The last yellow leaves in the courtyard also fell to the ground, as if to announce that autumn was over and winter had come.

Xiao Man's Bowen Pavilion has now begun to see scale, there are many literati who come and go every day, Xiao Man is in the Bowen Pavilion most of the time, except for the imperial court, even Liu Ruyun rarely sees him.

"Second Miss, it's cold outside the house, why don't you come in and sit down?" Licorice took a cloak and draped it on Xiao Wanyao's body, touched her cold hand again, and stuffed it into Xiao Wanyao's hand stove.

A wave of warmth came up, Xiao Wanyao turned around and said to licorice casually: "Licorice, although it's cold outside, I don't want to stay in the house, do you know why?" ”

Licorice shook her head: "It's still the second lady who sues the slave, so that the slave will know." ”

Xiao Wanyao smiled, looked at the already withered vegetation in the yard and said: "I always feel that human life is extremely short, and it is extremely sad to be trapped in a world and world, why can't I go out for a walk when the world is so big, there are always people who say, 'The sky is high and the birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps', so where are my sky and the ocean?" ”

Licorice bit her lip and shook her head, not that she couldn't understand, but that she felt unattainable.

Xiao Wanyao smiled bitterly: "I can't achieve it in a short time, then I can only stay in the yard to breathe, at least the air here is still fresh, if you don't get trapped in the house, don't be sleepy, what do you say, licorice?" ”

Licorice sighed: "What the second miss said, in the final analysis, is to want 'freedom', and now that she is about to get married, many things cannot be realized, but one thing can be guaranteed, Xue Gongzi cherishes the second miss very much, for the second miss, this illness is more than half a month...... It's time for your body to recover now, right? When the second miss gets married, there are many dreams, and Xue Gongzi should help the second miss realize it!? ”

Xiao Wanyao clenched the hand stove in her hand, strange to say, Xue Tianao's illness has been long enough, and it has not appeared again until now, she is very curious, how serious is Xue Tianao's illness?

Licorice went back to the house and took out a hand stove again, replacing the one in Xiao Wanyao's hand, she smiled: "Although there are many things that the slave maid can't help the second lady, the slave maid can still give the second lady some warmth, so that you can get a longer 'freedom' in this cold weather." ”

Xiao Wanyao lowered her head: "Thank you, licorice." ”

Xiao Wanyao had many nightmares after coming to Xiao Mansion, dreaming that she was covered to death by the palace maid with oiled paper, and also dreamed that Empress Xue pinched her throat, and Concubine Jin killed her son, and Tsing Yi cried in front of her...... All kinds of things in her previous life appeared in her dreams in a chaotic form, and she also changed from the initial panic to the later habits, because she knew that this qiē was a dream, and when she woke up, there was nothing, and over time, Xiao Wanyao finally broke through the fears in her heart, and the nightmares gradually decreased.

There were many people who appeared in her dreams, except for him.

It is very strange that Xiao Wanyao would dream of him in the early winter night, he was wearing a wide tooth-white robe, sitting on a throne of dark color, his figure was as straight as a sword as usual, he looked good when he smiled, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth always carried the coolness of seeing through the world.

"Why, don't you remember the widow? The widow is always thinking about Yu'er! His voice was distant, with an untouchable strangeness.

"Tang Siqi." Xiao Wanyao's lips trembled, and it took a long time to utter three syllables, and she didn't even dare to call him by his name when she was in favor in her previous life.

Tang Siqi didn't care, slowly got up and walked to Xiao Wanyao's side, his body exuded a cold aura, like ice and snow.

"Lonely deep palace, long night...... Yu'er, you are left alone in this huge Wei Palace, how can you bear it? It's better to come back and accompany the widow and live together in this bottomless abyss! Tang Siqi's words pierced Xiao Wanyao's heart like ice arrows.

"Don't, don't...... I've just been given a new lease of life, and I don't want to go back to that ice cellar again! ”

With Xiao Wanyao's scream, Licorice hurriedly woke up and turned on the lamp again, and trotted into the bedroom, only to see Xiao Wanyao sitting on the bed covered in sweat and panting.

Licorice subconsciously lit up the surroundings, and saw that the doors and windows were closed, and there was nothing abnormal in the house, so it was guessed that Xiao Wanyao was just having a nightmare.

"Second Miss, it's okay, drink saliva to suppress the shock." Licorice poured a glass of water and put it in Xiao Wanyao's hand, and when she touched her hand, she realized that the back of her sweat-soaked hand was cold.

It took Xiao Wanyao a long time to calm her mood, so she drank a few sips of warm water in the cup, and then she felt that her tense nerves were soothed.

"Do you have nightmares?" Licorice lit the candle on the desk, and then sat on the edge of the bed to carefully wipe Xiao Wanyao's sweat. When Xiao Wanyao's eyes recovered, Licorice relieved her heart.

"Scared you, didn't you?" Xiao Wanyao recalled her expression just now, and saw Licorice's panicked look, and couldn't help but ask softly.

Licorice shook her head: "Second Miss is having a nightmare, it's okay, dreams and reality are opposites, since you're awake, don't worry about it anymore." ”

Xiao Wanyao was silent, and then patted the back of Licorice's hand and asked her to go back to rest, although Licorice was still a little worried about Xiao Wanyao, but thought that she had just had a nightmare just now, so she listened to Xiao Wanyao's words, told her to "rest well", and left.

