The Third Year of the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor, the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month. An auspicious day, and the day you depart from your family home to enter the palace as a young lady for selection as a concubine. Your maid Luoyuan is holding two sets of new clothes with smile.
Luoyuan: "Miss, do you still remember these clothes?"
Y/n: "Of course I do. I remember they were my birthday presents given by my uncle and my cousin when they went to the Fengtian City."
Louyuan: "We never knew Madam would hide them at once as soon as the presents got home. It's really hateful. Just now, l said Miss was about to attend the Imperial Concubine Selection. She had no choice but to give them to us."
Luoyuan hesitates to say something more. You're unwilling to let her down, so you change the topic in a hurry and force yourself to calm down.
Y/n: "The clothes my uncle and my cousin prepared must be outstanding. Come on, let me have a look."
Your uncle has prepared two sets of new clothes. Which style will you pick?
Elegant and tasteful or beautiful and charming.
Y/n: I should go elegantly. Lots of ladies will be dressing beautifully and charmingly to gain attention.
Luoyang: "You really are a rare beauty, Miss. This simple and elegant robe makes you look as pure and graceful as an orchid."
You touch the clothes, feeling the softness of the expensive drapery and its delicate embroidery.
Y/n: "Uncle and cousin have always been working far away. How could they earn that much to buy these clothes? They must have been living frugally for a long time."
Luoyang: "Miss, you care about them and they also care about you. They want you to get all the things that others have too."
Luoyuan packed some luggage for you to take to the palace.
Luoyuan: "Miss, the luggage a Candidate can take to the palace is limited. Is there anything else you want to take?"
Y/n: "I heard the concubines and maids in the palace are all snobs. Take my decent jewelry there for a rainy day. Do not forget to take my mother's Jade pendant. Wearing it makes me feel like my mother is staying with me."
Outside, torrential rain has been pouring down all day. Once you're finished changing into your new clothes, the skies suddenly clear. As you get into the carriage, a brilliant rainbow appears in the sky. Gazing at the rainbow, you still can't help feeling a sense of foreboding and unease about the future...
Y/n: How fitting a rainbow for new beginnings.
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