Your Majesty, Eunuch Li from the palace has delivered the imperial decree. His Majesty will host a welcome banquet for the heir of the Southern Yan Kingdom at Cuihua Pavilion tonight, and requests your presence.
On a bed draped in fine silk, a woman in an elegant, pale silk gown lounged with a scroll of poetry in her hands. She slowly raised her eyes to her maid, Caiwei, and paused briefly before parting her red lips. "Are you certain?"