Who Stole My Eggs?

The country of Yuzhao was filled with lights and colorful decorations.

Princess Lin was happily trying on various jewelry in her palace, wrapping herself in pieces of bright silk, and asking her two personal attendants one by one for their opinions, “Xiao Yue, what do you think of this?”

Xiao Yue clapped her hands happily, “It looks good. This can brighten your skin the best!”

“I also think if there are any leftover materials, I can use this to make a new set of clothes for you!”

“Thank you, princess!” Xiao Yue happily joined Princess Lin, covered in silk, spinning in circles like a butterfly.

“What about this? Xiao Shu, don’t be a sawed gourd. Why don’t you say something?”

The tall Xiao Shu frowned, “It looks good.”

Princess Lin followed his example and frowned, saying in a deep voice, “It looks good.” Then burst out laughing, “Hahahaha, can’t you be a little happier? In a few days, this princess will meet my brother Yunzhao. This is a great event!”

Xiao Shu’s brows furrowed even more tightly.

“As long as the princess is happy.”

Princess Lin waved her hand, “You are the least interesting. Come over here, Xiao Yue, and try on this big ruby ​​hairpin. My brother Yunzhao is really rich. He is really willing to spend money on me. He is an upright man!”

“Hmph, he has the nerve to use such vulgar things as betrothal gifts!” Prince Yuzhao went straight to his twin sister’s bedroom as soon as he left the court. When he arrived at the door, he saw Princess Lin so happy, so he endured not to disturb her. But he couldn’t bear it anymore.

“Brother!” Princess Lin saw Yuzhao, and like a baby swallow, she threw herself into his arms. “Brother, you are so brightly dressed today. The sun in the sky is not as bright as you.”

Xiao Yue and Xiao Shu looked at each other, retreating consciously.

Yuzhao always doted on Princess Lin and let her hang on him. He walked to the boxes of gold and silver jewelry, took a look at them, and sneered, “Yunzhao’s national power is only this.”

Princess Lin raised her lips and said, “Brother, Brother Yunzhao is very attentive to me. He knows that I like these things.”

Yuzhao breathed out heavily and held her face pitifully, “I heard that my father summoned you last night. What did he say?”

“It’s nothing, he just told me to be obedient when I get married and not to embarrass our family.” Princess Lin let go of Yuzhao and stood upright.

Yuzhao’s face was gloomy: “Ah Lin, it won’t be long and you don’t have to suffer these grievances.”

“Oh, how many times have I told you, brother, I don’t feel any grievances. I like these jewelry and clothes, and I also like Brother Yunzhao, I am willing to marry him. Don’t think about these things all the time.” Princess Lin shook her pigtails and said, “I am not a three-year-old child anymore.”

Yuzhao looked at the innocent-looking Princess Lin and felt dissatisfied. Feelings of pity, and guilt kept rolling. He opened his arms and hugged his only sister tightly, “Ah Lin, I’m sorry, I’m sorry for you!”

Princess Lin rarely calmed down and let him hold her for a while, then whispered: “You strangled me so much I couldn’t breathe anymore.”

Yuzhao let go of her in a hurry. In order to cover up his embarrassment, he casually looked through a few items in a box of clothes and accessories sent by Yunzhao. Suddenly, he realized he found something and rummaged through several other boxes.

“Brother, what are you looking for?” Princess Lin asked curiously.

Yuzhao’s face turned pale: “Bring me the gift list.”

“Oh, here.” Princess Lin took out the gift list from her purse.

After reading the gift list, Yuzhao’s face became even more dark, “There is no white peacock belt in the betrothal gift. This guy is not sincere to you!”

Princess Lin breathed a sigh of relief and thought he had discovered something bad, “That’s it? Is this true? It doesn’t matter, I don’t lack a belt.”

“What do you know?” Yuzhao scolded, “The white peacock is a sacred bird in the southern land. It has only one partner in its life and is a symbol of loyalty. If a man from Yunzhao country gives it to his fiancée, a belt woven with white peacock feathers means that he will not marry another person. The current King Yunzhao gifted the queen a white peacock belt. But that boy Yunzhao is a bastard!”

