In the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily in Kyoto.
The cold weather and freezing weather can't stop people's enthusiasm at all as the New Year is approaching.
Just looking at the piles of invitations delivered to the hands, it is not difficult to feel the carnival that cannot be covered by the white snow.
Wen Jin looked at most of the posts and put them aside.
She doesn't like social interactions with others.
"It's such a thick snow, it's cold and wet. Wouldn't it be nice to sit in a warm house with a fire on the ground and eat hot pot, play mahjong or play poker?"
Wen Jin lazily put the post aside. It was cold and she was dozing off more than before.
It gets dark early in winter. As soon as it gets dark, she takes a flower petal bath and lies in bed early.
The petals she soaked were lotus petals collected in the Lingquan space.
She piled too much...
The spirit spring space seems to be able to sense it and wants to compete with her - the more petals she uses, the more they bloom!
Even now she had to find a way to clear the inventory and consume the petals she had previously stored.
The maids around her discovered that... the room where the princess had taken a bath was filled with the lingering fragrance of lotus flowers.
The bath water is soaked in the fragrance of lotus.
The plum trees they watered with that water bloomed more luxuriantly than those elsewhere! The flowers are also brighter and bigger!
"Our princess is the reincarnation of the Lotus Fairy, right?"
"Then the water the princess took a bath in...is it fairy water?"
Several maids even secretly hid Wen Jin's bathtub... to use her bathing water to add "fairy air" to themselves.
Not to mention, those maids who dared to do this really became fair and translucent.
Wen Jin's reputation among the servants was astonishing.
Now the servants of Prince Huai's Mansion all want to go to Qinghe Residence if they have nothing to do... Even if they can't win the favor of the princess, it's still good to be able to get some fairy spirit!
At the beginning, before Wen Jin had even turned over, her coachman Zhang Liang, who had followed her wholeheartedly, her maids Fengchun, Banxia, Aunt Chang and others were envied to death by other servants in the palace.
Wen Jin didn't know how outrageous the rumors were.
She only saw that the people around her were respected everywhere in the palace, and she was happy to see this happen.
"Those who run errands for Qingheju, don't be stingy and give them a few extra rewards."
As soon as Wen Jin finished his instructions, the boy from the outer courtyard delivered another pile of invitations to the door.
Qingmei immediately rewarded her with a purse. In addition to copper plates, it also contained a few golden melon seeds specially prepared for the New Year.
But the boy rubbed his hands and said, "Thank you, sister. I'm not asking for any reward. Can you give me a branch from the wintersweet tree in Qinghe House?"
Qingmei couldn't laugh or cry, "Are you sure you don't want it? There are golden melon seeds here! They're red gold!"
The boy chuckled and said, "Sister, you don't know, Lao Zhang asked for a wintersweet flower last time, put it in an earthenware vase, and the fragrance filled the house!"
"It smelled so good for a month! He used to cough and wheeze in the winter, but this year he didn't cough at all! He said it was the smell that stopped him from coughing!
"The villain's mother also likes to cough and wheeze in winter, so the villain wants to ask for a branch to take back. Whether it is really useful or not...it can be regarded as a little filial piety from the villain to my mother!"
After the boy finished speaking, he bowed to Qingmei repeatedly.
Qingmei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's nonsense. The fragrance of wintersweet is true. Who have I heard that it can also cure diseases?"
Having said that, she still asked someone to get big scissors, cut a branch with dense flowers and many buds, and handed it to the boy.
"Here, you can also take the reward..."
"Thank you, Sister Qingmei. A villain doesn't dare to be greedy for too much!"
The boy ran away guarding the wintersweet as if it were a treasure, for fear that someone he knew might come and snatch it from him.
Qingmei pinched her purse that she had not been able to reward, shook her head and returned to the house.
She presented a stack of invitations.
"There are so many people today. Master, is there anywhere you want to go?"
Wen Jin flipped through it quickly and suddenly pointed to one of the gilded posts and said, "This, reply to this post for me. I will definitely go there then."
Qingmei held up the post, "Crown Princess... a hot spring banquet?"
"She has quite an idea. It's cold in winter, so we can have a banquet at a hot spring villa. Firstly, it's warm, and secondly, you can soak in the hot springs after the banquet. It kills two birds with one stone.
"I think there must be a lot of people willing to go! After replying for me, spread the news that I'm going."
Wen Jin said lazily.
Qingmei immediately went to study the ink.
Yu'er was studying and learned that he liked bizarre ghost stories, and his father found a ghost painting book for him from nowhere.
He was watching with great interest when he looked up and saw his mother lazily not moving at all.
It would be great if a few maids can read. Do you expect them to write replies?
Yu'er shook her little head, put down her drawing book, and wrote a reply for her mother.
"When the time comes, my father and I will accompany my mother-in-law." Wen Yu said as he wrote.
Wen Jin took a sip of milk tea. Well, the milk tea tastes good, without any industrial flavor. The best Lapsang souchong is stir-fried with sugar and boiled with milk. Finally, a little Lingquan water was added to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor. The aroma of milk and tea are blended just right, and the aroma is overflowing.
"Tsk, this is a banquet for women, what are you going to do? Besides, the women also want to take a bath in the hot springs!"
"Cough..." Wen Yu coughed violently and almost wrote the words crookedly.
Fortunately, he has a strong wrist and a steady grip on the pen.
He put down his pen and said, "Then don't go, mother-in-law. Have you forgotten? During the last autumn hunting trip, the princess seemed not clear-headed and couldn't tell the difference between good guys and bad guys!"
Wen Jin couldn't help laughing, "Yu'er can you tell clearly what a good person is and what a bad person is?"
Wen Yu thought hard for a moment and tilted his head, "Anyone who wants to harm others must not be a good person!"
"People are very complex and cannot be judged solely by good or bad. The same is true for things. Nothing else. It just depends on our perspective of looking at things."
Wen Jin said slowly, "As long as you are good at discovering opportunities and taking advantage of them. 'Bad things' can also become good things, and 'bad people' can also become the helper of good things."
Wen Yu seemed to understand... So, what did his mother want to use the Crown Princess's banquet to help with?
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On the day of the banquet, Xiao Yuchen and Wen Yu, father and son, accompanied Wen Jin to the Prince's Villa, a hot spring resort located in Lushan.
At that time, the princess was climbing high and looking into the distance.
She stood on the watchtower with the best view of the hot spring villa, wearing a thick fox fur cloak.
"Princess, it's windy here, and you are delicate, why don't you go down?" Mammy advised.
The Crown Princess curled her lips, "This is the largest hot spring resort besides the palace. No one can hold a banquet here except me!"
"Didn't you say that Princess Huai is aloof and aloof, and refuses to attend anyone's banquet? Look, isn't she here?"
Mammy quickly bowed and said, "You are a sister-in-law, and more importantly a princess. She can refuse others, but she dares to refuse you?"
The Crown Princess smiled a little wider, "During the autumn hunt, she always dominated me. Today I will show her what a real mistress is!"
"Today I not only want to vent my anger, but I also want to take away her most proud maid!
"Did you find out clearly? It was Yingxiang who saved her shop?"
The palace maid quickly responded.
"Humph, that's good." The corners of the Crown Princess's lips curled up into a sneer, and she stared at Wen Jin's carriage.
The carriage stopped slowly, and the people who got out of the carriage made the Crown Princess tighten her eyes and then clenched her fists!
