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Another year of beginning of spring, more than half of the thin snow in Anqing country has melted. The winter of this year was extremely cold, and now it is spring, and it is still so cold.

The people still dare not take off their cotton clothes. There are very few pedestrians walking on the street. Except for a few housekeepers sweeping snow in front of a few big houses, there are very few people who go to the street. They are probably hiding at home and roasting charcoal fire.

The No. [-] Cloth Shop in Beijing once again welcomes a distinguished guest. At the beginning of every season, this nobleman will bring a personal maid to the shop to choose fabrics.The person who came was a beautiful woman, but it was a pity that she was unsmiling. When she entered the store, she only focused on looking at the fabrics. Apart from asking the boss if there were new products, she would not take the initiative to say a word, adding a touch of indifference to strangers.But when you encounter happy and satisfied fabrics, you will show a faint smile, touch the fabric with your bare hands, and your eyes are like autumn water subtracting shadows, full of light, quiet and beautiful.

This person is known to everyone in the capital, she is the daughter of Xiangguo who is under one person and above ten thousand people——Shen Qingbie, she is loved by the Holy Majesty and the Holy Empress, and she can freely enter and leave the palace since she was a child.Well-behaved, sensible, gentle and generous, the emperor bestowed Feng An and the princess, a mansion, more than a hundred servants, and thousands of treasures.

The only daughter of Xiangguo, Shen Qingfare, wrote a popular doggerel at the age of nine, which became popular among the people and became one of the must-recited poems in schools and private schools; at the age of 14, she composed a dance song that blended the cultures of the Western Regions and the Central Plains, which attracted the envoys of the Western Regions. At the age of 16, he went down from the south to the Jiangnan area, participated in the talent and beauty competition held in Jiangnan, and won the crown.Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all mastered, which has attracted countless talents.

But such a wonderful person made the owner of the cloth shop feel very sorry.Miss Shen is now twenty years old, and she still stays in her boudoir, and after four years of marriage age, she still stays in the prime minister's mansion or the princess' mansion.It's not that no one is asking for marriage, those who come and go to propose marriage can step down the threshold of the prime minister's mansion, but they are all rejected.Later, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, at the banquet, the emperor wanted to choose a husband-in-law for Princess Anhe and marry him that night. Shen Qingbie, regardless of the prime minister's face and the emperor's prestige, knelt down and brushed her in front of many important officials in the court. The emperor's face: "Your Majesty, please take back the order. The courtiers and daughters will not marry unless they are the fourth prince." The emperor was furious, and Shen Qingbie was punished for three months after going back. Tired, had a serious illness, fell to the root of the disease, the body is very weak.

It is not good for Shen Qing to marry anyone, but the fourth prince, Jin Yuchen, did not marry. The fourth prince's mother concubine, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xian's natal family were all murdered because they were involved in a conspiracy to usurp the throne. Only the four princes lived alone. , but was imprisoned in the clan mansion for life.Thinking of this, the shop owner sighed for a while, and sighed secretly, it's a pity for those beautiful young men.

The boss is so sentimental, but the protagonist of the story doesn't take it seriously, picks a piece of cloth and puts it aside, saying to himself: "This year's spring cold is fierce, the cotton-padded clothes sent a few days ago must not be warm. The clan's mansion has no sunlight all year round. Yi Chao, you have to hurry up and make some clothes and send them to him, don't let him freeze to death."

The maidservant at the side was not happy. The young lady had always devoted herself to the fourth prince. Even the clothes she sent were sewn by the young lady herself. It is really against the rules to still do these vulgar work of servants, so he said: "Miss, don't sew by yourself anymore, the embroiderers in the palace are all embroiderers confiscated from various places by the steward of the Shangyi Bureau. The knowledge is not less than ten years, and the younger embroiderers also studied at a young age. You hand over these cloths to the Shangyi Bureau, and they will be delivered to your house in a few days. The workmanship is exquisite and the skills are superb. Miss He Kuu did it herself , not only tired, but also hurt the body."

"The clothes made by others may not be thoughtful, the clothes are not sewn by me, I can't feel at ease in the end, I am afraid that he will be uncomfortable wearing them." Shen Qingbie immediately rejected the proposal of the people around him, and picked three pieces of high-quality satin cloth , and handed it to the boss at the desk, "How much are these three pieces of cloth?"

The boss replied respectfully: "60 taels."

"Well, Chunsheng, I'll ask someone to send money to the store later." After finishing speaking, he hugged the selected fabric in his arms, "Let's go."

Stepping on the bustling streets of the capital once again, it was snowing outside again. This cold spring was actually longer and colder than in previous years.Chunsheng opened the oil-paper umbrella in his hand to shield her from the misty snow.

Shen Qingbie hugged the cloth in his hand, it was soft and warm, and his eyes sank: "When I get back to the princess mansion, I will order my servants to prepare the carriage. I will go to the palace and wait for the carriage. After entering the palace, send someone to inform my father."

"But, miss..."

"Go back." Shen Qing couldn't help but put down the curtain on the sedan chair, no longer caring about the people outside.

Chunsheng had no choice but to straighten his body, and said: "Yes, miss."

Master Xiang didn't want the lady to enter the palace the most. Every time he entered the palace, it was all for the purpose of visiting the fourth prince in the clan's mansion. Once the word was spread too much, it became even more filthy. If it reached Xiangye's ears, Xiangye would be furious, grounded, punished for copying, and sometimes punished Shen Qing with a ruler.But she still wanted to enter the palace to see the prisoner.

