Chunxi had no choice but to use his trump card.

Shen Chuwei loves meat the most. The chickens and ducks in the chicken coop are still young, so she has to wait two months before she can eat them.

Shen Chuwei said nonchalantly: "It's okay, don't we still have bacon? At worst, we can still have rabbits to hold out for a while."

Chunxi: "...How long can the bacon last? The rabbit was given by His Highness, are you willing to eat it? We must also prepare for a rainy day!"

Shen Chuwei was stunned. She glanced at the gray rabbit in the corner. It had become much uglier since it grew up and was not as pretty as a pet rabbit.

She licked her lips. She hadn't eaten roasted rabbit head for a long time and she really wanted to eat it.

But she didn't dare to eat it, for fear that Xiao Jinyan would be angry.

Chunxi had no choice but to take the fox fur coat and put it on her, then pulled her out the door.

Shen Chuwei asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Chunxi, where are you taking me?"

Chunxi said: "Let's show you how the women in the cold palace live like crazy and crazy."

Shen Chu was stunned for a moment. Why did this word sound familiar?

At dusk, the palace lanterns on both sides of the road were already lit.

Chunxi is holding a lantern.

After walking for a long time, it was quiet all around. Even the palace lanterns broke down one by one, and the light was very dim.

The cold palace is in the northwest corner, very remote, and the further you go in the distance, the less people there are.

Before arriving at the cold palace, one could hear a woman's hoarse crying and singing, which, coupled with the eerie environment, was enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Under normal circumstances, Chunxi would not dare to come alone, but in order to make the young lady understand the consequences of not having the favor of His Highness, she tried her best.

Chunxi pushed open the cold palace, held up the lantern, pointed at the woman under the tree and said, "My lady, did you hear that? That woman cries every night because she took advantage of her bedchamber and said whatever she wanted, and the emperor put her in the cold palace."

Shen Chuwei had only seen the woman in the cold palace on TV, but now she saw it with her own eyes. She looked so miserable on TV, with a skinny face and bulging eyes, which was very scary.

“How miserable.”

"And the singer was originally an actor. The emperor favored her several times, but she accidentally knocked down the imperial concubine, causing her miscarriage. She went crazy after being locked up in the cold palace. She sang songs every night to attract the emperor to come and see her."

Shen Chuwei said again: "How miserable."

It's really miserable.

"My lady, these are all women from the cold palace. Some were beaten to death with sticks, and some were thrown into mass graves. Their lives are even more tragic." Chunxi was not exaggerating on purpose; that was the truth.

Chunxi added in a more serious tone: "My lady, even if you have no intention of competing for favor, don't make His Highness angry. Otherwise, our fate will not be much better than theirs."

Shen Chuwei suddenly realized why it sounded so familiar, because the plot of a certain TV series was roughly like this.

Serving the king is like serving a tiger. That's it.

Xiao Jinyan will be the emperor in the future.

Back in Hehuan Palace, Chunxi asked Shen Chuwei how she felt.

Shen Chu licked his lips and said, "I'm a little thirsty after being in the cold wind all the way."

Chunxi: “…” She could never keep up with her young mistress’s train of thought.

Chunxi brought a cup of warm water to Shen Chuwei.

Shen Chuwei drank several sips to moisten her throat, then said leisurely: "I think half of the reason why they ended up like this is because they are not strong enough. Although we are weak and cannot compete with the powerful, we have our own abilities and will not be so miserable."

"My young lady knows a lot, but even if you rely on yourself for everything, the palace belongs to the emperor and His Highness is the future crown prince. If you make him angry, do you think you can keep your vegetable garden, chicken coop and so on?" Chunxi said earnestly.

Shen Chuwei, who was being held in a chokehold, felt somewhat helpless. Although the words were crude, the truth was there.

"Isn't it just a cat? I'll give it to you."

After sending the cat away, she immediately slipped back home.

Chunxi chuckled in his heart, it turned out that the young lady still needed encouragement to be motivated.

Liu Xi saw Shen Liang Di from a distance, and he went to greet her with a smile, "Shen Liang Di, His Highness is having dinner with Chang Liang Di."

The implication is that it is not appropriate for Shen Liangdi to go in now.

Shen Chuwei naturally couldn't hear the hidden meaning behind Liu Xi's words. Her task now was to deliver Xuetuan to Xiao Jinyan and then she could leave.

"I'll go back after I send Xuetuan off."

Liu Xi saw Xuetuan in Shen Chuwei's arms, but he couldn't hold her because Xuetuan didn't let anyone touch her.

Liu Xi had no choice but to let him go.

Shen Chuwei walked into the restaurant holding Xuetuan, and saw Xiao Jinyan and Chang Liangdi sitting at the dining table.

There was wine on the table and the two of them were drinking happily.

Shen Chuwei glanced at Chunxi and said, "See, we came at the wrong time. Xiao Jinyan is enjoying a candlelight dinner with his beauty. We are disturbing his mood."

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Xiao Jinyan paused in drinking, raised his eyes to look at Shen Chuwei at the door, and felt relieved when his gaze fell on Xuetuan in her arms. No wonder he suddenly heard what Shen Chuwei was thinking.

Didn’t you come here specially because you knew that I and Chang Liangdi would have dinner together?

Chang Liangdi noticed that Xiao Jinyan's eyes were looking elsewhere. She followed his gaze and saw Shen Chuwei at the door. The smile on her lips froze.

Why is Shen Chuwei here?

Shen Chuwei walked in slowly holding Xuetuan and bowed to Xiao Jinyan, "May your highness be blessed with good health."

Xiao Jinyan was in a somewhat happy mood, but on the surface he remained calm and aloof: "Why is Shen Liangdi here?"

Shen Chuwei gave the reason she had thought of in advance, "Xuetuan came to my place, and I came here specially to send Xuetuan back."

Xiao Jinyan snorted in his heart, knowing that Shen Chuwei came here specifically under the pretext of delivering snowballs.

He said calmly: "Sit down and have dinner together."

Shen Chuwei pinched Xuetuan's feet and looked towards the dining table. She saw a plate of four-happiness meatballs and instantly forgot the idea of ​​sending Xuetuan back and slipping away.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Shen Chuwei happily came to the dining table and sat down with Xuetuan in her arms.

Liu Xi ordered the maid to bring new bowls and chopsticks and place them in front of Shen Chuwei.

Chang Liangdi glanced at Shen Chuwei. It was obvious that she came here at this time just to win favor. She had never seen anyone so shameless.

Xiao Jinyan ordered: "Pour some wine for Shen Liangdi."

"Here." Liu Xi stepped forward, picked up the wine jug and filled the glass in front of Shen Chuwei with wine.

Shen Chuwei had just picked up a four-happiness meatball, looked at the wine glass in front of her and asked Xiao Jinyan, "Your Highness, can I not drink?"

Xiao Jinyan: "Why?"

Shen Chuwei said: "I can't drink much, and I don't drink well either."

Xiao Jinyan said calmly: "You are not going out, so it's okay to drink some wine."

Go ahead!

Shen Chuwei lifted the wine glass to her lips and took a sip. It was a little spicy, but not irritating to the throat. She took another sip and then took a bite of the four-happiness meatball.

Xiao Jinyan looked up and saw Shen Chuwei drinking half a glass of wine. Then he raised the glass in his hand to his lips and took a sip.

Chang Liangdi felt a little unhappy, but she couldn't show it. When she heard Shen Chuwei say that she was not a good drinker, she smiled and raised her glass, "Shen Liangdi, how about we have a drink?"

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