She had not forgotten how deserted her new house was in her previous life.

These ladies have their own upbringing and would not easily say anything to take advantage of someone's misfortune, but they would not get too close to them either.

Xiao Jinan's behavior has destined her to not be a mistress who will be valued by her husband. Her family background is not high, so in the end, she will not be able to take care of the household chores.

Even as the Crown Prince's Consort, she was not allowed to get involved in daily chores.

Xiao Jinan never takes her out.

So in the years that followed, when people mentioned the Pingyang Palace, they only knew Gu Qingcheng, but not Lin Chunhuan.

As the night deepened, most of the people in the bridal chamber had left. After confirming that no one else would come, Lin Chunhuan breathed a sigh of relief and took off the phoenix crown that was suffocating her.

I touched the pressure mark on my forehead, and the slight pain seemed so unreal.

Until the moment she sat in front of the dressing table, Lin Chunhuan was still in a daze, still unable to believe that she had actually married Xiao Cen and became the Princess of Pingyang!

"Lin Chunhuan, you are not dreaming!"

Looking at the face in the mirror, Lin Chunhuan let out a long sigh and rubbed his cheeks hard.

However, when she thought about sleeping with Xiao Cen soon, the memories of her last life before death immediately flooded over her body like a tide, cold and damp, freezing her so much that she couldn't breathe or move.

"Knock, knock, knock."

“Who is it?”

The sudden knock on the door startled Lin Chunhuan, and even the tone was particularly cold.

The person outside the door seemed frightened. After a while, she weakly replied, "To answer your question, Princess, I am Hui'er from the kitchen. The prince is busy for a while, so he asked me to bring you some food."

His tense body slowly relaxed when he heard the soft female voice. Lin Chunhuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Come in."

"Princess, today's banquet is greasy. The prince specially ordered the kitchen to prepare it according to your taste." Hui'er was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Perhaps it was because he had been working in the kitchen. Even after changing into clean clothes, he still had a faint smell of cooking fumes on his body.

This smell made Lin Chunhuan feel at ease, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.

"Your Highness is thoughtful." Lin Chunhuan smiled, but when she saw the dishes on the table, her smile turned a little colder. "How did Your Highness know my taste?"

"Of course, it was Lord Lin who said it himself."

Hui'er said casually, "According to the rules, your family members cannot attend the wedding banquet, so the prince sent someone to ask."

"Why, Princess, don't you like these dishes?" Hui'er hadn't finished speaking when she realized, as if belatedly, that Lin Chunhuan's expression was not so good. "I will take it away and bring you other dishes!"

"No."

Stopping Hui'er's hand from taking the plate, Lin Chunhuan looked up and smiled, "That's all, it's good."

Hui'er was still very uneasy, but when she saw Lin Chunhuan really picked up the chopsticks and started eating in small bites, and he didn't look uncomfortable, she breathed a sigh of relief and stayed by the side to serve the dishes.

Originally, such a thing was not something a kitchen maid should do.

But there was no way, the palace was too quiet, so quiet that except for places like the kitchen and the laundry room, the only people serving him were servants and guards, and there was no maid at all.

How could the Lin family know her taste?

Lin Chunhuan laughed as she ate. She hadn't been home for ten years. Even during the half month she was waiting to get married in the Lin family, she hadn't eaten a single meal at the same table with that family.

Those people don't even care about her life or death, so how could they care about what she likes to eat.

I'm afraid that the palace sent people to ask, but the Lin family couldn't give a clear answer, so they just randomly reported some of Lin Chu Nuan's favorite foods to fool them.

Looking at the sweet and sour dishes on the table, Lin Chunhuan swallowed them expressionlessly.

Her mother is from Sichuan and Chongqing, and she has loved spicy food since she was a child. Even in a place like a nunnery, where chili peppers are not allowed on a normal day, she would still eat them secretly.

Sometimes she was discovered by the monks in the nunnery and was hit with a ruler. Her palms burned with pain, but she would dare to do it again next time!

Of course, life in the nunnery was not easy, to put it bluntly, it was very poor. She often had no food to eat, so she never wasted food, even if it was something she didn't like.

"I'm done eating."

"When will the prince come?"

Hui'er shook her head as she cleared the dishes. "I don't know, but Master Mu Qing has been waiting outside since a while ago, and it seems he brought a matchmaker with him."

Sure enough, as soon as Hui'er left, Mu Qing came in from behind.

Mu Qing was Xiao Cen's personal bodyguard, and his status in the palace was equivalent to that of a half-master. When he saw Lin Chunhuan, he even saluted respectfully, "Greetings, Princess."

"The prince has ordered that the princess marry without a dowry, so he asked his subordinates to find a matchmaker and ask you to select a few girls who serve in the courtyard. They have all been brought here, and the princess can choose according to her taste."

Mu Qing never drags his feet when doing things, and soon, a row of smart little girls stood in front of him.

Seeing these little girls, Lin Chunhuan thought of someone. He turned to look at the matchmaker and asked, "Are those all? Are there any of them who can read and write?"

"It would be best if you could also do some simple math, and even better if you understand the rules of a large sect."

The matchmaker was stunned by these words. "Princess, your request is too high. A girl like this needs to be trained from childhood. If you want to find one at the last minute, then..."

The matchmaker stopped mid-sentence.

"Don't mention it, there really is such a person, but he has a rather fierce temper. I wonder if Princess..."

"What's your name?"

"Dong Ling'er, the descendant of a criminal, was sold to me by the Music Bureau a few days ago. She can read and write and is proficient in mathematics, but she has a bad temper and is really not suitable for serving others!"

Mu Qing frowned as he listened, "Dong? But she's the daughter of the Minister of Revenue who was dismissed from his post half a year ago?"

The matchmaker nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right! But Dong Ling'er was born out of wedlock. She didn't enjoy any of her father's blessings, but suffered all the sins. Look, who can she go to for justice..."

Before the matchmaker could finish her words, she turned around and met Lin Chunhuan's smiling eyes, and immediately shut her mouth.

Lin Chunhuan then nodded and said, "That's it, when will the person be sent over?"

"Since this is the person the princess wants, I will clean him up and send him over tomorrow morning!"

"Princess." Mu Qing frowned. "After all, she is the daughter of a criminal. Otherwise, you should consider it. There are so many people here, and we don't need Dong Ling'er."

Lin Chunhuan didn't react much to Mu Qing's words. He just looked at him with his eyes raised. "Why, the Pingyang Palace is so big, but you don't dare to use Dong Ling'er?"