Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 520 - 272: Entering the Palace_1

Chapter 520: Chapter 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.

There was also a pair of embroidered shoes, full of ’blessings’ characters.

Qian Yixiu personally crafted a brocade forehead ribbon, inlaid with an emerald and two pearls purchased from Old Foreign Li.

Actually, Qian Yixiu very much wanted to give the large pink pearl to the Empress Dowager to ensure her strong support. But there was no good excuse, and she could fool others by saying it was bought from a foreigner, but with the smartest people inside the Palace, she dared not show her hand carelessly. She needed to fully understand their nature first before proceeding.

The gift for the Emperor was a double-headed Golden Crow Snake leather curtain, with glazed beads and glass marbles as tassels. This curtain was like an air conditioner from a past life; hanging it up in summer could reduce the indoor temperature by several degrees.

Qian Manjiang shared a horse carriage with Pan Yue and Sister Gong, continuously comforting her. Qian Yixiu and her two siblings rode in another carriage, with Qian Yixiu also going over the precautions with the two little ones. After more than half an hour, the group arrived at the Palace.

Upon receiving instructions from the Empress Dowager, everyone entered the Palace gate and switched to riding in sedan chairs, heading toward Cining Palace.

The sedan chairs stopped in front of Cining Palace, and everyone alighted from their carriages.

The daring Qian Yixiu quickly glanced around before swiftly lowering her gaze, trying hard to calm her nervousness.

The place greatly resembled the Forbidden City from her previous life, majestic and splendid, the yellow glazed tiles shining gold in the sunlight.

She felt it was even more daunting than the cave leading to the Cave Sky Pool, her palms sweating. Beside her, Zhu Sujin tugged at her sleeve, signaling there was no need to fear with him there.

Upon alighting from her carriage, Cheng Yue was still clutching Qian Manjiang’s hand. She looked around and felt a layer of mist filling her eyes, choking up, "Brother Jiang, this place feels so familiar. Yueyue feels like she has been here before, but Yueyue has never been here."

Sister Gong by their side said, "The Commandery Princess has been here before, she used to come here often to play."

Because there were women in the Palace, Qian Manjiang and Pan Yang could only escort Pan Yue this far, once again comforting her and giving instructions.

Upon entering the main hall, everyone saw an elderly lady with silver hair being supported by palace attendants as she came to greet them. Qian Yixiu and the others knew it was the Empress Dowager, and they quickly knelt down.