Goose feather snow, quietly coming, quietly stopping. At night, the field of vision was white and bright, dazzling.

Haotian barely noticed that this was the first snow of early winter, and walked forward in a hurry, before the person arrived at the 'quiet house', a person ushered in on the opposite side.

Haotian frowned slightly, with a hesitant expression: "You're not with Zitong, what are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Mengying saw that his face was dark, and there was a trace of tiredness and unhappiness between his eyebrows, so she hesitated for a moment, but still walked closer: "The matter is urgent, I should have returned to the prince immediately, but the prince was in the palace last night, so I waited until this time." ”

Haotian saw her solemn expression and slowed down: "What's the matter?" ”

Jiang Mengying looked around, and there was no one else except the left and right wings behind Haotian, so she spoke: "According to the instructions of the prince, my subordinates pay attention to Miss Zitong's diet and daily life every day. ”

Haotian's face changed, and he suddenly stopped: "There is such a thing, are you sure?" ”

Jiang Mengying nodded and said, "The next test is black with silver needles, and the second test is to see blood to seal the throat." ”

Haotian's face became darker and darker, and he pondered for a moment and asked, "Does Zitong know?" ”

Jiang Mengying shook her head and said: "The subordinates are afraid of shocking Miss Zitong, and the second is that they think that the matter is very important and they should return to the Ming prince first, so Miss Zitong doesn't know about this matter yet." ”

Haotian nodded and asked, "Where is this girl?" ”

Jiang Mengying said: "Miss Zitong should still be in her room, Xiaohong and Xiaocao accompany her." ”

Haotian lowered his head and muttered to himself: "This girl usually has no defense, if I don't tell her a few words, I will always be at ease." Suddenly, Haotian noticed that the three people around him were looking at him, so he stopped talking, turned to the left wing and the right wing, and said, "You go to the dining room to inquire secretly, and report any clues immediately." After a pause, his eyes were slightly cold: "Although it is not necessarily the subordinates in the house, it is better to believe it than to believe that it is not, you should carefully investigate the origin of each person, and all those who have no roots to check and whose origin is unclear will be thrown out of the house." "The left and right wings took the order and retreated.

Looking back, Haotian walked towards Zitong's room, and Jiang Mengying followed behind him.

Walking into the room heating pavilion, I saw Xiaocao sitting alone on the soft couch embroidering patterns, looking around, not seeing Zitong, Haotian's face changed color: "Where is Zitong?" ”

Xiaocao saw that he was so stunned that he fell to his knees in fright: "Zitong and Xiaohong have gone out." ”

Haotian suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and his face became even worse, "Where did you go?" ”

Xiaocao said in a trembling voice: "They went to Luoyun Mountain, Zitong said"

Haotian interrupted her with a gloomy face: "What did she say?" What are you doing running to the mountains on this snowy day? What do you ask you to do on weekdays, what are some things to persuade and mention, why is everything up to her? ”

Xiaocao kowtowed and said, "The slave should be damned." "On the one hand, I wondered in my heart, what's wrong with the prince today, such a big temper for no reason? Xiaocao didn't know what to do, only to hear Haotian snort coldly, and then a strong wind around him stopped moving, and when he looked up, Haotian had already gone out.

Jiang Mengying shook her head and walked out as well.

Zitong stopped. Here, the snow white reflects the plum red, and it is indescribably quiet and beautiful.

Zi Tong put the small incense burner in his hand on the mountain stone covered with a thick layer of snow, and gently lit the three pillars of incense. Xiaohong behind him asked, "Right here?" ”

Zitong nodded and said: "It's good here, there is snow and plums, and it's a place of pure and unearthly beauty." With that, he folded his hands and fell down in the snow.

Xiaohong was taken aback: "Zitong can't, be careful of chilling your legs." ”

Zitong waved her hand. Xiaohong saw her solemn expression and stopped talking.

