My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

The Chinese New Year and the severe cold are like a pair of lovers who love each other and are always inseparable.

The next day, the snow was even heavier.

It really looks like goose feathers, falling in large flakes.

The temperature dropped again.

Mei Xueer woke up in the morning and found that her feet were still cold.

She missed the furry little bear a little.

It was a gift from her father on her twentieth birthday, and it was half the height of a person.

Before coming into this world, she would hug that little bear to sleep every night.

In the winter, she would dig her feet into the bear's furry armpits.

This made her feel not only warm but also solid.

There was no teddy bear here, so she got used to sleeping with a soft pillow in her arms.

Through the window, she saw a silvery white outside.

Weather like this makes one want to stay in bed, but since the Queen Mother has summoned her, she dare not sleep in.

It was impossible to bring secret guards into the palace, so the carriage stopped at the palace gate.

Mei Xueer asked Wen Bing to wait here and she took Nanxing in.

"The Queen Mother heard that you were going to the palace today, so she got up early and kept thinking about you!" Along the way, Nanny Kuang kept talking about how much the Queen Mother missed her.

"The Queen Mother is kind and loving. It is my blessing to be able to accompany her."

A snowflake fell on Mei Xueer's eyelashes. She reached out her hand and gently brushed it away. The smile on her face gradually faded.

Although the Queen Mother's condition has improved, she is still old and her body functions have deteriorated.

I don’t know how long I can last.

After entering Shoukang Palace, before Mei Xueer could kneel down to pay her respects, the Queen Mother waved at her, "No need to say that, girl, come here quickly and have a chat with me, an old woman."

Mei Xueer didn't act pretentiously. She walked over obediently and sat down next to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother grabbed her hand and said, "Girl, you've suffered so much!"

These words made her eyes turn red.

This old lady really cared for her like a grandmother.

She lowered her head slightly to hide the expression on her face, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern. I am doing well."

"Empress Dowager? Your servant?" Such address made the Empress Dowager feel a little strange, as if the distance between the two of them had suddenly become far.

She was stunned. "I remember that you used to call me the Imperial Grandmother and also called yourself the Grandson's Wife."

It was impossible to keep the Queen Mother a secret about Prince Jing and Mei Xue'er's divorce. What had to be faced had to be faced eventually.

Fortunately, after all, the Queen Mother had experienced many ups and downs, so she was sad for a few days but had to accept it.

It’s just that sometimes my brain doesn’t work very well and I always forget things.

Like this moment.

"Today is the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it is Jing'er's twenty-first birthday..." The Queen Mother's words left Mei Xue'er speechless for a moment.

Is today the Dog King's birthday? It seemed that Wen Yi had said it was the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, but she didn't remember it.

Humph, what does the Dog Prince’s birthday have to do with me?

The Queen Mother also reacted at this time and touched Mei Xueer's head, "Alas, you are confused again... Alas... After all, it is the royal family that has let you down."

I almost cried again.

Mei Xueer raised her eyes and smiled calmly, "Queen Mother, please don't say such things again. No matter what, my filial piety to you is still the same as before. Look, I even brought some medicine for you. But you have to let me feel your pulse first."

The Queen Mother's lips trembled and she slowly stretched out her hand.

Mei Xueer examined her carefully and said, "The Queen Mother's illness has been cured by 60 to 70 percent. She will be fully recovered after a period of rest. Don't worry, this illness needs to be cured slowly. When spring comes and the flowers bloom and the ice and snow melt, you can go to the Imperial Garden with the younger generations to enjoy the flowers."

The Queen Mother forced a smile and said, "I have been saying that your medical skills are not even comparable to those old guys in the Imperial Hospital, but the Emperor still doesn't think so and always says that I think too highly of you."

"Mother, are you saying bad things about me behind my back again?" Cui Qimo suddenly walked in and asked jokingly.

Mei Xueer quickly stood up and saluted.

"Get up!" Cui Qimo sat down and raised his hand to Mei Xueer, "I came here to pay my respects to my mother. I didn't expect that you are here too."

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes at him and said: Didn’t you order someone to summon her into the palace?

Cui Qimo looked back at the Queen Mother and said: Mother, I am your biological son!

"Jing...girl, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. As usual, there will be a palace banquet in the palace tomorrow night. You must come." The empress dowager ignored the emperor and pointed to the chair below, asking Mei Xueer to sit down.

"I..." Mei Xueer was stunned.

She is no longer the Princess of Jing, so with what identity can she attend the palace banquet?

