"Then I'm relieved." She got off the bed and sat down next to Zhao Shu, tentatively asking, "Ah Jun, don't bear anything alone. I can help you. Having my help is a huge honor."

Zhao Shu smiled, nodded, and removed the gold hairpin that she had just put in her hair in the middle of summer. "Keep it simple."

Shengxia didn't say much, and put the hairpin back into the box. Actually, she had already styled Zhao Shu's hair very simply, so it was just a hairpin; it wasn't really anything special.

Sun Yun was also dressed very simply, just like Zhao Shu. Zhao Shu wore a white brocade dress with plum blossom patterns, and her hair was styled in a cross-shaped bun with silver hairpins and combs adorned with two plum blossoms. The snow outside the window had stopped, making it a perfect time to appreciate the plum blossoms.

Sun Yun, on the other hand, wore a lotus-root silk pleated skirt with a bright green background, and her hair was styled in a hanging bun with two bright green hair ribbons hanging down to her shoulders along with her black hair, making her look extremely playful and cute.

After they had both washed and dressed, the two went together to find Huo Danlan, who lived in a small courtyard next to Junhua Tower, called Jinhua Courtyard.

The courtyard of Jinhua is filled with camellias, all of them bright red. The tallest camellia is two meters high, and they are all meticulously pruned. The large camellia blossoms are perched on green leaves, making them extremely endearing.

"It's so cold, yet these flowers are blooming so beautifully. The gardeners in the Sun family are truly lacking," Sun Yun exclaimed in admiration.

Huo Danlan also got up early. When the two arrived, Magpie smiled and said, "This servant was just about to invite the two young ladies. I didn't expect you two to get up so early. Princess, Miss Sun, please come in."

"Auntie, you're up so early. Why don't you sleep a little longer? It's freezing cold." As she spoke, Huo Danlan was already seen personally putting porcelain ware and two covered plates into the food box.

Hearing Zhao Shu's words, she smiled and said, "It's precisely because of the cold weather that I can't sleep. Getting up and moving around will warm me up a bit."

The village has a heated floor, and the warmest place is the kang (heated brick bed). However, everyone had something on their mind, so they all got up very early.

Huo Danlan closed the food box and set it aside, then invited the two to have breakfast. Breakfast was a very light porridge, but there was always a faint fragrance of tea plum blossoms in it.

The three of them remained silent until they finished eating. Suddenly, Huo Danlan said to Sun Yun, "Yun, I have something to attend to and cannot go to deliver breakfast to the Crown Prince. Could you go in my place?" Before Sun Yun could agree, she handed over the food box and said, "The old gentleman just came to deliver a message, asking A-Jun to go find him. It's probably about the Crown Prince's leg injury."

Sun Yun wanted to refuse, but Huo Danlan and Zhao Shu were too busy to say it, so she swallowed her words and took the food box. She didn't let Banshu help her, since the food box wasn't heavy and Huo Danlan had packed the breakfast herself, so she felt embarrassed not to carry it herself.

After seeing Sun Yun off, Zhao Shu gestured for Sheng Xia and the others to go and wait. Huo Danlan shook her head helplessly at her gesture, "A-Jun is so good." She reached out and pinched Zhao Shu's cheek. After the servants had all left, the ugly old woman came in, "From now on, I will follow you and let her train your maids. Xi Que will be my disciple. What do you think of Xi Que?"

Zhao Shu was surprised. She thought Huo Danlan was going to ask her about the Hao family father and son, but she never expected that she would give her the Ugly Granny. She knew about the Ugly Granny's abilities, which were comparable to Zhi Hai's. It was extremely difficult for a woman to do this.

She shook her head frantically and waved her hands, "No, no, Auntie, don't treat Ajun too well. If Auntie doesn't have Grandma by her side, Ajun will feel uneasy."

The ugly old woman was to Huo Danlan what Zhihai was to her; without her, many things would become inconvenient. If it weren't for Zhihai this time, she wouldn't have been able to save the Crown Prince at all.

Huo Danlan smiled and pinched her again. Today, Zhao Shu had changed her hairstyle to a cross-shaped sideburn, so touching her head didn't work very well. "Auntie won't give you too long. How about three years? If your maids really don't improve in three years, Auntie will give you the magpie and take Grandma back."

In fact, Chu Chun and the others were not of much help this time. If they had the skills of the magpie, Zhao Shu would have had an extra layer of protection.

To be honest, Zhao Shu really wanted it, but Zhi Hai refused to help her. If she could get the help of the ugly old woman, three years would be enough to improve the abilities of Chu Chun and the others by several levels. However, Huo Danlan had once been in charge of the Huo family and must have made many enemies. Without the old woman, she would be extremely worried. At least with Zhi Hai around, her life would not be threatened.

After thinking it over and over again, Zhao Shu asked, "Aunt, why do you treat me so well?"

In her past life, before her marriage, she received a jade pendant from the Huo family, saying that she could ask the Huo family for help if she needed anything. She didn't use it and even forgot about it. In this life, the Huo family, especially the eldest daughter of the Huo family, treats her like their own daughter. She is puzzled but also touched.

In her ignorance, she was unaware of the extreme evil in the world. It wasn't until she knelt at the South Gate, clutching her daughter's corpse, and died amidst a series of tragic news that she realized the world was indeed not as beautiful as described in books.

While she was filled with resentment and always looked at the world with eyes that saw evil, there was another person who treated her gently, tolerantly, and extremely well.

She didn't know what the ultimate good was, perhaps like how Huo Danlan treated her, with such gentle actions and such loving eyes.

Huo Danlan turned her head away, took out a cloak with gold and white patterns, a frilly collar, and mink fur, which had already been made, and handed it to Zhao Shu, saying, "Don't wear yesterday's cloak again."

Zhao Shu took the cloak and didn't press Huo Danlan any further. Just like she had told Sun Yun, she said, "I won't lie to you." But when she couldn't answer, she wouldn't say more. It seemed that Huo Danlan didn't intend to tell her anything more.

"Thank you so much, Aunt. You made so many clothes for A-Jun, but A-Jun has done nothing for you and has caused you so much trouble." Zhao Shu said, curtsying. She didn't know how to express her gratitude. Most of the time, she was not good with words. She only thought that she should treat her aunt ten times, a hundred times better.

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