The goose-feather-like snow instantly dyed the sky and the earth into a silvery white.

Today's empress is not as busy as before, she rarely stands in front of the window with her hands behind her back, and looks into the distance with a faint gaze.

Last night, Gu Jinli dreamed of Qi Hao.

People say that there are thoughts in the day and dreams in the night.

No one knew, she thought about him day and night, and never forgot him for a moment.

It was only last night that he had entered her dreams for the first time in five years away from him.

In the dream, he is still wearing a black robe that has not changed for many years.

His face was angular, looking at her affectionately, and then slowly walked from a distance, and gently called "Ah Gu".

Five years is enough to change a lot of things.

She first became the emperor of the Qi Kingdom, and then became the empress who ruled the world, and even their son has become a four-year-old adult.

And he is still rooted in the depths of her heart, never wavering.

She placed her hand in his palm and shed tears before she spoke.

However, in the blink of an eye, Qi Hao disappeared in front of her eyes.

She panicked and screamed his name like crazy, but he never showed up.

This panic of gaining and losing woke her up.

I don't know if it's the tears in the dream or the tears in reality, but the pillow has been wet.

With her eyes open, she slowly looked at the dark sky and began to light up.

Qi Hao's voice "Ah Gu" echoed in her whole mind, tearing her heartbreak.

Looking at the white snowflakes, her heart calmed down a little.

Thinking back to last night's dream, she was thinking, should she go to the mound in Yaoshan to see Qi Hao?

"Mother Emperor." At this time, an immature voice pulled Gu Jinli's thoughts back.

Gu Jinli lowered her head, looked at the little group on the side, and said softly, "What's wrong?" ”

Although the little prince's small face looks like there is some baby fat, his facial features are simply a miniature version of Qi Hao.

Especially the pair of dark peach eyes, every time she looked at Gu Jinli, she thought that the person in front of her was Qi Hao looking at her.

Facing such a small face all day long, how could she have a chance to forget Qi Hao?

The little prince blinked his eyes and asked, "Today, Erchen heard what the Prime Minister Master said to Aunt Aqiao, and Erchen didn't understand it very much, and I want to ask the Mother Emperor." ”

"Oh?" As soon as she heard the little prince mention Yin Zike and Ah Qiao, she was curious: "What words?" ”

The little prince thought about it seriously, and repeated Yin Zike's words at that time, word for word: "Death and life are broad, and talk to Zicheng." Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. ”

Don't look at the little prince is still a little milk baby, but the little prince has an excellent memory, everything that the prime minister has taught, he has never forgotten, and he has recited it by ear.

The little prince not only has a high IQ that does not match his age, but also does not like to be coquettish and dependent on adults like ordinary dolls.

He is so precocious that he can almost be equal to half an adult.

Sometimes when Gu Jinli and Yin Zike were talking about state affairs, he listened to it on the sidelines, and occasionally inserted a few words of his own opinions.

Many people say that this is a fairy child born in the Nine Heavens Xuan.

Gu Jinli was stunned, and the smile on the corner of her lips became even bigger.

Half a year after giving birth to the little prince that year, Du Jiang and Aiyue became relatives.

Three years ago, after taking over the throne of Yunguo, Qin Feng finally mustered up the courage to marry Hexiang.

And Ah Qiao and Yin Zike are still lukewarm, not far away.

One is the high-ranking prime minister, and the other is the female official next to the empress.

Except for the occasional meeting and chatting, it seems that there are very few opportunities to get along in private.

In terms of the rapid development of the relationship between the two, it was last winter that Yin Zike fell off his horse and broke his leg bone, and his injuries were very serious.

After Ah Qiao learned the news, he rushed to Yin's house regardless of it.

Regardless of Mrs. Yin's strange eyes, Ah Qiao waited in front of Yin Zike's bed for several months.

Ah Qiao is not like Aiyue, she is a person who will show her face what she thinks in her heart, and she doesn't have many words.

