Deep ice

Jingxuan Palace.

Candles are shining brightly.

The woman on the heated kang wears a long cotton silk dress with a crimson trim, and a hairpin inlaid with gold and pendant jade is pinned to the palace bun, making her look even more charming and charming.

At this moment, the phoenix eyes on that hibiscus face were looking sideways at the maid on the side,

"Northern Xinjiang was defeated? What about the father? Was he implicated?"

Zizhu carefully handed over the stewing pot, "Isn't this just a little word from my lord to your empress, saying that everything is well in the frontier, my lord, please don't worry about it."

Concubine Ning took the stewing pot from Zizhu's hand gracefully, smelled it, and took a sip, "It seems that father is avoiding the battle again, although he is afraid of getting angry and not going to the rescue, but if it continues like this, it's okay." It's not a way, this barbarian might hit the city guarded by father at some point."

Zizhu served Concubine Ning well, "I see from my servant's point of view, now that the empress is pregnant, the emperor will not treat the lord like that. Anyway, he is the head of the state, and he will always look at the empress's face."

Concubine Ning sighed softly, "What do you know, father's side is still relatively stable at the moment, if there is a real fight and defeat, even if I have all the abilities, it will be difficult to save father."

After a pause, he said again: "It's better to plead with the emperor while nothing happened now, saying that my father is old and the border is bitterly cold, so he has been transferred back."

Zizhu lowered her eyebrows and said, "This servant is stupid."

Concubine Ning put the stewing pot down, "The emperor has been away for a while, go—ask Xiao Lizi to go out and inquire about it."

Zizhu didn't move, "Your Majesty, I just got the news that the emperor is getting angry, leaving several ministers to kneel in the imperial study, and went out by himself."

Concubine Ning's eyes darkened, "Where are you going?"

Zizhu naturally knew what Concubine Ning was thinking, so she comforted her: "Originally, no one was asked to follow, but how can those individuals rest assured and follow behind, just heard that the emperor entered the plum garden, no one dared to go in, only outside wait."

Concubine Ning breathed a sigh of relief, "It's so late at night, and no one followed in?"

Zizhu nodded, "The emperor is very angry now, he said that he has given an order that anyone who gets close will be killed..."

Concubine Ning was thinking of reaching out to reach for the pastry in the small celadon dish, but suddenly stopped her hand in mid-air.

Zizhu was puzzled: "Your Majesty?"

Concubine Ning withdrew her hand, her eyes complicated, "It doesn't matter if you get close to me... If you don't keep it clean, you will have a bad past..."

Seeing this, Zizhu waved away the surrounding palace people, "What does your empress mean..."

Concubine Ning glanced at her, her smile faded, "It's just a fool, I'm afraid it won't work."

-

It is said that Huaihuai and Chunbao knelt in the Qinggu Palace for several days and nights, their kneeling feet were swollen and dizzy, and on the third day, they were carried back by the servants of Huayu Palace, and they were raised for seven days before they fully recovered.

Since Chunbao was able to move, he ran to the imperial dining room from time to time, thinking of finding a live dog to go back.

It's a pity that Concubine Ye is afraid of the cold, and she likes to eat mutton soup in recent days, and there has been no dog in this imperial dining room for half a month.

Chun Bao and the others were anxious, seeing that Huai Huai could be lifted out of the palace, but he couldn't even take the dog back here, which was really embarrassing.

Huaihuai was urged so hard every day that Chunbao couldn't bear it, so he had to bring back a sheep at night to do the job.

That night, when Huai Huai saw the sheep, he frowned, "Chun Bao, this dog is a bit big."

Chun Bao mumbled: "It's normal to be big, the dog in the imperial dining room must be fatter to eat meat..."

Huai Huai took a few steps back, and then took a closer look, "Besides, it doesn't look like a dog, it looks like a sheep..."

Chun Bao said, "It's a dog."

After finishing speaking, the sheep bleated and chewed out of thin air.

Huaihuai glanced at the sheep, then at Chunbao, "Your eyesight is so bad, you can admit it."

Chun Bao was extremely firm, "It's a dog."

Huai Huai twitched the corner of his mouth, "Come on, it's him anyway, anyway, sheep and dogs are both animals, so the nose may not be much different if you think about it."

While speaking, he suddenly heard movement outside, Eunuch You's voice sounded from outside, intermittently, as if he was courteous to others.

