Chapter 241 — Offspring (Bonus Chapter — Please Vote Pink)
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
The tea room, the pastry room, the gift room, and the accounts room were all soon bustling.
Dou Yan was shaken awake by Su Lan. "Miss, miss, do get up—it is already the mao hour."
She yawned and said unhurriedly, "The auspicious hour is set for the start of the xu hour. What is your hurry? Washing and dressing will take two hours at most. We will see to it after the noon meal."
The one invited to dress her hair was a retired palace maid who had once done the hair of the noble ladies in the palace; she had been fetched over by the Dou household's sedan chair long before, and hearing this she laughed. "I have dressed the hair of ever so many brides, but never have I met one as composed as you, miss. No wonder you are to marry into the Ying Duke's Residence—it is plain you were born with good fortune, born to be a lady of rank!" Yet her eyes could not stop stealing glances at her.
So it was the effect of that one tray of silver drafts!
How fast news travels!
Dou Chi showed nothing on his face and had two fine red envelopes given to the hair-dressing woman; then he lay on the bed reading for a while before rising to dress.
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There was no need for him to go on; every man of us understood. Song Yuxing's face drained of blood and turned ashen. He opened his mouth, then closed it again, then opened it once more, yet in the end not a word came out.