After taking a bath early that morning, she changed into her clothes before sitting quietly inside the eastern room.
Soon afterwards, her entire coming-of-age hairpin ceremony proceeded in a systematic fashion under her parents' supervision.
The guests of honor had now been welcomed and were seated in the hall. Thys, when the music started playing, Qiao Zhongbang and his wife watched as their daughter, dressed in formal attire, walked over from beyond the crowd.
At the sight, the couple exchanged emotional gazes, with the sentiment that their daughter was now grown up.
Meanwhile, the guests of honor that had come to attend Qiao Mu's hairpin ceremony were the family members of prestigious officials in the capital.
After Qiao Zhongbang cupped his fists and relayed some words of courtesy, he announced the commencement of his daughter Qiao Mu's coming-of-age ceremony.
