Chapter 57 Did the Emperor Recognize Him?
After nightfall.

Xu Yaoyao heard the conversation between Xu Ruyu and the system again.

"System, come out."

[Host, what's the matter? ]

"I heard from my mother that Xu Yaoyao actually entered the palace!"

"Shouldn't I be the one to enter the palace?"

"Why haven't I changed my quilt and entered the princess's mansion yet?"

[Host, rest assured. Once you successfully capture the male protagonist of this world, the entire Fusu Kingdom will be yours, not to mention a small palace.]

"But I can't even enter the princess's mansion now. How can I meet the hero and conquer him?" Xu Ruyu's voice was filled with anger.

[Host, don't worry. The Prince Consort and your mother are still trying to find a solution. ]

"How long do you have to wait to count on my father and mother? Don't you have any other options?"

[Sorry host, I am just a system. I can only assist the host and cannot directly interfere with the plot. ]

"Useless system, I really don't know what you can do!"

"If I weren't still a baby, I wouldn't need you!"

[The host said]

"Fortunately, my father will pick me and my mother up to go to the Princess's Mansion to celebrate the New Year tomorrow night."

"My mother and I will live in Princess Chaoyang's courtyard at that time so that I can get familiar with my future living environment in advance."

[Congratulations to the host. 】

"Congratulations, you're just staying there for two days to celebrate the New Year. You can't stay there forever!"

System: I am really wrong in everything I say.
Xu Yaoyao listened to the conversation between Xu Ruyu and the system, her face puffed up with anger.

Yu Yue'er and Xu Ruyu are truly a shameless duo. They even want to dirty her and her mother's yard.

Of course, the most shameless one is the scumbag father, who is the instigator of everything.

Oh, it would be great if the scumbag dad got stuck tomorrow, or had an accident, or just fell ill, so that the hopes of the shameless duo would be shattered, and the shameless family would not be able to celebrate the reunion year!

Well, that's good.

The scumbag daddy had an accident. The scumbag daddy is going to get sick.
Xu Yaoyao kept muttering to herself angrily, and gradually fell asleep.

When she was sleeping soundly, she seemed to be embraced by a warm embrace, and then something was put into her mouth, and then she tasted the familiar taste of milk.

It turned out that her mother got up to feed her. Xu Yaoyao ate while sleeping, and after she was full, she was put back into her own little bed.

In a sleepy state, she saw Princess Chaoyang taking Juxiang out.

Today is the day of sacrifice. Not only will Emperor Mingde personally preside over the sacrifice and pray for the people, but people from the harem, civil and military officials in the court, and the officials' families will also be present.

Because Xu Yaoyao was too young, Princess Chaoyang couldn't bear to see her suffer the cold outside with the princess, so she kept her.

The Queen Mother did not go either because she had just recovered from a serious illness and was not feeling well.

When Princess Chaoyang arrived at the altar, most of the people in the harem, court officials, and their families had already arrived.

She saw Xu Jinhuai from a distance.

Xu Jinhuai was standing in his seat. When he saw Princess Chaoyang, he immediately walked towards her. The longing and affection in his eyes were about to overflow from his eyes.

He thought that if he could let the court officials see with their own eyes his deep affection for Princess Chaoyang, then yesterday's rumors would be self-defeating.

However, what he didn't expect was that Princess Chaoyang seemed not to see him and actually walked towards the direction of the people in the harem.

Xu Jinhuai was met with loneliness, standing on the field, it was extremely embarrassing.

After seeing this, the courtiers and their families were even more certain of their guess yesterday, thinking that Xu Jinhuai and Princess Chaoyang were definitely not as loving as the rumors said. When the queen saw Princess Chaoyang, she took the initiative to nod at her.

Princess Chaoyang walked up to the Queen, greeted her, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, long time no see."

The Queen stepped forward, took Princess Chaoyang's hand and said, "You are a person with a bad temper. After you married your husband out of spite, you really didn't even come back to the palace."

Princess Chaoyang thought about her previous foolish behavior, and a bitter look appeared on the corners of her mouth.

"What the Imperial Sister-in-law said is true. It is Qing'er who is ignorant."

The queen patted her hands and said, "In the future, you must come back to the palace more often and talk with the emperor's sister-in-law."

Princess Chaoyang nodded with a faint smile.

In fact, before she married Xu Jinhuai, the Queen was very good to Princess Chaoyang. Perhaps it should be said that she doted on her as much as Emperor Mingde.

Back then, when Princess Chaoyang disobeyed Emperor Mingde and the Queen Mother because of Xu Jinhuai, the Queen also said a lot of good things about her.

However, everyone was angry at the time and no one listened to her words, so she was scolded by Emperor Mingde for nothing.

Thinking about it now, Princess Chaoyang feels ashamed of the emperor's sister-in-law's sincere love for her back then.

Soon, Emperor Mingde and the Crown Prince also arrived at the altar, and the sacrifice officially began.

The sacrificial ceremony was very complicated and lasted for several hours.

In previous years, after the sacrifice, Emperor Mingde would hold a banquet for his ministers and their families in the imperial palace. However, this year, because the empress dowager was seriously ill before the New Year, Emperor Mingde notified his ministers a few days in advance that the banquet was cancelled.

Therefore, after the sacrifice was over, all the civil and military officials and their families left the palace.

Xu Jinhuai originally wanted to meet with Princess Chaoyang after the sacrifice and use actions to break the rumors, but Princess Chaoyang never saw him and was always with the Queen.

Xu Jinhuai was a man from outside the harem and was not allowed to meet anyone in the harem at will, not to mention that the person in the harem was the queen.

Xu Jinhuai had no choice but to follow the ministers and prepare to leave the palace to pick up Yu Yue'er and Xu Ruyu to go to the princess's mansion to celebrate the New Year.

The guards at the gate of the princess's mansion have always been strict. Without him leading the way, Yu Yue'er and Xu Ruyu would probably not be able to enter the princess's mansion.

However, he had only taken a few steps when Eunuch Qiao beside Emperor Mingde called him.

"My Lord, please stay."

"The Emperor invites you."

Xu Jinhuai was delighted when he heard this.

I heard that the emperor will hold a family dinner in the palace today and celebrate the New Year with the royal family. Did the emperor invite him to attend the royal family dinner?

Ever since Princess Chaoyang severed ties with the royal family for eighteen years, his position as a royal consort has been in name only and he cannot attend any royal banquets at all.

If he could attend the family banquet in the palace today, did it mean that the emperor had officially recognized him as the prince consort? Did it also mean that he was halfway to the title of marquis?

The more Xu Jinhuai thought about it, the happier he became, and even his steps became lighter.

"Please wait here for a moment, Your Majesty. I will go and report right away." When they arrived outside the imperial study, Eunuch Qiao turned around and said.

"Thank you, Eunuch Qiao." Xu Jinhuai couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

Eunuch Qiao glanced at Xu Jinhuai and walked straight into the imperial study.

About half an incense stick of time passed before Eunuch Qiao came out again.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has some important matters to attend to right now, so please wait for a moment." Eunuch Qiao said with a smile.

"It's okay. The emperor's important business is more important." Xu Jinhuai said quickly.

As long as he could be given a title of nobility, he would be willing to wait for another day, let alone a little while.

(End of this chapter)