Although the sun came out after the heavy snowfall, the weather was extremely cold, and the palace maids in Yongxiang began their day's work with their red hands. Wei Zifu was bowing his head and scrubbing his palace clothes, but he heard a sound of envy in his ears, and his heart was nothing more than which palace maid had won the master's reward and showed off in front of everyone, Wei Zifu didn't care about this, he still bowed his head and washed his clothes.

"Qiu Ju, you have a good fate, you were assigned to the queen's palace not long after entering the palace, and you can still enjoy such good things, but you envy us to death!"

"Isn't it, you have to see the queen every day, and don't forget our sisters when you climb the high branches in the future."

The palace maid named Qiu Ju combed the double bun of an ordinary palace maid, and a pair of apricot eyes carried the enviable joy, and proudly raised the bright gold leaves in her hand and said: "Your Majesty and the queen are in love, and we wait for the palace people to take care of them carefully, and the queen is naturally happy." Don't envy me, be envious, envy the queen to go, get the favor of His Majesty, it's not that you want anything! ”

"Really, Qiu Ju, tell me what treasures Your Majesty has rewarded the queen?" A palace maid shouted.

Qiu Ju smiled mysteriously, and said in a well-informed tone: "Let's just say that a few days ago, the queen said that the decorations in the Jiaofang Palace were all blind, and on the second day, His Majesty ordered someone to send a pot of jade coral, that coral knot, you can't dream of it, thicker than my three fingers, that color..." ”

With their own envy and jealousy, the palace maids were still discussing the pot of jade coral in the Jiaofang Hall and the gold leaves in Qiu Ju's hands, but Wei Zifu was like being poured ice water into his internal organs at that moment, and he was cold to the bottom of his heart. Is this the result of waiting in the palace for almost a year? Then he looked through the autumn water, and then he was sad, but he couldn't wait for his words, it turned out that he had long forgotten his old love and was in love with the queen!

Your Majesty, is this what you promised to your son-in-law? The scenes of the past floated in front of her, but at this time, it was like drinking ice water on a cold day, and it was cold in her heart.

The sun cast a bright shadow on the water, the palace maids scattered their clothes in twos and threes, and Wei Zifu still had his own thoughts, stiffly scrubbing the palace clothes.

"Wei Zifu, you are so clumsy, you are so slow to wash a few clothes, you deserve to be rewarded!" The snobbish palace maid was sighing that her life was miserable, she didn't have a good master, she didn't have the reward of Qiu Ju, and seeing that there was still a Wei Zifu who was not as good as her, she sarcastically scolded a few words before she felt more comfortable.

"Just the immortal Tian Meiren, I'm afraid that Wei Zifu won't have this life in his life!" The other tall palace maid was also sneering, and lost no time in coming over and mocking it. Wei Zifu still turned a deaf ear, bowed his head and did the work in his hands, the two palace maids were very bored, and turned their heads and left.

When there was no one else around, Wei Zifu finally couldn't hold on, and his body collapsed by the well, "Your Majesty, the palace is heavily hidden, and the years are long, does Zifu have to wait any longer?" The sigh in his heart was like a mist that could not be dissolved, and the moment he turned around, he was covered with tears that came out of Wei Zifu's eyes.

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In winter, it was getting darker and earlier, and it was already twilight before the unitary, Shu Yu looked out of the window from time to time while doing his work, and muttered: "It's so late, why hasn't the husband come back?" As he was talking, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the hall, and couldn't help shouting with joy: "Zifu, you are back!" ”

"Auntie, hasn't the son-in-law returned yet?" Gongsun Ao carried a pack of charcoal in his hand, approached and asked, "At this time in the past, the son-in-law should return to the palace, right?" ”

"Isn't it!" Shu Yu stood up and said to Gongsun Ao: "Gongsun Guard, but you are looking for your husband?" ”

Gongsun Ao nodded, and handed over the charcoal fire in his hand: "Auntie, the charcoal fire I brought last time should be almost used, and it is estimated that these can be used until the beginning of spring." Shu Yu took it and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you Gongsun for guarding!" ”

"Bang dang!" At this time, there was the sound of flower pots falling to the ground in the inner courtyard, Shu Yu was startled, and Gongsun Ao turned his head and shouted: "Who is here?" I saw a figure standing in front of the flower stand in the twilight, Gongsun Ao walked closer quickly, and shouted in surprise: "Son-husband? ”

"Oh, son-in-law, you're back!" Shu Yu followed closely, "Come into the house, it's cold outside." Before the words fell, he saw Wei Zifu fall softly, Gongsun Ao hurriedly helped him over, and shouted repeatedly: "Zifu, Zifu..."

