In the cold winter, the north wind howled, and the heavy snow that had been falling for a few days stopped, but because the temperature was very low, many of the eaves were hung with white ice skates, crystal clear, shining silver in the sun.

The New Year is about to end, and the people in Chang'an City kill pigs and sheep, put up lanterns, and prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the palace, there is a side palace, which is well defended. There is a woman living in it, who is now lonely and lonely, it is Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang in the Tang Kingdom.

Since being captured, Li Xiuning has lived here for more than a year, depressed, no one to speak, and there is only one courtyard for her in the huge palace.

Every day, in addition to looking up at the sky during the day, taking a few walks in the courtyard, practicing martial arts alone, and reading some books at night, she is like a monk.

Sometimes Li Xiuning thought to himself that if he died on the battlefield and was a hundred gone, maybe he would not be so claustrophobic.

However, she is in her youth, and if she can not lose her life, there is no need for her to cut herself here, and fight against fate, which is a fortunate thing in itself, after all, she is still alive.

It's just that what makes Li Xiuning feel at ease is her family, the situation in Jinyang, the Li Tang regime, and the safety of her family!

Sometimes, when she is in the confined palace, she will occasionally hear palace maids outside talking about how His Majesty Dahua is invincible today, and has successively defeated the forces of Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, and Li Mi, and unified the north, and now only Jinyang City remains.

With the passage of time, what Li Xiuning heard the most in the palace was the continuous news of Dahua's success, which made her gradually realize Luo Zhaoyun's ability to lead the army to fight. At the same time, reading Dahua Daily and Luo Zhaoyun's poems every day, she also admired His Majesty's writing and thinking more and more.

"I really want to repair a book, give it to my father, let him surrender Dahua, now Dahua's momentum has become unstoppable, only Jinyang City is left, and it will definitely not be able to stop the continuous attack of Dahua Xiongshi!"

Li Xiuning was always worried, afraid that he would never see his father and brothers again. As for her fiancé Chai Shao, because of the short time spent together and the lack of intersection, the impression has been blurred.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the palace gate, and two palace maids retreated from the palace gate and came in to deliver food.

In order to block the news, she has not arranged for the palace maid to live in her courtyard to serve, for fear of being bribed, and transmitting news to the outside. Those who come to deliver food will also be inspected and searched by guards to confirm that the food is free of poisons.

However, even so, these two palace maids are also very unhappy, because they are all people who make mistakes, it will be their turn to do this kind of errand, once they see Princess Pingyang herself, they will be marginalized, targeted, and their freedom will be restricted, and no one wants to suffer this kind of drudgery in the palace, and they will be suspicious.

Xiaolu and Qingtong were assigned because they offended Gong'e, the two daughters are eighteen or nineteen girls, their personalities are exposed, and they can't hide their unhappiness, especially when they see Li Xiuning, their faces are very friendly.

The palace maids didn't know Li Xiuning's identity, and they all thought that she was a concubine who was not favored, and she was beaten into the cold palace, and it was difficult to get His Majesty's favor. Over time, these palace maids dared to bully the concubines who were left out in the cold.

However, when the second daughter saw Li Xiuning in a tight-fitting outfit and her demeanor after practicing martial arts, she was not able to exert her power again.

After all, Li Xiuning is a person who practices martial arts, and the two palace maids can't beat her if they want to do anything, so they can only squeeze right with words to vent their dissatisfaction.

"The meal is here, hurry up and eat!" A palace maid put the meal on the table of pear blossom wood in the hall.

Li Xiuning didn't say much, washed her hands, and then sat down to eat, and the two palace maids stood on the left and right sides in front of her, staring at her indignantly for dinner.

"This concubine, what good do you say is it for you to endure hardships here, I don't know if you can enjoy all the glory and wealth if you serve Your Majesty well?"

"That's it, what's the point of eating leftovers here, being lonely, until you are old."

The two palace maids were sneering here, and they also wanted to provoke this concubine who was beaten into the cold palace.

If she can wake up and win His Majesty's favor again, maybe the two of them can become cronies, otherwise the two of them will still be marginalized when they go back to the palace maid class.

"My sisters, looking at your temperament and appearance, you are not lost to those noble concubines, if you want to get favor and want to escape back to Your Majesty's favor, why don't we help you think of a way?" Xiaolu asked tentatively.

Li Xiuning's face was calm, but her heart was complicated and indescribable, she used to have a hostile relationship with Luo Zhaoyun, with different positions, and she also hated him, took away Li Tang's Chang'an City, and drove away the Tang regime. However, I can't admire Luo Zhaoyun's talent, now that he has been imprisoned, he has nothing to do, and the sharpness of the former Iron Lady has long been worn away.

Once, she even offered to be Luo Zhaoyun's concubine in exchange for the existence of Li Tang's regime, even if she lived in Taiyuan County, but Luo Zhaoyun did not agree to her conditions.

The New Year was approaching, and when Li Xiuning learned that Luo Zhaoyun was going back to Chang'an City, she waited every day, waiting for that person to come again.

"Maybe you've forgotten about me a long time ago." Li Xiuning sighed lightly and shook his head.

The two palace maids were easy to talk about, but they didn't let Li Xiuning express their position, and even said one more word, which couldn't help but be even more annoyed.

"Why don't you get oil and salt, we are all thinking about you."

"It's just that I don't know how to cherish it at all, Your Majesty and other figures, it is not enough for you to be pampered, what else do you want?"

The second daughter pursed her lips and walked out with the basket.

At this moment, the voice of the guards came from outside the wall: "Your Majesty has arrived—"

Xiaolu and Qingtong, the two daughters, changed color when they heard the words, and they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground to take over.

The palace gate opened, and Luo Zhaoyun, dressed in a luxurious brocade robe, was heroic and upright, and walked into the courtyard.

There is not much snow here, only the place where the martial arts are practiced, there is an open space, which is the snow that Li Xiuning swept by himself.

The furnishings and window lattices in the palace are a little dilapidated, and there are usually no palace maids and craftsmen to clean and repair, and even on some side halls, there are half-human high withered yellow weeds, which are pressed with a thick layer of snow, which looks desolate and desolate.

I went on the expedition for ten months, and then I came back, and I haven't seen him for almost a year.

"Knock on Your Majesty!"

"Go down." Luo Zhaoyun only glanced at the two palace maids, and then sent the two maids away.

The second palace maid stood up and walked forward with her head down, because they were standing a few meters away in front of His Majesty, so in the process of walking, Xinzuo admired this wise and martial majesty too much, and secretly glanced at the corners of her eyes, and just saw Luo Zhaoyun with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, looking forward, in his eyes, it was Li Xiuning's pretty figure standing at the entrance of the hall.

His Majesty is now smiling at this concubine who has been beaten into the cold palace, and the two daughters are trembling in their hearts......