Yeho by Anasis
Part 11
Part 11
“You don’t look so well, Your
Highness.”
Soa said it with worry holding the
powder. I smiled faintly and replied.
“I couldn’t sleep well.”
“Is it because of the ceremony?”
“I think so. I worry that people
might find out, and I’m worry that I might make mistakes.”
To prepare for the ceremony, I saw
myself fully dressed in the mirror. Soa carefully asked.
“Isn’t it because of His Majesty?
I awkwardly smiled. I heard after he
left to the meeting hall, he never came here and stayed there. I still thought
he should have went to the Land Embrace Palace, but it was only in my thought.
If he actually went to the Land Embrace Palace or any other palaces, I know I
probably can’t even sleep at all. I hate myself for that.
“Put some more powder, so they don’t
know I’m a man.”
I changed the subject, and Soa
sighed and put some powder on my face. Soon later she stopped, and I looked at
her.
“Why? Did something gone wrong?”
“No. It’s ready, Your Highness.”
“Is this enough?”
“Yes. It doesn’t really make a big
difference. You have a fair and white skin.”
“It’s because I’m pale. Is this it
then?”
“I’ll draw the eye brows and apply
some lipstick, Your Highness. If I was good at this, I could’ve applied blush and
eye shadow, but I can’t do those because I was not in charge of these, Your
Highness.”
“It’s fine. It’s hectic to call
another person. Do those and put my hair up. It already gives me a headache
thinking I have to put a binyeo. How do women carry around that kind of heavy
thing on their head?”
“Because you don’t like it, I
prepared a small one. And you don’t even wear a wig. Instead I will put a hairpin with a silk cloth. We purposely made this because other concubines will come out with
their fancy wig with hairpins and binyeo, but a Madame can’t do lower than them.
It’s for your reputation, so bear with me. It’s not that heavy.”
I looked at the long silk cloth that was attached to the hairpin. I sighed looking at the long light blue silk
that was almost dragging to my feet decorated with gold powder, silver powder,
and even diamond powder, but it was way better than the weight of a wig and a
binyeo weighing my neck.
Soa drew my eye brows with thin
charcoal and got a light pink paper and I lightly bite it with my lips, and the
color of light pink stained to my lips. And on top of the lips she applied
incense oil with a brush, and there was a little bit awkward looking woman in
front of the mirror.
She put down the brush and this time
she grabbed a hair brush. She started to organize my long hair. Soa lightly
applied incense oil to put down some hair around my face. She divided my back
hair into two section and braided them. The top one was made
into a high bun, and a bottom one was made into a low bun. She put a big binyeo to stabilize the top bun and
put a decoration that comes all the way down to my forehead, and stick some
hairpins. The long silk was already annoying me, but sighing was only think I
could do.
“Stand up please, Your Highness.”
I stood up, and Soa organized the
silk cloth attached to my hair and my clothes carefully. Jade color jeogori
and on top of that I had a darker jade color long coat that had wide sleeves.
A wide waist band had fancy flower sewed on to it. The dress had a profound
water color. To prevent the dress to get puffy, the dress was long behind me.
“Even though you are uncomfortable
to walk, you have watch your steps all the time.”
Soa said it while she was neatly
organizing the dress that was dragging the floor.
“Does it have to be this long? The
wedding dress was more big than long.”
“The wedding dress was made like
that to pray for many birth. The Planting Festival that happens during the
sowing season dress is dragging to floor to represent plowing the ground.”
I nodded at what Soa was saying, and my
shoulders froze when I heard the eunuch calling me to come out. I was keep
repeating the order of the ceremony and slowly went out the room.
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OMG ! Impatient to read the next. I am absolutely curious to read the reaction of the rest of the court.
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aww I am in need of a loving moment. hopefully it's not too far eh..
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Thanks for the update! I really curious about Yeho's appearance and his hair. I also wonder what will the Emperor will plan for the next. He likes think crazy things
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I'm in love with this novel!
ReplyDeleteI can actually imagine Yeho in my mind... I wounder how will be the reaction of emperor this time :)
Whew... it's good that you can imagine Yeho's appearance... it is soooo hard to translate the descriptions! I tried my best...
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