That year, the snow was falling, the snow and the red walls reflected each other, and I stood under the city gate to look at the direction of the Lin Mansion for the last time, and then, like all show girls, I submerged my figure into the palace wall.

Entering the palace with me is the maid Pei'er, who has grown up together since childhood, this girl is young, and her eyes are rolling around the magnificent palace: "Miss, why is there not even a figure here, and she is cold to death." Still, it's pretty. ”

Yes, the heavenly family is rich, no matter how cold and bone-chilling, it is still so shining.

"At the feet of the Son of Heaven, if you take a wrong step, you will be in the abyss, you are my person, if you say the wrong thing, the Lin family will suffer a catastrophe." I gave Pei'er a secretive look, and Pei'er shivered and carefully retracted her head.

"Then miss, let's go quickly, and meet the saint in a while, but we must not make a mistake! At this time, the show girls are waiting in Chuxiu Palace, let's hurry up and talk to them a few words. ”

Pei'er took the already cold hand stove out of my hand and replaced it with a new one. Although the charcoal in this hand stove is mixed with pear wood, I still don't like the smell.

"I'm not very cold," I stuffed the hand stove back into Pei'er's hand casually: "We don't need to walk so fast, the beautiful scenery is rare, this road is only taken once in this life, it is better to walk slowly and enjoy the snow." ”

Although Pei'er was nervous, I had no intention of making any show girls. For those show girls, this is a general election that only comes once in three years, and it is a major event that has been looked forward to day and night since birth, so it is natural to attach importance to it. But for me, the draft was a disaster, and I just wanted to skip it and not let people pay attention.

So I just hastily combed according to the etiquette, and although I would not lose my dignity in a moon-white splendid dress, I did not steal the limelight among the show girls surrounded by flowers. Even the jewelry is made of the simplest white jade, and when you put on a cloak and stand in the snow, it is natural, and you are almost a transparent person.

"How did my sister enter the palace and still have such a temper, it reminds me of the past!" A crisp laugh rang out behind me, and I was startled. Looking back, a tall woman in a bright red cloak walked briskly behind me, a smile on her face that was gentle and kind.

This woman's words felt like a close friend of mine, but when I looked up and down, this girl's face was like a beautiful jade, with a large jewel hanging on her head, and the cloak on her body was also rich red, which could not suppress the beauty in her eyebrows.

Such a woman must be remembered for the rest of her life, but I didn't have the slightest impression, and I couldn't help but ask softly, "Who is my sister?" ”

"Three years ago, at the Mid-Autumn Festival Pear Blossom Dream Night Banquet, you and I were drunk, vying to drive a boat together in the Hori Reservoir at night, picking the last handful of lotus flowers in autumn, but I was taken back by my brother and punished for kneeling." The woman's eyes couldn't hide her surprise: "Such an experience, my sister is stumped to forget?" ”

Listening to him talk about these past events also found it interesting. Unexpectedly, under this woman's dignified and steady appearance, she had also done something drunk in the lake. It's just that I really don't know at this time, so I have to apologize and smile at her: "I was seriously ill before last year, and I have been sick in the middle of summer." Xu is burned and confused, and many things have been forgotten in the past, and I have no impression of such a happy thing. ”

"This," the woman was stunned when she heard this, her eyes were full of concern, and she quickly stepped forward to hold my hand: "My sister has such a big thing, I don't know that I should have gone to see my sister a long time ago." ”

Seeing her frowning, I couldn't help but feel warm in my heart, and smiled slightly: "Sister, don't blame, this disease almost took half of my sister's life, Huaixing has forgotten many things, and I can't even remember my sister's name......"

"My father, Liu Zhifan, Shuzhong Mansion, I am the eldest daughter in the family to see snow." After saying this, Liu Jianxue's eyes paused, my expression was as usual, and she also knew that I didn't remember anything because of her words, and her expression couldn't help but be a little lonely.

There were groups of show girls inside and outside the Chuxiu Palace, and Liu Jianxue pointed to the crowd over there and said: "In today's election, my sister is dressed so plainly, although it matches the scenery, my sister also knows that you disdain to compete with vulgar things, but if you want to be selected, it will not be possible." Look at the one over there, the pearls are cheesy, but they are also really dazzling. ”

I followed her gaze, and I actually recognized the high-spirited woman as the daughter of Chu Mang, the governor of Liangguang, who made a joke about paying durian some time ago, Chu Xiurong.

Although she is already famous in Beijing, she doesn't care much about her appearance, and her out-of-place Moon Shadow Veil shows the wealth of her family.

The governor of Liangguang didn't know how much he expected this daughter, I am afraid that he turned out all the eye-catching treasures in the family, and put them on for her without falling to the ground, Chu Xiurong was bright, and standing in the courtyard really amused a group of people.

Liu Jianxue and I chatted with each other, and Chu Xiurong screamed and scared the two of us into frowning.

"Why are you on an errand, my clothes are so expensive, you can't afford to pay for it even if you lose your head, you actually collide like this!"

It seems that it is already commonplace for the servant girl to collide with the most scorching little master, and Liu Jianxue and I have not looked back. The palace maid was just scolded, and if we stepped forward, I was afraid that we would make a big fuss.

I turned around boredly, and happened to see that the palace door of Chuxiu Palace had been slowly closed by the guards, and it turned out that it was already time. As soon as this door is closed, this year's show girls who haven't caught up will no longer be able to come in, and if it's really late, they will be fined for three years and not allowed in the draft.

At the moment when the palace gate was about to close completely, a slender figure flashed in and fell to the ground, and before the guard could react, she had already struggled to crawl forward several steps.

We stood up suddenly, and Liu Jianxue obviously noticed it, and whispered in my ear: "I saw that she was dressed in rags, and she didn't ride in the carriage for show girls, I'm afraid that some palace person entered by mistake." ”

I know that Liu Jianxue is persuading me that the identity of that person is not clear, and not to meddle in things. But when I saw the girl being grabbed by the guards and dragged in the heavy snow, my heart tightened, and the girl wondered if her skin and flesh had been worn by the masonry, leaving blood marks on the ground.

The girl shuddered and grabbed a red thing from her sleeve and waved it in her hand, and the guard didn't even look at it, thinking that this girl would never have any identity to speak of.

When I looked back, I saw that none of the show girls had paid attention to this side, they were all preparing to meet the holy car, and immediately made up their minds to go over to her. Liu Jianxue actually followed, a little nervous between her eyebrows, she was really affectionate to me.

In a blink of an eye, at the gate of the palace, the guards looked at each other, and finally came over to salute.

"Excuse me!" Most of my thoughts were on the girl, and I saw that her clothes were in tatters, but when I looked closely, I could see that there was a picturesque face hidden between the messy hair.

Liu Jianxue had already taken the document in the guard's hand, and looked at the leading guard with a frown: "Isn't this a veritable show girl selected by Jiangnan Mansion, how dare you stop it?" ”

"This ......"

The guards couldn't answer, but Pei'er behind me interjected: "Which show girl would be so dirty, miss, do you think she was a beggar girl who stole other documents and got in?" ”