Love for a person is only to be good to a person silently through practical actions.

In addition, Aiyue had already revealed Ah Qiao's thoughts to Yin Zike in her early years, so of course Yin Zike also knew Ah Qiao's thoughts about him.

He was very entangled and a little confused for a while.

Yin Zike has not yet married a wife, which has not only become a heart problem for Mrs. Yin, but also a major concern for the entire Qing people.

In the early years, Mrs. Yin learned that the empress's child was Qi Hao's, so she was dead set on sending Yin Zike to the empress's harem.

However, marrying Yin Zike is still her top priority.

However, according to Yin Zike's noble status of being above 10,000 people under one person, there is no need for Mrs. Yin to collect "daughters-in-law" for Yin Zike herself, many matchmakers in Beijing took the initiative to send the portraits of the girls to the eldest lady, and the threshold of the Yin family was broken.

But now, Yin Zike still rejected all the women and was alone.

As the people in Beijing began to suspect that Yin Zike actually didn't like women at all, and when he had broken his sleeves, Mrs. Yin finally couldn't bear it anymore and lowered all the family requirements.

As long as it's a woman and can have children, it's fine!

She did it herself and began to give Yin Zike a girl by herself, but after another three years, Yin Zike was still single, how could this be!

Last year, seeing Ah Qiao's excessive concern for Yin Zike, Mrs. Yin was strange at first, and then she was very excited.

Although Ah Qiao is only a female official, it is better than letting Yin Zike marry a man!

Therefore, Mrs. Yin was attentive to Ah Qiao, creating various opportunities for the two, and she couldn't wait to immediately carry the eight sedan chairs to marry Ah Qiao.

Over time, I don't know if I was moved by Ah Qiao's true feelings, or because of the pressure from Mrs. Yin, Yin Zike really started to care about Ah Qiao.

It's just that over the years, he has only pretended to be Gu Jinli alone in his heart, and he loves Gu Jinli silently, which has become a habit that he is accustomed to like eating and sleeping.

He didn't love anyone and didn't know how to love others, but he wanted to try to open his heart to someone who loved him.

After more than a year, Ah Qiao finally kept the clouds open and saw the moon, which made Yin Zike fall in love with her.

Gu Jinli is sincerely happy for Ah Qiao, there are not so many happy feelings in this world.

If you fall in love with someone and get the love of that person, it is a kind of worthwhile.

Of course, if you can't get it, it's nothing, and this process of loving others is also the harvest of this life.

"Well, you're still young, you'll know it when you grow up." Gu Jinli pinched the little prince's face, and said as she walked out: "The mother emperor is going to go out of the palace and come back to check your grandson's art of war." ”

"Yes." The little prince nodded, then walked aside, picked up Sun Tzu's Art of War, and read it intently.

Because Hexiang and Aiyue wanted to accompany Gu Jinli out of the palace, Qin Feng and Du Jiang also had to protect Gu Jinli, so the five of them took a carriage out of the imperial city together and walked in the direction of Qingshui Temple.

Back then, before Master Jingkong traveled all over the world with Xiaoyaozi, he had already passed the position of presiding officer of Kiyomizu Temple to the little monk Huihe.

Every year, Gu Jinli will go to Qingshui Temple first, and after listening to Huihe's recitation, she will go to the mound of clothes in Yaoshan to see Qi Hao.

There is no special reason, just because after listening to the Buddhist scriptures, her mood will be more peaceful, so that she will not be too sad when she meets the clothed mound later.

Some sadness, as if invisibly carved into the bone marrow, unless you deliberately don't want to miss it, otherwise once you think about it, it will be like a pain that eats your heart and rotten bones.

After Huihe learned that Gu Jinli was coming, she was dressed in a red robe, standing in a snowy patch, which was very eye-catching.

Today's Huihe is no longer the young and shy little monk of the past.

People are constantly growing and changing, and HPE has become more calm.

