Approaching the New Year, the corridors of the palace roads are full of busy figures of palace people.

Since the death of Queen Lang, the major affairs of the harem are basically handled by Nie Guifei, and the virtuous concubines, concubines and others are helping by the side, and this year is no exception.

The snow had stopped for a few days, and Nie Rufan saw that the weather seemed to be clear, so he ordered someone to go to the stargazing platform to ask for a look. The people sent back to inform him that it would be sunny for the next few days.

After asking Emperor Xuan's opinion, Nie Rufan simply decided to hold a banquet at Liuyingtai for thirty. After the place was decided, the distribution of each palace was arranged, and everyone was in full swing.

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The red plums outside Yun Yan Xuan have become more and more vivid after frost. When Yuan Xihe came to Guiyan Palace to look for someone, he saw Yuan Jiusi picking the snow on the plum rui, and the flower note was holding the jar at the bottom.

During the action, the corner of the eye unintentionally swept a touch of goose yellow. As soon as Yuan Jiusi turned her head, she saw Yuan Xihe, who was standing not far away and quietly looking at her.

"Imperial Sister!" handed the silver needle she had used to pull the snow to the flower note, and she dusted off the broken snow on the big snow and walked over happily.

Touching Yuan Xihe's slightly cool hand, Jiusi couldn't help but complain about the appearance of the courtyard gate, "Why didn't you summon Princess Roude when she came, and let the imperial sister stand here and suffer from the cold." ”

Cai Rong didn't dare not answer, raised her head slightly, she quickly glanced at Yuan Xihe, and whispered: "Princess Roude told the slave maid not to disturb the princess." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Jiusi's lips moved. Seeing that she was displeased, Roude hurriedly took a step before her seizure to speak, "It was because I saw that you were in good spirits, so I specially ordered her not to quarrel with you." But what's the use of my sister picking all this snow?" his eyes fell on the small jar held by the flower note, and Yuan Xihe pulled her away.

As soon as he heard the mention of Xueshui, Yuan Jiusi really didn't care anymore. There was still a little pride on her face, "Why don't you go and taste some of the snow on the plum rui, but the taste is sweet, and the teeth and cheeks are fragrant after eating." ”

Fingertips swept over a branch of red plum blossoms above her head, and her eyes were flowing with brilliance, and people were more beautiful than flowers.

"Right now, in the middle of winter, it is the peak season of plum blossoms. Pick the snow on the most delicate and fragrant flowers, put them away, seal them, hide them in the ice cellar, and take them out to melt when they come next spring. Cook a pot of good Ming Qian tea, enjoy the spring color, and the tea has the fragrance of plum blossoms in winter, which is very interesting. ”

At the end, he seemed to think of something, Yuan Jiusi casually added, "Last year, I saw that my mother used such water to make tea for my father, and even my father was full of praise!"

Yuan Xihe remembered carefully, with a shallow smile on his lips, and echoed: "The thoughts of the noble concubine are really chic. ”

The two of them walked inside the house as they spoke. After several handmaidens waited to take off their cloaks for the two of them, they all consciously stood outside and waited for orders, and did not follow up.

Without others, Yuan Jiusi naturally had fewer worries. She hugged Roude affectionately and buried her little face on the person's arm: "Imperial sister, in a few days it will be your Ji Ji year." According to the ancestral custom, in the first month of the year, you have to go out on a palace boat to receive the prayers of the people. ”

She said it tactfully, but Yuan Xihe understood the meaning. couldn't help laughing: "According to the ancestral example, the princess will have such an opportunity when she becomes an adult, Shuyi will be able to go out next year, what is the urgency now?"

Yuan Jiusi knew that she was deliberately pretending not to understand, so she simply stood up and pulled her arm and kept shaking coquettishly: "The imperial sister must know what I mean, Mo and Shuyi are playing dumb riddles." ”

Shaken back and forth by her, Yuan Xihe only felt dizzy, so he hurriedly said: "Alas! I know, if you shake my bones again, who will take you out then?"

It wasn't until he got the answer he wanted that Yuan Jiusi stopped contentedly.

Yuan Xihe pretended to be dissatisfied and glanced at her after stabilizing his mind, and said angrily: "You girl is really a scoundrel!"

"Don't you want the imperial sister to be able to accompany me? I heard that many princes and nobles will travel together by boat, and my imperial sister is so good-looking, what if someone is born to covet it? These things need to be handed over to me, and this princess will definitely keep them all away and protect the imperial sister. Yuan Jiusi slapped the table, and Top Gun was monstrous. Typical cheap and good.

Yuan Xihe listened to her words, and his mind was slightly in a trance. The girl in front of her still looked ignorant of the world, thinking that it was Nie Guifei who had not sent her grandmother to teach her.

Xia Yi has only two princesses, in recent years, Xia Yi has a peaceful frontier, the country is prosperous and the people are shun, and there is no zài to say anything about kinship.

So when the princess came of age, she took the palace boat along the moat and left the palace on that day. Nominally, it is to accept the prayers of the people, but in fact it is a blind date trip in disguise, after all, only unmarried young men with prominent backgrounds are eligible to accompany them.

