Chapter 16 My Gold
Princess Chaoyang's hands trembled slightly as she took the amulet. At the same time, the familiar baby voice rang out again.

【What a fart! 】

[When my mother first married my scumbag father, she thought my mother was of noble status and was indeed quite nice to her.]

[But later, after discovering that my mother was a princess abandoned and neglected by the royal family, I began to look down on her in various ways. ]

[Not only did she suppress my mother overtly and covertly, but in order to make the royal family feel that they owed the prince consort a title of nobility, she also helped the prince consort to set up a scheme to make my mother have bad personal ethics, causing my mother to become a joke in the entire Fusu Kingdom.]

Princess Chaoyang's fingers gripped the amulet more and more tightly, her knuckles turned white and she trembled slightly.

"Princess, we have the century-old ginseng. Do you want to send it to the old lady?" Juxiang said as she opened the mahogany box in her hand, revealing an extra-large century-old ginseng.

Princess Chaoyang smiled coldly, "She is too weak to be nourished. This ginseng may not be suitable for the old lady. Let's put it back."

Juxiang looked a little confused, but she still obediently returned the ginseng to the Ming Dynasty princess's private vault.

[Wow, what a big ginseng. It must be very valuable. ]

[Fortunately, I didn’t send it to that so-called vicious grandmother, otherwise Yaoyao would be heartbroken.]

[The grandmother's heart was so far away that after hearing that the heroine didn't like the amulet, she actually gave her a gold lock. ]

[Golden lock, that is a golden lock, made of pure gold, it must be very valuable.]

Thinking of Jinsuo, Xu Yaoyao's eyes began to light up.

Princess Chaoyang saw Xu Yaoyao's envious look, so she said to Yuan Xiang, "Go and get the longevity lock I made for Yaoyao."

Princess Chaoyang's children must have everything that other children have, and not only that, but also better.

After a while, Yuan Xiang came in holding a brocade box.

Princess Chaoyang took the brocade box and opened it. Inside was a golden longevity lock and two gold bracelets. She held the brocade box in front of Xu Yaoyao and asked, "Do you like it?"

Seeing the golden longevity lock and gold bracelet, Xu Yaoyao's eyes lit up.

[I like it, I like it, I like it so much! ]

[Mother, you are definitely my mother! ]

[It is genuine, definitely my real mother! ]

The little guy danced happily and babbled to express his love.

Gold is hard currency in any era, and she simply couldn't like it more.

Upon seeing this, Princess Chaoyang handed the brocade box back to Yuanxiang, then took out the gold bracelet from the box and carefully put it on Xu Yaoyao's little wrist.

There was a golden bell on the gold bracelet. As Xu Yaoyao danced, the golden bell made a tinkling sound, which was very pleasant to the ear.

[Gold, this is real gold. ]

Looking at the gold bracelet on her wrist, Xu Yaoyao smiled happily, revealing her gums which had not yet grown teeth, which was very adorable.

Princess Chaoyang saw her daughter so happy and she started laughing too.

She pinched Xu Yaoyao's nose and said, "Let your mother keep the longevity lock. You are still too young to wear it."

After Princess Chaoyang finished speaking, she asked Yuanxiang to put the brocade box away again.

Xu Yaoyao watched Yuan Xiang's figure getting farther and farther away and more and more blurred, and her heart ached so much!

Since ancient times, if you give something to your mother for safekeeping, it is basically the same as flying away! Although she has never had a mother before, she has never eaten pork, but she has seen pigs run, right?

[Jinsuo, my Jinsuo, please come back soon. Life is wonderful because of you! ]

[Yuan Xiang, Yuan Xiang, please come back soon and bring back my golden lock! ]

[Mother, mother, how about I smile at you again, and you return my gold lock to me? ]

Princess Chaoyang:.
Listening to her little daughter's voice and watching Xu Yaoyao's hard smile, Princess Chaoyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that this child really liked gold.
But when she thought of the old lady, the smile on her face faded a little, and her heart ached slightly.

She had been filial to the old lady for many years for Xu Jinhuai's face and the harmony of the family, but she couldn't get even a trace of sincerity from them. It was really heartbreaking.
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It was past midnight, but the lights in the imperial study were still on.

Emperor Mingde was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, sitting in front of a jade table carved with dragons, holding a brush in his hand, reviewing memorials one by one.

He was a good emperor who worked diligently and loved his people. From the time he ascended the throne until now, he never dared to relax for a moment in order to guard and protect the country passed down by his ancestors.

After finally seeing Emperor Mingde put down his brush, the chief eunuch, Eunuch Qiao, who had been serving Emperor Mingde, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have already found out that Princess Chaoyang has indeed given birth to another daughter."

Over the past decade, although Emperor Mingde had never openly asked about Princess Chaoyang's affairs, he was very concerned about her in private.

Otherwise, the son-in-law Xu Jinhuai would not have been promoted so quickly.

Officials of Fusu State could be promoted to a higher rank only if they had been in office for six years without making any major mistakes, except for those who had made great contributions.

Although Xu Jinhuai had not made any great achievements during his reign, he was able to rise from the lowest-ranking ninth-rank official in the capital to the third-rank Minister of Works in just fifteen years. Naturally, it was because Emperor Mingde missed his younger sister, Princess Chaoyang, and turned a blind eye to his merits.

Now hearing that Princess Chaoyang had given birth to another daughter, Emperor Mingde was sincerely happy for her.

"This should be Qing'er's second daughter, right?" Emperor Mingde said thoughtfully.

Eunuch Qiao replied respectfully, "Yes, the first daughter is named Xu Nianyue, and she has now reached the age of marriage."

Emperor Mingde sighed helplessly, "Qing'er has been stubborn since she was young. Nianyue is already a married woman, but she is unwilling to take the initiative to ask for the title of Princess."

"It seems that she is still angry with me, her royal brother."

Eunuch Qiao smiled and replied, "Princess Chaoyang and His Majesty have the same temper, both are hard on the outside but soft on the inside."

But in his heart he couldn't help thinking: It was the emperor himself who said that if the princess insisted on breaking off the engagement and marrying Xu Jinhuai, he would treat Princess Chaoyang as if she didn't exist as his sister.

The emperor has said that everything is over, and the princess dare not ask for a title.
Seeing Emperor Mingde stand up and walk out, Eunuch Qiao quickly followed, "Your Majesty, whose palace are you going to rest in? I will prepare the dragon sedan chair."

"No need, I'll go to the Changshou Palace to see the Queen Mother." After Emperor Mingde said this, he walked quickly towards the Changshou Palace.

When Emperor Mingde arrived at Changshou Palace, the people in the palace were just about to extinguish the candles and rest.

The Queen Mother is old and has always had the habit of going to bed early.

The eunuch on duty saw Emperor Mingde and was about to report it when the emperor waved his hand to stop him.

He walked straight into the room and saw the Queen Mother staring at the object in her hand in a daze.

"What are you looking at, mother?" Emperor Mingde asked with a smile.

Hearing Emperor Mingde's voice, the Queen Mother put away the things in her hands, looked at Emperor Mingde and asked, "How come the Emperor has time to come to my place today?"

Although the empress dowager put it away quickly, Emperor Mingde still saw it. What the empress dowager was holding was clearly the gift that Princess Chaoyang brought back for her when she went out of the palace for the first time, a jade ring carved with an auspicious phoenix pattern.

(End of this chapter)