Marrying Gold and Jade

When he reached out and touched it again, he found her forehead was incredibly hot.

I'm sick again.

Knowing that Xu Jinxuan had returned, Lin Yu couldn't muster the energy to go see him.

During the one-month journey north from Songjiang, she first caught a cold on the boat, then got severely frozen when she arrived at the palace, and then lay there in a state of weakness.

It takes six or seven days to recover from an illness. Lin Yu didn’t know what would happen next. He just thought that if he kept being sick, life would be long and bitter.

Xu Jinxuan called her a few times and saw that she sometimes opened her eyes but did not respond. He immediately guessed that the continuous illness had worn down her will.

He knew very well how difficult it was for a person who was tortured by illness all year round.

Gathering her hair neatly behind her back, the man whispered, "The day after tomorrow will be my coming-of-age ceremony."

The ceremony of coming of age.

Lin Yu thought, that was a really important day.

But she was too weak to close her eyes and just lay on her side.

"I want to go home."

She could still hold on when things were going well, and could barely cope on the boat, but she really didn't like the palace.

The imperial city was so big. It took her half an hour to walk from Chonghua Palace to Kunning Palace. She didn't dare to complain even though her waist and legs ached from standing.

When she missed home, she would ride in a sedan chair around the house and no one would say anything bad about her.

Xu Jinxuan did not respond.

He tucked in the quilt for her, and after going out, he called two maids around Lin Yu and Tan Fang, the head maid of Chonghua Palace, to question them.

"It's the Queen who is deliberately making things difficult for us!" Qing Dai couldn't help but start complaining as soon as she was asked, "She deliberately left the girl outside the palace, and the steward beside him was bossy when he came to deliver messages. If you don't know, you would think he is our master!"

Zhu Lian said worriedly, "The young lady has been sick one after another, and her temper is about to be gone. The Queen will send a head nanny tomorrow, and I'm afraid she won't be easy to deal with."

After listening to this, Xu Jinxuan did not respond, but just turned his gaze to Tanfang who was standing beside him.

Compared to the three people here who were devoted to Lin Yu, she was not close to them, so she kept a slight distance from them.

Seeing Xu Jinxuan looking at him, he immediately knelt down and bowed to him.

"The person who was by my mother's side before was not you."

The palace maids of Chonghua Palace had long been sent to the same fate as Concubine Ling. Tanfang was only in her early twenties and was temporarily transferred from the Shangyi Bureau to be in charge of Chonghua Palace.

She naturally knew that her master would not believe her easily, so she just said: "Since I have arrived at Chonghua Palace, I am a member of Chonghua Palace. As for the people below, they still need to be adjusted slowly."

Zhu Lian listened to these words quietly, and felt that this person was really thoughtful. He not only showed his loyalty, but also showed that there were other people's spies in the palace. The person who cultivated this person must have taken great pains.

Seeing Xu Jinxuan's expression was unclear, Qingdai, who had also dealt with Tanfang today, immediately said, "Your Highness, Sister Tanfang is a good person. She helped you many times today."

Speaking rashly is a taboo. Tanfang was not only unhappy, but also worried about this naive girl.

Then he thought again, the Fifth Prince's attitude towards this "dowry maid" was enough to prove how much he valued Lin Yu.

As expected, Xu Jinxuan did not care about Qingdai's rashness and only said: "She is a good person, your daughter is lying in the West Palace."

"The slave is useless!"

Fortunately, after this sentence, Xu Jinxuan did not pursue the matter any further.

The main hall had been decorated long ago, but he only went in to take a bath without asking anyone to serve him. He changed into his pajamas and went into the west hall.

Qingdai extinguished the candles in the hall, closed the door, and then faced Tanfang who was outside and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Alas, the Fifth Prince is like this." She wanted to get close to him, so she lowered her voice and said, "He cares about the young lady, but he never takes her reputation seriously."

"But if you say he doesn't care, then he doesn't mind how the girl behaves or talks back at him..."

Qingdai muttered to herself for a while, and suddenly said, "Really, my girl is a good person!"

Tanfang pursed her lips and smiled, "I know."

"Miss Lin is beautiful, and many times she can't help herself."

"Yes!" The two had just walked a few feet away from the West Hall when Qingdai looked back guiltily and quickly lowered her voice, "Yes, my girl didn't want to come, but she couldn't stand the Fifth Prince's tricks."

After saying that, he realized that Xu Jinxuan was the master of Chonghua Palace now, and he had just blatantly spoken ill of his master, and this was Tan Fang, not Zhu Lian.

Qingdai covered her mouth to no avail.

Tan Fang smiled again: "It's okay, I didn't hear anything just now."

On the first night Lin Yu arrived in Kyoto, snow fell in the imperial city.

Snow is very rare in the south. The vermilion palaces covered with white snow somewhat diminished their majesty and solemnity, and became more benevolent and friendly.

Qing Dai hurriedly ran inside: "Girl, it's snowing outside, and the snow is flying in the sky like goose feathers!"

At that time, Lin Yu was leaning against the head of the bed drinking medicine. Although the snow was fresh, it was cold to think about it.

"Look, girl!" Qingdai opened the window carefully again, and snowflakes instantly floated into the window frame. "When you're ready, how about we go out and build a snowman?"

Young people are always playful. When Lin Yu thought about this, he wondered why he looked so old even though he was sick.

He added: "I'm afraid that by the time I recover, the snow will have melted away."

As soon as he finished speaking, he covered his lips and started coughing, as if he was attacked by the cold air that came in.

Qingdai quickly closed the window and walked back to the bed to comfort her: "No, I heard there is a lot of snow in the north. When you get better, the snow will come again."

It was no wonder that Lin Yu was in low spirits. The Queen was going to send a maid over in the afternoon, and she really didn't want to get out of bed at the moment, let alone follow the rules of standing after getting out of bed.

But judging from the situation yesterday, the Queen must not be someone who is easy to deal with. The more difficult it is for me, the more difficult it will be for her.

Xu Jinxuan returned to Chonghua Palace for lunch. When Lin Yu mentioned this matter, he said, "Do whatever you want. If you don't want to get up, no one can force you."

He said that he would go to pay his respects to the Queen in the afternoon, but before leaving he "decorated" the side hall again.

Lin Yu went back to the couch and saw that Xiao Lan, whom he had not seen for many days, appeared in the quilt.

Its body was swollen from soaking in water, and its eyes were lazily open, barely blinking at her.

"Snakes hibernate and shed their skins in the winter. Tianshuiqing is different from other snakes and has been in a state of disarray lately." He explained why Xiaolan had been missing recently.

"But it's enough to scare people."

A giant blue python is enough to scare people to death.

Thinking that it could protect him, Lin Yu felt an unprecedented love for Xiao Lan. He couldn't let go of it as he stroked its slightly loose skin which was about to shed.

Then he asked, "Can I scare people however I want?"

She remembered that when Lin Ji was at home, she was bitten by Xiao Lan twice, but her life was never in danger.

Xu Jinxuan heard the hidden meaning and sneered, "It's up to you."

Lin Yu touched Xiao Lan's head again, and thinking about the cold wind yesterday, he was really fed up.

As soon as Xu Jinxuan stepped out of the door, a maid led two palace maids to arrive.

One of the young palace maids even held a ruler in her hand.