After the avatar is reborn

Nianqiao's birthday falls on the winter solstice.

After late autumn is early winter, and there was a light snow on this winter day.

Ji Xuerong was confined for more than a month and was not allowed to step out of the East Palace.

A layer of silver frost was painted on the window, Nianqiao changed into winter clothes.The winter clothes were prepared by Ji Xuerong for him, because he was afraid of the cold, Ji Xuerong had someone sew a hat for him specially, the fluffy hat had two ears.

He drew a pig's head on the window sill with his fingers, and the exposed fingertips were slightly red from the cold.

"Your Highness." Nian Qiao called out, he stood up, Tang Pozi was still wrapped in his arms, and almost ran into the guard outside the door just as he went out.

Nianqiao noticed that there were more and more guards guarding the East Palace recently, and some of them were not from Ji Xuerong, even he had to ask for instructions to pick flowers.

"Your Highness." Nianqiao stepped on Xiaoxue to the main hall, saw someone from afar, and threw himself into Ji Xuerong's arms.

Ji Xuerong caught the man, touched Nianqiao's fingers, it was a little cold, but she didn't let go of Nianqiao's fingers.

"What are you in such a hurry for?" Ji Xuerong approached and touched his face, Nianqiao's face was also slightly red from the cold.

Nianqiao noticed that Ji Xuerong's body was warm in winter and cool in summer, and he was reluctant to let go when he touched Ji Xuerong's arms.

"Your Highness, do you know what day it is today?"

Ji Xuerong surrounded the people and replied, "I know, today is Nianqiao's birthday."

"After today is over, we will have to read the bridge."

Only then was Nianqiao slightly satisfied. He glanced at the table. On the table was a map, which seemed to be a map of the palace, and the guards were marked on it.

"Your Highness, can we leave the palace today?" Nian Qiao asked.

"You want to leave the palace?" Ji Xuerong asked him.

Nianqiao nodded, his face was still red, his voice was soft and soft, "I want to go out to play, but we are not allowed to go out now, it is so boring in the East Palace."

"Your Highness, can we go out?"

Today is his birthday, he felt that Ji Xuerong must have a way to take him out.

Ji Xuerong pondered for a while, and said to him: "It's not impossible, I just have to wait, how about at night?"

Nianqiao's eyes lit up, his eyes sparkling, he nodded, of course it's all right, he leaned forward and kissed Ji Xuerong's face several times.

"Your Highness is so kind." Sitting in Ji Xuerong's arms, he was a little worried, "If you are caught, will Your Highness be punished?"

Ji Xuerong said: "Yes, we just need to be more cautious."

Nianqiao was a little excited, he put his fingers into Ji Xuerong's arms, Ji Xuerong pressed his back, and touched his back through the heavy clothes.

"Does the injury still hurt?" Ji Xuerong asked him.

Nianqiao shook his head, the wounds on his body were no longer painful, he couldn't stay still, and broke out of Ji Xuerong's arms again.

"Your Highness, I'm going to see my silver."

Nianqiao didn't leave, but his hand was held again, so he had to stop, staring at people with distinct black and white eyes.

"Let Shangshan go with you, and don't eat what other people give you." Ji Xuerong told him.

Nianqiao nodded, he knew that since the last time he came back, Ji Xuerong watched him more closely.

Ji Xuerong seemed to have something to say, so Nianqiao waited patiently and looked at Ji Xuerong several times.

"Your Highness?" Nianqiao asked with some doubts.

Ji Xuerong touched his hair softly, said "it's okay", the emotion in his eyes moved slightly, and let him go.

"go to play."

Nianqiao went out with Tang Pozi in his arms.

He couldn't eat other people's food, but Ji Xuerong always prepared snacks for him.

There are red plums planted in the East Palace, and now several plants have bloomed, but they failed to escape Nianqiao's poisonous claws, and were picked by Nianqiao and put into tea bags, which he planned to use to make tea for Ji Xuerong.

Nianqiao wanted to climb a tree to pick red plums, but was stopped by the guards.

He thought it was to make him climb the tree, the guard said to him: "The Seventh Prince is outside the East Palace and wants to see the young master."

Ji Lingyu?

Nianqiao hadn't been to Ji Lingyu's place since he came out of the execution room, and now he was a little afraid of Ji Lingyu.

Zhang Shanqing's words were like a thorn in his heart, and he subconsciously didn't want to think about Ji Lingyu.

"I'm going to ask His Highness first if I can see him." After what happened last time, Nianqiao didn't trust anyone, and he had to go to Ji Xuerong for everything.

Only by Ji Xuerong's side can he be safe.

The guard stopped him, and the long sword in his hand was out of the sheath, blocking his way.

There was no one in the back garden, and Shangshan was a little far away from here.

Nian Qiao pursed his lips, why did the guard help Ji Lingyu, could it be the Holy Majesty's intention?

The sage acquiesced that Ji Lingyu could set foot in the East Palace, so Ji Lingyu could set foot in the East Palace.

He couldn't help but think that it was too easy for Sacred Heart, Jing and Emperor turned their faces so quickly, he thought Ji Xuerong was very favored at first.

Now it seems that they are all the same, the status of the princes depends entirely on the scene and the emperor's preferences.

Nian Qiao reluctantly left with the guards, he was still holding red plums in his arms, and he was also dressed in red, which blended with the color of the snow, like a painting.

Zhu Huan's wall was reflected in the sky, and a slender figure stood on the edge of the corridor. Ji Lingyu's injuries were almost healed, and her face was recovering well.

Those eyes were dark and sharp, and their gaze was firmly locked on him.

Nianqiao dodged his gaze a little, he didn't dare to look directly at Ji Lingyu, he came to Ji Lingyu, and timidly called "Your Highness the Seventh".

