Although the long snow has stopped for a few days, it has not melted for a few minutes, and the colorful lines are folded in the reflection of the swaying sun. The snow in the palace has always been cleaned by a special person, and the avenue that the nobles often walk has been cleaned up early, but Ning Miao has avoided the clean avenue, and has not had time to clear the less remote road.

Nuan He felt that his master was a little abnormal, and he didn't dare to say anything, but he followed step by step, until he came to the place near the palace gate, and Ning Miaomiao finally stopped.

In front of the palace gate, there were guards on duty, dressed in uniform and equipped with the same long sword, as if even the feather tassels on their heads were exactly the same. But Ning Miaomiao still found the figure he wanted to see from these identical people, in fact, no matter where he was, Ning Miaomiao could always distinguish him from others at the first time.

As if he had a heart, the man in the distance looked over here, and then hurriedly ran over after explaining a few words to the guard next to him.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to come here less, now you are a talented person of the emperor, and if you are seen, you will definitely be punished. The man deliberately gathered the joy when he first saw Ning Miaomiao, made a displeased look, and walked in with Ning Miaomiao, standing under a palace wall.

Ning Miaomiao didn't care about him, she stretched out her hand to straighten his feathers that were slightly scattered due to running, and wanted to touch his hand but was dodged by the man, "You have something to say, I sneaked here, if I am seen by that, I will eat the cane again." ”

Ning Miao's heart tightened, and there was a little tremor in her tone: "Did he embarrass you?" ”

"Not really, but the way he's looked at me these two days is quite hairy. It's okay, like him, the prince and grandson who has money and power in the family and sent to the palace to gild are like this, I don't befriend them, I don't have bad relations with them, I just care about what I have to do, and naturally I won't provoke him. After all, Nie Shanqing was a man, careless, and did not notice the uneasiness in Ning Miao's words.

"Well, then I'll be relieved. Go back quickly, you'll be reprimanded again when someone finds out. Ning Miaomiao said the words of driving people out of her mouth, but her hand grabbed the corner of Nie Shuiqing's clothes without obeying the call.

Nie Shanqing frowned, and finally noticed that Ning Miaomiao was a little different from the past, "What's wrong with you?" Is something wrong? How do you feel that you are a little different today, a little weird. ”

Ning Miaomiao hooked a smile, reflecting her delicate face, which made Nie Shuiqing feel the warm spring breeze for no reason.

Nie Shanqing looked around and didn't see anyone else, his hands quickly hit Ning Miaomiao's cheeks and pulled them gently, the smile on Ning Miaomiao's face expanded infinitely, "That's right, this is what I love the most..."

Before Ning Miaomiao looked back, she heard Fang De's yin and yang strange tone: "It seems that Nie Guard's ability is not small, Ning Cairen is a famous cold beauty in the palace, and it is really surprising that he can talk to you here." ”

"I am a fellow villager with Ning Cairen, and there have been snowstorms in various places these days, and Ning Cairen just wants to ask about the situation in his hometown." Nie Shanqing's body leaned forward slightly, slightly covering Ning Miao, with a strong sense of protection.

"Tsk, Ning Cairen is the young lady of Ning Mansion, where are you from? How dare Gao Pan and Ning Cairen be fellow villagers? Fang De's voice suddenly turned stern, and the aura on Nie Shanqing's body suddenly became fierce, still blocking Ning Miaomiao, refusing to bow his head.

Ning Miao sighed, put aside Nie Shanqing who was blocking in front of him, raised his head, and looked directly at Fang De: "I don't know, when the imperial guards will be able to take care of the harem." ”

Ning Miao opened her mouth to be a hat that crushed people, Fang De was just a royal guard who had not been promoted yet, so she naturally didn't dare to take it, "Ning Cairen laughed, but although the palace gate guards were idle, they were very important, if they were all as perfunctory as Nie guards, I am afraid that there will be a lot of incidents." ”

"Guard Fang, just rest assured, there are two more sentences, I will leave after speaking, and I will not disturb the palace gate again." Ning Miaomiao heard Fang De's voice, her heart and stomach spilled together, her chest was tight and nauseous, and her face naturally didn't look good.

Fang De was still thinking about the good night of the Spring Festival in the evening, and he didn't want to quarrel with Ning Miao, so he took a step back, "Then I'll leave first." ”

Nie Shanqing heard that Fang De didn't use honorifics, and just wanted to say something but was stopped by Ning Miaomiao.

When Fang had to go away, Ning Miao Miao spoke: "Shanqing, Fang De is cunning and treacherous, you have to be careful, it will be inconvenient for me to come again in the future, you remember to take care of yourself." ”

Ning Miaomiao said this sadly, but Nie Shanqing couldn't think of where this sadness came from, so he could only continue to talk, "I know, you too, this palace is sinister everywhere, you have to be careful in everything." ”

Ning Miao smiled, but she was the only one who knew how much bitterness there was in this smile: "Go back quickly, otherwise you will be punished again if you are seen by your commander." ”

Nie Shanqing muttered a few words, and finally ran away, but before running away, he stuffed a string of beads into Ning Miaomiao's hand, Ning Miaomiao rubbed the beads, and found that each bead was engraved with words, and it was connected to the four-character cycle of "Mountains and Rivers".

Ning Miao looked at the bracelet in front of her, and then raised her head to look at Nie Qingshan's back running away, determined, and even showed some greed.

In the warm pavilion, Qiu Ping looked at Mo Chenfeng, who had been thinking for a while since King Zhaoyang left, and sighed silently in his heart, if he had a little scruple at the beginning, he would not have made it into this situation, but it is a pity that God's will makes people.

