The wind and snow covered the whole imperial city all night, and although it was freezing the next day, the snow finally stopped. A few days ago, Ji Xia Mo closed the door due to the wind and cold, and after a few days of recuperation, his condition finally eased up, but his body became thinner and thinner.

Dressed and washed in the morning, his body was already thin and skinny, and after drinking the soup and 'medicine' as usual, Ji Xiamo only ate half a bowl of porridge.

Aoki was worried about Ji Xiamo's appetite, but he knew that Ji Xiamo's body could not force food at all, and if he had food in his abdomen, he was afraid that he would aggravate his condition.

Put away Ji Xiamo's leftover meals, Aoki instructed the servants in the outhouse to prepare more pastries so that Ji Xiamo could eat them when he was hungry.

"Childe, Miss has arrived at Meiyuan." Aoki asked for instructions outside the bedroom.

Ji Xiamo put down the cup of tea, left the bedroom with a cloak on his shoulders and green silk, and as soon as he entered the middle hall, he saw Ji Yikui enter the courtyard.

In five years, Ji Yikui has been a fair lady', with delicate skin and beautiful eyes, a red jacket and a blue skirt, leaning on the plum forest in the snow and being soft and tender, and can compete with the plum 'flower' in the courtyard.

Ji Xiamo sat on the soft couch, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. "Aoi, come in quickly."

Ji Yikui untied the cloak and handed it to the 'waiter' and 'girl' beside her, and ran to Ji Xiamo's side with her skirt, with a sweet and naughty smile. "I wanted to come a few days ago, but my mother wanted to stop me."

"My brother is sick, and my mother wants me to recuperate." Ji Xiamo stuffed the stove to Ji Yikui and refused the ginseng tea handed by Aoki. Over the years, Ji Yikui has been raised with 'medicine', although her body cannot be compared with girls of the same age, but her normal activities are no longer serious.

"My brother is sick, and I should take care of him." Ji Yikui pouted and complained.

Ji Xia Mo lowered his eyes and smiled lightly, his eyes looked at Ji Yikui's red jacket and skirt, and his hand holding the sleeve robe tightened slightly.

Aoki entered the house from the courtyard and said, "Childe, the carriage is ready." ”

Ji Xia Mo wiped away the emotions in his eyes, stretched out his hand to 'touch' and 'touch' Ji Yikui's head and said, "Qin Yan asked me to listen to the play in Lile Fang, Xiao Kui is willing to go with me." ”

"I'm willing to go." Hearing that she could go out of the house to play, Ji Yikui was naturally happy.

Aoki looked at the green silk scattered by Ji Xia Mo and said, "I tie my hair for my son." ”

"It's just that Qin Yan meets to play, and he can simply tie up the silk and satin." Ji Xia Mo got up and walked into the inner room. "I'll do it myself."

Since Ji Xia Mo returned to the imperial city, he has never asked Aoki to tie his hair, although he doesn't know the reason, but Aoki didn't dare to ask more. "Yes."

Tie up the green silk and satin, put on the thickest cloak, and after packing up, Ji Xia Mo took Ji Yikui out of the house. Before leaving, he instructed the servant to inform Su Jingyao so that she would not worry.

The carriage drove slowly in the imperial city, perhaps the wind and snow stopped and approached the New Year, the people of the imperial city left the house to buy New Year's goods on the street, and the children wore 'flower' cotton jackets together, and laughed and played with firecrackers in their arms, which added some warmth to the winter day.

Ji Xiamo lifted the curtain and looked at the streets of the imperial city, the crowd was noisy, but it was difficult to melt Ji Xiamo's heart was cold. I still remember that I didn't know anything about the world when I first came to another world, and I revisited the old place a few years later, but the scenery and color still changed my mood.

The curtain of the car fell to cover his vision, and Lou Yin closed his eyes and sat quietly beside Ji Xiamo, his expression indifferent and cold. "The joys, sorrows, sorrows, and troubles of the earthly world are continuous, so why bother with them."

Ji Xiamo's fingers rubbed the rim of the cup, and his eyes were ethereal. "I don't have the cultivation of you."

"It has nothing to do with the level of the cultivators in the state of mind." Lou Yin opened his eyes and looked directly at Ji Xiamo.

Ji Yikui bit the pastry and hugged Ji Xiamo's arm, looking at the carriage with a suspicious expression. "Brother, who are you talking to?"

