C64

A cold wind blew into the room along with the rolled up door curtain, causing Xue Ronghua to shiver uncontrollably.

Little Zhui immediately fanned the flames in the furnace even more, "Miss, are you still feeling cold?"

"If you close the curtain, I won't be cold." Xue Ronghua smiled.

Little Zhui said in a displeased tone: "It's all because of Zhu Tong being too naughty, always going out to play in the snow and bringing in a cold air to come in, you definitely cannot go through with it on us, being sick in the middle of the winter is not comfortable."

Xue Ronghua looked outside through the window at the heavy snow falling from the sky. In the courtyard, two or three red and green figures were running around on the snow-white ground, throwing snow balls at each other to play with.

"Zhu Tong really likes to play, she's so young in the end."

Little Zhui covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "She's still young now, but when she grows up she's going to get married, just like little miss."

Xue Ronghua pouted unhappily, "What happened to me? I think you really want me to get married. "

Little Zhui clapped her hands and smiled, "In any case, I'm still together with the young miss. I naturally would like for the young miss to marry out soon.

"Yes," Xue Ronghua nodded and teased, "Let Prince Duan marry you and be your concubine. This way, your place will be even more spacious."

Little Zhui said unhappily: "I don't want to be the Prince Duan's concubine, I want to be the Miss's steward's maid."

"You really have no ambition," Xue Ronghua smiled sweetly, extended her hand and pinched her cheeks, "In the future, what you need to do will not be as simple as just being a maid."

Zhu Tong played outside for a while, before walking in with the snow on her shoulders. Little Zhui immediately went over to help her sweep the falling snow. The scattered snowflakes flew over the bonfire, and in the next moment, they disappeared.

"Zhu Tong," Xue Ronghua handed her a cup of hot tea, "The Plum Blossom has bloomed in the past few days, have you gone to take a look?"

Zhu Tong rubbed her frozen hands together, and laughed: "This servant is going now, the previous Plum Blossom hasn't bloomed, but this time it has, and the green Plum Blossom looks just like Lv Ying's."

Xue Ronghua squinted, "Then do you still see Xue Liuhua and that man?"

"No," Zhu Tong replied, "Eldest Miss has never left the Palace."

Xue Ronghua muttered to herself in silence, but it was a pity that Zhu Tong did not recognize the man, otherwise she would have been able to deduce who she was.

"Are you saying that he looks a little like the Prince Duan?"

Zhu Tong nodded fiercely, "But it's just a little similar."

Xue Ronghua didn't know whether to laugh or cry as she looked at her.

"Could it be Prince Jin? Or the Crown Prince. " Little Zhui said.

Xue Ronghua shook her head lightly, "The crown prince is busy right now. Prince Jin should not be able to avoid Xue Ronghua in time, and definitely not come to the Xue Residence to look for her."

"Does young miss think that the beauty in Prince Jin is the young miss?"

"I don't think so. I even suspect that it was the Prince Jin spouting nonsense to stall the empress."

Little Zhui whispered, "Then why does Miss feel that the Prince Jin is so far away from her because of the incident of her mother being murdered?"

Xue Ronghua's eyes suddenly lit up. If the Prince Jin didn't have any feelings for Xue Liuhua, then he would be affected by the matter of her mother's murder. But if the Prince Jin didn't have any feelings for her, then whatever happened wouldn't matter anymore.

Xue Ronghua looked at the sparks flying out from the furnace as she slightly narrowed her eyes. If the man in the Plum Forest was really the Prince Jin, then what was he scheming with Xue Liuhua?

When Chu Zongge came to the Xue Manor, the falling snow had lightened somewhat. He wore a silver fox fur cloak and stood against the wind. With a smile as warm as the spring wind on his face, he leisurely walked into the room.

"The snow outside has stopped, right?" Xue Ronghua held onto her wine cup and laughed.

