The first time I thought of him was on a snowy night after returning to the palace.

The gorgeous palace of Nuoda is illuminated by the snow light outside, reflecting the screen window, and there is a cold silence. In the distance, the seven-story Xuanji Pagoda heard a heavy bell, echoing in the snowy night, and the entire palace disappeared into the vastness.

"Princess, it's time to rest early in the middle of the night. Zhizhi took a fire fox fur and draped it on me, and said softly, "Your body has only been well raised, and now you are standing in the limelight, you have to be careful." As he spoke, he tucked his clothes on me, "Are you not used to living in the palace just now?"

Her words reminded me of my days and nights in Fengming Mountain. The sound of Sanskrit sound and the white snow, the snow does not melt all year round on the top of the mountain, the dark blue sky is connected with the bright Milky Way, and even the wisps of green smoke lingering on the vermilion mahogany pillars every day are much happier than the days in this palace.

The exhaled breath condensed into a white mist in the cold weather, and after a while, I said, "Close the door." After walking a few steps to the dormitory, he asked again, "Who are the people in the palace today?"

Zhizhi didn't think about it, and replied very fluently: "In addition to the seventeen or eighteen gift-giving invitations that came as usual today, it was Mrs. Wei and several other ladies who sent a lot of precious supplements, and the princess hid because she said she was sick, so the slave maid has not asked for your meaning." ”

I watched my steps, didn't feel much, and said, "It's okay." ”

Zhizhi continued: "In the past few days since the princess returned to the palace, both inside and outside the palace have stepped through the threshold of our Lingxi Palace. ”

The princess who lived in the palace needed her mother's family to deliver medicine, and I couldn't help chuckling, thinking that my aunt had a heart after all, even though her temperament had made her so clumsy all these years.

"What is she doing with several Lady Orders?"

Zhizhi replied: "Tomorrow in Chang'an City to open a thousand lanterns night party, this year is run by the crown princess, it is said that the emperor thought that Xiao Guifei Niangniang in previous years was too extravagant, so he cut more than half of the funds, most of the clan relatives still look at Xiao Guifei Niangniang's face, plus the powerful in the DPRK are afraid that the lantern festival will be shabby and even lose their identity, this comes and goes, tomorrow will be invited to attend the Lantern Festival, one hand can be counted. ”

Zhizhi didn't say anything, I realized, the Donggong Niangniang, who had just sat on the throne of the crown princess, wanted to borrow the light of me, the eldest princess who had just returned to Beijing, and there would be some dim scenes on the night of a thousand lights, but she was quite helpless against me, who was not familiar with me, so she sent her own aunt, that is, my uncle, who was not very bright.

Zhizhi said quite understandingly: "The princess doesn't want to go, so the slave will ask Sijiu to go to the East Palace tomorrow to reply." ”

The Thousand Lights Night Party is a traditional festival of the Great Zhou Dynasty that has been followed for a hundred years, once a year, which should have been presided over by the Mother of the Heavenly Dynasty, leading the royal family and a cadre of women to light the lanterns at the city gate, implying that the heart of the Heavenly Family is concerned about the common people, praying for the blessings of the people, and the Son of Heaven and the people of Li are one.

"Ming ** went to the East Palace and said that I could go to preside, but when the time comes, I want to take the first step and let her not blame. ”

Zhizhi couldn't believe what she had heard, her mouth was wide enough to swallow a fist, and she couldn't say a word for a while.

I looked at her and couldn't help but laugh: "I know that I acted on a whim, but you don't have to be so frightened, put your chin away." ”

"Princess......" Zhizhi wanted to speak, but stopped, "Yes, tomorrow the slave and maid will go to pass the word." ”

Me: "Go down, I should go to sleep too." ”

I lay in bed, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep. Zhizhi left a candle lamp at the head of my bed as she left, and the dancing flame reflected the golden peony on the top of the tent, flickering in my eyes.

I took out a sachet from under the porcelain pillow, the embroidery on the blue silk satin bottom looked old, but there was a faint sweet herb fragrance under the nose. Somehow, I drifted off to sleep......

I didn't know how long I had been asleep, and when I woke up, the candle lamp on my bedside had already burned out, and I didn't know what time of night it was, and the snow was still falling, and there was a rustling sound, and the dormitory was empty, and it was brightened by the white snow.

My throat was dry, and I wanted to call Zhizhi to fill me with a glass of water, but when it came to my mouth, it became a whimper without an intonation, and I sat up on the bed, and I felt as if I hadn't eased up.

At this time, a wisp of flute mixed with the wind and snow drifted into my ears, and the lingering and tactful sound in the dark night, like crying and complaining, was like an ethereal and light ribbon, but there was a small silver hook hidden in the softest place, which hooked my heart with a dense colic.

