The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Jingxue and Lixia went to Li's Fruit and Vegetable Store again, where Manager Wang briefed Jingxue on the store's recent situation.

Nowadays, the goods in the store all come from Zhuangzi and Wangfu, so there is basically no need to purchase new goods. Although it is very busy, it is all profitable.

Jingxue was quite satisfied. She told Manager Wang that all the silver in the shop could be exchanged for silver notes.

She no longer needs as much cash as before, and besides, cash takes up too much space; the cash from those scoundrels' houses is almost overflowing her storage space.

On the way back to the Prince's Mansion, Jingxue said to Lixia, "I'm thinking of closing the cloth shop after the New Year."

"Miss, you..." Li Xia wanted to ask why, but then remembered that Jing Xue had said they were not allowed to ask questions, so she stopped herself in time.

“Next spring, Prince Qin and I will establish a girls’ academy at Baichuan Academy, and I want to transfer Peng Qingqing there to manage it.” Jingxue noticed Lixia’s question.

Li Xia already knew about the incident where Peng Qingqing's ex-husband caused trouble some time ago.

“That’s good too. Children need to go to school eventually, so she can take care of the child while working,” Li Xia said.

“Not only her children, but also Runyue and Yingying can go to school. I want to open a clinic in the current cloth shop. There are too many cloth shops in the capital. We just buy and sell.”

"But, Miss, we also have the dolls!" Li Xia felt a little regretful.

“If we have the energy in the future, and if there’s still a market for dolls, we can open a shop that specializes in selling dolls,” Jingxue said, looking at Lixia’s reluctant expression.

"Oh! That's fine too."

Upon arriving at the manor, Lixia suggested that Jingxue take a nap, but Jingxue shook her head, saying, "Let's pack everything we need to take to the palace tomorrow! See if we're missing anything, and also think about what else we want to bring for our parents. The manor has everything we need."

"Ok!"

Li Xia suddenly remembered something and said, "My parents are worried about the leap month. I'll have the leap month take a picture and send it to my parents after the two girls wake up."

"Oh, then you should all take a few more pictures to take with you, Xiaoman too."

"Miss, I think it's going to snow outside," Xiaoman said.

Jingxue also felt, "If only it snowed, if there were more snow in winter, next year wouldn't be so dry."

When it was time to pick up An'an and Jingze, it really started snowing outside. Snowflakes were falling heavily, and the snowfall was quite substantial. In no time, the ground was covered with a layer of snow, and it felt like the whole world had turned white.

The weather wasn't cold, and the children from the academy were very excited when they came out, their footsteps crunching in the snow. The staff at the gate kept reminding them not to play around, to avoid slipping, and to go home as soon as possible.

An'an, holding Jingze's hand, and the two little ones said goodbye to Zhang Daming and hurried toward the carriage.

Jingxue didn't get out of the car, but she had already lifted the curtain to look out. Ying Jiu and two other shadow guards were following them not far away.

"Elder sister, tomorrow will be your eighteenth birthday, right?" Jingze asked Jingxue as soon as he got into the car.

Jingxue brushed the snowflakes off them. "Yes! Tomorrow we can go to the palace to see our father and mother."

"Great!" Jingze said excitedly as he put down his book box.

An'an said, "Sister, the senior said that the academy will be letting us off early for the holidays. They've already assigned us homework. For students who live far away, the academy will send a car to take them home, since the roads are difficult to travel on now that it's snowing."

Jingxue nodded and said, "Yes! My sister knows about this too. We may have to go to the palace for a while."

"Sister, if you don't mention the palace..."

Jingxue made a "shh" gesture to An'an, "An'an, I said something a little reckless yesterday, so please don't say things like that, especially once you're in the palace, you have to be careful with your words and actions, okay?"

An'an nodded obediently, "I remember, sister, and I will remind my younger brother, sister, and Sister Leap Moon too."

Jingxue knew that An'an was very sensible, and she felt sorry for the child. She wondered how his family must miss them. She would try to find his family if she had the chance.

The snow continued until midnight before stopping, and Jingxue was woken up in the morning by the sound of servants sweeping snow.

The steward came to inform us that all the snow should be transported to the lake in the middle of the palace.

Ye Muchen did not come to Jingning Garden last night. He returned too late because he went to pick up the Duke of Huguo, who was returning to the capital to retire.

The old Duke had been stationed on the border of Dongyu Kingdom for many years. This time, he brought his wife and two grandchildren back, ostensibly to report on his duties, but in reality, he had come back to retire.

The Emperor had already sent someone to replace him two months ago, but the Eastern border is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the old Duke and his wife are too old to travel very fast.

Sure enough, when they reached the Thirty Mile Post Station, the old Duchess caught a cold. The accompanying physician treated her for several days, but she did not get better. In the end, they had no choice but to send someone back to the capital to fetch a doctor.

Upon receiving the news, the Emperor immediately sent Ye Muchen with the imperial physicians to fetch him after court. The physicians used ginseng slices and acupuncture to finally bring down the fever, and then they set off to return to the capital.

Then it started snowing halfway through the journey, and by the time we got back to the capital, it was already midnight.

After having breakfast, Jingxue and the others set off through the back gate to enter the palace. This time, not only Ying Jiu and Ying Shiwu, but also the other two shadow guards who were protecting An'an and Jingze came along.

In fact, Jingxue had taught Jingze a lot of life-saving skills these days, but he was only five years old and learned a little slowly, so the shadow guards took him along as much as they could.

Today, the Prince's carriage was used again, so the two shadow guards didn't feel cramped when they sat in the carriage. Shadow Nine and Shadow Fifteen sat on the outside of the carriage, one on each side.

Coincidentally, when they finished their inspection at the palace gate, they still encountered the ministers leaving court. Jingxue didn't see Ye Muchen, but she did see those old villains, Prime Minister Zou, and Li Wenqing, among others.

Hu Yucheng was in a better position, since he suffered no losses. But Wang Hansheng and Li Wenqing looked at Jingxue with eyes that seemed to want to tear her to pieces.

Jingxue looked at them defiantly. This time, she didn't back down, but instead pulled Jingze along and walked towards them.

Although it's a bit cold now, she took off her fox fur hat and mask in the car earlier, so who wouldn't recognize her as Princess Consort of War?

The ministers bowed and greeted the Princess Consort!

Jingxue looked at the old men who were bowing to her with their hands clasped in greeting, and smiled, "Gentlemen, no need for formalities! This princess is going to visit my father and mother."

The crowd said, "Thank you, Your Highness, please!" and then made way for them.

Prime Minister Zou and the others could feel Jingxue's cold gaze.

At this moment, Prince Rui, Ye Musi, also came over, "Third Sister-in-law!"

"Prince Rui has left court!" Jingxue nodded slightly.

Li Xia and Jing Ze, who were standing to the side, greeted Ye Musi.

"Hmm! Third Brother, you must have come back very late last night?" Ye Musi asked.

"I went to bed early last night, so I don't know when he got back," Jingxue said truthfully.

“Third Brother went to the post station thirty miles away yesterday to pick up the Duke of Huguo’s family. He was caught in the snow on his way back, so he won’t be back until midnight.” Ye Musi didn’t want to delay them any longer, so she said, “Third Sister-in-law, it’s cold, you should go inside!”

"Okay! See you later!" Jingxue smiled and nodded.

"Third sister-in-law, take care!" Ye Musi cupped his hands in greeting.