Winter is coming, the cold wind is howling, and the chill is biting.

It rained last night, and the water marks on the bluestone slab were not completely dry, but Zhao Wanning knelt in the cold wind, and he didn't even have a cloak to resist the wind.

Her face was pale from the cold, and her knees were even more painful, but she still held her head high and her eyes were stubborn.

As soon as Zhao Chenan entered Qingkuang Courtyard, he saw Zhao Wanning kneeling in the courtyard. She covered her face with a silk handkerchief, secretly rejoicing, but pretended to be very surprised: "Sister Wanning, what's wrong with you?" How do you kneel on this bluestone slab? It's cold, get up! ”

Before Zhao Wanning could open her mouth to refuse, an angry shout came from the room: "Let her kneel!" ”

"Auntie!" Zhao Chen'an picked up the peacock pattern brocade pleated skirt and stepped on the stone steps, the lotus step moved lightly, and the maid waiting on the side of the door raised her hand to open the embroidered warm curtain.

Only the kneeling Zhao Wanning was left in the courtyard.

In the house, the eldest princess of Qingyang leaned on the couch with her eyes slightly closed, and Mama Xu stood beside her to massage her.

"Auntie, Chen'an has come to greet you." Zhao Chen'an saluted and took Mama Xu's position, her strength was moderate, heavier than Mama Xu's, just enough to press the soreness of the eldest princess's shoulders.

"It's still comfortable for Ann to press." The eldest princess sighed.

"No, with such a caring niece, the eldest princess is blessed." Mama Xu smiled and quipped: "The poor old man has served you for most of his life, and it is still better for Miss An to win your heart." ”

Zhao Chenan was flattered: "Mama Xu, don't say that, I still learned the massage techniques from you, but I am not familiar with it yet, and I can't master the strength well, and I hope my aunt will not dislike it." ”

The eldest princess raised her hand and patted the back of Zhao Chen'an's hand: "This strength is very good." ”

Zhao Chen smiled: "Auntie, you just like it." ”

When the maid set up breakfast, the eldest princess pulled Zhao Chen'an to sit down: "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?" Just came to accompany me. This morning, the chef made Luochuan-style steamed buns, and you can taste them if they are authentic. ”

Zhao Chenan responded obediently. She hesitated for a while and said, "Auntie, Sister Wanning, she didn't mean to ......."

"You don't intercede for her." The eldest princess put down the white jade chopsticks: "She pushed you into the water yesterday, and today she is just punished for kneeling, so she will be regarded as giving you anger." ”

"Chen'an didn't really fall into the water, you just let your sister go for Chen'an's sake, otherwise people will think that Chen'an is playing right and wrong and destroying the mother-daughter relationship between you and Sister Wanning."

"You are a good boy," the eldest princess paused: "Wanning, this child has been pampered since she was a child, relying on her status as the county lord to do whatever she wants, arrogant and domineering, I really don't know who such a perverse temperament will follow!" In the past, I didn't punish her, thinking that she was still young, but now that she is married to a wife, she has not restrained her temperament, if it spreads out that my Qingyang Princess Mansion can't even teach the county lord well, what face do I have to meet people! ”

Zhao Chen'an nodded obediently, she pressed the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled without a trace.

Zhao Wanning knelt for an hour.

The maid Silver Candle helped her back to the Invitation Moon Courtyard, her leg hurt very much, she hurt her knee, and she walked with a limp, completely ignoring the dignity that a noble lady of the clan should have.

The Invitation Moon Courtyard is in the southernmost part of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, close to the front yard, which is convenient for the county horses to enter and exit. On the way back, the little maids who passed by were all discussing Zhao Anning in a whisper.

She is the county lord of Qinghe in this dynasty, a thousand households in the city, her mother is the eldest princess of Qingyang, the sister of the current saint's mother, and her father inherited the Zhenbei Hou who made great achievements in the war.

Others only know that she is the proud daughter of the sky, and she enjoys the wealth and glory of this world alone. But she didn't know that the eldest princess held a grudge against the Marquis of Zhenbei who was reconciled with her for the sake of Chengjue, and by the way, even she didn't like her, but instead regarded Zhao Chen'an, a distant cousin who came to the eldest princess's mansion, as her own; After the Marquis of Zhenbei and the eldest princess reconciled, before Zhao Wanning could reach the end of his life, he made a marriage contract with Qi Wei, the youngest promising young general in the clan, and Zhao Wanning was just a pawn of the Zhenbei Hou clan to show loyalty to the royal family; And the general Qi Xiao, who made a marriage contract, after returning from Luochuan's victory, desperately wanted to break the marriage contract with her and live with Zhao Chen'an.

