I see the snow

The whole body was pitch black, and Mu Ziling seemed to be wrapped in the lake water, trapped in a dream.

That was eight years ago, when he was nine years old.

In the southeast, the city of the Three Wus, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times.The streets and alleys are bustling with crowds, and there is an endless stream of hawking.

A young man stood at the entrance of the alley, looking at the streets with people coming and going, his eyes swept over the shouting vendors one by one, looking at the strange environment a little curiously and a little timidly.

A peddler saw that he had a very beautiful complexion and a special temperament. Although he was wearing plain white clothes, he looked like a fine brocade.He smiled and took the initiative to talk:

"Young master, do you want candied haws? Five cents each, cheap!"

Mu Ziling paused, then turned his head to look over, but his expression was guarded, full of distrust towards the outside world.

He looked at the peddler for a long while without saying a word, his eyes were dark and quiet.

Although he was a child, the look on his face was nothing like what a child should have.

The peddler was stunned, embarrassed, feeling a little guilty for some reason, and for a moment he didn't dare to talk to Mu Ziling again, and turned his head away.

However, after a while, Mu Ziling stood at the entrance of the alley for a while, and then slowly walked towards the peddler.

The peddler didn't dare to look at him, and kept muttering in his heart.

But Mu Ziling looked at the wooden pole in his hand for a while, and suddenly said softly: "What is this?"

The peddler was taken aback, looked at him in disbelief, and said in a daze, "...candy, candied haws."

Mu Ziling didn't speak, but looked at the transparent layer of sugar, and raised his head slightly because of his small stature.

His hair was jet black and tied loose behind him with a red string.Against the snow-like white clothes, in this beautiful Jiangzhou, she still looks stunning, and she is not even half compared.

"...Is this sweet?"

Mu Ziling asked the peddler, and even when he was talking, his eyes were still fixed on the sugar coating, and he didn't want to move away.

"sweet."

The peddler stammered: "...it's sweet, sour, sweet and sour."

Mu Ziling couldn't help pinching the corner of his clothes, looked at it for a while, but then looked away.

The peddler looked at Mu Ziling with his head down, and asked, "My lord, do you want to buy one? I'll wrap it up for you. You can take it first and eat it at home."

Mu Ziling couldn't tell what was on his face, he just smiled and said in a low voice, "I don't have any money."

"..."

The peddler laughed dryly, very embarrassed.

"how could be……"

He said: "Young master, you look like a pampered brother. This, this is just your clothes, which I can't afford even after I have been in business for a year."

Mu Ziling originally lowered his eyes and shook his head slightly, but when he heard the peddler talking about clothes, he suddenly raised his head and asked:

"Clothes?... Can I exchange them with you for other things? Clothes are not acceptable, but I can give you my jade."

The peddler was stunned, and before he could say "yes", he saw Mu Ziling take out a piece of white jade from his waist, which was warm and translucent, with extremely delicate patterns carved on the front.

"I'll trade this with you."

Mu Ziling said.

The peddler was stunned. He didn't expect that this child would carry such a valuable thing. Even though he didn't know jade, he could tell from the luster and texture that the jade must be priceless!

"My goodness……"

The peddler murmured: "This jade... let alone a piece of candied haws, it would be affordable even for my life..."

"I'll give you this stick of candied haws!"

The peddler hurriedly handed the wooden pole to Mu Ziling, and took out all the silver taels from his body: "These money will be given to you too, as long as you don't go back on your word, the transaction will be [-]% and the money will not be returned!"

Mu Ziling smiled faintly, and pushed away the wooden pole that the peddler handed him.

Standing on tiptoe, he pulled out the stick of candied haws he was looking at just now, thought for a while, and took a small one from the lower position: "No, I don't have time to finish eating, these two are enough .”

The peddler was dumbfounded. Mu Ziling took two sticks of candied haws and looked like he was really leaving, not even half a joke.

The peddler was both happy and suspicious, looking at Mu Ziling, he couldn't help but confirm again: "—Hey, you really don't want this jade anymore!?"

But Mu Ziling was ready to start peeling off the candy paper: "I really don't want it anymore."

He bit the first sugar ball and tasted it carefully with his eyes closed, but he seemed to be soured a bit, his delicate eyebrows frowned, but soon tasted the sweetness again, and smiled innocently.

After taking two steps, he seemed to think of something, and then he turned back and asked the peddler, "Excuse me, do you know where the West Lake is?"

The peddler pointed him in the direction, and Mu Ziling walked over there.

——He didn't give up on Yu, because it wasn't his in the first place.

In order to leave Yunyan dozens of days ago, he stole the jade pendant symbolizing the status of the prince from his elder brother Mu Huai'an, and used it to go out of the city.

