Chapter 559: Empty Hands
Sun Jin hurried to the front hall, Liu Jin, Gao Feng, and Wei Bin were standing in the hall looking at the slightly messy pile of clothes on the long case, Sun Jin hurriedly stepped forward to salute; The little Shangyi supervisor is full of people on weekdays, and today there is a princess coming, and then there are big figures in the inner court such as the master of ceremonies, which makes Sun Jin feel quite flustered.
"Sun Jin, what is this mess doing?" Liu Jin asked, pointing to a messy pile of clothes.
"Back to Grandpa Liu's words, Her Royal Highness Princess Kangning personally drove to choose the style and color of the clothes, I just felt not very satisfied, and I am continuing to choose in the old warehouse, our family was just waiting by the side, and I couldn't greet a few fathers-in-law in person, hoping to pray for forgiveness."
"Her Royal Highness the princess is here?" Liu Jin glanced at the people around him suspiciously.
"Yes, my father-in-law is afraid that he doesn't know yet, the Queen Mother ordered someone to spread the word, Her Royal Highness the princess is going to choose a horse to marry, so you need to prepare clothes and fabrics for marriage."
"I see." Liu Jin suddenly realized that the princess wanted to choose such a big thing as a concubine, and he was a little uncomfortable as the head of the inner court, but he didn't have the heart to care about these things at present, and he came for another purpose.
"Father-in-law Sun, the palace has not been very peaceful recently, there have been a few cases of theft in the Qianqing Palace recently, and the emperor is very angry, so our family took the lead and led a few fathers-in-law to inspect and rectify the prisons in the palace from now on.
Sun Jin hurriedly said: "Back to my father-in-law, everyone in my Shangyi Prison is well-behaved, and there has not been a single theft in Shangyi Prison for so many years, please check it out." ”
Liu Jin waved his hand and said: "Our family believes in you, the reason why our family came here first is because you are in charge of the emperor's clothing. ”
Sun Jin said: "What my father-in-law said is that my father-in-law can rest assured that I am in charge of the emperor's clothes, and I am also under my supervision for ironing and cleaning on weekdays, and I dare not slack off." Grandpa Liu can follow me to see where it is stored, and I will know that everything is safe. ”
Liu Jin nodded and said, "It's okay, let's see." ”
Sun Jin led the way, several people came down from the front and back doors, came to a room on the east side of the courtyard and pushed the door in, three eunuchs were busy working on a board, a bright yellow underwear was spread on the board, two eunuchs pulled back and forth, and an old eunuch was holding a water iron and was carefully ironing back and forth.
"Don't you give a gift to Gonggong Liu, Gonggong Wei, and Gonggong Gao?" Sun Jindao.
The three eunuchs hurriedly knelt down and saluted, Liu Jin waved his hand, walked to the board and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
Sun Jin hurriedly said: "This is the emperor's underwear, after the fragrant pancreas is cleaned and dried, it is ironed here eight times, and then spread on the incense cage to smoke incense for an hour before it is completed, when the emperor changes clothes, our family will personally send all the clothes to the Qianqing Palace to serve the emperor's father-in-law." ”
Liu Jin nodded and said, "Very good." The emperor's auspicious clothes are not often worn, I don't know how you save them? The maintenance of the dragon robe can not be sloppy at all, if it is eaten by mildew and insects, it is a capital crime. ”
Sun Jin smiled and said, "How can that?" A few fathers-in-law came with me. ”
Sun Jin walked towards a small room at the head of the side, there were eight large wooden cabinets inside, and the doors of the cabinets were locked, Sun Jin pointed to the cabinets and said: "Fathers-in-law, the outer clothes worn by the emperor are all kept in these cabinets, and the guild of the Qianqing Palace sends a sign every day, what kind of clothes do you need to wear, and our family will personally deliver them to the Qianqing Palace together with the underwear." This wooden cabinet is all camphor wood from the south, which absorbs moisture and prevents moths and fragrance, and will never be eaten by mildew and insects. Besides, I have to open the cabinet and check it every day, and there will be no problem. ”
Liu Jin nodded and said, "Very good, where is the emperor's dragon robe?" Open the cabinet and let's see how it is preserved. ”
Sun Jin agreed, took out a bunch of keys from his waist, opened the door of the second large wooden cabinet, and saw two golden new dragon robes hanging in the cabinet one after the other, with wooden clips on the front and back to keep the clothes stretched, and dozens of small cloth bags that absorb moisture were placed at the bottom of the cabinet, exuding bursts of fragrance.
Liu Jin sighed and said, "Very good, who is still in charge of the key to this cabinet door?" ”
Sun Jin said: "There is only one in my hand, and no one else is in charge, and I also sleep in the yamen at night." ”
Liu Jin smiled and said: "Grandpa Sun is conscientious, and our family is very satisfied; However, there are not many people in your Shangyi prison, and it is a hidden danger at night, so we plan to send some people to you, from now on, I will order the people of Dongchang to come to patrol and protect the left side every night, you see how it is. ”
Although Sun Jin felt that this was too much, he said in his mouth: "Thank you father-in-law for taking care of me, so you can sit back and relax." ”
Everyone went out and came to the courtyard, Liu Jin was going to leave, but after thinking about it, he said: "Her Royal Highness the princess is still here, we should go and meet Her Royal Highness the princess, Sun Jin, you should have accompanied Her Royal Highness the princess, I will give up the princess as soon as I come, won't the princess be annoyed?" ”
Sun Jin bowed and said: "That's not going to happen, the princess wants to take two female officials to choose by himself, and the villain was just waiting outside the library just now." ”
Liu Jin sighed and said, "No matter what, you can't be rude, take us there." ”
Sun Jin agreed, and led everyone all the way to the old warehouse in the backyard. In the old storehouse, Kangning's master and servant were encountering a problem, the dragon robe was within reach, but how to take it out in front of everyone was a problem, and he forgot about it before coming.