"Do you like drinking?" Chu Zongge weighed the wine pot in his hand, "I saw that you drank it in the summer and also in the winter."

Xue Ronghua looked over with a slightly tipsy look, and sweetly smiled, "I drink during the summer to relieve the heat, and drinking during the winter to dispel the cold."

"There are always a thousand reasons for you to do so," Chu Zongge said as he poured himself a cup as well, "You got drunk before I even started to discuss matters with you."

"I'm not drunk, my alcohol tolerance is very good," Xue Ronghua propped up her chin and stared at him, "What do you want to talk about with me?"

Chu Zongge removed the Liluan pendant from his waist and placed it on the table, "I'm wearing this jade pendant to see the Empress Chen."

"What was her reaction?"

"Empress Chen said that this is hers. He was the one who suggested that the Emperor give it to you."

Xue Ronghua was suspicious: "Why would Empress Chen give me the jade? Doesn't she always hate you?"

"Maybe she has other intentions," Chu Zongge laughed, "Liluan pendant, such a lonely name, doesn't she have some other deep meaning?"

"If the emperor knew what the Empress Chen had in mind, he wouldn't have listened to her suggestion to give this Liluan pendant to me," Xue Ronghua said as she carefully studied Liusu, "Since the emperor has given this to me, he definitely has his own intentions."

"Oh, right," Chu Zongge said. "Empress Chen told me about something else that day."

"What is it?"

"She told me not to worry about the crown prince anymore, I should focus more on the Prince Jin."

Xue Ronghua was startled, "Is she scheming something?"

Chu Zongge shook his head, and said softly: "I'm not sure, but she seems to have something else in mind."

Xue Ronghua thought of what Zhu Tong had said and immediately told him, "When Zhu Tong went to Merlin that day, she unintentionally bumped into Xue Liuhua secretly meeting a man."

"Private meeting?" She is not engaged, do you want to tell Xue Longhu that she has a secret relationship with an outsider? "

"No, Zhu Tong said that man looks a little similar to you, I suspect that he is Prince Jin."

Chu Zongge frowned, "What is the private meeting between Prince Jin and Xue Liuhua?"

"I'm afraid that there's a conspiracy lurking in the shadows. If the shrewdness of the Prince Jin is even deeper than what we imagined, then we should be more vigilant."

Chu Zongge seemed to have thought of something, "It seems like my previous deductions were correct. Prince Jin indeed wanted to take you away from me."

His bright eyes made Xue Ronghua uncomfortable, "We have yet to figure out what Prince Jin is planning with Xue Liuhua, it is still too early to come to a conclusion."

Chu Zongge said with a smile: "As a fan, as a spectator, you naturally wouldn't feel anything."

"If," Xue Ronghua bit her lips, "If Prince Jin is really interested in me, then how should I deal with it?"

Chu Zongge's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and he spoke while pausing after each word: "I will absolutely not give you up to him."

Xue Ronghua's heart was stumped by his assured gaze, "Of course I won't throw myself into his embrace."

Chu Zongge was startled for a moment, then said with a smile: "Since you say this, then I am at ease."

Xue Ronghua's face flushed red as she turned her head away, "You … You'd better think about what they'll do. "

"That's easy," Chu Zongge said as he curved his lips into a smile. "Xue Liuhua will probably ask you out in the future, so you should just carry it on.

Little Zhui stood at the foot of the hall and watched Zhu Tong hang the lanterns. Although many things had happened in the Xue Manor before, seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, everyone couldn't always worry about those things. They all busily got up to welcome the new year, and the entire Manor was brimming with a happy atmosphere.

"Sister Little Zhui, what do you think about this?"

Little Zhui looked at it for a while before nodding her head in relief, "Also, I need to paste this on the Spring Festival Gala as well."

Zhu Tong took the Spring Festival Gala, but could not read the words, "Sister Little Zhui, what's written on this?"

