I see the snow

It was already night when Mu Ziling escaped from the battle in the South Court.

The stars and the moon hung high, and the courtyard was empty. Mu Jian and the young men walked away cursing. Mu Ziling was lying on the ground, and his clothes were covered with boot marks and dust.

He sat up with a bruised nose and a swollen face, wiped the blood on his face, grinned in pain, but smiled indifferently.

——Yes, several of them caught Mu Ziling together, and Mu Ziling couldn't beat them, but he had a poisoned silver needle!

He just stabbed each of them all over. The intensity extracted from the scorpion will cause them to live or die for the next half month. The pus and blood corrode the skin, leaving ugly scars that will never disappear in this lifetime!

Mu Ziling leaned on the wall and walked back indifferently, stumbling slightly, but thinking of the tragedy that those teenagers were about to encounter, he couldn't help but curl up his mouth.

The night in Yunyan was humid, and the wind was very cold on her body.

But despite this, Mu Ziling still took off his dirty outer robe while walking, revealing only the clean inner garment.

He scooped up a handful of water from the small pond by the side of the road, and gently wiped off the dirt on his face against the shadow.

The lone moon shines, and the bright white moon falls in the pond, rippling gently like a small silver hook.

There are still lotus flowers planted in the pond, but they have withered away, leaving only a few dry stems standing bare.

There are clumps of shrubs and phoenix trees by the pool.

Mu Ziling couldn't bear to look unclean.Others can hate him, but he himself remembers that "Gong Zi Yin" is also a "Gong Zi". [*Note 1]

After washing off the dirt on his face, Mu Ziling stood up and continued to walk towards the far and remote bedroom.

The road was quiet and comfortable, and the heat that was transpiring during the day dissipated at once.

In the vague way ahead, suddenly there was the sound of a chariot being driven. Mu Ziling paused, and stood aside. When the other party approached, he saw that it was actually King Yunyan's chariot.

Yunyan has her own tradition of raising little devils, and King Yunyan is no exception.Returning to the dormitory so late, probably went to the drug farm to see the newly raised ghosts.

"Prince?"

Mu Ziling stood aside, with his head down, not planning to speak to King Yunyan.But King Yunyan glanced at him, immediately stopped the chariot, opened his hand to him, and said with a smile: "Where did you go, you are still outside at this late hour, come quickly, come to King Father!"

Mu Ziling was startled, hesitated for a moment and walked over slowly, but King Yunyan hugged Mu Ziling to his lap, smiled and rubbed his cheeks: "It's frozen like this, where are your clothes!"

King Yunyan's body was covered with the dampness of the drug farm, and the hair in his cloak was stuck on Mu Ziling's face, making it stiff.

He wrapped Mu Ziling in a thick and warm cloak, hugged Mu Ziling's entire small body into his arms, warmed him with his own body temperature, and said with a smile:

"Clothing so thinly, how do the lowly slaves in your palace take care of others? Tomorrow, the father will kill them all!"

Mu Ziling was stunned. In his memory, King Yunyan had never treated him like this.

On weekdays, when he ran into King Yunyan in Wulian Palace, he just nodded his head indifferently, or didn't even bother to give it a glance, and only treated Mu Ziling with an indifferent and superior attitude.

What happened today, suddenly changed sex?

In King Yunyan's arms, Mu Ziling was as stiff as a small animal, and he didn't know how to move his hands and feet.

"Father doesn't hug you for a few days, so you don't feel comfortable like this?"

King Yunyan noticed the stiff little body in his arms, laughed, and saw the things in Mu Ziling's hands, and asked, "Are you going to get the candle?"

Mu Ziling nodded slightly. Although his heart was beating fast, he tried his best to relax his body.

He didn't want to call him father and thought he was weird.

Yunyan's candles are very rare and expensive, and she has to go to the various palaces of Wulian Palace to collect them by herself every month.Mu Ziling had no servants, so he had to go by himself.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have met Mu Jian today and been teased.