Chun Bao hurriedly drove the sheep towards the inner room, "Don't let Eunuch You see it, if he sees it, I will definitely beat you up."

Huaihuai followed behind, "Put that dog on the bed and cover it with a quilt, so it won't be easy for others to find out."

As soon as the voice fell, Eunuch You and Xiao Lizi from Jingxuan Palace pushed the door and entered.

That little plum held a lacquered red food box in his hand, and put it on the corner table. When he opened it, there were several kinds of exquisite pastries, the fragrance was overflowing, and Huai Huai's saliva was almost drooling.

Eunuch You wrinkled his face, "Why did Eunuch Li deliver the snacks in person? Just give us a shout, and our family will come over to pick them up."

Xiao Lizi squinted at him, "Elder-in-law, don't think too much about it. It's our concubine concubine Ning who sent it over to our family. This small Yuyu palace can't be seen by our empress. It's just our mother who came here at this time. I'm curious, I just want to meet your master."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Huaihuai with his eyes, "This is your master? What a pity for such a skin..."

Huai Huai took a piece of pastry, "Who are you?"

Hearing this, Xiao Lizi said respectfully: "Slave Li Desheng, this is plum blossom and golden date cake, do you like it when you try it?"

Huai Huai took a few bites, only to feel the fragrance filled his mouth, "Not bad."

Xiao Lizi went on to say: "This is our special dessert in the small kitchen of Jingxuan Palace. You see, the syrup on the outside is mixed with the plum blossoms in the plum garden, which makes this small cake taste fragrant and look as bright as the morning glow. "

Eunuch You followed with admiration, "Look at our family, Concubine Ning is favored after all, the craftsmanship in the small kitchen of Jingxuan Palace is no worse than that of the Imperial Dining Room."

Xiao Lizi followed suit with a smile, "I'm sorry, it's just a snack."

Then he stared at Huai Huai and said: "Our family can't stay for long. On the way here just now, we saw a lot of people gathered outside the plum garden. After sending the things over, people saw it, so they thought about where it was.”

Huaihuai became interested, "A lot of people surrounded?"

Xiao Lizi smiled strangely, "That's right, it looks like the emperor is here."

Huai Huai no longer ate the cakes, but only looked at the eunuch, "Your Majesty? What about the prince?"

Xiao Lizi was taken aback by his question, "Maybe he's here..."

Huaihuai immediately put half of the pastry in his hand on the table, "I'll go with you."

Xiao Lizi shook his head hurriedly, "That's impossible, I heard that the Yuyu Palace is still grounded..."

Huai Huai said anxiously: "It's already a long time ago, I'll go with you."

Seeing Xiao Lizi's perplexed face, Eunuch You quickly pressed Huaihuai, "There's nothing wrong with the horoscope, this isn't the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, where did the troupe come from, it's dark and the road is slippery, you'd better stay in the palace , don’t disturb our family.”

Seeing this, Xiao Lizi hurriedly withdrew, "Then I'll thank my father-in-law for giving our family a ride."

Huaihuai was about to talk to Xiao Lizi, but he gave You Gonggong a stare back.

Seeing the two of them turned around and left the house, Huaihuai was very discouraged and wanted to go back to the house, but saw Chun Bao walking out from the back room with red eyes.

Huai Huai was taken aback, "What's wrong?"

Chun Bao walked straight towards the plate of pastries, "It's so fragrant..."

Huai Huai said: "All for you."

Chun Bao picked up half of the pastry that Huai Huai had thrown on the dining table, and devoured it hungrily.

Huaihuai looked at Chunbao, pondered for a while, and suddenly had an idea,

"Chunbao, you go out with me."

After a while, Chun Bao ate up those few plates of snacks, and said vaguely, "Okay."

When Huaihuai heard this, before Chunbao had a sip of tea, he dragged Chunbao out of the house, and ran out of the palace while Eunuch You was not paying attention.

-

The wind delivers a delicate fragrance, red makeup in the snow.

Yuan Jing tucked his hands into his sleeves, and covered his thick eyelashes with a few fine pieces of thin snow.

The moonlight was still good, reflecting the silver and white of the garden, mixed with the shades of red, it was a bit strange.

There are bright red and coquettish plums everywhere, in full swing in this season when all the flowers are gone.

Yuan Jing was terribly cold, but he didn't think about going out, he still walked towards the depths of the plum garden.

