Chapter 168 Second Update
"That Glass Type of Purple Jade Bracelet?" Zheng Nianru repeated, "Have all the aristocratic families from outside arrived?"
As for that bracelet, Zheng Nianru was deeply impressed. The first time she saw this Jade Bracelet, known as the "Light and Shadow of Nanzheng State," she couldn’t move her feet, captivated by the intertwining purple light, its profound and unpredictable light, mottled with the marks of time. She liked it very much.
But, in her past life, the Empress Dowager never would have given it to her.
"Everyone who should be here has arrived; those who haven’t can be disregarded," Zheng Haoyuan flipped over, propped up his arm and placed his hand under his head, looking at Zheng Nianru.
"Cousin sister, that Purple Jade Bracelet is really beautiful, don’t feel too bad about it." Zheng Haoyuan followed the purple light, which fell on the face of the young woman pretending to sleep before him.
Her eyelashes cast a shadow, and her face was fair and flawless, with lips as pink as flower petals, clear and pure like the most delicate petals.
Suddenly, Zheng Haoyuan thought of a poem: Fit to be admired from afar, not to be profaned by vulgar hands. He lightly lowered his gaze and subtly reached out to hook another palace tassel, fiddling with it in his hand.
"You are writing poetry, or am I writing poetry?" Zheng Nianru had not fallen asleep, although the summer afternoon brought drowsiness. Hearing about the bracelet snapped her out of it, and she didn’t wish to rise.
Even as Empress Dowager, Zheng Nianru had received many bracelets but always remembered this one.
That was because Empress Dowager Yan Ping had given that bracelet to another person—Ximen Yuyan.
But she couldn’t write poetry, nor did she have the poet Ju Nanyi. Even if she had Ju Nanyi, it would not be enough; the bracelet was meant to be a deliberate gift from Empress Dowager Yan Ping to Ximen Yuyan, to declare her stance before all and raise a banner for the future Crown Princess Consort.