The young Li Zerong was holding a purse of candied fruit, and he just wanted to coax his beloved girl to smile.

It's just that Huanhuan didn't know that when Li Zerong was only six years old, he had already quietly taken her to heart.

When he was six years old, during the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the heavenly officials blessed him and the palace door was opened. Li Zerong followed Concubine Jin out of the palace in civilian clothes, and on the bustling and noisy streets, he watched the little girl in the red cloak from afar, watching her run happily with an eagle lantern that was bigger than herself.

The young Li Zerong stood there stupidly, watching her slowly run in her direction.

The little girl ran happily, stepped on her dress, and fell to the ground. It happened to fall right in front of him, a few steps away. He hurriedly ran over to pick her up and dusted the corners of her skirt for her.

The little girl looks like she is about three years old, her arms are soft and soft, her round face is like a white jade glutinous rice ball, and her big black eyes are like black jade grapes growing at the mouth of a cold spring, and she looks very cute and aura, like a little fairy girl in the Nine Heavens Temple.

The girl smiled at him and thanked him, "Thank you, brother." ”

Then she handed him the candied fruit she was holding in her hand, and opened her mouth to signal him, this candied fruit is delicious, and she loves to eat it herself.

The boy looked at the candied fruit so stupidly that he didn't dare to take it for a while.

After a while, he heard someone behind him calling for the girl.

The boy took the candied fruit in a daze and took it in his mouth. The girl smiled even more happily, and under the lead of the slave, she finally reluctantly left with the eagle lantern.

And that girl has also become a warm light in Li Zerong's future claustrophobic palace life, which will be unforgettable in this life.

Li Zerong himself didn't expect that when they met in the school, he didn't recognize her.

It wasn't until today, in the Lantern Festival lights, that he saw the girl in the red robe and carrying the eagle again, which coincided with the warm little girl in his memory.

It turned out that they had already bonded and were destined to meet.

When he was six years old, he ate candied fruit for the first time, and felt that it was the sweetest existence in the world. Later, he also ate a lot of preserves, but they were never as good as the preserves in the little girl's hand. So he looked forward to the arrival of the Lantern Festival every year, carrying a purse of candied fruit in his arms, hoping to meet the girl in red again and give her candied fruit.

Unfortunately, his adoptive mother, Concubine Jin, was not loved by the emperor and often caused trouble in the harem. He was often grounded and punished in the palace. Even her own son turned his back on her and rarely came to see her after leaving the palace.

Li Zerong came from a humble background and was not taken seriously, and for Concubine Jin, he was just a servant-like existence.

She once wanted to win back His Majesty's favor by raising Li Zerong, but she didn't want to, His Majesty was so affectionate that he never visited Li Zerong, even if he was His Majesty's youngest prince.

The misfortunes of his childhood life were far more than that, and the fourth and fifth princes, who were about the same age as him, were favored by the emperor. His brothers and sisters have always treated him coldly, disdained to talk to him, and even teased him from time to time.

He has long been accustomed to holding back tears and growing secretly, and no amount of wind and waves can change his expression. Only in this way will the person who bullies him not get sweetness and will not have pleasure, and will gradually forget him.

He made a wish since he was a child that he could stand at the top of power, dominate the storm, and protect the people of the world.

Emotional bonds are unnecessary for him, but they are also fatal.

He met the young girl in red, who had stood behind him so obsessively, looking at her with fascination, and had crashed into his arms...... All of this was a faint blush on his face as his heart throbbed, whispering of joy.

Withdrawing from the memories, Li Zerong put the purse containing the candied fruit in his hand and put it on Huanhuan's hand.

"This is a candied fruit from Changfu City, it is extremely delicious, you can taste it."

Huanhuan looked down at the purse in his hand and smiled like a flower.

"Qi Lu, what is this?"

Lin Yunyun originally beckoned her sister to choose candied fruit, but after she chose a few kinds there, her unusually noisy sister was directing beside her, and she felt strange. Just as he looked back, he saw Qi Lu blushing and stuffing something into his stupid sister's hand.

