Chapter 10: The Long Night in the Palace

That night, Mei'er packed a few changes of clothes, braved the snowflakes, and escaped into the snow-capped mountain.

During this year, the Ice and Snow King was heartbroken and his niece ate and drank dew, and went up the mountain several times to call her back to the palace, this time Mei'er was very stubborn, but said that she had a mistake and must be punished, and each time she knelt straight on the snow, and respectfully asked her uncle to go down the mountain.

When the seventh dissuasion was ineffective, the Ice Emperor's face changed, and he shouted: "Sister! I can't live with you as a brother! Then he fell down in the snow and began to cry.

Mei'er was frightened, and hurriedly got up and hugged her uncle, and said with tears streaming down her face: "It's Mei'er's fault, Mei'er will go down the mountain." ”

That night, the Ice and Snow King and his wife set a table and a head of wine for their daughter and nephew, during the banquet, the two elders were heartbroken, and said with tears in their eyes, only to move the two girls to tears, both knelt down, and promised to love each other in the future, without disputes.

Since then, Mei'er has stayed quietly in the Ice and Snow Villa, but she has become more and more silent, in addition to practicing and regulating qi, she mostly stands quietly by the window, looking at the red plums blooming in the courtyard and meditating.

Leng Xue'er has lived a very nourishing life in the past few years, and the number of visits from Zhanlin, the prince of the forest, has increased, and the two often travel in the heavens, and they are indescribably happy.

Three months ago, the ice and snow family came out with good news, the eldest princess Leng Xue'er and the prince of the forest will officially marry in 100 days.

This night, Mei'er leaned on the snow jade railing, looking at the red plum blossoming in the courtyard, the red plum is in bloom, clusters of red flowers are piled up on the branches, the fragrant plum fragrance is mixed in the snow mist, exuding a long cold fragrance.

The cold snow drifting with the wind woke up Mei'er who was immersed in the sea of thoughts, she spread out her palm, and the jade pendant that she regarded as a treasure lay quietly in her palm, she looked at the jade pendant, her eyes were a little more warm, and a shallow smile flowed on her lips, but it disappeared like a cloud in an instant.

She closed her palms and sighed.

After a moment of silence, Mei'er put the jade pendant around her neck, turned around and walked into the corridor of the snow path.

The palace maid on duty bowed down to her and asked with a smile: "Miss Cousin is well, where are you going?" ”

Mei'er smiled and replied, "My sister will be happy tomorrow, and I will send her a congratulatory gift." ”

The Ice and Snow Palace, which has always been covered in silver, has long been hung with red bells and ice flowers, and the red curtains are wrapped around the ice sculptures and snow beams, and the whole palace is filled with a joyful atmosphere.

There were two big red lanterns hanging in front of Leng Xue'er's bedroom, Mei'er looked at the closed palace door, reached out to touch the things in her sleeve, and stepped forward to knock lightly.

A green-clothed palace maid opened the palace door in response, she raised her eyes to look at Mei'er, bowed and saluted: "Miss Biao, it's so late, is there something wrong?" ”

Mei'er smiled and said, "Sister hasn't slept yet, has she?" ”

The green-clothed palace maid hesitated for a moment, then smiled: "Miss Cousin, wait a moment, I'll go and pass it on." ”

Leng Xue'er sat in front of the dressing table, thinking about the beauty of tomorrow's wedding, and when she was covering her mouth and laughing, the palace maid who heard it whispered: "Princess, Miss Cousin is looking for you." ”

She frowned slightly, looking a little impatient, and just tapped the dresser lightly.

The elegant fragrance drifted behind itself with the gentle footsteps, and a gentle voice sounded low: "Cousin." ”

Leng Xue'er hummed lightly, and casually picked up the Jinpa on the dressing table to cover her nose.

Mei'er hesitated a little and found a stool to sit down.

Leng Xue'er pursed her lips, since she had drunk her father's well-intentioned wine, she hadn't provoked her cousin in the past two years, and she occasionally saw her on weekdays, just nodding politely.

The cousin rarely appeared in front of him, and the two tacitly avoided each other.

