The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 626 Disillusionment
Princess Yongchang had already disappeared before Emperor Minghua ascended the throne. Everything about her came from word of mouth, with almost no official records.

Because the late emperor destroyed all records about her, if another hundred years pass, she will be like General Hu back then, only leaving a mark in various unofficial histories and miscellaneous records.

And, in the rumors that people spread, whether true or false.

The carefree prince was fortunate enough to see him, not in the late emperor's bedroom, but in the empress dowager's Buddhist hall.

The so-called Buddhist hall was merely a place where the ministers forced her, then Empress, to sincerely "serve Buddha" in order to pray for divine favor and prosperity, and to prevent the late emperor from continuing his absurd ways.

At that time, the carefree prince was still young and his mind was not yet settled. He secretly sneaked into the "Buddhist Hall" to take a look.

Contrary to popular belief, the interior was not a place where Buddha was enshrined. Instead, it was decorated like a woman's boudoir, with all the furnishings being exquisite and luxurious. A portrait of a woman was hung in the main hall.

That was a beauty that even the most imaginative King of Leisure could not describe. The woman's face was extremely beautiful. She sat sideways beside a stone table adorned with flowers, her smile gentle enough to make one fall in love.

Her face was undeniably beautiful, but what was even more beautiful was the poise and elegance she exuded.

Pure, elegant, inviolable, and untouchable, yet somehow approachable, making one want to smile along with her.

At that time, the carefree prince thought in a daze: "If there really are fairies in the world, they must look just like her!"

The Empress Dowager appeared at that time and told him that the person in the painting was Princess Yongchang.

At that time, Princess Yongchang had only been missing for two or three years, and stories about her were still circulating outside, but people dared not talk about them casually.

The carefree prince then asked, "Mother, what kind of person is Princess Yongchang?"

"Her?" The Empress Dowager was dressed in bright colors at the time, with obvious pride in her eyes, but when this topic was mentioned, her expression dimmed slightly, and she only said ambiguously, "She was just an ordinary person."

At that time, Prince Xiaoyao vaguely felt that everyone said that Princess Yongchang was his father's beloved. If it weren't for his second aunt's interference, Princess Yongchang would have been the empress of the country back then.

Perhaps the late emperor was not so senile that he could not have died a peaceful death.

But the carefree king knew that this was not the case.

The Duke of Anguo's mansion produced three legitimate daughters, with Princess Yongchang being the third.

The eldest daughter is his mother, a former servant of the emperor when he was still a prince.

The second young lady was the second aunt who later caused a major incident. She cast a curse on her father, the emperor, but was still forced to embark on a marriage alliance.

Princess Yongchang, the third young lady, was blessed with honor from birth.

She was eight years younger than her mother and nearly ten years younger than her father, who doted on her like a younger sister.

The destruction of all records of Princess Yongchang was not ordered by the Emperor, but rather the result of a secret discussion between the Duke of Gongguo and the current Empress Dowager, which was supported by all the princes and ministers at the time.

"Women ruin the country, and Princess Yongchang is immoral. How can she be included in the history books!" At that time, the conservatives rebuked Princess Yongchang, and all the words of condemnation were deleted.

Threatening historians and deleting historical records is a major taboo for a ruler, and my father was thus tarnished with another stain on his reputation.

Regardless of the rights and wrongs surrounding Princess Yongchang, in the heart of Prince Xiaoyao, she must have been an exceptionally brilliant person. Even as time passes and circumstances change, such a person will always shine brightly.

A surge of excitement welled up in the heart of the carefree king, even more so than when he saw the unfinished wheelchair, to the point that his hands and feet began to tremble slightly.

Others might not recognize her, but the carefree prince, who had seen the portrait of Princess Yongchang, was confident that he would recognize her at a glance.

"Grandma, we're back!" With Ayu's raised voice, the carefree king sat up slightly.

Ayu turned around and greeted Xiaoyao Wang: "Uncle Ashu, you came here last time, so you're considered a friend of our family. Don't be so formal. My grandma is a very nice and hospitable person." As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Chuangui suddenly jumped out of the yard, with suspicious chicken feathers stuck to his back.

A loud, clear voice, seemingly imbued with internal energy, boomed from the courtyard: "Wang Lao Er, I've put up with you for far too long! Get out of here while you pass the imperial examination and pass the first-class exam!"

Wang Chuangui ran out of the courtyard in a disheveled state. Just as he was about to fall, Ayu and Wang Wulang caught him with quick reflexes.

Tangyuan quickly pulled Ayu's skirt to the side to prevent Wang Chuangui from stepping on it.

"Second Uncle, what's wrong?" Ayu was startled; she hadn't seen her grandmother so angry in a long time.

It should be said that since she returned from her studies abroad, Grandma has become a completely different person. She speaks and acts with great poise and also gives guidance to her family members, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Under her guidance, the entire Wang family seemed to have been transformed.

She almost didn't recognize herself.

Grandma now seems even more shrewish than she was in Hujia Village. In fact, she looks a lot like she did when she and Aunt Hu were arguing.

Wang Chuangui looked guilty: "I—just drank a sip of chicken soup."

Of course, he was actually studying when he suddenly smelled an incredibly delicious aroma. He followed the smell into the kitchen and discovered that there were nine stoves burning in the kitchen!

They were all simmering in soup.

He didn't know it was for making "Nine-One Soup," he just thought it was his mother treating them, and since there were nine stoves, he was bound to get a share.

He then served himself a bowl of chicken soup.

Unexpectedly, the new cook who came to the house happened to be walking by with a chicken. He saw him drinking a bowl of soup and threw the dead chicken at him.

That's not all. While his master wasn't angry, the cook was furious and dragged him, who was so weak he couldn't even kill a chicken, to the old lady to complain.

The old lady was talking to her fourth brother and sister-in-law when she heard the cook's angry words. She simply said to her fourth brother and sister-in-law gently, "Go and check on Zhu'er first, and come back for dinner later."

He thought the cook was making a fuss.

As a result, after his fourth sister-in-law walked away, his mother grabbed the broom next to her and was about to hit him on the head without saying a word.

Of course, he started running around the yard.

Heaven have mercy, he was just a frail scholar nearing forty, how could he possibly outrun his strong and vigorous sixty-year-old mother!
And that's how this scene came about.

As soon as Wang Chuangui stepped aside, Xiaoyao Wang saw an old woman with her hair simply tied up in a bun and a jade hairpin in her hair.

Her clothes were made of very fine materials and were very well tailored, but her movements were not like those of a noblewoman: she supported herself with a broom, her hair was perfectly in place, and she did not even catch her breath, but her cold and disdainful gaze passed through the crowd and looked at Wang Chuangui.

It's like looking at a dead chicken.

King Xiaoyao: “…”

Even if all the eligible old women in the world had passed away, the person before her was definitely not the ethereal Princess Yongchang.

No one's opinion matters!

(End of this chapter)