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Xue Ronghua looked out of the window and said, "Mn, the snow has stopped today. I believe it's not that cold outside."

"That may not be the case," Little Zhui said. "The snow has melted, but it's colder than when it's snowing.

Xue Ronghua said with a smile: "I just went to the Hall of Illumination for a fight, and I've only just crossed a single street, how can I be so weak and unstoppable."

Zhu Tong hurriedly said, "The cold wind has seeped into my bones, and the quasi wangfei may not know about this."

"I know that you guys have a lot of experience in Chiron and have come to the Central Plains to teach."

"Miss, you've never been out with Eldest Miss before, so you have to be careful this time." Little Zhui worriedly asked as she helped Xue Ronghua to tidy up her clothes.

"There's no harm," Xue Ronghua smiled as she looked at herself in the copper mirror. "I've been out for so many times, and I know the path of the entire capital. Let's see where Xue Liuhua can take me."

Zhu Tong said: "quasi wangfei, do you want this servant to go with you?"

"Since you've already told Chu Zongge, there's no need to trouble others. No, "Xue Ronghua waved her hand," You have to take Little Zhui to Mei Lin to admire the plum blossom when you have time, you don't need to busy yourself today.

"Then when does Miss plan to return?"

Xue Ronghua rolled her eyes, she was afraid that she had something to do today, and said: "It might be very late, the sky is dark, you remember to light a lamp and wait for me at the entrance of the palace."

Xue Liuhua swept away her usual languid expression and walked out of the Xue Manor in high spirits. Xue Ronghua looked at her bright pink body, and then walked around with her hair in a bun, blinking her eyes, and knew that something big was going to happen today.

"Don't worry," she said with a sweet smile, "I still have a friend."

Xue Ronghua understood in her heart, "You called someone else over?"

"It's the Prince Jin."

Xue Ronghua stared coldly at the Prince Jin in the distance and came before him. She cupped her hands and bowed to herself as she smiled, "Greetings, wangfei."

"It's the Prince Jin," Xue Ronghua sneered repeatedly in her heart. "What's wrong, is the Prince Jin interested in coming with us to see the lanterns?"

The corners of the Prince Jin's lips curled up in a warm smile. "The palace is extremely boring. I haven't seen snow for a few days, so I want to take a stroll around the capital city with the two Xue Clan's young mistresses."

Xue Ronghua looked at the two of them with a smile, "The relationship between Prince Jin and Big Sis is really good."

"Just a few times." Xue Liuhua replied.

"If elder sister can marry into the Prince Jin Palace as an imperial concubine, then at least our Xue Clan can be considered to have a happy couple." Xue Ronghua looked straight into the eyes of the Prince Jin.

"That's right," Prince Jin said as he narrowed his eyes. "Things are going to turn into a double."

Xue Liuhua saw that the two of them were looking at each other with fire sparks in their eyes, so she quickly interjected: "Let's go, we've finished talking here."

Xue Ronghua smiled, "I have a lot to talk about with Prince Jin, I won't be able to say a word even if I stay here for a while."

The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked through the four streets. Xue Ronghua saw the bridge over the river in front of him.

"Aiya," Xue Liuhua looked around in all four directions, then said with a false alarm, "I forgot where the Bright Hall is."

Xue Ronghua's lips curled into a cold smile, "Does Prince Jin remember how we're going to walk this path?"

Prince Jin shrugged helplessly and said, "I don't remember either."

Xue Ronghua sighed, the cold wind blowing at her neck made him feel cold, "Then we are standing by the river, waiting for the people from the Bright Radiance Hall to send us a lantern."

"If Miss Xue Er wants to see a lantern, there are plenty in my Prince Jin's Palace. You can take whoever you want home."

"Just now, she was still calling me a quasi wangfei, and now that I'm out of the Xue Residence, she's called Miss Xue. Do you think that I'm the quasi wangfei in the Xue Residence?"

The Prince Jin's lips curled up into a smile. "Second Miss Xue, you have a sharp tongue, I admit defeat."