The sound of talking sounded outside the warm pavilion again, it seemed that it was still the pair of masters and servants just now, Qiu Ping couldn't think of where the interest of this pair of masters and servants to play everywhere this morning came from, just as Nuan He was also puzzled, his master took a long way to walk the imperial garden, why every time he arrived at this place, the coldness of his face was replaced by a smile like a flower, completely like a changed person, but before Nuan He could understand the depth of this, he was interrupted by Qiu Ping, who came to invite people.

Nuan He's face was full of cuteness and ignorance, and when he was still thinking about where he seemed to have seen this person, Ning Miao saluted Qing Lingling: "I don't know what happened to Father-in-law Qiu?" ”

Qiu Ping dodged sideways, and didn't dare to accept her salute: "Ning Cairen, this is really tormenting the old slave, the emperor is in this warm pavilion, and he intends to invite the little master to go over and talk, and also ask the little master to move." Qiu Ping was respectful, and he did not slack off at all because he was a small talented person in front of him.

"Yes." Ning Miao didn't say much, and bowed slightly to signal Qiu Ping to lead the way.

No matter how sluggish Nuan He is at this time, he also understands that this is his own master who has somehow won the favor of the emperor, this is an opportunity to rise to the top, if he grasps it, he will no longer have to be submissive in front of Concubine Bao in the future, but Nuan He's happy heart is only for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, it is shrouded in greater fear: Ning Miao did not deliberately cover up the traces of bruises on her body this morning, although Nuan He is unemployed, she can also sniff out some unusual things from it, and combined with Ning Miao's abnormality this morning, Nuan He's heart is even more bottomless.

In fact, such things are not uncommon in the palace, there is only one emperor, although today is not like the emperor of the previous dynasty who is drunk with wine, and the beauties of the world fill the three palaces and six courtyards, but there are also many delusions that the family can prosper from then on by sending their daughters to get the mercy of the saint, so there are not a few people in this palace who do not see the emperor's face all day long, and it just so happens that Ning Miaomiao is one of them.

In the mirror, self-pity and beauty look old day by day, which is the fate of most women in the palace. Since there is a majority, there must also be a small number of people.

The small number of people who could not calmly face the traces left on their faces by the years, or could not accept the cold silence of the four walls of this court, or were unwilling to be unwilling to be favored by the saints, in short, they chose a way to give themselves a little solace in this seemingly prosperous and desolate land, even if they were intolerant of the world, even if they knew that once they set foot on them, they would be a boat that could not be controlled by themselves, just waiting for the devouring storm to hit and could not leave.

Nuan He's mind didn't turn a few times, and Ning Miao had already followed Qiu Ping into the warm pavilion.

"The concubines see the emperor." Ning Miao leaned over and saluted, her slender hands stopped at her waist, her slender and thin figure, accompanied by the gauze tent that was teased by the wind from time to time, made her look curly and pitiful.

"Look up."

The majestic voice came from above, and Ning Miao felt a little urgent from this majesty. Urgently? Ning Miaomiao secretly laughed in her heart that she was suspicious, the most important thing in the palace was women, and the emperor had always been pure-hearted and had few desires, and the number of times he stepped into the harem every month was only a handful, how could he be "urgent" about her a talented person who had never met?

She raised her head calmly, and the slight tension in Mo Chenfeng's heart disappeared in an instant, and hope had been swallowed up by the darkness before it was released.

"Your name." There is not a trace of ups and downs in the voice, like a smile between strangers, which seems a little careless because there will be no intersection.

"Ning Miao." The person who obviously replied noticed a trace of exhaustion, and although he didn't know where this emotion came from, he also deliberately kept the content of the reply brief.

She is also a smart woman. Qiu Ping commented silently in his heart.

"Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

"Concubines have loved snow since they were children, especially when plum blossoms and snow bloom together, they always like to come out and go around."

Snow and plum blossoms bloom together.

Mo Chenfeng pouted these six words, and he didn't know what he remembered.

"Which palace are you from?"

Ning Miao seemed to be waiting for Mo Chenfeng's question, and said goodbye to Mei Xue: "The concubine is in the palace of Concubine Bao, Qiang Yuanxuan." ”

"You kid Yanfu is not shallow, that's the emperor's woman..."The guards on duty in front of the palace gate have always been taboo in their words, but they were sealed by Nie Shanqing with their hands before they finished laughing.

"What are you talking about, this is in the palace, you don't want me to ask for it!" Nie Qingshan was secretly shocked in his heart, he was already hiding from people when they met, how could he still be known so quickly?

Nie Qingshan was a little anxious, afraid that his relationship with Ning Cairen would be shaken out, this was going to lose his head, it didn't matter to him, his head had a big scar, but, but she...

"Hmm..." Nie Qingshan's thoughts were disrupted by a struggle, and he realized that he had unconsciously exerted his strength, and now the person who was covering his mouth and nose was already suffocating his face and flushed.

"Hey, I said you're as good as that?" The guard who was almost killed was panting for breath while feeling that Nie Qingshan was inexplicable, "Isn't it just a joke for you, I was almost killed by you, hey, I said, you won't really have anything to do with the palace maid inside, right?" ”

Nie Qingshan was taken aback, and just wanted to refute and felt that his reaction was indeed a little bigger, so he secretly calmed down and calmed down before he said again: "What's the matter!" If I had this, I wouldn't have told you. ”

"Yes." The guards with Nie Qingshan no longer dwelled on this issue and returned to their positions.

If he was more careful, he would definitely find that it was obviously a cold winter weather, and Nie Qingshan's forehead was sweating as he spoke.