My brother entrusted his child to me, and I livestreamed raising the baby, making the Empress cry wi

An investor friend who had been standing in the back row and hadn't said much since giving his gift couldn't help but step forward, push up his glasses, and speak with disbelief in his voice.

"No... Mr. Lin, are you serious? Twenty percent of the shares, that's no small sum. Ling'er is still so young, and you've already made this decision?"

Lin Ye stood up, still smiling, his tone calm yet firm: "I've never been this serious before."

Upon hearing this, the man said nothing more, but simply sighed and retreated.

A buzz of discussion gradually rose in the hall. Some gasped, some exchanged bewildered glances, and some forgot to put down their wine glasses. All eyes were on Lin Ye and Xiao Douzi.

Those eyes held shock, admiration, emotion, and a hint of envy.

The friend who gifted the sports car raised his glass, mouthed "I'm impressed" to Lin Ye from afar, and gently nudged the arm of the person next to him, his voice filled with emotion.

"No wonder he's his godfather. All the gifts we sent—cars, jewelry, robots—are nothing compared to Lin Ye's gift..."

No one answered, but everyone had the same answer in their hearts.

Yes, no matter how valuable those things are, they are just gifts.

What Lin Ye gave away was his family business, his future, and the most weighty promise a father could make.

The crowd looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise and emotion.

They all realized one thing: they seemed to have underestimated Lin Ye's feelings for his goddaughter.

Everyone was puzzled, wondering whose child this was that Lin Ye would go to such lengths for.

"Hiss... Could it be Lin Ye's white moonlight's child?"

A girl who enjoys reading female-oriented novels stroked her chin, her thoughts starting to wander.

"Mr. Lin's affection extends to everything related to the house, is this the legendary transference of love? Hmm... just like in the novel!"

……

Each new gift unveiled caused a new wave of shock in the Great Flame Kingdom.

[Minister of Revenue Chen Youfang: In our Great Yan Kingdom, a bowl of water in an ordinary teahouse costs fifty copper coins. Look at that bottle over there; it holds about two bowls of water, so two bowls would be one hundred copper coins. That is to say, one yuan is approximately equal to one hundred copper coins!]

[Cheng Liang, Vice Minister of Revenue: One yuan equals one hundred wen, and ten yuan equals one tael of silver. Therefore, ten thousand yuan equals one thousand taels of silver, one million yuan equals one hundred thousand taels of silver, ten million yuan equals one million taels of silver, and one hundred million yuan equals ten million taels of silver!]

[Jewelry shop owner Tang Yinchuan: Fifty million…that's five million taels of silver! I've been selling jewelry for forty years, and the most expensive headdress ever worn by a concubine in the palace was only thirty thousand taels! That crown is actually worth five million taels?!]

[Feng Zhiyuan, Master of Xiaoshan Academy: Extravagant! Too extravagant! Children's items cost millions of taels of silver! Playing with toys is a waste of time and energy! Playing with toys is a waste of time and energy!]

[Du Xiu, Academician of the Hanlin Academy: Wait! Those shares are worth 15 billion... that's... 1.5 billion taels of silver! My God!! How can there be so much?! ...

[Aunt Wang, a commoner: Good heavens! We're both human, celebrating the same birthday, but the gifts that little fairy boy received could probably buy our entire Great Flame Kingdom! Even more!]

……

Shu Jingwei stood in the crowd, staring intently at the small diamond crown, her fingers gripping her cuffs so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

She subconsciously reached up and touched the heavy, gilded crown on her head—

The gold is fine, and the craftsmanship is excellent, but compared to that diamond crown worth millions of taels, it's as heavy as a lump of iron.

Not to mention those shares worth over a billion taels.

Her throat was dry, and she felt as if a million ants were crawling all over her.

But those embarrassing moments from before are still fresh in my mind—she lost her composure in public, she cursed like a shrew.

She gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and forced back the jealousy that was rising in her throat.

One thought kept running through my mind: It's fake, it's all fake, those things can't exist, it must be an illusion...

But her eyes seemed nailed to that little crown, and she couldn't look away.

Yao Jingyuan's expression was equally grim.

He subconsciously thought of the jade lock he had given Shu Rou on her birthday.

At that time, he spent more than half a year searching for Shu Rou to help him get management rights for a certain matter from Shu Jingwei.

He had just found that top-quality jade from a retired old jade craftsman, and then spent three months finding the best craftsman in the capital to carve a jade lock.

But it's only worth a little over ten thousand taels.

But at this moment, compared to those gemstone toys worth millions of taels, the jade lock worth over ten thousand taels was utterly worthless.

What alarmed him even more was the wealth and social standing displayed by Lin Ye's friends.

Those people dressed casually, but the fabric of their clothes, their demeanor, and the nonchalant attitude they displayed towards money all exuded a deep and unfathomable confidence.

Money has always been linked to power.

If all of this is true...

Yao Jingyuan's hands, hanging by his sides, clenched slightly, his nails almost digging into his palms.

Lin Ye's network of influence was far deeper and more terrifying than he had imagined.

Shu Rou stood beside Shu Jingwei, her eyes already red with jealousy, and even glistening with tears.

She remembered her birthday two months ago—

The Empress Dowager bestowed upon them brocade and jewels, prepared a lavish banquet, ordered the music hall to play, and invited ministers to the banquet to present gifts.

She was wearing her newly made dress and sitting in the main seat, feeling that she was the most precious person besides her mother.

Look, even her father's birthday banquet wasn't as big, and the gifts he received weren't as valuable.

The Queen Mother also bestowed upon her a doll that could only be purchased in foreign lands. The doll was dressed in exotic clothing and had golden hair, making it unique in the entire palace.

Her father gave her a jade lock made of the finest warm jade. She wore it around her neck and made a special trip to the Imperial Garden so that everyone could see it.

She also thought the jade lock was extremely precious and liked it so much that she would keep it by her pillow when she slept.

So when her father asked her to say a few words for him to the Empress, she agreed without hesitation.

but now!

Shu Rou looked up at the five million taels of jewelry on the sky, the keys to several sports cars worth more than three million taels, the robot that could be sold for eight hundred thousand taels... and finally the shares worth more than one billion taels.

She recalled the brocades and jewels bestowed upon her by her mother on her birthday, which, at most, were worth only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The warm jade lock that my father painstakingly searched for was only worth ten thousand taels of silver.

Compared to the dazzling array of gifts displayed on the sky, each one a rare treasure, they were simply too shabby to be presented!

Those ministers were even worse; year after year they received gold and jade, which were practically worthless. Now, they were even more disrespectful, as if they had been picked up from a pile of junk.

When it comes to giving gifts, Lin Ye's friend was able to give such a precious thing to the little beggar!

As a princess, what right do these ministers have, and how dare they, treat her so casually!

She wants her mother to kill them all!