My Lady is well

Xu Niannian was more excited than her. She rushed to the desk and searched carefully, even looking under the foot of the desk, and asked without giving up.

"Sister Shen, did you forget where you put it?"

Shen Yueyao just snorted lightly, walked to the tea table and poured a cup of tea. She held the steaming teacup with her cold fingertips and her eyes were fixed on the tea table.

"What do you think?"

Xu Niannian found it hard to accept this fact, and her bright eyes were filled with anger.

"Who is so wicked? He actually stole the storybook."

She saw that Shen Yueyao didn't seem angry and was sipping tea with a calm expression, which made her very puzzled.

She stamped her feet and asked, "Sister Shen, why aren't you worried at all?"

Shen Yueyao picked up the teapot and poured her a cup, with the corners of her mouth slightly curved into a profound arc.

"Don't be angry yet, wait and see what she is going to do. The story is not finished yet, and I also want to see what she will write next."

But now that the script is lost, I have to prepare another birthday gift for the Empress Dowager.

Shen Yueyao copied a copy of the "Infinite Life Sutra" and asked the palace maids of Shou'an Palace to present it on her behalf to express her gratitude.

Although there was no banquet to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday, the Queen did host a family dinner. The Empress Dowager sent someone to invite her, but thinking that Jing Ruzhang would be there and he would definitely not want to see her, she declined on the grounds of illness.

At dusk, Shou'an Palace was brightly lit.

Jing Ruzhang walked in and saw the empress dowager reading a booklet with great interest, so he did not make a sound to disturb her and just sat quietly aside.

It was the Queen Mother who spoke first: "Here I come."

Jing Ruzhang then stood up, bowed to her, and said, "Good health, mother."

The Queen Mother slowly closed the book, handed it over, and looked up at him.

"This is a birthday gift I received yesterday from a concubine of Yingxiu Palace. The first part is well written, but the latter part is a little disappointing. It is much inferior to the Legend of the White Snake written by Yueyao. However, considering her filial piety, I will give it to her."

"Oh? I am quite curious about how you can win the favor of the Queen Mother."

Jing Ruzhang took the script, flipped through two pages, and frowned slightly. The choice of words and sentences...actually had some resemblance to Shen Yueyao.

"I wonder which lady from Yingxiu Palace did this?"

She looked at Eunuch Ma and thought: "Yes..."

Eunuch Ma smiled and reminded: "It's Wan Qiao, the real Wan Cai Nu, Queen Mother."

"Oh, yes, Wan Cai Nu."

Jing Ruzhang's eyes darkened, and he lowered his eyelids, his eyes fixed on the booklet at hand with a complicated look.

Shen Yueyao woke up in the morning and suddenly heard a burst of sparse and dense sounds. She lazily got up and opened the window, only to see snowflakes dancing in the wind outside.

I leaned my head out and used my white hands to catch the snow flakes. It was very interesting to see them melt into water in my palms.

Alas, autumn——

She sneezed and pinched her nose gently. Bi'er came in and bowed.

"Ms. Shen, Lady Meng from Chengfeng Pavilion has sent someone to invite you over."

Lady Meng? It's time to go. Jin'er is still in Chengfeng Pavilion.

She put a few banknotes in her sleeves, took out a goose yellow brocade cloak and put it on, then went to ask for leave from Aunt Shang.

Jin'er was sweeping the snow in the yard listlessly, complaining weakly.

"Why is it snowing? God really doesn't know the suffering of the world. Doesn't he know that it's very cold when it snows in winter? If you want it to snow, just do it in the summer. It can lower the temperature and make you feel cooler."

Shen Yueyao stood behind her unconsciously, listened to her words, shrugged and smiled, coughed heavily twice, cleared her throat and said.

"What a bold girl! How dare you question God."

Jin'er froze when she heard the voice, slowly turned around to look at her, her eyes suddenly turned red, she threw away the broom, ran to her, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

"Master, you finally came to pick me up. I thought I would never see you again."

Seeing how pitiful she looked and how determined she was to go with her, Shen Yueyao frowned and felt a little reluctant to tell her the truth.

After all, it was very likely that Lady Meng just asked her to come over to play mahjong, and she just came to see her.

Shen Yueyao hesitated for a moment and said, "Jin'er, I can't take you away, but I can come to see you often."

"what?"

The expression on Jin'er's face instantly wilted. She looked at her aggrievedly, hoping that she would change her mind.

When Concubine Meng heard the palace maid say that she was coming, she came out to greet her in person after not seeing anyone for a long time.

It was not because she was enthusiastic, but because she hadn't touched cards for a few days and she was itching to play, and couldn't wait even a moment.

But his face showed the utmost hospitality.

"Sister Shen is here, why are you standing outside? Come inside quickly, what if you get frozen?"

Shen Yueyao wanted to say a few words to Jin'er, but Lady Meng was so focused on playing mahjong that she completely ignored Jin'er who was standing beside her and pulled her into the house.

Shen Yueyao was embraced by her and entered the room. There were two other women there too. She was about to bow, but Lady Meng directly pulled her to the table.

Good boy, everything is ready, except for her coming.

"This is Lady Wu and Lady Zheng, and this is Lady Shen, the one I mentioned to you."

Lady Wu curled her lips while picking up the cards, obviously not liking her very much. But Lady Zheng smiled at her kindly and joked.

"She is just a scoundrel. She can't live without Laozi all day. I even suspect that she dragged the servants to play with her when we were not around."

Lady Meng said indifferently, "I think if my aunt knew about this, I'm worried that she would beat them to death in a rage."

"Okay, aren't you afraid that the Queen Mother will kill us if she finds out?"

"No, you are all people of status, she won't embarrass you easily."

Shen Yueyao thought that Zheng Cairen must have a good relationship with Meng Meiren, and was willing to risk being beaten to death to accompany her in the ladder hanging game.

It was the first time she played with them, and since they were sitting higher than her, she decided to lose. She understood the ways of the world.

But she never expected that this Lady Meng was really a person who was not only weak but also had a strong addiction to food.

They had to keep the soldiers fighting from morning till dark, and even the lunch and dinner were just perfunctory.

She really couldn't sit still any longer, so she simply lost all the money she had. Only then did Lady Meng kindly let him go.

Shen Yueyao was wrapped in a cloak and shuddered.

Standing in the yard and looking at the silver-white scene in front of her, she put her hand to her lips and blew out a light breath. A light mist lingered, and two tiny snowflakes hung on her long eyelashes. In the blink of an eye, they melted into her eyes and turned into a pool of water.

She rubbed her eyes gently with her fingertips. Xu Niannian happened to see this and thought she was crying.

She ran up to her with her skirt flying and tried to comfort her.

"Sister Shen, do you know everything? Don't be sad. People like her will be punished by God one day."

Shen Yueyao was puzzled by what she said, and asked with a faint smile: "What happened?"

Xu Niannian was stunned: "Ah? You don't know?"