In a few days it will be New Year's Eve.
The heaviest snowfall of this winter fell in Yanjing City.
The snow in the courtyard was already deep. The servants of the palace had just cleared a path in the back garden for easy walking, but in a short while, it was covered with a layer of fine snow.
It has been more than half a month since Shen Yuyao returned to Yanjing.
The rumors about Princess Ning in Yanjing City are becoming more and more exaggerated.
"Great news! The mistress of Prince Ning's Mansion is finally back!"
"That's not right. A few days ago, news came that Princess Ning was a guest at the Prince of Qin's mansion on her way back to Yanjing. Unfortunately, the mansion caught fire and she was burned to death!"
"What do you mean by 'guest'? Didn't you read the palace bulletin? Princess Ning is the commander of the Black Dragon Guard, secretly sent by the Emperor to Xijing!"
"Princess Ning returned all the way from the capital to Yanjing on an incognito visit for the emperor."
"Not only did he find Prince Lu and Princess Lu, he also befriended various sorcerers, seeking the secrets of immortality and refining elixirs and taking elixirs."
"It's said that the King of Lu and his wife, for their own pleasure, built a massive garden outside Qingzhou City in order to make elixirs. They also secretly captured many young boys, castrated them, and used them as medicine. But when the King of Lu ate the elixir, he didn't become immortal. Instead, he lost all his hair and went blind in one eye!"
"Prince Ning's wife uncovered the evil deeds of Prince Lu and his wife and secretly submitted a memorial to the Emperor. The Emperor was furious, but because of his contributions to epidemic prevention in Qingzhou, he only sentenced Prince Lu to the tonsure of his head. Concubine Tang was not so lucky. The Emperor denounced her as a wicked woman, arrogant and jealous, and for killing innocent people. She was eventually beheaded. Prince Lu's wife, for her meritorious reporting and the fact that she was pregnant with Prince Lu's child, was granted a first-rank imperial decree by the Emperor."
"Wow! Our Princess Ning of Yanjing is truly doing a great job of getting rid of harm to the people!"
"Yes! The people of Qingzhou were treated by Princess Ning, and they are all grateful for her kindness. Many people have even left their homes and settled in Yanjing."
"Not only Qingzhou, but even the people of Xijing have brought their families to Yanjing, just because of the great benevolence and righteousness of our Yanjing Princess Ning!"
"Xijing? What did Princess Ning do in Xijing?"
"Xijing was the vassal state of the King of Qin. After he took over, he embarked on a massive construction project. To build his extravagant palace, he even enclosed half of the city's land for his own palace."
"The Emperor originally implemented a policy of appeasement towards the foreign tribes of Xijing, but the King of Qin listened to the slanderous words of his favorite concubine and abducted 150 pregnant women from 18 tribes and castrated 155 young boys."
"The King of Qin favored his concubine over his wife. The King of Qin and his concubine, Deng, had a blast in Xijing, even going so far as to dress up as the Emperor and Empress at home."
"Deng abused private punishment in the palace, but he was afraid that the tortured palace maids would go to the capital to expose him, so he simply killed them all. Even Princess Ning and the young princess were almost burned to death."
"In Xijing, the people were outraged. After receiving a tip-off from Prince Ning's wife, the Emperor had the Prince of Qin's concubine, Deng, executed by slicing, and sentenced the Prince of Qin to confinement."
"Princess Ning is truly courageous and resourceful! We in Yanjing City are fortunate to have such a mistress!"
"But I heard that our Prince Ning married her because the emperor granted him a marriage, not because he truly loved her."
"That's right! After the news of Prince Ning's wife perishing in the fire spread, all the noble ladies in Yanjing City were eager to marry into Prince Ning's mansion!"
"Who doesn't want to be the mistress of a city?"
"It's a pity that those noble ladies are probably all crying now."
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The rumors are spreading.
Fortunately, rumors are just rumors and do not affect Shen Yuyao's daily life too much.
She has a lot of free time every day.
When I first returned to the palace, I just walked around and got to know the new servants.
Although the Ning Palace is not as magnificent as the Lu Palace and the Qin Palace, it is really too big.
It was so big that Shen Yuyao spent about five or six days wandering around, but still couldn't complete the entire Ning Palace.
On the day Shen Yuyao returned to Yanjing, she sent a fast horse to deliver a letter from home to Prince Ning.
In her letter home, she said that she had luckily escaped and had now returned to Prince Ning's Mansion in Yanjing.
In her letter home, Shen Yuyao expressed great dissatisfaction with the Ning Wang Mansion.
Yesterday, she just received a letter from Prince Ning sent by carrier pigeon.
In the family letter, Xia Yu told Shen Yuyao about the rumor that he was so angry that he fainted in the court after hearing the news of Shen Yuyao's death.
Actually, it’s not true!
Now that Shen Yuyao and her daughter have returned safely to Yanjing.
Xia Yu no longer had any worries. He received the imperial edict and prepared to march north with his army to attack Mobei.
The letter was eight pages long, three of which were used to explain the rumors and arrange family affairs, and the remaining five pages were all admonitions.
The first piece of advice is to let Shen Yuyao put her own safety first and not act rashly.
The second admonition was to tell Shen Yuyao not to let herself and Princess Xiaoxian suffer in anything. The palace was rich and Shen Yuyao could spend it as much as she wanted.
The third admonition is to have Shen Yuyao stay in Yanjing and control Xu Shi. Because Xu Shi is becoming increasingly crazy, she even wants to divorce her husband!
Finally, Xia Yu left a sentence: Now and in the future, there will only be one mistress, Shen Yuyao, in the Ning Wang Mansion!
When Shen Yuyao saw this letter from home, she couldn't help but shake her head.
She suddenly felt as if she had never known Xia Yu.
Because Xia Yu made her feel like someone who had been reborn from the ashes.
Many of his temperament, personality, and even his principles of dealing with people are completely different from his previous self.
This day, I was bored.
Shen Yuyao looked at Xu Yunxuan sitting on the soft chair and asked, "Yunxuan, you said you came from a book, so does that mean you already know the fate of everyone?"
How clear can the life of someone like Xu Yunxuan, who can know other people's fate one step ahead of others, be?
"Yes, I know. But since the day you had a difficult delivery, everything has changed." Xu Yunxuan was also quite helpless.
She originally thought that she came from a book. In this world, she should be a person with extraordinary talents. With this ability, even if she makes a living by fortune-telling, she can establish her own school and live a carefree life.
But now the special abilities that Xu Yunxuan once thought of are almost useless.
"Yeah, that's right!" Shen Yuyao suddenly remembered the treasure map. She changed the subject and asked, "Yunxuan, I remember you found a treasure map at the little princess's birthday party..."
Xu Yunxuan raised an eyebrow and smiled, turning to look at her. "Do you know where the nearest treasure is on the map?"
Shen Yuyao shook her head. Could it be that the treasure in the treasure map was fake?
Otherwise, why had Xu Yunxuan arrived in Yanjing so long before her, yet she had never heard her mention anything about the treasure?
Although Shen Yuyao had enough food and clothing, she found that since the day the little princess was born, she had developed a fanatical love for making money.
After Xu Yunxuan said this, Shen Yuyao became interested.
"Where?"
Shen Yuyao stood up quickly and asked anxiously, "You're free anyway, don't you want to dig it out?"
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