night snow full of clear branches

In a blink of an eye, it is the winter solstice.

The six yin are exhausted and one yang is born.Hidden cuteness.Snowflakes are light.Ninety-nine is strictly condensed, and the river and sea are covered with ice.

"It's snowing again..." Si Yong walked out of the house wearing the sable fur, looked at the gray sky, and frowned.

I stretched out a leg and stepped down the steps, but when I stepped on it, I quickly called a few people to come over and sweep the snow.

"If the snow keeps falling, I'm afraid we will have to sweep it in the afternoon." Eunuch Lin replied to me while directing people to sweep the snow.

"Isn't there a banquet tonight? It doesn't matter if you sweep it later, it must be a little late when the empress and the princess come back." After speaking, I also helped to sweep the snow.

Every winter solstice, Xuan Kingdom will hold various celebrations, and the imperial palace is no exception. Tonight, as usual, the emperor will have a grand banquet for all the ministers, and all Beijing officials and their family members can enter the palace for the banquet.

So every year, this day is the busiest day in the palace, busier than the first day of the new year.

The snow didn't keep falling, and it stopped at noon. I built a snowman in the yard, painted the mouth and nose with rouge, and wrote on the side: Princess Rongchang.

After a while, Si Yong chased him out of the house, "Qing Zhi, what are you doing with my rouge again?" As soon as he came out, he saw a snowman with his name written on it, not too ugly.

"It's really ugly." As I said that, I was about to push the snowman down, but I stopped him: "Don't, what's the big deal, I'll pile up another one with my name on it?"

Si Yong didn't answer me, turned around and went back to the room, and asked the maid to get some more boxes of paint.

I took her acquiescence, so I started to build a snowman next to it, and wrote: Mu Qingzhi.

"Could it be that there are too few two people, let's add another Princess Zhaoyun and Prince Gong..." I counted in a low voice, and threw myself into my snow-shaving battle again.

When it was almost evening, the four snowmen were finally piled up, and the fifth Jing Xing piled up halfway, Si Yong sent the maid to call me into the house, saying that it was time to go to the banquet.

"Wait, here we come." I wanted to finish the fifth one, but after a while, Si Yong came out in person. "You really are not too tired, come on, let's pack up and go to the main hall."

There are four and a half snowmen piled up in the yard, and I wave goodbye to them one by one.

Si Yong detested them again. "It's really ugly."

"I think it's fine."

"By the way, the two on the left are me and you, but who are the two on the right? Oh, and the other half." Because I was busy stacking, I forgot to write my name.

I decided to keep it a secret. "You guess?"

"Just tell me!"

The two of them lingered to the front hall, and in the end, I didn't tell her who the remaining two snowmen were.

Standing in the front hall and looking into the distance, I found that many people I didn't recognize. "Why are there so many people I've never seen before?"

Concubine Min pursed her lips and said with a smile: "This year's winter solstice, the emperor specially ordered all the ministers to bring their young ladies and sons with them. I think this means that they are going to be matchmakers."

"Really? The emperor is so idle?" As soon as the words came out, Concubine Min glared at me. I immediately realized that I had said the wrong thing. No matter how idle the emperor is, he can't say that he is idle.

After the second prince was crowned king and left the palace, only Princess Zhaoyun, the fourth prince, the fifth prince and Princess Rongchang were of marriageable age. With such a number, there were quite a few people who needed to settle their marriages.

I watched all the ministers bowing to each other with great interest, looked at the looks of the ladies and sons of each family, and wondered who would become Princess Rongchang's son-in-law...

At the same time, I caught a glimpse of Si Yong's eyeballs rolling around, thinking that although she was curious, she couldn't let go of her figure, looking left and right like me.

"Si Yong, I think that young man across from you looks very nice." I whispered next to Si Yong's ear, just as I saw the young man's eyes cast in this direction.

"Why aren't you ashamed at all?" Si Yong always thought I was embarrassing her.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, I'm trying my best to find a son-in-law for you." The sun and the moon can learn from each other, I really think so.

"The emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry!"

When Si Yong said this, I felt that I was being treated like a donkey with good intentions.Ordinarily, based on my understanding of Si Yong, the gentle and handsome young man opposite her should be the type she likes, maybe she is ashamed to speak of it.

Since you are embarrassed, then this next cousin must help you...

Taking advantage of Concubine Min's inattention, I got out of the chair, walked around to find the little eunuch serving in the front hall, and asked who the young master sitting over there belonged to.

The little eunuch had an expression of "I understand", "The one you said wearing the indigo shirt is Xie Chenggui, the second son of Shangqing Xie Ruixie."

"Oh--"

After inquiring about the other party's news, I walked quietly to Si Yong's side and told her Xie Chenggui's name, and she looked at me in surprise. "Where did you ask?"

"The mountain people have their own tricks." At this time, I felt good about myself, but unexpectedly, Si Yong reached out and pinched my waist. Oh, it hurt me, so I had to tell her the reason.

