Chapter 298: Engagement Banquet (2)

The dress had long been prepared, as it was a traditional ceremony the clothes would never deviate much so that was one less worry, in a way. 

Shen Tianyu answered her with hums as she couldn't move her face muscles much while the royal maids made her face up. When it came time to put on the dress, the Empress was reminded kindly by her head maid and reluctantly left to sit on the other side of the screen door. 

There was the white cotton zhongyi followed by a second light pink layer. The third layer was a yellow shanqun¹ which extended to her feet. The fourth was a red robe with golden embroidery on it of a small bird, probably a baby phoenix, with eight feathered tails to signify her future status as a direct royal family member.