"This has been passed down through our dynasty's ancestors. You are the thirteenth generation to receive it. The bracelet is one of a pair—a dragon and a phoenix. The one you are wearing now is the phoenix bracelet," the Empress Dowager explained slowly. Her face was full of melancholy as she spoke of the bracelet's history. "It was over fifty years ago that I received this bracelet from the previous Empress Dowager. In the blink of an eye, half a century has gone by."
"Grandmother, I can't accept something so precious." Upon hearing the bracelet's history, Ashley Bowen immediately tried to pull it off, but the Empress Dowager stopped her.
The Empress Dowager placed her hand on Ashley Bowen's, her voice growing even gentler. "Silly child, do you not understand my meaning? This bracelet is the most precious symbol of royal status. I am giving it to you now in the hope that you and Yuri can be crowned together in the future, as the king and queen of this nation."