Princess Lin still had an indifferent attitude, “He can marry as many as he wants. There must be a woman to bear children for him. It would be wrong if he doesn’t have heirs later on.”

“You…sigh!” Yuzhao said, “Do you understand anything about love? If you really like him, how can you tolerate him touching other people?”

Princess Lin lowered her eyes: “Brother, I am not a woman, have you forgotten? Here, no woman can stop her husband from taking concubines, let alone me, Brother Yunzhao is the crown prince and will be the king in the future.”

Yuzhao clenched his fists and panted heavily like a trapped animal. After a long time, he stomped out.

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After he left, Xiao Yue and Xiao Shu gathered around worriedly.

Xiao Yue was afraid and said: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s face is so scary. Princess, what did the Crown Prince say?”

“It’s nothing,” Princess Lin sighed, “You also know that he has a bad temper and can’t get by without blowing up several times a day. By the way, Xiao Yue…” Princess Lin paused, looking nostalgic, “Are you sixteen this year?”

“Yes.”

Princess Lin showed a nostalgic expression: “You are already sixteen. It has been six years since I first saw you. Time flies so fast.”

Xiao Shu was silent.

“Shan,” Princess Lin smiled and said, “Your surname is really nice.”

Xiao Shu raised his head suddenly, “Princess…”

“My father summoned me last night. I have asked His Majesty to let you go home. You and Xiao Yue are different. You are a child of a noble family. You have been with me all these years. You have also studied hard day and night and have not neglected your knowledge. After you return, you can to take the scientific examination or become an official directly with my letter of recommendation. That is a good thing.”

Princess Lin rubbed Xiao Yue’s chubby face, “Do you have any objections to follow me on my marriage?”

Xiao Yue was rarely serious: “Wherever the princess goes, Xiao Yue will follow her. Xiao Yue will never be separated from the princess.”

Xiao Shu looked at them, said nothing more, kowtowed heavily to Princess Lin, and left without saying a word.

After Xiao Shu was gone, Xiao Yue started to cry, “That heartless guy, he will leave as soon as possible without any goodbye, woo woo…”

Princess Lin looked at the brightly lit courtyard and murmured: “Let it go. It’s okay, I can finally leave.”

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The night before the wedding, Xie Zuo left Huo Yao in the room, mysteriously took out a brocade bag from the box and handed it to him, “Open it and take a look.”

Huo Yao saw that his ears were red and shiny, and he was a little curious about the thing that made him so shy.

“Open it quickly.” Xie Zuo urged.

Huo Yao opened the brocade bag and took out something rolled into a plate. “This is… the white peacock belt…”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” Xie Zuo nodded repeatedly, “I knitted it myself and gave it to you. Do you understand?”

The white peacock belt used the largest and most beautiful one in the middle of the white peacock feathers. It was given to him by a white peacock demon king that Xie Zuo met. It was very gorgeous. He also asked the best embroiderer in the palace to split each feather into wool that was ten times finer than silk, and mixed them with silk thread to weave it. It was smooth and delicate on the hand, low-key and luxurious, and could shine silvery white in the dark. It was a rare treasure.

More importantly, its meaning represented that Xie Zuo only had one lover in his life.

Huo Yao put the belt against his heart: “Thank you, I like it very much.”

“Don’t lose it, wear it every day.”

Huo Yao immediately untied his robe and tied the belt inside.

Xie Zuo’s heart was fluttering like a little bird, and he was a little embarrassed. This seemed to be the first time he gave Huo Yao a serious gift.

That night, Huo Yao was a self-taught man and developed a new way to use the belt. He received a lot of scolding from Xie Zuo and got many bloody marks on his back.

Note

Wow, I really got smacked by Princess Lin’s real gender haha… I skipped this part of novel and went ahead to the few last chapters lol. I honestly thought she was a girl.

Xiao Shu real name is Situ Shan, it will be explained later on. But all I could say, he is a noble young master.