"Hey, why are they all candle stars like this?"

King Yunyan took a closer look, but frowned: "Those lowly slaves, how could they give you such candles, are you blind! Father, will you send some back to you tomorrow, okay? killed their siblings!"

Mu Ziling was almost taken aback by his father's completely different attitude from usual, and his hand holding the candle was trembling slightly.

Is this the same person as the father who used to frown every time he saw him, secretly impatient?

"Need not……"

Mu Ziling said in a hoarse voice: "I use these candles on weekdays, that's enough...My father is free, come and see me more..."

Perhaps because he was stunned by King Yunyan's sudden kindness, Mu Ziling suddenly mustered up the courage to tell him the wish he had thought about countless times: "I have practiced calligraphy, but I don't know if I can write well, my father Take a look for me..."

In the rickety chariot, King Yunyan didn't hear Mu Ziling's words at all, his voice was too low.Can't help but move closer, smiling and pinching Mu Ziling's nose:

"What are you talking about, my lord, my father didn't hear clearly, please say it again."

Mu Ziling hissed softly, the tip of his nose was hurt, and it hurt a little bit from being pinched by King Yunyan, King Yunyan heard it, and immediately cupped his face nervously:

"What's the matter?... Where did you get it, so many injuries, fell? What about Ping Yan, that's how he serves people!?"

Mu Ziling's face was blue and purple, the corner of his mouth was broken, and there was a bruise on his forehead.

The lights were dim just now, yet King Yunyan couldn't see clearly!

"..."

Mu Ziling stared at King Yunyan's tense face for a long time, then said softly, "...Ping Yan...Ping Yan is my brother's servant."

"Father, I am Fenghuang'er."

King Yunyan: "..."

The next moment, Mu Ziling felt the body holding him stiffen.

That's right, the father is the father of the elder brother, and the kindness and warmth of the father are also for the elder brother. The sedan chair and the embrace are exclusive to Mu Huai'an. Everything he got just now is because the father temporarily put the He mistook him for his brother, right?

It's just that the father forgot that he actually has a pair of twins. He saw this face in the palace, and another possibility was because he met Mu Ziling!

He hid in the most remote corner of Wulian Palace without seeing the sun. Everyone wanted him to disappear. If he didn't disappear, they selectively forgot him.

King Yunyan slowly let go of Mu Ziling's arm, but Mu Ziling suddenly shouted: "Stop, stop the chariot!"

The sedan chair servant stamped his feet, Mu Ziling jumped out of the car, and suddenly ran back without looking back. King Yunyan looked at him and frowned, but he didn't call Mu Ziling to stop after all.

Under the moonlight, he ran towards the dark night like a little animal, and he didn't stop until he reached a courtyard where Mu Ziling didn't know where, and King Yunyan's sedan chair could no longer be seen.

Mu Ziling gasped and stood in the empty courtyard, the warmth from King Yunyan hugging him just now had all dissipated, but Mu Ziling didn't feel pity or regret at all.

He took a few steps forward slowly, but suddenly looked up at the night sky.

The peacock-blue sky is like a curtain, quietly covering the earth, a lone moon hangs in it, and a few scattered stars are dotted beside it.

Cold tears trickled down from the corners of Mu Ziling's blue eyes. He looked at the moon, lowered his head, and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

His back still looked immature, but his thin and emaciated shoulders couldn't stop trembling silently.

In the bright white moonlight, his neck looked thin and fragile, as if it could be broken with a pinch.

Not long ago, Mu Ziling didn't cry when he was fighting with Mu Jian's group of teenagers, but now for some reason, his tears suddenly seemed unstoppable.

...Maybe he finally realized that in this icy Wulian Palace, he was always the only one who felt the icy cold.

A month later, Mu Ziling accidentally broke Mu Huaian's longevity lock, and the nurse who brought him up persuaded him to go to Mu Huaian to intercede, but Mu Ziling refused.

