Seeing Shen Chuwei was silent, Chunxi must have been mad at her. "My lady, His Highness is busy every day and must have a bad temper. Let's not argue with him. I will prepare delicious dinner for you."

Shen Chuwei's depressed mood was relieved when she heard about the delicious food. She crossed her legs, took a bite of the pastry, and started ordering dishes. "Shredded pork with spicy peppers, I haven't eaten it for a long time."

Chunxi agreed readily, "No problem, I will do it tonight."

"There are also pickled fish and vinegar pork ribs."

"I've made note of this."

Shen Chuwei continued to eat the cake.

Chunxi couldn't help asking, "My lady, why is His Highness so rude to you? If His Highness is unreasonable, next time He comes to eat, I won't put salt in his meal."

"He said my handwriting was ugly and asked me to practice." Shen Chuwei took a bite of the cake and continued, "I am a powerless concubine. Who do you think I should write for?"

Chunxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "My lord, is it just because of this?"

Shen Chuwei took a sip of tea and asked, "What else?"

Chunxi consoled him, "Your Highness is doing this for your own good, otherwise why wouldn't he allow other young ladies to practice calligraphy?"

“Because they don’t need to practice.”

"...Okay!" Chunxi saw a beautiful brocade box and asked curiously, "My lady, what is this?"

Shen Chuwei explained: "The pen that His Highness gave me is said to be the only one of its kind and is worth a fortune."

Chunxi happily touched the brocade box, opened it carefully and took a look. Under the light, the pen body had a faint blue light, and it was obvious at a glance that it was not an ordinary item.

"Your Highness is so kind to me, giving me such an expensive pen. Even Chang Liangdi doesn't have one."

Shen Chuwei asked Chunxi curiously, "You said that Chang Liang Di is so favored and proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Why doesn't Your Highness give this to Chang Liang Di?"

"I don't know what Your Highness is thinking, but I can see that Your Highness likes the young lady very much." Chunxi said happily.

Outside the door, the little rabbit came in and reported: "My lady, Chuntao is here and is kneeling in the yard."

Chunxi said dissatisfiedly: "Why is she here again? I have never seen anyone so shameless. She knows that the young lady is favored, so she comes up to her eagerly again."

Shen Chuwei said: "Go out and tell her that once you leave Xiyun Pavilion, there will be no chance to come back."

"I'll go and tell her right away." The little rabbit turned and went back to the yard.

Chun Tao knelt on the cold ground, her thin body trembling constantly. When she saw Little Rabbit coming out, she asked hurriedly, "Did Shen Liang Di agree that I can come back?"

The little rabbit said coldly: "The young lady said that once the maids and servants in Xiyun Pavilion leave this door, there will be no chance to come back. You'd better get out."

Chun Tao cried miserably, "I can't go back to Shen Liangyuan anymore. If Shen Liangdi doesn't accept me, I really have nowhere to go."

"That has nothing to do with you, young lady. When you left Xiyun Pavilion, you should have thought that this day would come."

After the little rabbit finished speaking, he ordered, "Xiao Guizi, pull her out and don't let her disturb the young master."

Xiao Guizi put down the broom in her hand, grabbed Chuntao and walked out.

Chun Tao cried like a pear blossom in the rain, "Please, I really have nowhere to go, please ask you and Shen Liang Di for mercy, okay?"

After Shen Chuwei finished her bath, she took out the pen given by Xiao Jinyan from the brocade box by candlelight and examined it carefully. The pen felt warm to the touch and one could tell from the material that it was not an ordinary item.

Why did he give her such an expensive pen? Was it just to remind her to practice calligraphy?

She held a pen in one hand and a book in the other, and sighed helplessly: "Isn't there a saying in ancient times that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent?"

Shen Chuwei put away the pen, stood up, lifted the quilt and crawled into the bed. There was a hot water bottle that Chunxi had prepared early in the bed, so it was very warm.

At this time, bursts of women's crying were heard outside the window, shrill and miserable, making it impossible to sleep.

Chunxi opened the curtain and walked in, "My lady, don't worry, I will go and ask right away."

After Chunxi finished speaking, she lowered the curtain and walked out.

At night, the wind was cold and howling.

Chunxi opened the door wearing a thick cotton coat. The cold wind blew in. She shrank her neck and asked, "Xiao Anzi, what's going on outside?"

Xiao Anzi replied: "It's Chuntao, she's standing at the door and refusing to leave, crying all the time."

"I told you I would come back after leaving Xiyun Pavilion, but you still refuse to leave. You are so shameless." Chunxi said indignantly and turned to go into the house.

"My lady, it's Chuntao who is crying outside and refuses to leave. It's so cold outside. If something happens, people will say that we in Xiyun Pavilion are cold-blooded and heartless." Chunxi became angrier the more she thought about it.

Shen Chuwei glanced out the window. It was foggy outside and she could only see the red lanterns and the swaying treetops.

I heard that it snowed in the next two days. If anything happens, Xiyun Pavilion will definitely be involved.

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She thought for a while and said, "Chunxi, let Chuntao stay here for one night. Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs tomorrow morning and ask Eunuch Quan to arrange a new place for her."

"I understand, my lady." Chunxi lowered the curtain and walked out.

She reopened the door and ordered, "Xiao Anzi, let Chuntao stay in for one night, and take her to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find a new job tomorrow morning."

"I got it. I'll let her in right away." Xiao Anzi worked efficiently and settled Chuntao in the empty room in the side wing.

There was no more sound of the woman crying, only the whistling of the cold wind.

Shen Chuwei fell asleep after a while.

The next morning, Chunxi opened the curtain and ran in, shaking Shen Chuwei who was still sleeping, "My lady, my lady, something bad has happened."

Shen Chuwei was sleeping soundly when she was woken up by someone. She rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Chunxi's face was filled with fear, "My lady, Chuntao is dead."

Shen Chu was stunned for a moment, then sat up suddenly and looked at Chunxi in disbelief, "You said Chuntao is dead?"

"Yes, young lady, this morning, Guixiang opened the door and saw Chuntao dead." Chunxi had never seen a dead person before. Even now, she still has nightmares when she thinks of Chuntao's face.

Shen Chuwei was afraid of something going wrong, so she asked Chuntao to help her for one night, but she didn't expect that something would still happen.

"Let the little rabbit tell His Highness and see how he handles it."

"I'll go now." Chunxi ran out and said to the little rabbit, "Go tell His Highness that something happened in Xiyun Pavilion."

"Okay." The little rabbit was nimble and ran out of Xiyun Pavilion in a short while.

Shen Chuwei started to get dressed and wash up.

Maybe it was because Chuntao cried outside the door last night, but Shen Liangyuan, Chang Liangdi, Concubine Xu and others all rushed to Xiyun Pavilion early in the morning.

When I arrived I found out that it was Chuntao who was crying last night, and that Chuntao died early this morning.

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Chuntao and Xiaofuzi were wrong, the chapter was revised two years ago.

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