My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 479: Familiar Token

Chapter 479: Chapter 479: Familiar Token

She did not know whether Ye Jiuxiao had arranged it on purpose, but the small courtyard where she now resided in the Regent Prince Residence was right next to the main courtyard.

If she had seen the layout of the Regent Prince Residence, she would have noticed at a glance that the small courtyard she was living in was exactly where the lady of the residence should be.

Since Chu Nanli had not yet finished her confinement, Ye Jiuxiao simply ordered people to connect her courtyard with the main courtyard next door with a curtain, making it convenient for her to get some fresh air without having to stay cooped up indoors all day.

Ye Jiuxiao’s study had become the place Chu Nanli frequented most in these past few days.

For some reason, Xiaotao and Ye Jiuxiao got along exceptionally well, urging Chu Nanli every day, after he was fed and watered, to take him to see someone.

Today was no different.

Seeing that Chu Nanli was unresponsive, he pouted his little mouth and was about to start bawling.

"Alright, alright, I really don’t know who you take after, you little crybaby!"

Despite being less than a month old, he already displayed a sense of cleverness and was incredibly adorable, making anyone’s heart melt at the sight of him.

She instructed the wet nurse standing by to wrap up the little one properly and then carried him along to find Ye Jiuxiao.

If one only looked at what Ye Jiuxiao did on a daily basis, no one could connect him with the Regent King, a man of significant influence as rumored outside.

When Ye Jiuxiao saw Chu Nanli coming, he put down the scroll in his hands and looked over with a smile in his eyes.

"Yiya!"

The little one seemed to sense something, stretching out his little hands in the wet nurse’s arms, wanting Ye Jiuxiao to hold him.

Ye Jiuxiao took over the swaddling clothes with practiced ease, his movements extremely gentle.

"Zhuang Lin just sent someone over to say that Chu Yi’s injuries have almost healed."

Upon hearing the news about Chu Nanli, Chu Yi had wanted to disregard his own health and rush over to serve his master.

He was still bedridden at the time, so Chu Nanli naturally could not ignore his safety and directly asked Zhuang Lin to help until his injuries were fully healed before allowing him to come out.

Now that Chu Yi was much better, trying to make him stay in bed doing nothing would be difficult.

"Forget it, send a message to Manager Zhuang to let Chu Yi first take care of those shops. I am not suitable to appear in public these days, so let him stay busy."

"Doing these things shouldn’t aggravate his injuries."

After all, these were the things Chu Yi had been doing before.

Chu Nanli knew well that if she really did not let Chu Yi do anything and forced him to rest, he might feel uncomfortable about it.

He might even think that she did not trust him.

"The cash I have on hand now is also a considerable amount."

While mentioning this, a sense of pride inevitably surged in Chu Nanli’s heart.

To think that she had been in this era for less than a year.

The fortune she had earned was what others could not make in a dozen years.

The two adults discussed matters beyond Xiaotao’s understanding, and he did not care about them.

Held by Ye Jiuxiao, he was still restless, straining his little hand trying to reach the items on the table.

Xiaotao might have been small, but he was strong, and he actually managed to grab some papers on the table, which led to bumping into the pen stand next to them.

With a clang and crash, the pen stand tipped over, turning the desk into a mess.

The culprit himself started bawling.

"You knocked the things over yourself, how can you have the nerve to cry about it?"

Looking at her son crying his heart out, Chu Nanli was even more at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

This rascal is still so tiny yet he already shows his knack for getting into trouble; imaging how hard he will be to manage when he grows up.

"No harm done, there was nothing valuable there."

Ye Jiuxiao’s gaze swept over the desk indifferently. These items were worth a fortune to others but, at this moment, they were worthless in his words.

He had no intention of blaming Taosu; instead, he seemed to blame the items for frightening him.

"Is this really a matter of whether the things are valuable or not?" Chu Nanli glared at him irritably. "He’s still a child and does not understand things, but if you keep indulging him as he grows up, this is not going to be a small problem."

"You also know he is still young, what’s the point of being so strict?"

Ye Jiuxiao amiably accepted her words, yet he still wore an indulgent expression when facing Taosu.

She could already foresee what the child would be like when spoiled as he grew older.

By then, only she could steel her heart to discipline him.

But that was a concern for much later.

Currently, Chu Nanli noticed a token turned up by the servants as they were cleaning the desk.

"How do you have this token?"

Unless she was mistaken, she had seen this token in the original owner’s memories!

This token was related to the original owner’s journey of thousands of miles to this place.

"Are you talking about this?" Ye Jiuxiao had no reason to hide anything from her. "This is a token I used when I was still a prince, now it’s pretty much useless."

This token, in fact, every prince had one.

However, Ye Jiuxiao’s was particularly special, it was adorned all over with golden patterns, and the character "Ye" was filled with golden designs.

It looked incredibly luxurious.

Just by this token alone, it reflected how much hope the late Emperor had placed in Ye Jiuxiao.

Chu Nanli had the nanny take the already asleep Taosu away before she spoke to Ye Jiuxiao.

"I have seen this token before."

"I haven’t taken this token out for a long time, how could you have seen it?"

Ye Jiuxiao frowned slightly, his memory was excellent, and he remembered that since becoming the Regent King, he had never carried this token out again.

And this token being placed under the desk, he did not know when it had happened.

"Didn’t I tell you that I am from Chu Kingdom? I saw this token once back in the Chu Kingdom."

Seeing this token, Chu Nanli suddenly had an incredible speculation.

Could it be that from the beginning, the original owner had mistaken the person?

The original owner wholeheartedly believed that Ye Yunting would agree to marry her, remembering their initial promise.

But Chu Nanli didn’t think so at all.

The original owner, being pampered by her family, was too naive and simplistic; too much taken for granted.

Now, she rather believed that Ye Yunting’s agreement to marry the original owner was not due to a promise, but because of the situation at the time.

Ye Yunting’s prominence was too great; marrying a common Princess Consort was just the way to dispel the suspicions of others.

Especially in the eyes of the Emperor.

If the Emperor really started to view any Prince as a threat, he would not care whether that was his most cherished child or not.

Perhaps, he would only act even more ruthlessly.