"If you're hungry, eat something." Chu Jiao said.

Qin Shao's eyes seemed to be painful, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Let me tell you about my parents." ”

Chu Jiao didn't speak, just nodded.

"More than 10 years ago today, I lost my parents, lost everything, and had no home, when I was seven years old, it was my grandmother when I was a child who imprisoned me in the dark passage behind the rockery to save my life, and I saw my family, maidservants, relatives, and relatives who got along day and night, and died in front of me one by one."

When he said this, his body trembled a little, and his uncontrollable emotions were about to burst out, but he still kept his head down and did not let people look at his face.

Chu Jiao sighed slightly, if she saw such a thing with her own eyes, I am afraid that she would not be able to forget it for the rest of her life, and the past would be like a ghost haunted by ghosts.

"Has the enemy found it?" She asked.

"It's the people of the Li Dynasty, I have been investigating all these years, and three years ago, I finally found the enemy in the Li Dynasty, it was their own hand, I killed them."

His surroundings were instantly filled with murderous aura, as if with a sense of unease.

"Now that the knot in your heart has been untied, you should stop worrying about the past." Chu Jiao persuaded him.

"But I found out that this matter is far from being so simple, it turns out that there are people behind the family, but I have never been able to find the murderer." Qin Shao's hatred was very obvious, he clenched his fists and one day he would definitely find this person.

Chu Jiao was frightened, who could kill the general of the dynasty, it seemed that he wanted to kill the whole family at that time, but Qin Shao was a lucky child.

"Didn't the emperor say anything at that time?"

"As soon as the people of the Li Dynasty died, no one knew what happened back then, and the real culprit of the year had long since gone unpunished and disappeared, and no one could find it."

Chu Jiao was silent, if it was a few years later, it would be possible to find clues in this matter, but now it has been more than ten years.

"As long as you don't give up, there must be hope, if your parents have a spirit in heaven, they must not want you to spend every Chinese New Year's Eve with such a heavy heart, they must hope for health and joy."

Qin Shao raised his head and met Chu Jiao's gentle eyes, he hugged her and buried his head in her lower abdomen.

Her hand gently rubbed his hair, and neither of them said a word calmly, but it seemed to be worth a thousand words.

It wasn't until he heard the sound of steady breathing that Chu Jiao knew that he was asleep.

She was afraid of waking him, so she didn't speak, but quietly covered him with a dress.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that he woke up faintly, and saw that Chu Jiao had been maintaining the same posture, and almost fell down when he got up, so he showed a smile.

"It's late, you go to sleep." Qin Shao said.

Chu Jiao shook her head: "I want to keep the New Year today, and now I happen to be a little sleepy, why don't I go outside, so I will be in good spirits, will you go?" ”

Qin Shao obediently followed behind Chu Jiao, Chu Jiao suddenly squatted down and held a handful of snow in both hands, and turned around and smashed on Qin Shao's body.

Qin Shao was stunned for a moment and was smashed all over the snow, his expression was too serious Chu Jiao thought he was angry, after all, today's day was special, she was about to go up and say something to apologize, and she didn't want him to follow Chu Jiao's movements and raise the snow.

This kind of strength is much heavier than that of a woman, of course Chu Jiao fought back unceremoniously, and the two of them went crazy in the snow like this, and the two of them stopped after being crazy for a while.

Chu Jiao was already a little out of breath: "If it weren't for the disparity in strength between men and women, I wouldn't always lose to you." ”

"Yes, yes, you're right." Qin Shao had a smile in the corner of his eyes.

"Still, I want to say, thank you." He said.

Chu Jiao looked up at his serious appearance, and then smiled briskly: "You're welcome!" ”

Hongxue looked at the two of them very happy, and turned back to her room with some loneliness.

Aunt Ming was leisurely drinking tea in the house, and after hearing about the intimate behavior of the two people, she was so angry that a mouthful of tea squirted out of her mouth, and the whole person was not good.

The next day, Chu Jiao took the initiative to find Hongxue, and then told her all her and Qin Shao's thoughts.

"Do you mean it really? Can you really enter the palace? So I'll be able to see my father soon? Hongxue's excitement was palpable, but her mood soon fell again, and she reached out and touched her face.

The frostbite on her face really affects her appearance.

Chu Jiao looked at her like this, only took out one thing from her arms, and then handed it over: "This is for you, since your body has not fully recovered, bring this silk scarf to cover your face." ”

Hongxue took it carefully, the silk scarf was silky to the touch, and a small lotus leaf was embroidered on it, she raised her head and met Chu Jiao's eyes, Chu Jiao said: "This is what I embroidered for you with my own hands, because I was in a hurry, so I was in a hurry, I hope you don't mind." ”

Hongxue's eyes flashed with tears, and she held Chu Jiao's hand: "No one has been so kind to me except Shitai, thank you so much." ”

Chu Jiao patted her hand soothingly.