He is the youngest of the Kiyomizu Temple presiding officers in the past, and he is also the best-looking one.

Therefore, many girls who come to Kiyomizu Temple to offer incense come to see him secretly.

It's just that Huihe's sincerity is only for the Buddha, so after many years, the girls can only secretly regret and stop.

"The Empress." After performing a Buddhist etiquette to Gu Jinli, Huihe greeted Gu Jinli and walked towards the main hall.

Sitting on the futon, Gu Jinli closed her eyes and listened to Huihe's voice reciting Buddhist scriptures gently, as if bathed in the light of the Buddha, her mind was instantly clear, and those mundane thoughts disappeared.

After half a tea time, Huihe stopped chanting, Gu Jinli also opened her eyes, looked at Huihe's clear and clean eyes, and said sincerely: "My heart is much calmer, thank you Huihe for hosting." ”

Huihe smiled slightly, said "Amitabha", and watched Gu Jinli out of the room.

The Zen incense in the room gently lingered around him, brushing the Buddhist beads he was holding in his hand.

In the spotless eyes just now, a faint sadness floated.

Love is a disaster, love is a debt.

The moment Huihe put on the robe of the host, he thought that he would be accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green lantern for the rest of his life.

However, he couldn't remember when he started squeezing into another person besides the Buddha in his heart.

No one knew that every time Gu Jinli arrived, it would disturb the Sanskrit sound in Huihe's heart and mess up his Qing cultivation.

Closing his eyes, he turned the beads again and gently recited the Buddhist scriptures.

After leaving Kiyomizu Temple, she arrived at Yaoshan half an hour later.

Walls have been built around Yaoshan to enclose Qi Hao's mound of clothes, which looks like a royal garden.

The pines and cypresses planted five years ago stand tall in the wind and snow, like loyal guards, guarding Qi Hao's clothed mound.

Qin Feng and Du Jiang parked the carriage outside the wall gate, and then followed behind Gu Jinli not far from Hexiang and Aiyue.

Gu Jinli looked at the tombstone in the white expanse, her hand holding the umbrella tightened, and her heart still hurt slightly.

The snow under your feet is so thick that it makes a "creaking" sound when you step on it.

"Your Majesty, be careful." Aiyue wanted to raise her hand to support Gu Jinli, but was gently brushed away by Gu Jinli, "It's okay, I can go by myself." ”

With that, she continued on her way.

The black cloak was blown by the wind, and the corners of the garment fluttered in the wind.

Suddenly, Gu Jinli walked and paused suddenly.

"Click", the umbrella in her hand fell to the ground.

Aiyue was puzzled, and just wanted to ask, but saw Gu Jinli's eyes full of tears.

And the three people behind him also had red eyes.

Looking along Gu Jinli's line of sight, I saw that on the path leading to the side door outside the wall, there was a person, who was also dressed in a black robe, sitting in a wheelchair, and was struggling to come this way.

He lowered his head, coupled with the fact that he did not hold an umbrella, so most of his face was hidden in the wind and snow.

But even so, everyone recognized him.

Aiyue covered her mouth and choked in disbelief.

Hexiang also wet her eyes, leaned into Qin Feng's arms and wept.

Perhaps sensing everyone's gaze, the man raised his head, met Gu Jinli's tearful eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, and he slowly stretched out his hand, "Ah Gu." ”

His voice was soft, and it was immediately blown away by the wind.

However, this voice sounded in Gu Jinli's heart, so at the same time that Qi Hao stretched out her hand, she trotted towards him.

Just as, there is nothing worth it in this world, and so is waiting.

Because, love is love, and waiting is waiting.

Even if you can't wait for the results, so what?

As long as that person is always in the heart and never leaves, that's enough.

However, fortunately, Gu Jinli and others came.

The little prince asked her, life and death, and said to Zicheng. What does it mean to hold the hand of the son and grow old with the son?

Gu Jinli just wants to say, no matter life or death, my heart will not leave.