Chapter 47: Doing Things Secretly

Xu Yaoyao listened to Emperor Mingde's voice and thought, perhaps things would change.

After all, in the original plot, Emperor Mingde and the Crown Prince did not come to attend her full moon banquet.

If that's the case, then wouldn't the situation in which my mother was framed by her evil-hearted grandmother and had bad morals never happened?

"Qing'er, do you know that now the people of the entire Fusu Kingdom are praising your great reputation?" Emperor Mingde said with a smile.

Princess Chaoyang and everyone else were a little confused. Princess Chaoyang asked, "Why did my brother say that?"

Xu Jinhuai was also puzzled. After all, when Princess Chaoyang broke off the engagement and married her, her reputation was ruined and she even became a negative example for noble ladies in Fusu Kingdom. How could she get praise from the people?

Emperor Mingde saw that everyone was puzzled and smiled heartily, "I already know what you have done for the people affected by the disaster."

"Not only have we set up many porridge stalls in the city, we have also built many temporary shelters for the victims."

"Qing'er, you are worthy of being the Princess Chaoyang of Fusu. You really care about the people."

"Now the people all say that it is a blessing for Fusu to have Princess Chaoyang."

Princess Chaoyang smiled and said, "It is my blessing to be able to serve the people wholeheartedly and do my best for my brother."

When everyone heard this, they all suddenly understood and praised Princess Chaoyang for her actions.

Only Xu Jinhuai looked incredulous.

While everyone was discussing, Xu Jinhuai asked quietly, "Qing'er, it takes a lot of money to help the victims. Where did you get so much money?"

Princess Chaoyang turned her head to look at Xu Jinhuai and whispered, "Didn't your husband just return 1.8 million taels to me a few days ago? I used it to help the victims."

Xu Jinhuai's face turned ugly when he heard this. "One million and eight hundred thousand taels, all used to help the disaster victims?"

Princess Chaoyang smiled and nodded.

Xu Jinhuai suddenly felt that everything was wrong. That was 1.8 million taels that he had worked so hard to collect, and now it was all gone just like that!
"Qing'er, didn't you say that the money was to be left for the children?" Xu Jinhuai still had an affectionate smile on his face, but his fists were clenched tightly in his sleeves.

Princess Chaoyang nodded again. "That was my original plan, but then I thought about it and realized that the future of my husband is more important, so I used the silver to help the victims."

Oh, that sounds nice, but it’s not like we’re providing relief to the victims in his name.

Seeing that Xu Jinhuai didn't believe it, Princess Chaoyang looked at Emperor Mingde and continued, "Otherwise, why would my brother and the Crown Prince attend Yaoyao's full moon banquet together today? This is a great honor."

Hearing this, Xu Jinhuai suddenly understood.

It turned out that Princess Chaoyang went to such great lengths just to restore her relationship with Emperor Mingde more quickly so that she could get the title of marquis for him as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Xu Jinhuai felt much better.

After all, the money was not his. It would be great if he could be granted the title of nobility as he wished.

Sure enough, Princess Chaoyang was still the same as before, with her heart and eyes full of him.

Thinking of this, he glanced in the direction of the old lady, asking with his eyes whether he should continue with the plan for the evening.

The old lady nodded firmly and replied with her eyes: It's great that Emperor Mingde came, not only does it bring honor to their Gu family, but it also allows him to see with his own eyes that Princess Chaoyang is secretly keeping a man outside her family, and directly confirms the crime of Princess Chaoyang's poor personal ethics, so that Emperor Mingde will feel that he owes the Xu family.

Xu Jinhuai hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

What his mother said was right. If Princess Chaoyang felt guilty towards him and the Xu family, it would be even more difficult for Emperor Mingde to refuse when she asked for him to be conferred the title of marquis.

Xu Yaoyao saw all of their little moves, and her heart skipped a beat. [Oh no, oh no, I thought that with the Emperor uncle and the Crown Prince cousin here, they would definitely cancel their plans.]

[But looking at the situation, they still want to frame my mother for her moral shortcomings.]

[What should I do? What should I do? How should I tell my mother that my grandmother secretly let a man from outside into her bedroom?]

When Emperor Mingde and the Crown Prince heard Xu Yaoyao's thoughts, their expressions changed.

Frame Qing'er/Auntie has bad personal ethics?
old lady?
It's so audacious that this old hag is so evil-minded that she even dares to plot against people from the royal family!
But the inner voice cannot be used as direct evidence, and they cannot directly convict this old woman.

Emperor Mingde thought about it, called the prince to his side, and whispered a few words to him.

Although the prince looked puzzled, he still whispered "yes", then sat back in his seat and said a few words to the attendants behind him.

Everyone thought that Emperor Mingde had something to tell the Crown Prince to do, and didn't think much about it.

at the same time.

The back door of the princess's mansion, which was originally locked, was easily pushed open.

A sturdy man with a map in his hand sneaked into the princess's mansion.

However, what he didn't expect was that the princess's mansion was so huge, and it was dark at night. Even with a map in hand, he still couldn't find Princess Chaoyang's courtyard.

Just when he was in trouble, he suddenly saw a maid coming towards him.

The big man took advantage of the maid's inattention and clamped her down, "Where is Princess Chaoyang's courtyard? Take me there."

The maid was so frightened that she trembled and begged for mercy, "Master, please spare my life, please spare my life."

The big man said in a fierce voice: "As long as you take me to Princess Chaoyang's courtyard, I will spare you."

"I, I will take you there, please don't kill me." The maid replied tremblingly.

The big man saw that the maid was indeed very timid, so he loosened his grip on her and said fiercely, "Lead the way. Remember, don't play any tricks, or you'll be dead."

The maid nodded tremblingly, then walked in one direction.

At the full moon banquet.

Emperor Mingde was worried that someone would do something bad to Princess Chaoyang, so he took the initiative to ask Xu Yaoyao to come over and hold her.

This way he wouldn't miss Yaoyao's voice.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this.

After all, apart from the Sixth Prince, Emperor Mingde had never held any other children in his arms. Even the Crown Prince had never been held by Emperor Mingde when he was a child. But now he was holding Princess Chaoyang's daughter!

It seems that the emperor really likes Princess Chaoyang's youngest daughter.

When the old lady and Xu Jinhuai saw this, they appeared happy on the surface, but they felt unhappy inside.

This honor should have originally belonged to Xu Ruyu, but unexpectedly it was given to Xu Yaoyao.

Xu Nianyue had already started to feel jealous since Emperor Shengde and the Crown Prince gave gifts to Xu Yaoyao, and now she was even more jealous.

She was the eldest daughter of the princess, but no one from the palace came to the full moon banquet and no gifts were given to her.

Why did the grandmother, the emperor uncle, and the prince come in person and bring gifts when Xu Yaoyao was one month old? Why?!