After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

"They're back - the princess and Wan Tao are back -"

Shuiyue was very excited when she got the news, and she quickly called her friends to tell them about it. When they arrived at the door of Xiangwanxuan and opened the curtain of the sedan, everyone was waiting at the door, with smiles and expectations in their eyes.

Wan Ning was a little surprised: "Why are you all waiting here?"

Zhu Ying was calmer and walked forward to support Wan Tao, who had difficulty walking, and explained, "When they heard that the princess and Wan Tao were coming back today, they were so excited that it was impossible not to let them wait here."

Passing by Mu Xiu, he pointed at Meng Zhu in front of him and said proudly, "Meng Zhu is the same. When you are not around, all she can do is miss you."

Wan Ning crossed her arms over her chest and looked him up and down, expressing her doubt about what he said: "Did Meng Zhu say that? It doesn't sound like it. Could it be that Prince Mu Xiu is meddling in other people's business? It's only been a few days since we last met, and Prince Mu Xiu has not only lost some weight, but has also become more humorous." Ever since that day in Yuxi Palace, Wan Ning realized that Mu Xiu had become so thin, and she became extremely sensitive to his figure and health.

Mu Xiu smiled helplessly, but before he could answer, Meng Zhu spoke first. She shyly pulled Wan Ning's sleeve and answered, "Yes, I miss my sister."

Mu Xiu spread his hands, with a smug look on his face, as if to say, "See, that's it!"

"It's windy outside, let's go in!" Zhu Ying seized the opportunity to intervene in the quarrel and successfully mediated it.

After a short break, everyone reviewed the results of their work over the past few days. Fortunately, everyone had done their own job during the days apart, so the progress was not bad. Wan Ning had handled the business outside the palace properly, and now it was proceeding in an orderly manner. Inside the palace, Mu Xiu had already cleaned up the Jade Butterfly Palace and Lanzhi Garden, and registered the items that were counted one by one. Those that could be used were kept, and those that had rotted were all thrown away.

"Princess, you really should go and see. These two palaces have been renovated and are ready for you to move into at any time," Zhu Zi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Yes, it's just like two new palaces. Prince Mu Xiu is really amazing. He helped us clean up the place neatly in no time," Shuiyue echoed, with admiration written all over her face, which made Wan Ning both impressed and sour.

"You are worthy of being Prince Mu Xiu. I will entrust you with more work like this in the future," Wan Ning praised.

"It's the same for you. I heard that you handled things outside the palace very well." Mu Xiu handled it with ease.

"It's just so-so, of course not as good as you."

A group of people supported each other and walked through the long yard towards the house. They kept arguing with each other, and the atmosphere was very friendly. Suddenly, someone noticed it first and shouted, "It's snowing, it's snowing——"

The mood instantly became high, and they all looked up, chattering and talking at once: "Where is the snow, right?"

"Yeah, you saw it wrong, didn't you?"

"Yeah, why didn't I see it?"

Until a snowflake fell from the sky and landed on Wan Ning's face. The cold snowflake turned into a drop of water the moment it touched her skin, and then disappeared. The strange feeling stirred her heart. She blinked her eyes and tried to look up at the sky. Thousands of snowflakes followed closely and fell on the earth.

"Snow, it's really snow! Princess, look, the snowflakes are falling on my sleeves."

"Wow, so beautiful."

A sudden snowfall swept away the gloomy mood of the past few days, as if all the past misfortunes would be covered up and life would usher in a new journey.

Seeing Xiang Wanxuan's sisters so happy, Wan Ning waved her hand and suggested, "The snow is just right today. Why don't we all go to the front hall to eat hot pot, with some red clay stoves, and drink a few glasses of wine, and watch Xiang Wanxuan wrapped in silver and look particularly charming, okay? Prince Mu Xiu, Princess Mengzhu, what do you think?"

The two looked at each other and answered in unison: "I couldn't ask for more!"

