From the moment she was born, Chu Yaoyao had lived amid all sorts of disputes waged in the name of love.
Every one of her relatives thought her mother was unreliable.
So, once her mother's month of postpartum confinement ended, her grandmother, the Empress Dowager in the palace, felt lonely and wanted to bring her over to raise her personally.
Her uncle the emperor and her aunt the Empress also racked their brains trying to find a way to keep her by their side. Her uncle simply feared that, if she grew up beside her own mother, she would become just as unreliable and take years off his life.
Her aunt thought she was adorable and wanted to raise her alongside her princess cousin's baby, who was only a few months older, hoping both children would be as lively and spirited as her mother.
Her honorary grandfather and grandmother from the Jiang Family had even loudly plotted beside her several times to secretly spirit her away and raise her themselves, taking advantage of the fact that she understood nothing.
Her uncles from the Jiang Family also wanted to whisk her home and raise her for fun.
She actually rather wanted to go.
But she had a father who was a charlatan.
Her father performed some swindler's trick to prove to all her relatives that she could not leave him.
With no other choice, her relatives could only watch helplessly as she stayed at home.
Oh, right. Chu Yaoyao also had two formal names: Chu Qingyao and Mo Zining.
Yes, every one of her names was stuffed full of her parents' lovey-dovey displays, force-fed to her like dog food.
Actually, of everyone, she liked her mother best.
Because her mother had all sorts of interesting little toys and knew how to