She put down Jinpa, turned her head, glanced at her cousin, and asked indifferently, "Mei'er, it's so late, is there anything wrong?" ”

Mei'er hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply to Leng Xue'er, and said with a smile: "Sister will be happy tomorrow, I have come to send a gift to congratulate my sister." ”

The corners of Leng Xue'er's mouth rose unconsciously, and her expression turned to disdain.

Mei'er took out a red sachet from her bosom, she gently checked the things inside, and said with a smile: "Actually, my sister doesn't lack anything, this gadget was accidentally obtained when I traveled a few years ago, and it is quite interesting, this is a little bit of my care, please accept it." ”

She took two steps forward, held the sachet in both hands, and handed it to Leng Xue'er.

Leng Xue'er glanced at the small sachet in Mei'er's hand, it was estimated that it would not be a good thing, she sneered in her heart, took it casually, put it into her sleeve pocket, and nodded: "Thank you, is there anything else?" ”

Mei'er was gloomy in her heart, she wanted to take the opportunity of giving gifts to repair the suspicions accumulated between the sisters for many years, but unfortunately her cousin finally had a grudge.

"No, my sister has to get up early tomorrow, I won't delay my sister's rest."

She saluted Leng Xue'er again, turned around and walked towards the palace gate.

At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the door: "Xue'er, have you slept?" ”

Leng Xue'er suddenly smiled, she walked quickly past Mei'er, opened the door, and called in a delicate voice: "Mother, it's so late, what's the matter?" ”

The graceful and luxurious Ice Queen took Leng Xue'er's hand and walked into the room, Mei'er, who was still in the room, hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, and the Ice and Snow Queen was surprised to see her niece appear in her daughter's room.

Mei'er is the widow of her sister-in-law Princess Yanyu, who has lived in the ice and snow family since she was a child, the ice and snow king and her sister have a very good relationship, so she is particularly sorry for the blood left by her sister, and takes special care of her, Xue'er thinks that her father favors her cousin in everything, and she is indifferent to herself, and Mei'er has not been on good terms since she was a child.

After the peacock feather incident three years ago, the two girls were calm on the surface, but secretly they were faintly alienated, for which the husband often sighed around the room in the middle of the night and blamed himself.

Unexpectedly, the pair of enemies could get together tonight, and the Ice and Snow Queen was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her niece's hand, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mei'er is also here, which is great." Xue'er, if you have anything to say, just talk to your cousin more, and when you get to your husband's house in the future, it will not be so easy to find a caring person to chat. ”

Leng Xue'er responded with a faint expression, her mother came to look for her late at night, she must have something important to ask, she glanced at her cousin, fortunately the cousin was very well-behaved, only to hear her say to her mother: "Auntie, I'm here to give a gift to my sister, well, I'll go back first, you guys talk slowly!" ”

The Ice and Snow Queen nodded to her niece with a smile, turned to her daughter and said, "Xue'er, you see how well your cousin treats you, have you thanked your cousin?" ”

Leng Xue'er smiled reluctantly and said, "Mother, thank you for a long time." ”

Mei'er hurriedly said: "It's just an ordinary gadget, not enough to worry about." ”

She saluted the Ice Queen and took her leave.

Mei'er stood in front of her cousin's dormitory, listening to the low laughter of her aunt and cousin in the palace, a thin layer of mist suddenly surged in her clear eyes, and the pain that had been precipitated in her heart for many years was churning like a tide, just staring at the snow mist circulating in front of her in a daze.

The palace maid on duty at night approached and called in a low voice, "Miss Cousin, what's wrong with you?" ”

She suddenly came back to her senses, hurriedly raised her sleeve to wipe away the tears that had overflowed from the corners of her eyes, shook her head and said, "It's nothing." ”

Back to Yanyuyuan, she sent the palace maid who kept vigil away, sat alone on the steps in front of the eaves, looked at the small snow peaks in the garden in a daze, under the cold wind, a little silver-white light danced on the snow peaks, she was stunned, looked up at the starry sky, tonight's night is so beautiful, the stars are like jewels inlaid in the blue and deep sky, scorching, wisps of changing color light floating in the air, she is still seeing such a bright starry sky, it seems that tomorrow must be a sunny and good weather.