Ji Xia Mo withdrew the words to his lips and looked away from Lou Yin. "Nobody."

"Brother, don't lie to me, I know." Ji Yikui approached Ji Xiamo and pretended to be mysterious. "It is rumored in the capital that my brother can see ghosts."

"There is no need to believe gossip." Ji Xiamo closed his eyes and didn't want to talk anymore, Ji Yikui scratched her head in distress, and frequently looked at Lou Yin's position, entangled in who Ji Xiamo was talking to just now.

When Ji Xiamo arrived outside Lile Fang, Qin Yan had been waiting for a long time, and if you want to say who has changed the most in five years, it is definitely Qin Yan.

Dressed in the black and gold official robes of the palace guard, his facial features have faded from his former arrogance, his silhouette is rigid, and his eyes between his sword eyebrows are majestic and fierce. In the past, Qin Yan was simple-minded and emotional, lazy and unmotivated, but now he has transformed into a mature man who dares to take responsibility.

Qin Yan was a black-faced 'door' god outside Lile Fang, and it wasn't until Ji Xia Mo arrived that Qin Yan's expression changed, and he went over to help Ji Xia Mo get out of the car.

"Yesterday's invitation was just a stroke of luck, I didn't think you really came." Qin Yan helped Ji Xiamo tighten the collar of his cloak, knowing that Ji Xiamo was weak and didn't dare to stay in the snow for longer, so he hurriedly took Ji Xiamo to Lile Fang.

Ji Xiamo slapped away Qin Yan's hand serving his ancestor, and said with a smile: "If you want to see me come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, you and I don't have to say anything about it." ”

"I heard that the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion said that you are recuperating, even if I am in a hurry, how dare I disturb you."

"You didn't come, but the 'medicine' materials you sent can be opened as a 'medicine' shop." Ji Xia Mo teased. "I'm afraid I'll be able to eat it until next year."

Qin Yan and Ji Xiamo went upstairs with a smile, Qin Yan had already arranged the best room, the charcoal stove in the house, incense, tea sets, mattresses, etc., everything that Ji Xiamo might use was all prepared.

After Ji Xia Mo sat down, Qin Yan beckoned to Ji Yikui, "Xiao Kui, come and sit next to Brother Yan." ”

Ji Yikui sat down next to Qin Yan, with a well-behaved and sweet smile. "Thank you, Brother Yan."

The drama in Lile Fang has begun, and "The Legend of the Red Pavilion" sings about the windy and snowy nights.

After drinking half a cup of hot tea to warm up his body, Ji Xiamo leaned in front of the desk and looked at the stage downstairs and said, "You have been in the palace recently." ”

Ji Xia Mo was chatting casually, but he didn't think that Qin Yan sighed heavily, and frowned, "How can the errand in the palace be easy." ”

"But there's something tricky."

"I told you that Concubine Mei is pregnant, so the emperor is very happy, and promised that if Concubine Mei gives birth to a dragon son, he will be crowned a concubine. But just a few days ago, Concubine Mei was frightened by a wild cat and fell down at night, and the child was gone. Qin Yan lowered his voice. It is said that he is an unformed prince. ”

Ji Xia Mo frowned, "The inner courtyard of the palace is the concubine's bedroom, where did the wild cat come from." ”

"Who knows." Qin Yan handed the peeled chestnuts to Ji Yikui and continued to chat with Ji Xiamo. "The emperor was furious, washed the palace of Concubine Mei in blood, and beheaded all the palace 'female' eunuchs who were serving."

Ji Xia Mo held the teacup thoughtfully, and Qin Yan continued to pour bitter water, "The emperor wants to investigate this matter thoroughly, Concubine Mei has been washing her face with tears all day since she had a miscarriage, and she fell ill in the palace and did not come out." Inexplicable wild cats in the middle of the night, how to check this. ”

"The secrets of the royal palace have always been difficult to decide, you don't have to get involved." Ji Xia Mo instructed.

Qin Yan patted his chest boldly, and his hearty smile was still the stupid cuteness that Ji Xiamo was familiar with. "How could I be stupid enough to wade into these troubled waters, you can rest assured."

"The Legend of the Red Pavilion" sang about life and death, and the girl who had already felt 'sex' under the stage quietly wiped away her tears. Ji Xia Mo watched quietly, as if he was just an outsider.