"Your Highness Seventh...do you have any business looking for a slave?" Nian Qiao asked.

Only then did he see that there was still something in Ji Lingyu's arms, which was a long and narrow black box with Ruilin patterns on it.

I don't know what's in it.

"Nianqiao, today is your birthday, and my wounds will heal. I thought I would come to see you today and give you a birthday gift."

Nianqiao didn't pick it up, and even when Ji Lingyu moved forward a little, Ji Lingyu's breath was in front of him, and he subconsciously stepped back a little.

"No need, Your Highness Seventh, this slave can't take your things." Nian Qiao pursed his lips, and when he looked up, he looked into Ji Lingyu's eyes, feeling inexplicably afraid.

With his back leaning against the red wall, there seemed to be some emotion dormant in Ji Lingyu's eyes, and it quickly subsided.

"Nianqiao, are you blaming me for punishing you?"

Nianqiao didn't speak, the welts had faded a long time ago, but now he felt a dull pain, he knew he shouldn't doubt Ji Lingyu.

But if it wasn't for Ji Xuerong to take him back to the East Palace, maybe he would be tortured until he was dying, and he would be sent back when Ji Lingyu remembered him.

He subconsciously resisted thinking that if that was the case, he would definitely be grateful to Ji Lingyu, but just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.

"I don't blame His Highness the Seventh Highness, His Highness the Seventh has kindness to me, and I still don't know how to repay His Highness the Seventh."

"Repay me?" Ji Lingyu seemed to laugh, the atmosphere in the air was condensed, his jaw was pinched, and Ji Lingyu looked down at his face slightly.

"Nianqiao, last time I asked you if you would like to come with me, but you are not willing."

Ji Lingyu exerted a little force on her fingers, "Third brother is in danger now, you shouldn't stay by his side, you will only cause trouble for him."

Nianqiao's cheeks hurt a little, he hugged the plum branch in his arms tightly, and didn't make a sound.

Seeing that Nianqiao was holding back tears that were about to fall, Ji Lingyu let go of him and didn't give him anything in his hand.

Ji Lingyu's eyes were dark, she leaned close to his ear, and the breath of control fell, she was completely different from her usual restrained and low-key.

"Nianqiao, I hate being betrayed the most. If you choose the third brother, you'd better not fall into my hands again in the future."

Nianqiao's whole body tensed up at that moment, his back was trembling faintly, a cold breath spread all over his body, and the last sentence was obviously a threat.

He remembered the story Ji Lingyu told him a long time ago.

Ji Lingyu was not favored when he was young, and he often ate leftovers. At that time, he fed a wild dog in Qianque Palace.The wild dog couldn't eat anything with him, so Ji Lingyu let it out. The wild dog was starved and beaten outside, and became honest after returning, and never ran around again.

The red plums in Nianqiao's arms were scattered all over the ground, his face was pale, and he hurriedly picked up the red plums on the ground.

The object was the black brocade robe, Ji Lingyu picked up Hongmei before him, and put the things into his arms.

"Nianqiao, happy birthday."

As if nothing happened, Ji Lingyu returned to her usual appearance.

When he left, Nianqiao returned to the main hall in a daze. Ji Xuerong was waiting for him, as if he had already heard the news.

"What did he tell you?" Ji Xuerong asked him.

Nianqiao nestled into Ji Xuerong's arms, he was obviously frightened, pulled a corner of Ji Xuerong's clothes, and shook his head at Ji Xuerong.

"If you don't want to say it, don't say it. I just heard that today he specially told his father to come to the East Palace." Ji Xuerong let him hold him, and said to him: "From now on, Nianqiao doesn't want to see him, so I won't see him."

Nianqiao nodded, thinking of Ji Lingyu's appearance today, he felt terrified, completely different from the Ji Lingyu he knew in the past.

"Your Highness, Seventh Highness has become a little scary." Nianqiao said in a low voice after a long time, "He threatened me."

Ji Xuerong didn't say anything, just rubbed his head, his limbs radiated warmth, he stayed in Ji Xuerong's arms, the cold breath gradually receded.

"He also said that His Highness will have something to do." Nianqiao grasped the point, he raised his eyes, the wet eyes were full of worry.

"Your Highness, will we be alright?"

"No," Ji Xuerong said to him in a gentle tone, "This confinement is not entirely a bad thing for us. Now that the Holy One is taking care of Lao Qi, maybe some people will not be able to sit still in a few days."

"Nianqiao, don't think about these unhappy things, we'll leave the palace at night after packing up."

Nianqiao nodded, his mood had recovered at night, he didn't know that the palace was about to change, so he changed into the clothes that Ji Xuerong had prepared for him.

He was wearing plain clothes inside and a red cloak outside. He was watching from the car window, wondering how Ji Xuerong fooled the guards' eyes, and they left the palace safe and sound all the way.

On Nianqiao's neck, there was an extra safety lock with exquisite patterns, which looked a bit like ingots, chubby, and signed with Ji Xuerong's small characters.

He held it for a long time, looked at Ji Xuerong several times with his eyes open, and found that Ji Xuerong was still looking at him, so he held it in front of Ji Xuerong.

"Your Highness, is this a birthday present for me?"

Ji Xuerong took him into her arms and asked him softly, "Do you like Nianqiao?"

"I like it." Nianqiao kept grabbing it, he turned his head and kissed the corner of Ji Xuerong's lips, and asked, "Is this what His Highness wore when I was a child?"

"Gu was not in good health when I was a child. This is what my mother begged for Gu. After wearing it, Gu has never been sick again."

"Now give it to Nianqiao," said Ji Xuerong, "to protect Nianqiao for Gu."

Nianqiao has been very sensitive lately, his mind brightened at this moment, he stared at Ji Xuerong and asked, "Where is Your Highness going?"