On Chinese New Year's Eve, the gloomy sky accumulated thick dark clouds in the west, as if the sky was about to be pressed down, the north wind roared, and there was a heavy snow at any time.

But in the end, it is a festive day, everyone who goes out has a beaming look on their faces, and everyone knows whether they know it or not, they all say that it is the New Year, and the coming year is auspicious.

At the gate of Zhou's mansion, Mrs. Tuesday took Zhou Qinzhu's little hand, looked out at the sky, and dissuaded: "It's better to go again tomorrow and the beginning of tomorrow, if the heavy snow is blocked on the mountain, how can this year be over?" ”

Zhou Qinzhu's eyebrows were quite cold, her water-colored eyes drooped slightly, she moved her hand, pulled it out of Mrs. Tuesday's hand, and replied: "I go at this time every year, otherwise my parents will be uneasy in the sky, and Zhu'er will also be uneasy." ”

"But ......" Mrs. Tuesday frowned, as if she was dissatisfied with Zhou Qinzhu's ignorance, "Zhu'er, you have this filial brother and sister-in-law are happy to know, but no matter how urgent it is, it is not as important as the living, I have already posted a post to go to the Protector's Mansion, and you will go with me in the afternoon." "The rumors have spread out, the Chu family has not moved at all, Mrs. Tuesday has to be anxious, if there is no Chu family to hire on the second day of junior high school, their Zhou family will really have no face!

When Zhou Qinzhu heard this, she bit her lower lip, a look of embarrassment appeared on her face, her eyes flickered, and she turned around and said, "Second aunt, how can you ...... As the saying goes, rushing is not a business, since the Chu family doesn't mean it, don't you tell me to push it into the fire, second aunt, have you ever thought about how I will be a person in the future? Zhou Qinzhu thought about it, aggrieved, and her eyes were covered with tears.

"How to be a person? Of course, it's the young lady who protects the country and justice! Mrs. Tuesday pursed her lips indifferently, and her shrewd and calculating face drew a false smile: "Zhu'er, the second aunt has worked hard for your sake, if you don't receive the second aunt's affection, forget it, if you say it like this, it will hurt the second aunt's heart, is the second aunt doing her best for your bad sake?" When the time comes, it is not your second aunt who marries into the protector of the country and enjoys the glory and wealth! ”

Zhou Qinzhu put his finger against his nose, the tears in his eyes sucked back, and he bowed his head and said, "I...... I didn't mean that, I just ......"

"Okay, don't be a fool." Mrs. Tuesday patted Zhou Qinzhu on the shoulder, and persuaded her with good words: "Listen to the second aunt, go back to the room and dress up, and when we have dinner, we will go to Chu's house." ”

Zhou Qinzhu took two steps forward, Mrs. Tuesday's hand fell into the air, and before she could speak, Zhou Qinzhu got into the carriage and turned around and said, "It's windy outside, so the second aunt should go back first." ”

Mrs. Tuesday watched the carriage 'boom' and ran out of her sight after a few clicks, and gritted her teeth with hatred, "I don't know what to do, dead girl!" ”

In the carriage, Zhou Qinzhu leaned over in a distraction, her face was lonely, her eyes were shining, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Miss, don't be too sad, in fact, according to what the second lady said, it would not be bad if you really left the Zhou Mansion and married into the Guogong Mansion." Lychee covered Zhou Qin with a small blanket, and sighed in her heart, if the lady and the master were still alive, how could the second lady get the right and bully their young lady.

Zhou Qinzhu twisted her neck slowly, her eyes focused for a long time, the corners of her mouth curved, and she smiled reluctantly: "Does she think I don't know what she has in mind." ”

Lychee's nose is sour, Miss has been so wronged over the years, fortunately there is an old lady to take care of her, otherwise she may not be miserable, "So Miss has to find a strong family, how can she also press the second lady, and she can't be asked to hit the abacus on Miss again." "I think that the four-rank release official is already nearly fifty years old, and the second lady has to ask the young lady to be a continuation for others, and the age is about to catch up with the young lady's grandfather.

Zhou Qinzhu's eyelashes moved, drooping down to cover the emotions under her eyes, the cup in her hand turned several times, and said in a low voice: "Lychee, that jade pendant ......"

Lychee heard Zhou Qinzhu mention the jade pendant, remembered the process before and after, and said with a smile: "It's really fate, Chu Gongzi rescued Miss at the door of Moliu Fanghua that day, but I didn't expect that there would be something behind, it's no one else, it's Chu Gongzi, Miss, you say, you don't have a fate made in heaven, what else can it be?" ”

Zhou Qinzhu remembered that day at the door of Moliu Fanghua, the soles of her feet slipped, and the young man gently carried her back to the same place, just as a heart followed the ground, she suddenly raised her eyes, but fell into a pair of black eyes with peach blossom ripples.

At that moment, it was as if the spring breeze was a time, and the flowers of thousands of trees were blooming in an instant, and the air was floating with a faint fragrance of flowers, which was pink with a dreamy and charming color.

Zhou Qinzhu's eyes were slightly rippling, and her fingers inadvertently grasped the teacup, in the fluttering edge filled with pink memories, her heart was about to suffocate, both nervous and full of longing, as if she had hope and frustration at the same time, or ascended to the sky in one step, or fell into the abyss......