I thought Si Yong would be grateful to me, but she asked: "Honestly speaking, you like him too, right? Otherwise, why bother?"

"The conscience of heaven and earth, I definitely just want to help you." I almost swore to the sky with two fingers raised.

Later, I began to understand that the reason why Si Yong asked this was entirely because people who are in the love of their children will become narrow-minded, without exception.

Facts proved that I was right, Si Yong went out halfway through the banquet.I looked up and saw that Xie Chenggui had disappeared.

man, so soon...

After the performance was over, I went back with the two court ladies. Concubine Min asked where Si Yong was, and I only said that she had gone to relieve herself.

"Aren't you waiting for the princess to come with me?" Si Yong's personal maid Xiao Luo asked me.

"She told me that there is still something to do, and she will come back later."

Xiao Luo still felt something was wrong, I didn't know how to deal with it, so I grabbed her and left. "Oh, I said you can go back, so go back." At this time, she was still so dedicated to Si Yong, it was no good to tell others, and it was no good if she didn't say it.

When I went back to the courtyard, I found that the snowman was still in the same place, but the facial features painted by rouge were much blurred.Touched the snowman's head, "Oh, there is no way, let's pile it up tomorrow."

Xiao Luo looked up and looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, feeling a little worried, "It's snowing again, I'd better prepare a hand stove for the princess to take."

After Xiao Luo went out holding the hand stove, I suddenly felt that I was too relieved of Si Yong. Although Xie Chenggui looked gentle, what if he was a wolf in sheep's clothing!

Thinking about it left and right, I went out without saying a word. In the snowy night, all the palaces were closed, and I saw from the wall that Concubine Min was also on her way back.

Not long after I left, I saw Si Yong and Xiao Luo walking slowly. As soon as they saw me, they asked, "Why did you come out?"

"Aren't I worried about you? How is it?" I winked at Si Yong, but she pretended not to understand and walked on her own.

"What happened?" I stepped forward and asked.

At this time, she glanced to the back with her corner of the eye. It was Xiao Luo. I immediately understood that she didn't want more people to know.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be, Xiao Luo has always won her trust, even if she knows she should, it's okay, maybe it's because of her daughter's shyness.

So I kept holding back my curiosity, and finally I held back until after I finished washing, all the palace officials withdrew.

"Si Yong, tell me quickly, what happened?"

"How about what?"

"Don't pretend to be ignorant with me, I say thank you, Chenggui!"

"It's nothing, he just said that it's cold outside, so he asked me to come back earlier." Si Yong said sincerely, but I was skeptical. "What else did you say? I don't believe these two sentences can last so long."

"I won't tell you." Si Yong laughed, the blush on his face clearly visible.

"Forget it, I'll tell Concubine Min to go tomorrow!"

Si Yong immediately grabbed my arm and said, "Good sister, don't tell me, I'll just tell you."

On that snowy night, for the first time in my life, I heard a story about the love between a son and a daughter, which was different from the stories I usually heard in books on the market.There are no ups and downs in the plot, nor earth-shattering behavior, but it is memorable.

"So, Xie Chenggui knew you were Princess Rongchang from the very beginning?"

"Yeah, I don't know how he got it, but I'm glad he did."

Maybe there is a troublemaker like me beside him, I don't know which palace lady or eunuch asked the name of the person opposite.

After a night of snow, Princess Zhaoyun returned in the morning light.

Early in the morning, Wei Yu came to look for me. "Miss Qingzhi, our princess invites you to enjoy the snow."

As I crawled out of bed, I rubbed my eyes, thinking I was dreaming. "It's so early in the morning, why not enjoy the snow." The word "crazy" dared not utter.

"Go ahead, maybe I need you for something." Si Yong pushed me.

Even if she doesn't push me, I have to go, who made her a princess.

On the way, I learned from Wei Yu that Wei Xue stayed outside the palace for one night, and she just went to pay her respects to the emperor, so she should be back by now.

Speaking of which, it's been almost half a year since she left. I haven't seen you for half a year. I don't know if you have changed.

"Princess, Miss Zhi is here." As Xiao Yu said, she went into the room to pour tea, and moved the stove for me to warm my hands.

There was no one in the room, Wei Yu was a little puzzled: "Is it still in the front hall? I'll go and have a look."

"Who is it? Call someone, and I'm not here." I leaned on the small couch, stared at the beam in a daze, and suddenly had a bad taste, so I jumped over the beam.

After a while, Wei Xue and Wei Yu came in.

Seeing the empty room, Wei Yu wondered again: "Where is the person? He was still there just now."

Wei Xue began to look around, and I quickly shrank back.

"Wei Yu, I know where she is, you don't need to look for her, go out first."

so smart?I admire it, knowing where I am without even looking up.

After Wei Yu went out and closed the door, Wei Xue said without raising her head, "Come down, you won't feel tired from squatting so high."

Sure enough, I was discovered, so I had no choice but to jump off the beam, "You don't even lift your head, how do you know I'm on it?" And because the other party was Wei Xue, I suppressed my breathing.