One after another cold winds blew, and the fallen leaves under the trees were several layers thicker, and before you knew it, the cold winter was quietly coming.

On the day of the winter solstice, Song Chen came back early, the king was in a good mood, and he didn't let the palace people pass it on, so he quietly entered the palace to see what Chu Xue and her mother and son were doing while he was away.

Just opened the cotton curtain is the warm aroma, Song Chen took a look, a little surprised, the always lively Le'er was surprisingly quiet today, sitting at the table with his mother to learn to pinch dumplings.

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the movement at the entrance of the palace, the little girl subconsciously looked over, and saw the smiling father, she became happy, and immediately ran towards her father with the dough in her hand, and said happily: "Father, look, this is the dumplings made by the sons." ”

The little girl has grown up a lot, and her words have become more and more regular.

Song Chen looked at the dough in the little girl's little hand covered with flour, pretended to be surprised, and asked, "Is this a dumpling?" Is there stuffing in it? ”

"Yes!" The little girl blinked her big eyes and said very seriously, "It was the queen mother who taught me, you have to put the stuffing in first and then pinch it up, and that's it!" ”

The little girl didn't hear her father's ridicule, her mother couldn't help laughing, Chu Xue saluted Song Chen, and said with a smile: "The emperor came back so early today?" You don't know, Le'er is good today, I heard that I want to make dumplings for you to eat, and I sat honestly for almost an hour. As he spoke, he removed the mink cloak.

He nodded and said, "Well, it's really good that Le'er has this filial piety." He looked around the lower hall and asked, "What about Xuan'er and An An?" ”

"I had a good time this afternoon, so I went to make up for sleep again, and I guess it's time to wake up after we finish eating." Chu Xue smiled softly.

Seeing the king coming, the movements in the small kitchen were also sharp, and the masters here washed their hands and clothes, and dinner was ready.

On the winter solstice, I eat a warm pot, the broth in the copper pot is bubbling, the whole house is fragrant, and the hot dumplings are also on the table, which is extremely tempting. While the two little ones hadn't woken up yet, a family of three hurriedly sat down to eat.

The warm pot tastes slow, but warm, the family has just finished eating, and they heard a loud little tender voice outside the temple gate, needless to say, it must be the two little ones who woke up. Sure enough, I saw that the cotton curtain was opened, and the nurses came in with the two babies who had just woken up and their faces were still flushed.

I didn't see him for a day, when my father was thinking about it, I hurriedly hugged him into my arms one by one, and when I woke up, I saw my father, the little brother and sister were obviously happy, and they all gave a smile on their faces, and Xuan'er was even more excited to jump around on people's legs.

Chu Xue thought of a happy event, so she teased An An, "An An, my father is here, my sister taught you, you can learn it to your father, okay?" ”

An An was wearing a small pink jacket, pursing her lips shyly, which was even more popular with her father, who looked at her expectantly, and after a while, she heard the villain's mouth open and let out a sound, "Dad".

Hearing what the little girl was calling, the father was really happy, and sure enough, he laughed loudly, kissed the little girl after laughing, and turned his head to call his son, "Xuan'er, you have one too." ”

saw that Xuan'er was just happy, and didn't pay attention to her father's stubble at all.

Chu Xue smiled and explained to the villain, "The boy is stupid, and his skills are all on his legs and feet, so he guesses that he will be able to walk before he can call someone." Don't worry, the emperor will look at An An in the past few months, and after the New Year, we will see Xuan'er. ”

After speaking, he pinched the face of the little chubby baby, and said softly: "Isn't it, Xuan'er?" ”

I saw the little boy make a vigorous "ah", which caused the whole house to rejoice.

It doesn't take long after the winter solstice, and after a few snowfalls, it's Chinese New Year's Eve.

The diligent king rarely rested for a few days, and on the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Song Chen, dressed in civilian clothes, had a good time with the children in the Yufu Palace.

The little brother and sister are already eleven months old, and they haven't had so much time to stay with them for a long time. For example, Xuan'er, who is more and more vigorous, began to climb everywhere as soon as she put it on the couch, Song Chen teased her with a small leather ball, and the little guy climbed faster than the leather ball.

As for An An, Chu Xue put her on the couch, she could already hold on to the bed and walk slowly, occasionally bold, and she could move from the arms of the queen mother to the arms of her father, and the little girl who was painful could get a kiss wherever she went, and she grinned happily, revealing a few budding little teeth, which was very cute.

As for their brothers and sisters, they all went to the palace of the imperial grandmother early.

