The other four children in the Lin family were dumbfounded.

"Little sister, when did you prepare this?"

"Why is this thing so beautiful?"

"Are there really dragons in the world? Do they really look like this?"

The older brothers all had a lot of questions. This beautiful little golden dragon made the four children of the Lin family drool with envy, and they all wanted to have one.

It was the oldest among them, Lin Zhongyuan, who was the first to react: "This thing is a golden dragon. No one but the emperor can have it, or they will be executed, beheaded, or exiled!"

Everyone: ?!

The other three brothers were too frightened to touch it anymore, but Lin Wanyue explained in a low voice, "It's made of copper, not real gold."

“That won’t do either!” Lin Zhongyuan said seriously, then turned to his three younger brothers and said, “Let’s not go back so early. Let’s see if there’s anything we can give His Majesty. Otherwise, it would be too impolite.”

The other three brothers agreed, so they reached out to Xuefu and asked for a few taels of silver. They then jumped off the carriage and said they were going to pick out gifts for the emperor.

Lin Weiming, who was leaning over the carriage, looked on with great envy: "If only we could also use a few taels of silver to appease His Majesty."

Before he could finish speaking, he was given a flick on the forehead. Liu Junlan glared at him angrily and scolded, "What's in your head? How dare you try to fob off His Majesty? I think you really want our whole family to be raided, beheaded, exiled, and executed by slow slicing!"

"Mom, I was just talking nonsense, don't listen to me..." Lin Weiming covered his head, trying to defend himself.

Liu Junlan ignored him and said directly, "Then don't say it!"

Lin Weiming: "..."

Wronged.

...

Soon, Qi Yuan's birthday arrived.

Before dawn, the entire Lin family home was already brightly lit, and everyone had gotten up early and changed into their cleanest new clothes.

The emperor was still young and unmarried, and there was no empress dowager in charge of the harem. Therefore, apart from those imperial relatives who were related by blood, ordinary women did not need to enter the palace.

Of course, Lin Wanyue was clearly the exception.

The sky outside was overcast, and heavy snow was falling.

They say a timely snowfall promises a good harvest, so next year will probably be a good year.

Lin Wanyue looked at the sky outside, popped a cream roll into her mouth, and thought to herself.

However, Lin Wanyue didn't know much about mathematics and physics, especially things related to the fate of the nation, which were even less likely to be something she could figure out at a glance.

Lin Wanyue placed Lin Diaodiao on her shoulder and then asked the ghosts in her yard, "Do you want to come with me to the palace? We're bored at home anyway, why don't we go and have a look? I heard there's lots of delicious food there."

When Lin Wanyue visited the palace the first two times, she heard from the palace eunuchs that the imperial chefs had recruited several top chefs from the capital to help with the preparations, and that there must be a lot of delicious food to be had.

"Then I'm definitely going!" Laifu jumped down from the roof beam, grinning from ear to ear, and said with great longing, "I've traveled all over the country and stayed in many ministers' homes, but I've never been to the palace."

The other ghosts crowded around and asked, "Why?"

"The emperor is a true dragon, a reincarnation of the Purple Star, protected by many gods in heaven. How could he possibly allow an unlucky fellow like me to come into contact with the emperor? What if it affects the fate of the nation? I dare not go," Laifu said nonchalantly.

"Then you'd better not go," Lin Xiangwu said seriously.

Laifu immediately frowned: "Why should I? Wanwan just said she would take me with her! I haven't even been inside the palace yet, I just want to see what's going on."

"Since you yourself said that if you enter the palace, it might affect the emperor and the fate of the nation, then I absolutely cannot let you enter the palace." Lin Xiangwu had somehow produced a long spear that had just materialized in his hand, as if he was going to try to persuade Lai Fu in another way if Lai Fu insisted on refusing.

Laifu immediately squatted down in front of Lin Wanyue, feeling wronged, regretting that he had been too smug and had said those things.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Lin Wanyue couldn't bear it and said, "Don't worry, I have a protective suit here. Once you put it on, you shouldn't affect other people's luck, and then we can all go to the palace together."

"Really? Wanwan, you're so kind." Laifu's eyes were filled with tears as he took a strange white outfit from Lin Wanyue. After putting it on, he transformed into a large, white, fat man.

Laifu found it quite strange, so he hopped around in the yard a few times and discovered that the dark energy that was affecting other people's luck was actually contained inside, so he didn't have to worry about affecting others.

Seeing this, Lin Xiangwu felt embarrassed to stop them any longer. He had known the four ghosts in his house for a long time and knew that they had no bad intentions, so he suggested that he should go along as well.

He was still a little worried about Laifu, but he was too embarrassed to say it directly.

Lin Wanyue waved her hand, taking all five ghosts in the house with her.

After a while, the Lin family was all ready. Lin Weiming held his little daughter in his arms, followed by his four sons, and stood at the door of their house waiting for the carriage to arrive.

As a result, they saw two carriages already waiting at the door.

Moreover, the drivers of the two carriages seemed to have gotten into a fight.

"What's going on here? Why are you blocking our doorway?" Lin Weiming asked in surprise.

The two coachmen, who were wrestling, raised their heads and said, "Princess, I was sent by the Prince. He sent me to pick you up. Please get into our carriage, yes, the yellow one."

"Princess, please don't go there! I was sent by the Prime Minister's residence. Please get into our carriage."

"We arrived by carriage first, so it's first come, first served, don't you understand?"

"Our Prime Minister is the little princess's own grandfather. Do you even know what the difference between close and distant relatives is?"

"Hmph, our Regent is not known for his good temper. If you steal the little princess away, how am I supposed to continue being a coachman?"

"Who cares whether you're a coachman or not! She's the eldest daughter of our Prime Minister's mansion, so naturally she should ride in our Prime Minister's mansion's carriage."

…

The two coachmen argued incessantly, and seeing that they seemed unlikely to win any battles anytime soon, Lin Weiming continued to wait at the door for his own carriage to come and pick him up.

Finally, the whole family got into the Lin family's carriage and headed towards the palace.

The old man guarding the gate of the Lin family bought a roasted sweet potato for two yuan and squatted at the gate with a smile, watching the two fight.

After one of them finally defeated the other, the other person happily stood up to greet Lin Wanyue.

Then, to my utter surprise, I realized I was supposed to pick up a little princess...

Where are they?

Where did that little princess go?