"The Queen Mother asked you to come, so you should come with your father." Cui Qimo said, "Tomorrow night, all the important officials in the court will bring their families to the palace."

Mei Xueer really wanted to say no.

A group of people who don't know each other or are not familiar with each other sit together, telling lies for the sake of appearance, scheming against each other, and worrying about saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing at any time. They are always calculating others or guarding against being calculated by others.

She doesn't like this kind of social activities.

Just like the last chrysanthemum viewing banquet at Prince Yan’s Mansion.

Besides, she didn't want to see that man at the palace banquet.

But since the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had both said so, she didn't dare say "no".

Cui Qimo talked to the Queen Mother for a while, then stood up, "Mother, I have something else to do. So-and-so, you stay here and talk to the Queen Mother for a while."

The “someone” responded with a “yes”, “Your servant also wants to spend more time with the Queen Mother.”

As the emperor walked to the door, Eunuch Li, who had been following him, suddenly came over and asked in a low voice, "Miss Mei, last time, the medicine you gave me..."

Mei Xueer now understood that the emperor came to ask her for medicine.

The emperor must have taken the medicine and felt better, but he was unwilling to condescend to let her treat him, so he let her enter the palace in the name of the empress dowager.

Mei Xueer blinked her eyes and said, "Eunuch Li, this medicine must be prescribed according to the patient's actual condition to achieve the best effect. Otherwise, it would be irresponsible to the patient."

Eunuch Li looked at the emperor's slowly walking back with some embarrassment, then gritted his teeth and chased after him.

Then, Mei Xueer heard a scolding voice coming from outside the door, "I am the emperor, and she is not the imperial physician. How can this be allowed? Besides, I am in good health."

"Your Majesty, you have also seen Miss Mei's medical skills..."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she began to roll her eyes in disgust again.

Mei Xueer shook her head helplessly, smiled at the Queen Mother, turned around and walked over, "Your Majesty, I have a prescription specifically for recuperating the body, and I would like to present it to Your Majesty. But please allow me to take your pulse, so that I can accurately grasp the proportion of each medicine. Only when Your Majesty uses it can you achieve the best recuperation effect."

"Is that so? Since it's for recuperation, then I'll reluctantly give it a try." Cui Qimo came back and sat down again, pouted his lips, and stretched out his wrist seemingly reluctantly.

Emperors are also human beings, and even emperors have a childish side.

Mei Xueer thought about it while taking the emperor's pulse.

The empress dowager chewed the osmanthus cake and looked at the emperor with disdain.

Aunt Kuang stood aside, smiling secretly with her lips pursed.

Mei Xueer wrote a prescription and handed it to Eunuch Li. "Please ask the Imperial Hospital to prescribe the medicine according to this. However, this prescription for recuperation needs to be adjusted at any time according to the emperor's physical condition. Therefore, I have to check the emperor's pulse at least once every three months."

Eunuch Li took the prescription and reminded in a low voice, "Miss Mei, please keep this a secret."

"Don't worry, Eunuch Li. I know the severity of the situation."

Cui Qimo finally left, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but tap Mei Xueer's forehead, "Girl, you are really a smart ghost."

She turned and became worried, "I know about the emperor's illness. Even Judge Zhang can't do anything about it. Are you sure? Otherwise..."

"Don't worry, Queen Mother. I'm sure of it."

"That's good." The Queen Mother took a piece of osmanthus cake and handed it to Mei Xue'er, and asked casually, "By the way, girl, will the osmanthus tree in Prince Jing's mansion really bloom better next year? Can I make more osmanthus cakes next year?"

She also forgot that Mei Xueer had already divorced Prince Jing.

Mei Xueer almost choked to death on the osmanthus cake she had just swallowed. Her face turned pale and she couldn't utter a word.

Last night, she was so busy venting her anger and making the Dog Prince sad that she overlooked the fact that in this era of strict hierarchy, the tree was more noble than her life.

She chopped down the tree. If the Dog Prince accused her of treason or disrespect, the entire Mei family would suffer.

At that time, I had forgotten that the Empress Dowager would use the osmanthus flowers from that tree to make osmanthus cake every year. If she changed the flowers from another tree, the old lady would be able to taste the difference.

That sweet-scented osmanthus tree not only represents the Dog Prince's thoughts about his grandfather, but is also the Queen Mother's only thought about her husband.

Oh, I was impulsive!

Oh, it was too hasty!

Oh, something bad has happened!