Chapter 520 - 272: Entering the Palace_1
After the meal, Sister Gong and Sister-in-law Huang came to invite Pan Yue to the inner chamber to change her clothes, while the two wet nurses and maids took Mingming and Jingjing back to change theirs as well.
Pan Yue was dressed in a multicolored robe embroidered with golden phoenixes, a bright yellow pleated skirt scattered with flowers, and a golden crown decorated with cinnabar-dotted emeralds and seven pearls, with five phoenixes. Dressed up like this, the little lady was so beautiful, truly like a fairy from the Moon Palace, that it was hard for anyone to take their eyes off her.
But she was somewhat resistant to wearing the gold crown, "Yueyue doesn’t like pearls, doesn’t like wearing this gold crown."
Sister Gong said with a gentle laugh, "The Commandery Princess may not like it, but the Emperor likes it, the Empress Dowager likes it. Once you’ve met the Empress Dowager and returned home, you can take it off. Our little sister is the most sensible."
Perhaps these were the words Sister Gong often used with Pan Yue, for upon hearing them, Pan Yue really did settle down. Sister Gong then continued to prattle on about the things to pay attention to when entering the Palace. Seeing that Pan Yue was getting impatient, she quickly switched to comforting her with a few gentle words.
With Sister Gong there, not only was Qian Manjiang’s pressure alleviated, but also the trouble of worrying about Pan Yue behaving improperly in the Palace was solved. Qian Yixiu was extremely pleased with her performance.
Mingming and Jingjing, who had been brought over, were also properly dressed, both in red silk garments made from lifted gold brocade satin, except Mingming wore trousers and Jingjing wore a skirt, each with a jade necklace around their necks. Like a pair of lovely and pleasing golden boy and jade girl figures. Naturally, they received another thorough round of instruction and admonition for the siblings.
The eunuchs from Cining Palace had arrived two quarters of an hour earlier, as the Empress Dowager was impatient to see them. However, knowing that the situation of Princess Zhenyue was not extraordinary, the eunuch dared not urge them.
Once everything was ready, everyone went to sit in their sedan chairs and headed to the outer courtyard to switch to horse carriages. Pan Yang also arrived, accompanying them into the Palace.
The gifts for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had been prepared back in Guiyuan.
Ever since little lady’s kinship was recognized by Grandpa Pan, Qian Yixiu knew this day would come. She obtained the Empress Dowager’s clothing and shoe measurements through Grandpa Pan and had the little lady use her free time to make clothing and embroider shoes. The garments were of a deep red, soft cloud-patterned brocade with embroidered images of cranes and auspicious clouds, utilizing various embroidery techniques like the peach needle, water ripple needle, and more. But the cranes and clouds couldn’t be white; they were a mix of gold, bright yellow, and black.
The garments not only carried good symbolism but were also rich and magnificent to look at, brimming with flowing light as if the cranes could fly out at any moment, extremely unique and beautiful. Just embroidering this garment alone took the little lady nearly a year.