"Let's get down to business now, if you want to enter the palace, the only condition is to prove your identity, think carefully about what else can prove your identity besides that jade pendant?"

Hongxue thought seriously for a while and said, "I have a round birthmark on my back, which is blue-brown, I don't know if this counts?" ”

"If you don't mind, can you let me see it?" Chu Jiao said.

She looked at the birthmark, but she didn't have much joy in her heart, because this is a folk princess, except for the emperor's jade pendant, no one knows what birthmark this princess has on her body, so this can't prove her identity.

Chu Jiao shook her head, and Hongxue also became depressed.

"That's right! I remember! The things that my mother left me, after being picked up by Mrs. Shi before, I went to look for those things, and now there is only one hairpin left, here. ”

Hongxue said and took down the hairpin from her head, Chu Jiao looked left and right and was still a little disappointed, this thing is not like a valuable thing, nor does it look like a royal thing, it should be a folk one.

"When my mother was alive, she said that my father gave it to her, so she loved it very much."

"Are you sure?"

"Pretty sure."

Chu Jiao was silent, at that time, the emperor might have bought some gadgets outside to give to women.

"You know, this thing alone won't work." Chu Jiao said.

Hongxue was about to cry in a hurry at this time, she was anxious.

"That's it, wait a little longer for things in the palace, it's not so easy to enter the palace, the queen mother has never liked that princess very much, so I'll take you to the queen mother first, but the queen mother has always attached importance to etiquette, you first learn the etiquette in the palace, and then I'll take you into the palace."

As soon as Hongxue heard that there was an eyebrow on the matter, she became happy again.

There are many rules in the palace, and Chu Jiao specially brought a grandmother in the palace to come in and teach the rules little by little.

Chu Jiao looked at Hongxue from the side every time: "You have to be serious at this time, if the queen mother in the palace doesn't like you either, I'm afraid the matter of recognizing relatives will be even more difficult, if the queen mother also likes you, it's much easier, do you understand?" ”

Hongxue has been free and casual since she was a child, where can she learn the rules of the palace at this time, and she has to cry several times when she has been wronged, but listening to what Chu Jiao said, she feels very reasonable.

"I'll definitely study hard when I know it."

Chu Jiao can't follow her every day, the grandmother in the palace is very fierce, Hongxue's legs are swollen in order to practice the rules, and when she keeps her balance on the bowl on her head, she didn't stand firm and fell directly to the ground.

She finally couldn't stand it anymore, so she cried.

The maid in the house came to deliver the food, and when she saw her sitting on the ground like that, with frostbite on her face, she couldn't help but whisper beside her, Hongxue instantly felt very uncomfortable, and she couldn't bear it in her heart.

Crying is sometimes the best way to vent her feelings, she cried on the ground without an image, and even had a moment of despair, even if she recognized her relatives, what could she do, after entering the palace, was she bound by these dogmas every day?

How do you think about Hongxue, the more she cries, the more sad she becomes, and at this time, a man's voice suddenly came from overhead.

"It's cold on the ground in winter."

As soon as Hongxue looked up, she saw Qin Shao, she subconsciously stopped smoking, she hurriedly covered her face with her hand, but Qin Shao didn't have any expression of disgust or disgust.

"I'm like this, isn't it ugly, everyone doesn't like me." Hongxue was very panicked.

Qin Shao's face was calm: "There are many good doctors in the palace who will definitely be able to cure you, there are more rights and wrongs in the palace than in the palace, if you feel that you can't accept it now, don't admit any relatives." ”

It was the first time Hongxue had heard someone say this, and she was stunned: "What are you talking about?" ”

"If you don't even have this ability to accept, entering the palace is a dead end, you should think clearly." After Qin Shao finished speaking, he left.

Hongxue's hands were clenched tightly together, and tears slipped silently.

She really felt miserable, but once she set foot on this road, there was no turning back.

Qin Shao happened to see Chu Jiao when he came over, and Chu Jiao smiled and said, "But it's still a child, if you say such a heavy word, how can she bear it." ”

"If you really can't bear it, you really shouldn't enter the palace."

Chu Jiao pursed her lips, she knew that he was for Hongxue's good, but he was so fierce.

After studying all day, Hongxue can be said to be full of resentment, and she is still haunted by the noon incident in her heart, which can be regarded as holding a grudge against Qin Shao.

When she was about to go out and relax, she found that the two maids who were whispering at noon were being punished to kneel at the door, she thought, she seemed to understand what Qin Shao meant.