On the other side, Ning An's procession was marching towards the Princess's Mansion on Shiwangfu Street.

In the phoenix sedan chair, Princess Ning'an stared at her own snow-white palm, where a semicircular jade pendant lay quietly. The material and shape of the jade pendant were the same as Zhao Shouzheng's.

The only difference is that the word "uphold the right" is engraved on the eldest princess's coin.

As she watched, Princess Ning'an couldn't help but think of the poem by Lao Su that Zhao Shouzheng had once recited to her.

'There is a swing inside the wall and a road outside. People are walking outside the wall, and the beauty inside the wall is laughing.

The laughter gradually fades and the voice becomes quieter, the affectionate one is annoyed by the heartless one...'

"Being affectionate yet being annoyed by the heartless..." Ning An couldn't help but shed tears again.

"Zhao Lang, it's been sixteen years, you must have forgotten Ning An..."

Before they knew it, the procession had arrived at Ten Princes' Palace Street, and the eunuchs carried the phoenix sedan directly into the magnificent Princess's Palace.

Hearing Lady Liu shouting "get off the sedan chair", Ning An quickly put the jade pendant into her sleeve. Then she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, took a deep breath, and adjusted herself back to the state of a dignified princess.

When she stepped out of the sedan chair, she saw that in addition to her daughter, Lanling County Lady Li Mingyue, there was also a beautiful and gentle girl waiting to greet her.

"Xiao Jing is here too." Ning An smiled warmly, took the girl's cold little hand and said, "You look so cold, come into the house and warm up, and don't be so formal next time."

The girl shook her head and smiled, "Your Highness, etiquette cannot be abolished."

"Look, mother, she is like this. If she hadn't insisted, I wouldn't have come out." Li Mingyue was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but she had grown taller and was slightly taller than Princess Ning'an.

She had a delicate oval face, the same almond-shaped eyes as Ning An, a small and upturned nose, red lips that always seemed to be smiling, and a pair of thin, long, slightly upturned heroic eyebrows. She would definitely be a stunning beauty in the future.

God must have put so much thought into her, but she didn't seem to appreciate it... She wore a black net scarf on her head, a tight-fitting moon-white yak with narrow sleeves, and a pair of long deerskin boots on her feet, as if she was ready to mount a horse to go hunting at any time.

"If you were half as sensible as Xiaojing, your mother would live ten more years." Ning An grabbed her daughter's hair and said, "You are a girl, but you act like a tomboy all day long. I wonder how you will get married in the future."

"Oh, I know, I know..." Li Mingyue struggled to escape from her mother's clutches, dodged and hid behind the female companion, made a face at Ning An and said, "Why should I get married? I won't get married. It's not good for me to stay at home with my mother all the time."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The eldest princess was furious when she heard this.

However, Li Mingyue grabbed Xiaojing's hand and ran away first.

"Ah, this damn girl." The princess didn't know whether to laugh or cry. With the help of Lady Liu, she walked towards the warm room and asked, "Where's Cheng'en? Why can't I see him?"

Liu Shanggong then turned an inquiring look to the female official who was looking after the house.

The female official hurriedly reported: "Master Xu held a literary gathering and invited the young master to attend. Before leaving, the young master said that he would not come back to disturb Your Highness if it was late, and he would stay in the East Palace directly."

The princesses and their husbands-in-law in the Ming Dynasty did not live together. The princess lived in the Princess's Mansion on Shiwangfu Street, while the husband-in-law was given a mansion elsewhere.

After Ning'an's husband Li He died, Jiajing did not take back the house, and Longqing even stated that when her son Li Chengen came of age and was granted a title, he would directly change the husband's mansion into the Earl's mansion. Because it was located to the east of the Princess's mansion, the palace people called it the "Eastern Mansion".

"What kind of literary gathering? It's a lie." Ning An gritted his teeth and said angrily, "He must be drunk again, so he doesn't dare to come back to stay."