Thick clouds obscured, so the daylight was slightly dim, Zitong looked up at the sky, and said quietly: "No one in the world can escape a fate, there is a gathering fate and a scattered fate, no matter what, it is rare to be able to know each other, why care so much?" Seven days later is his birthday, Zitong is here to pray for him, one wish, may he live longer and be safe, two wishes, may he be blessed for a long time, three wishes, may he do well. ”

At first, Xiaohong didn't know where Zitong's words came from, but then she finally understood, and couldn't help but step forward and pull her up: "If you kneel in the snow and get sick, the prince will not care about your wishes, and will definitely give you an extremely ugly face, and I will also be implicated in vain." ”

Zitong's face swept away the solemn look just now, raised his eyebrows and smiled, and was about to speak, but suddenly heard someone sneering not far away, the voice was like a woman, sharp and harsh, indescribably weird.

Zitong and Xiaohong were taken aback, and looked around, but they didn't find half a figure, and the two of them were wondering when they heard the man's sarcastic words: "You girl is quite hearted!" ”

After Zi Tong noticed that the voice was coming from the opposite rock, he pulled Xiaoxiao and took a step back: "What person?" ”

The man sneered and walked slowly out from behind the rocks.

Zi Tong was horrified when he saw the person who came, the man was wearing long hair, a wide white robe, as white as snow on the ground, maybe the robe was too fat, so that the person looked very slender, as if the wind blew and people would fall, and I didn't know how to walk, I felt that I was floating in front of me, like a ghost in the dark night.

What frightened Zi Tong the most was the mask on the person's face, Zi Tong was very familiar with this mask, the people in front of him, the people in black who met in the Aroma Pavilion, they all wore the same masks.

Xiaohong didn't realize that they were in danger, and scolded loudly: "Who are you, dare to pretend to be a ghost in the palace!" ”

Zitong was alert, took Xiaohong's hand and slowly stepped back, her mind spinning rapidly, thinking of countermeasures.

The man didn't pay attention to Xiaohong's questioning, as if there was no such person as her here, and just stared at Zitong deadly: "You should die that day!" The tone was strange, but it was indeed a woman's voice, and Zitong just didn't understand why she was so vicious and resentful.

Zitong looked directly into the woman's eyes, although she could only see the black eyeballs and could not see the outline of the eyes, "Why should I die that day, what day did my sister say?" ”

The woman looked at her coldly: "Under the plane tree that day, if someone hadn't protected you, I would have taken your life a long time ago." ”

Zitong's face changed: "Under the plane tree? It turns out that you are the woman who appeared in Yunmenglou that day, and it was you who destroyed Ouyang Rou's portrait? The woman sneered but didn't answer.

Zitong rolled her eyes and asked, "Are you jealous of her because of her beauty, or is she enmity with you?" The woman still did not speak.

Zitong secretly put his hand on the dagger at his waist, and asked quietly, "Why did you kill me?" ”

The woman's voice was soft: "It's useless for you to ask so much, I won't tell you anything, you are destined to be a fool today." ”

Xiaohong also felt the seriousness of the matter, and was just about to speak when Zitong pulled behind her: "She is coming at me, you go quickly!" ”

Xiaohong said anxiously: "How can this work!" ”

The woman chuckled lightly: "Still want to go?" None of you can leave, God will also fulfill you, there is a companion on Huangquan Road. As he spoke, he took out a shiny dagger out of nowhere.

Zitong's palms were covered with cold sweat, and she kept warning herself in her heart that she must not panic at this time.

Zitong suddenly had courage in her chest, she is a woman, and I am also a woman, why should I be afraid of her? At this time, seeing that Xiaohong was still standing behind him, he stomped his feet and said, "The confused girl is not leaving?" ”

Xiaohong shook her head and said, "How can I leave you, if you have any mistakes, I won't live." ”

Zitong sighed lightly: "Silly girl, it's useless for you to stay here, if you leave and find some people to come over, won't you save the two of us, don't worry, I'll be fine." Gritting his teeth, he pushed Xiaohong's body.

Xiaohong was defenseless and sat on the ground all of a sudden.

The two of them were standing on a high slope, and because the ground was full of snow, Xiaohong slid some distance along the slope.

