Chapter 19 The prince is here
It seems that in Xu Jinhuai's heart, that is his real home.

No wonder he would ruthlessly help his concubine to replace children and steal the identities of her biological children as legitimate sons and daughters. I'm afraid in his eyes, only the children born to him by his concubine are the real children of his Xu family, right?

"I understand. You can go down now." Princess Chaoyang's voice was filled with sadness.

Yuan Xiang and Ju Xiang looked at Princess Chaoyang worriedly, but they saw Princess Chaoyang got on the bed with an expressionless face and motioned for them to lower the bed curtains.

Princess Chaoyang lay on the bed, staring at the curtain with dull eyes, feeling so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.

This must be the price she paid for being "love-brained"? Her true love was gone, her own flesh and blood were separated, and she was still foolishly helping her enemy raise a child.

This is all her retribution. She was willing to hurt her mother and brother and marry Xu Jinhuai.

But this retribution should not befall her children.

Princess Chaoyang felt sad and regretful in her heart, and hatred grew in her eyes.

Xu Jinhuai and his mistress should never, ever, harm her child.

Her heart was filled with hatred and she had another sleepless night.

The next morning, the prince came to the princess's mansion.

Unfortunately, Xu Jinhuai did not come to Princess Chaoyang's courtyard that day. Instead, he had breakfast in the outer room and went directly to the Ministry of Works, so he did not see the prince.

When the old lady heard that the prince was coming, she hurried to greet him, but was told that the prince went directly to Princess Chaoyang's courtyard.

Thinking that she was still claiming to be sick in order not to visit the princess and Xu Yaoyao, the old lady had to return to her own courtyard unwillingly.

Princess Chaoyang had just finished feeding Xu Yaoyao when she heard Qiulan come to report, "Princess, Princess, the Crown Prince is here to visit you."

Qiulan's voice was full of surprise.

Princess Chaoyang was slightly startled, thinking she had misheard, "Crown Prince?"

Qiulan replied: "Yes Princess, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he brought you a lot of supplements."

Although Crown Prince Di Chaoxing is the third son of Emperor Mingde, he is the eldest son of Emperor Mingde and the Empress, and is also the most satisfactory candidate for the crown prince of Emperor Mingde.

It is said that when Emperor Chaoxing was born, there was a strange phenomenon. Not only did purple air come from the east, but there were also two giant dragons leaping in the air, which lasted for a full day before dissipating.

Even the imperial teacher said that the emperor was the reincarnation of a god and could bring great prosperity.

Therefore, as soon as Di Chaoxing was born, he was directly named the crown prince by Emperor Mingde. He was the earliest prince in the history of Fusu Kingdom to be named the crown prince.

In addition, Emperor Chaoxing was precocious and prudent in his actions, so even the civil and military officials in the court were quite convinced of him.

However, when Crown Prince Di Chaoxing was born, Princess Chaoyang had already married Xu Jinhuai and had a falling out with the royal family. She never returned to the palace, and the crown prince was often by the emperor's side and seldom left the palace unless he had official business, so Princess Chaoyang had no previous contact with the crown prince.

She was really confused as to why the prince would come to the princess's mansion to visit her in person?

"Please come in quickly." Princess Chaoyang handed Xu Yaoyao in her arms to the nanny and said quickly.

Seeing the prince coming in, Princess Chaoyang hurriedly saluted, but was supported by the prince in time.

"Aunt, we are not outside, so there is no need to be polite." Although the prince was still a young boy of only twelve years old, there was a hint of calmness when he spoke.

Princess Chaoyang nodded and said, "Your Highness, please take a seat."

After the Crown Prince sat down, Princess Chaoyang asked with a smile, "Why did your Highness suddenly come to my place today?"

The prince smiled and said, "My grandmother and father have always missed my aunt. When they heard that my aunt had a little girl, they asked me to come and visit her with gifts."

Princess Chaoyang was slightly surprised when she heard this. "Did my mother and my brother ask you to come here?" The Crown Prince nodded slightly. "How is my aunt? Is she okay?"

Princess Chaoyang felt warm in her heart and there was moisture in her eyes.

In order to break off the engagement and marry Xu Jinhuai, she didn't hesitate to speak harshly to her mother and brother, hurting their hearts. But she didn't expect that they still cared about her.

Princess Chaoyang felt so guilty that she choked up and said, "It's all good, all good. Please don't worry, mother and brother."

Yaoyao heard the trembling in Princess Chaoyang's voice and felt heartbroken.

[Mother, mother, are you crying? ]

[Don’t cry, mother. Don’t be sad. Yaoyao will always love mother. 】

[My grandmother and my uncle the Emperor also loved my mother forever. My grandmother would cry every day looking at the jade ring my mother gave her. She missed her mother very much.]

[Also, the emperor uncle, although he was stubborn and didn't give the son-in-law a title of nobility, but for the sake of mother, he still promoted the scumbag father many times. ]

[Oh yeah, I remember that the Emperor uncle also asked my scumbag father to send a lot of houses and farms to my mother. ]

[It’s just a pity that those houses and farms were all embezzled by my scumbag father.]

After listening to Gu Yaoyao's voice, Princess Chaoyang regretted her decision even more. At the same time, she missed the Queen Mother and the Emperor even more and couldn't help shedding a few tears.

However, as for the house and farm mentioned by Yaoyao, she had never heard Xu Jinhuai mention them. It seemed that just as Yaoyao said, they were embezzled by Xu Jinhuai.

Seeing this, the prince quickly comforted her, "Aunt is still in confinement, don't be sad, it will hurt your body."

"When you are out of confinement, you can return to the palace to visit your grandmother and father."

As the prince spoke, his eyes kept searching around.

Strange? He had just heard the baby's voice, but he didn't see any talking child anywhere. He couldn't help but ask, "…Is cousin Junyue in the house?"

I guess the only person who can make baby voices is Xu Junyue who is about five or six years old, right?
Princess Chaoyang didn't know why the prince asked this, so she shook her head and said, "Junyue went to the private school. Does His Royal Highness want to look for him?"

"No, I was just asking casually."

Not Junyue? But he clearly heard a baby's voice just now, could it be that he was hallucinating?

Thinking of the purpose of this trip, the prince stood up and walked to the nanny, looking at the baby in the cradle and said, "Is this my aunt's newborn little cousin? Has she got a name yet?"

Princess Chaoyang said, "Yes, she is called Yaoyao, Xu Yaoyao."

The prince said unconsciously, "The peach tree is young and tender, and its flowers are bright and beautiful. This name is indeed suitable for my little cousin."

"My little cousin is really pretty, with fair skin and red lips, like a fairy child."

[Is this my cousin the crown prince, Di Chao? 】

[What a fresh and handsome young boy, exuding the majesty and nobility unique to the royal family. ]

[So handsome, so handsome, I love this cousin]

Prince:.
Judging from the tone, could it be that he heard the voice of his little cousin?
But he saw clearly that the little cousin in front of him didn't seem to speak, but just looked at him with her round eyes.

Could it be that what he heard was the voice of his little cousin?
The prince was so shocked that he couldn't help but take a step back.

Why could he hear his cousin's inner voice? Was it because he was born extraordinary? Did he suddenly have the ability to read minds?

(End of this chapter)