This winter is colder than previous years. Snow fell in November, making the sky and the earth instantly cold.

Pedestrians on the street walked with their heads tucked in, wrapped in their jackets. When they passed a shop, someone came out from inside, lifted the thick curtain, and warm breath rushed out from inside, making the passers-by shiver.

The shop that keeps the house so warm must be very wealthy.

Passersby looked up and saw the plaque, Jiuling Hall.

This is not just about wealth and arrogance. Passersby shrank their shoulders again, because this store displays the imperial edict of the previous emperor.

Although no one has seen what the imperial edict looks like with their own eyes, it has been passed on in detail.

"This Fang family of Deshengchang is not ordinary. They saved the late emperor in the past."

"The imperial edict says that I am here in person."

"Back in Yangcheng, Miss Jun didn't return home overnight because she was collecting herbs. The Fang family was anxious to find someone, so they took out the imperial edict and turned Yangcheng upside down."

"No wonder. Even though I didn't return home from collecting herbs, the Fang family could use the imperial edict. This Lu Qianhu almost ruined the reputation of Jiulingtang. How could the Fang family let it go?"

As people from Yangcheng came to the capital, the story about Fang Jiade Shengchang had gradually spread. These stories that happened in Yangcheng were not of much concern to the well-informed people in the capital. However, because last month, Captain Lu of the Jinyi Guard suddenly wanted to remove the plaque of Jiuling Hall, and after the turmoil caused by Zhu Zan, the son of the Duke of Chengguo, everyone thought that this matter would not end there, and when they were ready to welcome a bigger excitement, the matter was left unresolved.

This is really not in line with Lu Qianhu's personality.

Although the Prince of Chengguo is very powerful and is not afraid of the Imperial Guard, it is not impossible for the Imperial Guard to dislike him.

But the plaque of Jiulingtang was hung firmly on the door, as if the previous incident had never happened. This made the people in the capital city inquire about it again, and the matter of the imperial edict spread.

Chen Qi stood in the hall with his hands in his sleeves, watching Fang Jinxiu fiddling with the abacus.

"I have rented a house," he said, with a smile on his face. "I will bring my mother here after the New Year."

The Chinese New Year is just over a month away, and Chen Qi is going back home to celebrate the New Year. Fang Jinxiu and Miss Jun are both planning not to return to Yangcheng.

"Then don't you have to go back again on March 3rd?" Fang Jinxiu said.

Chen Qi patted his waist and laughed.

"Let others take care of this kind of thing for me. Jinyunlou still has a good reputation," he said.

What's more, now that everyone knows that he works for the Fang family, they have to give him some consideration.

"How are you going to celebrate the New Year? It must be very lively in Beijing, right?" Chen Qi said excitedly, "Why don't I just bring my mother to Beijing to celebrate the New Year..."

As they were talking and laughing, a man came in through the curtain. Chen Qi hurriedly adjusted his expression.

"No consultation today," he said kindly.

The visitor nodded hurriedly.

"I want to take some medicine." He said politely, handing over a prescription, "This is the prescription written by Dr. Sun from Baohe Hall."

The doctors in the clinic would prescribe medicine and ask patients to go to other clinics to get the medicine. Jiulingtang was the only clinic in the capital that did this.

Chen Qi took it calmly, and before he could get the medicine, the visitor had already respectfully handed him the banknote.

Fang Jinxiu took it, and Chen Qi handed a small bottle of medicine to the visitor, who left happily.

"There's not much medicine left." Chen Qi said, looking outside through the curtain lifted by the visitor. "She's not at home making medicine. Where did she go to play with Liu'er? It's going to snow soon."

"It's not a joke. She has to go to the bell doctor once a month." Fang Jinxiu said without raising her head.

"I didn't see any patients when I went there. I was just going shopping for fun." Chen Qi muttered to himself and continued to check the medicine cabinet, calculating which medicine to make and how many herbs to buy.

…

"Miss, it's going to snow soon." Liu'er looked up at the sky and said.

Miss Jun stopped and looked ahead.

"We go through here," she said, pointing ahead.

Liu'er looked over and saw an alley. She didn't remember the way, so she just followed the young lady wherever she went. She nodded and said yes, holding Fan'er and going ahead.

This alley is a narrow passage, so no one would come out to watch even if they heard the bell. The master and servant quickly passed through and stood at the entrance of the alley, where Liu'er uttered a cry.