"It's really cold here," Xue Ronghua's eyes were covered by a layer of mist.

Prince Jin hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Rong Hua, you weren't so cold and indifferent to me in the past."

Xue Ronghua looked at the smiling face that was just inches away from him, and said while clenching her teeth: "That's because I didn't know that you were such a vile person!"

As the two of them pushed each other, she felt that Xue Liuhua had already circled behind her without making a sound. Not far ahead was the river. Recently, the weather had warmed up and the ice had melted. Could it be that she wanted to …

The moment Xue Liuhua grabbed her belt, she caught her arm with a backhand, preventing her from moving.

Prince Jin did not expect Xue Ronghua to have such quick and agile movements, he wanted to break free from Xue Liuhua's grasp, but his slim and weak hands did not budge an inch.

Why is this woman so strong? Prince Jin was startled, and saw a tall figure walking towards her from afar. He inwardly sighed, not good, why did the matter today bring the Prince Duan over?

Chu Zongge remained calm and collected as he gently embraced the hostile Xue Ronghua in his arms and smiled at Prince Jin, "Hua'er, why are you standing by the river? You don't have to worry about the cold weather."

Xue Ronghua gradually relaxed in Chu Zongge's warm embrace, "Big Sis and Prince Jin invited me to the Crossing River to see the lanterns, so I came over."

Chu Zongge burst out laughing, "Prince Jin is so lively, coming to the Crossing Rivers to admire the lanterns."

Prince Jin was startled, then revealed an elegant smile, "I originally wanted to go to the Hall of Illumination, but I didn't expect to get lost."

Chu Zongge chuckled: "Bright Radiance Hall is not near the river, do you want me to bring Prince Jin and Eldest Miss there?" He then lowered his head to look at Xue Ronghua who was in her embrace, and gently said: "Are you cold? Do you still want to see the lanterns?"

Xue Liuhua was extremely jealous of the couple in front of her who were acting in such a intimate manner, "She must be tired," She went up and pulled on Xue Ronghua's sleeves, "Little Sister, please come back with me."

Xue Ronghua coldly pushed his hand away, "Elder sister, if you want to go back, go back by yourself. I will follow Prince Duan."

Xue Liuhua's eyes dimmed, and anxiously pulled her sleeves, "Aiya, Ronghua."

Xue Ronghua's eyes flashed a bright light as she quickly grabbed her arm and forcefully pushed her back across the river.

Xue Liuhua felt as if his entire body was submerged in ice water, a bone-piercing cold pain passed through his entire body. She hugged herself tightly and forced herself to wake up quickly and not sink into the cold water.

In a daze, she felt as if someone had jumped into a river and stretched out a hand to her. Is this Prince Jin? She grabbed onto that hand as if she was grabbing onto the last straw of hope.

Originally, she wanted to push Xue Ronghua into the river so that she could be the hero who saved the beauty and marry her in the name of their skin and skin. She never thought that the bitch would actually be unable to do anything even if they were to push her on the side, and even more so, she never expected that the Prince Duan would actually sneak to her side at some point, and what made her think the most was that the bitch would actually push her into the river with a backhand.

If only she had known earlier that she would be pushed back by Xue Ronghua, she would not have agreed to Prince Jin's request.

The person who jumped into the river struggled to swim forward and finally brought Xue Liuhua ashore. Xue Liuhua spat out a few mouthfuls of water with great difficulty and a face full of pockmarks enlarged in front of him.

Ah!" She was startled. Why was it not Prince Jin?

"Lady," the woodcutter laughed, "Are you alright?"

Xue Liuhua instantly woke up, "I'm fine, I'm fine, thank you uncle."

"Hehe," the woodcutter laughed, "I passed by here while chopping firewood on the mountain, and I just happened to see the girl fall into the water, so I jumped into the river to save her."

Xue Liuhua subconsciously held onto her clothes tightly, afraid that someone would take advantage of him, "Uncle is so kind."

