Ling Ruo tightened his cloak and walked in this plum forest, the snowy night was the time when the plum blossoms were in full bloom, the cold wind was full of refreshing fragrance all the time, the snow fell silently on the petals, reflecting the color of the flowers more and more red, crystal clear like a jewel carefully carved by a craftsman.

Along the way, there was silence all around, and the faint sound of stepping on the snow was infinitely amplified by this silence......

There are two days left before the draft, and on that day she will do everything she can to win the attention and love of the emperor in order to occupy a place in the palace. Until now, Ama and E-e didn't know that she had changed her mind and was still waiting for her to go back at home.

I want to be a bright woman, not to the country, not to the city, but to live the life I want with all she has......

This is the wish she made on Chinese New Year's Eve last year, thinking that it was a wish within reach, but now she knows that it is a luxury that can never be achieved.

Thinking of it, he didn't even know that there was another person behind him, until a low male voice sounded in his ears: "Who are you?" ”

Ling Ruo was startled, and almost lost the wind lantern in his hand, so he must have turned around and looked at the person by the faint light in his hand. It was a thin and clear-faced old man, dressed in a silver-gray coat, with a sauce-colored silk cotton brocade robe inside, embroidered with a dark silk thread and a Tuanfu Ruyi pattern, what impressed Ling Ruo the most was that his eyes, clear and wise, as if he could see through the minds of others, and there was no turbidity and yellowness that should be at this age.

When Ling Ruo's face was clearly displayed in front of him, he was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person stayed in place and looked at that familiar face in a daze, how could it be? How can it be so similar? Those facial features and demeanor are very similar to her in the year of her wedding? Could it really be that she has manifested herself?

"Fang'er......" he muttered, his hand stretched out to touch the face that had never faded, but he woke up when he saw her frightened appearance, an inch away, but it seemed like a lifetime apart.

It's not her after all......

She is like Fang'er and like an aunt, but she is not them after all......

The sigh slowly spread out in the bottom of my heart, and I withdrew my hand, looking at the snowflakes that I held in my palm unintentionally, and there was indescribable disappointment condensed in my eyes.

Even though his voice was soft, Ling Ruo still heard it, Fang'er—who is this, and who is he?

To be able to enter and exit the forbidden place of the palace, and to be of this age and beard, is it ...... Ling Ruo's heart twitched fiercely, and his lips bit his lower lip tightly, lest he couldn't help but exclaim.

After barely stabilizing her mind, she bowed deeply, "If the show girl Ling sees the emperor, may the emperor be blessed with peace and happiness." ”

"Are you this year's show girl?" There was an unfathomable majesty in the faint voice.

Ling Ruo didn't dare to get up when he didn't hear the shouting, but only whispered: "If you go back to the emperor, it's exact." ”

"Get up." Although Zhilu Dao is not, but when he sees her face, his breath is still stagnant, and in the whole world, only the two of them can influence him like this, even if decades have passed, it has not changed. Kangxi took a deep breath to suppress the throbbing in his heart, looked at her with a glittering gaze, and said with a smile: "You are very eye-catching, and you didn't mistake me for an old eunuch." ”

Ling Ruo tried hard to squeeze out a smile, but he was so nervous in his heart, and the smile he barely squeezed out was as ugly as crying, "The emperor's face is as ugly as an ordinary person, even if the people are clumsy, they will never be mistaken for eunuchs." ”

Kangxi smiled, walked past her and walked towards the depths of Merlin, Ling Ruo didn't dare to ask more questions and didn't dare to leave, so he had to follow Kangxi step by step. After walking for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Does the emperor come here often?" ”

Kangxi stopped, looked around and said, "When I can't sleep, I will come here to walk, do you know what the name of this piece of plum forest is?" ”

"I don't know." Ling Ruo answered truthfully.

"It's called the Netting Forest, and where it used to be here, there was also a pond called Linyuan Pond." He turned his head, but his gaze did not fall on Ling Ruo, but looked into the unknown distance, and there was deep nostalgia in his eyes.

"Linyuan envy fish, it's better to retreat and close the net." Ling Ruo almost subconsciously thought of this.

The deep gaze seemed to have crossed thousands of years, gradually condensing on Ling Ruo's body, silently repeating Ling Ruo's sentence "Linyuan envy fish, it is better to retreat and close the net", and smiled for a long time: "Maybe that's her mood at that time." ”

She? Ling Ruo was quite curious in her heart, what kind of character could make the Emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme so concerned, but she knew that this was not the question she should ask.

"In the past, when the queen was still there, I often came here with her." The fine snow that fell lightly and nothing fell on the face, and there was a slight coldness.

"Is it Empress Hyo Seong-in?" Ling Ruo raised his head and asked lightly, everything about this emperor flashed silently in his heart. Although he has set up three queens, but the deepest feelings are the queen Xiaochengren, a young couple, childhood sweethearts, thirty years ago when the Empress Xiaochengren died, the emperor mourned, dropped out of the dynasty for five days, and the whole country mourned. The surviving son Yinren was registered as the crown prince as soon as he turned one year old.

Kangxi nodded, and suddenly said, "Will you?" ”

"I know a little, but I can't be proficient." Before the words fell, Kangxi was heard high-fived, and an elderly eunuch flashed out of the shadows, and respectfully handed a jasper flute decorated with wishful silk to Ling Ruo, it was Li Dequan, the chief eunuch who had served Kangxi for decades.

"Feel free to play a song for me." The sound came through the snow curtain, revealing a faint loneliness.

Ling Ruo silently took the jade flute, and after a little thought, he had a plan in his heart, and put the flute on his lips, and the sound of the flute echoed in this silent plum forest.

The tune rises and falls three times, at first like the return of the wild goose, there is the ethereal of the clouds, the prelude to the wild goose is in harmony with the heart, faint and faint, if it comes. It wants to fall, and looks around in anticipation of the empty circle; It will also fall. The sound of breath slanted, around the continent three turns, it both falls, this echoes the other, three or five into groups, flying and lodging, to get the right situation: the son and mother with the male and female, can also taste.

The song "Flat Sand and Falling Geese" seems to bring people to the sky, watching the geese hovering in the air, euphemistic and smooth, timeless and fresh, even Li Dequan, who does not understand the rhythm, is fascinated by it.

After the last syllable slowly fell, Ling Ruo held the flute in front of him, and bowed to Kangxi, who was still closing his eyes and savoring: "Let the emperor smile." ”

Kangxi slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Your flute skills are very good, even better than the musicians in the palace, not because of your skills but because you have blown that kind of artistic conception." ”

It was a random sentence, but he didn't expect that listening to a song unexpectedly made him feel a lot less depressed, and that kind of peace and nature had not been seen for many years. Xiao who fell on Ling Ruofeng's eyes smiled faintly and said, "I'll give this flute to you, keep it for you, and blow it to me in the future." It's late and you should go back, it's dark and the road is slippery, I asked Li Dequan to send you. ”

Ling Ruo was about to thank her, but suddenly there was an extra hand on her face, and the unfamiliar temperature made her feel the urge to escape, but she couldn't escape, and she couldn't go against the will of this supreme who held the world.

"Do you want to enter the palace?" He asked, gentleness he had never felt before, and there was even a hint of hope in his eyes.

His palm has a thick cocoon because of the perennial horseback archery, so rough and scorching, which is completely different from Rong Yuan's.

For a long time, she smiled, extremely bright, like a frightening flood in the dark night, rubbing the lines of his palm and saying word by word: "Ling Ruo wants to be by the emperor's side for a lifetime, never separated." ”

The still water flows deeply, and the vicissitudes of life are singing; In this life, there is no turning back......