Chapter 21: The Snowman of Forty-Four

  Yin Zhen and Yin Qi initially didn't do much, just watching their four younger brothers causing trouble. Originally, the tenth brother was very honest in building a snowman, but someone always made mischief, such as the little fourteenth, who slapped a snowball onto Yin Tong's face. "Little Fourteenth!" A furious voice rose up, and Yin Tong didn't care about the snowman anymore, directly picking up snow to throw at Yin Ting's body. Yin Ting hastily dodged, but the snowball accidentally hit the deputy official, and Yin Qi looked at the snowball on his cloak with a helpless expression.

  "Brother, sorry." Yin Tong rubbed his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. But before he could even close his mouth, a snowball flew in and landed inside. "Ptooey!" Yin Tong quickly spat out the snow, but it had already slid down into his stomach, giving him an instant brain freeze. "You're dead, Old Fourteen!" Yin Tong's voice was so loud that it startled the accumulated snow on the trees, which then poured down on him again. The people around couldn't hold back their laughter anymore and fell over each other in hysterics.

  Daiyu couldn't stop laughing, it had been a long time since she laughed like this. This Yunzhu was really a funny guy, thinking back to the last time they met, she was also amused by him. But he was also quite pitiful, being bullied by his own brother and ending up in this state, heaven was also bullying him. "Xiyue sister, ask the kitchen to prepare some ginger soup."

  "Princess, don't worry, it's already prepared. Shall we send a bowl to the tenth brother first?" Liu Xiyue glanced at Yin Tong, who looked a bit disheveled, with a smile on her lips, and her obedient appearance was noticed by someone, which also triggered a chase.

  "Bring everything out, don't let them catch a chill and get stomach problems." Lin Ruhai also walked over at this time, these princes were almost going to turn the Lin estate upside down.

  "Hmph! You just know how to make fun of me." Yongzheng's face puffed up with anger, but his hands didn't idle, several snowballs flew in different directions, and Yongqi, Yongxiang, and Yongsong were all hit.

  "Old Ten!" Xiang shouted, a huge snowball hurtling towards Old Ten, but the mantis catching the cicada was waiting in ambush. Behind Xiang's back, without him noticing, Xiang Fan had slapped a snowball onto his head.

  "Hey, be careful, Thirteen Brother." Yun Ting had a somewhat playful and smiling expression, but Yun Xiang always felt that he smiled strangely, giving people a sense of revenge. Had he offended him?

  "Alright, Fourteenth Brother, stop being so reckless, this is the Lin Manor." Yongzheng's face was cold as he walked forward to help Yongxiang brush off the snow on his hat, and also took the opportunity to scold Yongfen. Originally excited, Yongfen's face immediately fell again, humph! It's like this again, and all of this was seen by Yonggui and Daiyu.

  Yinxiang was about to go forward and comfort Yinbi, but was preempted by Daiyu. Daiyu didn't know what she was thinking either, maybe she felt that this little fourteen had gone to extremes, or maybe she pitied him, anyway she just didn't want to let Yinbi be pulled away by Yinxiang. "Fourteenth Brother!" Daiyu called out to Yinbi, Yinbi turned his head to look at Daiyu, with jealousy in his eyes.

  "Anything wrong?" Yunping said irritably.

  "Of course, something's happened. Just look at how fierce your temper is, the snow around you has all melted." Daiyu said with a playful smile as she walked over. "Thanks to everyone for their help, but I still feel like we won't be able to build a snowman today. Let's hurry up and drink some ginger soup to dispel the cold air. If you get sick, it'll be my fault." Daiyu smiled slightly and handed a handkerchief to Yongzheng, letting him wipe off the snow on his body.

  Yinxiang took it with a hint of hesitation under the jealous gaze of the crowd, Daiyu turned around and entered the house first, retrieving the smile from her face. Rather than letting Yinxiang tame you, why not let you be used by me, future General Wang. Yinxiang's eyes were complex as he stared at Daiyu's back, his hand clenched into a fist, secretly exerting force. Yinxin pulled him with some concern, and Yinxin came to himself, entering the house together.

  Xi Yue sent up the ginger soup, Lin Fang came in and added fire to the stove, and Yi Zan and others who had taken off their outer coats slowly recovered.

  Daiyu was a bit tired and decided to leave first. Daiyu stood up, gestured to the crowd, turned around and was about to walk away.

  "Princess..." Yun Ting called out, but didn't continue speaking.

  Daiyu didn't turn back and went straight to her own room. "Miss, why did you give the handkerchief to Fourteenth Brother? You like... no, you care about him?" Xueyan leaned in close and asked softly.

  "Daiyu's face turned cold, 'Snowgoose, you're being too nosy, go take a look at Zijuan.' Snowgoose realized her mistake and left. Zijuan had fallen ill for some reason and was bedridden for a long time, no matter what they did she just wouldn't get better, so they ended up isolating her. But this was just for show to outsiders, in reality only Lin Fang knew the truth."

  "The princess's actions may arouse suspicion." Liu Xiyue said with some concern, "If the Fourteenth Prince..."

  "Xishi sister, he's actually quite displeased with me. It wouldn't be bad to slightly improve our relationship." Daiyu interrupted Xishi's words, does Xiao Shi like herself? This is an impossible thing. On this point, Daiyu saw it clearly and accurately, but what she didn't expect was that Yongzheng's future empress would also be her acquaintance.

  "Be careful, Princess." Xi Yue sighed.

  Daiyu looked at Xi Yue, although she was not bad, unfortunately, she didn't know martial arts. Chun Xian and Xia He naturally had no problem, but they would tell Ama everything they did, which was also a trouble. Would heaven provide another clever and beautiful collaborator for herself?

  "Sister Xiangyue, it's a pity, there isn't even one snowman." Daiyu looked around at the empty courtyard not far away, "Why don't we go out and build one?"

  "Princess, Master will get angry." Last time Daiyu played in the snow, she was also scolded by Lin Ruhai. Who knew that such a steady princess had another side? In fact, Daiyu was also somewhat innocent. After trying the medicine last time, she needed an icy environment, so she stayed in the snowy ground for a while longer. Of course, this kind of thing couldn't be told to Lin Ruhai.

  "Never mind." Daiyu shook her head and went off to read and practice her skills.

  On the second day, Daiyu woke up from her sleep and felt that something had happened. "The princess is awake," said Liu Xiumei as she pushed open the door and entered the room to attend to Daiyu's toilette, a sly smile spreading across her face.

  "What's going on?" Daiyu furrowed her brow, why did she feel like laughing so nervously?

  "Let Miss go and see for herself, okay..." Xueyan was about to continue speaking when Xiahe covered her mouth. Only "hmm" sounds were left. Seeing this situation, Daiyu's curiosity also arose. After finishing her hair and makeup, she simply had a meal and walked into the courtyard, where she was immediately stunned.

  Two lovely snowmen stood there, hand in hand, very intimate. One had a carrot on his head and the other had a white radish on his head. "Who did this?" Daiyu asked subconsciously, actually already having an answer in her mind. She didn't expect him to do such things for herself, doing things that didn't match his identity. A feeling of being moved was spreading in her heart, diluting the disgust brought by his calculations.

  "It's the fourth Beile, he came back not long after they left yesterday, and then he was alone..." Xueyan's chatter had become unimportant, Daiyu stared blankly at the two snowmen.