I don't know who dares to violate the palace ban in the middle of the night, I just think that the song is familiar and abnormal, but I can't remember it, I think it's very strange. got up and put on a casual garment, and followed the sound lightly through the side hall.

The moment I opened the backyard door, countless snowflakes rushed in front of me, and the swan feather snow flew in the wind, and I couldn't help but close my eyes slightly.

The heavens and the earth are chaotic, as if Hongmeng has just opened.

The sky was like ink, and the night sky was heavy with dark clouds, and the snow fell so hard that it covered the ground, and it was as clear as a wash. The darkness of the sky is intertwined with the white of the earth, as if day and night shine together, just like the Nine Heavens Fairyland.

The sound of the flute appeared and disappeared in the whistling wind and snow, and when he walked into the vast ice and snow world in front of him, the sound of the flute stopped abruptly like a kite with a suddenly broken string.

I tightened the thin coat on my body, and when I opened my eyes again, a long figure stood alone. The reckless snow reflects the posture of the immortal, high out of the dust, and independent of the world.

Under Luan Fei's gilded eaves, I stretched out a vermilion paper umbrella and involuntarily walked slowly towards him, deep and shallow footprints reflected in the snow. The bells of the seven-story Xuanji Pagoda in the distance sounded with a trilling sound covered with bruises, and a few birds fluttered past, and the palace was silent.

His eyebrows and eyes were reflected in my eyes through the vast wind and frost, but they became like burning candles, flickering and dimming, not so real.

I asked him, "Why is Childe here late at night?"

He frowned and looked at the flute in his hand, but did not speak.

I felt even more strange in my heart: "Could it be that you know who is in my palace? I am here to meet your sweetheart? I am not a person who lacks virtue to beat mandarin ducks, so you tell me that I can also help you." ”

He looked up at me deeply, and I couldn't remember what kind of eyes they were, I just felt my heart keep falling.

A misty white mist rose from under his eyes, and the waves were turbulent, but he just looked at me directly, and still did not say a word.

This glance made me feel like I had experienced 10,000 years.

In the vicissitudes of time, I saw my own reflection in his deep eyes......

"Scared!"

I woke up from bed suddenly, and the purple tassels on the curtain of the brocade clouds on my side trembled.

Outside the window, the sky is shining, and the snow is beginning to fall, and it is already daylight.

My temples jumped suddenly, and I looked at the delicate picture of the splendid spring sleeping peony on the top of the tent, and I was in a trance.

Zhizhi heard the sound of the inner room, and walked in with small steps, followed by a group of little palace ladies with two buns, like a big housekeeper.

I was amused by my own gratuitous thoughts, and laughed out loud, Zhizhi seemed to have long been accustomed to me like this, and calmly took a medicinal soup from the hand of a palace lady behind me, and before I could get over, I smelled the bitter smell.

I frowned, but Zhizhi still calmly stirred the medicine, tested the temperature of the mouth, and held it in front of me: "It's time for the princess to drink the medicine." ”

I wondered, "What time is it?"

Zhizhi listened to my question about the wrong head and the horse's mouth, and still whispered: "It's just over the time, the slave maid is going to the East Palace to restore her life after serving the princess with medicine, and Jinglan will help you dress up in a while, and the princess will remember to have breakfast and don't sleep again." ”

I listened to Zhizhi's fragmented thoughts, but my thoughts wandered thousands of miles away, and I asked, "Did you hear someone playing the flute last night?"

Zhizhi sighed: "Princess, you are sleeping again in a daze." Seeing that I was puzzled, she brought the medicine closer again, "Drink the medicine quickly, it's going to get cold after a while." ”

I stared at Zhizhi for a while, she still held the bowl of soup and medicine with an unchanged face, and I moved my eyes to the string of little maids behind her to scan back and forth, the maids all lowered their heads, and the little daughters-in-law looked wronged.

Looking at the bowl of brown medicinal soup with curling white smoke, the corners of my eyes were a little sore, and my heart sank, I took the medicinal soup and drank it all, leaving a bitter residue between my tongue.

Zhizhi took a candied fruit from a brown glass jar and handed it to me, I didn't eat it, she knew that I was angry, and after explaining a few words to the palace ladies next to me, she told me to retire to the East Palace.

I took a cup of tea and rinsed it, the bitterness in my mouth was reduced by half, and I was served by a group of palace ladies with eight hands and feet to bathe and change clothes, and I fell asleep again when I sat on the dresser.

The bronze mirror with moire gold paint reflected a pale and tired face, and a pair of dark apricot eyes on the thin cheeks reflected a trace of cold light in the laziness.

Gong E, whose name is "Jinglan", took a sandalwood comb and gently swam through my waist-length hair, and couldn't help but admire: "The princess's hair is extremely beautiful, and it feels like a fine satin." ”

When she said this, I couldn't help but take a closer look at the person in the mirror, with a pale and plain face and long hair like ink, like a delicate painted skin, and smiled strangely at me.