[Location: Minister of the Seal's Office]
"Your Highness, today is the engagement ball. Why are you still so downcast?"
Lady Qian helped Beatrice pin up her long hair, feeling sentimental:
"She truly is the princess who has captured the hearts of countless nobles and elite families."
The exotic Beatrice was dressed in a champagne-colored gown and a pure white upper garment.
Exquisite yet not losing elegance, splendid yet not overwhelming.
A true beauty makes her clothes merely the pedestal for her natural grace.
And now, this much-admired beauty looked troubled:
"Qian, my prince seems a bit clueless. What should I do?"
"Why are you asking me? Your Highness, I've never been in love."
Qian said blandly: "Moreover, haven't you already arranged everything with Lord Gandalf?"
Beatrice tilted her head as she looked at her:
"I'm just a bit concerned, and you might guess who's causing the trouble..."
Beatrice recalled the events from a few weeks ago with distress.
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