Fei Cui no longer cared whether he believed her or not; she just wanted to finish speaking on behalf of the young lady.
"Does Your Royal Highness recognize this?"
The little maid fumbled and produced a plain pear wood pendant, not precious at all, just an ordinary carved pear blossom pendant.
But that pendant was exceptionally familiar to Xiao Ziheng.
It was carved by his mother for him.
When he was young, while other princes had jade pendants or golden ornaments to wear, he had none.
He envied them greatly.
He was not as favored as Prince Huai, who had a powerful maternal clan supporting him.
His mother was of humble birth, so he did not receive much favor and lived far less luxuriously than the other princes.
Whatever rewards Emperor gave or whatever good things were in the palace, they never fell into his hands.
His mother liked pear blossoms, so she carved a pear wood pendant for him to wear.
He had what others had, but it was just not as luxurious as theirs.