Tufu's Mansion.
Under the heavy snow cover, even if the servants in the mansion often remove snow, the outside of the house is mainly white, especially the front yard. Except for the main walkway, everything else is covered with white snow.
Generally speaking, when it gets dark, the family members rarely stay in the front yard, even when the weather is nice.
After all, when outsiders come, they must first pass through the front yard.
This makes the front yard seem noisier than the inner yard, and the privacy is not good.
However, there are some exceptions today. Lin Xianyu, the eldest daughter of the main family, has been staying in the outer courtyard since the afternoon, like a watcher's stone, constantly looking at the entrance and exit of the door.
"Miss, why don't we go back to the house? It's getting dark. You just fell into the water two days ago and are still very weak. You are very susceptible to wind and cold."
The maid next to Lin Xianyu said worriedly.
Lin Xianyu shook her head nonchalantly and said with a smile, "It's okay, Xiaomei. I just took the medicine and my body has fully recovered."
"Can……"
Maid Xiaomei wanted to continue persuading her, but as soon as she spoke, Lin Xianyu raised her hand to stop her.
There was no way, Xiaomei could only rely on it, she was just a maid, even if she was really worried about Lin Xianyu's health, she could not go against Lin Xianyu's wishes.
And Lin Xianyu is not just the eldest lady of the Taifu Mansion. If she were just the eldest lady, Lin Xianyu would never live so comfortably in the Taifu Mansion.
Because Lin Xianyu had been seen by the queen since she was a child, the queen would specially call Lin Xianyu to her every time she came to Taifu's Mansion.
Another level of Lin Xianyu's identity is that she is the queen's person.
Because of the Queen's relationship, everyone regarded Lin Xianyu as the future Crown Princess and the future Queen.
So even Xia Hongying actually didn't dare to strictly control Lin Xianyu.
When the queen's status is involved, mother and daughter must also pay attention to the scale of communication.
Except for the Queen and Taifu Lin Fengjing, no one knew that the future Crown Princess in their eyes almost became the concubine of His Highness the Seventh Prince.
Even though they were both born to the same mother, there was a huge difference between becoming the concubine of the fourth prince and becoming the concubine of the seventh prince.
Lin Fengjing came back very late this morning after going to court. It wasn't that there were too many things going on in the court. He went to visit the queen to discuss Lin Xianyu's marriage.
After stopping the maid from making a sound, Lin Xianyu continued to act as a watcher's stone.
What was different from before was that she would look up at the sky from time to time.
It was getting darker and darker, and there was an anxious expression on her face.
When a beautiful figure walked into the door of the house, she let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up to greet him.
"Sister, you are back. If you don't come back, I will ask my servants to search for you. I am very afraid that something will happen to you and His Highness."
Lin Yuyu said with a smile: "Sister, are you waiting for me to return home?
I am traveling with His Highness, and with His Highness's protection, I will definitely be safe. My sister is too worried.
Or rather, my sister is not worried about me, but His Highness the Seventh Prince. She is like this because she cares too much. "
After saying that, she looked at Lin Xianyu, her sister, with a teasing look on her face. She didn't look back until Lin Xianyu blushed.
When she first entered the mansion, she actually saw Lin Xianyu at a glance.
There is no way, Lin Xianyu is indeed a stunning beauty, she seems to have an aura around her, and she can become the focus of people's attention just by sitting quietly, no matter whether the other person is a boy or a girl.
Lin Xianyu has an impulse that makes people want to risk everything to protect her.
Especially now, she felt very embarrassed after hearing Lin Yuyu's words, so she lowered her head slightly.
She hurriedly explained: "Sister, don't be ridiculous. It's true that I'm not specifically waiting for you to return home, but it's not that I have anything to do with His Highness. I'm just very interested in what His Highness wants to do with you."
Lin Ranyu nodded. She believed what Lin Xianyu said because she knew her sister and Lin Xianyu never lied.
However, he was very interested in Ye Yan's affairs, which in itself represented a certain attitude.
But she won't tell the truth.
Lin Xianyu thought about it quickly in her mind and said, "Sister, Your Highness came to me today to discuss something important."
"Really?" Lin Ranyu said excitedly: "Sister, can you tell me what it is?"
"Your Highness has not asked me not to say anything. Of course I can tell my sister." Lin Yuyu smiled happily.
Afterwards, she roughly explained what Ye Yan wanted to do.
The only difference was that she took the credit for Ye Yan's work.
In the version she told, she became the one who advised Ye Yan, and Ye Yan was just the one who proposed the plan and implemented it.
Lin Xianyu sighed: "Sister, you are so smart. His Highness saved the two of us. I also want to do something to help His Highness. Sister, do you think I can do something in this matter?"
"Sister, of course, can help His Highness." Lin Yu said in an unquestionable tone.
Isn't this the reason why she made Lin Xianyu a half-insider?
She believed that as long as Ye Yan wanted to make money to give porridge and save people, Lin Xianyu would definitely want to get involved.
If Lin Xianyu gets involved as early as possible, she will have more room to operate. She can use Lin Xianyu both inside and outside the house. She doesn't want to follow Ye Yan's arrangements completely.
"Sister, can you go to my father's study and find some history books about previous dynasties?
Your Highness mentioned something called the Little Ice Age today. I want to know more about it because His Highness said it was so scary at the time. My sister, I still have lingering fears.
Only by understanding this matter can I better assist His Highness in his work. "
There are many books in the Taifu Mansion, but Lin Yuyu actually has access to not many.
Such important books as the history books of many dynasties before the Daqian Dynasty can only be found in Lin Fengjing's study.
She couldn't enter this study, but Lin Xianyu could come and go freely.
Lin Xianyu nodded without thinking: "Okay, I'll go right away. After we find it, the two of us will study it together."
On Ye Yan's side, he didn't know that the female villain had lost control.
After he returned to his palace, because things were pressing, he immediately went to the study.
He had to draw the clothes he wanted to make as soon as possible. This was a big project.
It didn't matter that he went to the study to retreat. What mattered was that the guards and maids in his palace were all shocked.
Your Highness actually wants to study and write seriously? The sun is rising in the west.
There are no secrets in the palace, the ones that have secrets are just because of insufficient identity.
This matter was spread to ten, and even to the ears of Concubine Xian, the Queen, and the Emperor, but everyone had different ideas about it.
