A lucky little peasant girl is reborn and brings prosperity to her entire family.

On the day the imperial decree bestowing upon Luo Lanting the title of "Princess Xiaowan" for her filial piety and outstanding conduct reached Huiyi's residence, Luo Jinyu smashed half the house, then, with swollen, red eyes, buried her face in Huiyi's lap and wept bitterly.

She cried with a beautiful and pitiful expression: "Your Highness, is my sister blaming me? Blaming me for taking Your Highness for myself, and that's why she's humiliating me like this? As if I were the fake one... And it's true, I've been wandering outside for over ten years, and I can't compare to my sister who grew up in luxury..."

Huiyi was heartbroken and hugged Luo Jinyu tightly: "What are you saying! It's all because of those despicable sluts who switched your identities. She's some lowly commoner who appeared out of nowhere, and she's been taking your identity for so many years, and she's even become arrogant! Ayu, you wait, I'll go to the palace right now and get justice for you!"

Huiyi stormed into the palace, heading straight for the Imperial Study: "Your Majesty!"

Eunuch Hong quickly stopped him: "Your Highness, His Majesty is currently discussing state affairs; we dare not disturb him."

Huiyi could only endure it.

After the ministers in the imperial study had finally left, Consort Hui stormed into the imperial study, shouting angrily, "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Zhengxuan sat behind his desk, his head still throbbing from arguing with several of his trusted ministers. Huiyi's obvious intention to complain only added to his annoyance.

"What is it now?" Emperor Zhengxuan sighed.

Huiyi's eyes were red: "Your Majesty, you know perfectly well that Ayu is my own flesh and blood, your own niece. Luo Lanting is nothing but a fake who has been usurping my position for many years. Why did you make her a princess, but not your own niece?"

"Do you know how hard A-Yu has had to live these past years?"

"And at this moment, Rolandin is enjoying the luxurious food and clothing that should be hers!"

“Ayu did nothing wrong, yet she suffered for over a decade. Now that she has finally returned to my side, you, my royal brother, have deliberately made Luo Lanting a princess!”

Huiyi became increasingly agitated as she spoke, her eyes turning bloodshot, as if she were on the verge of madness.

Emperor Zhengxuan's head was as big as a bucket.

He gestured for Huiyi to calm down: "...Huiyi, the matter of bestowing the title of Princess Lanting is the Empress Dowager's intention. As you know, you've always felt that Lanting and you don't have a mother-daughter bond. Over the past ten years, it's the Empress Dowager who has taken good care of Lanting. The Empress Dowager's current good health is also thanks to Lanting. Just considering Lanting's filial piety towards the Empress Dowager, bestowing the title of Princess is not excessive."

Huiyi seemed to have lost her temper, and gritted her teeth.

Huiyi was still unwilling to give up and insisted, "Fine, even if that's how it is, what about my Ayu? She's been wandering outside for so many years, doesn't she deserve a princess?"

Emperor Zhengxuan patiently said, "Have you forgotten that when your daughter was still Lanting, the Imperial Observatory calculated that her birth date and time were incompatible with the royal family, and she could only be granted the title of Princess when she turned eighteen? Now that your own daughter has returned, her birth date and time naturally belong to your own daughter."

Huiyi's face turned pale.

After Emperor Zhengxuan finished explaining the reasoning to Consort Hui, he frowned and scolded, "Now that you understand, get out of here! I'm very busy!"

Huiyi reluctantly took her leave and hurriedly departed.

After Huiyi left, Emperor Zhengxuan was very annoyed. A palace maid came in to serve tea, and when he took a sip, he was so angry that he smashed the teacup.

The palace maid serving the tea was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, trembling and pale: "Your Majesty, please calm down, please calm down."

Emperor Zhengxuan looked coldly at the palace maid and said in a cold voice, "Who brewed this tea?"

"Yes, it was this servant..." The palace maid looked extremely pitiful, her thin body trembling slightly. She raised her head, revealing a delicate yet distressed face. "This servant saw that His Majesty was in a bad mood and was afraid that His Majesty was unwell, so I added an extra chrysanthemum to the tea..."

Emperor Zhengxuan glanced at the palace maid.

He saw right through the palace maids' little tricks.

He scoffed, "You certainly have a unique approach."

The palace maid's face lit up with joy: "Your Majesty..."

"You dare to presume to know my habits!" Emperor Zhengxuan said coldly, "Drag him away!"

When Eunuch Hong entered, he waved his hand, and two eunuchs quickly came over and took the person away.

The palace maid's face turned deathly pale. She struggled and cried out, "Your Majesty—" before her mouth was covered and she was dragged away.

Emperor Zhengxuan was extremely annoyed and berated Eunuch Hong: "If you make such a mistake again, you'll regret it!"

Hong, the eunuch, almost cursed his apprentice's ancestors for eighteen generations.

But he dared not offer himself a single explanation, and repeatedly bowed in agreement.

……

After leaving the Imperial Study, Huiyi turned and went to Cishou Palace.

Luo Lanting was kneeling on a prayer mat in front of the small Buddhist hall with Empress Dowager Yan'an, chanting scriptures.

Aunt Qi dared not go in to disturb her. Only after Empress Dowager Yan'an finished reciting the sutra and Luo Lanting helped her up did Aunt Qi step forward and say softly, "Your Majesty, Consort Hui has arrived."

Rolandin trembled slightly.

Empress Dowager Yan'an gently patted the back of Luo Lanting's hand before looking at Aunt Qi: "Where did she come from?"

“It should be the Imperial Study.” Aunt Qi had her own channels and whispered, “I heard that they had a falling out with His Majesty over the matter of bestowing the title of Princess.”

The color had almost completely drained from Rolandin's face.

Empress Dowager Yan'an was already angry.

"A-Ting has been kept in my palace for so many days, and she hasn't come to visit once. Now that A-Ting has been granted the title of Princess, she has come. What good news could she possibly have?" Empress Dowager Yan'an scoffed, "I won't see her!"

Roland lowered her eyes, gently biting her lower lip without saying a word.

When Empress Dowager Yan'an saw Luo Lanting like this, she softened her heart: "...Never mind, for Lanting's sake."

She turned to Aunt Qi and said, "Tell her to wait a little longer, I need to change my clothes!"

Aunt Qi replied "Yes" and hurriedly left.

Empress Dowager Yan patted Luo Lanting's hand and said with heartache, "Ating, just think of it as a shallow family relationship, don't take your mother's unreliable behavior to heart."

Luo Lanting's face was pale, but she shook her head slightly: "Grandmother, no, with Grandmother's love for me for more than ten years, how can our kinship be weak? ... My mother and Princess *** are not related by blood, so it is no wonder that she does not like me in the dark and has always been indifferent to me. It is reasonable."

Seeing how sensible Luo Lanting was, Empress Dowager Yan'an felt even more sorry for her. Finally, Empress Dowager Yan'an sighed softly: "Good Lanting, good child, come, go and change your clothes. With me here, I won't let anyone bully you."