Winter Solstice.
The wind was howling coldly, and the treetops were covered with white snow, making people shiver with cold.
Rongguo Marquis Mansion.
The maids and servants moved in an orderly manner, and no one dared to look up at the woman kneeling in the middle of the courtyard.
The servants, wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes, were already trembling in their speech, not to mention the kneeling woman in thin clothes, whose eyebrows were already frozen by the ice and snow.
The lips are straight blue.
The woman was dressed in humble clothes and had no head ornaments. She was obviously a maid.
"...Madam, I know I was wrong..."
When the criminal maid could no longer hold on and fell to the icy ground, everyone screamed and reported to the lady of the main house before dragging the maid away.
There is no need to see a doctor. The experienced old woman said that he will not live long.
The eldest lady asked the nanny to sell the man away.
Two hours later, the Rongguo Marquis Mansion returned to peace.
After this incident, all the other people who wanted to climb into the prince's bed gave up the idea.
In the room of Madam Li.
The maidservant Diancui came in hurriedly and whispered something in Li's ear. Li drank a sip of hot tea, sighed for a moment, and said,
"...In that case, let her have her wish."
Zhizhi was the personal maid of her eldest son He Xuan.
She has a weak but careful personality and is always adept at serving He Xuan.
Not only He Xuan was satisfied, but Li was also extremely satisfied.
She promised Zhizhi that if Zhizhi's family wanted to marry her, she could leave the house.
This was Li's promise to Zhizhi, and she also didn't want Zhizhi to be He Xuan's concubine.
The Rongguo Marquisate has a prominent family background, and even a concubine would not want such a lowly maid.
After Li sold He Xuan's other personal maid, she gave the servants in the prince's mansion a severe beating.
As expected, Zhizhi, the most colorful one among them, came without stopping to pledge her allegiance and announced that they were engaged.
Since Zhizhi is understanding, Li will naturally be lenient.
She arranged a hundred taels of silver and a small shop for Zhizhi as a dowry, waiting for Zhizhi to leave the house.
Diancui said, "Yes."
She explained her purpose to the nanny who was guarding Li, then took the silver, the shop deeds and the things needed to cancel her slavery, packed up her things, and turned to go to Xuanhe Hall in the east.
The prince was not at home at the moment, so Diancui quickly handed the item to a frightened beauty.
Zhizhi is only sixteen years old, but her beauty has gradually become stunning.
Diancui looked at her frightened eyes and sighed.
"Don't be afraid. The eldest lady is kind-hearted and has specially ordered me to bring you your dowry."
She reached out and touched Zhizhi's cheek. Her face, simply adorned with a silver hairpin and without any rouge, looked like a ball of white snow from the sky, soft and delicate.
Zhizhi took them one by one, and thanked them softly with a kingfisher-like voice.
"Thank you, Sister Diancui, for your guidance."
After comforting her for a few breaths, Diancui said,
"You will serve the prince for two days first. Once the eldest lady finds someone to replace you, you can leave the mansion."
It is not easy to get rid of the status. The Marquis's Mansion has to send someone to go to the government with Zhizhi to handle it.
Therefore, these rewards given by Li were like a carrot hanging over Zhizhi's head, and they would only be hers on the day she left the house.
Li cut the Gordian knot and dealt with one of He Xuan's personal maids, and the other one would be leaving soon.
Now two positions are vacant, and Li will have to look for them carefully before making arrangements.
Only after the soft-hearted Diancui left did Zhizhi wipe the sweat from her forehead.
She stuffed the things into the valuables.
This was the bag that the original owner had prepared long before his death.
It's funny to say, the original body was scared to death.
The protagonist, He Xuan, is the heir of the Rongguo Marquisate. His grandfather fought alongside the previous emperor to establish the country and was granted the title of Rongguo Marquis. After Rongguo Marquis's death, his father inherited the title and married the current emperor's maternal cousin, making him a brother-in-law to the emperor.
The Marquis of Rongguo had two younger brothers, both born out of wedlock. Their abilities were mediocre, but they were obedient to the Rongguo family. His three sisters all married into other prominent families in the capital, making the Rongguo Marquisate a prestigious place in the capital.
Last year, He Xuan had his coming-of-age ceremony and was appointed Shaoqing of the Dali Temple in front of the emperor, in charge of the trial of criminal cases. He was often busy until very late before leaving his post.
Seeing that her son acted coldly and harshly, Mrs. Li intended to arrange a concubine for him to soften his style.
As a result, this news somehow reached He Xuan's courtyard, and everyone became uneasy and made plans.
Zhizhi had three colleagues, all of whom were first-class maids. One of the women who was sold out was the woman who had the audacity to break into He Xuan's room while he was bathing the night before, and was kicked by He Xuan and then dragged to Li to be scolded.
As soon as this happened, the original body quickly contacted his parents, arranged a marriage, and took the opportunity to express his loyalty to Li.
When night fell, he returned to his room to rest and was so frightened that he closed the doors and windows, but ignored the burning charcoal fire. He died of poisoning out of fear.
She was still having nightmares before she died.
I dreamed that I was thrown into a mass grave by a roll of mats.
The snow in winter is deep enough to freeze ordinary people to death.
Her original parents were very poor and sold her for five taels of silver so that she could enter the Rongguo Marquis Mansion. With the money, she was able to settle down in the capital.
Finally, he had some conscience. After knowing the original body's situation, he quickly looked for a simple and honest family and waited for the original body to leave the house.
Unfortunately, these original bodies can no longer be seen.
Zhizhi went to the small kitchen to heat up some water for He Xuan, and waited until midnight (11 o'clock) before lowering her head and asking the servant to fill the bathroom with water.
At the same time, the fumigated clothes were carefully hung aside for He Xuan to use.
After midnight, He Xuan went on duty as usual.
With a chilly aura, she stepped into the gentle house along with her gold-embroidered black boots covered in snow and mud.
He Xuan was extremely handsome, wearing a jade crown on his head, a green shirt, and a jade pendant around his waist. He stood straight like a green pine, but his furrowed brows showed that he was in a bad mood.
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