Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 506: My lovely bones

The old wooden chests, she observed where ancient, they smelled slightly like old clothes or moths. They were all colored brown and the edges were painted gold. The tops of the chests were designed like peonies and actual gold was inlaid into the indentations which formed the flowers.

"These were owned by a woman, right?" she asked T4.

"Probably host, why don’t you open the chests and we can take an inventory of the items inside." He encouraged her.

"What kind of wood is this? I need to know in case it’s valuable because I don not want to destroy it."

"Rose wood." T4 replied.

’Soooo, valuable.’ she thought. A small smile appeared on her lips and she touched the chest lovingly. ’Too bad whoever hid them did not hide chairs tables, cupboards and other pieces of furniture made from Rose wood."

The lock was pretty easy to open and she pried the first chest open quite easily. The top layer was covered by two drab brown cloths, when she lifted it, dust particles rose up and when it rose up dust particles tickled her nose and she sneezed.

"Should I do it mistress?" One of the robot butlers approached her and asked. "We are not affected by things like dust."

No, was on the tip of her tongue but as she looked at the rest of the chests, she knew that it would probably be the same. It was better to sit back and allow the non human do this. She sat down and the robot butler slowly and carefully removed the first item. It was undeniably a piece of clothing, a dress to be precise, the inside of the large silky dress with a lace finishing was white and the robe on top was red and gold. The design on the bottom of the long gown were like swirling fires climbing upwards slowly into one thin line as came close to the waist. The upper part of the gown was designed like a very small coat with slightly large shoulders and long wide circular arms, it was designed with flowers, of what kind she did not know.

"Good Lord!" Chi Lian gasped, it was beautiful and certainly not ordinary. This was the kind of dress worm by nobility, it could not have belonged to a commoner. Below that gown was a crown, gold in color and in the shape of small leaves. Thin tassels of gold and red threads flowed down from the crown. Another piece of jewelry a long red and gold chain design with circular spirals and three tassels were attached at the end. "T4, if you check online, in which year where tassels like this common?"

"Should I continue taking everything from the boxes mistress?" the robot butler asked her.

"Yes." she wanted to see everything in these boxes.

The second dress was not as visually stunning but it was just as lovely, it was maroon, grey and white. Again, flowers were design along the front of the robe and it’s wide arms had a little fur around the edges. A large soft and smooth grey and white fur was folded inside of this gown.

Chi Lian started petting the fur because of how amazing it felt, but in due time she could not stand that old scent and she put it down. More dresses, crowns and jewelries were removed, some exquisite and others simply beautiful.

"Late 1600’s, 1700’s to 1800’s host, according to old books and computer generated images made by various artists."

She touched the plain gold crown and thought slowly, crowns and dresses like this from that time period, these definitely belonged to royalty. The question now was what to do with them?

"I am going to open the last chest mistress."

She turned her eyes to the last chest and nodded, more drab clothing was removed but rather than clothes, the robot butler brought papers, old papers. He unveiled the first and it was faded writing, she could not make it out.

"T4 scan this."

Next was a painting, rolled and tied together by old wires of some kind. It was opened and a drawing of a woman was revealed. Walking closer, she asked the robot butler to hold it up so that she could see vividly what appeared to be familiar. A gorgeous dainty face with a small nose and a shy smile with two dimples in the cheeks.

"Where have I seen this face before?" she asked herself.

"Hua Yi Mei." T4 said.

Chi Lian clapped her hands and her eyes went wide in realization, "That’s it!" she gasped. "Lost bones Hua Yi Mei, T4 you beautiful genius, I could kiss you right now."

"Please don’t." T4 responded dryly.

"Why can’t you take the praise when I give it to you? I am happy right now.." She stopped talking, "This is not proof of anything. What else is in the chest?"

"I have removed the books and found a hidden compartment, there is something else inside. Should I continue?" the robot asked.

"Of course, quickly if possible." she was feeling excited, the system was right, there was some wealth in the gold mine. "T4 how did you know that these possibly belonged to the empress Hua Yi Mei?"

"The words on the paper, they read , ’now we can be together my lovely Hua Yi Mei.’ According to information online she was the youngest empress of the emperor Kuan whose reign lasted only one hundred sixty days in the year 1709. She was given to him by the Hans in an attempt to make peace and seek protection for their small kingdom which bordered the empire in the North. Emperor Kuan was sixty eight years old when he ascended the throne, he was a war monger who taxed the people heavily, he filled his palace with wealth and women. During his short reign, he brought nothing but misery and suffering on the people which resulted in the staging of a coup supported by the people led by his cousin on his mother’s side, Long Xu. Emperor Kuan died trying to escape, leaving behind his fifteen year old new bride Hua Yi Mei."

"I know the rest of the story," Chi Lian raised her hand eagerly, "CNTV aired a drama about it last year, it was called lost bones Hua Yi Mei or my lovely bones Hua Yi Mei. She fell into a depression because she was locked up in the palace after the new emperor took the throne, becoming so skinny that she was basically nothing but skin and bones. The new emperor declared her one of his wives to protect her since some ministers wanted her to be killed or imprisoned but the title of empress was removed from her. She lived in seclusion, never seeing the emperor because he protected her out of pity not love. One day she escaped the palace and fell in love with a scholar, she blossomed, becoming healthy and devastatingly beautiful but their love was doomed because the emperor noticed her beauty after all and he wanted her for himself. She took poison and died at the age of twenty one, There was a fire in her palace two years later and some of her belongings were found missing, including her bones which had been dug from her grave. In the drama, the scholar stole her bones and buried them in his yard. But in reality no one really knows what happened to her bones."

"Until now host, you have found Hua Yi Mei’s bones."