Lin Yan walked out of the hall, stood under the corridor of Changkun Palace, looked at the overwhelming snow white outside, pulled the fox fur on her body, and couldn't help sighing: "This year's snow is really heavy." ”

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, red lanterns are hung under the corridor, and Changkun Palace is also decorated everywhere, showing the joy of the New Year everywhere.

Mu Ye said with a smile: "Yes, Ruixue has made a bumper year, and there will be a good harvest next year, and the emperor can not worry about the suffering of the people." ”

Lin Yan also laughed.

A few plum blossoms were planted in the courtyard of Changkun Palace, and at this time, they were budding in the cold snow, and the pink buds were dotted on the branches, and they became the only color in the snow.

Lin Yan strolled down, walked to the plum tree, broke a plum blossom and smelled it, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms came to her face.

Mu Ye followed down, and when she saw that she liked it, she asked with a smile: "Niangniang, why don't we cut a few branches and insert them in the vase?" ”

Lin Yan shook her head and said, "Plum blossoms have to bloom on the branches to look good, what's the fun in cutting them out and inserting them in a lifeless bottle." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside the palace.

Lin Yan turned her head to look, and saw that above the imperial palace, the emperor who was also dressed in a fox fur was coming in the wind and snow.

When the emperor saw her, he raised his head and waved, asked the palace people to put him down, got off the imperial court, and then came to Lin Yan's side step by step, and said with a smile: "It's snowing, why did you come outside, and you are not afraid of freezing." ”

As he spoke, he took her hand, and seeing that her hands were cold, he rubbed her cold hands with his hands, and took her to the Changkun Palace.

There are braziers and smoke cages in the hall, and as soon as you walk in, the heating is paved up, which makes people feel comfortable.

Lin Yan asked with a smile, "Why did the emperor come here so early?" The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner didn't start so quickly. ”

The emperor removed the snowflakes from her hair for her, and smiled softly: "I missed you, so I came over." ”

Lin Yan: "......"

I don't know if it's an illusion, Lin Yan always felt that during this time, the emperor was much more gentle with her. In the past, he was kind to her, but there was always less warmth and tacit understanding between men and women, but now, he made her feel more and more that he seemed to be learning to cherish her as a woman, not a queen.

Although the emperor's behavior is changing subtly, he is gentle, and occasionally when he talks about love, it will also make Lin Yan feel dizzy.

He walked all the way from outside, and the fox fur on his body was stained with wind and snow, and when he entered the house, the snow melted into water and stuck on his clothes, and occasionally a few drops would fall to the ground.

When Lin Yan saw it, she said to the emperor: "The clothes on the emperor's body are wet, let's change them first." ”

The emperor took her hand and refused to let go, and smiled softly: "You come to change me?" ”

Lin Yan pursed her lips and smiled, and said deliberately: "Let the palace maid come in and change it for you." ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and pinched her face, and said, "Are you willing?" He could find that she preferred to do things like changing clothes and bathing herself, rather than letting the palace maid do it for her.

Lin Yan glared at him and snorted: "What is there to be reluctant to, the concubines also learn from the concubines, and find a few beautiful palace maids to serve the emperor." ”

Although she said so, she followed him in and waited for him to change his clothes.

It is about that women are naturally possessive of their men, or since they were children, they have watched the Zhuang family serve Lin Ying to dress and bathe, and never pretend to be a maid, like some things that need to be close to the emperor, Lin Yan does prefer to do it herself.

Lin Yan changed the fox fur on his body along with the clothes he was wearing inside, and put on homely and comfortable clothes.

The emperor took her hand and came out together, sat on the couch, and then took her and sat down on his knees, wrapped his arms around her, shook her hand, looked down and asked her: "This is your first New Year in the palace, what do you want, say it, I will fulfill one of your wishes." ”

Lin Yan asked a little slyly, "Is there only one wish?" ”

The emperor tapped the bridge of her nose and said, "Greedy girl, how many wishes do you want?" ”

Lin Yan tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "Well, the concubines haven't thought about a few yet, so the emperor owes the concubines first, and then tells the emperor when the concubines think about it." ”

The emperor said, "Then I can be at your disposal." ”

Lin Yan kissed his chin with some green scum, looked up at him with sparkling eyes, and said with a coquettish smile: "The emperor only said that he would not agree, right?" ”

The emperor said: "Promise, beauty is in my arms, what else can't I promise you." As he spoke, he smiled helplessly and said, "Beauty, Hero Mound." He touched her nose with his nose again, and sighed, "If you are a concubine, you must be a demon concubine who will bring disaster to the country and the people." ”

Lin Yan hugged his waist and laughed in his arms: "Even if the concubine is a demon concubine who brings disaster to the country and the people, the emperor is wise and martial, and he will definitely be able to sit still." ”

No matter how wise and martial he is, when he meets her, he will be confused, and now he will not be confused by her.

Lin Yan had a grinding with his ears for a while, because she still had to prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, so she left him alone in the inner hall and went out to deal with the palace banquet by herself.

Every year there is a palace banquet in the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, and from the first day to the fifth day of the new year after Chinese New Year's Eve, the minister and the foreign wife enter the palace to receive the banquet, and this time of year is the busiest time.

The Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet is held in the palace, and the palace concubines, princesses, concubines, and the emperor's close clan princess are invited to participate.

The emperor himself has no siblings, several half-princesses are not close to him, an aunt Tang He eldest princess who took care of him when he was a child, the emperor personally explained that he must be invited into the palace, but Tang and the eldest princess refused on the grounds that they were too old to move around, and Lin Yan did not look reluctant after asking people to invite him a few times.

Among the clansmen, there is only one Yanping County Palace, which is trusted by the emperor, and Qinghe Palace, which can be hand-picked by the emperor to participate.

There are more than a dozen tables in the main hall of Changkun Palace, and the emperor's harem is few, counting the prince and princess, there are only three or four tables, and one table in each of the two palaces, but the concubine actually sits at seven or eight tables.

In terms of quantity, the concubines and palace concubines are a little unbalanced, and it is no wonder that the emperor sighed to Lin Yan after the palace banquet: "Every time I go to the palace banquet, I feel as if this palace is not my palace, this is still the palace of the first emperor." ”

Lin Yan almost wanted to laugh, smiled and hugged the emperor and comforted: "It's all because of the concubines, I didn't choose a few more palace concubines for the emperor." ”

The Emperor patted her on the shoulder and said, "It would be good if you gave me a few more children in the future." "The crying and laughter of children is the easiest way to fill the palace.

The emperor said, "We have to find a way to send these concubines out of the palace." ”

Then Lin Yan guessed that the matter of the concubine leaving the palace to live in the palace with her son, the emperor would probably start working on it next year, and she could use this opportunity to sell a few princes, princesses, and concubines.

But these are all later words, at this time at the palace banquet, the emperor, Lin Yan and Wu Guifei, Concubine Xuxian, and Hu Zhaorong sat at a table, and Jiang Cairen and Wang Cairen were also arranged at a table with Emperor Lin Cai because they were pregnant.

The three princes and the eldest princess sat at one table, and the rest He Meiren and others sat at the other two tables. As for the four princes, who had just learned to walk, they were hugged back by the nurse after seeing the emperor. (To be continued.) )