Now Wukong turned into a Jiaoliao Insect and burrowed into Banana Cave.
He saw Princess Iron Fan taking off her cloak, revealing a close-fitting undergarment, and ordering her maids to carry the gifts into the back.
Wukong dared not look further and went straight inside Banana Cave to search.
Banana Cave was vast, with towers, pavilions, doorways, and courtyards everywhere. Wukong had no idea where the Treasure Fan was hidden, so he flew through them one by one to search.
Through window cracks and gaps in doors, he slipped into the rooms. Here lived young maidservants, all sweet fragrance and powder; there lived serving women, amid red curtains and embroidered bed hangings.
Through one room he went, unable to take in all the willow greens and blossom reds.
Through another he roamed, unable to finish admiring the exquisite pearl hairpins.
He happened into a chamber and rummaged about for a long while before realizing it was his sister-in-law's boudoir. Hastily offering his apologies, he withdrew.
After searching for a long time, he reached a small room at the back, piled with rare treasures: the Cloud-Dragon Jade Bi, the White Jade Guanyin, the Bronze Ox Lamp, the Auspicious Beast Incense Burner, the Night-Shining Pearl, and the Golden Horn Cup. Beside a table lay a Treasure Fan, coated with a little dust.
Wukong picked up the Treasure Fan and brushed off the dust. Seeing red silken veins running through both sides of its surface, he could not help exclaiming in delight, "Isn't this it! Sister-in-law is careless, too. Why wouldn't she hide such a Treasure Fan properly, instead of leaving it out here to gather dust? It's only right that Old Sun should take it!"
With that, he put away the Treasure Fan, plucked out a hair, transformed it into the likeness