Chapter 3272 Stunning
The Zhou family also received the news, and everyone became busy. Zhou Silang rode his horse to the warehouse where the goods were stored to rummage through the boxes. He found a large bundle and ran home carrying it.
He shook out his cloak and showed it to Zhou Man. Seeing the surprise in her eyes, he smiled and asked, "How is it? Doesn't it look good?"
Zhou Man reached out and touched it, then asked, "Is this a peacock feather?"
"Yes, you're wearing a red dress underneath, which will look great with the blue peacock feathers."
Zhou Man hesitated, "Isn't that too high-profile?"
Zhou Silang waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's just this once. Can you still be promoted to princess in the future? What's wrong with being high-profile once? You only get one chance in life."
Zhou Man thought so and accepted it. "Fourth brother, is this peacock feather cloak expensive? Why are you willing to buy this for me?"
It was so precious, a full eight hundred taels, equivalent to a whole yard. Zhou Silang had snatched it back and was planning to sell it, but now he gave it to Zhou Man. He would have to make up the money himself later.
But when he saw her wearing it, she looked as dazzling as a peacock spreading its tail, Zhou Silang felt it was worth it.
Wu Yue and Jiu Lan brought the clothes and helped Zhou Man to change into them. It was a red dress with Ruyi cloud pattern. The cloud pattern was woven with gold thread. When the sunlight shone on it, the golden light sparkled and was very dazzling.
Zhou Man rubbed his arms and said, "It's really cold."
Wu Yue hurriedly put the peacock cloak on her. Zheng stood aside, examining her and shaking her head slightly. "The bun doesn't suit her. Wu Yue, comb her hair in a new style. I remember she has several sets of ruby jewelry. Find them all and let her choose one."
She looked at Zhou Man and shook her head. "I vaguely remember she had a set of gold-inlaid ruby forehead ornaments. That one would be perfect. Find it quickly."
Zhou Man was startled and immediately said, "I know where it is, but they don't!"
Those good things were all kept in Koko's space. When she got them, May and the others hadn't followed her yet, so she kept all the good things by herself.
Zhou Man turned around and went to her small study. After a while, she came out with a large makeup box. She couldn't help shaking her hands when she put it down.
May walked forward and opened the small drawer. When she saw the jewelry inside, she couldn't help but exclaim "Wow" in amazement.
Zhou Man smiled and said, "They were all given to me by the Queen and the Crown Princess a few years ago. I also made some of them with gemstones I bought myself when I went to the Western Regions."
Oh, and there are also good things obtained from raiding bandit dens.
Zheng went forward and carefully selected and matched a set of jewelry for Zhou Man.
Then he stared at May as she was dressing her up, putting the hair accessories on her little by little.
Zhou Man stared blankly at the person in the bronze mirror, then reached out and touched his face, "Oh my God, I'm so beautiful."
Wu Yue Jiu Lan, who was stunned, came back to her senses in an instant and said with a smile, "Yes, my wife is the most beautiful."
Zheng was also stunned. She pushed Zhou Man, who was about to stand up, onto the chair with regret on her face, "I should have dressed you up more often before." How much time had she wasted?
Zheng stared at Zhou Man in the mirror, then turned and ordered, "Go get the flower ornaments, I'll put them on her."
Zhou Man hurriedly said, "I'm wearing a forehead ornament."
Zheng stared at the corners of her eyes and said, "It would look good if you put it on both corners of your eyes."
Zhou Man: "...Mother, I came to the palace to express my gratitude. How would it look like to have a flower ornament on the corner of my eye?"
Although she herself didn't care much about it, she felt that she should still be solemn in front of the emperor and her colleagues.
Only then did Zheng give up.
Zhou Man stood up and turned around in front of Zheng. "Mother, am I okay?"
"It's all right. You're pregnant, so it's not appropriate to wear the sachet. Go ahead."
As soon as Zhou Man left the house, Zhou Silang, who was playing with Bai Jingxing outside, was stunned. Little Bai Jingxing turned his head to look, and immediately left his fourth uncle behind, ran to her, and looked up at her with his little head tilted up, "Mom, you are so beautiful."
Zhou Man smiled at her, touched her little face and said, "Wait, mother will earn you a fortune."
Zhou Man excitedly went to the palace to express his gratitude.
The carriage stopped at the palace gate. Zhou Man helped Xibing get out of the carriage and took the heater that Jiulan handed over. "You guys wait here. I should be out soon."
The two men agreed and drove the carriage aside with Daji to wait.
Zhou Man looked up at the palace gate, stepped forward, and held out the sign for the guards to see.
No one answered for a long time, so she looked up and saw the guards staring at her in confusion.
Zhou Man looked back silently and said quietly, "If Lord Yin knew you could be so distracted while guarding the palace gate..."
The guards came back to their senses instantly, shuddered violently in front of Zhou Man, took the sign, glanced at it, and returned it to her. "Ms. Zhou, this is not our fault. You, why did you suddenly get up like this? You look scary."
The other guards nodded repeatedly, it was so terrifying.
They would never admit that they were stunned. They were guarding the palace gates, and many of them were descendants of nobles. What kind of beauty had they not seen?
It must be because the contrast between Zhou Man before and after was too great, that's why they were stunned.
Zhou Man stuffed the sign into his sleeve and snorted at them, thinking they wouldn't appreciate it.
Zhou Man subconsciously walked up the long steps in front of the Taiji Hall. Halfway through, he remembered that he should go to the back to wait to express his gratitude. The emperor must be holding a meeting at this moment, right?
But she was already halfway up the stairs, and it would be too tiring to turn back and go down another way, so Zhou Man simply pretended she hadn't thought about it, picked up her skirt and continued climbing.
The court officials who had just left the Taiji Hall saw her walking towards them with the sun behind her. Her red dress was like the morning sun, with golden light flashing as she walked. Her face was fair and solemn, which made them feel that they dared not offend her.
A few people waited in a daze for her to come closer, and then they were sure that this was indeed Zhou Man who always wore official robes to discuss matters with them.
Several adults couldn't help but turn their heads slightly, or bowed their heads in greeting, "Master Zhou."
Zhou Man smiled and returned the greeting, "Excuse me, gentlemen. Is this the end of the meeting?"
One of them nodded and reminded, "Minister Cui and Minister Liu, Duke of Zhao, are still inside."
Zhou Man nodded and went straight to the eunuch to report, "I'm here to express my gratitude. I'll report after the others in the palace leave."
Although he said that, the eunuch still ran to find Gu Zhong.
The emperor glanced at the eunuch who entered the hall and saw that he had a strange look on his face. He glanced at Gu Zhong and asked, "What's the matter?"
Gu Zhong waved his hand and asked the eunuch to stand aside, then stepped forward with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhou has come to the palace to express his gratitude."
"Thank you if you want to. This isn't the first time. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Gu Zhong paused and then whispered, "The eunuch said that Lord Zhou came as Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"She received the princess's share, so naturally she came as a princess," the emperor was puzzled. "What's the problem with that?"
"Your Majesty, can you summon the person in for a look?"
(End of this chapter)
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