The palace bells tolled, and the wailing of "The Emperor has passed away" echoed throughout the palace.
When the new emperor ascended the throne and rewards were distributed according to merit, many court officials finally realized who the real Crown Prince faction was.
The entire Marquis of Zhongyi's family received the highest honors, rising directly from Marquis to Duke. All four sons of the Jiang family were also promoted and ennobled, and their wives were granted the title of Imperial Noble Lady.
People are in high spirits when they have a happy occasion, and the entire Duke's mansion is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
Jiang Chengli was off work today, and he came to Xu Wanying's place early in the morning. He saw her doing her makeup and volunteered to draw her eyebrows.
"Do you draw well?" Xu Wanying's face was full of doubt.
"Madam, watch closely!"
After saying this, he fell silent. Judging from his serious demeanor and the fact that he was focusing his energy, he was clearly on high alert.
Xu Wanying didn't want to argue with him, so she gave him the eyebrow pencil.
The man held the eyebrow pencil without trembling. The tip touched her eyebrows, sending a tingling sensation through her as he drew fine lines.
"Okay." As he put away his eyebrow pencil, Xu Wanying looked at herself in the mirror.
The woman in the mirror had delicate, arched eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes that were full of tender affection.
"That's impressive. I didn't expect you to be so skilled. I wonder where you learned this skill?" she teased with a light laugh.
"I knew Madam would ask this question, so I specially brought that person here." After he finished speaking, he had someone bring out several scrolls.
Upon opening them one by one, one could see that all the paintings were portraits of Xu Wanying, except that one of the portraits had no eyebrows.
Jiang Chengli immediately took out an eyebrow pencil and began to draw eyebrows on the drawing.
His movements were gentle and skillful, outlining the shape of her willow-leaf eyebrows little by little, and then filling in the color, making them exactly the same as the shape of her eyebrows at that moment.
The two looked at each other, and Xu Wanying gently curled the corners of her lips.
"You pass."
After the two finished breakfast, the man asked her.
"I am off today. What would you like to do, Madam?"
"Enjoying the snow."
"Let's go." He took the cloak from the maid, put it on her, and put the hat on her as well. He then took her hand and led her across the threshold.
Amidst the vast expanse of white snow, two figures walked slowly, close together, leaving behind two sets of footprints.
(End of article)
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