We finally arrived at Ruyi Pavilion. It was already midnight and the entire pavilion was brightly lit.
Fang Miao sat there uneasily. She was dressed and washed by the palace maids, like a lamb to be slaughtered.
As the eunuch announced, the emperor had arrived at Ruyi Pavilion, smelling slightly of alcohol.
Today is New Year's Eve, and he should have gone to the Queen's Palace, but he came here. He was willing to break the tradition, which shows how much Fang Miao impressed him.
Fang Miao obediently took out her pocket watch. The maid had said before that she must make the emperor notice the pocket watch in order to maintain her innocence.
The emperor walked in, his bright yellow clothes very eye-catching. Fang Miao knelt down and saluted him:
"Your Highness!"
When he was inside the room, the emperor could see more clearly. The beauty in front of him had a graceful figure and fair skin. Her long, thick, slightly curly hair casually hung on her shoulders, adding to her exotic charm.
But what he was thinking about at this moment was that Empress Joseline also seemed to have curly hair.
"Get up!"
He raised his hand and thought to himself, there shouldn't be such a coincidence in the world, right?
Fang Miao stood up as well, keeping a distance from him. Because she was wearing plain white pajamas, the pocket watch hanging around her neck was particularly eye-catching.
The main thing is the seven gems of different colors inlaid on it, which are particularly eye-catching under the light.
The emperor noticed the pocket watch almost at a glance. A hint of shock appeared in his pupils and he walked forward in disbelief. Fang Miao took a step back almost reflexively.
She was afraid of him, and His Majesty sensed it.
"Don't be afraid. I just want to see the thing hanging around your neck. Can you take it off and let me see it?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Miao looked down at the pocket watch hanging around her neck. Thinking of what the palace maid said, she took off the pocket watch and handed it to the emperor.
The emperor took the pocket watch in his hand and called out to Eunuch Fu outside the door:
"Eunuch Fu, come in with the portrait!"
Eunuch Fu, who had been guarding outside the door, did not dare to delay and hurried in, presenting the portrait of Empress Joscelyn with both hands.
The emperor began to compare it on the spot, taking the pocket watch and comparing it with the pocket watch in the portrait, taking into account the patterns and details.
After getting a positive answer, he looked up at Fang Miao on the side. From the portrait, she looked like Empress Joscelyn. Her blue eyes, slightly curly long hair, and the pocket watch all indicated the same result.
At this moment, the emperor didn't know whether he was excited or something, or maybe even a little disappointed?
How could it be such a coincidence? Is there really such a coincidence in the world?
If the beauty in front of him is really the wandering princess of Rakshasa, then he cannot touch her. Not only that, he has to hold her in high esteem, respect her, and then rely on her to negotiate with Rakshasa.
"What's your name?" the emperor asked as he returned the pocket watch to her.
"My name is Fang Miao!"
"Fang Miao? He is indeed a wonderful person. Let me ask you, where does this pocket watch come from?" The emperor still had doubts.
"As far as I can remember, this pocket watch has been hanging around my neck. My father said that no matter what, it must not be taken away from me, so I have been wearing it until now."
Fang Miao herself didn't know the origin of this pocket watch. She didn't even know that this thing was called a pocket watch, but it had stopped turning long ago.
"Who is your father? Can you tell me about your experience?"
It seemed that there were too many unsolved mysteries that could not be verified. The emperor thought, since I'm here, I might as well find out.
At first glance, everything that happened tonight seemed very wrong. When he met Fang Miao, Eunuch Lu said that she was a maid in Concubine Guo's palace, but she was clearly not wearing a maid's clothes. He also asked Eunuch Fu to check the roster, but there was no such person.
Later, it was the third brother who specifically told me about the princess of Rakshasa Kingdom and even prepared a portrait of her. Does this mean that he already knew about it?
I just heard that Fang Miao was favored by him, so he urgently took measures to deal with the situation. In order not to appear too deliberate, he even went through such a big detour?
In this regard, the emperor didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed with the prince he valued the most.
What makes me happy is that he does have the qualifications to be the crown prince and knows how to make trade-offs. But what makes me sad is that as a father and son, he actually plotted against me?
But it doesn't matter anymore. Among his four princes, only the third one has the most qualifications and ability to become the crown prince.
The eldest brother seems to have no idea about competing for the throne, the second brother is a reckless man, brave but not wise, and the fourth brother is just the opposite of the second brother. He has many tricks, but he basically uses them for crooked ways. Since childhood, few of his brothers have been strong. Now it seems that only the third brother is both civil and military, and is brave and wise.
The emperor asked someone to give Fang Miao a seat and listened to her story.
It turned out that Fang Miao followed her father when she was young, and she stayed with her father until she was ten years old, but she had never seen her mother, and her father never told her who her mother was.
Her father was a man from the Central Plains, and she had been without a mother since childhood. Her appearance did not look like that of a Central Plains person, especially her eyes and her naturally curly hair, which made her suffer suspicion and exclusion since childhood.
Before this, the father and daughter had been living in a small fishing village on the border, near the sea.
My father looks depressed all day long and likes to get drunk from time to time.
Perhaps you would think that with such a father, Fang Miao must have had a very unhappy childhood, but on the contrary, Fang Miao's father was very good to Fang Miao. Apart from those bad habits, he never let her go hungry, and at least she was well fed and warmly dressed.
When she was nine years old, a merchant ship came to the fishing village, bound for the Rakshasa Kingdom. As Fang Miao grew up day by day, she asked more than once who her mother was.
So, her father took her and all his belongings and boarded the merchant ship bound for the Rakshasa Kingdom.
Fang Miao asked him what they were going to do.
Her father said that he would take her to find her mother. At that time, Fang Miao's father seemed to have some health problems and he was often heard coughing.
After drifting on the sea for nearly two months, they finally arrived at the Kingdom of Rakshasa. However, after drifting on the sea for so long, Fang Miao's father was already in poor health. He fell ill after getting off the boat and finding a temporary place to stay.
In a foreign country, she couldn't speak the language and had no one to turn to for help. Moreover, because her father was a powerless man from the Central Plains, the local doctors refused to treat her.
Fang Miao's father fell seriously ill and the money she brought with her was gradually dwindling.
At such a young age, Fang Miao felt pressure and helplessness for the first time.
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