The wedding is scheduled for March next year, which is six months away, giving Mingxiu plenty of time to prepare some things for Chenghuan.

The princess's residence in the capital has already begun construction. Once Chenghuan gets married, she can move in and won't have to live with her extended family anymore.

While packing Chenghuan's things, Mingxiu was also preparing for this year's New Year. So much had happened today, and in order to get rid of bad luck, this year's New Year would definitely be a grand affair.

The Imperial Household Department covered most of Chenghuan's wedding expenses, but Mingxiu still wanted to prepare some private money for her. After all, she was only a girl, and these things would just end up buried with Mingxiu anyway.

Mingxiu went into the space and saw that there were a lot of gold ornaments. Mingxiu simply packed them all up, keeping some of her favorites for herself to wear later, and giving the rest to Chenghuan.

She didn't actually have many silver notes, but with all that gold, it was definitely a lot. Cheng Huan might suddenly become the richest princess.

This year is the last year that Mingxiu and Chenghuan will spend together, and Mingxiu cherishes it very much. So she basically had Chenghuan with her for the whole winter, but the main purpose was to teach her how to manage things, so that she wouldn't be completely clueless when she got married.

Just as the Lunar New Year was approaching, the college was also on holiday, so Mingxiu's timing was perfect.

Looking at the academy's account book in her hand, Mingxiu sighed. Chenghuan was currently teaching at the academy. She had originally planned to hand over the management of the school to Chenghuan, but after thinking about it, she realized it was not appropriate. When Mingxiu was no longer in charge, it would be best to hand it over to the future empress, who was now the Crown Princess, Guarjia.

The New Year passed quickly, in the blink of an eye. Mingxiu felt like she hadn't really celebrated it yet, and Chenghuan's wedding was right after the New Year.

The day before the wedding, Mingxiu looked at the things in her hands and her lips twitched. She never expected that this day would come, and that she would have to do such things. Looking at the nanny who handed her the things, Mingxiu silently sent her away. Looking at the empty room, Mingxiu opened the book and looked at its contents.

Mingxiu became more and more excited as she watched, thoroughly enjoying herself. This was far more exciting than anything she had ever seen before!

Wow, what a conservative modern society, and an open-minded ancient society!

Tsk tsk tsk!

Mingxiu flipped through it once, then took it to find Chenghuan, satisfied.

When Mingxiu arrived, Chenghuan was sitting at the table looking at the things for tomorrow's wedding. When she saw Mingxiu coming, she quickly got up and said, "Mother."

Mingxiu nodded with a smile, looking at the festive decorations inside the room, and waved to dismiss the servants beside her.

"Take a look, this is an essential item." Mingxiu smiled and handed the booklet to Chenghuan.

Cheng Huan took it, glanced at it, and quickly slammed it shut, looking at Ming Xiu with a sour expression.

Mingxiu didn't feel embarrassed at all: "Take a good look at this, you'll definitely need it in the future."

"Mother," Cheng Huan called out somewhat shyly.

"Oh dear, what's the big deal? Just be natural. You're getting married tomorrow. Being a daughter and being a wife are different things. You need to know how to balance things well," Mingxiu said to He Chenghuan.

Cheng Huan nodded repeatedly.

"Well, after you marry into the family, you'll be living in the princess's residence, so I won't be living with them. That's fine. But even though we'll be living separately, we still need to exchange gifts and visit each other during festivals. Han people value these customs very much." Mingxiu looked at Chenghuan's flushed face and, after thinking for a moment, gave her these instructions.

"There's also the child left behind by his family. I heard she lives with her grandparents, and she'll definitely continue to live with them after you get married. You don't need to try to please her or target her. Just treat her normally. If you like her, give her more gifts and talk to her more often. If you don't like her, just ignore her. It has nothing to do with you anyway."

Although this approach might not work at the moment, Chenghuan is different. She is a princess, and her status is the highest, so no one will say anything even if she does nothing.

Besides, that girl isn't young anymore. These days, it's fashionable to get married early. She might get married in a few years, and then she'll have even less to do with Cheng Huan.

Mingxiu nodded. She didn't have any ill feelings towards that girl, but she didn't like her either; she was just a stranger.

The tenth day of the third lunar month is an auspicious day for weddings, as the sun shines brightly.

Yonghe Palace was bustling early in the morning. Today was Chenghuan's wedding day. They left Yonghe Palace directly, and Mingxiu and Kangxi sat on the throne watching Mingxiu bid farewell, tears streaming down their faces.

This pampered girl is about to get married.

But Mingxiuzi's reluctance was useless; she could only watch as her sister got married.

As the bridal sedan chair gradually drove away, Kangxi comforted Mingxiu beside him: "Alright, everyone is in the capital, and we can meet whenever we want. Besides, Chenghuan will be back in a couple of days." He was referring to the day of her return visit.

Mingxiu glared at Kangxi. How could this be the same? Once married, she would belong to someone else's family, and that made her sad.

Kangxi touched his nose, looked at Yinreng not far away and twitched the corner of his mouth. Listen carefully, they are already married now, and he has almost finished his business.

After seeing Chenghuan off, Mingxiu sat in her courtyard and felt uneasy all over, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

I just feel really uncomfortable all over.

I guess it's because Chenghuan left that she's not used to it yet.

Mingxiu sighed in the courtyard. Meanwhile, inside the Qianqing Palace, the room was so quiet you could hardly hear a pin drop. Liang Jiugong kept his head bowed, not daring to look at the contents that could cost him his head if he even glanced at them.

On the third day, when they returned to their parents' home, Chenghuan and Zhang Tinglu were to first pay their respects to Emperor Kangxi. Mingxiu was already waiting for them at Yonghe Palace.

This is the inner palace, so even if it's a homecoming visit, Zhang Tinglu won't come in. He'll just wait outside and chat with Kangxi and Yinreng.

Cheng Huan came over by herself. Ming Xiu watched Cheng Huan walk in, her face beaming with happiness. She must have been having a good time these past few days.

"Mother, your son is back." Cheng Huan sat down happily next to Ming Xiu.

Yu Qing was led away by Yu Lan to have a private conversation, leaving Cheng Huan and Ming Xiu alone in the room.

Mingxiu nodded as she looked at her: "Did you go to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager?"

"Of course, we went to Father Emperor's place first, and only came to Mother's place after we had been there." Cheng Huan nodded; she knew this much.

"That's good. You seem to be doing quite well these past few days," Mingxiu teased with a smile.

"Hehehehe" is not bad, the prince consort treats me very well.

"That's good," Mingxiu was completely relieved.