The three of them frowned, and Cui Hongying thought for a while and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Hongyu is tall, why don't you let her wear a dragon robe and a cotton robe on the outside to see if she can be fooled." ”
Hongyu was startled, stealing the dragon robe was not something that she, a little female official, dared to do, but Kang Ning motioned for her to put it on and didn't dare not wear it, so she had to take off the cotton robe outside tremblingly, Kang Ning picked up the dragon robe and gestured to Hongyu, after a busy time, looked at Hongyu, the whole person was not completely ill-fitting in the wide clothes, the sleeves were longer than the palms, not to mention, the hem was dragged to the ground nearly a foot. Where is this kind of hidden appearance, it is simply a complaint that the clothes on other people's bodies are strange; Besides, after putting on the dragon robe, the padded jacket can't be put on at all, and it's a waste of effort.
"No, you can see it at a glance when you go out like this, and you need to think of another way for her." Kang Ningqi's little face turned pale, and he secretly scolded himself for not thinking it through.
At this moment, there was a noise at the door of the warehouse, and Sun Jin's voice came faintly: "Hasn't Her Royal Highness the Princess come out yet?" ”
A little eunuch replied, "It's still inside." ”
Sun Jin's voice came: "Father-in-law Liu, Father-in-law Gao, Father-in-law Wei, how about we wait a while?" ”
"Okay, let's report it first." Liu Jin's sharp voice also sounded.
Kang Ning was stunned for a while, and said in a low voice: "Why is Liu Jin here?" Is it aware of our intentions? ”
Cui Hongying and Hongyu are as pale as earth, the two are the princess's personal female officials, and the princess will naturally follow them unconditionally to help if they want to do these things, but it doesn't mean that they don't know what kind of crime it is to come and steal the dragon robe, if Liu Jin finds out, the princess is naturally nothing, and the two of them are going to lose their lives.
"Your Royal Highness the Princess, the Master of Ceremonies Liu Gonggong is waiting outside to give the princess a salute." Sun Jin shouted inside with a straight voice.
The trembling voice of the female official Cui Hongying came from inside: "The princess knows, tell Father-in-law Liu about them, no need to be polite, go on your own errand." ”
Sun Jin glanced at Liu Jin, saw Liu Jin's brows tightly knit thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't know when to come out, and the father-in-law decides for himself." ”
Liu Jin tilted his head and asked, "What are the things stored in the old warehouse?" ”
"It's just some old clothes of the queen mother and princess of the previous dynasty, the princess wants to see the style of clothes worn by Princess Longqing back then, otherwise she won't go into the old library to choose."
"There are emperor's clothes here? Is there a dragon robe? ”
"Back to my father-in-law, the dragon robes of the previous emperors of all dynasties have one each."
Liu Jin frowned into a Sichuan character and asked in a low voice, "Have you ever preserved it properly?" Is it missing? ”
"Where does my father-in-law say, where does he dare to snub these old things, isn't that looking for death? The clothes left behind by the emperors were stored in a separate room, and they were all locked. In fact, there are not many, most of them are buried in the mausoleum with the coffins of the emperors, and a few of the stored ones are also left in a style, for the sake of the needlework bureau. ”
Liu Jin sighed and didn't make a sound, standing there staring at the door of the warehouse, the eunuchs saw that Liu Jin's expression was not quite right, and they didn't dare to talk much, and they didn't dare to come out one by one. The figure of the dim door of the treasury flashed, the female officer Hongyu walked in front with a lantern, Princess Kangning walked in the middle, and the female officer Cui Hongying walked in the end with her head bowed while holding a wooden box.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess." Liu Jin knelt down and saluted, but his eyes were fixed on the long wooden box that Cui Hongying was holding in his hand, and Gao Feng, Wei Bin, Sun Jin and others also quickly knelt down and saluted.
Kang Ning's face was a little red, he was a little out of breath, and he waved his hand and said, "Didn't you say that you don't need to be polite?" Grandpa Sun, Princess Longqing chose the style of the palace very much, so let's do it according to those styles, and the palace will go and talk to the queen mother. ”
Sun Jin hurriedly said: "As long as the princess is satisfied, the slaves and maids are waiting for the queen mother's decree to do something." ”
Kang Ning smiled and said: "Okay, then Bengong went back to Shouning Palace, oh yes, Bengong picked out two spring jackets and brought them back to try them on." ”
As he spoke, Kang Ning reached out and opened the lid of the wooden box in Cui Hongying's hand, and a small pink cotton jacket was neatly placed inside.
"This palace looks at this style is gratifying, take it back and wear it for the Queen Mother to see, and then send it back to you to keep it when you make a new one, Sun Jin, this is not out of order."
Sun Jin said with a smile: "No, no, Her Royal Highness the princess likes it, but they are all old clothes, and they must be washed and ironed before they can be worn after going back, otherwise there will be some musty smell on it, so it is better to let the slave maid wash and iron it and send it to Shouning Palace." ”
Kang Ning smiled and said: "No need, there are people in Shouning Palace who will take care of it, you all get up, you don't have to kneel, this palace should also go." After working for a long time, I was a little tired and panicked, Hongying, after I went back, I would boil water and wait for the palace to take a bath. ”
Cui Hongying said in a low voice: "Obey the orders of His Highness." ”
Kang Ning gathered his somewhat scattered sideburns and hair, glanced at Liu Jin, who was kneeling in front of him, turned around and hurriedly went out, Cui Hongying hugged the wooden box tightly and followed with small steps, Liu Jin, Sun Jin and others knelt down and sent them out, until they couldn't see their figures.
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