"I... thank Your Majesty for these rewards. From this day forward, I shall continue to spare no effort in serving the Yu Kingdom and Your Majesty!"
Not far away, Jiang Li was likewise somewhat surprised by the Emperor's rewards.
But he soon set his mind at ease again.
If the Emperor was willing to offer so much to thank the Jiang Family, it meant he valued Ningning. That was a good thing.
The Jiang Family was happy.
The poor suckers who had offered up treasures last night without catching so much as a glimpse of a ghost were not.
Because...
Quite a few of the Emperor's rewards were things they had only just given him last night!!!
After Jiang Yourning and the others woke up, they had breakfast at the Cloud Fragrance House before bidding Jiang Wanrong farewell and returning to the palace.
"Ningning, choose some things from my Private Treasury later and send them to the Jiang Family as gifts of thanks."
As they entered Cining Palace, Wu Qingyuan spoke gently.
Having bonded over admiring beautiful women together, Jiang Yourning and Wu Qingyuan had grown closer still.
"Thank you, Mother."
Jiang Yourning smiled happily.
Wu Qingyuan thought everything through so carefully. Rather than making her feel uncomfortable, such thorough consideration put her entirely at ease.
Wu Qingyuan then looked at Jiang Yourning with great care.
"Then... what would you like to do about your name? Would you like to change only your surname and keep Yourning, or use the name I gave you, Jia Yu?"
Last night, up on the rooftop, Lique Spring had told her a great deal about Madam Jiang and her daughter.
Precisely because Madam Jiang had done so much, leaving her unable to find a single failing as a mother, she had become all