Chapter 558 The Princess arrives

In the afternoon, Sun Jin, the leader of Shangyi Prison, received an order from the empress dowager in the inner palace, telling him that Princess Corning would come to choose clothes in person and ask him to make the princess satisfied, because this was Princess Corning personally choose the style of dowry clothes for her marriage.

Sun Jin did not dare to neglect at all. He quickly ordered the little eunuchs in the whole prison to take out all the newly ironed clothes and put them on the chopping board of the big room for the princess to choose the style. Sun Jin is a little unhappy. The father-in-law is getting married, and the leisure days of Shang Yijian will also come to an end. From today on, it will take at least a few months for the whole Shang Yijian to be in a state of tension.

There are hundreds of sets of wedding clothes and casual dresses for the princess's dowry, as well as dozens of sets of clothes for the future son-in-law, all of which are for Shangyi. After selecting the style and pattern, it will be handed over to the Needlework Bureau to make it according to the determined style and fabric. The clothing supervisor is also responsible for communicating up and down, supervising the production process, and accepting the finished clothing, and striving to be perfect. If there is a style that doesn't match the style chosen by the princess, you will be scolded lightly and severely punished. You will have a headache when you think about it.

Soon after, Princess Corning arrived at Shangyi Prison. Sun Jin carefully waited on her sitting on the brocade stool and drinking tea. The maids of honor took clothes and unfolded them for Princess Corning one by one. If they thought it was good, they nodded and shook their heads if they felt bad. After more than an hour, there were only seven or eight pieces that could enter the princess's eyes. It should be known that Shang Yijian has hundreds of colorful clothes, all of which are made by beautiful Seiko. In Sun Jin's opinion, there is no disagreement. Unfortunately, it was not him who made the decision, but Princess Corning.

"Sun Jin, there are many styles of clothes here. I'm a little picky. It's not that your clothes are not good, but that I don't know how to choose." Princess Corning's red lips moved and her eyebrows frowned faintly.

Sun Jin hurriedly said, "Your Highness's slow choice is that if it doesn't work today, it will be tomorrow, and if it doesn't work tomorrow, there will be the day after tomorrow. In short, until you are satisfied, the slaves and maidservants will serve you every day."

"Who is tired of staying with you every day? I just want to choose the pattern as soon as possible, but it's not good if it's too casual. I actually want Hongying and others to choose on my behalf, but I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager will scold me for being too scribbled. After all, it's a lifelong event.

"Your Highness is right. If Your Highness is tired, you can rest and choose again." Sun Jin said respectfully.

"That's all, I don't have the energy to choose. Well, when I was young, I remember that the clothes my aunt carried when she got married were very beautiful. It's better to do it according to the clothes of my aunt's wedding, which must be appropriate, and save me from brains here."

"Your Highness is really smart. This is a convenient way. Those clothes have a foundation to be kept in the old warehouse, and I ordered someone to take them out immediately for Your Highness to have a look."

Princes Corning got up with a smile and said, "I'll go and see it myself, but I don't have to move around, so as not to work you."

"How can this work? The old warehouse stores all the things of the previous dynasty. After years of dust, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for Your Highness to go in."

"I'm not afraid of dirt. Hongying Hongyu accompanied me in. Others don't have to follow. Sun Jin, lead the way."

Sun Jin had no choice but to lead the way and come to the outside of the tall warehouse in the backyard. The door was not locked. He pushed the door in. There were several eunuchs in the hall. Seeing Sun Jin coming in with the princess, they knelt down and saluted one after another.

Sun Jin pointed to the thick wooden door behind the hall and said, "Your Highness, that is the inner door of the old library. The clothes inside are all old objects. In order to preserve them intact and not be damaged, they generally do not open the door. Three times a year, they move out when the sun is good and dry them to prevent mildew."

Corning nodded and said, "That's how it should be. Open the door."

Sun Jin took out a set of keys from his waist, opened eight iron locks from top to bottom in turn, and pushed open the wooden door hard. A smell of herbs rushed out inside, making Corning sneeze.

"Your Highness, this is the smell of wormwood. There are some wormwood and grass powder scattered everywhere to prevent insects and moth. If Your Highness is not used to it, it's better for you to carry out clothes for you."

Cang waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Light a lantern. It's a little dark inside."

Sun Jin hurriedly lit a lantern and lifted his feet in. Kang Ning hurriedly said, "You should stay outside, too."

Sun Jin said in astonishment, "Your Highness is not familiar with the place. It's better for you to guide me."

Corning's face darkened and said, "Why are you so talky? Can't I find anything? You just say where it is."

Sun Jin hurriedly said, "There are three rows of compartments in the warehouse. The costumes of the princesses and concubines are in the second room, and they are hanging in the big wooden cabinet."

Corning nodded and said, "What's in the innermost room?"

Sun Jin said, "That's the crowned clothes of the former emperor and the previous emperor. Your Highness doesn't have to go there."

Corning nodded and said, "I see, Hongying, carry the lantern. Let's go in."

