"Rise." The Empress waved her hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Sun Senior Palace Lady lifted her head, then froze for a moment. "Your Majesty, you are…"
The Empress thought she'd missed some kiss marks and instantly flustered, nervously saying, "W-what is it?"
Sun Senior Palace Lady came back to her senses and shook her head. "Nothing, it's just… you look even more beautiful. You're radiant all over, especially your expression—you look like you've become several years younger…"
This wasn't flattery.
Lately, because she'd been worrying about Chen Mo, the Empress had lost her appetite and grown much more haggard.
Now, however, all her fatigue seemed to have vanished. Her skin was dewy and luminous, her cheeks tinged as if with faintly diffused rouge, her brows and eyes suffused with a languid, intoxicating charm, like a blazing peony in full bloom—so beautiful one could hardly look away.
