"The traitor has been found, Madam. It's Taohua." Mammy said as she pushed Taohua to the ground.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry. It's Taohua's fault, but I can't do anything about it. My parents are in their hands. I..."

The queen was very disappointed when she heard this. "If I remember correctly, your parents never liked you. They wanted to sell you because of the famine, but no one was willing to buy a girl at that time.

In the end, I left you in the cold winter, and I was the one who passed by and took pity on you and brought you back to the palace."

Taohua listened to the Queen's disappointed tone and just kept saying sorry.

“I keep you by my side, and the food, clothing and other necessities you receive are not something an ordinary maid can have.

And when you reach the age, I promise to give you a sum of money and find you a good family to marry into.

This way you won't be looked down upon by your husband's family, and at least you can live a peaceful and happy life, but why are you so foolish?"

Taohua listened to the Queen's narration bit by bit and felt that she had done too many stupid things.

At that time, my parents used their connections to send me a letter, asking me not to blame them, as they had no other choice.

They kept apologizing to me, saying that they were family and didn't need me to give them anything, they just wanted to see if I was doing well?

The letters gradually increased, and I didn't know when I forgave them.

But now think about it, this is clearly a capital crime! But they still let me do this, doesn't it mean they never care about my life? Why can't I see it clearly earlier?

They also never cared about their own lives. When they were young, boys were favored over girls. I was always the one who did the most work at home but never had enough to eat.

This ridiculous family affection has always been just my wishful thinking.

She looked up at the disappointed queen and said, "Your Majesty Taohua knows she was wrong and has committed suicide. Your Majesty, please don't dirty your hands for a little bitch like this slave. I hope your Majesty will be healthy and happy in the future."

After saying that, he suddenly stood up and slammed into the wall in the yard frantically.

With a bang, Taohua hit the wall and then went limp, with blood oozing out of her forehead.

"Ah, should we bury the peach blossoms with honor?"

After the queen said this, she walked towards the inner room as if she had no strength left.

The Princess's Mansion was quite lively, with a few boys pestering Su Muyao to tell them stories they hadn't finished telling before.

"Sister, I told those stories you told to my classmates at the academy, and they all loved listening to them."

"I will listen carefully and tell them when school starts."

Qin Meijuan originally wanted to call a few children to eat, but seeing these kids chattering gave her a headache.

Looking at Su Muyao sitting there quietly, "Girls are still the best!"

After muttering to herself, she yelled to the group of children, "Why are you all pestering your sister? Come over and have dinner."

When Su Muyao heard that the meal was ready, she didn't care about the children's noise. She jumped off the stool and ran straight to the dining table.

Looking at the listless brothers following behind, the younger brothers thought for a while and said, "Let's finish our dinner first, and then we'll talk to you for a while."

"Oh, great!" Su Mingxuan cheered first, followed by Suning.

Although the older ones were happy too, they did not scream as loudly as the two younger brothers.

Dinner was quickly finished, and all the children in the house gathered around the fire in Su Muyao's room.

Su Muyao spoke seriously, and her brothers listened attentively, except for Su Ning who nodded his head.

He still couldn't quite understand what his sister said. After a while, Qin Meijuan carried Su Ning back to the room.

Su Muyao looked at the sky and it was getting dark. "It's getting late now. You should rest."

"I can't sleep if I go back to my room now, sister, please talk to me a little more."

"Staying up late is not a good habit," Su Muyao said seriously.

"Sleep time is so precious. If you don't sleep at night, you can't make up for the sleep you missed during the day."

She said these words without blushing or beating her heart, and she didn't think about the time when she stayed up late to watch videos before.

"Okay, go back to bed. I'll continue telling you stories after breakfast tomorrow."

The boys went out reluctantly, looking back every few steps.

The north wind was howling and the heavy snow had been falling all day. A thick layer of snow had accumulated outside.

The entire capital city was covered with a thick layer of snow, but every vendor was diligent in sweeping the snow aside in front of their door.

Su Muyao's factory business has always been good, and even the two storefronts rewarded by the emperor are also very prosperous.

In the summer, I sold smoothies and popsicles and made a lot of money. After the weather stopped being hot, I started to redecorate the shop and sell some small items that were not available in Beijing.

What a mirror! All kinds of fake diamond jewelry, all kinds of animal fur shoes and bedding, children's toys.

There are so many kinds of goods. In ancient times, her store was like a magical grocery store.

The next morning, I was woken up by the chirping sounds outside.

"Xiao Xia, why is it so noisy outside?"

Xiao Xia was also helpless, as the little boys in the family were running around outside like crazy.

"My little princess, the Yongding River is frozen and a few young masters want to go over there to play. They are pestering this old lady to agree to let them go."

"What's so strange about the Yongding River freezing over?" Don't you understand that it is normal for the river to freeze over?

When they were in the village before and the river was frozen, they were never so active.

"Little princess, you don't know that if the Yongding River freezes, many people will die."

As soon as these words came out, Su Muyao's eyes widened, "What kind of statement is this?"

"In previous years, even if it was frozen, people couldn't stand. But now that people can stand and even carriages can pass, many people are bound to freeze to death.

As early as two years ago, when the river froze over, many people froze to death inside and outside the city."

Su Moyao finally understood, which means that this year will be much colder than previous years.

But when Xiao Xia said this, she couldn't help but shiver.

Xiao Xia clearly remembers the first time the river froze a few years ago, which was when she was sent to the palace.

At that time, my parents were passed away, my eldest sister's toes were frozen and broken, and my youngest sister did not survive, so my younger brother was the only one left at home.

Coincidentally, the palace was recruiting a group of young maids at that time, and her parents sold themselves because they thought that if their child worked as a maid in the palace, she would at least have enough food to eat.

I clearly remember that the Yongding River, which was hundreds of feet wide, froze overnight.

Most of the elderly and newborn babies in the capital city did not survive that winter.

The sky that day seemed to be blood-red.

From then on, everyone would store large amounts of various foods before winter came.

Afraid that someone else would starve to death.

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