Cui Hongying answered and took the lantern in Sun Jin's hand as the first door. Corning stepped over the high threshold with his skirt and followed him in. The female official Hongyu helped him in the back, and the three of them fished in.

Sun Jin stood at the door with his sleeves and bored. Suddenly, he saw a little eunuch rushing to the door. When he entered the door, he almost fell down, so he scolded, "I'm in a panic all day, bastard."

The little eunuch hurriedly said, "My father-in-law, go to the front government. Grandpa Liu is here."

"Who?"

"Eunuch Liu, Eunuch Liu, and Eunuch Wei are also here."

Sun Jin was shocked, pulled out and left, but turned around and said to several eunuchs guarding the warehouse around him, "Be careful. If Your Highness comes out, go to the front immediately to report."

Several eunuchs agreed repeatedly, and Sun Jin hurried out and went to the front government.

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The warehouse was gloomy and dark. In addition to the smell of wormwood, there was a faint musty smell around, which smelled extremely uncomfortable. The three of them walked slowly along the aisle against the wall and stopped in front of the second door. Cui Hongying whispered, "Your Highness, do you want to go in to make a look?"

Corning whispered, "Go straight to get things, and Hongyu will stare at people behind to prevent people from suddenly coming in."

Hongyu promised to take a few steps back, leaned against the wooden plate of the warehouse and stared at the door. Kangning quickly trotted in with the corner of his skirt, came to the door of the third warehouse, reached out and pushed hard on the dusty wooden door, and heard a pull, and the wooden door did not move.

Cui Hongying picked up the lantern and took a photo and found that the door was locked, but the doors of the first and second warehouses were not locked at all. She couldn't help stamping and said, "It's over, it's locked."

Corning waved his hand to signal Cui Hongying to retreat, reached out to touch her waist, and a cold shining dagger appeared in her hand. This was the dagger that Song Nan specially asked Princess Corning to carry with her, for fear of being blocked by locks at critical times. Kang Ning bit his lower lip and waved the dagger back and forth. There was a harsh creaking sound from the lock immediately. The three were shocked and stared at the door nervously; the eunuchs outside did not seem to hear the noise, and they were relieved after a long time without movement.

"Your Highness, the maidservant is coming to cut." Cui Hongying whispered.

Corning nodded and handed over the dagger. Cui Hongying held the handle of the dagger in both hands and closed her eyes and waved it hard. With a click, the lock broke. The dagger was extremely sharp, but it took a momentary force to work. The sound was a little loud again. The three looked nervously at the door again, and the eunuch outside still did not move.

Corning sighed, patted his chest and gently pushed the wooden door. This time, in the light of the lantern, a strange face with its teeth and claws stared at him, which made Corning scream and almost threw the lantern.

This time, the little eunuchs outside heard it. A eunuch shouted, "What's the matter? What happened?"

Cui Hongying hurriedly shouted, "It doesn't matter. The princess tripped under her feet."

"Your Highness, be careful, some boards on the ground are loose." The eunuch raised his voice.

"I know, the princess will be careful." Cui Hongying replied. The eunuchs shrank back, and Cui Hongying raised the lantern and slowly approached. Only then did she see what she had just seen. It turned out to be a dragon head embroidered on the curtain hanging behind the wooden door.

The two lifted the curtain and entered the warehouse, but saw dozens of tall wooden cabinets placed on both sides. Kangning casually opened one. The clothes hanging in it were all the styles worn by the emperor in daily life. They opened all the wooden cabinets, but they did not find a dragon robe hanging. While wondering, Cui Hongying whispered, "Here."

Corning hurriedly followed the sound and saw a long incense case placed on the top, with seven or eight exquisite brocade boxes placed on it. In front of each brocade box were a wooden card with small characters written on it. The lantern came close to a wooden card, and saw the words "Tian Hongdao Gao Ming Guangyun Holy Martial Arts Purely filial Emperor". But it is the nickname of Chengzu.

Corning stretched out his hand and lifted the brocade box behind him. A golden set of dragon robe crowns were neatly placed inside, with moth-proof herbal balls in the four corners.

"It's the dragon robe of Emperor Taizong. Song Nan said that he wanted my father's dragon robe. The emperor wore the same style as his father's."

The two held lanterns and looked for it in turn. On the wooden card in front of the easternmost brocade box, they found the words 'Jianmingdao pure and honest literary god and martial arts to benevolent to the emperor'. In the brocade box in the rear neatly visited and folded, it was the dragon robe worn by Hongzhi in those years.

Corning gently stroked Hongzhi's dragon robe, looked at the traces of rubbing on the cuffs, and a small black ink. Suddenly, he remembered that this ink was his own masterpiece, and suddenly reminded him of his father's voice and smile when he was alive.

In those years, he learned calligraphy when he was young and his hands were full of black ink. It happened that his father passed the library and pestered him to hug him. His black little hand blackened the cuffs of the dragon robe. Although he had been washed many times, the ink marks were still there. For a moment, he stood there and burst into tears.