Ji Lingzhou has always known that Cheng Mingran likes to make tea, and she used to always take the initiative to make tea for him, but he never had the patience to slowly appreciate it.

Cheng Mingran placed a cup of tea in front of him: "Your Majesty, please have some tea."

Ji Lingzhou picked up his teacup, sniffed the fragrance of the plum blossoms, and then began to slowly taste the cup of plum blossom tea.

The fragrance of tea is mixed with the scent of plum blossoms and the coldness of snow, which brings a unique comfort to people's hearts.

Li Sheng was watching this scene nearby. In this small pavilion deep in the plum forest, the two sat opposite each other. Their world seemed to be surrounded by snow and plum blossoms, isolated from the outside world and all the noise. The two were enjoying the rare tranquility and harmony at the moment.

"When did you start to like this kind of thing?" Ji Lingzhou put down the cup in his hand and asked.

"I don't remember clearly." Cheng Mingran's answer was very perfunctory.

Ji Lingzhou also heard impatience in her tone. This feeling was quite strange. After all, no one had ever dared to speak like this in front of him before.

But what was rare was that Ji Lingzhou did not feel angry. Instead, he continued to ask her: "I remember that you used to like to tinker with these things the most, even before you entered the palace."

Cheng Mingran didn't know what she was thinking when she heard this. Perhaps she didn't intend to hold it in anymore, so she asked directly: "In your Majesty's eyes, can everything I have done be considered love?"

Ji Lingzhou was stunned for a moment when he heard this question: "What?"

"Your Majesty, since you saw me today, I don't know how many times you have told me what I like. But how did Your Majesty judge that I like it? Whether it's the snow scene, the plum blossoms, or making tea. How did Your Majesty know that I like these the most?" Cheng Mingran has not pretended recently, so her words are much sharper than before.

Ji Lingzhou couldn't explain it for a moment. What else could he do if he liked it? He opened his mouth but found that he couldn't say a word.

Cheng Mingran didn't have high expectations in the first place, but she just felt aggrieved.

"I don't like snow scenes, nor do I like making tea." Cheng Mingran said bluntly.

If Ji Lingzhou had heard these words in the past, he would probably have been angry. After all, no one had ever dared to undermine him like this, and even the tone was so blunt.

His hands at his sides clenched slightly, but no one noticed.

"I used to like snow because His Majesty would basically stay in the palace every time it snowed in winter, and that was the only time I saw His Majesty the most."

"When I was young, Your Majesty would only take a good rest when it snowed and when he had no official duties. It was only then that I could find more excuses for you to accompany me."

"The reason why I like to play outside on snowy days is because I know that my aunt will ask you to accompany me to play in the snow, build snowmen, and have snowball fights. Because my aunt knows that you used to love snowy days the most." Cheng Mingran said.

Ji Lingzhou paused when he heard this. He really liked snowy days, but that was in the past. When he was young, he was not in good health and was particularly afraid of cold. He would easily catch a cold in winter.

Therefore, for his health's sake, the Queen Mother would always take extra care of him in the winter, and would even bring him from the Prince's Palace to her side to take care of him personally.

Whenever it snowed, the Queen Mother would take him out to build a snowman. Even if it was just for him to participate, he was still satisfied. It was also at that time that Ji Lingzhou felt that someone cared about him.

So he liked winter, and even more when it snowed. But later, as he grew older and his health gradually improved, the Queen Mother was no longer the same, and he was no longer the same...

This winter seemed to have returned to its old self, cold and deserted. Until Cheng Mingran showed up...

"Aunt knows that you like snowy days, so she asked you to play with me. And I was very happy at that time, because I like you, and it is rare for you to play with me. So even though I am afraid of the cold, I will still pretend to be very happy." Cheng Mingran continued.

The Queen Mother knew that Ji Lingzhou liked her, but because of her status, she let Cheng Mingran accompany him in this way. Similarly, Cheng Mingran wanted Ji Lingzhou to accompany her, so she made trouble for him on a snowy day.

Is this really the reason?

Ji Lingzhou couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, he just felt a little painful.

"I don't like cooking snow and making tea either. Your Majesty, do you know who else likes to do this the most besides me?" Cheng Mingran suddenly asked a question.

Ji Lingzhou immediately thought of another person, the Queen Mother...

"Aunt is the best at making tea. Your Majesty used to be very picky, but you love the tea made by Aunt herself. In the past, you would stay in Shoukang for a long time every winter, and your favorite was the plum blossom tea made by Aunt using snow."

"I was young at the time, but I knew that Your Majesty liked it, so I pestered my aunt to learn this skill. It's a pity that Your Majesty never seemed to watch me brew tea seriously, nor did he ever taste the tea I brewed carefully." Cheng Mingran continued.

Ji Lingzhou's heart seemed to be slowly cut by a blunt knife at this moment. Cheng Mingran's words almost made him feel ashamed...

He really didn't know this...

As mentioned above, he was in poor health when he was young, so the Queen Mother took him to Shoukang Palace in winter to take care of him personally. At that time, the Queen Mother often made tea for him, and he also developed a habit...

But he never knew that all of Cheng Mingran’s “likes” were actually because of him.

He looked up at Cheng Mingran: "You have never told me these before." He actually didn't know how he should express it.

Cheng Mingran's eyes were sore: "Because I know that Your Majesty likes these things, but hates people who do these things."

The air around him suddenly became quiet, and Ji Lingzhou's hands trembled slightly in his sleeves.

"Will something a person like be completely forgotten just because he hates someone? This is a question I have been thinking about before, and now I finally found the answer. Your Majesty personally proved that this is true." Cheng Mingran said.

"No..." Ji Lingzhou denied it subconsciously, but after the denial he didn't know what to say.

For the first time, Ji Lingzhou felt a little helpless. He had no idea what to do.

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