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It was late at night when you woke up, a candle flame was quietly burning at the head of the bed, Shu Yu lay on the edge of the bed and fell asleep, his body was lying on his side, and his breathing was quite heavy, Wei Zifu couldn't bear it, and called softly: "Aunt..."

Shu Yu dimly opened his eyes and saw Wei Zifu wake up, and immediately had a spirit, and said happily: "Zifu, you are awake!" ”

Wei Zifu propped himself up and wanted to sit up, "Auntie, what's wrong with me?" Shu Yu hurriedly got up and pressed: "Zifu, you lie down quickly, you have been freezing outside for a day, and when you come back, you will fall down when you are cold." ”

"Oh..."Wei Zifu remembered, and when he remembered what the palace maid named Qiu Ju in Yongxiang said, his heart couldn't help but feel a little colder. Suddenly, Gongsun Ao's shadow appeared in front of him, "Auntie, has Brother Gongsun been here?" Wei Zifu remembered that he had seen Gongsun Ao under the flower stand.

Shu Yu nodded and said, "No, the Gongsun guards sent charcoal over again, it's really embarrassing for him!" He waited for you here, but just saw you, you fainted, I was startled with him, I touched your hands and feet to know that you were cold, fortunately the last time the Sun Taiyi prescribed some medicine to the lady, Gongsun guards went down to decoct the medicine, saw that you drank the medicine in a coma and went back first, and asked me to take care of you. The lady and I are guarding you at night, the lady is not in good health, and she has a cough in the cold weather, and she just went back to rest. ”

Wei Zifu said gratefully: "Auntie, thank you for me, thank you for your hard work today." The husband is all right, so you should rest early. ”

Shu Yu saw that Wei Zifu was indeed fine, and a wave of sleepiness hit, and he couldn't help yawning and said, "Then I'll go and rest, you can sleep too." With that, he extinguished the candle at the bedside, and softly closed the door and went out.

The lamp was extinguished, and only the moonlight of the room remained, but Wei Zifu was no longer sleepy. The moonlight in the night is still bright, Wei Zifu got up in his clothes, the night was silent, looking at the colorful tassels who never left him, and the little bits and pieces of getting along with Liu Che in the past floated in his heart.

"It is advisable to drink alcohol and grow old with your son. Qin Se is in the palace, and it is good to be quiet. What I promise today is a lifetime! ”

"I believe in me, I will be able to take you back..."

That scene is still like yesterday, the history is still in front of me, but a slight turn has been separated by a spring and summer. Wei Zifu sighed for a long time, did he become so ruthless as soon as he entered the palace?

"Why can't you say he's mean? Twelve years, a whole twelve years, he couldn't think of the people who used to enjoy the plum blossoms with him in the snow. Or has he simply forgotten who I am? ”

Tian Meiren's complaining expression once again floated in front of her, touching the softest string in Wei Zifu's heart, and playing a cold tone in this cold night without people.

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Although the weather in February is cold, but fortunately, the warm sun is a little less cold, and the twilight has not yet gathered at sunset, but the afterglow has converged inch by inch, leaving only the clouds in the sky like layers of neon clothes floating in the sky, and the ambilight is very beautiful.

"Lady!" After returning from Yongxiang, Wei Zifu had just pushed open the door of the hall, and saw Tian Meiren standing next to the flower stand in a black snow robe, looking intently at the flowing clouds in the sky.

Tian Meiren didn't look back when she heard this, her eyes were still looking at the clouds in the sky, and she said: "Zifu, you look at the sunset paved with gold, a bright piece, it's really beautiful!" ”

Wei Zifu approached Tian Meiren and looked up at the clouds in the sky as if thinking: "How many years have passed, Luoxia is still so good-looking!" In the past, my brother and I often sat by the river in our hometown, watching the colorful clouds spread all over the river, and at that time my brother also said that he would pick a piece and sew clothes with me, but I didn't realize that all these years had passed..."Thinking of the past in his childhood, a smile appeared on Wei Zifu's lips.