When I took a closer look, I found that it was a light green purse, which was bulging.

"Candied fruit from the city of Changfu."

The proprietress who sold candied fruit had sharp ears, and when she heard that it was candied fruit from Changfu City, she shouted loudly again.

"The candied fruit of Changfu City, the best candied fruit in the world, there are also here, come and see, come and see, come and see......"

Lin Yunyun didn't know that there were good and bad preserves, so she turned to look at the proprietress who sold candied fruits and said, "Do you have preserves from Changfu City?" Didn't you just say that you made it all yourself, and the materials were very sufficient? ”

The proprietress forgot about this stubble, and hurriedly laughed awkwardly, and lied: "Exactly, I'm from Changfu City, no, I've come to the capital to sell candied fruit." ”

Lin Yunyun was fooled with a long "oh", and suddenly realized, and began to pick up candied fruit again.

"Brother Jun." Li Zerong grabbed his arm, wanting to stop him from buying the candied fruit from the stall, and quietly reminded, "This is not the candied fruit of Changfu City. ”

"The proprietress is from Changfu City, and she naturally makes the world-famous candied fruit in Changfu City."

When Huanhuan heard this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes, her brother was four years older than herself, how could he be so stupid? This proprietress believes whatever she says.

Just as he was about to speak to make his brother believe Li Zerong, he heard the proprietress scolding angrily.

"I am the eldest lady, and the little son should not do things that lack virtue in the way of people's wealth. If you think that my candied fruit is not as good as yours, compare it with you. ”

Lin Yunyun was a quick temper, and when he heard that his friend was not good, he immediately put down the cloth bag containing candied fruit, turned around and left.

The proprietress didn't know that they were a group of people, and when she saw that the broad master of her hand was gone, she waved her hand vigorously and kept it, and her cry was miserable and earnest.

"Brother Jun, this candied fruit is delicious, it's better than the candied fruit in Changfu City... Brother Jun. ”

Lin Yunyun listened to the proprietress and the courteous handsome brother, and he had goosebumps all over his body, very much like entering the Qinglou, and the old mother's cry made him extremely uncomfortable.

After walking farther, Lin Yunyun opened the purse, took out a piece of candied fruit and put it in his mouth, and then took another piece and handed it to Ah Wen's lips behind him, before returning the purse to Huanhuan.

Huanhuan couldn't help but be jealous when he saw his brother feeding Ah Wen candied fruit with his own hands, and said strangely: "My brother has never fed slave candied fruit, in the end, Brother Ah Wen is better." ”

Huanhuan complained while eagerly taking out the candied fruit in his purse and putting it in his mouth.

"Is it delicious?"

"Delicious!"

Huanhuan saw that someone asked her, and replied that it was delicious.

However, this candied fruit is really excellent, not as sweet as ordinary candied fruit, with a strong fruity aroma, and the taste is very different.

She didn't realize that the person who asked this was Li Zerong, and when she came back to her senses and was about to answer politely, she heard Li Zerong ask again.

"Nu'er, can you call me Brother Qi Lu?"

"Qi Lu? Brother? ”

"It's okay to call my brother."

"Don't the six princes like their original names? Why do you want a slave to call you Qi Lu. ”

Huanhuan picked up another candied fruit and put it in his mouth. There was something in her mouth that made her feel a little more relaxed, and she no longer twisted and pretentious like Fang Cai. Seeing that Ling'er was also hungry for candied fruit behind her, she learned from her brother's action of feeding Arwen just now, and also handed one to Ling'er.

"It's different."

"It's not all one person, what's the difference?"

Li Zerong looked at Huanhuan who tilted his head and pretended to think, his eyes showed tenderness, Huanhuan's innocence and cuteness were so vivid to break into his gloomy and boring life.