The older a person gets, the more he loves to get along with children, the dragon in the palace is warm, Song Chen lazily nests on the couch, letting the two children climb on his body, completely losing the majesty of the Jinluan Palace, at this time, he is just a father who loves children and likes children.

Enjoying the rare leisure, Song Chen and Chu Xue sighed, "It's also fun to accompany the children to grow up, I really want to thank you for giving me so much unexpected joy." ”

Chu Xue smiled sweetly, "The concubine should also thank the emperor, if you can't meet the emperor, where would the concubine have such cute children." ”

Then he teased him and said to Xuan'er: "Xuan'er, look at how sweet your father's mouth is, you have to study hard with your father when you grow up!" ”

Xuan'er didn't know why, so she just hugged the little leather ball and smiled.

A family of four, two large and two small nested warmly for nearly an hour, and seeing that the sky was dark, Yanling came in and reminded: "Master, the hour is almost up." ”

It's time to go for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Chu Xue got up first, called the nurse to change the children's clothes, and she herself served Song Chen to change clothes, and then the family of four went out of Yufu Palace and went to Yuhe Palace.

Reluctant to separate, they didn't take a sedan chair, and the family of four walked leisurely. The snow drifted sporadically on the road, cold and cold on the face, but a little interesting, Xuan'er nested in her father's arms, although she was wearing a hooded cloak, she also tasted this strange and rare taste, and clapped her hands excitedly, An An, who was lying on Chu Xue's shoulder, also felt it, raised her face to look, and was accidentally cold to her eyelashes by the broken snow, and squinted her eyes again, but still refused to bow her head.

The palace people beside him hurriedly opened their umbrellas, but they were rejected by the king, Song Chen said: "The delicate flowers in the greenhouse have a rare opportunity to contact ice and snow, and occasionally they are not in the way." ”

The nurses were a little embarrassed, for fear that the little masters would be frozen, and looked at Chu Xue hesitantly, Chu Xue smiled and shook her head, and they retreated with interest.

Walking and walking, the king and the beauty sighed softly, "I remember the last time I watched the snow with you, it was the year you first entered the mansion in Yanzhou, in a blink of an eye, we all gave birth to three children, and it was another year of Chinese New Year's Eve, time is really fast!" ”

She smiled: "Yes, the concubine never thought that there would be so many children, and all of them are so cute." While talking, he went to kiss An An's frozen and somewhat cold face under the cotton hat, An An was kissed by her mother coldly, and smiled sweetly.

But I heard the man say: "It's not too much at all, I believe you." ”

At the end of the words, he wanted to speak and stopped, but it obviously made people hear the implication, Chu Xuejiao said angrily: "Your Majesty! ”

Song Chen went to kiss the boy in his arms and asked, "Xuan'er, tell your father that you still want younger brothers and sisters?" ”

Xuan'er seemed to understand, as her father wished, and nodded.

It didn't take much effort, and the emperor and queen came to the Yuhe Palace.

Because the two came on foot, when they arrived, everyone in the hall had gathered, and the couple greeted the queen mother, and received other people's courtesies, before they sat down on the main seat, and the dinner officially began.

Everyone took turns to say auspicious words, drank the opening wine, and played music and dance one after another, without those who loved intrigue in the past, this year's family banquet was much easier.

But not everyone is happy in their hearts, such as Song Chi, who is still cold and cold, and Concubine Ning, who is also secretly lonely not far away.

The music and dance in the hall flowed slowly, and the people around her laughed, Concubine Ning quietly raised her wine glass, covered her face with wide sleeves, raised her head slightly, and swallowed it.

By the end of tonight, she'll be nineteen.

From the first time she entered the palace to the present, three years have passed, and no matter how these three years are for others, for herself, it is indeed lonely and long. This is different from the days when she was in the boudoir, when she still had hopes and fantasies, but now, she can only see her old age.

Now there are only three women left in the palace, and she is the most embarrassing.

Needless to say, the new queen of Yufu Palace is a real husband and child, or a unique queen of favor for thousands of years, Concubine Rong of Yaohua Palace, although she has long ceased to be favored, but she has two children as companions, what about herself? A concubine who has never slept is really here to make up for it.

She actually doesn't like the man in the seat at all, it can be said that she has no illusions and expectations for him, she was young when she first entered the palace, and she only hoped that she could hide quietly in the Lanlin Palace, and now a few years have passed, her wish has really come true, she is really clean and stable, but she feels more and more that such days are boring.

Just ask a girl of such a good age, who has tried all the methods that can pass the time, but somewhere in her heart suddenly woke up, and there will be the same decades in the future, who would not be afraid?

