Chapter 1150: 1147: Decent - Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1150: Chapter 1147: Decent

“Do any of you have any interesting suggestions for today?” the Elder Princess asked leisurely.

The princess who frequented the Princess’ Mansion most often then spoke up, “Your Highness, although today is a winter banquet where we are supposed to watch the snow and appreciate the flowers, simply looking at them might be boring. How about the young misses try their hand at painting?”

“I think playing the guqin would also suffice. It would be a pity not to play the guqin amidst today’s beautiful scenery.”

Once someone took the lead, the young ladies became more lively, even Qi Rong tried to curry favor in front of the Elder Princess.

“Your Highness, Qi Rong takes the liberty to say, now is the most beautiful season for snowflakes to fall, and the lake’s surface has frozen. Recently, people in the capital have already started ice skating, but only your Highness’s mansion has the largest artificial lake. Since we’re not often here, our eyes can’t help but crave the icy lake.” Qi Rong spoke frankly, with a charming tone. She genuinely wanted to ice skate and knew that the Elder Princess also supported this activity, which is why she purposely suggested it.

The other young misses hurriedly nodded in agreement.

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Seeing the flock of beauties vie for attention, and because it was boring to just stay in the courtyard, the Elder Princess nodded in agreement.

“Now that the ice has solidified, since you all enjoy this activity more, let us head over together.” With the Elder Princess’s word, the banquet location was moved to the back garden of the Princess’ Mansion.

Indeed, the back garden housed a vast ice lake, now completely frozen, with servant boys wearing ice skate shoes testing the solidity of the ice surface.

The back garden was large, and the Princess’ Mansion had many servants. In no time, tables, chairs, benches, tea, dried fruits, and cakes were all set up along the edge of the artificial pond.

The young misses took the initiative to change into ice skate shoes and went onto the lake to skate. Since it was a competition, they needed to circle the entire ice surface to see who would finish first and thus be the winner.

Servants had already placed red ropes to mark the race track.

Huo Kewen felt somewhat tempted and subconsciously looked towards Madam Huo, “Mother, I…”

“With so many people on the ice, if you accidentally fall into the water, you could hurt yourself.” Madam Huo frowned. Her family was already related to the Elder Princess through marriage, so she didn’t feel the need to overly flatter the Elder Princess. Their families interacted normally, merely acknowledging each other without offenses.

“Mother, Qi Rong is right. Only the Princess’ Mansion has the largest pond suitable for ice skating. We’ve also participated in ice skating during the winter banquets in past years. Mother, I haven’t performed well in the last few years, and this year I also want to achieve a better rank.” Huo Kewen shook Madam Huo’s hand and coaxed her playfully.

In the end, Madam Huo couldn’t resist her daughter and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Huo Kewen quickly changed her shoes and knee pads and went into the competition.

“Ah Yu, sorry for embarrassing you,” Madam Huo said helplessly.

“Not at all, Ke Wen is at a lively age, she naturally enjoys these activities.”

Ye Muyu, although she felt that Huo Kewen must have something else she wanted to do, didn’t feel it appropriate to mention it, as she merely sensed something off about the other’s demeanor, the specifics of which she was unclear about; bringing it up out of the blue would only annoy others.

“Madam, the Elder Princess has summoned you.” Ye Muyu had just stuffed her stomach with a piece of cake and sipped some tea when she saw the Elder Princess’s maidservant coming over. She abruptly looked up and spotted Madam Tang sitting beside the Elder Princess from afar.

With that in mind, she stood up and followed along.

“Greeting to Her Highness the Elder Princess,” Ye Muyu curtsied properly.

“Are you Chu Heng’s wife?” The Elder Princess looked at her face for a while longer. Seeming to think of something, she nodded and said, “Nanny Song, provide a seat.”