The fragrance of flowers passing through the Red Chamber

"Are you awake?" Seeing that Shui Rong woke up, Xi Ren said happily.

"Yeah." Shui Rong smiled slightly, but it was very weird.The injury on his back was still hurting, in order to reassure Xi Ren, he still persisted, refusing to show an expression of pain.

"Does it still hurt?" Before the attacker could ask, the woman opened her mouth with concern on her face.

"Mother Concubine, the baby is fine, please rest assured." Shui Rong hurriedly comforted the woman, fearing that she would be worried.

"It's all right, what's the matter with your injury?" The woman said angrily, her brows were erected, her almond eyes were wide open, and she looked cold and solemn on her charming face.

"Accidentally---" Shui Rong hesitantly squeezed out these words, but after seeing the anger on the woman's face, she closed her mouth resolutely.

Xiren looked at it strangely.As a prince, although Shui Rong is gentle and refined, he always keeps a distance from others.But in front of that woman, Shui Rong had a completely different face, more real and more ordinary.The same person, but with different faces, made her feel very interesting.

"Accidental? Rong'er, don't hide it anymore, is it that your imperial brother is bothering you again?" The expression on the woman's face became colder, and her tone became colder.

"Concubine Mu, there are guests here, can you stop talking about those spoiling things?" Shui Rong glanced at Xi Ren, and said a little embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry, I forgot!" The woman put away the cold expression on her face, put on a faint smile, turned to Xi Ren, and said softly: "This--this little brother, you are our Rong son's friend?"

"Yes, you are the prince's biological mother?" Xiren asked very curiously.After some conversation, she vaguely guessed the woman's identity, but she was a little bit suspicious.Shui Rong is the prince, and if the woman in front of her is her biological mother, then she is the current concubine.An imperial concubine does not live in the palace, but in another courtyard, which makes Xi Ren even more curious. "Then why don't you live in the palace?"

"Second Brother, don't ask, Mother Concubine won't answer you." Shui Rong understood what Xi Ren was thinking, and hurriedly spoke to dissuade her.The past of the concubine mother and the emperor father has always been a mystery in the eyes of everyone. When he was a child, he also asked the two of them, but one of them was dejected and the other sighed.After so many years, he has long been used to not asking.

"Brother, there are some things that you shouldn't ask, so don't ask." Unusually, the woman was not as sad as Shui Rong thought, but said indifferently.

"Oh." Xiren didn't hear the answer, but was educated by the two. He was very upset, but he couldn't lose his temper, so he turned around unhappy, sulking alone.

Shui Rong nodded secretly, it seems that Xiren still remembered the lesson of Zhongshun Palace, and was able to endure the chaos and lose his temper. "Mother Concubine, the child is a bit hungry." Shui Rong said softly in order to ease the dull atmosphere between the few people.

"Okay, wait a minute." The woman turned around and went out, closing the door behind her.

"My lord, why does your mother live here?" Seeing the woman leave, Xiren then turned around, walked to the kang, sat on the edge of the kang, and continued the question just now.

"I don't know either. Since I was sensible, my concubine has lived here." Shui Rong shook his head, affected the wound on his back, and couldn't help frowning.In the current prone position, if he wants to look at the attacker, he can only turn sideways, and often touches the wound. The pain is really unbearable.

"Royal secrets?" Xiren murmured, his curiosity was overwhelmed and unsatisfied, like a cat scratching his heart.

"Second brother, you have forgotten the lesson of Zhongshun Palace again." Shui Rong reminded Xiren.Compared with those unscrupulous things of Prince Zhongshun, no one can pry into the royal secrets, and he doesn't want to ruin a good life because of a momentary curiosity.

"Why are you bringing that up again?" Xiren rolled his eyes at Shui Rong unhappily, and pursed his mouth.

Seeing Xiren's bright red lips pursed, Shui Rong suddenly felt dry and hot.His eyes were involuntarily fixed on Xi Ren's lips, his eyes were blazing. "I hope you can restrain yourself." The voice became hoarse with desire.

"Understood." Xi Ren was still unhappy, not paying attention to Shui Rong's fiery gaze.

"Rong'er, the meal will be here soon, bear with it." The woman came in and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Mother Concubine, my child can't get up now, my friend may still want to see plum blossoms, can you accompany 'him'?" Shui Rong got up tentatively, his back hurt, he could only look at the woman beggingly, and said.

"She also likes plum blossoms?" The woman raised her eyebrows and looked at Xi Ren.

"I like all flowers and plants." Xi Ren replied first, in exchange for Shui Rong watching helplessly.

"Huh!" The woman snorted coldly, ignored Xi Ren, and said to Shui Rong: "Rong'er, you have a good rest, I will take her out to have a look."

