I was stunned for a moment, raised my head to look at Chang Qing, there was still a hint of inquiry in my eyes, and although Chang Qing's expression was quite peaceful, there was a little dodge in his eyes, he only glanced at me, looked up behind me, and muttered: "Look like this, I'm afraid it will snow heavily later." ∷◎塵緣文學網{]./15/CY./C0M/↗◎ buckle, go get an umbrella again. ”

Although Kou'er was straightforward and fast-talking, she was also clever, and immediately sensed what Chang Qing meant, closed her mouth tighter, and turned around and ran away in response.

My heart sank.

But her face was still full of smiles, but the smile was a little reluctant, and she couldn't hold it back: "Is the queen mother busy today?" ”

"Hmm."

"I don't know what it is, I need a people's girl-"

"No," she said, as soon as she raised her hand to stop me, "you can just wait in the room for the good words." ”

“……”

That made my heart chuckle.

Does she know that Miao Yan went out today?

Although I don't know if Pei Yuanhao kept this matter a secret, or if he was going to tell his queen as usual, Chang Qing's current expression made me feel different from before, but today, it was the day of the magic words and deeds to summon spirits, and she was about to go out......

I smiled and said, "It just so happens that the folk girl also has something to do, since the queen is going out, the folk girl will go with the maiden." ”

Chang Qing glanced at me.

Both of us are smiling, and in the eyes of ordinary people, even in my own opinion, they are still the same as in the past, but how much more is in this smile, ordinary people can't see it, and even we ourselves probably won't know it completely.

She was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay. Let's go. ”

She agreed, but I was a little surprised, but the words had already come out of the natural can't be taken back, I nodded slightly, and stood next to me, waiting for the buckle to come back with the umbrella, and helped her to walk forward a few steps, I slowly followed behind.

Sure enough, as she said, it snowed in a short time.

The snow is not small, and it falls one after another, and after a while, it will blind people's eyes. I looked at the snow that had been piled up on the red wall around me, and at this time I added another point, and Kou'er held an umbrella in front of me to help Chang Qing walk step by step, and the creaking sound made by stepping on the snow on the ground made the loneliness in the red wall even worse.

After walking for a long time, we arrived at the palace gate.

Far away, seeing the vermilion gate, my heart suddenly chuckled, and when I walked to the door, Chang Qing took the umbrella from the hand of the buckle, the buckle confessed, took out a token from the waist, and stepped forward to show the guards guarding the door, and those guards hurriedly came over to bow down to the queen mother.

As soon as I looked up, I saw a carriage and a group of guards waiting outside the palace gate.

Chang Qing only raised her hand lightly to get them up, and then turned to look at me.

I also seemed to be stunned for a moment: "Queen Mother, this is-"

She said lightly: "The emperor's permission, I will go home today to save my relatives." ”

“……”

I suddenly felt a little stiff in my tongue, and I couldn't speak, but she looked at me quietly and said, "What about you?" What's the matter with you? ”

I was silent for a moment.

And at that moment, a man came out from behind the carriage, and from a distance, bowed to me: "Miss." ”

It turned out to be Du Yan?!

I was stunned for a moment, walked to the side, and saw that there was a carriage parked behind the carriage waiting for Chang Qing, which was the one that came to pick me up on weekdays, but it was smaller than the carriages in front, and when I looked at it from that angle just now, it was completely blocked.

And at this moment, I reacted with lightning - today, it should be the day when Du Yan and I met at the palace gate.

I subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

Chang Qing obviously saw it too, but she was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her face: "I forgot about this palace, you should come and say hello to your people." ”

I smiled: "The days are confused, and the folk girl almost forgot about it this morning." ”

Chang Qing smiled: "But don't sue, say that you have been wronged in Jingren Palace." ”

"How dare the people's daughters."

This was originally a joke, but for some reason, when the two of us were talking and laughing, there was almost no smile in our eyes, and even I felt that my chest was cold, Chang Qing wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it anymore, so she waved her hand at me: "Bengong is gone." ”

"Congratulations to the Queen."

I stood there and bowed my head slightly, listening as she stepped on the light snow on the ground and walked out slowly, as if to explain something to the gatekeeper, and after a while, the carriage turned around and staggered away.

Du Yan had been standing in the corner next to him, bowing his head and staring, and only then came over at this time.

I took a breath to clear myself up, and then greeted me: "You're here." ”

"Yes."

"There's nothing going on at home, is it?"

