When the snowflakes turn Jinling City into a world of silver and jade, the plum blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River bloom proudly in the snow.

In the garden of the East Palace of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a plum blossom has already opened, and the fragrance is permeated in the wind and snow, which is particularly attractive.

The crown princess Zhou Ehuang took her sister's hand, and with the support of the maid, she took advantage of the pause of the wind and snow to come out to enjoy the snow.

Zhou Ehuang has been four months pregnant, and although he is wrapped in winter clothes, he can still see a slight bulge in his lower abdomen. It stands to reason that the road is slippery in snow, and a pregnant woman like her is not suitable to go out, but it is really uncomfortable to be depressed in the room for too long.

Since she found out that she was pregnant on the day she said goodbye to Zhao Zheng, she has been bedridden because of physical discomfort and fetal instability. It is only recently that the fetus gradually stabilizes and the body gradually recovers.

After a long time, Zhou Ehuang was really bored, this day I saw the snowflakes falling, the plum blossoms bloomed proudly in the snow, and when she smelled the fragrance, she couldn't sit still, and wanted to come out to step on the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms.

The crown princess, who was pregnant with Liujia, wanted to step on the snow, and the attendants and palace maids in the East Palace were frightened, but they had to obey the order. The crown prince went to the palace to discuss matters, and the crown princess is the master here, who dares to disobey?

For this reason, the chamberlain specially sent people to sweep a road in the snow and lay a carpet to prevent slipping. The maid specially changed the princess into a thick fur coat and cloak to protect her from the cold, and changed into a pair of impermeable leather boots lined with fire fox skin.

"It's just a plum blossom, why so?" Emperor Zhou E couldn't help but feel that his subordinates were too nervous.

The palace maid hurriedly said: "The crown princess forgives the sin, you are pregnant, and the queen mother specially told you to take care of it." It's freezing outside, the snow is slippery, how can you do it if you don't get ready? For the safety of you and the emperor and grandson in the womb, you will just take care of it, and it can be regarded as a slave in the East Palace. ”

Zhou Nuying, who came to accompany her sister, said with a smile: "Sister, you just listen to them, the safety of you and your little nephew is the most important." If you're in the slightest mistake. The queen will kill them. ”

"That's it, that's all I have to say!" Emperor Zhou E also felt that this move was a bit of a toss for the palace maids, but he really couldn't resist the attraction of snowflakes and plum blossoms.

In this way, everyone helped Zhou Ehuang out of the door and walked slowly in the garden. Many chamberlains and palace maids were on their side, taking care of them carefully, lest there be the slightest mistake.

The onion-like fingers gently touched the snow, and a hint of coolness came. Reach out and pull down the low flower branches, put the snow-covered buds on the nose and smell lightly, the fragrance is refreshing.

"Sister. Your body is expensive, and it is inconvenient for you to come out to enjoy the plum blossoms from time to time. Let them fold some plum branches and send them to the room to be inserted, so that you can watch them from time to time. The plum blossom smells a lot, and the little nephew in the womb is fragrant when he is born. ”

"If it's a girl, it's fine, but if it's a boy, isn't it full of fat powder?" Zhou Ehuang smiled and joked with his sister.

Zhou Nuying said with a smile: "I see, most of them are boys, and when they grow up, they will have this lonely and noble posture of plum blossoms." ”

"It's almost ......" Emperor Zhou E smiled, and his eyes fell on the plum blossom branch again. In the old years, he was in King Zheng's mansion. There is also a plum garden, and when the newlywed Yan'er was married, she walked in the snow with her husband to look for plums. The scene at that time is still vivid, how loving the husband and wife were then, but now it is ......

If you are not pregnant. The husband may not even have the most basic care. But when it comes to caring, he only sends people to greet him, send some fetal medicine and things to enjoy, but rarely sets foot in his bedroom. Relatively speaking. Emperor Zhou E cared more about the latter, and her husband came to visit in person, and a greeting in person was better than anything else.

Emperor Zhou E is feeling nostalgic. There was a crisp laugh in the plum garden, as if there were children's voices.

An attendant stepped forward to investigate, and replied: "Back to the crown princess, it is Huang Fengyi who is playing with His Royal Highness Zhongyu!" ”

Fengyi is a lower rank of concubines in the East Palace, and this Huang Fengyi is Huang Shuting who was hidden by Li Yu in Zhongshan Palace. When Emperor Zhou E was pregnant, Empress Zhong was particularly gracious and allowed her to enter the East Palace as the prince's concubine. A few days ago, Li Yu made unremitting efforts to win a "Fengyi" status for him, and officially became the crown princess, if Li Yu ascended the throne in the future, Huang Shuting could also become a famous concubine.

Huang Shuting's position of honor is not entirely Li Yu's favor. It is also the humility of his humility after entering the East Palace, as well as the reward of some merits, such as taking care of the emperor's grandson Li Zhongyu.

Emperor Zhou E was pregnant, and the fetus was unstable some time ago, so he didn't have much energy to take care of his young eldest son. Li Yu asked Huang Shuting to help take care of her, Empress Zhong and Emperor Zhou E were worried, thinking that Huang Shuting didn't have the courage to abuse the emperor and grandson, so they temporarily agreed. For a period of time, Huang Shuting took good care of the young Li Zhongyu.

Queen Zhong was relieved when she saw this, and only then did she agree to Huang Shuting's position of honor. Zhou Ehuang didn't expect that when he was treading the snow to find plums, he met Huang Shuting playing with his son.