After saying that, she stamped her feet and said, "None of these two guys are worry-free!"

Liu Shang Gong and others couldn't follow the eldest princess in scolding her children, so they had to shrink their necks and pretend not to hear.

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On the other side, Li Mingyue took a girl named Xiaojing back to her embroidery building.

Although it was called the Embroidery Building, there were no needlework, flowers, or plants that were commonly found in girls' rooms. Instead, there were long and short hunting bows hanging on the wall, various skates placed on the table, and a pair of unfinished skis.

After entering the house, Li Mingyue continued to sit in front of the stove, continuing to carefully tend to her skis, while Xiaojing sat beside the warming cage, picked up her book, and continued to read quietly.

"Xiao Jing, do you know whether this ski board is made of cowhide or sheepskin?" Li Mingyue is not only active by nature, but also can't keep quiet with her mouth.

Xiao Jing, on the other hand, could sit quietly for the whole day. It was really unusual that these two, one active and the other quiet, could become good sisters who could talk about anything.

"Do you know, do you know?"

When Li Mingyue asked, Xiao Jing had to look away from the book and said helplessly, "I don't know."

"Haha, let me tell you, the fur of cowhide and sheepskin is too fine and too soft, and it's not easy to use. This ski board is made of horsehide, and it's the fur from the outside of an adult horse's leg." Li Mingyue finally got a chance to be a teacher, and turned over a long ski board to show Xiaojing:

"Look at the hair on this piece of skin. It grows in one direction. When you slide downhill, you can slide along the hair to reduce resistance. When you go uphill, you can slide against the hair to grip the snow and prevent sliding backwards."

"Oh, that's amazing." Xiao Jing smiled perfunctorily and said, "Thank you for your advice. I can continue reading now."

"What's so interesting about this crappy book? I can't finish reading it even if I read it over and over again." Li Mingyue pouted in dissatisfaction: "I regret giving you this book."

"How do you know if you don't read it?" Xiao Jing put down the book with a smile, and said with admiration: "The most unretainable thing in the world is that the red face leaves the mirror and the flowers leave the tree. Isn't this sentence beautiful?"

"So sour." Although Li Mingyue thought it sounded good, she was not convinced that her best friend valued this crappy book more than herself. "I can tell it wasn't written by a good person."

"Why wasn't it written by a good person?" Xiao Jing was a little anxious. She picked up the book, which was the "First Encounter" published by Jinling Bookstore. Her face was full of seriousness. She hurriedly argued for the poet: "Look at this poem 'I advise the God to shake himself up and send down talents in all kinds of ways'. It can't be written by a gentleman who is not concerned about the country and the people..."

"Okay, okay." Li Mingyue was not interested in discussing such humanistic topics. She quickly raised her hands in surrender and enthusiastically suggested, "I was wrong. How about I invite you to go skiing in Xishan tomorrow to make amends?"

"Are you apologizing? You were clearly looking for someone to go skiing with you..." Xiao Jing rolled her eyes at her.

"Hehe, they're almost the same." Li Mingyue's thoughts were seen through, and she said with a smile: "There are a few more pairs of skis sent downstairs. Pick one and I'll help you thread the ropes. I guarantee it will fit you well."

Zhang Xiaojing was fascinated by what he said, but then she lost her temper and said, "My father won't agree..."

"You just lied to him." Li Mingyue said as if it was a matter of course: "I just told my mother that we were going to Nanhaizi to hunt tomorrow. If I said we were going to the mountains to ski, she wouldn't agree."

"I dare not lie to my father..." Speaking of her father, Li Mingyue admired and feared him at the same time. She shook her head and said, "He can tell at a glance that I'm lying."

"Oh, poor child." Li Mingyue sighed helplessly and said, "Then you stay at home and enjoy your life. I'm going skiing tomorrow."

When she said the second half of the sentence, she couldn't help but become excited again.

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