Qin Yan added hot water to Ji Xiamo, and continued to gossip with Ji Xiamo in his mouth. "The day before yesterday, there was another lively event in the court."

"Whose girl promised to whose son, or which one was dismissed?"

"Don't make a fuss, I'm not joking with you." Qin Yan rolled his eyes. "It's not going to be the end of the year, there will be a palace banquet in the palace, and according to the royal rules, the emperor will bring the prince and concubines to worship the ancestors."

"It's a matter for the Ministry of Rites."

"In previous years, the emperor would order the prince to assist, but the prince fell on a horse a few days ago and was injured, so isn't this vacant vacant?"

"The prince also fell on a horseback and was injured?" Ji Xia Mo frowned, remembering that Qingyi came to visit the mansion yesterday, saying that the three kings Feng Yelan was also injured in a fall on horseback, could it be related.

"The third prince and the prince were both injured in the horse race, and the third prince was lucky to have only skin injuries, but the prince injured his muscles and bones." Qin Yan shook his head. "The candidate to assist the Ministry of Rites is now vacant, and the third prince and the fifth prince are arguing in the court over this matter, and there is no result yet."

Is the battle for the heir already so 'fierce'? Ji Xia Mo murmured in his heart.

"Yesterday, the emperor asked me what I thought of this matter, and I broke out in a cold sweat, and in the end I could only vaguely pass over." Qin Yan sighed.

"You've handled it well." Ji Xiamo said with a serious expression. "Qin Yan, you remember that the palace guards only submit to the emperor, no matter how turbulent the court is, you must not get involved."

"I understand." Qin Yan lowered his eyelids, and his voice was a little lower. "In the 'chaos' of the kings, I will not attach any party to it."

Looking at Qin Yan's steady and sharp expression, Ji Xia Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He actually forgot that Qin Yan had also grown up, and he was no longer the willful and reckless teenager he was at the beginning.

"If you don't know how to deal with something, come to me for help." Ji Xia Mo thought about it and said more.

Qin Yan grinned and smirked, "Naturally, we are good brothers." ”

After listening to Lile Fang's play, it was already sunset, Ji Xiamo refused Qin Yan's escort, and left in a carriage alone to rush back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The night covered the last light, and Ji Xiamo instructed Aoki to send the sleeping Ji Yikui back to Su Jingyao, and returned to Meiyuan alone.

In the dark night, the ice and snow covered the plum 'flowers' in full bloom, Ji Xia Mo dragged his sick and blind body to walk in the plum forest, the red and enchanting plum 'flowers' made Ji Xiamo's skin 'color' pale and his breath weak and ethereal.

Ji Xia Mo broke off a plum 'flower' and stared at it for a long time, looking up at the night sky, half a waning moon in the dark clouds, and the moonlight was cold and lonely.

Ji Xiamo strolled under the plum tree, as if he wanted to retrieve his former memories. The cold wind blew the plum forest, and the snow and plum plums that fell down were all over the body, bringing an icy chill.

Ji Xiamo suddenly leaned under the plum tree, coughed heartbreakingly, his weak body trembled violently, fragile like a plum 'flower' falling in the snow.

"Xia Mo!" Lou Yin appeared beside Ji Xiamo and held him up, with imperceptible distress in his indifferent and cold eyes.

Ji Xia Mo leaned on the plum tree and knelt weakly on the ground, his face was pale as if transparent. The thin fingers that were only bones were clutching the plum 'flower', and his expression was dazed. "Lou Yin, can't he come back?"

Lou Yin "......"

"Can't wait......"

"He'll be back soon, you're going to have to hold on." Lou Yin held Ji Xiamo's shoulder hard, and made Ji Xiamo look at him strongly. "Hold on, wait for him."

Ji Xiamo looked at Lou Yin in despair, tears slowly flowing out of his eyes. "He doesn't know that I'm waiting for him, why hasn't he come back?"

Ji Xiamo tugged on Lou Yin's sleeve and whimpered, his thin body made Lou Yin dare not touch it hard, as if as long as he was rude, Ji Xiamo would disappear into this blood-red plum forest.

'Ji Xiamo, I hate you crying for another man in front of me. ’

But I could only watch and accompany. ’

For now I am the only proof of your bond with him. ’

"Ji Xiamo, you are my retribution......