The hot pot lasted from lunch to dinner. During the banquet, everyone was toasting, chatting, and most importantly, laughing. After three rounds of drinking, everyone's faces were flushed. Zhu Ying stood up with a glass of wine and said to Wan Ning, "Princess, I toast you a glass. Thank you for letting me stay by your side."

Wan Ning took the wine glass and just raised it to her lips, but was stopped by Zhu Ying again: "Princess, please listen to me. When I first met you, I thought you were the princess of Nanye City and must have a bad temper and be difficult to please. I thought I could just hold on for a few days and then send you away. Later, when I heard that we were also going to come to Nanye Palace together, I secretly cried a few times. Now I think about it, you really don't know what's good for you!"

"Well, I also thought you guys were serious at that time. After this glass of wine, we'll be even." Wan Ning raised her head and drank. Then she turned the glass over with the mouth facing downwards, indicating that she would drink it all in one gulp and forget the past.

Mu Xiu, who was standing by, quietly tugged at her clothes and whispered to her, "If you can't drink well, drink less."

"No, who can't say no?" Wan Ning shook her dizzy head, picked up the wine jug and filled it up again, raised her glass and said, "Friends, we are destined to meet each other. Why don't we take advantage of today's good time and have a frank game? You can say everything you want to say, and no one present can get angry, okay?"

Zhu Zi immediately stood up and said, "I'll go first. Shuiyue, actually the earring you lost was dropped into the pool by me accidentally. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would be angry."

"So it was you!" Shuiyue regretted that she only knew it now, but she immediately fought back: "But the cakes in your room were not taken away by the cat. I ate them because I was hungry."

The two smiled at each other, finished the wine in their glasses together, and all their grudges were wiped out. They will continue to be good sisters from now on.

"Anyone else?" Wan Ning looked around and set her sights on Mu Xiu, and said, "Who else wants to confess? If you miss this opportunity, you'll have no chance to find a shop in this village."

Without waiting for Mu Xiu to stand up, Meng Zhu, who had been watching the joke, stood up hesitantly. She held back her laughter and said, "I lied. Every time the Queen Mother took me to the Buddhist temple, I secretly took a nap."

"Good for you, little Mengzhu," Wan Ning pointed at her, "You are so smart that I made an exception and let you have another sip of wine."

Because Mengzhu was still underage, even though everyone in Tumo was fond of drinking, Mu Xiu still strictly controlled her drinking amount. Taking this opportunity, Mengzhu shyly picked up the wine glass and took a sip obediently. Wantao, who was sitting opposite, was also restricted because of her old injury, but at this time she still turned her face and drank with him.

"Since Princess Mengzhu has said it, does our Prince Mu Xiu have anything to confess?" Wan Ning joked to him.

Mu Xiu was not at all flustered. He leaned close to her ear and said in a low voice, "How about I confess my friend's emotional situation?"

Wan Ning smiled awkwardly, and threatened him in a low voice without moving her mouth: "You dare! Just say one and see?"

Mu Xiu was not panicked at all. He turned his head calmly with a sly smile on his face. "I have a friend." He glanced at the flustered Wan Ning and said, "She thinks she is very smart, but she is actually a fool. She trusted me a lot when we did business together, but I betrayed her trust."

Wan Ning thought he was talking about the friends who started a company together in modern society, so she felt relieved, patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Prince Mu Xiu, don't blame yourself, your business is very successful and your friends will definitely not blame you. But you still have to drink this glass of wine!"

"I drink, I drink. Now, Princess Le Yan, do you have anything to confess?" Mu Xiu turned around and put his hands on the table, staring at her.

"What do I have to confess? I don't have anything!" Seeing everyone's disapproving looks, Wan Ning suddenly had an idea and said, "I do have something. I do have something. What I want to confess is that I love you and I want to be your friends for life! Cheers!"

The snow was getting heavier and heavier with no sign of stopping. The entire Xiangwan Pavilion was completely covered by the heavy snow. Everyone was full and tired, so they simply put the chairs together and sat shoulder to shoulder, leaning against each other, quietly listening to the sound of the falling snowflakes covering everything.