He said: "Survival, Mama, is not a good thing at all."

The porcelain-white villain lowered his eyes and shook his head, not panicking at all.On the contrary, it seems that he finally waited until the time of liberation.

He burned paper money for his mother in the palace for the last time, and escaped from Yunyan.

There, as fate would have it, he met Qin Yi who happened to be traveling in Shengyang and was about to return home.

"Do you like to eat lotus seeds?"

While peeling the lotus pods, the young man who was roasting by the bonfire lowered his head and asked, "Is it sweet?"

He rescued Mu Ziling who fell into the water, and took off his clothes for him to wear, while he warmed himself by the campfire with only his underwear on.

He peeled the lotus seeds for Mu Ziling, and gave him the whole peeled lotus core.

"A beautiful child like you, why didn't you come out with an entourage?"

He asked, "What if I was kidnapped and sold?"

Mu Ziling did not speak, pursed his lips slightly, and only looked at Qin Yi quietly.

Qin Yi kept peeling lotus seeds for Mu Ziling, but he didn't eat any of them. Mu Ziling looked at it for a long time, and finally said softly with some hesitation, "Aren't you going to eat it?"

Qin Yi said, "Peel it off for you to eat."

Mu Ziling looked at him and thought, this was the first time he saw such a handsome boy.

Unlike Yunyan's men who are all a bit yin, Qin Yi has handsome features, a well-rounded appearance, and a certain kind of pampered calmness and dignity in his temperament.

It's completely different from his cousins ​​who always embroider green leaves and suns on their clothes.

"My father is Liang Cheng's merchant. Not long ago, I came to Shengyang to inspect a batch of merchandise for him."

Qin Yi said casually: "When I was about to go back, I passed by Jiangzhou and heard someone calling for help, so I saved you."

Mu Ziling held the lotus seeds with lowered eyes, Qin Yi glanced at him, and saw the young man sitting alone in a dull mood, as if he had hidden many things in his heart at a young age.Can't help laughing: "How did you fall into the water?"

Mu Ziling was wearing Qin Yi's coat and a dark red soft brocade robe, which felt dry and comfortable to the touch.

There is a faint soap locust smell.

"My family didn't like me, and I didn't like them, so I ran away."

Mu Ziling rested his chin on his knees, and there were little flames dancing on his porcelain-white cheeks.He said in a low voice: "Seeing that lotus seeds are fun, I wanted to pick them, so I drowned inadvertently."

Qin Yi looked at him, and felt that this villain was really cute and interesting. He looked so attractive, but he didn't seem to know his beauty at all.The dark and clean eyes were also full of downcast melancholy.

"There are people in my family who don't like me."

Qin Yi couldn't help rubbing the top of his hair, and said with a smile, "But I won't run away from home. I will become the master of our family and drive them all out."

Mu Ziling tilted his head and looked at him.

"Why should you give your place to someone you hate?"

Qin Yi said lightly: "Do you know Liang Cheng? There are many beautiful white camellias there, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake is also delicious. My mother once made steamed lotus leaves and lotus seeds for me, which are much more delicious than dried lotus seeds. But only The water in Liangcheng Huanhu River can be made."

"——I won't leave Liang Cheng to them."

"...But Yunyan doesn't have any pretty flowers."

After hearing Qin Yi's words, Mu Ziling hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "There is nothing delicious. It is always dark in there, and when the sun goes down, we can only light candles. The clothes don't seem to be dry at all." , it rains heavily in summer. I didn’t want to stay there either.”

"Then are you coming to Liang Cheng?"

Qin Yi laughed: "I'll make steamed lotus leaves and lotus seeds for you. My mother taught me that I should cook it for her when I meet someone I like, so that she can understand that my heart for her is like this package It is as sweet as lotus seeds soaked in honey."

"...Is Liang Cheng far away?"

"It's not very far. I'll pick you up and it will be very close."

