novelden Chapter 574 The General Was Rescued (49)
Chapter 574 The General Was Rescued (49)
With a smile on her face, Tao Nanmo led Chen Fengze out of the Prince's Mansion.
At this moment, the two were sitting in a spacious and comfortable carriage, chatting casually.
"Where did that bag of flower seeds come from?" Tao Nanmo thought to herself. Facing this child who was only a few years old, there was no need to beat around the bush, so she asked directly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Fengze suddenly stood up and hugged Tao Nanmo tightly without hesitation.
His small body trembled slightly. After making sure that she had no intention of pushing him away, he gently put his lips close to Tao Nanmo's ear and said slowly in a childish but firm voice: "That was left to me by my mother. She said...she and you almost became relatives."
Although this sentence was spoken very slowly, every word was clearly audible.
After saying that, Chen Fengze carefully loosened his arms, then reached into his arms and took out a pendant that he had treasured for a long time.
He placed the ornament carefully in a delicate little purse, and it was obvious that he treasured it very much.
He solemnly held it in front of Tao Nanmo, his eyes full of expectation and trust.
Tao Nanmo subconsciously reached out to take it. The moment her fingertips touched it, a familiar feeling surged into her heart.
As she stroked the ornament in her hand, her expression began to show some nostalgia.
This so-called ornament looks plain and even a bit rough, not to mention the material quality.
This is actually just an ordinary pebble that has been carefully polished.
If measured purely in terms of monetary value, such things are indeed not worth a penny.
However, for Tao Nanmo, money has never been something she values. In her eyes, friendship is priceless.
In fact, Tao Nanmo's family background is quite complicated.
Her father was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but her mother's family was a wealthy and powerful family.
The prince married her as his principal wife for her money.
People who grew up in a world of wealth and luxury are more likely to feel good about people they know from a humble background.
When Tao Nanmo met Luo Qita, she thought he was just a boy on a merchant ship.
However, Luo Qitai believed that the other party was the second manager of the business who came to check out the goods.
At that time, although he saw through the other woman's identity, he did not look down on her at all. Instead, he continued to do business as usual.
As time went by, the two of them interacted more and slowly developed a friendship. Luo Qitai had originally agreed with Tao Nanmo that he would go to the Tao family to propose marriage, but in the end the two of them were separated forever.
This pendant was picked up by Luo Qitai on a beach in an overseas country. It was polished and carved without anyone else's help. It was originally intended to be decorated with gold and gems after it was completely finished, and used as a token of love when proposing marriage.
Tao Nanmo had seen the semi-finished product of this thing more than once, but in the end she married the prince and never saw it again.
When Luo Qitai got off the boat to pick up his two younger sisters, he already had a premonition that he might die, so he gave the ornament to his eldest sister-in-law for safekeeping.
He even specifically instructed that if he did not return within a cup of tea, the boat should be sailed away immediately.
It is true that this is a one-way rescue.
Not only did he fail to rescue Luo Yufu and Luo Yuhe, he was also killed in the street.
"Thank you. I like your gift very much." Tao Nanmo put away the stone ornament. "It seems that you know your own life experience. Then who is Doctor Xue?"
"It's my aunt!" Chen Fengze was just a child after all, so he was a little less guarded when facing Tao Nanmo.
Upon hearing this, Tao Nanmo's face changed and she immediately shouted outside: "Hurry back to the Prince's Mansion, I have something urgent to do."
How could this silly girl feed herself to a tiger just for revenge!
Thinking of this, Tao Nanmo felt both distressed and sad.
But such a long time had passed, and Crown Prince Chen Jiyao had already had a "vigorous" "exercise" and fell into a deep sleep again.
Tao Nanmo rushed to Xue Asi's yard and was about to rush in regardless of the consequences, but was stopped by the eunuch again: "Princess, please stay. The prince just called for water and has gone to bed now. You should come back later!"
"I understand!" Tao Nanmo clenched her fists and instructed her confidant, "After the prince leaves, ask Xue Liangyuan to come to me. She has done a great job in serving the prince, and I want to reward her. By the way, be polite."
After saying that, she left Xue Asi's yard, but her people stayed.
The eunuch didn't understand why the Crown Princess, who usually didn't care about anything, was so concerned about a newly-appointed concubine today. However, it would be better for him to stay out of the backyard struggle to avoid getting himself involved.