The woman sneered and stabbed Zitong's neck with a knife, incredibly fast.

Fortunately, Zitong was prepared, and immediately hid against the mountain rocks beside him, but even so, it was a little slower, and the hair on his sideburns was cut off by the woman's short knife, and the black hair on his head immediately fell out.

Zitong was shocked, and the woman followed her like a shadow and circled in front of her, swinging a knife and stabbing her in the chest.

Zi Tong was shocked, if this knife was stabbed by her, what would it do? Immediately draw the dagger as fast as he can, and swing it at the short knife. Hearing only the sound of 'bang', the sparks shot out, and the short knife in the woman's hand was cut off by the dagger in Zitong's hand, and the part of the sharp blade that was cut off was submerged in the snow.

The woman froze for a moment, looking at the half-cut blade in her hand in disbelief.

The woman threw away the half-cut blade in her hand and stared at her fiercely, approaching step by step.

For some reason, Zitong suddenly felt funny, looked at the woman and said, "I didn't expect your things to be so useless, and they broke when you touched them." ”

The woman sneered: "Your things are useful, but it's a pity that people don't use them." ”

Zitong stepped back, and then she heard someone shouting: "Zitong be careful." ”

Zitong saw that it was none other than Xiaohong, sitting on the snow not far away, so she shouted to her, "You still don't leave?" ”

Xiaohong cried: "My feet are so soft." ”

At this moment, Zitong was not allowed to be distracted, the woman's hand struck her chest, and Zitong made a casual move in a panic, but she didn't expect the sword move she used in the chaos to help a lot.

The woman saw that the dagger in her hand was pointing at her wrist, and she was horrified, and hurriedly turned her hand away, dodged the edge, bent her fingers into claws, and grabbed Zitong's shoulder, and immediately tore off a large piece of the crimson robe on her body.

The woman, like a ghost, flew towards the two of them.

Zitong hurriedly put the dagger into the sheath in her heart, and rolled down the mountain like a snowball with Xiaohong in her arms.

The woman was about to chase again, but found that two figures appeared in the corner of the mountain in front of her, and she hurried to this side very quickly, cursing secretly, not daring to hesitate to sweep in the opposite direction, and disappeared after a few ups and downs.

Haotian and Jiang Mengying searched all over Wangbo Pavilion and other places, but they couldn't see Zitong's figure, and they were unspeakably anxious.

The two of them came to the back mountain, and saw the scene on the mountain from a distance, and the soul of Haotian was so shocked that he flew into the sky, wishing that he could put on his wings for a while. When he hugged the embarrassed Zitong, his body trembled, and it was not until he was sure that Zitong had no blood on his body except for his shaved hair, and the fear in his heart gradually dissipated.

Things changed too quickly, Zitong didn't notice these changes in Haotian, only knew that the crisis was over, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and at a glance Xiaohong, who was covered in snow, laughed: "We have both become snowmen." ”

Xiaohong frowned: "Zitong, you are still laughing, you almost scared my soul out just now." ”

Zitong was about to speak, but saw Haotian's gloomy face, so he smiled and grabbed his arm and said, "Don't worry, it's all over." ”

Looking at the smile on Zitong's face, Haotian was very annoyed, glared at her coldly, shook off his hand vigorously, and turned to leave.

Zi Tong couldn't understand why he suddenly became angry and looked at Jiang Mengying, but Jiang Mengying waved her hand.

Zitong and Xiaohong glanced at each other, and had to silently follow behind the two of them.

The left wing and the right wing of the quiet residence all spoke back, but seeing the expression on Haotian's face, no one dared to speak first.

Encountering the probing eyes of the left and right wings, Jiang Mengying shook her head slightly.

Xiaohong, who was standing in the corner, saw Haotian's eyes shivering coldly, and she felt faintly bad in her heart.

Haotian said coldly: "Don't kneel down yet!" ”

Xiaohong's body trembled, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "The slave knows that she is wrong, and the prince is angry." ”

Zitong was stunned, "What is this for?" ”

Haotian was expressionless, as if he hadn't heard her question: "I arranged for you and Xiaocao to look at Zitong, not to ask you to help her act arbitrarily and recklessly!" ”

Xiaocao on the side heard this, and his legs were weak and he fell to the ground.