"But what would he think?" Zhou Qinzhu thought of what Mrs. Tuesday did, and felt extremely ashamed. fifth

If he didn't want to, Zhou Qinzhu pursed his lips and said in his heart: If he doesn't want to, I, I, I'm afraid that I won't embarrass him if I die.

In the past, Zhou Qinzhu had seen Chu Feng from afar, she was proud of the spring breeze, and she would appreciate and envy such a man, but she would not have a little more thoughts, because of her illness, she had always kept her mind like water, and she looked at everyone from a distance and did not dare to get close, so she never knew that there were people in the world who could be so handsome and unrestrained, as if all the light was gathered in his eyes, the unspeakable spring breeze rippled, and the celebrities were all over the world.

The feelings came so suddenly, at a certain moment, in the gap of time, quietly inserted, catching people off guard, but they could no longer escape.

Lychee's delicate and crisp voice penetrated through Zhou Qinzhu's ears, and said: "How come, Miss, you think, the jade pendant was picked up under your painting, why not somewhere else, but your painting?" It must have been Gongzi Chu who admired Miss's painting, so he stopped and admired it for a while, so that he didn't know that the jade pendant had fallen. Therefore, it is obvious that the two of them already have a divine friendship, and it is logical that they admire each other.

Zhou Qinzhu felt that what Lychee said made sense for a while, and for a while she couldn't help but think, in this case, why didn't the Chu family come to the door for a long time, and Mrs. Chu invited the second aunt to go that day, is it really as the second aunt said that it has been negotiated, and the Chu family will come to make up the decision in the second year of junior high school?

Zhou Qinzhu's thoughts were disturbed, her face was shy for a while, she was in a daze for a while, and she frowned for a while, but whenever she thought of the man who was not as sunny as him, Zhou Qinzhu clasped her fingers and clasped her palms, secretly deciding whether to work hard for herself again, maybe he also had the same heart as her.

The carriage went out of the gate of the capital all the way to the north, Zhou Qinzhu was going to a very famous temple outside the capital, the temple was burning her parents' lanterns, every Chinese New Year's Eve she had to add some incense money, eat a fast meal by the way, and also spend the night, simply avoid the hustle and bustle in the capital.

However, today, the carriage had just stepped out of the city gate a few miles, and was rushing rapidly, when suddenly the body shook, and the wheels bounced off the ground and fell to the ground heavily, throwing Zhou Qinzhu and Lychee in the carriage and falling into a ball.

"Miss, miss, are you okay?" Lychee didn't care about her head being hit on the wall of the carriage, and her eyes were full of stars, so she got up and rushed to Zhou Qinzhu's side, checking up and down.

Zhou Qinzhu held her heart and asked Lychee to sit up, but fortunately there was a thick cushion behind her, but it didn't hurt as Lychee, but she was a little dizzy, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know, if the carriage is broken." With that, Lychee lifted the curtain of the carriage, drilled her head out, and asked the coachman, "What's going on?" ”

The coachman seemed to be stunned, and suddenly woke up at this question, and said with a pale face: "Someone suddenly broke out and stopped in front of the carriage." If he hadn't pulled the reins in time, the horse would have been uncontrollable and would have crashed straight over, knocking the man to pieces.

"Whoever walks without eyes will die to find another place to make room for the living." Lychee lost her temper, her mouth was not angry, she spoke with a sour breath, and when she glanced out, she saw that there was indeed a person standing in the middle of the road, but she was told to look at it a few more times, feeling that no matter what, it should not be such a person.

Zhou Qinzhu didn't know what was going on outside, and there was no movement after waiting for a while, so she came out to see the situation: "What's wrong?" ”

In the middle of the road, standing was a young and beautiful woman, dressed in a grassy green dress on her body, making her skin as white as nephrite, and her eyes were bright under the gray sky.

However, the woman's hair was slightly messy, and there was still a slight amount of dust on her clothes, as if she had been on the road for a while, and she looked like a dusty man. The corners of her mouth were tightly pursed, her face was not very good-looking, and a pair of eyes looked straight in the direction of the carriage, there was no light in her eyes, and there was a bit of lifelessness, but the pupils were dull and extremely cold, which made people shudder.

The woman's eyes, inexplicably Zhou Qinzhu shuddered in her heart, she bent the corners of her lips, and said warmly: "Are you lost, do you want to take our carriage, I can give you a ride." ”

Lychee quietly pulled Zhou Qinzhu's sleeve, and gestured with her eyes: "I don't know who it is, how can Miss casually call someone to get into the carriage, in case it is a bad person." ”

Zhou Qinzhu groaned and said: "How can there be so many bad people in the world, I think this young lady is dressed extraordinary, the temperament is upper, it must not be an ordinary family, we are going up to the mountain to worship the Buddha this time, the Buddha cultivates the heart, if you see people in trouble and pretend not to know, wouldn't it be in vain to worship the Buddha and burn incense." ”

Lychee still thinks it's better to provoke less right and wrong, in the suburbs of the city, she has heard too many bad people use weak women and children to lure others into being fooled, if they encounter someone who is arrested, she and the coachman can't protect the young lady at all.

Just as the master and servant were discussing, the woman opposite smiled coldly, and the cold wind sharpened her voice, which seemed harsh: "You are Zhou Qinzhu?" ”