Chapter 220: Arrogant and Overbearing Gold Jade Palace.
This was the residence of the legitimate imperial princesses of every generation.
Carved beams and painted rafters, adorned with the utmost luxury.
Though it had stood empty for many years, it was still kept spotlessly clean.
At that moment.
Dozens of palace maids knelt on the ground, not daring to draw a full breath.
Jiang Yuechu sat on a broad phoenix bed and reached up to rub her brow.
"Guyue, what do you think of the furnishings in this room? Do you like them?"
The emperor paced back and forth through the hall with his hands behind his back.
"Though the Gold Jade Palace is quite fine, it has been unoccupied for some years... I had wanted you to stay in Changle Palace, but the Empress Dowager..."
The emperor paused, a trace of helplessness flashing in his eyes. "Forget it. Let's not talk about that."
"For now, you'll have to put up with this place for a while. I've already sent the Ministry of Works to choose a site."
Jiang Yuechu looked up, somewhat helpless.
"This place is already very good. There's no need to..."
"How could that do?!"
The emperor's eyes widened, and he cut her off.
"You are the Grand Princess of Great Tang! My only biological younger sister!"
"For these sixteen years, you've been adrift outside, suffering so much hardship and enduring so much misery!"
"Now that you've finally come home, if I can't even give you a decent place to live, what's the point of being emperor?"
"I'll have a Princess Mansion built for you in the finest part of Chang'an City! If you're not used to living in the palace, you can live outside it from now on."
At that.
The estrangement in her heart somehow eased