Qin Yi said: "I'll take you to see our Liang Cheng's white camellias. When they bloom, they are all over the mountains and plains. There are them in front of my bedroom. If you like, you can see them every day."

Mu Ziling looked up at him, his dark pupils were like two puddles of black mercury falling into white mercury, clear and clear, his lips were also thin, Qin Yi had never seen anyone more beautiful than him villain.

He couldn't help laughing, waiting for Mu Ziling to say something, but Mu Ziling looked at it for a while, and suddenly seemed a little sad, then lowered his head again, put his chin on his knee, and whispered:

"No, you won't."

He said: "You don't even know who I am, and when you do, you will regret it."

"why?"

"..."

Mu Ziling's lips trembled, and he almost blurted out, "Because I'm a 'Gongziyin' who will bring bad luck to others, and if I go to your house, you will be ruined...!"

However, he didn't say that, after all, he was reluctant to part with this moment of peace and tranquility, and was afraid that Qin Yi would immediately run away in disgust after knowing his identity.

"...I'm not likable."

After a long time, Mu Ziling only said softly: "No one will like me...but I don't need them to like me either."

Qin Yi was about to start laughing. He thought this handsome young man who didn't know it, but who was a bit stubborn and brave was very interesting. He was so cute that people wanted to hold him in their hands and like him.

"Okay," Qin Yi said, "You are a special child. You don't need others to like you, but you have to know that you are worth it."

Mu Ziling looked at him silently, his clear and clean eyes were very bright in the dark night.

Qin Yi patted his head, dimmed the bonfire, said without further ado, and said with a smile, "Okay, go to sleep, it's getting late. I can't take you to the inn, are you willing to make a living outside here?" One night?"

In fact, Mu Ziling didn't want to. He was afraid of the dark, so he had to light a lamp when he slept at night.But for some reason, when Qin Yi asked him this time, he suddenly felt less afraid of the thick darkness.

Mu Ziling nodded, and Qin Yi put the dried outer robe and middle coat on Mu Ziling.It made him feel very warm even in the frosty and dew-heavy night, but he only left a coat.

"I am older than you."

He said, "You're a young boy, you can't stand the cold. Although I'm not your real brother, I should protect you."

"Will my elder brother protect my younger brother?"

Mu Ziling asked softly, "I don't have a real brother."

Qin Yi didn't understand the meaning of his words, but he saw Mu Ziling lying on his side, his fingers hooked around the lace of his coat, and his eyelashes were curled up and long, revealing a smile on his porcelain white face. A small fan-shaped shadow suddenly felt an unprecedented softness in my heart, as if I was holding a cloud in my hand.

"Go to sleep."

Qin Yi lay down beside him, and said softly, "Call me when it's cold at night."

Mu Ziling nodded and closed his eyes.

Qin Yi was right behind him, the young man's hot chest was pressed against Mu Ziling's back through the heavy clothes, and Mu Ziling could still hear his heartbeat.

Is this how it feels when someone sleeps with their arms in their arms?

Mu Ziling thought, it would be great if this person was his brother.He loves being cuddled to sleep.

At night, it was really cold, and Mu Ziling felt a little cold, but immediately, he was hugged by a warm body again.

Qin Yi's body was scorching hot, and Mu Ziling didn't know if it was cold in his arms, so he asked in a half-asleep and half-awake state:

"Are you cold?"

Qin Yi didn't answer, Mu Ziling asked again: "...Why are you so kind to me?"

Qin Yi also didn't answer, but he looked at Mu Ziling's black hair, gently rolled up a strand, kissed his lips lightly, and said in a hoarse voice:

"What's your name."

Note 1: Generally, if the blood of the royal family is not a prince, it will be given a title.

For example, Young Master Chu, Young Master Wuji, Young Master Wei, etc...

Because of her personal status, Fenghuang'er was given the title "Gongziyin".

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A teenager who doesn't know love and hate is the most excited in his life.