"To say that our county lord is also unlucky, he is obviously the county lord of Qinghe in our Great Zhou, and he is not as good as a clan girl who has no parents and no title."

"Yes, yes, I think the eldest princess is not as good as the county lord as much as Miss Cousin, and I don't know who is the biological daughter."

"If I were the county lord, I wouldn't be able to stand it."

"So it's understandable that the county lord wants to push Miss Cousin into the water and drown, right?"

Silver Candle really couldn't listen to it, and shouted angrily: "Talking about the master in vain, you should be punished!" ”

The maids who were sweeping the courtyard immediately knelt down and said in unison: "The slave and maid should die, the slave and maid should die, please forgive the county lord." ”

"It's all gone." Zhao Wanning spoke lazily, after all, what they said was right, she was born unlucky, and she couldn't even grasp the things in her hands.

Silver Candle wanted to say something more, Zhao Wanning patted the back of her hand: "I'm a little tired, help me go back quickly." ”

The county horse has already gone to court, and the Yueyuan courtyard is quiet, and only a few rough maids are left to sweep in the outer courtyard.

The painting screen greeted her with a vermilion feather cotton cloak, and she quickly tied Zhao Wanning with her hands and feet, and the red lining made Zhao Wanning's cheeks even paler.

Huaping said distressedly: "County Lord, I have already boiled ginger soup, you can drink some first." Breakfast is always hot on the stove, and you can warm up after drinking ginger soup. ”

Zhao Wanning showed the first smile of the day: "Okay, I'm a little cold now, you go and get me some Huadiao wine." ”

"I've got some for you."

The painting screen helped Zhao Wanning to sit down in front of the window, and there were a few kinds of food on the small table, golden pumpkin millet porridge, round wine-stuffed balls, glutinous rice cakes made into the shape of petals, a steaming small steamed bun, and two dishes of side dishes, as well as a warm Huadiao wine.

"This is what Junma specially ordered the small kitchen to make yesterday, saying that you used a few more chopsticks the day before yesterday, you can try it."

Zhao Wanning drank the ginger soup, and her stomach was ironing. She doesn't like to eat steamed buns, but she used two more bites that day because Pei Yue sandwiched it for her, but she didn't expect it to be written down by Pei Yue. At this time, I tasted it again, but I also thought it tasted good.

Silver Candle quickly called in a female doctor.

The painting screen carefully took off Zhao Wanning's shoes and socks, and waited on the side for instructions.

Zhao Wanning's knees were worn red, and the skin was worn out in some places, and the red blood was particularly dazzling on the porcelain-white skin.

The female doctor took Zhao Wanning's pulse after treating the wound neatly, and then took a pen and paper to write the prescription: "County Lord, the wound on your leg is not a big problem, the minister comes to change the medicine for you every day, but the weather is cold and freezing, and the cold air enters the body and is easy to cause high fever. ”

When the painting screen sent the female doctor out, she stuffed a bag of silver nudes, and when she returned, the silver candle was waiting for the county lord to curl her hair.

Qing Kuangyuan was in a hurry in the morning, Zhao Wanning was called away before he had time to wash and make up, he didn't bring a cloak to protect against the cold, and even his hair was a silver candle and he simply tied up with a hairband on the road.

Xu was tired from getting up early again, Zhao Wanning was really hungry, she sandwiched another steamed bun, the bun was thin and filling, and she was very satisfied.

"County Lord, you should use less, and it will be time for lunch in half an hour." Picture screen said.

Zhao Wanning hesitated for a moment and put down the jade chopstick.

The silver candle curled up Zhao Wanning's hair, but found that there was a small red mark on the back of Zhao Wanning's neck, and she was surprised: "Oh, the county lord, you have been bitten by mosquitoes here, and they are all red." ”

Zhao Wanning's face was embarrassed, her ears quickly turned red, and she used her fingers to block the red at a loss, and the bright color of her fingertips made her skin better than snow.