De Sun entered to report: "Your Highness, Lady Shen sent Miss Haitang with a letter for you."
Lu Ying set down the vermillion pen and opened the letter presented by Haitang.
Sure enough, the handwriting in the letter belonged to Shen Yinning, inviting him to Golden Splendor tomorrow, claiming she wanted to give him a New Year's gift.
She had put great thought into it, choosing the expensive Chengxin Hall Paper—smooth and lustrous, thin yet sturdy like jade. On the paper, lines of heartfelt golden hairpin calligraphy expressed the grievances and longing she had felt during this time.