Hao Tian Sen said: "Today's disasters are all due to your slackness on weekdays, and you don't take the king's words to heart, if the king doesn't punish him strictly, you two minions will never know the severity." ”

Xiaohong's face was as pale as earth, and she said tremblingly: "Lord Rongyu, Zitong and the slave maid are not" Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Haotian with a sneer: "You dare to quibble, someone will drag her out and scold her for twenty." As soon as Haotian's words fell, two people came to the door to drag Xiaohong.

Zitong never expected such a change, and immediately turned white: "Slow!" The two attendants looked at each other, stopped what they were doing, and stepped back.

Zitong came to Haotian's side and whispered, "There is nothing big going on, why are you so serious?" ”

Haotian became more and more angry when he heard this, and there seemed to be a hidden fire in his deep eyes: "There is nothing major, is it a big thing to die someone?" ”

Zi Tong continued to beg: "You just spare us this time, and we can't pay attention to it next time." ”

Haotian listened to what she said The next time, his face became more and more ugly, and he said categorically: "No." ”

Seeing that he was so unreasonable, Zitong paused and said, "Why are you so unreasonable!" ”

Haotian turned his eyes to look at her, and said word by word: "I'm unreasonable? As everyone knows, it is not a bad thing for her to be hit by the board today, it is better than someone who is so tired that he loses his life! He shouted to the attendant at the door of the hall, "What are you doing standing there, you dog slaves?" ”

The attendant hurriedly stepped forward to drag Xiaohong, but was stopped by Zitong, she saw that it was good to say that it was not possible to discuss, and in a hurry, she said in an old mind: "I am the one who acts arbitrarily, and I am the one who does nonsense, why are you beating her, you are annoyed with me in your heart, why are you angry with her?" ”

Suddenly, Haotian's face turned pale, and when he saw that the people around him were looking at him and Zitong in amazement, he was even more angry: "I just made her angry today, and if you want to blame her, blame her for following an ignorant master!" ”

Xiao Hong, who was kneeling on the ground, bit her lip and said, "Zitong, don't contradict the prince, the slave is willing to accept the punishment." ”

Zitong's little face also changed color: "Okay, if you are willing, then I am also willing, if the prince wants to fight, then the two of them will fight together, what is the meaning of just hitting one!" ”

Before the last word was spoken, he heard a 'bang', Haotian smashed his fist on the table, "What do you think I" Haotian was anxious and angry, his face was blue and white for a while, and the words almost came out of his mouth, and he realized that this was in front of everyone's eyes, and immediately his handsome face turned red due to the sudden embarrassment, and his lips trembled when he stared at Zitong.

Seeing him like this, Zitong felt very uncomfortable, and knelt in front of him with his knees bent.

Seeing her like this, Haotian felt a pain in his heart, and unconsciously reached out to help, but suddenly realized something, his hand immediately froze in mid-air, "you" did not speak, his face changed suddenly, and he suddenly raised his hand to sweep all the tea sets and jade on the table next to him to the ground.

In an instant, thousands of fragments were scattered, and the ground was in shambles.

Everyone looked at all this dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

After some of the more clever maids and attendants came back to their senses, they fell to their knees with 'plop, plop'.

The left wing and the right wing were puzzled, and the prince was also angry, but how could he be so abnormal and angry like this, the two didn't know how to persuade them, and they gave Jiang Mengying a look again and again.

Jiang Mengying shook her head and said secretly: How can these two people be persuaded to quarrel? And the prince's behavior today, how can she persuade him?

The whole hall was silent, and Concubine Ru and Concubine Jin heard the movement and walked in from outside.