"The concubine sees the crown princess!" Huang Shuting heard that the crown princess was here, and hurriedly came to see her.

"No need to be polite, get up!"

"Mother!" Li Zhongyu, who was following on the side, pounced all of a sudden, although he had been taken care of by Huang Shuting recently, but after all, the time was still short, and he was very kind to see his mother.

"Your Royal Highness news, the crown princess is pregnant!" Huang Shuting hurriedly shouted, and Emperor Zhou E had already stretched out his hand and held his eldest son first, and then took him into his arms.

"Zhongyu, how are you doing these days?" Emperor Zhou E asked softly, mother and son are connected, he naturally misses and cares about his eldest son.

The young Li Zhongyu nodded, and said with an innocent smile on his face: "Okay, Huang Fengyi takes care of his sons, it's good!" ”

"Well, that's good!" Emperor Zhou E silently silently had his son's little head lovingly, turned to Huang Shuting and said, "You've worked hard these days." ”

"The crown princess is serious, this is the duty of the concubine, and it is the honor of the concubine to take care of His Royal Highness Zhongyu." Huang Shuting's attitude is very humble and submissive.

Li Zhongyu stretched out his little hand, stroked his mother's slightly bulging lower abdomen, and asked, "Mother, my brother is here?" ”

"Well, maybe it's a little sister!"

"It's a younger brother, it's a little brother!" Li Zhongyu seemed to be very sure.

Huang Shuting said with a smile: "Congratulations to the crown princess, in the end, they are brothers, they are connected by blood, and His Royal Highness Zhongyu's feeling must be right." ”

"Hey ......"

Brother, this word touched the most secret place in Emperor Zhou E's heart for no reason. Both children were born on their own, but are they brothers?

Involuntarily, Emperor Zhou E thought of the far north, the man in Bianliang City, did he know the child's existence?

No, it's best not to know, no one can know this secret, otherwise...... The consequences are unimaginable.

For a moment, Emperor Zhou E's expression was slightly different. But he lowered his head and stroked the little head of his eldest son. Huang Shuting and Zhou Nuying, as well as many palace maids, saw it, and they all thought that the crown princess loved her son, and they didn't care.

Li Zhongyu looked up at Emperor Zhou E and asked seriously: "Mother, if you have a younger brother, will you only love your younger brother and not me?" ”

Children are very sensitive, and although they are happy with Huang Shuting during this time, it is also true that they lack maternal love. Especially when everyone around him told him, his mother was inconvenient to take care of him because she was pregnant, so she was more concerned.

Emperor Zhou E hurriedly said solemnly: "How could it be? It's just that because my younger brother has not been born yet, he is still very young, and his mother and concubine are not feeling well, so it is inconvenient to take care of you. When your brother is born, your mother will have time to take care of you. You and your brother are both the children of your mother, and we both love you equally. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!" Emperor Zhou E said: "You are brothers, you must love each other when the time comes, Zhongyu is an elder brother, and you want to help your mother take care of your younger brother, do you know?" ”

The innocent Li Zhongyu clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll take my younger brother to build a snowman when the time comes!" ”

Looking at Li Zhongyu's cheerful figure, Zhou Ehuang showed a knowing smile. Huang Shuting on the side also echoed the smile, but behind the smile, there was obviously a trace of disappointment and unhappiness in her eyes.

She looked at Li Zhongyu quietly, thinking that all these efforts could capture the heart of this little boy, and even find maternal love in herself, but now it seems that she is wrong.

Mother and son are connected by heart and blood, and after all, they cannot be replaced by others. It seems that he has to make another plan, but fortunately, he has successfully captured the heart of another man in the East Palace, and if he can give birth to a child in the future, then he can truly experience the joy of being a mother.

It's just that...... It doesn't seem to be a good opportunity at the moment, the queen finally accepted herself, and the crown princess treated herself well, without too much vigilance. If she is pregnant at this time, she will definitely receive attention, and Queen Zhong may not be welcome, and even if she gives birth to a child, she may not be able to raise herself......

What's more, there are many concubines in Xinna in the East Palace now, and the Jiang family, the Qiao family and Liuzhu are all delicate flowers, which are quite favored by the prince. If it weren't for the hard work on the couch, he might not be able to retain the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince.

She now knows better than anyone that the infatuation of the crown prince Li Yu is just in vain. After all, he is also an indulgent sensual person, so he can't get pregnant at the moment, otherwise he will be like the crown princess, and he won't be able to sleep and have no grace.

With his humble status, if he didn't have the grace of the prince, would he be able to live in this East Palace? What is it to endure humiliation and humility everywhere now? Being a man must take a long-term view, and the same is true for women, especially women in the court.

At this time, Li Yu came back from the palace and found that his wife, concubines, and children were all walking in the snow and enjoying the flowers in the garden, so he rushed over.

After everyone gave the salute, Li Yu saw Emperor Zhou E's slightly bulging belly and said: "You are pregnant, and the road is slippery on snowy days, so don't come out, be careful." ”

"Well, I really want to see the plum blossoms today...... Will pay attention later. Emperor Zhou E wanted to mention the old things of the husband and wife enjoying the plum blossoms together in the past, but before he could speak, Li Yu had already walked over, pulled Huang Shuting and said, "You took Zhongyu to play in the snow?" ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhongyu saw the snow and wanted to build a snowman, so the concubine took him out......"

Li Yu held Huang Shuting's hand and said, "Look, your hands are so cold, hurry up and go back to the fire to keep warm...... (To be continued......)