A gust of north wind blew, blowing down the snow on the branches of the trees, and scattered in front of you.

Zeng Qidao thought that he was hallucinating at the moment when the snowflakes fell, and everything he looked was white, including Xiao Yizheng's face, he was in an unusually trance, and he didn't quite understand what the other party was saying.

He said: He is an ordinary man, he is pursuing Heng'er? He said: Will he fulfill Heng'er and himself?

What does that mean?

Xiao Yizheng saw that he was stunned with a slightly unmoved expression, but he became calm: "But if you don't treat her as firmly as ever, then I won't let go." ”

He stepped forward in the snow, closing in on his eyes, creaking under his feet. This made Zeng Qidao quickly come back to his senses, his eyes widened, and he bowed his head and said respectfully: "Your Highness's words, the last general will be terrified." The last general and the princess have a brother and sister relationship, I don't know why His Royal Highness has such an idea, and I hope His Royal Highness will be cautious, don't affect the princess's reputation. ”

"Zeng Yuanyi, I said, it's not His Highness who is in front of you now. I say this to you without any consideration beyond sincerity. You can rest assured. Of course, what I want to hear is also sincere, don't prevaricate me. ”

Zeng Qidao's heart trembled, and he subconsciously raised his eyes to a pair of deep but pure eyes.

"My attitude has been made clear to you." Xiao Yizheng stared at him and said solemnly.

Zeng Qidao's fists tightened, his face twitched twice unconsciously, and he spoke movingly: "Your Highness is frank and tolerant, which makes Yuanyi ashamed." He paused, looked up and said, "Yes, I am Xinyue Qingxi, as early as the first time I saw her." ”

Because he was the youngest son in the family, his parents did not want him to join the army and enter the frontier, so he had to accompany his mother in Shangdu Mansion since he was a child. This is actually contrary to his inner ideals and ambitions. He longs to be like his father and brother, guarding the frontier and becoming a generation of famous generals. Therefore, as he grew older, his mood became more and more depressed, and he was often depressed, but in order not to worry his mother, he concealed it very well, and pretended to be happy to accompany his mother to attend the meetings of the ladies of various provinces, which always attracted praise from everyone.

That year, when he was fourteen years old, he went to Fahua Temple with his mother to make incense.

Fahua Temple is a royal temple, and is located in the suburbs of the mountains and forests, can go to the Buddha to worship the incense of most of the powerful families in the court.

The mountains and forests in late spring are still full of life.

His mother spent a long time worshipping the Buddha and let him pass the time in the temple on his own.

He went out of the temple gate, wandered in the mountains, drank the clear springs in the mountains, and listened to the birds in the forest. The years in the mountains are quiet, and the mountain streams flow silently, but he faintly heard a crisp female voice singing Wu Nong's soft words in the mountains and forests, the voice was soft and sweet, and it echoed in the forest low, like a heavenly sound.

He looked for the sound, and there was a little girl sitting on the edge of the cliff in the upper reaches of the stream, dangling two little barefoot, supporting the ground with her hands behind her back, leaning her neck, looking at the sky, and singing joyfully. In fact, he didn't understand what she sang, but the melody is still rippling in his ears.

He stood tightly, looking at her innocently, as if he had become one with the vast sky above him. After singing the song, the little girl suddenly lowered her head, her round eyes looked at him clearly, she didn't dodge, she didn't look at him with shame or fear, and then smiled like a mountain flower: "Is it good?" She asked in a crisp voice.

And he froze, and nodded subconsciously.

The little girl's skin is better than snow, her facial features are exquisite, and she smiles smartly, especially the eyes are dark and translucent, delicate but not charming, as if she was born to laugh, bent into a beautiful bridge.

"You're here to incense too?" She asked.

He nodded sheepishly.

The little girl sighed, "Maybe I've been waiting for a long time, just like me." Would you like to come up and sit with us for a while? She pointed to a path that spiraled up the mountain stream.

Only then did he realize that there was a road next to it. He hesitated for a moment, but still stepped up, stepped up to the big stone platform in three steps and two steps, and walked to her side.

The little girl looked up at him, with her shoes and socks beside her.

He frowned and asked her, "Aren't you scared to sit here?" He looked at her shoes and socks again, "Aren't they cold?" ”

The little girl raised her eyebrows: "Why are you more verbose than my brother?" ”

He was speechless for a moment.

"That's nothing? I used to sit on a much higher cliff than this when I was in Sujiang. To enjoy it in the mountains, you can't be too constrained. The little girl turned her eyes to the sky.

This girl is so daring. "Su Jiang? Have you ever been to Gangnam? He sat down beside her.

The little girl nodded. "Not only have I been there, I grew up in Sujiang. It's been less than half a year since I arrived. ”

"Really?" Not to mention Su Jiang, the farthest place he went to since he was a child was Yuanzhou, which is next door to Shangdu. "I heard that the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is heaven on earth." His voice was wistful.

"Haven't you been?"

He bowed his head slightly, and somehow felt ashamed, as if it was a shame that he had never been to Jiangnan.

