In the ninth year of Qiyuan, the twenty-third day of the winter wax month.

The inner and outer parts of the capital of the Great Zhou Emperor were covered in silver, and clumps of snowflakes and the footsteps of the New Year descended on the world.

Today is a young year, and the streets of the West Market are more lively than ever. There is a smile on the faces of the sellers and buyers, as if no matter how cold the weather and heavy snow are, they can't stop people's good mood.

But isn't it, the little year is the big year, and the New Year is over, who is not happy?

What's more, last year, God also opened his eyes, the crops were bumper, the grain and rice were sufficient, and the prices were stable.

Although it is now said that the border pass is tight, and it is said that the Son of Heaven wants to use troops against Beizheng, but there is rice and meat in his own bowl, and other military affairs can be said to be far away in Java for ordinary people, at most it is just a conversation after eating and drinking.

Seeing that it is another good snow, hey, Ruixue is a mega year, and it is only right that it will be a good year in the coming year!

In the private room on the second floor of the Treasure and Jade Dining Building, the heat of the red clay stove fumigation filled the whole room, and it was as warm as spring.

On the table near the window, all kinds of fresh vegetables, cups, plates and wine cups are full.

Shen Quan stood at the table, holding a silver needle that was slightly thicker than usual in his right hand, and tried every food in front of him one by one, including the wine in the wine glass and wine jug. At the same time, he carefully touched the sleeve of his robe with his left hand, lest the fabric of the sleeve stain the dish.

A quarter of an hour had passed, and he hadn't finished trying yet. But the main man at the table can't bear it.

"You're really trying! Trouble to death! The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy in the white robe complained impatiently.

The corners of Shen Quan's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, who let the ancestors love to go out of the palace to play? It is also called "micro-service private visits, observing the people's feelings". There is a special chamberlain in the palace to try the dishes, but there is no outside the palace, and you are not afraid of bad people calculating.

Although he kept slandering in his heart, his face was kind and humble: "Master, this is what Mrs. Tai ordered, we don't dare to disobey!" ”

As he spoke, he didn't have any ambiguity in his hand, and he still tried another plate of dishes steadily.

When the white-robed boy heard the words "Mrs. Tai", he stopped talking, flattened his mouth, and played with himself.

The sturdy young man sitting opposite him grinned toothily and persuaded, "Don't embarrass this kid!" Mrs. Tai's instructions, does he dare to listen? Isn't it all about your safety? ”

This white-robed little boy is Da Zhou's son Yu Wenrui, and she sighed and said, "How could I not know their kindness? It's just too much trouble! ”

As she spoke, she looked at the sturdy young man's eyes angrily: "Brother, do you have to worry so much about your sister-in-law every time you go out?" ”

Hearing this, Yuwen Keqin raised his eyebrows unnaturally, and coughed lightly: "I go out every day, or go to court, or run errands, or meet friends, if she asks her every day, won't she trouble dying?" ”

Yu Wenrui suddenly had an expression of "Look, I'll just say it".

"However, when my mother was alive, I always took the trouble to instruct every day," Yuwen Keqin's eyes darkened, and he hurriedly changed the conversation, "You are the emperor, and when you are not in the palace, the queen mother's mind always has to be distracted." ”

When Yu Wenrui heard the word "loving mother", his heart was not happy, and he reprimanded Shen Quandao: "Hurry up! Hurry up! I'm still waiting for a drink! ”

Shen Quan responded "good" again and again, but the movements in his hands were still calm.

Yuwen Keqin just revealed the words of "emperor" and "queen mother", he was a very stable person, and he felt a little inappropriate in his heart, and he was busy calling his personal guard Changqing.

Yu Wenrui understood and said, "Brother, don't worry, He Chong is guarding outside with someone!" It's going to be fine! ”

Yuwen Keqin was a little relieved at this time, and when Shen Quan poured the wine, the brother and sister drank a glass of each other.

Yu Wenrui shouted "happy", and didn't care about Yuwen Keqin, just took the second glass of wine that Shen Quangang had just poured, and drank it cleanly with his neck up.

The corners of Shen Quan's mouth twitched, and he didn't know whether to fill her another cup for a while.

Yu Wenrui glanced at him, what did it mean: Why don't you fill it?

You are an ancestor! Shen Quan couldn't afford to mess with her, so he had to obediently fill her up.

Yuwen Keqin watched the men's girl opposite "Dong" drink the third glass of wine in one gulp, and two pinks were already haloed on his cheeks, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he said tentatively: "Your Majesty has something on your mind?" ”

Yu Wenrui held his right hand in the empty cup and paused-

Worry? How can there be no heart?

For more than two years, she has become more and more handy in handling political affairs, and she has become more and more confident in winning Beizheng, and has been promoted to several young and talented official positions, and this year is another bumper year...... All this proves that as the emperor, she is very happy.

But what about other than that?

After that incident two and a half years ago, it was as if something had been separating her from her sister-in-law, and no matter how hard she tried to break through the barrier, her sister-in-law could never treat her like she had been.

No! Sister-in-law still cares about her! cared about her food, clothing, housing and transportation, cared about the slightest dynamics of the previous dynasty, and even entrusted her with all the qiē about Beizheng that she controlled. However, Yu Wenrui couldn't see the sister-in-law's heart clearly. Even sometimes, Yu Wenrui will suddenly have a feeling that makes her very uneasy: her sister-in-law is like a shell that has been drained of her soul......

Also, what worries Yu Wenrui the most is-

"I'm just worried about my sister-in-law's body." Those obscure thoughts, she naturally wouldn't tell Yuwen Keqin.