Tian Meiren smiled lightly: "Yes, time leaks so fast, and now that I think about it, I was the happiest at that time!" ”

The two stood side by side like this, looking at the clouds in the sky, Tian Meidao: "Zifu, I haven't heard you say anything about your younger brother, do you have any relatives in your hometown?" ”

Wei Zifu bowed slightly, and said: "In addition to my younger brother Wei Qing, there are still two sisters in my hometown. ”

Tian Meiren said softly, her eyes drifted into the distance, and she seemed to think of her relatives thousands of miles away, and she was silent for a long time. The twilight gradually closed, the clouds gathered, and the beautiful clouds slowly dispersed, and Wei Zifu said softly: "Lady, it's getting late, let's come into the house." ”

Tian Meiren sighed quietly, as if she was talking to herself and listening to Wei Zifu, "The years have passed, but they are only like white clouds, just in an instant." What about the love of the emperor, only in one night, it can't be compared to the clouds in the sky for a long time! ”

With a slight sigh, Wei Zifu saw that she was clearly in her prime, but the corners of her eyes and eyebrows seemed to be dyed with wind and frost. For a moment, my heart moved, thinking of my body, and my heart was also a sigh of empathy. Stretching out his hand to help Tian Meiren, Wei Zifu comforted: "Lady, the weather is cold, you should be careful." ”

Tian Meiren shook her head sadly, lowered her eyebrows and asked suddenly, "Zifu, have you ever thought about leaving this palace to live?" Wei Zifu was stunned in his heart, although he knew that she was deeply resentful in her heart, but she never thought that she would ask this to herself, and she hesitated and didn't know how to answer, but she heard Tian Meiren say slowly: "You are not like me, why bother to pay this great Shaohua to this Boliang Imperial City?" Why don't you leave the palace earlier! ”

Wei Zifu was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly bent his knees and said: "Lady, but the son-husband is not waiting well, so he has to send the son-husband out?" ”

Tian Meiren hurriedly leaned down and said, "Zifu, how could I not know that you treat me deeply, how could I bear to send you out of the palace?" Tian Meiren said slowly, "Do you remember that day when you came back, you suddenly fainted?" ”

"Hmm." Wei Zifu nodded slightly, his face puzzled.

"That day, my aunt and Gongsun guards were decocting medicine outside, and I was taking care of you in the inner room, and you kept calling in a daze, 'Your Majesty, Your Majesty...' Although I didn't really hear it, I also thought that it was the Queen Mother who sent you to the Chufang Palace, and you are almost the same age as Your Majesty today, so I concluded that the person you called should be Your Majesty Liu Che today."

Wei Zifu was stunned in his heart, and he was silent in his mouth, and listened to Tian Meiren continue: "From that day on, I vaguely guessed why the Queen Mother would refer to you to pick up the Fang Palace, but, Zifu..." Tian Meiren paused, and said with deep meaning: "This deep palace inner courtyard is not a good destination for women, here, women can only pay their time and pass the years, and wait for the red face to wither and grow old, even if they are pitied by the emperor, the favor is only between the day and the night." I've been like this in my life, you're not like me, you still have a lot of time to chase, don't let it down in vain! ”

Wei Zifu nodded movingly, she was grateful to Tian Meiren for her timely reminder, how could this not be a knot hovering in her heart? Since entering the palace, the queen mother's attitude has been obscure, and Liu Che's mind is also ambiguous, thinking that he and the queen are young couples, and they will get back together after the fact, how can they remember that there was once a Wei Zifu?

Wei Zifu sighed in his heart, hid his tears, collected all his thoughts, leaned down and said, "Thank you for mentioning it, it's the son-in-law who is stupid!" ”

Tian Meiren picked up Wei Zifu and said in a good voice: "Zifu, you and your aunt are the closest to me in this palace, and I also treat you as your sister, I have been trapped in the palace in this life, and I don't want you to follow in my footsteps, this matter is related to your life, you should think carefully." ”

"Hmm." Wei Zifu bowed slightly, looking at the reflection of herself in Tian Meiren's eyes, she knew that it was time to make a decision.