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Changming didn't have to patrol the night tonight, but he still came out neatly dressed, and when he saw the guards patrolling dutifully, he stood alone in the courtyard, looked up at the sky, and found that the night sky was dark tonight, there was no moon or stars, and his heart was a little empty.

"At such a late hour, you don't rest in the house, standing in the cold yard, do you want to turn into stone?" Qing Yao walked to Changming with the food box.

"It's so late, you don't have no rest. Changming smiled slightly.

"I can't sleep. Qing Yao sighed.

"Why?" Changming asked Qing Yao worriedly.

"At this time of year, the eldest prince and they will be with the princess, but this year, ......" said this, Qing Yao was a little sad. Every year, during the holidays, the eldest prince Conghua will always bring the princess gorgeous clothes, delicious food, and mellow wine, and chat with the princess. The two princes of Tianyue and Tianyuan will bring a lot of interesting things to make the princess happy. The king would sometimes come to accompany the princess, and they were happy, so warm and happy.

"Do you miss the eldest prince?"

"Hmm. ”

"It's been more than half a year since we left Xin Country in a blink of an eye, I don't know if the eldest prince is okay?" Although he has not been in the palace for a long time, thanks to the appreciation and trust of the eldest prince, he also gave him the task of protecting the princess.

"The princess is not in a good mood these days, I'm afraid it's also hurtful, I miss the king and the prince. ”

"It's no wonder that their relationship is so good. Changming often listened to the affairs of the princess and several princes of Qing Yao, and was moved by it.

"The day before yesterday, the princess came back from the birthday banquet and asked me to pack my things, I don't know where to go, it seems that I want to go back to Xinguo. ”

"The princess is going back? Changming was a little surprised, and there was a little joy in his tone. It's been more than half a year since I left Xinguo, and if I can go back, I can talk about homesickness.

The princess didn't elaborate, but I saw her expression as if she was happy. Qing Yao said, "I'm a little uneasy in my heart. ”

"Why?"

"I can't say it well, I always feel as if something bad is going to happen. ”

Seeing Qing Yao's frowning, Chang Ming gently grabbed Qing Yao's hand, "Maybe it's just that we've been away for too long, and a lot of things have happened, so we're just too sensitive." It's okay, I'm here. ”

"I hope so. Qing Yao shook Changming's hand hard. Chang Ming's hand was large and warm.

"What's in your food box?"

Qing Yao smiled, pulled Changming to the side of the corridor and sat down, and then opened the food box, on which was a plate of pastries, and there were two bottles of wine under the pastries. The wine is still hot.

"This is ......" Chang Ming was moved, the pastry was a cedar cake unique to Xinguo, "When did you make it?"

"This is the princess's favorite food, these days I saw that the princess was in a bad mood, so I made some for the princess, these are reserved for you. Qing Yao said.

"Qing Yao, you're so good. Changming looked at Qing Yao affectionately.

"Hurry up and eat. Qing Yao urged shyly.

Changming picked up a piece of cedar cream and put it in his mouth, "Soft and sweet, it melts in your mouth." Delicious. Chang Ming praised.

"Taste the wine again. Qing Yao put a pot of wine in Changming's hand.

Changming opened the lid of the pot first, smelled it, and was a little excited, it was actually the sake of Xinguo.

"The king of Shang knew that the princess was homesick, and during the day, he specially sent someone to send it. I asked the princess for two bottles. ”

Changming took a sip of wine, his heart was warm, and his eyes were a little moist. He tilted his head, closed his eyes, took another big sip, and felt a slight chill on his face. A cool drop of water runs across your cheek. It's strange that he didn't cry. He opened his eyes and saw something shining in the sky falling—snow.

"I wonder if there is snow in the palace of our Xin Kingdom?" he said to Qing Yao.

"I guess it's down too. When it snows, Prince Tianyue plays the flute in front of the window. Qing Yao looked at the falling snowflakes and whispered.

……

The snow fell so heavily that almost the entire palace was white.

Changming and Qingyao sat outside all night. It was dawn, and Changming was sending Qing Yao back to rest, when he saw a guard from the Shang Kingdom hurrying in. He recognized this guard as someone from the Shang King's side, and when he came over at this time, there must be something important, so he greeted him.

Changming asked the guards what was the matter. The guard said that the king had received the letter of state from Xin this morning, and asked the princess and the prince to go to the main hall immediately. When Chang Ming heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the guards and Qing Yao to see the princess.

Yu Zimo has already gotten up, she heard that there is a letter from Xin Guo, her face is not very good-looking, and things that should come always have to come.

Qing Ran usually didn't go with Yu Zimo to see the King of Shang. But this time the guard said that he would go with the princess, and Yu Zimo's expression was a little wrong, so he didn't ask much and accompanied Yu Zimo to the main hall.

In the main hall, the king of Shang sat behind the table with a solemn expression.

"The King. Yu Zimo gave a salute.

King Shang stood up, walked to Yu Zimo from behind the table, handed Yu Zimo a silk book in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "This is the letter of the State of Xin that was handed in this morning. The national letter said that Princess Qimo died on the eve of the Spring Festival. ”

The news was so sudden. Yu Zimo's body trembled slightly, and Qingran held her with his hands. She took the credentials with trembling hands and opened them to read. Sure enough, it said that the second princess of Xin Guo, Yu Qimo, died ten days ago, when she was less than three years old.

Yu Zimo put away the national letter, calmed down for a moment, and said to the king of Shang in a slightly trembling voice: "Qi Mo died suddenly, my father must be very sad, Zimo begs the king to allow me to return to China to visit my father." ”

"When such an unfortunate thing happens, this king understands your grief. King Xin is for your two daughters, one married far away and the other died young, as a father, he must be very sad. Go back, let Qingran accompany you, and comfort your father. ”

"King Xie. ”

……

When the news of Princess Qimo's untimely death came out, Chang Ming and Qing Yao were also shocked.

"Someone once said that the high priest calculated that Princess Qimo would not live to be three years old, and it turned out to be true. Qing Yao said sadly.

"The saddest thing now should be the princess and the king. Changming said, "Let's hurry up and leave for Xinguo as soon as possible." ”

"Two days ago, the princess asked me to pack up, could it be that she had a premonition about Princess Qimo. ”

Things were quickly packed up.

"Princess, what about the three of them?" Chang Ming asked Yu Zimo. It will take some time to completely lift the power of the cursed water in the boundary river, and they can't take the spirit to return with them.

"Give them to Lu Ye," Yu Zimo said.

"Princess, you don't plan to take me back to Xinguo. Lu Ye, who was standing next to Changming, said.

"Changming has to go back with me, the matter of the boundary river cannot be delayed, and can only be handed over to you. After seeing my father, we will come back as soon as possible. Yu Zimo said to Lu Ye.

"There are priorities, Lingzhan can't be discovered by Chang Yu, everything depends on you. Changming also said.

The princess handed over the affairs of Jiehe to herself, which was her trust in herself, and after thinking about it, Lu also patted her chest, "Don't worry, princess, I will definitely watch them and wait for you to come back." ”

Yu Zimo looked at Lu Ye with a trusting gaze.

In the snowy afternoon, Yu Zimo's carriage pressed the white snowflakes on the ground and rushed back to Xinguo.