"Swallow Jade's scissors pierce through the red rain, while Golden Shuttle Throws Breaks through the green smoke."

"Who wrote this? It's quite the lady's style." When Xue Ronghua entered the room, she just happened to hear the two of them reading the Spring Festival Gala, and couldn't help but praise them.

Zhu Tong hung the Spring Alliance on the door and smiled: "Sister Little Zhui, please write these for the scholars on the street."

Xue Ronghua read the words on the Spring Festival Gala again with a face brimming with happiness, "The poem is well written, and the words are not bad. Little Zhui, after you finish pasting it, give that scholar a few more taels of silver."

"Yes, miss."

"Master, what are you doing?"

Little Zhui laughed: "Master is in his study writing the Spring Festival Gala."

Xue Ronghua's heart skipped a beat, "Master wrote the Spring Festival Gala herself? Little Zhui, get the scholar to write a set again, then send it to the old master, saying that it was written by me. "

Little Zhui covered his mouth and laughed: "Why did Miss not write it yourself?"

"In Xue Ronghua's previous life, she only knew how to charge and fight, she did not know how to use these skills." "I don't know how to use my words. I'm afraid that others might find it funny, so you should just go out on the street and buy another one."

Zhu Tong turned her head and laughed, "That's not it, Prince Duan had even told me before that quasi wangfei's words were very delicate and pretty."

"His own calligraphy is quite good. Why is he praising me as well?"

Little Zhui joked: "Maybe the lover thought that Miss' calligraphy was bad, but no matter how bad Miss's calligraphy is, Prince Duan will still think that it was written by a famous person."

Xue Ronghua immediately pinched her face, "You're really awesome, I didn't see you recite the words of Yan Jin Yu's scissors, what kind of lover are you? I don't think Little Zhui is worried about getting married."

Zhu Tong immediately chimed in: "Quasi-wangfei is right, Sister Little Zhui is definitely worried about getting married."

Little Zhui bashfully slapped Zhu Tong, "Miss is teaming up with Zhu Tong to bully me this time."

Xue Ronghua smiled and comforted her a little, then said: "Alright, alright, let's not play your joke anymore."

"Sister, it's so lively here. It's not like how cold and lonely this sister is. There isn't even a single person playing around here." A feminine voice suddenly sounded out, Xue Ronghua turned around, it was indeed the Xue Liuhua she had not seen for a long time.

The three people who were originally rowdy immediately quietened down. Little Zhui quietly pulled Zhu Tong into the room, leaving them with some space.

Xue Ronghua withdrew her smile and said coldly: "Big Sister has always been the most lively, how can little sister compare."

Xue Liuhua smiled. "What are you playing at, I want to play with you."

"It's nothing, I just hung two lanterns and pasted a couplet."

Xue Liuhua rolled her eyes, stood under the lantern and said: "You didn't pick a good lantern."

"Hmm? Why didn't you choose one? "

"It's too simple. Even if you wrap it in red paper and place it on a yellow tassel, there's nothing special about it."

Xue Ronghua said indifferently: "I just like such simple things."

"After all, this is a Miss from the Prime Minister's Mansion, you can't be too formal," Xue Liuhua said. "There's a bright hall on the east street that's specially used for making lanterns, if you're interested, you can come with me to take a look."

Xue Ronghua smiled slightly, "I'm not interested."

"I wonder if Prince Duan will come to the Xue Manor," Xue Liuhua said hurriedly. "You can set up a beautiful lantern outside for Prince Duan to see."

A faint smile appeared on Xue Ronghua's lips. Xue Liuhua was not planning to take advantage of the lantern to lure her out right? Seeing the panic on her face, Xue Ronghua really wanted to laugh out loud.

"It would be better to help her." Alright, since I haven't seen you for a long time, I'll follow you to the Bright Light Hall to take a look. "

Xue Liuhua did not expect to meet her in just a few words, and she was extremely happy in her heart, "Then we'll go tomorrow."