"It's okay, there are a lot of people who haven't been there." The little girl really comforted him, and then took the initiative to introduce him to the scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River one after another, quoting scriptures, painting voices and colors, saying that her hands danced and her eyes lit up.

And his eyes never took his eyes off her, and he longed for every place she spoke. "It's good that you've been to so many places and have so much to learn." He sighed from the bottom of his heart.

The little girl smiled and said, "The boy is ambitious, you will definitely have the opportunity to go in the future, and I will definitely go to more places I have not been to." ”

His heart sank, the little girl in front of him was different from many girls from the official eunuchs in the Shang Capital, and even far more comfortable and bright than himself.

The man has ambitions in all directions, yes, he should use his feet to get out of the world for his future.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, the little girl got up neatly. "It's time to go back."

He came back to his senses and got up, and saw that she was wearing shoes and socks, although the national dynasty did not pay attention to this in the defense of men and women, but in the end he felt embarrassed, so he turned his back and pretended to enjoy the scenery. He heard Suosuo's voice behind him, and he heard her chuckle, but when he turned around again, the little girl had already run down alone, shouting as she ran: "Big brother, I am very happy to chat with you today, and we are destined to meet again." ”

She ran so fast that when he chased after her, there was no shadow of her.

I was feeling lost in my heart, and when I thought about it, didn't this girl also come to incense with her family? Those who come to Fahua Temple to make incense are either rich or expensive. He hurriedly trotted all the way back to Fahua Temple, and saw his mother come out of the main hall by chance. He hurried up, looking left and right, but he didn't see half of the little girl's figure.

He asked his mother directly: "Mother, can there be other people in the hall today to come to worship the Buddha?" ”

His mother was surprised by his question, thought for a moment and said, "That's a lot." The eldest princess, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Hu ......"

"Did you bring your daughter with you?" He didn't wait for his mother to finish counting them one by one, and asked urgently.

The mother glanced at him and wondered what had happened to the child today.

"Is there any?" His eyes were about to pop out.

"Huh?" The mother was stunned for a moment, but she seriously thought about this question: "Oh, you are asking Lord Ling's daughter?" Today, I followed Mrs. Ling to incense, and the girl was very ......."

That day, he learned that she was Ling Deyan's beloved daughter Ling Qingxi, who was eleven years old.

Later, he willingly followed his mother to attend various gatherings of the ladies in Beijing, but the lady of the Ling family did not seem to be keen on these activities, and occasionally attended without taking her daughter.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, how could he hide his mother's eyes from such an abnormal performance. Xu saw his thoughts, and his mother began to move around with Mrs. Ling more intentionally or unintentionally, and this movement also found that she and Mrs. Ling had a similar temperament, and they had more interactions.

He was also full of joy to be able to follow his mother in and out of the Ling Mansion, so naturally there were more opportunities to meet and socialize with Qingxi.

When Qingxi saw him for the second time, he was also surprised, and said with a smile: "It seems that I really have a relationship with Brother Zeng." ”

She didn't know that this sentence of "fate" made him excited and couldn't sleep all night.

She didn't know her free and flexible temperament, her talent for thousands of books and thousands of miles, and her insight from other girls often made him want to hide her.

It's just that if it is said that he has communicated more with Qingxi, it is more appropriate to say that he has communicated more with the two siblings of Qingxi and Qingsong. Because every time she gets together, her talented and enviable brother will be there nine times out of ten. However, he didn't mind, he was happy to be friends with everyone in the Ling family. He began to feel that it was a good decision for his parents to let him stay in Shangdu, and he didn't have to fight to make a name for himself in history.

He watched her grow up and become more and more unworldly; But he became more and more uneasy.

He knew that the two elders had already made a tacit plan, which was also what he hoped for. It's just Qingxi's attitude that makes him more and more frustrated. Because, he could clearly feel that Qingxi treated him closer than others, but this attitude was no different from her treatment of Qingsong.

In the past, he could still deceive himself and say that it was because she was still young, but after she died, the situation was still like this.

He didn't dare to ask her directly to her face if she had feelings for him, he was afraid of that answer.

He also tried to convince himself, it doesn't matter, she treats herself like a brother very well, as long as the two families agree on marriage, she will not insist on objecting, she will eventually become his wife, and the relationship will naturally be harmonious, and they will grow old together, isn't this exactly what she is looking forward to?

But he knew it was different.

He treats her differently than she treats him.

But he would never give up, he wanted to be a little more perfect.

So, he wanted to give her more time, he wanted to work harder.

Therefore, whenever his parents mentioned that they wanted to go to Lingfu to propose marriage, he said to wait.

It's this that waits and waits, which makes him regret it and feel painful.

What he was waiting for was a decree from the emperor to give him a marriage edict.

What he was waiting for was Qingxi to tell him in person that she was really willing to marry His Royal Highness King Heng.

Scenes of the past passed in front of me, and those things seemed to happen yesterday. He also looked at the vast land and slowly spoke: "On that day, when I learned that the Holy God had given me a marriage, my first thought was that I would take Qingxi away. ”