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

Mei Qianyue brought Ling'er and waited at the palace gate for a long time. The cold wind blew on her face, causing pain.

She tightened her scarf and looked inside anxiously.

"Ling'er, you must remember what I told you. You must not let Madam know about this. I'm afraid she can't bear it."

"I've made a note of it. Don't worry, Miss. She will be fine." Ling'er felt sorry for her young lady. "Miss, it's too cold. Can you go wait in the car? I'll wait for the master here."

Mei Qianyue shook her head stubbornly.

Ling Er had no choice but to take a hot hand warmer from the carriage and said, "Then, please change one. I have prepared a lot of them, all warmed up in the quilt."

Mei Qianyue nodded and took it.

With a "pop" sound, the hand warmer fell to the ground.

Mei Qianyue's eyes were fixed on the figure that appeared in her dreams every day, walking towards her from afar.

Cui Hongxiao and Prime Minister Mei were talking as they walked towards the palace gate.

Just now in the court, Cui Qimo suddenly issued an edict that King Xiao had made outstanding contributions in suppressing the rebellion in Yuezhou, and he was promoted to prince.

This is the only prince among Cui Qimo's six sons except the crown prince who was awarded the title of prince.

At this time, Prime Minister Mei was congratulating Prince Xiao.

Cui Hongxiao also saw Mei Qianyue, and his eyes suddenly lit up, just like a match that was suddenly struck and flames rose.

However, the flame soon went out.

He tried his best to suppress the throbbing in his heart, not daring to look at Mei Qianyue, and just nodded slightly at her.

Polite but unfamiliar.

In fact, his heart has never been calm since he saw Mei Qianyue in the palace yesterday.

He never expected to meet her unexpectedly like this.

He never expected that the woman he had been thinking about was the third daughter of the Prime Minister.

He could see that she didn't hate him, and was even happy to see him.

Yesterday, after coming out of Shoukang Palace, he wanted to fly to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately.

He wanted to tell her, "From the first time I saw you, I loved you!"

But his mind told him that he couldn't do this and ruin her lifelong happiness. He couldn't be so selfish.

When they met again at this moment, he was instinctively happy, but he also warned himself again: If you love her, stay away from her.

He clearly saw that Mei Qianyue's eyes changed from excitement and joy to disappointment and sadness in an instant.

He felt a pain in his heart and pretended to say goodbye to Prime Minister Mei calmly, then left without hesitation.

Mei Qianyue stared blankly at the receding figure of the carriage from Prince Xiao's mansion, tears welling up in her eyes.

Prime Minister Mei seemed to understand something. He remembered what the emperor said to him in a veiled way after the court session. "Yesterday, Mei Qianyue came to the palace to pay her respects to the empress dowager. The empress dowager told me that she likes this girl very much, and asked her to come to the palace more often to accompany the empress dowager when she is free."

At that time, he did not understand what the emperor meant by this, but as a subject, he did not dare to ask.

But now, he understood a little.

However, Cui Hongxiao did not seem to have such thoughts. But his daughter was already trapped.

He sighed and asked, "Why are you here?"

Mei Qianyue then came to her senses and quickly told her that Mei Xueer and Nanxing were missing.

Prime Minister Mei, who was always calm, was horrified. "Go back home first. Remember, don't let your mother know. I'm afraid she can't bear it."

"My daughter understands."

Prime Minister Mei turned around in a hurry and was about to enter the palace again.

"Father!" Mei Qianyue called him.

Prime Minister Mei turned around and saw that she seemed to be hesitant to speak, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Mei Qianyue took a deep breath, as if she had mustered up great courage, "My eldest sister told me in the palace the day before yesterday that she would send me medicine this morning. But when Ling'er and I talked about this after returning home, my second sister heard it. Moreover, she had secretly met the prince on Xiangxi Lake before."

Prime Minister Mei looked at her inquiringly, his eyes dark and unclear, "Zhihua is your sister from the same mother!"

Mei Qianyue said quickly, "Father, although I didn't grow up in your house, you have asked a very good nanny to teach me. I have known the principles of life since I was young. I can't bear to see anything happen to my elder sister, so I just tell you the truth. If I lose something because of this... I have no regrets."

Prime Minister Mei nodded and said, "It's cold, you should go back soon. You don't have to worry about this matter. Don't worry, your elder sister will be fine."

On the way back to the prime minister's residence, Mei Qianyue sat in the carriage and sighed as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders.

There is only so much I can do.

"Don't worry, Miss. Miss will be fine." Ling'er comforted.

"I naturally believe in my father." Mei Qianyue sighed, "It's just..."

"I know that Miss feels sorry for Aunt and Second Miss. But Miss, think about how they have treated you over the past decade." Ling'er had a look of resentment on her face.

She had served Mei Qianyue at the manor for nearly ten years. She knew better than anyone how Mei Qianyue had been through and how much injustice she had suffered over the years.

But she soon realized that it was inappropriate, "I know my fault, I shouldn't have said bad things about Aunt Li behind her back."

"It's okay." Mei Qianyue's eyes turned red. "Ling'er, to be honest, I used to be jealous of my elder sister. It would be great if I had a mother as good as Madam, but my elder sister didn't cherish her. Now it's better. My elder sister has changed. But now..."

She paused and continued, "However, don't say those words you just said again in the future, and don't mention them in front of other people, understand?"

"The servant understands."

The snow has not fallen yet, but the wind has started to blow, making the snow on the trees fall down.

In the capital, the most prosperous street is Xuanyuan Avenue.

On Xuanyuan Street, there is a Dingxing Tea House which is famous throughout the capital.

It is said that every type of tea here is a limited edition and the best of the best.

Anyone who has tasted it will find tea from other shops tasteless.

Even the Imperial Household Department was eager to include it in the list of royal suppliers.

But Dingxing Tea House was not willing to do business with the palace.

There are two reasons why they are unwilling to do business with the palace.

Firstly, since it is the best of the best, the quantity is naturally small, and they are afraid that the supply will not be enough and will anger the masters of the palace.

The second reason is more straightforward: dealing with the palace can easily lead to trouble.

In short, I don't want to risk my life for a little money.

Therefore, the palace masters had to send people out of the palace to buy tea quietly. But the price of the tea from Dingxing Tea House was the same as its quality. It was the best of the best, and ordinary concubines could not afford it at all.

Simply put, Dingxing tea is a luxury among teas.

Cui Hongjing loves drinking tea and often visits here. This is no secret in the capital.

At this moment, he was sitting in the back hall of this luxury store.

He picked up the teacup, sniffed it, frowned, put the teacup heavily on the table, and looked at the green-clothed man kneeling on the ground, "Tell me, what's going on?"