Princess Anping guided her daughter all the way until they entered the Princess Mansion and returned to her main courtyard.
"Weren't you attending the Dowager's banquet? Why are you back so soon?"
Prince Consort Su Tongzhan was lounging on the Arhat bed by the window with a book in hand, beside him, a small table held a handful of roasted pine nuts and green tea, with fruit peels burning in the hearth, emitting a faint fruity aroma.
Seeing her, he put down the book and stood up, intending to help her remove her cloak.
Princess Anping smiled and said, "You just sit, it's snowing heavily outside, I'm carrying the cold, let the maid serve me instead."
With that, she went over to the fireplace to warm up, letting the maid remove her cloak. After warming her hands for a while, she went to change clothes and freshen up, and only then did she sit on the Arhat bed, take the tea handed by the Prince Consort, and start chatting.