"Which family is the girl from? How about I send the young lady back? "

Xue Liuhua didn't want to embarrass the Xue Residence, so she told a lie, "I'm the embroidery lady of the embroidery manor."

The axman was about to say something else when she hurriedly said, "Many thanks, uncle. The embroidery workshop is still waiting for me. Let's go." Ignoring the woodcutter's call from behind, he got up and left the river in a hurry.

The light of the lanterns in the Hall of Illumination shone onto the beautiful face of Prince Jin. Xue Ronghua smirked and laughed: "Why isn't Prince Jin going to save big sister?"

"This king doesn't know how to swim," Prince Jin shook his head helplessly. "What a pity."

"That's right," Xue Ronghua said with a smile. "It's indeed a pity to miss out on a chance to be a hero and save a beauty."

Chu Zongge moved closer and added, "Prince Jin isn't afraid that the young miss will blame you?"

"It wasn't me who pushed her down," he smiled at Xue Ronghua, "It was quasi wangfei who pushed her down. It should be Prince Duan who went to save her."

Chu Zongge imitated him and shook his head helplessly. "It's a pity, this king doesn't know how to swim."

The Prince Jin chuckled, "Since the two of us here don't know how to swim, then I can only pray that the heavens have someone who is kind enough to help me."

Xue Ronghua did not bother using it as a pretext and directly asked: "Are Prince Jin's actions today done for you to see?"

The smile on Prince Jin's face was still as steady as Mt. Tai. "Quasi-wangfei's question is really profound, it's just that she's taken the wrong path, there's no need to be so nervous, right?"

"Wrong path?" Xue Ronghua laughed coldly, "It was Prince Jin and Xue Liuhua that wanted to push me into the river, right?"

"How can a quasi wangfei say such cold-hearted words," The Prince Jin's lips curved into a smile. "How could I have the heart to push the wangfei into the river in such a world of ice and snow? Besides, the one in the river right now is the Young Miss Xue, right?"

Xue Ronghua's eyes were filled with ice, "You should be clear about what you want to do yourself."

"All I want to do is to go to the Bright Light Hall and look at the lanterns. I've already arrived."

"You," Xue Ronghua clenched her teeth, "Prince Jin is really amazing, you did things so that no one will be able to find any clues."

"I was thinking that since the date of the wangfei's wedding was approaching, I must have been distracted," Prince Jin blinked his eyes at Chu Zongge, "Prince Duan must take good care of my imperial sister-in-law."

Chu Zongge slightly nodded his head, "There's no need for Prince Jin to say it, I will definitely carefully protect my wangfei as well." After he finished speaking, he vaguely touched Xue Ronghua's face.

Prince Jin's eyes were dim, he used his hand to comb the tassel of a palace lamp, and sighed: "I wonder how close Royal Brother and royal sister-in-law are."

Xue Ronghua said impatiently: "What are you trying to do now?"

"Don't be anxious, mother wants to meet the two of you."

Xue Ronghua and Chu Zongge were both startled. Did Noble Consort Kang expect that they would want to see her?

Prince Jin revealed a faint smile: "Prince Duan seems to be very surprised."

"Oh," Chu Zongge regained his calm on the surface, "Why would Noble Consort Kang want to see us?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's the wedding of Prince Duan in the beginning of spring, I want to talk with the two newbies."

Even though Xue Ronghua was furious at Prince Jin's actions today, she couldn't not take into account the fact that they had allied together. Right now, she could only tolerate it and view the greater picture as the most important one.

"The new year is almost here," Xue Ronghua looked at Chu Zongge and said, "The emperor will definitely invite the royal family members to participate in the feast. At that time, we will head to the Weiyang Palace to pay respects to the Noble Consort Kang."

While speaking, Prince Jin's gaze fell on the jade pendant on Chu Zongge's waist, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Chu Zongge felt the strange gaze from the Prince Jin, and asked puzzledly: "This is the Liluan pendant that the Emperor bestowed to us, do you think there's a problem?"

The Prince Jin smiled and shook his head, "The jade looks good, there's no problem, it's just that it looks familiar."