There wasn’t a single noble matron or maiden in the capital who didn’t envy the relationship between Imperial Prince Jing and his wife. As their son, Zhu Junyang was influenced by their examples. Whenever the prince was in the capital, he always tried to eat all three meals with his wife and would even, from time to time, carve some time out to live with her in the villa. He even promised that when he had free time and when her body was healthy enough, he was going to take her out traveling to complement all of the things he hadn’t done for her.

Zhu Junyang couldn’t help but think of his future with the little lass. He absolutely wouldn’t make the same mistakes as his father, who almost lost the object of his affections before he did his best to make up for all of his blunders. He wanted his little lass to forever stay under the protection of his wings so she could live a leisurely and pleasant life. He absolutely wouldn’t give anyone the opportunity to harm her!

The next day, as soon as morning court ended, Zhu Junyang went directly to the Fang Residence. Along with him came all of the gifts he was going to give to Yu Xiaocao and the people of the Fang Residence. They were prepared on the previous night. When he was attending morning court, he left them outside the palace walls and had his personal servant Zhang Debao and Head Steward Liu keep an eye on them. The officials who were also heading into the palace all saw the chests full of top-notch furs and they couldn’t help but take a second glance. There were even some who...