Thinking of his elder sister's newborn granddaughter, Zhu Jingchen patted his forehead.

He had completely forgotten that he should give his little granddaughter a name.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The Grand Princess was surprised to find Xu Heming in the Imperial Study. She smiled awkwardly at first, but still bowed to Zhu Jingchen.

"Your Highness, please rise without the formalities." Zhu Jingchen quickly helped the Grand Princess up.

"Grand Princess!" Xu Heming also bowed to the Grand Princess.

"I wonder if Your Highness has come to the palace today for some business?" Zhu Jingchen asked the Grand Princess with some confusion.

"Your Majesty, look at this." The Grand Princess took out a stone from her bosom. However, as she took it out, she glanced at Xu Heming beside her, her eyes still somewhat obscure.

"Your Majesty, perhaps I should excuse myself for a moment?" Xu Heming thought that perhaps the Grand Princess had something to say to the Emperor alone, so he took the initiative to speak.

Zhu Jingchen didn't reply, but just looked at the somewhat familiar stone.

"Royal sister, where did this come from?" Zhu Jingchen looked at the somewhat familiar iron ore in his hand, and couldn't help but feel excited. Could there be a second iron ore mine in Lanno Kingdom?

The Grand Princess looked at Prince An beside her and then said, "Speaking of which, Prince An probably knows where this came from. It was given to Nuonuo by Prince An's heir."

As the Grand Princess spoke, she looked Prince An up and down, wondering if he had treated other girls the same way when he was young, given his cold demeanor.

However, I've never heard of a particularly good relationship between Prince An and Princess An before. Now that Prince An is going to marry his second wife, I wonder if he'll change his personality?

"A gift from the Qing Dynasty?" Zhu Jingchen held the iron ore, gestured with it, and finally arranged it into a heart shape.

"I must say, Qing Shi had pretty good taste. It looks quite nice from this angle," Zhu Jingchen joked to Xu Heming.

At this moment, Xu Heming felt his face turn red with embarrassment and cursed inwardly, "That brat Xu Qingshi."

"Your Majesty, you didn't notice this stone—" the Grand Princess said, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

The Grand Princess thought to herself that this must be iron ore, but she couldn't openly ask Prince An about it.

However, perhaps the Emperor could ask.

Zhu Jingchen hadn't expected such a coincidence. He had originally planned to keep it a secret, but now the stone had actually been delivered to the Grand Princess.

"Haha, this stone is indeed unique, it's even shaped like a heart! Old Xu, it seems your son is more promising than you. He's so young, and he already knows how to pick a wife," Zhu Jingchen said with a laugh.

Xu Heming didn't know how to respond to Zhu Jingchen, so he simply lowered his head and didn't reply.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that the color of this stone is wrong," the Grand Princess reminded her again. She thought to herself, "Xu Heming remains silent. Could it be that he intends to keep quiet about this?"

“If it were pink, Nuonuo would definitely like it even more,” Zhu Jingchen continued.

They just wouldn't mention that the stone might be iron ore.

After all, the more people who know about this, the greater the risk.

“Prince An, if I’m not mistaken, this should be iron ore, right?” The Grand Princess turned to Xu Heming and questioned him when she saw that the Emperor was not following her lead.

Xu Heming hadn't expected the Grand Princess to ask him so directly.

Xu Heming didn't speak, but looked at Zhu Jingchen. After all, the Emperor's words just now clearly indicated that he didn't want the Grand Princess to know.