Undercover Infiltration Duchess

ple dress.

Her purple dress, contrasted with her amber eyes, gave her an air of pure and mysteriousness.
It didn’t look too mild, it seemed moderately arrogant, and it looked good on her.

Most of all, he liked the fact that the hat with wide brim was a set, and the brim slightly covered the face.

“It’s so beautiful, Milady.
It looks good on you.”

Edmond praised Ezet with a pleased smile.
Her eyes turned a little red.

“But isn’t the front part too bland? There must be a necklace in the set…”

As Ezet winked, the maid silently pulled out the jewelry box and showed it to her.
Two types of necklaces became a set.
One is a delicate silver design blue topaz necklace.
The other one is a ruby necklace with an extensive and dark pattern.

Ezet wondered which of the two necklaces to wear.
Topaz didn’t match the color of her eyes, and ruby looked rather heavy for a young woman to wear.

“Edmond, which one do you think is better?”

“Both of them are bad.
It doesn’t suit you.”

This time, he answered honestly.

He was afraid that the dress would catch other people’s eyes or look less pretty, but he could only be objective by choosing a necklace to wear on top of the dress while covering her entire body.

Edmond looked through the jewelry in the jewelry box.
This and that are not enough.
It was lamentable that there were so many jewels and no jewelry perfectly suited to Ezet.

“Milady, let’s buy new jewelry.”

“What? You’re buying again?”

Edmond whispered soothingly, stroking her cheek as he looked at herself with startled rabbit eyes.

“It’s a meeting with the Emperor.
Other ladies will attend the court banquet.
Don’t you think you should dress up to match the status of Duchess Jaxen?”

The higher the status of the aristocrat, the more responsible they were for maintaining their dignity, so she could not just wear anything.
The design of the dress was also important, but the jewelry on the body was even more critical.
There was an implicit rule that one should wear jewelry that was more precious than ones worn by those who were lower in status.

For example, if the Empress or Duchess appeared wearing ruby or diamond necklaces, no ladies under the latter could wear rubies or diamonds.
It was because she would receive glares if she wore more precious jewelry than a woman of high status.
The exception was given to the host of a wedding, birthday, or party, but this was the case at a typical court banquet.

Therefore, the Empress and Duchess mainly used precious gems such as diamonds and rubies, and they wore relatively large ones.
In the case of aesthetically small jewels, the number of jewels on them was increased.