Chapter Thirty-One: Coming-of-Age Ceremony
"I understand, I'll take action tomorrow."
"Then I shall take my leave."
"Go through the door."
Si Fangming awkwardly pulled his leg back, "Okay."
And so, after the intense struggle last night, Yuan Siyin unsurprisingly ended up staying in bed.
"Miss! Time to get up!"
Jade couldn't wake her up, and seeing that Ziyuan was leading Yuan Fuqing into the palace to pay his respects at Jianzhang Palace, she took over the responsibility.
"Has your sister been working too hard these past few days?"
Yuan Fuqing propped his cheek up and poked Yuan Siyin's face.
But Zi Yuan was not surprised.
Miss used to love sleeping until noon, and there was nothing she could do about it before, but now she has found a way to break the habit.
She opened the food box she had brought, which contained meat buns she had bought from a bun shop on East Street. Each bun had a thin skin and a generous amount of meat, and they were steaming hot.
"Miss, if you don't get up soon, these buns will be fed to the dogs."
Zi Yuan's soft voice reached her ears, instantly waking Yuan Siyin.
"What?! What kind of steamed buns are these?! How can you feed them to a dog?!"
After quickly washing up and starting to eat her steamed bun, she looked at Ziyuan with a resentful expression, and after a long while quietly said, "So you fed me?"
"Miss, you're overthinking it. You must be dreaming and misheard."
Zi Yuan calmly combed her hair, as steady as a seasoned driver.
"I just saw Aqing here, where did she go?"
"The young master has gone to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager and is having a meal with her."
Emerald lifted the curtain and came in, smiling as she curtsied to her: "The imperial robes made in the palace have arrived. Shall I help you change, Miss?"
"No need, I've already ordered from the embroidery shop outside the palace, and Ziyuan brought it for me."
"In that case, I will take my leave. I will come to invite you again when the hour is up."
"good."
Yuan Siyin nodded gently, then continued to eat her steamed bun earnestly.
But when her gaze fell on the slightly wilted peony beside the bronze mirror, she paused.
I was sleeping so soundly that I almost forgot about this hot peony.
"Have the people I invited arrived yet?"
Zi Yuan looked into her bright eyes in the bronze mirror, and after a moment of reverie, nodded and said, "Miss Shen is already waiting at the palace gate. We haven't seen Miss Qi's carriage yet, so she must have been delayed by something."
Yuan Siyin felt a little uncomfortable when she noticed that her gaze remained fixed on her face. "Why are you staring at me? Did you stay up late last night and get dark circles under your eyes?"
She quickly looked at herself in the mirror from left to right.
Excellent, as perfect as ever.
"No, Ziyuan just thinks that Miss looks very beautiful today. It's just a pity that the General can't come back and won't be able to see Miss's coming-of-age ceremony."
As she spoke, she sighed and picked up a comb to gently comb her hair from the top to the ends.
"It's alright. Father is safe, Qing is safe, Aunt is safe, you are safe, and I am safe. That's enough."
After Ziyuan and her companion finished dressing and adorning themselves, Emerald happened to come over and knock on the door to remind them.
With Zi Yuan's help, Yuan Siyin stood up. The flower ornament lightly pasted on her forehead was eye-catching, and the look in her eyes became even more determined, as if she was determined to get something.
The coming-of-age ceremony was extremely complicated. The surrounding area was packed with people, and the overwhelming whispers made her dizzy. She could only barely follow along with Xiao Quanzi's auspicious words, her body subconsciously and mechanically recalling the procedures she had rehearsed over the past few days.
"On the auspicious day of the month, you will start to add Yuanfu. Abandon your young ambitions, follow you and become virtuous. The longevity test is only for Qi, and you will be blessed -"
The officials presented her with a handkerchief and a hairpin. She walked to the front of the table, knelt down, and showed no extra expression on her face. She simply lowered her head obediently and allowed the Empress Dowager to perform the hairpin ceremony.
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