There was no movement in the plum garden, no wind, just like stagnant water.

Thinking about what happened at that time, he was still a prince.

One winter, the man called him outside the window, "My lord, come out quickly."

Hearing the man's voice, he was obviously trembling with fear, but he didn't dare to ignore it, so he could only bite the bullet, put on a cloak and pushed the door out.

At that time, He Yan was standing under the plum tree in the palace, turning his head with a smile,

"My lord, do you want to be the emperor?"

Yuan Jing raised his eyelashes, stopped walking, his hands and feet were stiff, as if he had lost his way, and did not move, "Who is there?"

The noise in the plum grove became louder and louder, but no one responded.

Yuan Jing opened his mouth, and the hostility in his eyes came out again.

"come out."

The shadow in front of him swayed, getting closer and closer.

Two people twisted out of the darkness, one big and one small, their faces flushed from the cold, and their hands warming their ears.

Yuan Jing stared with bated breath, and when he saw the man's face clearly, he was terrified and stretched out a finger, "You...you..."

Huaihuai was dazzled by the sudden joy, for a moment he forgot to put down his ear-warming hand, "My lord, it's me, Huaihuai."

Yuan Jing seemed to understand suddenly, and immediately relaxed.

Looking at the pair of pure and childlike pupils on the opposite side, the voice is indifferent,

"presumptuous."

Huaihuai continued to warm his ears, "My lord, you are really here, and I happened to pass by, what a coincidence."

Yuan Jing clenched his hands, thinking of getting angry, but somehow, he only frowned slightly, "There are imperial guards all around here, you can come in because you are 'passing'."

Huaihuai stared straight at Yuan Jing, unable to hide his tenderness, "My lord..."

Chun Bao, who was silent for a while, suddenly pulled Huai Huai's hand, "You cover your ears and talk to the prince, can you talk together?"

Huaihuai hurriedly put down his ear-warming hands when he heard the words, "No wonder, I wonder why the prince ignores me."

Chun Bao said: "Don't forget what we discussed on the way, first get something from him before we talk about it."

Huai Huai couldn't bear it, "You better stop pulling his hair, I'll ask him first, if you don't want it, then you can pull it later."

Chun Bao wiped his nose with his coat sleeve, "Okay, if he doesn't give it to you, then I'll pretend to be crazy."

Yuan Jing stood beside the two of them, held back his anger, and glanced at the little eunuch with his back turned to him, "Which palace are you from? What's your name?"

Chun Bao turned around and looked up at the person who was talking to him.

"Imperial dining room, Xiao Guizi."

Huaihuai hurriedly pushed Chunbao behind him, took a breath, "My lord, can you give me something?"

Yuan Jing's eyes were cold, and he kept silent.

Huaihuai lowered his head a little shyly, staring at his boots,

"Then...do you have a handkerchief..."

Yuan Jing looked away expressionlessly, "No."

Huaihuai raised his head sharply, unable to hide his disappointment, "What should I do?"

Seeing this, Chun Bao hurriedly interjected, "I want someone else."

Huaihuai suddenly realized, and continued: "Then... can you give me something?"

Yuan Jing was silent for a while,

She tore off a suet jade pendant from her waist and handed it to Huai Huai.

Huai Huai took the jade pendant, but was reluctant to leave.

Staring at Yuan Jing stupidly for a while, "My lord, why don't you come to my house and stay for a while."

Chun Bao stepped forward and gave Huai Huai an elbow, "Why do you have such a plan, don't discuss it with me."

Huaihuai didn't seem to hear it, and looked at the angry face opposite, "My lord... there are many good things in my house."

When Chunbao heard this, he hurriedly said, "That's right, he has a sheep in his house, and he can drink sheep soup."

Huaihuai glanced at Chunbao, "Didn't you just say it was a dog?"

Chun Bao didn't seem to hear it, and went to see Yuan Jing, "Just follow him, you can't go wrong."

Yuan Jing couldn't bear it anymore, and a murderous look lingered on his forehead, "I see you two are really tired of living!"

After finishing speaking, he fell to the ground.

Huai Huai froze, looking up at Chun Bao who was holding a big stick, his voice trembling.

"Where did you get this stick..."

Chun Bao said, "It's right at your feet."

Immediately he said again: "If you are knocked out and carry it back, it will save you trouble."