Chapter 1088: Making Ceremonial Dress

The two Zhinu looked troubled: "Prince, this, this I'm afraid won't do. The Queen arranged for us to make the ceremonial dress of our Huaxia, and to use this to make clothes for the Jiuli in a wedding—after all, we must offer sacrifices to Heaven and Earth—is this not inappropriate?"

Ayuduo saw Changle was in a difficult position, so she stood out and said: "Then let's just make it in the Huaxia style; there's no need to use our Jiuli style."

But Changle had his own ideas. He scratched his head: "How about this, you all should first look at the style of her clothes, memorize it, and then prepare. I will go ask my father to see what kind is best to make. I feel that making it in the Jiuli style is no problem. If Ayuduo were just an ordinary woman of the Jiuli, that would be fine, but she is, after all, a Princess of the Jiuli; her status is different."

Chiyou and Yangasha were very satisfied with Changle's words; it could be said he had given their Jiuli plenty of face. However, they did not interrupt. Now they would see how Huaxia would handle it. In truth, Chiyou and the others didn't really care; it was nothing more than a difference between Huaxia being willing to give them more respect or just this much. As it looked now, the treatment given was quite good.

The Zhinu also dared not have any opinions. No matter what they did, they had to listen to the Prince's opinion. However, the Queen's opinion was clearly greater than the Prince's, but the King's opinion was more important than anyone's.

Changle pushed Ayuduo in front of the two and spoke of his own ideas again: "Look, here, here, change this strap to a button, and keep the strap here. Then make it fit a bit better. Add another strap here, and here, leave space to hang these decorations. Finally, use some leather or something to pad it, which can prevent it from snagging on the clothes or chafing the body."

The two Zhinu observed and noted carefully, listening to Changle's words in great detail. However, after looking, they still offered an opinion: "Prince, why not give us one of these garments? We can take it back to compare while we make it. If we just memorize it, what if some mistake happens?"

"Fine, it just so happens she has another set. You take it, and see that you make it carefully."

From Ayuduo's leather bag, he took out the wrinkled clothes and handed them to the two Zhinu. The Zhinu then began to tidy up the fabric on the table; they were to take all of this back.

"This fabric, I will have someone send it to you later. By the way, I will tell you which tribe's style the ceremonial dress should be made in. Also, I think we should use this silk for the ceremonial dress; it is the best."

Changle showed the two Zhinu the Silk sent by Miaoyin, but as soon as the Zhinu saw it, they gave a different opinion: "No, Prince, we feel that this kind of fabric should be made into our Huaxia clothing style; this way, the flowers on it can be preserved more."

"When Princess Miaoyin made this bolt of silk, we all saw it. It was not easy at all; every flower took a lot of time. It only looks good if made into our Huaxia style."

"For clothes in the Jiuli style, I think using this white silk and blue silk would look better, and it matches their jewelry better."

Changle listened to the Zhinu's words and looked carefully, feeling they were right: "Fine, then follow your ideas. Just use this silk to make it in our Huaxia style."

"Then you also measure Yangasha and make her a set too. Make it in their Jiuli style. Once you have measured her size, hand it over to others to make. It will be fine if it's done in four or five days. She is also a Princess; this is a gift I am giving her."

"Very well, Prince. Should we also use this silk for that?"

"Yes, just use what is here. There is plenty. As for Ayuduo's, I will replenish hers myself."

The two Zhinu nodded in agreement, then immediately pulled over the somewhat shocked and bewildered Yangasha to measure her size. Only then did Yangasha react, exclaiming: "Changle, are you really going to give this to me? Isn't this too precious?"

"No, I promised you all, so I am giving it to you. For Chiyou and Qianxi, there is no time now, and we don't have that many Zhinu to make it for you. When you leave, I will just give you each a bolt of silk. You take it back and make it yourselves. What color do you like?"

"Blue!" Chiyou and Qianxi said in unison, not even being polite or saying they didn't want it. They were completely unreserved. Ayuduo was not unhappy about giving her own silk to Yangasha; after all, she was her sister. Besides, she had so much that she couldn't even believe it.

After the two Zhinu finished measuring, they bowed to Changle and exited. Changle also felt he should go talk to his father alone now, so he said to them: "Then you all rest here first. You've been suffering from seasickness along the way. I still have to go see my father to report on my work."

Reminded by Changle, the few of them instantly felt dizzy and nauseated again. They hurriedly waved their hands to let Changle leave; they suddenly wanted to return to their rooms to lie down properly. The shock of joy and surprise had made them forget their discomfort, but now they felt it all over again.

The servants took their respective guests back to their rooms, but even though they were women, they would not use their bodies to serve these guests. If they needed that, someone would naturally find suitable female Slaves for them, but these women could not.

Changle took a deep breath, feeling somewhat nervous, and prepared to see his father. However, he was now on a mission to report his work, so he had people bring his work results along, also to see if his father could find something useful that he hadn't discovered himself.

Baifeng's mood had now calmed down, and he began to think about the relationship with the Jiuli. Yulong had not left and had been chatting with Baifeng.

"Yulong, what is your view on the relationship with the Jiuli?"

Yulong sat beside Baifeng, his expression serious: "Father, although the Jiuli are a bit far, I feel they can still be engaged with. Even if it's only once a year, it can still bring some of their local products, right? Moreover, they pose no threat to us, and we can obtain the movements of the Xuanyuan Tribe. I think there is no problem."

"Changle is with their Princess, which in itself is a help. Such a coincidence, I even feel that Heaven is helping us, wanting to give us a push and a hint to let us communicate with the Jiuli."

Baifeng tapped the table lightly: "What you say makes sense. And the road to the Suiren clan is now completely open; one can pass through the Suiren clan directly to the Jiuli without going through the Xuanyuan Tribe. It can be said to be a road the Xuanyuan Tribe doesn't know about."

"Xuanyuan relies on the advantage of Geography to prevent us from having contact with the Jiuli, but our Huaxia has so many good things. I believe it is enough to make Chiyou bypass Xuanyuan to trade with us, and not tell Xuanyuan about this matter."