She even hopes that it would be good to grow old directly overnight, and it would be no pity to dedicate herself to loneliness and grow old overnight.

For example, now, except for herself, the others are really related to the family, she has never integrated, and has always been just a moving ornament.

With the wine in her arms, she found that she was much more comfortable, so she poured herself another glass and swallowed it slowly.

She thought she was the most out of place, but she didn't know that the boy who had been thinking about her was also bitter in her heart.

Song Chi sat in the place closest to his father, and like the previous family banquets, he still cast his gaze diagonally opposite from time to time.

She wore a blue palace dress tonight, not as delicate as the watery green when she first saw her in spring, but she gave birth to a different kind of warmth.

He quietly saw her drinking, glass after glass, and saw that her cheeks were gradually covered with red clouds, but she was still drinking, until the palace maid beside her softly persuaded her, and then she had no choice but to put down the wine glass.

What's wrong with her? He remembered that she hadn't been like this a few times before, and was there something upsetting about her today?

How much he wanted to care for her, but his mind was still clear, so he had to guess silently in his heart, distressed.

The young man was depressed, and overheard the imperial grandmother sigh: "Year after year, it's really fast, another Chinese New Year's Eve, wait for the family banquet the year after that, we can have one more new person!" The children have grown up, and the mourning family is old. ”

I listened to his stepmother's gentle persuasion: "Don't say that, the queen mother, your children and grandchildren are full, and you will be blessed with longevity and health!" ”

The imperial grandmother laughed, and there was another round of toasts during the banquet.

After listening to these inconsequential words, the boy became even more lonely.

He knew who the newcomer in the mouth of the imperial grandmother was, his fiancée, the future crown princess.

Quietly glanced at the hibiscus face on the other side again, and he also followed her example, picked up the wine glass, and drank it one after another.

Because there are two more small ones this year, they can't be delayed for too long, and an hour later, after the Chinese New Year's Eve meal is finished, everyone returns to the palace.

Because she drank a few more glasses during the banquet just now, and the wine came up at this time, Concubine Ning felt that she was a little hot, so she didn't want to take a sedan chair, so she only asked Lianqiu to help her walk back, wearing a thick cloak on her body, so she didn't have to worry about catching a cold, blowing a cold wind, and her head was much more comfortable.

It's just that he has only taken a few steps before his footsteps stop again. She wanted to take out a handkerchief to wipe the slight sweat on her neck, but when she touched it, she found that the handkerchief was missing again. Lianqiu thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be that Fang just fell into the Yuhe Hall again?" ”

The reason why I say "again" is because at the last Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet, she had lost a veil.

Concubine Ning frowned slightly, and said, "Then hurry back and look for it, don't lose it again." ”

Because he had only come out a few steps, there were palace lights everywhere, and Lianqiu didn't think much about it, and went straight to find the handkerchief according to the master's instructions.

Concubine Ning stood alone in the night breeze and waited.

Xu really drank a little too much tonight, waited and waited, and felt that her stomach was churning so badly that she couldn't help but feel nauseous and vomited.

Lianqiu was not around, it just so happened that she brought this palace maid tonight, and the person who was alone was tormented in the night wind, a little embarrassed and pitiful.

After a while, I heard an urgent concern, "Is Niangniang okay?" ”

The voice was obviously from a man, Concubine Ning was startled, hurriedly raised her head, and saw that the person in front of her was the crown prince Song Chi.

When she was so embarrassed, she let someone she didn't want to see meet her, and she was stunned and flustered for a while, and Concubine Ning didn't know what to do.

Song Chi was delicate, and when he saw her appearance, he knew that she had drunk too much, so he hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to her.

The current scene cannot be twisted, Concubine Ning hurriedly took it and sorted herself out, and when she finally calmed down, she found something even more unexpected, the handkerchief handed over by Song Chi was clearly the one she had lost during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Seeing that she was stunned with a handkerchief, the young man also reacted immediately, and hurriedly explained: "I happened to pick it up during the banquet last time, but I never had a chance to return it to you, so I ...... it."

Concubine Ning couldn't listen to the rest of the words, and the more the young man himself spoke, the more chaotic he became.

Because he said that he never had a chance to return it to her, does it mean that he knows that it is hers?

But how did he know? There is no name written on it, he is a teenager, can he recognize the female red?

Or, did he see with his own eyes that she had lost it?

Concubine Ning didn't know, and she couldn't ask, holding in her hand the veil that belonged to her, but was clearly dyed with his breath, and she was a little at a loss for a while.

Song Chi was also obviously aware of his loophole and froze there. Suddenly, I don't know where the courage came from, the young man said: "姌姌, 166 Reading Network."