C2 Sigh, this fate!

It was still early spring, and the weather was still cold. Chu Linlang sat in the Ritual Hall with a cup of tea in her hand and sighed, "Ah… Ah… Ah…"

"Empress Dowager, this is the hundred and first time you sighed!" The palace maid, Chunhe, turned on the fire in the furnace. The weather was cold, and the fire was still burning in the room.

Chu Linlang sighed and looked up at the palace. The palace was wide and bright, and the floor, the walls, and the roof were all inlaid with golden gold. The entire palace was filled with golden light, and the sunlight that entered the palace was so bright that it was piercing to the eyes.

Ahh!

Chu Linlang had just arrived at the palace, and when she saw the furnishings in the palace, she couldn't believe her eyes. In her entire life, she had never seen a single piece of gold. Now, the entire room was filled with gold, and she couldn't even open her eyes.

Chu Linlang put down the teacup and said, "Chunhe, are your wrists alright?"

At that time, Chu Linlang didn't believe it. She grabbed the hand of the palace maid, Chunhe, and bit her wrist. Only when she heard the scream did she believe what she had seen.

"It's fine," Chunhe lowered her head and said. Even if it was still painful, it couldn't be said to be painful. This person was the empress dowager, so it was only right for her to suffer a little.

Chu Linlang felt that she was either lucky or unlucky. She had become the daughter of a rich merchant from a beggar, and now, she had become a widow.

The most powerful and wealthy widow in the world.

This should be something to be happy about, but she was the one who had just married yesterday. She didn't even see her husband last night, and today, she became a widow.

Chu Linlang herself could not imagine that the little monk who was holding her hand and giving her charity was actually the current Crown Prince. Last night, the late emperor, who was also her husband, had passed away. Before he died, he had ordered someone to bring the Crown Prince out of Mingshan Temple.

It was said that the Crown Prince was not the son of the Empress, but the son of the most beloved Imperial Consort Mei. It was just that the late emperor doted on Imperial Consort Mei so much that he loved this child as well. He was given the title of Crown Prince when he was just born, and he was raised by his side.

This rule had never existed before. At most, it was given to the Crown Prince when he was one year old or when he was half a month old. The late emperor's love for the Crown Prince, Feng Xuan, was obvious to everyone. It was just that no one knew what happened. When the Crown Prince was five years old, the late emperor sent him out of the palace with an imperial decree, and he cultivated in Mingshan Temple in the capital.

The late emperor's son was not just Feng Xuan. After the Crown Prince left the palace, his son died one by one. The ministers said that this was the anger of the heavens, and they reprimanded the cruelty of the emperor for sending the five-year-old child out of the palace.

No one knew the reason behind this. The late emperor had passed away, and there was no one left beside him. So, the late emperor took Feng Xuan, who was cultivating in the monastery, back.

After that, Feng Xuan became the king of Xiliang Country.

Chu Linlang rubbed her forehead and sighed. Before she could say anything, she heard Yulan walk in with a smile, "Your Highness, look who's here!"

A man followed behind Yulan. She knew who the person was before he even walked in. His father, the rich businessman who took her in as his foster daughter, Chu Ba bowed and said, "This servant greets Your Highness."

It was strange that Chu Linlang knew that she had been living on the streets since she was young. She never believed that she was Chu Ba's daughter. Perhaps Chu Ba felt that he had not had a son or a daughter in most of his life, so he decided to adopt her.

Chu Linlang was more respectful and grateful to her father. She quickly wrapped Chu Ba up and said, "Dad, are you trying to kill your daughter?"

"Of course. Now that you are the empress dowager, this servant should kowtow to you." She did not have the warm tears of a father and daughter from a normal family. She only said a few polite words.

Chu Linlang still remembered that when Chu Ba found out that she had been chosen to marry the current emperor, he was so happy that his wrinkles increased. Now that she had become a widow, his rich father did not worry about her.

She did not know why he came to see her.

Yes, she was his adopted daughter. He was a businessman who valued money. He did not want to have anything to do with money.

Hehe, this Chu Ba has done the most profitable business in the world. As the Empress Dowager, as long as I speak, no one will dare to disobey me.

And the profits that he made from his business would be even greater. His business would only get bigger and bigger.

"Hey, the Imperial Lord is also here!" A soft voice came from the spring breeze. The palace was originally big, and it was as if one could hear the echoes. The sound reverberated in their ears.

The man walked in with large strides. Chu Linlang saw this person's face clearly under the sunlight. He had a handsome face, a straight nose, and snow-white skin. The corners of his lips were slightly raised with a smile. He was dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe. His black hair was tied up in a golden crown. Hmm? This person had hair.

His footsteps were very slow, causing Chu Linlang to look at him from top to bottom. There was not a single flaw in him. Usually, if a man was slightly longer, he would be called a pretty boy. However, Chu Linlang could see his unruly and unyielding attitude and a trace of seriousness and coldness in his long and slender eyes. It made people not dare to resist, nor could they resist.