Concubine Ru walked closer and frowned slightly: "Lord, why do you have such a big temper?" What if this is bad for the body? ”

Concubine Jin also persuaded: "That's right, a girl can hit a few boards, why is the prince so angry?" Don't say that the master beat her, just to kill her, and she didn't dare to complain! ”

Jiang Mengying had already seen the clue, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Lord Wang, Miss Zitong has no intention of offending the prince, so you can spare her." ”

As soon as the words just came out, Haotian regretted Zi Tong's temper when he thought of it, and at this time, he could only hope that Zi Tong would say some soft words, so he looked at her, but he didn't expect Zi Tong to just stare at him calmly and not say a word.

Haotian immediately became angry and gritted his teeth: "No one is allowed to intercede!" ”

Concubine Ru and Concubine Jin stepped forward, grabbed his arm and said softly: "Lord" As soon as the word "Lord" came out, Haotian shouted loudly: "Whoever asked you to come over for trouble, don't go back to your own place." ”

There were tears faintly in Concubine Ru's eyes, and finally she bit her lip and left with Concubine Jin.

Haotian fidgeted in the hall, pacing around and looking dazzling, and when Zitong and Xiaohong couldn't help but moan in pain outside, Haotian's face was as pale as paper.

The left and right wings looked at each other and stepped forward to persuade again, when someone in the corner cried.

Xiaocao sobbed and said: "Lord Wang, the slave doesn't dare to intercede, it's just that Zitong is not playful today, it will be your birthday in seven days, and she went up the mountain today to pray for you." The prince looked at Zitong's sincere face and calmed the thunderous anger. ”

The left and right wings looked at the grass on the ground and sighed secretly, why didn't they say this earlier?

Haotian's body shook, he was already distressed, but when he heard these words again, he seemed to have lost his soul, so he looked at Jiang Mengying weakly.

Jiang Mengying sighed lightly, why is this so painful? Without waiting for him to speak, he walked out on his own.

Jiang Mengying said softly while dressing Zitong: "Miss Zitong was beaten, and the prince felt uncomfortable, today's matter, it would be good if the girl asked for a few more words, who is the prince?" has always been true to his word, but the girl just didn't have the patience to confront him, which is good, you two will lose both. Zitong bowed her head and said nothing.

Jiang Mengying said again: "Zuo Yi told me that the prince didn't close his eyes in the palace all night last night, and he also said something big, and today the prince just rushed back from the palace, and he saw you assassinated again, how do you say he is not worried?" ”

Zitong buried her face in the pillow for a long time, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Sister Ying, you go and tell him, in fact, it doesn't hurt him at all, if he doesn't get angry with me, I won't be angry with him." ”

Jiang Mengying gently covered Zitong with the quilt and nodded with a smile. Xiaocao on the side said: "How can the prince be angry with you at this time, he knows that you are praying for him on the mountain, what blessings are long, what longevity and peace, he regrets it like that, I am afraid that my heart will be even more reluctant." ”

Jiang Mengying was just about to open her mouth when she saw someone standing at the door, so she quietly retreated with Xiaocao.

Zi Tong leaned over and didn't realize it, and sighed lightly: "Today's incident is also wrong with me, I think he was anxious when he saw me on the mountain, that's why he is like that, Sister Ying, you persuade him well, Tonggong only suffered a few boards, and it didn't hurt at all, he was awkward and used to it, I didn't do anything here, he didn't make himself angry, there are so many things now, and I don't let him worry." ”

After a while, Zitong didn't see anyone responding, so she turned her head, and saw Haotian sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her intently, as if there was a pool of spring water gently rippling in her eyes, she immediately blushed in shame, and quickly turned her face away, and said angrily: "Sixth prince, you beat and scolded, what are you doing here?" ”

After listening to Zitong's words, Haotian's mood was already excited, and he couldn't help himself, so he slowly leaned down and hugged her tightly from behind, and whispered unsteadily: "It's me who is not good, I am not good, I am not good, I am not good, I am not good, I am not good", a low voice, a long sound, lingering.

Zitong was hugged by him like this, and the hot breath exhaled from his mouth behind her ears and neck made her whole body soft, and she couldn't help but be ashamed, and said lightly: "How can you accompany me like this, you will crush me to death." Hearing this, Haotian behind him chuckled, but did not let go of her.