After the licorice left, Xiao Wanyao tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, as soon as she closed her eyes, she would think of Tang Siqi's cold face, Xiao Wanyao didn't know whether to cry or laugh, the person she loved most in the past became a nightmare tonight, clinging to her dreams, and she couldn't get rid of it.

Xiao Wanyao only felt bored in her heart, it was impossible to go out for a walk, don't say that going out will alarm licorice, even if licorice is awake now, she will definitely not be allowed to go out and walk around outside late at night.

Since she couldn't get out outside, Xiao Wanyao walked to the window, and when she opened the window, there was a gust of wind, but Xiao Wanyao found an unexpected surprise in the cold wind.

It's snow! It's snowing!

Xiao Wanyao's face couldn't help but smile, she was a blessing in disguise, and she actually caught the first snow of this winter in the middle of the night!

"At the beginning of the snow, I will marry you, and I will face the snow with red rose petals, and officially marry you."

Xiao Wanyao thought of this sentence in her mind again, although she couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, but when she thought of this sentence, she felt a burst of happiness in her heart.

Even if the wedding date is getting closer and closer, I don't know why, Xiao Wanyao feels that she has an expectation in her heart that only a little girl can have, this feeling is really strange and indescribable.

The snowflakes melted into water when they hit the back of her hand, and the slightest coolness made Xiao Wanyao feel that the fire in her heart gradually disappeared, and the tiredness came up, Xiao Wanyao closed the window, yawned, and then went to bed.

In the early morning, the light outside the window was particularly dazzling, Xiao Wanyao woke up and asked licorice to open the window, licorice poked her head out to look out of the window, and said excitedly: "Second Miss, it's snowing outside, there is snow on the ground, on the trees, and on the tiles, the slave maid will wait for the second lady to wash, and then wear thicker clothes and go to the yard to enjoy the snow!" ”

Xiao Wanyao was also in a good mood after hearing this, smiled and showed her teeth, then put on her clothes, and couldn't wait to go out after washing.

Licorice had no choice but to run out with a big grate and follow behind.

"Second Miss, it's cold outside, take care of your body." Licorice said, and draped the scarlet big scarlet in his hand on Xiao Wanyao's body.

And Xiao Wanyao didn't care, and spit out a white mist in her mouth when she spoke: "It's okay, the so-called snow is warm and the snow is cold, and it won't freeze bad people at this time." ”

Licorice didn't say anything anymore, but just smiled: "But cold is cold after all, the second miss is waiting here, and the slave will go back and get a hand stove to warm the second miss." ”

As soon as the licorice left, Xiao Wanyao saw a family member running from the north, and when she saw Xiao Wanyao, she hurriedly saluted: "Second Miss, a few fathers-in-law from the palace came to our house today, saying that they wanted to pass on the holy decree, and they are all waiting in the main hall at this time!" The old man asked the slave to pass the word and asked the second lady to come over as well. ”

Xiao Wanyao felt that her heartbeat was chaotic for several beats, and her face couldn't help but become solemn: "Who else did the master call?" Also, what is the father-in-law who came to proclaim? ”

Jia Ding scratched his head and said, "If you go back to the second lady, the master will ask a large family, including the second master, to go over to show respect for the saint; As for what purpose is proclaimed...... Don't say that the slave doesn't know, maybe even the master doesn't know at this time!? ”

Xiao Wanyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said, "I'll go now, and please wait here for a while, and when the licorice comes over, you can tell her and ask her to pick me up in the main hall later." ”

After speaking, Xiao Wanyao hurriedly walked towards the main hall to the north.

When Xiao Wanyao arrived, Xiao Wanrou had just arrived, and when Xiao Wanrou looked at her, she regained her previous arrogance, and walked into the main hall with her chin raised.

Xiao Wanyao is too lazy to worry about her, she is more worried about the holy decree at the moment, she knows Tang Siqi's temperament, no reward for no merit, no reward for no year, no festival, no reward, but a year of inaction is a mistake, and she has to be punished...... "Now this is the situation, Xiao Man works hard for Jiangshan Sheji all day long, which is considered a matter within his duty, and there is no merit and no fault; The museum has begun to take shape, and its future is unknown, and it is not a credit to it...... If nothing else......"

Xiao Wanyao couldn't help frowning, Tang Siqi had a strange temperament, if he analyzed it like this, he could know that this holy decree was either very good or very bad for Xiao Man, and joy and sorrow were at the two extremes.

"Prime Minister Xiao, are all the people together? If you have it...... We're about to make a decree! The father-in-law sitting on the upper seat was already impatient and couldn't help asking.

Xiao Man is the prime minister on weekdays, but he is still polite in front of the eunuchs beside the emperor, after all, there are many things, Xiao Man needs the help of these fathers-in-law.

"It's all here, and I still have to bother my father-in-law to announce the decree!" Xiao Man said with a smile.

The eunuch also knows how to do it, others respect him, and he also knows how to respect people, since Xiao Man is polite to him, it is not good for him to keep it like this.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Xiao family's second daughter Xiao Wanyao, Shu is cautious, diligent and submissive, Yonghe pure, gentle and good-natured, Kexian Neize, Shude Hanzhang, won my heart, held to Jiahan Palace on the same day, canonized on the same day, Qin this!" After the eunuch finished reading the holy decree with a sharp voice, everyone present was stunned. I1483