Otherwise, with his status as a "gongziyin" who cannot see the light, how can he be qualified to wear such beautiful jade.

Mu Ziling walked to the edge of the West Lake, sat on the embankment, and slowly ate the two candied haws he bought just now.

It was summer at this time, and the entire West Lake was covered with lotus flowers. Looking from a distance, it seemed that there was a green and swaying sea tide.

At about dusk, all the people who went to the market left, the smoke was everywhere, and the lights were just coming on.

Mu Ziling was still sitting on the shore, and he was the only one left here at this moment.

An older aunt passed by him, looked at Mu Ziling, and asked with a smile:

"Young master, don't you want to go home for dinner?"

When Mu Ziling turned his head, there were still some sugar residues on his cheeks.

He looked at the two bare wooden sticks in his hand, shook his head, and said, "I won't return."

Auntie didn't care, she smiled and walked away gradually.

But just as she was about to leave from the corner, she suddenly heard a "plop", and Auntie turned around in surprise, only to see that the child she was talking to just now had disappeared.

Auntie reacted for half a second, and hurried to the place where Mu Ziling sat just now.

There are many bubbles, which are "grumbling" emerging from the bottom of the water.

Auntie was taken aback, the vegetable basket fell from her hands to the ground, and she hurriedly called out: "Come help, a child has fallen into the water!!"

……

Mu Ziling felt a little cold, the water at the bottom of the lake became colder as he went down.

But besides the cold, he also felt relieved that he was finally relieved.You don't have to fear that you will die at any time, and you don't have to endure the pointers and winks of others. It feels really good to have your life in your own hands.

If he can't control whether he can live, then he must decide when to die.

This time, he accidentally broke Mu Huai'an's longevity lock—the longevity lock that is really important to His Royal Highness Prince Yunyan, so Mu Ziling finally made up his mind to commit suicide.

He was afraid of how he would be punished, and he was fed up with the dreadful days.

However, just when his body heat was about to dissipate in the icy lake water, a pair of warm hands grabbed him, and immediately after, Mu Ziling felt himself being pulled upwards.

He was stunned for a moment and tried to break free, but instead the man grabbed him even tighter, and even held Mu Ziling in his arms to fix it.

Mu Ziling heard the man's heartbeat and the warm temperature surrounding him, he suddenly didn't dare to struggle——

This man is alive and he doesn't want to die.He is saving him.

What if he was killed because of his own struggle?

Mu Ziling suddenly became quiet, and let the other party float up with his arms around him.

As it got closer to the water surface, the light above its head became bigger and bigger.

At the moment when they were about to break through the water, Mu Ziling suddenly thought, he needs to take a look at this person, and know that in his life, this is the first person in his life who doesn't want him to die and is willing to risk his life And who is the one who will keep him alive.

He turned around—

But at this moment, Mu Ziling woke up from his lethargy.

The night was getting dark, the windows in the room were open, and a cold moon was hanging alone outside.

He was lying in the empty Chengye Hall, the clothes under the thin quilt were still stained with the blood he vomited in the afternoon.

A'Zhu was staying in the porcelain pot next to the bed, dozing off with a white bone wrapped around her.

Mu Ziling lay quietly for a few seconds, feeling a little thirsty, lifted the quilt and fumbled for water to drink.

The palace people playing cards outside finally heard the movement at this time, opened the door and came in to check. When they saw Mu Ziling, they said "Oh":

"Young master is awake?"

Mu Ziling didn't respond, and the palace servant continued, "The doctor has come, and the boiled medicine is on the table. Remember to take it, my lord."

Mu Ziling looked at the bowl of cold medicine, and the palace servant laughed awkwardly, probably thinking that Mu Ziling was sent back by Qin Yi after all in the afternoon, and that his status in the palace might be saved, so he rubbed his hands, not quite Zizi said:

"...The medicine, is it cold? Hey, let me warm it up."

Mu Ziling didn't respond, but asked without thinking, "Where's Qin Yi?"

The palace servant was stunned, and said bluntly, "Your Majesty?"

"Wang, did you see your son in the afternoon, did you..."

The palace man tied his tongue a few times, but he finally didn't say the phrase "I'm not dead", and said as tactfully as possible: "I see that you are fine, so I left."

Mu Ziling looked down at the stains on his white clothes, because after several hours, those bright red blood stains had become dull.

After a long time, he slowly came back to his senses and responded with a "hmm".

The palace people found it strange that according to Mu Ziling's past behavior, he shouldn't have asked Qin Yi at all.

——What is the relationship between them and how much love they have is something that everyone knows well.

He didn't have to have much hope for Qin Yi at all.That would be like a joke.

But Mu Ziling was silent for a long time before he gave a low laugh and said softly to himself:

"I just had a dream. I almost didn't realize that I had woken up."