Placed amongst this group of maids that were dressed in light green and light blue, Mu Mingtang’s bright red and indigo outfit simply stood out. Just now, the maids that mocked Mu Mingtang for being tacky, saw the finished look, they all felt as if they have lost all color in life, they were of the same colour as the board on the background, no one would have spotted them amongst the crowd.
The maids couldn’t help but praise Mu Mingtang, but they were all secretly thinking, how about tomorrow, they too try to wear a brighter color?
Mu Mingtang changed, and the maids were helping her arrange the accessories. Xiang Nanchun came with breakfast, she walked to the door in small steps and reminded: “Princess, breakfast is ready.”
Mu Mingtang had her arms up in the air as she waited for the maids to straighten out her skirt, she retracted her hand and nodded gently: “Okay.”
Mu Mingtang turned around, and Xiang Nanchun was impressed by her outfit too. Others disliked bright colors, and these colours on Mu Mingtang, made her look rather outstanding.
Everyone likes to look at pretty things, especially because it rained last night, the weather today was rather gloomy, even the sky outside was gray. Under such a gloomy morning, they saw a glamorous and pretty lady, their mood seemed to brighten instantly.
The maids followed Mu Mingtang along to the dining room. Mu Mingtang sat down at the table and saw many exquisite dishes in front of her. There were more than 30 kinds of dishes, including soup, rice, noodles, dim sum, seasonal vegetables, and seafood.
These were all for Mu Mingtang alone, and Xie Xuanchen’s was still in the process of cooking. Mu Mingtang exclaimed at the ways of the royal family as the maids served her breakfast. If she ate a bit of each dish, Mu Mingtang would already be full.
Today, the crystal shrimp dumplings were done well and Mu Mingtang ate 2 in a row. On the second one, she had only eaten half of it, when she heard the maid report to her: “Princess, Prince Jin and Princess Jin have come to greet you.”
Mu Mingtang slowly swallowed half of the shrimp dumpling that was in her mouth, she was confused. She thought that Mrs. Jiang was just giving empty promises yesterday, she didn’t expect that Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei would really come to greet her? Were they really planning to come act in front of her everyday from now on?
Upon seeing that Mu Mingtang had stopped munching, Xiang Nanchun asked in a low voice, “Princess, should I ask Prince Jin and Princess Jin to wait?”
Mu Mingtang shook her head, she swallowed the remaining half of the shrimp dumplings: “It’s okay, I’m almost done. Please bring them in.”
The maid did as she was told. Mu Mingtang put down the chopsticks in her hand, and a maid quickly brought up a bronze basin so that Mu Mingtang could wash her hands. Mu Mingtang swirled her fingers in the clear water, and just as she pulled her fingers out of the water, another maid who was holding a white silk cloth quickly wiped Mu Mingtang’s hands.
Look at the ways of the bloody royal family, how luxurious.
When Mu Mingtang walked to the front hall, Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei were already seated. Xie Xuanji heard the maid’s greeting, and immediately put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and cupped his hand in front of his chest as a sign of respect: “Second sister-in-law.”
Jiang Mingwei also stood up and bowed. Mu Mingtang was surrounded by maids, she slowly made her way up and sat down: “Prince Jin and Princess Jin, please rise.”
Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei straightened their bodies and sat back down. Xie Xuanji had kept his gaze down just now, and now as he got seated, he noticed that Mu Mingtang’s hair pins looked very delicate, her long crimson red dress hung down, and her large indigo-blue coat hung from the chair, she looked gorgeous.
It was late autumn now, and it rained last night, the sky looked gloomy along the way, and the trees were dull and depressing. When he saw Mu Mingtang today, his eyes lit up instantly.
Even the gloomy late autumn suddenly brightened with color.
Mu Mingtang sat on the main seat and said, “It rained all night yesterday, and it’s windy now. I think it wasn’t easy for the both of you to come here. Although I am older than you guys in terms of seniority, but I’m not the same rank as your parents, you don’t have to purposely come and greet me in this harsh weather.”