“Also, prepare a new set of clothes for him and have him properly wash up before he leaves. Give him the message as well that Xiaoyi-gege said to immediately get the hell back to the barracks.” Du Xiaoli added.

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll leave this to Uncle Fu.” After Du Xiaoli finished instructing them, she glanced back at Ji Liufeng, and then left the Blizzard Pavilion to return to the Prime Minister’s residence

As the days passed by slowly, the weather quickly cooled down. She remembered that someone had once told her that in the north, spring and autumn were brief and would slip by without one knowing if they weren’t paying attention.

In Early September everyone had still been wearing dresses, but by mid to late October padded cotton jackets had started circulating around.

Who knew if it was the cooler weather dampening their enthusiasm, or it was just the recent depressing events that put everyone in poor spirits.

After that day, Du Xiaoli had not seen Ji Liufeng or Han Mingxiang. On the occasions she stopped by the door, Han Mingxiang was always busy in the palace.

Meng Jiangzhuo was similarly busy. The wedding date of the two was closely approaching, catching everyone unaware. Du Xiaoli had originally intended to invite everyone to the village for two days, but seeing how busy everyone was, this couldn’t be fulfilled.

The first snow arrived especially early this year. On the last day of October, the sky filled with falling snowflakes.

Du Xiaoli stood in the courtyard, reaching out to catch the snowflakes. Seeing the snowflakes melt in her hands, her thoughts drifted with them.

She thought of a phrase she had read on the internet in her previous life, and her heart felt somewhat stifled.

——I want to walk with you on a snowy day. But with a fleeting lapse of attention, our heads have turned white.

“Mistress, Imperial Physician Niu sent an invitation over.” With these words, Xia Yuan approached Du Xiaoli from behind.

Du Xiaoli turned around, and Xia Yuan placed the invitation in Du Xiaoli’s hand. Du Xiaoli looked over it, saying: “Eldest Senior Brother invites us over for lunch. You can go make arrangements.”

“Yes.”

Du Xiaoli turned around again, and seeing the snow on the leaves of the bamboo tree, with a flick of her sleeves, the snow fell as a rustling breeze passed through the bamboo forest

When she arrived at the Niu Manor, Du Xiaoli saw another line of people with a man and woman in their thirties, a girl of about eleven or twelve years, and a little doll of four or five years old.

“Eldest Senior Brother.”

“Little Junior Sister, you came.” Seeing Du Xiaoli coming, snowflakes dusting the top of her head, Niu Jing said: “Why did you come over without an umbrella?”

“The snow isn’t that heavy and I came by carriage, so I didn’t bring one.” Du Xiaoli responded.

“Come, let me introduce you. This is Senior Brother Zhou, this is your Sister-in-law Zhou, this is their daughter Cailian, and this is their son Jiandong.” Niu Jing pointed to each of the people inside the parlor. Then, he pointed to Du Xiaoli, saying: “This is Little Junior Sister.”

Zhou Cheng was thirty-five to thirty-six years old with a lean figure and large eyes. In contrast to his leanness, Zhou Cailian had a face rounded with baby fat, and Zhou Jiandong was even more plump and white.

“Xiaoli greets Senior Brother Zhou, Sister-in-law Zhou.” According to the Medicine King’s Valley seniority, Du Xiaoli was the junior sister, so she had to salute them first.

“Little Junior Sister is too courteous.” Zhou Cheng said, smiling for show.

“Little Junior Sister, your Senior Brother Zhou is here to take my place, so they just rushed here today.” Niu Jing told her.

“Then Eldest Senior Brother, are you returning to the Medicine King’s Valley?” Du Xiaoli asked him.

“Yes,” Niu Jing replied. “Originally I wanted to have you go with me, but considering the princess and the others are preparing for the huge wedding, and your close with them, I gave up that idea.”

“Then when is Eldest Senior Brother leaving?”

“There’s still two more days. During these two days I’ll take Senior Brother Zhou to report to the Emperor and bring him to the Imperial Hospital to familiarize him with it, then I’ll go back,” Niu Jing continued, “Senior Brother Zhou, you all will live here from now on and there shouldn’t be any problems on the Emperor’s side.”

“Yes, Eldest Senior Brother,” Zhou Cheng replied respectfully. It seemed Niu Jing still held considerable prestige in the Medicine King’s Valley.

“Eldest Senior Brother, let me know when you’re leaving and I’ll see you off,” Du Xiaoli said.

“Okay. I’ll wait for you to make a big meal for me to enjoy before I leave. Hahaha!” Niu Jing responded with a big smile, “Senior Brother Zhou is still unfamiliar with the capital, so I’ll have to trouble you to take care of a few things later on.”

“I’ll leave these to Little Junior Sister in the future.” Zhou Cheng said, following Niu Jing.

“Senior Brother Zhou is one of us ans we are all Master’s disciples, so naturally I’ll help out,” Du Xiaoli replied.

Sister-in-law Zhou encouraged the children hiding behind her, “Go and greet your Senior Uncle.”

“Greetings, Senior Uncle.”

“Greetings, Senior Uncle.”

Zhou Cailian was a little older and less timid. Zhou Jiandong, being younger, softly murmured a greeting before burrowing back into the safety of his mother’s embrace.

Du Xiaoli saw that they seemed to be wearing clothes on the thinner side, and thought that perhaps they hadn’t expected the north to be so cold when setting out for the Medicine King’s Valley, and hadn’t brought enough thick clothing.

“Eldest Senior Brother. I see that Sister-in-law Zhou and their clothes are rather thin. Why don’t we go to the clothing store and buy some garments, then we can directly go to the Blizzard Pavilion for lunch.”

“That works too. The temperature is much lower today, it’s inevitable that it’s difficult to acclimatize to this weather.” Niu Jing agreed.

The most important part was that they could go to the Blizzard Pavilion to eat again!

Boarding the two carriages, they went directly to the clothing store neigboring the Blizzard Pavilion. It was one of the top clothing stores in the capital, and the season was also changing, so it was very crowded.

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