"Miss, isn't this..." she said, "the place where the princess got married?"

Yes, it is here. She has been in the capital for nearly half a year. The last time she came here was under the cover of the princess's wedding, and now she came here under the banner of the bell doctor who is already well-known to the people.

Miss Jun took a deep breath and was about to take a step forward, but an idea came to her mind.

Nothing should happen this time, right?

For example, in the case of Bing'er's sister, I failed to find her the first time I tried to see her, and when I went the second time, Bing'er's sister was gone.

The thought flashed through her mind and she smiled awkwardly again. She was certain that Bing'er's sister's mysterious move away had nothing to do with her. It was not her identity that aroused suspicion. It should be that Bing'er's sister herself was suspected.

She should be cautious in the capital, but she can't be too cautious. If she does that, she will end up exposing herself.

"Yes, let's go." Miss Jun smiled at Liu'er and said, "There is a shop on the street to the right from here. The lamb leg hotpot they cook is very delicious."

This is the most suitable thing to eat in this weather where snow is about to fall, Liu'er nodded happily.

The master and his servant walked forward.

There was no one passing by on the street here, and the cold weather made the snow seem even more desolate and lonely, and the ringing of the bells echoed particularly clearly as people walked.

Although the sound could not be heard deep inside the house, the gatekeeper behind the main door could still hear it clearly.

"What's that noise?" a janitor asked, standing up and looking out through the crack in the door, his expression even more surprised. "Is that the bell doctor? Is that the bell doctor?"

This immediately attracted other people to gather around.

For the people in Lu's house today, there is only one bell doctor.

"Is this the bell doctor who made the master so angry?"

"She's still a little girl."

Everyone looked at it and talked in low voices.

"Because she treated the woman over there badly, the adults are so angry..." someone else suddenly said.

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by others.

"Don't talk nonsense."

"Your skin is itchy, what here and there."

Everyone scolded him. Although everyone in Beijing knew that Lu Yunqi had many women outside, it was not something that could be mentioned in Lu's house.

Last time, a maid went to Princess Jiuli to seek credit and mentioned this matter, and the next day the girl disappeared.

The people behind the gate were silent for a moment.

"But this little girl actually came to our door as a bell doctor." Someone else said, breaking the silence and changing the subject, "Is she deliberately provoking us?"

That's right. Although this street is long, there are only two households, one is Lu's house and the other is Huai Wang's palace. The doors of these two families are almost never opened, let alone looking for any bell doctors. This is something that everyone in the capital knows.

It's impossible that Miss Jun didn't know about this, but now she comes here to ring the bell, which is obviously not a provocation.

Aren't you, Lu Yunqi, going to smash my sign? Go ahead.

"What can we do with the imperial edict in hand?"

"In fact, it doesn't matter even if there is an imperial edict. What happened then is done then. The imperial edict is useless later. If it weren't for Prince Zhu's intervention, she wouldn't have the chance to come to our door to provoke us now."

"Interesting, this Miss Jun is quite arrogant."

If other people encountered this kind of thing, they would have kept a low profile even if they were not afraid. But she, on the other hand, was showing off in front of the door.

"He's pretty much the same as Prince Zhu."

"Perhaps she and Prince Zhu do have some unclear relationship."

The people behind the door were talking about something that became increasingly off-topic, and the ringing of the doorbell gradually faded away.

And the thing that Miss Jun cares about most is getting closer and closer.

Although the sky was overcast, the plaque of Prince Huai's Mansion was very clear in her sight, and Miss Jun's eyes fell on the door again.

The luxuriously decorated gate of the palace seemed to be wiped clean every day and looked as clean as new.

So what? This new gate is actually a tomb door that will lock up and kill those inside.

She really wanted to rush over and push the door open.

Miss Jun clenched her fists, and the bells stopped ringing.

And that's when the door opened.

The door opened.

Miss Jun’s body stiffened.

Why...the door is open?

At this moment, snowflakes fell down and fell on the man who walked out the door.

He was about thirty years old, wearing a simple dark blue cotton robe, with his hair tied up with a bamboo hairpin. He looked elegant with steady eyes. He closed the door and looked up at the sky.

"It's snowing." He said to himself, then looked back at the street.

Two girls were looking at him through the snow that was falling faster and faster.