The sun went from hanging high overhead to slowly sinking in the west.
The birds that had been frightened away returned to their perches.
Chu Lange tossed down her shovel and panted.
"Yuan Ye, carry me out. This princess is tired today. We'll come back and dig another day."
"Yes."
Yuan Ye nodded gently.
He wanted to remind the princess that she was a precious royal daughter and had no need to do this sort of physical labor.
But seeing how genuinely happy she had been these past few days, he could not bring himself to say the words on the tip of his tongue.
The princess had always been spoiled to the heavens, but her status meant no one sincerely befriended her. Coupled with the advice Nanny Mei, whom she trusted, offered in her idle moments, her temperament had grown increasingly arrogant and overbearing.
She had never been like this before, brimming with the vitality a girl her age ought to have.
After finding a place to stand, Chu Lange looked at the gold she and Yuan Ye had dug up that day, her eyes filled with accomplishment.
After admiring it thoroughly, she pointed at the gold and declared, "Jiang Yourning! Look! This is the empire this princess conquered for you!"
"I see it, I see it! Thanks for all your hard work, Lange! How about I give you a share of this gold?"
Jiang Yourning immediately nodded like a chick pecking at grain.
Good heavens, what kind of domineering-princess declaration was that?! She leaves those domineering CEOs ten streets behind, okay?
I love hearing that!!!
This is fantastic!
The domineering princess Chu Lange proudly raised her head and refused. "This princess's word carries the weight of nine bronze cauldrons. If I said I don't want it, I don't