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Almost two months had passed since the foreigners' first successful mission. The Winter Festival came and went as did the celebration for the new year. It was still considered late winter but the sun was already starting to shine brighter and all royals would be called back to the palace.
'It's coming up on my... No, on Xuělián's birthday again,' the Seventh Princess thought as she sat at her desk with multiple lavender colored envelopes in front of her. Each one had the names of the different exchange students on them with a small drawing of a lotus in the bottom right corner. 'No doubt the empress will be trying to find me suitors at the banquet.'
A small groan left her lips as she slumped over the wooden surface, causing her serpentine companion to perk up. Dàoyì was at