"Nope."

"That's good," I breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Du Yan again - he usually came like this, he didn't talk much, but he explained everything I wanted to know very clearly, but looking at him today, it was a little different from when he usually came.

After a closer look, I noticed that his eye circles were a little dark.

I said, "What's the matter, look at your bad face, is something wrong?" ”

"Also, no."

Also, there is no - that is, there are some.

My heart suddenly tightened, the recent situation is different from usual, even if I can't say that I am walking on thin ice in the palace, but I can feel it from the two events today, the atmosphere is different recently, and there can be no more accidents in my family.

Under my repeated questioning, Du Yan finally spoke: "That Cha Bixing, it's very noisy." ”

"Chabixing?" I frowned slightly: "What's going on?" ”

"As soon as he arrives at night, he will be energetic, jumping upstairs on the roof," Du Yan rarely moved anything, his brows were tightened, he originally had a stern face, and when he twisted his eyebrows at this time, the deep dissatisfaction became particularly distinct: "Moreover, Miss also explained before, asking him not to go out and walk around, but he ran out every day for the past two days, and he didn't come back until the evening." ”

"Where did he go?"

“……”

Du Yan didn't speak, but his face was pale, and it was even more ugly.

I came to my senses immediately.

When Zha Bixing forced his way into Liu's Mansion before, he didn't stop him, and it was even more impossible to track Zha Bixing. It's not that he doesn't do his job, it's that the two people's strengths are not on the same line at all, and dealing with such an unpredictable character from Xishan Academy is indeed not something that a Praetorian Guard can do. I hurriedly changed my words and said softly: "He is like this, he was like this when he was in Xishan Academy, and many people didn't like him. ”

Of course, I said the opposite, the only people who didn't like Zha Bixing were probably those who were as rigid and stern as Uncle Ai, and the other students in the academy were quite fond of this eccentric senior brother.

I don't know if Du Yan noticed it, but his face didn't look good.

I hurriedly changed the subject: "Is there anything else going on at home?" ”

"Nope."

"That's good."

I was also relieved that nothing happened during this time, which was the best thing.

Du Yan said, and looked back again, in the long passage, Chang Qing's carriage was almost gone, and he said softly: "Just now it was—"

"That's right," I lowered my voice and glanced at the guards guarding the palace gate, but they didn't pay attention to the two of us, so I pulled Du Yan aside and said softly: "Don't go back directly later, go to the Taishi's Mansion first." ”

"Huh?"

"Watch what the Queen is doing."

"......" Du Yan didn't speak, and there was no expression on his ice-like face, but a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

I continued: "Specifically, I want to pay attention to the movements of the Taishi. ”

Du Yan was silent for a moment and said in a low voice, "I understand." ”

"You have to be careful."

"Miss, don't worry."

He nodded, and then said, "Then, is Miss going back home today?" ”

Saying that, I also looked up at the carriage behind him, usually he doesn't take the carriage, he rides back and forth, only when he comes to see me, every time he asks Lao Xia to drive the carriage over, because I don't know if I will suddenly decide to go back. But almost every time, the carriage came and went back empty.

This time was no exception, and I shook my head: "I'm not going back today." ”

"Oh."

"I'll tell you something, don't forget."

"I understand."

"Okay, let's go."

"Yes."

He leaned over and saluted me, then turned and walked away.

I watched the carriage turn around and leave, disappearing at the end of the long street, then I sighed softly, and was about to turn back, but I heard the guard guarding the door next to me come forward: "Miss Yan." ”

I looked back and saw that he was holding an umbrella in his hand, the same one he had just held for Chang Qing.

"This is the queen's mother."

“……”

I was a little speechless for a moment.

After being silent for a while, he slowly took the umbrella, stretched it out, shook off some of the remaining snow foam on it, and more snowflakes fell on the umbrella, falling into this lonely imperial city, and there was an indescribable sense of hustle and bustle.

Holding this umbrella, I slowly walked into the palace.

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This is most of the day.

Heavy clouds obscured the whole sky, and the snow was silent, but it fell very noisy, and after I returned to my own residence in Gyeongin Palace, I stayed by the window and watched the heavy snow fall.

Heaven and earth became white.

There was silence too.

I don't know how long it took, but finally, in the silence, there was a sound of footsteps, from far and near, little by little, approaching me, stepping on the snow on the ground creaking, and at last, stopped at my door.

My breath was choking.

Tuk-tuk.

There was a knock on the door outside.