It took a little effort to pull her off his arm, Yuan Xihe looked at her with a smile, and then floated out a sentence without being salty: "I heard that Lang Gongzi will also go that day, but Shuyi specially went to catch him?

Yuan Jiusi was stunned, originally she just wanted to play with her, but she didn't expect Lang Yuege to go too. So, don't be good at it!

After a while, I came back to my senses. Yuan Jiusi snorted and glanced at Yuan Xihe, trying to understand that she was talking about something important with her eyes, but now Yuan Xihe's shelf was sufficient, and he didn't have the meaning of taking the initiative to explain.

In the end, she couldn't resist the desire in her heart, Yuan Jiusi blushed and asked her hesitantly: "Lang Yuege will also go?" Speaking of that name, her voice couldn't help but soften a little. The timbre is bright and high, delicate and clear, lingering and beautiful.

Seeing that Yuan Xihe finally nodded Jin Gui's head, Yuan Jiusi's heart trembled with joy. Taking a deep breath and finally pressing it down, she nodded calmly. She really had to go on the day of the trip.

Yuan Jiusi was secretly making up the scene of his encounter with Lang Yuege: was it that if he looked at himself more in the crowd, he would never forget her face, and whether she would finally be the person he saw in the lamplight

Her reverie was suddenly interrupted by Yuan Xihe's voice. "Shuyi, in fact, you told me about this, how could I not agree? But the decision was made by my father after all. ”

Saying that, Yuan Xihe sighed lightly and took out a book for her. Yuan Jiusi opened it curiously and saw that it was Yuan Xihe's handwriting.

"The main points that the Taifu said on weekdays, I will copy them again when I go back to Xianyin Palace, and now they are all in this book, time is running out, you have to memorize them carefully before the palace exam. As for leaving the palace, how about we think about it together after the exam? We must study hard these days, and if we do a good job, it will be easy for us to agree to go to the court afterwards to ask my father. All of this is to meet your brother Lang. Yuan Xihe couldn't help but say the last sentence, and couldn't help but purse his lips and chuckle as he spoke.

Originally, Yuan Jiusi took the book and was about to thank her, but the next second she teased herself.

"Sister Huang, you are so not ashamed!" Knowing that she teased her about this, Yuan Jiusi's face turned red, ashamed and annoyed.

After a while, she thought that Yuan Xihe would reach the age of marriage after the New Year, so she scolded back unforgivingly: "The future master of the horse is blessed, Jiu'er really hopes that he can take the imperial sister earlier!"

Yuan Jiusi has always been sharp-toothed and unforgiving. As soon as the words fell, Yuan Xihe couldn't laugh for a while, his face was red, and he sat with his head down, no longer making a sound.

The people in the room are silent, and the atmosphere becomes wrong. Seeing that Yuan Xihe was silent and didn't speak, Jiu Si's heart suddenly became empty, was he afraid that Roude would be really angry and didn't want to deal with her anymore, so he paid for Fang Cai's words for a while.

Here, Yuan Xihe finally smiled after her assurances a few times.

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It wasn't until Yuan Xihe left with the maidservant that Hua Jian and Lan Yi pushed the door in to serve.

Lan Yi added new charcoal fire to the small stove while muttering to herself: "Princess Roude has been in Guiyan Palace for a long time, and Lin Jieyu hasn't seen her for a long time, so she has called someone to ask." ”

At that time, Yuan Jiusi was sipping the osmanthus rose dew brought from the flower note. The dew is made by distilling the essence of the rose flowers and flowers, and then boiling them with osmanthus sugar and fresh petals. It takes time and effort, and this small bowl in my hand alone uses hundreds of flowers.

The pink juice is warm and sweet, and there are a few petals floating on it.

The human face was reflected in the water, and her face looked like a peach.

Hearing Lan Yi's words, Yuan Jiusi couldn't help but wonder, "The imperial sister has only been sitting in Yun Xuan for half an hour, how can Lin Jieyu be so anxious." ”

Lan Yi slapped his hand for a moment, and then slapped his hand and said: "The slave and maid remember! The slave and maid heard from the doorkeeper Cai Rong that Princess Roude had indeed come a long time ago, but it seemed that she had gone to the concubine Niangniang before, and she had been talking for a long time. ”

Nie Guifei has always been neither cold nor hot to Yuan Xihe, why did she suddenly become interested today?

The white fingertips tapped on the table, Yuan Jiu thought about it to no avail, and smiled indifferently: "Presumably the imperial sister has her business." ”

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the starry sky palace is lit up at night. The brightly lit palace is full of people, and the shadows of the trees are swaying.

On the white jade platform, singing and dancing are leveled. The blazing charcoal fire is burning, the temperature is warm, and the whole Baiyutai is like the spring of the southern country.

Under the moist light of the pearl of the East China Sea, the singer and dancer are dressed in tulle and have a graceful posture, as if they are not aware of the cold at all.

The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the piano is loud, and the chimes are melodious.

The sea and land are staggered, and the jade pot is light. The concubines dressed in gorgeous palace robes on the high platform are all delicate and moving.

Yuan Jiusi's face was almost stiff with laughter, and he wanted to rub it.

But at such a grand palace banquet, if she dares to make any small moves that are not polite, Nie Guifei will definitely pick her skin.