Jinyu was dressed in plain white filial piety clothes, her pale little face was very haggard, Qingque sighed, since her wife went, the young lady has been like this, not crying or laughing.

"Miss, you can eat a little," Qingque held the fragrant chicken soup in his hand, sprinkled with verdant green onions. It was appetizing to watch, but Jinyu just glanced at Qingque lightly and said, "Put it here, I'll eat it." ”

"The slave is out, you have a good rest."

"I see, you can get out." Jinyu's slightly immature childish voice is slightly hoarse, and it sounds like a kitten that has been crying for a long time, which is pitiful. Qingque's figure went and returned, she looked at Jinyu and said, "I almost forgot, the master said, we will leave in a few days, Miss is better to prepare early." ”

Jinyu nodded, Qingque sighed, and finally didn't speak again.

Jinyu looked at the snowflakes outside the window, stood up, opened the cage, and stroked the clothes that her mother had sewn for herself, and suddenly felt sad, this time the bandits were not an accident, although she didn't know who did it for what purpose, or against whom.

Jinyu clenched her fists, looked at the bowl of chicken soup, picked it up, and drank it.

In the imperial capital, the cold air was filled with a strong smell of medicine, and it seemed that a noble person could not withstand the cold of deep winter in this deep palace and was sick.

Zhao Ke walked in the palace verandah, seemingly light and light, but his heart was already very anxious, this morning got the news, an official ship encountered water bandits in Wuxi, but now who doesn't know that there are no water bandits on the Jinling River at this time, at this time someone hijacked the official ship, and also caused the death of the official's wife, and the most important thing is that Jinyu is in the official ship.

Is this another misfortune he has brought to her? Zhao Ke clenched his fists.

Walking to the emperor's apartment, a little eunuch helped Zhao Ke open the curtain, as soon as Zhao Ke entered, he saw the emperor and Zhenyu face to face and seemed to be saying something, after the emperor saw Zhao Ke, he beckoned, and a little eunuch moved a chair for Zhao Ke.

"Ke'er is here, go down, your legs are inconvenient, so you don't have to salute." Zhao Ke sat down as instructed, looking at the somewhat gloomy emperor on the throne, this lord of the world who is not confused in his old age, still has the demeanor of the year, majestic and handsome, but his sideburns have added some traces of time, and his deep eyes are still unfathomable.

"Father, I don't know why I summoned my sons?" The emperor's eyebrows moved slightly, and he said, "Do you know about the interception and killing of the official ship by the Wuxi water bandits?" Zhao Ke nodded and said, "Erchen heard about this a few days ago, and felt very incomprehensible, Wuxi is a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the water bandits have long been extinct, I don't know why such a thing suddenly appeared." ”

The emperor touched his sparse beard and did not speak.

"On this ship, most of them are officials and their families who have returned to their hometowns for the New Year's Festival, and they are not very wealthy people, and there seems to be a very special person on this ship, Zhang Weiwen, Wen Jun's important subordinate of the two northwest provinces, and the younger brother feels that all kinds of things here are thought-provoking." Zhenyu was wearing a thin robe, looking very elegant with three strands of beard, and her temperament was calm and indifferent.

"This time, I sent Wen Jun to the two northwestern provinces, naturally I also had this consideration, but this hurt Zhang Chongyan."

Zhenyu sighed, "It's just that the matter has already happened, Your Majesty must strictly investigate this matter, Wen Jun's trip is afraid that it will be difficult." ”

The emperor looked sideways and saw the different color in Zhao Ke's eyes, sighed, and said, "I just know that you are worried about that little girl named Jinyu, and you will really send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly, and you can also write a letter to ask about the current situation of your life-saving benefactor." ”

"Thank you, father, my son knows." Zhao Ke bowed respectfully.

"There is one more thing, your second brother has been lingering on the sickbed for the past few days, you should go and take a look." Zhao Ke frowned slightly, and said, "The weather has been cold these days, and my father should also pay attention to his body." ”

"If you have a heart, it's okay at this time, you can go first."

The emperor looked at Zhao Ke's somewhat thin back, and said to Zhenyu, "The Northwest Qi family, their courage is getting bigger and bigger. ”

"Brother Huang, little thirteen still don't get involved in this matter." The emperor looked at Zhenyu, after a long time.

"Of course it won't involve him."

Zhao Ke's injured leg was a little uncomfortable, so he walked very slowly, and he was accompanied by the unfathomable Gonggong Li, who followed behind Zhao Ke unhurriedly.

"Is Jinyu injured?" Zhao Ke asked softly, and Gonggong Li lowered his head slightly and said, "No." ”

"That's good." Zhao Ke suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and even the heavy snow in the sky didn't seem to be as cold as before.

"Her mother died." Gonggong Li's faint voice came, a gust of wind blew the corners of Zhao Ke's wide clothes, the exquisite incense burner in the palace exuded faint sandalwood, Zhao Ke walked on a rainbow bridge, looking at the heavy snow.

Reaching out and catching the cold snowflakes that were flying, the snowflakes quietly melted in the palms of his hands.

Jinyu had told him to protect her mother, but he didn't do anything.

It's like when my mother died when I was a child, it was snowing heavily, the air was full of the fragrance of plum blossoms, the workers were busy in the palace in a panic, and finally on a cold night, my mother finally left him, there are always so many cruel things in this world, let them bear these young children, if he can see Miao Jin at this time, he can only take her hand and tell her, live well, grow up quickly.

The winter in Wuxi was cold, and the snowflakes that fell on the ground turned into snow after a while, this feeling of being wet and cold reminded Miao Jin of the last days of her previous life in Zhangfu, and the feeling of being cold, cold, dark and lonely invaded her soul over time

Jinyu looked at Zhang Weiwen's slightly thin back and pulled up his slightly moist sleeves.

"Daddy, let's go,"

"After your father settles you down, you will return your mother to your hometown ancestral grave." The scenery of this courtyard is cold and clear, and the cold north wind blows Jinyu's hands and feet cold.

"We don't have to take a boat anymore, after we arrive in Rongcheng, you will see the desert is lonely, the sun sets over the long river, and you can see the endless grasslands and cattle and sheep further north, which is a completely different life from Jinling."

"Although something sad happened, but Miaomiao, I still hope that you can grow up happily."

"I'll grow up soon, father."

Miao Jin raised her head, her big dark eyes were as deep as the first time she saw them, not like the world.