Compared to the Feng Xuan she met in the monastery, the current Feng Xuan was even more enchanting. His body was not lacking in elegance, but there was a hint of seduction. Especially his pair of beautiful eyes, which made people unable to move away from them.

It must be said that Feng Xuan was a beautiful man, a man who could enter Chu Linlang's eyes.

If it was any other man, Chu Yu would have already held him in her arms.

As for Feng Xuan, she couldn't. Although they were of similar age, in name, Chu Linlang was Feng Xuan's mother.

He was Chu Linlang's son.

Chu Linlang wailed in her heart. This was such a joke. She said that it was not easy to be a widow, and it was even more difficult to be a widow with a beautiful man by her side.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Feng Xuan sat straight on the chair and asked Chu Linlang.

"I want to see how you look like, you monster." Chu Linlang thought to herself. She had been wandering outside for many years, and she had seen many handsome men. However, they were nothing in front of Feng Xuan.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem." Feng Xuan choked on his tea. "Ah, mother, what are you doing?"

Chu Linlang pulled on Feng Xuan's jade crown and said, "I want to see if your hair is real or fake."

As she spoke, she pulled hard. Feng Xuan exclaimed and was forcefully pulled down a few strands of hair by Chu Linlang.

If Chu Ba didn't know that they were meeting for the first time, he would have thought that they were good friends for many years. They were of similar age, but Linlang was lively and did not care about small details. She didn't expect to be like this in front of the current emperor.

"When you were in the monastery, you were wearing a fake mask." Chu Linlang placed the few strands of hair on Feng Xuan's palm.

His palm was big and warm, and there were even some calluses on his joints. Presumably, he was not living a comfortable life in the monastery. He must have been doing splits every day.

Chu Linlang thought to herself, he was sent to the monastery when he was five years old. He was born with a noble background, but in fact, his fate was not even as good as hers. She had been living a lonely life since she was a child, and she did not have anyone to rely on. She did not expect much from him, but he was the one who sent her away from her parents.

His fate was not much better than hers.

Feng Xuan's face was always wearing a faint smile. In this golden palace, Chu Linlang felt that the shining gold was not as good as his smile, and it was as comfortable and peaceful as a spring breeze.

"Mr. Imperial Guardian, you are so lucky." Feng Xuan said these words for no reason, which made Chu Ba confused. He looked at Feng Xuan in a daze.

"What is the Emperor saying?"

"From now on, I will be taking care of Miss Chu!"

"Of course." Chu Ba wiped his sweat and said.

The two of them spoke one after another, completely throwing Chu Linlang to the side. Chu Linlang was confident that she could take care of him, but when she heard that there were a lot of palace maids around the Emperor and that there would be countless concubines in the future, she, Chu Linlang, had no obligation to take care of Feng Xuan.

Hearing the two of them talking, Chu Linlang couldn't help but interrupt, "Enough, enough, Emperor, you can kneel down now! I still have something to say to Father!"

Hmm, she was the empress dowager, so she could naturally speak to Feng Xuan in this manner. However, Feng Xuan's beautiful eyes were still smiling, but his face had become stiff. His thin white fingers were placed on the rosewood table in an arc.

The hall was very quiet, and they could almost hear each other's breathing. Feng Xuan's fingers tapped on the rosewood table, "Zhang Dehai, pass down the decree. The Chu Country will be rewarded with ten thousand acres of land, a thousand taels of gold, and ten thousand taels of silver."

When Chu Ba heard this imperial decree, he jumped down from his chair happily and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Feng Xuan.

The new emperor had just taken office. Hmm, it seemed that his future was not bad. He had adopted such a good daughter.

Chu Ba sighed in his heart. He was so lucky to have adopted such a daughter. It was like the blessing of his ancestors.

Not bad, not bad.

Feng Xuan stood up and walked out. Before he left, he looked at the hall and ordered the palace maid, Chunhe, to find a blacksmith to brush the hall with a layer of dark yellow gold powder.

He said that the shiny gold was too dazzling.

Not bad, not bad. Chu Linlang heard this news and felt that the emperor was quite understanding. She couldn't sleep at night with the gold in the room!

Chu Linlang paced back and forth in the hall. Feng Xuan had found someone to renovate the hall. It was so grand and majestic that Chu Linlang didn't like sandalwood incense. She asked the palace maid to clear out all the spices in the incense burner and placed a few pots of fresh flowers in the room.

The fragrance of the flowers was naturally fresher and more pleasant than the sandalwood incense.

Chu Linlang had already stayed in the hall for five days. The most she did in these five days was count her fingers. Oh my god!

She was already depressed. Why did the women who had squeezed their heads out and wanted to enter the harem come here?

This harem was not a place for humans to stay.

Chu Linlang squatted on the ground. No, if she continued to stay here, she would definitely go crazy. There was nothing fun to do. The palace maid didn't even dare to speak to her.