He guessed correctly. The gifts Shen Yizhi gave to Gu Heng and Gu Wei were very generous, and the gifts to the other princesses and princes were also generous.

Only the Crown Prince and the Sixth Princess Gu Yi received one Dongzhu.

Humph, who told them to offend her? She just holds a grudge like that.

For those who were kind to her, she would not feel sorry for giving them a lot of things, but for those who were not on good terms with her, she would feel that she was being cheated even if she only gave them a pearl.

If it wasn't for maintaining the superficial relationship of relatives, she wouldn't bother to give it.

After coming out of the Empress Dowager's Palace, Gu Xueting did not take Shen Yizi out of the palace, but took her all the way to a palace that looked somewhat dilapidated.

——Mingyue Palace.

When she saw the name, Shen Yizhi guessed why Gu Xueting brought her here.

This palace should be where his mother lived in the past, right? "My mother has something to give you." Gu Xueting pushed open the mottled red paint door and took her in.

Shen Yizhi was surprised: "Give it to me?"

Gu Xueting curved his lips: "My mother's original words were - Ting'er, when you get married in the future, help me give this to her, I hope she will like it. Now, aren't you my wife?"

I see.

Shen Yizi couldn't help but look forward to it. What kind of gift did Gu Xueting's mother, no, her mother-in-law, prepare for her?

Gu Xueting led her by the hand, through the weed-covered front yard and the dusty front hall, and came to the backyard.

There is a paulownia tree growing here, with palm-sized dead leaves spread out layer upon layer on the ground. The leaves underneath have already rotted away, and will sink slightly when stepped on.

Coming under the tree, Gu Xueting recalled the location where he had buried that thing, took out a shovel, and started digging the soil.

Shen Yizhi wanted to help, but he stopped her: "I'll do it. I didn't bury it too deep back then, so it will be healed soon."

Sure enough, after a few shovelfuls of digging, they hit a hard object when digging further.

Gu Xueting squatted down and brought the things up.

It was a small box, and when it was brought up, a fishy smell hit me in the face.

Shen Yizhi helped Gu Xueting clean the box.

To her surprise, it was actually a wooden box, in its original wood color, but it made a sound like metal when knocked.

There is a cat, a tree and some leaves carved on it. The strokes are childish and clumsy, as if they were made by a child.

And what Gu Xueting said next also verified her guess.

He stroked the painting on the box and said, "I carved this when I was five years old. I secretly used my mother's eyebrow pencil to carve it. When my mother found out, she beat me up."

Shen Yizi chuckled. She finally knew where Qingbao's mischievousness came from. It seemed like he inherited it from his biological father.

Gu Xueting opened the box. There were mostly children's toys inside, and a piggy bank in the shape of a pig caught her attention.

No way, she was so lucky? Another artifact was delivered to her?

That's right, in her perception, this little piggy bank is a magical artifact! Is it that magical artifacts are too common these days, or is she too favored by magical artifacts? "Is this piggy bank a gift from your mother?" Shen Yizhi asked.

Gu Xueting was slightly surprised and scratched her nose with his finger, "How could it be? How could my mother give you an ordinary piggy bank?"

Shen Yizhi lay on his back from behind, close to his face: "This piggy bank is not ordinary at all! It is a magical artifact."

"A divine weapon?"

"Uh-huh."

Gu Xueting smiled, then realized that she was talking about this matter seriously, and quickly stopped laughing, "I picked this up from the cold palace when I was a child."

What kind of luck does he have? He can even pick up a magical artifact from the cold palace.

Shen Yizhi was envious.

She kissed him on the ear, "I want this piggy bank."

Gu Xueting was silent.

Shen Yizi thought that he was unwilling to give it. Besides being a little disappointed, she felt more regretful. This was the piggy bank that carried his childhood memories. How could she ask for it?

Alas, it’s all her fault that she was blinded by the artifact.

As a result, the next moment she felt dizzy and was pushed against the tree trunk by Gu Xueting, and then she was drowned in his overwhelming kisses.

After a long while, Gu Xueting separated his lips from hers and smiled softly in her ear, "What's mine is yours. Zhizhi, if you want anything, you don't have to ask, just take it."

Oh! This is really a foul! But it is undeniable that Shen Yizhi felt a gurgling sweet spring in his heart after hearing it.

"In order to reward our Prince Chen for having such awareness, I agree to the request you made earlier."

"What do you want--" Gu Xueting reacted halfway through his words, looking at her with scorching eyes, and he couldn't wait to receive the reward right away.

Shen Yizhi felt so limp when he looked at her, and she reached out to cover his eyes, "You haven't told me yet, what gift is my mother going to give me?"

Gu Xueting pulled her hand down and kissed it, then led her back to the box and handed her the piggy bank she wanted. He searched inside and took out a small and exquisite lantern.

How small is it? Not even as big as Gu Xueting's fist.

It seemed to be carved from the teeth of some monster, with one layer inside another. She counted them and found that there were nine layers in total. The innermost layer was only the size of a grape.

Each layer is as thin as paper and meticulously carved and painted.

Even after being buried underground for so many years, it is still fair, smooth, beautiful and translucent.

Shen Yizhi was pleasantly surprised, "This lamp is so beautiful!"

She took it carefully, afraid of breaking it.

Gu Xueting smiled and said, "Don't worry, this lamp is very strong. When I was a kid, I used it as a ball to play with, and it was fine."

Just playing with the ball? Excuse me?

Shen Yizi was shocked and tried pressing on the lantern, but it didn't move at all. It didn't break like a piece of paper as she thought.

She gradually increased her strength, but the lantern remained as stubborn as a rock.

"That's true. But how do you light this lamp?"

She looked left and right, up and down, but couldn't see any place to light a lamp.

Gu Xueting: "Try to inject some spiritual energy into it."

Shen Yizhi tried it, and the grape-sized inner light in the innermost layer lit up, but the light was only as big as a bean.

It's daytime now, so the light is inevitably not obvious.

Gu Xueting put the box into the space and said, "Let's go."

Shen Yizi turned off the light and still played with it in his hand.

“By the way, does this lamp have a name?”

Gu Xueting thought for a moment, "I remember my mother called it the 'Nine-turn Soul-guiding Lamp'."

"Nine-turn Soul-Guiding Lamp? This name is really a bit strange. Could it be that this lamp is used to guide souls?"

"Maybe it was used by the ghosts in the underworld to guide the dead souls." Gu Xueting joked.