He has never been accustomed to sharing his suffering and joy with others, in fact, after experiencing all kinds of bullying in the harem of the imperial city, his heart has become very strong. But I still can't help but hide my past in front of my beloved girl.

I used to be gloomy, and I want to live vividly with you in the future.

"It's just that I like the name Qi Lu, it doesn't have any identity, no secular rules, it can make me feel closer to you."

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Zerong slowly said this answer, which is still inevitable, with bitterness, but with expectations.

He held his breath and waited for Huanhuan to react when he heard the second half of what he said.

"That slave has another brother today, Brother Qi Lu."

Huanhuan didn't taste the meaning of the second half of Li Zerong's sentence, and he couldn't understand the tenderness and expectations hidden in it. After she said this, she took out another candied fruit from her purse, pinched it in the palm of her hand, stopped, and turned to look at Li Zerong who was following behind her.

Seeing Li Zerong lowering his eyes and looking at her affectionately, she couldn't help blushing, stretched out her arm like a strong man going to death, opened her palm, and motioned Li Zerong to eat the candied fruit in her palm.

Huanhuan's palm stretched out for a long time, and he didn't see Li Zerong reaching out to take the candied fruit. I saw him stupidly looking at the candied fruit lying in the palm of his hand, with a strange expression, and couldn't help but coquettishly signal: "Brother, eat candied fruit." ”

The corners of Li Zerong's eyes became wet, and he looked at the candied fruit in Huanhuan's palm for a long time, as if he had a dream.

In the dream, he was six years old, and the woman in front of him was in her early threes.

In the blink of an eye, the round little girl was already standing in front of him.

This may be fate.

Before they knew it, the group had walked to the moat. There are many people who put lanterns by the river, and the lanterns are very interesting in their shapes.

The moat of this night is like the Milky Way separated by the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, but it is warmer and happier here.

Ling'er handed Huanhuan the eagle lantern she had been carrying in her hand and motioned for her to put the lantern and make a wish.

Huanhuan turned around to take the eagle lantern, and found that Li Zerong had one hand behind his back and the other hand casually placed on the side of his thigh. Indeed, he was empty-handed, and he had no wishing lanterns.

"Brother Qi Lu, don't you put lanterns?"

Li Zerong did not have the habit of buying lanterns during the Lantern Festival, and in fact, he did not like to put lanterns. In his opinion, this behavior is ridiculous

A rebellious young man like him, he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, he doesn't believe in people, and his fate is not up to heaven, he is tightly imprinted in his heart.

Huanhuan squatted down, handed the begonia lantern in his hand to Li Zerong, and said softly, "A once-a-year opportunity to make a wish." ”

The corners of Li Zerong's mouth turned up slightly, and he reached out to take the begonia lantern. He thought that the lanterns had a bright appearance and had no practical effect. He didn't want the candle flame in the lantern to shine on people's faces, and he felt that his face was suddenly very hot.

"Do slaves like begonias very much?"

"Hmmm! There is a begonia tree planted in the main courtyard of my house, which is very beautiful when it blooms. ”

"I know."

When Li Zerong said this, his voice was very soft, so light that only he could hear it.

He squatted down, learned to put the lantern in Huanhuan, and gently placed the begonia lantern on the rippling river. Then he turned his head and saw Huanhuan closing his eyes, his eyebrows hiding joy, and his hands folded earnestly making a wish.

He stared at Huanhuan's wish for as long as he wanted.

"Brother, make a wish."

The moment Huanhuan opened his eyes, he saw Li Zerong looking at himself with autumn water in his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel another heartbeat. Turning his head shyly in disbelief, such a sentence came out.

Li Zerong smiled, his smile was innocent and beautiful, and the pleasure and restlessness from the depths of his heart made him reluctant to take his eyes off Huanhuan. Close your eyes, fold your hands reverently, place them in front of your chest, and make a silent vow.

"Ancient God, I make a wish to be with her forever, to protect her in all worlds, and to make her the most noble woman in the world."