, so we can't take it as fact. Naturally, the best way is to verify it ourselves," the pink-clad woman said.
"Younger Sister Yan,