Shui Rong nodded obediently, understanding Concubine Mu's current mood.

After the woman finished speaking, she said coldly: "Come with me." Then she walked out of the room.

Xiren stuck out his tongue at Shui Rong, and hurriedly followed him out.

Walking out of the door, a gust of cold wind blew, and Xiren hurriedly pulled her clothes to wrap her body.

"Why, can't stand the cold?" The woman asked with a sneer as she watched Xiren's movements.

"No." After wrapping his body, Xiren felt a lot warmer, and replied with a smile. "It's just that I just came out of the warm house, and I'm a little uncomfortable."

"If you want to see plum blossoms, you have to be able to endure the cold." The woman still had the same cold expression, and she didn't stop walking. She came to a plum tree, gently stroked the strong branches, her face was full of cold The color of love and pity.

The attacker was speechless.The woman seemed to be very hostile towards her, in view of Shui Rong's reminder, she could only hold back her anger and put all her mind on plum blossoms, ignoring the woman's cynicism.

The wind is cold, the snow is white, and the plum is fragrant. It turns out that winter can be so poetic and picturesque.Dedicated to Mei's world, Xiren's heart and eyes are full of Mei Ying.Living in the plum forest, completely isolated from the world, accompanied by so many plum trees, cold and lonely, is that woman's heart?Xiren still couldn't help turning his eyes to the woman who was staring at the plum tree in a daze, trying to guess her mood.What is the reason that made her stay away from the palace and stay alone in the Merlin cabin?She is very curious, very curious!

"Girl, why are you approaching Rong'er?" The woman's cold voice came, and her eyes fell from the plum tree to Xi Ren, examining Xi Ren.

"How do you know------" Xiren was startled, and asked instinctively.But as soon as the question came out, he stopped and looked at the woman nervously, trying to read something from the woman's face.

"Girl, you can hide Rong'er better than others, but you can't hide it from me." The woman looked at her in surprise when she saw Xiren, smiled faintly, and there was a hint of a smile in her cold voice. It also calmed down a lot.

Xiren pouted, because she looked handsome in men's clothing, and she was seen through before she arrived first.She couldn't help asking curiously: "Where is the stuff missing?"

"Little girl, it's not your problem, it's that I've experienced too much." The woman regained her cold demeanor, turned around, and continued to look at her plum blossoms.

Xiren still wanted to ask, but the woman walked away, stroking the plum trees one by one, her outstretched slender hands had been blue by the wind, and she was still caressing foolishly.

Xiren looked at it for a while, only to feel that the cold was getting worse, the woman ignored her, slightly annoyed, and shouted at the woman who was already in the distance: "Well, I'm going back to the house." Without waiting for the woman's consent, he ran back to the wooden house.

"Finish?" Shui Rong was awakened by the sound of Xiren opening the door in a daze, seeing that it was Xiren, he asked with a smile.

"Well, I finished reading it. It's not early yet, I want to go back." Xiren was so bored, he suddenly remembered Jiang Yuhan who didn't know where he was, and was anxious to go back.

"Second brother, you------" Shui Rong wanted to keep Xi Ren, but seeing Xi Ren's eager face, he swallowed the words. "Okay, you can go back and take me to greet Qiguan."

"I remember." After Xiren finished speaking, he hurried away.

Shui Rong looked at Xi Ren who was leaving quickly, and secretly sighed, feeling very tired and weak all over.

"Rong'er, did you fall in love with her?" At some time, the woman stood at the door, staring at Shui Rong indifferently.

"Mother Concubine, don't talk nonsense, the baby and 'him' are just friends." Shui Rong was startled, and hastily denied it.Although the concubine mother no longer lives in the palace, he knows that the concubine mother is a special existence in the eyes and heart of the emperor. As long as the concubine mother says a word, a person can live or die.He didn't want Xiren to suffer all kinds of blame because of him.

"Stupid child, mother and concubine also came from that age, so how can you not know how you feel? But, Rong'er, she is a 'man', and you are even more precious as a prince. It is impossible for the two of you!" The woman was categorical. It completely denied the future of the two of them.To be honest, she doesn't like attacking people very much, and she doesn't like it for some unknown reason.Therefore, she didn't reveal her true gender to Shui Rong.

"Mother Concubine!" Shui Rong cried out in pain, because of backache and heartache.He knew that it was impossible for him and Xiren, but he couldn't let go of that love.That kind of taboo love doesn't come easily, and naturally it's also hard to forget.In just a few days, Xi Ren's figure had been firmly engraved in his mind, so clear and so profound.forget him"?It's hard!

"Rong'er, it's not that the concubine mother doesn't agree, but that your father and emperor won't agree." The woman still said lightly, although she felt sorry for the child, she was still very rational.

Shui Rong felt the injury on his back hurt even more.