"Crown Princess, this is today’s proposed breakfast menu, please make a decision."

The cook lady in charge of the Crown Prince’s Mansion’s back kitchen came to consult about the breakfast arrangements.

Every morning, after the morning court session, Wanyan Chao would rush back to have breakfast with Mingzhu. He was not picky about food, but Mingzhu, who had been accustomed since childhood to the cabbage, fish and shrimp, and fruits from the Space, found it truly hard to swallow the outside food, whether mountain and sea delicacies or monkey head and bird’s nest.

Therefore, for every meal, she had to put some thought into it, picking what she liked to be made by the back kitchen. She didn’t mind, but the child in her belly couldn’t do without it. If the food wasn’t good, it would affect the child in her stomach.

Mingzhu took the menu and looked through it, noticing it was filled with fish and meat, she couldn’t help but feel a wave of nausea and said with a frown: "Let’s skip these fish and meat dishes; the small lotus leaf and lotus seed dumplings I had last time are still preferable."

Upon hearing this, the kitchen hurriedly agreed and quickly returned to the back kitchen to instruct the helpers to bring a few old hens and to send someone to the storage to find those four soup molds, rushing to make soup noodles for the Crown Princess.

The back kitchen was bustling with activity; no one dared to slack off. Everyone knew that the Crown Princess they served was very precious. Not only was she the only princess of the Great Jin Nation, but she was also the apple of the Prince’s eye, his treasure, and even the Empress Dowager and the Empress treated her like a beloved jewel!

If they served her well, they would naturally be rewarded endlessly, their future bright. But if they didn’t serve her well, if the Crown Princess lost weight, or couldn’t eat, or lost her appetite, at best, they would get a beating and be expelled from the mansion, at worst, their little lives could be done for!

The lotus leaf soup Mingzhu ordered was not something particularly valuable, just somewhat troublesome and time-consuming. As the back kitchen was busy and bustling, unexpectedly, two uninvited guests arrived at the mansion; it turned out to be the Retired Emperor and the Empress Dowager of the Great Jin Nation!

At the sudden sight of her parents after several months of separation, Mingzhu was instantly as excited as a child, not caring about her pregnancy. She ran over, throwing herself into her parents’ embrace, choking up with tears.

"Imperial Father, Imperial Mother, why have you come... your daughter misses you so much..."

"Don’t cry, don’t cry, look at you, about to become a mother, still acting like a little child, aren’t you afraid people will laugh at you!"

Cai Wei, holding her sobbing daughter, consoled her with words but felt a pang of sourness in her heart. Though her daughter’s spirit and energy looked excellent, clearly indicating her comfortable life, seeing her daughter after several months of separation, and especially a pregnant daughter, unavoidably brought emotions to her heart.

Originally, a daughter who had been by her side every day, was now someone else’s daughter-in-law, and had to have children for others, pass on the family line. As a mother, feeling a bit of sadness was inevitable.

Nangong Yi, who always favored his daughter, saw his daughter looking wronged and excited, and immediately put on a stern face, saying authoritatively: "Zhu’er, why are you crying for no reason? Did that boy Wanyan Chao wrong you? If so, you must tell Imperial Father truthfully, and Imperial Father will deal with him for you!"

Mingzhu, leaning in her mother’s arms, sniffed and said softly: "No, Imperial Father, Chao treats me very well, so well that even the Imperial Historian impeached him."

"Retired Emperor, you wronged the Prince, the Prince wakes up early every day to comb the hair for the Crown Princess himself; because of this, the Imperial Historian even impeached him yesterday during morning court!"

Chun Liu, on the side, spoke up for Wanyan Chao. Their family had accompanied Mingzhu to the Qing Luo Kingdom, settled down, and made a home here.

Now Chun Liu was no longer the little palace maid beside Cai Wei, nor the little girl with a reed sign sold in the Qingyun Town, but the housekeeper’s wife of the highest status in the Crown Prince’s Mansion. Zhu’er also transformed into the major steward of the Crown Prince’s Mansion. Zhang Bo and Aunt Zhang were responsible for managing Wanyan Chao’s manor located in the suburb, also taking care of Chun Liu and Zhu’er’s several children over there. They lived a prosperous, comfortable life, living every day like immortals.

"Empress Dowager, the Prince just stopped short of carrying a board to offer the Crown Princess on it. Describing it as ’holding in his hand for fear of dropping it, letting it melt in his mouth for fear of dissolving it’ is not at all an exaggeration; how could he bear to bully the Crown Princess?" Chun Liu continued to voice for Wanyan Chao.

Cai Wei and Nangong Yi felt relieved upon hearing that Chao’er treated Mingzhu so well.