The sedan chair for entering the palace was ready, and Shen Qingbie took a three-layer food box from the kitchen. Although the clan mansion is specially used to imprison the children of the royal family, the food is no better than that of ordinary prisons. She ordered it at "Baohe Tower". After the meal, it is necessary to send it to him.

After Chunsheng took care of everything, he followed the sedan chair into the palace gate. The servants didn't stop all the way, they carried the sedan chair to the clan mansion and stopped in one breath.

Shen Qing don't open the curtain, hold the food box firmly in his hand, Chunsheng stretched out his hand to take her down, and then walked into the clan mansion, while the servants stayed outside to wait for orders.

Naturally, not anyone can enter the Clan Mansion if they want to. At first, Shen Qing would not be allowed to go in. In desperation, Shen Qing asked the Queen Mother for a token from the Holy Majesty, allowing him to visit for an hour.

The environment inside is really not very good. The clan mansion has been in disrepair all year round, and the emperor will not allocate funds to renovate the clan mansion. Snow particles have drifted into many places, and there are snowdrifts and ice slag in some corners. It is said that the clan mansion One or two people die in the mansion every winter, that is, they freeze to death alive.

"Father, I was wronged...I didn't poison the old nineteen...Someone framed me..."

"What a beautiful beauty. She came here today and brought a food box. She must have wanted to have a good night with me, right? Little beauty... I haven't touched a woman for a long time. Come here, come here... ...don't go..."

"Hahaha... Emperor Dog, I am your own son! You leave me here in such a cold day, aren't you afraid that the world will say you are vicious!"

Helping Shen Qingbie, Chunsheng looked at the princes and nobles around him in disgust, and was even more disgusted by the man who talked Menglang just now. There was a stench everywhere, and there were cockroaches and rats in the broken bowls in the prison, and even Some of the prisoners were mentally disturbed, so they came out on the spot...

How could there be such a filthy place?Spring loathes and sympathizes at the same time, people here are either framed or misspoken, or their lives are ruined, once they enter this house, they will basically have no chance to get out.

Thinking of this, she glanced at her young lady. She also heard what the young lady said at the birthday banquet that day. In this life, the fourth prince will not marry. If the fourth prince cannot leave the clan's mansion for the rest of his life, will the young lady never marry for the rest of her life? ?

Soon she saw that the young lady who was usually indifferent and distant suddenly became very bright, her eyebrows and eyes were curved like a smile, and the jailer opened the lock of a cell, and the smile fell on the person in the cell, and the fourth prince slowly walked out of the cross-legged room. Sitting and standing up, seeing Shen Qing farewell and smiling gently: "Have you come to see me?"

Chunsheng looked at the handsome man in the prison, and suddenly felt that it was not unreasonable for the young lady to fall in love with him so much.

The fourth prince is the most outstanding and intelligent among the fourteen sons and daughters of the sage, and he is also the best-looking among the Tian family, but he is too feminine and makes people feel that he is indistinguishable from male and female.

What's more, this man has stayed in this horrible place of the clan's mansion for four years without making any noise. It's as if he has never been imprisoned. His smile is still warm, and his tone of voice and topic , still so relaxed and humorous.

I have to say that from some perspectives, this is a bottomless man, his every move, even every smile, seems to be calculating something.

But Shen Qingbie couldn't think about that much, stepped in with the food box, glanced at the handcuffs on his hands, frowned immediately, and said sternly to the jailer outside: "Hurry up and give the fourth prince a handcuff." Shackles off!"

The jailer said "yes" numbly, then went in and unshackled Jin Yuchen, took the key and left the place, waited in the front hall, and would come back in an hour.

Jin Yuchen's eyes were fixed on Shen Qingbie all the time, and the smile on his face remained unchanged: "Qingbie, why bother, anyway, I will still wear the shackles after you leave, here are the rules, don't worry about it anymore .”

Shen Qing didn't put down the food box, took out a delicate and small bottle from her waist, walked up to Jin Yuchen, blushed on her face, and said softly, "Turn up your sleeves, I'll give you the medicine."

Jin Yuchen obediently did as she said, Shen Qingbie opened the bottle carefully, poured some liquid medicine from his small mouth on his index finger, and gently stroked his red and swollen place, with a focused and serious expression, but the roots of his ears were red hot.Jin Yuchen touched her face, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, and he sighed quietly: "From now on, don't come to the clan mansion again."

Originally, Shen Qingbie's heartbeat was abnormally fast because of his movement, but he was shocked when he heard the latter's words, and the movement in his hands stopped suddenly, with a puzzled face: "Why?"

"I know you care about me, but the clan mansion is indeed a filthy place, and you are a woman who has not left the court. If you come to visit so often, there will be criticisms in the court and ruin your reputation. The prime minister must often attack you , I don’t want to look thinner and haggard every time I see you.”

"It's nothing, don't worry." Shen Qing didn't put away the medicine bottle, went to the food box and opened the box, "Come over and have a meal."

The only thing is that Shen Qing is not very stubborn, she will not stop visiting Jin Yuchen, it is precisely because the environment here is so bad that she has to visit often.

Jin Yuchen looked at a small window on the high wall, and a trace of fine snow drifted in outside. He shrank his neck instinctively, sighing inwardly at the turbulent spring cold. , he should also come out, all the chess games have been set up, he, a chess player, should also go out and play well.

Walking up to Shen Qingbie, took the bowl and chopsticks handed over by the other party, and knelt quietly on the ground to eat.

Although the two of them seldom speak, the picture is extremely beautiful. Chun Sheng, who is outside the prison, is both sad and compassionate. What will happen to these two people in the future?