This time it was Shen Yu's turn to be surprised: "Princess Fengxi, she is the most beautiful woman in the capital, and you actually say she is prettier than Princess Fengxi. So... oh, I understand."
Shen Yu looked like he understood, leaving Mu Jingshan completely bewildered: "What do you know? Tell me quickly."
"So, I have to go back now, I'm hungry." Shen Yu waved and left.
Mu Jingshan was left looking like he wanted to beat him up but didn't dare, mainly because he couldn't beat him.
"I'll use you to test my new poison someday!" Mu Jingshan said fiercely to Shen Yu's back before turning and heading to the Empress Dowager's courtyard.
On the way, Mu Jingshan suddenly realized, wasn't the prince just back from Yanyang? Where did he meet the Director of the Imperial Observatory?
However, it is indeed colder in Beijing this year than in previous years. Oh well, there's no rush. We can go when the weather gets warmer.
Mu Jingshan shook his head resignedly.
Xiao Yanchu returned to the house, took out the sachet from his waist, and examined it carefully.
The sachet was a gift from the eldest princess, who was the only family member Xiao Yanchu could trust in the palace.
As a child, Xiao Yanchu was bullied by palace eunuchs and maids. If it weren't for the protection of the eldest princess, he wouldn't have survived to this day, let alone later go to Qingyue Mountain to learn martial arts.
If the princess wanted to harm him, why did she save him in the first place?
There was no need to risk his life to open the city gates for him when he returned to the capital.
Xiao Yanchu didn't believe that the eldest princess wanted to harm him.
But what Su Ruojin said...
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yanchu took off the sachet and put it in the box, then took out another one and put it on.
This is a moon-white sachet with auspicious clouds in gold thread, embroidered by the most skilled embroiderers in the palace's knitting bureau.
The embroidery skills were among the best in the entire Great Chu, but Xiao Yanchu just thought the sachet was too ugly.
perhaps......
Xiao Yanchu's eyes flickered slightly, as if he were pondering something.
*
Lunar New Year's Eve.
The clinic closed early today, and a long table made of the clinic's tables and chairs and a brazier were set up in the backyard.
Zhihua, Yanluo, and the maids kept coming and going, busy with their tasks.
Before long, the table was filled with all kinds of dishes.
Most of the maids and servants in the clinic were orphans without parents. Some were girls who had been sold by their parents. They were all pitiful people with no home.
During the Lunar New Year, they had nowhere to go and could only stay at the clinic.
Finally, Su Ruojin decided to simply set up a large table in the backyard so that everyone could have New Year's Eve dinner together and celebrate the New Year in a lively atmosphere.
Seeing that everything was almost ready, Su Ruojin called Yanluo over: "Yanluo, go next door and call Hu Qing over to have New Year's Eve dinner together."
"Yes, Miss."
Yanluo also knew that Hu Qing was sent by Young Master Jiang to protect Xiaobao, and it wouldn't be good to leave him all alone during the New Year.
Yanluo went next door and knocked on the door. The door opened after just one knock.
Hu Qing came out: "Miss Yanluo, is there something you need?"
"Young Master Hu, our young lady invites you to have New Year's Eve dinner. Would that be convenient for you?"
"Convenient, convenient, of course it's convenient." Without saying another word, Hu Qing immediately closed the door and followed Yan Luo to the clinic.
The remaining twelve guards in the courtyard could only hide in the shadows, watching helplessly as Hu Qing left, cursing him in their hearts for being disloyal.
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