Now it's time to select the dress. Xie Ming has refused to wear the heavy and flashy dress decorated by golden and silver threads made of silk which was sent by Ji Cheng.

Lu shi was hell worried about this whole situation. She has no idea what her Miss was planning.

Lu shi brought a bunch of dresses to Zhao Ming's chamber to let her select her outfit.

Zhao Ming saw all the dresses one by one but she didn't like any one of them.

She thought, ' This Zhao Ming was the Empress and still her clothes are so dull. Ahh, her dressing sense is so bizarre.' she thought.

In modern times, Xie Ming liked to wear short colorful dresses, not because of she like them but she liked the way Liwei reacts to her dresses.

She loves to tease him. Though she didn't love him that much, but she loves to see his reactions. Their relationship was like Tom and Jerry always fighting but also has some sort of connection between them.

But now, she knows that she can't even think about wearing those kinds of dress, as she will be beheaded, so she decided to compromise by wearing these old antique clothes in her way.

Out of a bunch of dresses, she picked up a plain off white color dress. She stared at it for quite some time and thought about something.

Then she gave it to Lu shi and said, " This, I am going to wear this dress tonight." she said with a smile.

Whereas Lu shi was already on the verge of crying.

" Miss, why are you doing this. It's a very important banquet and you're going to wear this simple dress?" she said worriedly.

Zhao Ming glanced at Lu shi and smiled devilishly. She didn't say anything and turned to the two other maids.

" You two, get me a pair of Scissors, and some gold and silver thread," she ordered the other two maids.

The other two girls looked at each other and turned to Zhao Ming and asked, " Scissors?" with a questionable look.

Zhao Ming looked at them and their questionable gazes. She sighed.

She said, " Ahem, how should I say. Yes, I need something to cut the dresses. I mean something... like this." she tried to demonstrate scissors through her hand's gesture.

She struggled hard to make them understand. She doesn't know what scissors called in ancient times.

The name was not the same as in modern, and she was not sure if they even had scissors. She just tried her luck.

And the two maids finally understood what Zhao? Ming meant and went to bring the scissors for her.

After those two maids left, Zhao Ming heaved a sigh of relief. It was such a hassle.

She blankly stared at the door, she was not looking particularly at anything. Inwardly she was cursing her luck.

Lu shi looked at Zhao Ming and thought, 'What is Miss planning to do?'

But she can't say anything to her at this moment.

After a while, the two maids brought scissors and gold and silver threads with them as she has asked.

Zhao Ming took the scissors and nodded. Though they are not exactly she wanted but they could do the work.

At this moment, she can't expect much from her life.

She sat on the chair and placed the dress on the table in front of her.

Then she used her scissors to make a cut on the dress from the waist. When she cut the dress, the other three people in the room gasped in horror.

But Zhao Ming was too into her work that she forgot to see their reactions.

Xie Ming was not the only shopaholic in nature but she used to design her outfit many times.

She could turn the boring dress into a designer outfit.

While living abroad, she had learned many things regarding fashion from her roommate who was studying fashion.

She studied in Venice, the city of romance in Italy. It was not only famous for romance but its fashion.

She learned many things from her friend and even used to go to fashion shows.

Now it's time to use her skills in practice.

....

She cut the dress from many areas and sewed it with golden and silver thread while making different patterns and fashionable.

After she was done, she placed the threads on the table after around an hour. She exclaimed, " Ahh, finally it's done." she stretched her hands while saying so.

When she heard nothing she turned around to see Lu shi and others but as she turned, she was scared to her wits.

She jumped in horror from her seat and asked, " Ahh, what... The hell are guys doing? " she said while trying to calm her nerves.

As she turned around, she saw Lu shi and the other two maids leaning too close to her.

They were standing on each side of her behind her back and they were too close to her. They were almost sitting on the chair.

She was scared to see them so close.

Ignoring her shouting, those three people came nearer to the dress and their mouth was kept open.

When they saw the dress in front of them, they were shocked and surprised.

Zhao Ming has turned the boring plain dress into a custom made design. It was designed with golden and silver threads making beautiful patterns on it with the same threads.

She had altered it according to her body, as she don't like the extremely long clothes. The people here wear loose dresses but she made it to her body fit, which beautifies her curves.

Lu shi looked at the dress than at Zhao Ming. She has never seen any dress something like this.

Though it's not as extravagant as the dress his highness has gifted but it was unique and beautiful. And more than that it's very comfortable.

It's suitable for the scorching heat of summer.

She looked at Zhao Ming with a questionable gaze, though she knows sewing it's very different from her style.

Zhao Ming's style was rather conservative. But this dress was rather provocative and different but beautiful.

Zhao Ming understood her gaze and coughed lightly and asked, " What do you think? Isn't it better than Xiao Li's silk gown which will make her faint in this weather? It's beautiful and comfy." she said while winking at Lu shi.

Lu shi nodded in agreement and said, " It's really beautiful." she said with a smile.

The other two maids followed the suite and repeated Lu shi's words.

Zhao Ming looked at their reactions and chuckled.

Then she looked at Lu shi and said, " Now let me show you another thing. I promise you, that I will outshine that Xiao Li of yours as you wanted. Your Miss is not the same person as before"? she said while turning to go in another direction.

Lu shi was following her but stopped in her steps, hearing her words.

' Not the same Miss as before?' she thought about it but shrugged the stupid thought that came to her mind and quietly followed her.