The cold winter in Beijing always comes early, and the ice and snow will enter in November, so the first snow this year comes a little late.
A pair of Baoxiang pattern cloud-head brocade shoes stepped on the thin snow. Because it was a bit slippery, the owner of the shoes did not walk very fast.
"Oh! Princess, let's not leave from here. Look, the uppers of our shoes are all wet."
Chonglou helped her girl carefully walk out from the corridor, passing through the garden that had become a little depressed due to the cold winter.
"Eldest brother is back early today. If we don't go find him quickly, we might as well have him go to his father's place again."
Princess Rongjia felt that the embroidered shoes under her feet were already a little wet, but she didn't care and would change them when she went back later.
"Princess, why is there any need to be so anxious? The prince has just had dinner, and he must still be digesting his food at this moment!"
Chonglou sighed, the princess was scolded by His Highness during the day, and it was a time when she felt unhappy.
Even if she wanted to persuade her, she had to be more careful than usual. Otherwise, if she made the princess dislike her, Her Royal Highness the Princess would not let her go.
Thinking of Lu Qiao, who had been beaten ten times today and was still lying unconscious on the bed, Chonglou couldn't help but tremble.
His Highness's cold and ruthless eyes still made her feel frightened. How could she dare to be less than devoted to the princess?
Thinking that the lively and quirky Lu Qiao in the past was now lying on the bed dying, Chonglou felt uncomfortable.
Although the princess has already begged for mercy, how can Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess listen? His Royal Highness has always been merciless when it comes to matters involving several masters in the mansion.
But she was also relieved in her heart. Fortunately, she was only fined three months' monthly payment, so she didn't have to suffer the physical pain of Lu Qiao.
But Lu Qiao's miserable appearance really frightened the other girls serving in the princess's house. They all served the princess cautiously today, fearing that His Highness and the princess would be dissatisfied.
In fact, Lu Qiao is really not to blame for this. The princess has recently become very close to the old lady who lives in Master Gu's residence in the Hanlin Academy. They often make appointments to go shopping at rouge and gouache shops and go to temples to offer incense.
This is not out of the ordinary, but this date is with the wrong person! If the princess had asked out a female member of a noble family, how could His Highness be so angry?
But it happened that the princess made an appointment with the old lady of Mr. Gu's family. In the words of the eldest princess, she had a mud-legged background. And I heard that when the old lady was still a girl, she actually worked as a maid in the house of Mr. Jiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry.
And Mr. Gu is still only a sixth-rank official now. Although his teacher is Liang Zhirui, the former Chief Assistant, and he has three senior brothers of high rank. But Liang Chief Assistant is no longer the Chief Assistant now. How can he still be in the officialdom if he is gone?
What connections?
Besides, the relationship between these senior brothers is not necessarily very good, and Master He, the Minister of Honglu Temple, is not very close to Master Gu.
These were His Highness's exact words, and she really heard them at the time.
With such a background, no matter how talented Mr. Gu is, he can rise to prominence in the future, but that will all happen in the future.
In short, the eldest princess is extremely dissatisfied with the old lady of Gu family.
It is said that the old lady in the Gu family has very bad rules. Today's Gu family is not even close to the new rich. It is not a serious and good family at all.
But how can the princess be so docile? Isn’t that so? She had a few words with His Highness, and His Highness was so angry that he broke his favorite white jade tea tray.
He was also shouting that it was the old lady who had led the princess into evil. In just these few days, all the rules he had learned in the previous ten years had been in vain.
His Highness was very angry, and the consequences were naturally very serious. So Lu Qiao, who had been following the princess out of the mansion, suffered a disaster.
Who made the princess like Lu Qiao's cleverness and order her to serve her everywhere? Lu Qiao is just a girl, how can she defeat her master? Of course she can only be obedient.
As for the other second-class girl He Huan who often followed the princess out of the mansion, Chonglou didn't even dare to recall it.
Today, after His Highness asked the mother-in-law to arrest him, she never saw He Huan again.
This time, even the second-class girls serving in the house became the victims. Not only were they fined monthly, but they were also punished by kneeling down.
She was the only one who was fined a monthly fee, because she was a big girl and she had to serve the princess. Otherwise, if everyone was fined, who would serve the princess?
Chonglou glanced back and saw that no one was catching up behind him, and he couldn't help but feel angry.
These clumsy girls are so slow to get a pair of shoes. If the princess catches a cold, they will have to walk around without food.
The originally sparse and bright snowflakes suddenly became denser, accompanied by a biting cold wind. Zhonglou, who was holding an umbrella and supporting his master, shuddered.
He shrank his neck, feeling helpless.
"Princess, be careful. It just rained during the day and snowed again at night. It's a bit freezing now."
Looking at the bright candlelight in the yard ahead, Princess Rongjia didn't notice what Chonglou said at all, but instead accelerated her pace.
Qin Min just had dinner and went to the study.
He leaned on the back of the chair and rubbed his forehead. After a tiring day, he still had to deal with trivial matters in the house when he came back.
The mother has a stronger temperament, and because she is the eldest princess, there is naturally a lot of give-and-take between the father and the mother.
But as time went by, there was a lot of estrangement between the two. Therefore, my father did not like to take care of the affairs of the house and did not come to the princess house often.
My father spent more than half of every month at the Duke of Qin's residence, and was not willing to stay at the eldest princess's residence for a long time.
My mother also had a very stubborn temper and never bowed her head. Over the years, the relationship between my mother and my father naturally became estranged.
He still remembered that his mother often took them to live in the eldest princess's mansion when he was a child. At that time, he rarely went back to the Duke's mansion.
Shaking his head, Qin Min put the past events behind him, but what bothered him now was Sister Ying.
As soon as he came back today, he heard his wife, Dai Shi, say that Sister Ying had a few quarrels with her mother and made her very angry.
He was also very helpless towards this sister. This girl's temperament was really like his mother's, as tough as his mother.
"Master! It's the third girl here." The steward's voice came from outside, and Qin Min was a little surprised.
He also felt that it was too late today, so he planned to come back early tomorrow to persuade Sister Ying. He didn't expect that this girl would come to see him so late.
"Let her in quickly!"
"Brother!" Qin Yingyuan entered the study. Seeing her elder brother's tired face, she called out softly and saluted.
"Well! Why haven't you rested so late?" He only has one biological sister, and since they are from the same mother, the relationship between brother and sister has always been harmonious.
Therefore, Qin Min looked at Qin Yingyuan with a bit of doting in her eyes.
"The office has been so busy lately? I haven't seen my eldest brother for several days. You come back so late every day." 11