Yuwen Keqin was also worried: "Yes! In the past two years, the Queen Mother's body has been very weak, and she has been suffering from minor illnesses...... It stands to reason that her old man is in the heyday of spring and autumn, shouldn't it! ”

No, he is only twenty-eight years old, how can his health be so bad?

Yu Wenrui was even more irritable when he heard it, and he couldn't wait for Shen Quan to pour the wine, so he picked up the wine jug, filled it, and drank it dry.

Secret trouble! My sister-in-law is sick from her heart, how could she not know?

Yuwen Keqin was also stunned when he saw her so heroic, and hurriedly said: "Shen Quan! Don't hurry up and give your master a cloth! ”

Seeing that Yu Wenrui ate two mouthfuls of food and suppressed the wine, Yuwen Keqin said slowly: "You should find a good hand, so that you can give birth to the Queen Mother." ”

Yu Wenrui smiled bitterly: "Shi Ran is the first magic hand of Da Zhou Xinglin, no matter how wonderful the hand is, can it be stronger than him?" ”

Yuwen Keqin finished his words, but he didn't want to see her too sad for the queen mother's body, so he looked at the snow scene outside the window in a daze, and said with a smile: "Today's little year, can your majesty remember?" ”

"Well, I have to accompany the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother to dine and worship the stove at night." Yu Wenrui replied absent-mindedly.

Yuwen Keqin smiled: "Your Majesty forgot that Yue'er is coming back for the New Year this year?" Originally, I was able to enter the city tonight. ”

Yu Wenrui was pleasantly surprised, and slapped his head, "I'm really busy!" Yue'er is coming back today! I haven't seen her for more than two years, and I don't know what to do! And Sister, I miss her so much! ”

As soon as she thought of meeting her childhood friend whom she hadn't met for a long time, her gloomy mood cleared up a little, so she was very eager to see Jing Jiayue and Yun Sujun as soon as possible.

"I want to accompany my mother and sister-in-law tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to see it...... Tomorrow! Tomorrow, I will go to the British Mansion to meet Yue'er in person! I also want to summon my sister to the palace! ”

Yuwen Keqin smiled and watched her true feelings revealed, and he was also relieved in his heart: although the emperor is the son of heaven, he attaches great importance to affection and righteousness, and the emperor has never forgotten the love they grew up with.

In the Shoukang Palace, it is also a warm and harmonious group.

Empress Dowager Duan was wearing ordinary single clothes, leaning lazily on the brocade couch, and the little palace maid kneeling at her feet was obediently beating her legs.

She glanced at Jing Yan, who was still wearing a jacket and had a pale face, but was still sitting with her back straight, and sighed silently.

"Why are you so good, sick again? If you are sick, why do you still run out on a snowy day? Filial piety is not bad at this point. ”

Jing Yan smiled lightly and said, "If you don't come to say hello, I'm afraid the queen mother will be worried." Let the queen mother see and laugh! ”

Empress Dowager Duan waved her hand and said, "What's there to laugh at?" Who hasn't been sick? It's just that, Queen, your mind is too heavy! ”

Jing Yan lowered his head and said softly: "It's just that the weather is warm and hot, and I feel the wind and cold......"

Empress Dowager Duan feigned anger and said angrily: "Are you a fool of the mourning family? The mourning family has eaten more salt than you have ever eaten rice! It's been nearly ten years since Zhe'er went, but you still can't see through it...... Mourning family for all these years, I can't wait to persuade and count down every day, how about it? Even he is married, and his son is full moon! The mourning family persuaded him, why not persuade himself? When the people are gone, they are gone. They have spirits in heaven, don't they want us to live well? Do you have to torture yourself to death to live up to her affection? If you really go to that life, you will be able to find her? I don't know where she is! If we are alive, if we suffer ourselves day and night, will we not fail their wishes for our well? ”

Jing Yan was silent.

"So, the mourning family hasn't thought about anything all these years! If you like to eat and drink, you can eat more, at most you can eat to support your stomach, and what about Ran'er's digestion soup, what are you afraid of? If you have nothing to do, you will summon a few old relatives into the palace to chat about Lele, or see which family's children are matched, and rely on the old to sell the old and pull a red line...... Have fun for yourself! ”

When Jing Yan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, but there was also a slight bitterness in his heart: the queen mother was open-minded, but she couldn't do it. It's because of the nature of the mind, or because of age.

She is only twenty-eight years old, and if she is placed in an ordinary large family, she is the age when she is full of flowers and loved by her husband; However, in this bleak deep palace, she is a lonely goose who has lost her spouse.

If you say lonely, it's not quite.

Jing Yan's eyes couldn't help but shake Yu Wenrui's face-

The carefree child is like a fire, radiating endless heat from the warmth, which makes this deep palace that should be cold a little warm.

However, the incident two and a half years ago happened when it happened. No matter how much she tried to regain the carefree state of mind she once faced, she couldn't do anything about it, but every time she forced herself to do so, Yezhe's bloody appearance would fall asleep. After feeling guilty and helpless, it is always inevitable to suffer from illness. This cycle repeats itself, and a good body is also ruined.

Jing Yan is familiar with medical skills, and she knows that her body is not as good as day by day, which is caused by heart disease. The body is easy to cure, but the demons are difficult to get rid of.

Whenever she was seriously ill and in a trance, a thought always popped into her mind without warning: if one day, if she died like this, would she fall into that boundless cold hell?

It must be cold there, right? There will not be a heat that warms my heart......