It was really starting to get cold, and when I got up in the morning, I found that a charcoal fire had been burned in the palace, and spices were added to the stove, and the fragrant aroma urged people to sleep more and more. But the people in the palace will not condone me to sleep so unscrupulously, and before dawn they get up according to the rules to pack up my things and prepare for my daily life and food.

When the morning dawned, they began to wake me up, and it was probably divided into three steps: the first step, and the easiest step, was to wake me up from my slumber and know that I was really going to get up, not that I was dreaming; The second step, which is a little more difficult, is to make me move in the bed by myself, or turn over, open my eyes, or answer their words; The third step, and the most difficult step, is to let me completely strip myself from the quilt and put on cotton clothes that are not as comfortable as the quilt although they are roasted by the palace maids around the stove.

It was Changyun who came to call me, and I knew it even if I didn't open my eyes, because she was the only one in the entire palace who dared to push me, so that I could wake up and get dressed as soon as possible. Normally, if it's Changyun, I'll give her face and not be lazy, but yesterday I was playful and played two more games with the little palace maids in the palace, and now I can't open my eyes anyway.

Fortunately, there are many of them, and it is not difficult to spare two to help me not to fall, I thought that I could take a nap on the way to the queen mother's palace, but the north wind was ruthless, and coldly drilled into it from a little gap in my neck.

When I came back, I got out of the sedan chair and almost ran inside, regardless of whether any of the concubines were secretly laughing at me.

Changyun didn't stop or blame me for this action, so I took her as a tacit acquiescence, and naturally didn't pay attention to other people's opinions.

According to the words that Changyun taught me on the road, I said it word for word to the concubines below, which is nothing more than something: when it is cold, you must wear more clothes, don't be greedy for cold and eat raw and cold, the weather is dry and dry, pay attention to eating more medicinal diets, and also pay attention to fire prevention, lamps and oily paper are flammable.

Then, the palace ladies came in from outside the palace, each holding in their hands a reward that I had prepared for them, oh no, it was the reward that Changyun had prepared for them.

It's nothing more than some of the more precious furs used in winter, and some of them are replaced by gold, silver and jade, but only Wang Yin is special, and Changyun has prepared for her some medicinal materials that only the queen can afford, and I don't need it horizontally and vertically, and only Wang Yin uses it, so it's not a waste.

Although there is a thin layer of curtains, I can also clearly see the different reactions of the concubines when they receive the gifts, Zhao Fei just smiled politely, not to mention how happy she was, but it gave me enough face, she was of noble birth, she had never seen anything, and she was grateful for these rewards to me?

Wang Yin's rare expression moved, her eyebrows and eyes frowned, as if she was quite emotional. She may be lamenting my intentions for her, or she may be hesitating whether she can accept them, after all, although these medicinal materials are not top-notch and valuable, after all, this is a strict hierarchy in the palace, and she is afraid that there will be any trouble in the future. Or, she is worried about my intentions, I am afraid that I am using it to buy people's hearts, and now that she has accepted my gift, if there is anything to ask her for help in the future, she has no right and affection to refuse.

But that's not what I think, I just made a favor according to Changyun's meaning, and I don't want her to be upset because of this, I don't want to reciprocate anything, if I really say that I have some selfish intentions, I just don't want these things to be wasted, besides, Wang Yin is very good-looking, she doesn't fight or talk much, I like to be nice to her. It seems that it is not necessarily a good thing to give a gift that is too satisfying, it is inevitable that it is not a kind of pressure for others, this scene must have been seen by Changyun as well, and I don't know what she thinks.

The other concubines were naturally overjoyed, they were either brought into the palace by Jiang Yao, and they had no background like Su Ko, but they were just good-looking, and some of them were somewhat arrogant, Rao was so, and it was obvious that they liked the gifts I gave them.

Su Ko didn't come as always, of course, she won't be missing her share, and I'll let the palace maid send it later, even if it's just a pot of carbon fire that I sent, Su Ko will be very happy, she doesn't care about the value of the gift, but I gave it to her, she likes it.

When the first snow fell, Zhao Fei and Su Kou were preparing for the New Year's event in my palace, and one of them held an account book in his hand, and Zhao Fei was as smart and capable as Zhao Fei frowned.

I snuggled up to the stove and ate my freshly made pastries, thinking a little too much more leisurely than I was. But this errand was not imposed on them by me, Zhao Fei was brought up by Jiang Yao, and Wang Yin was promoted by the Queen Mother, and I am still the pampered queen who opens her mouth for food and stretches out her hands for clothes.

In fact, I also said that they can go to their own palace to do these statistics, and they don't need to report to me, anyway, I don't understand, they handle all the big and small matters, just take my token and find the inner supervisor.

But Changyun vetoed me first, she said that I thought this way because I was lazy, if they really did that, it would be disrespectful, it stands to reason that the queen is alive, if there is no major fault, the harem affairs are not allowed to interfere, and this situation is already a unique precedent.

I don't care, anyway, it has nothing to do with me whether they come or not, I should eat my eat mine, I should play my play with me, but they are all day long, checking and registering against these thick ledgers one by one, and it really makes people feel big heads when they look at it.

"Ahem-ahem!" Wang Yin didn't have time to turn over her handkerchief, her delicate hand covered her mouth, and coughed a few times.

She still looked very bad, and her brows kept locked in a cloud of melancholy that could not be dissolved, like a weak and sick Xi Shi.

I asked someone to hand her the stove in my hand, and she nodded in thanks, but did not refuse, and held her hands in her arms, which seemed to be really cold.

"On Chinese New Year's Eve, several imperial princes will enter the palace to observe the New Year, and according to the previous rules, the imperial princes who have not yet set a fief, and those who do not have a mansion in the capital, must arrange a place to live in the palace." Zhao Fei put down the pen in her hand and proposed a very important matter, she seemed to have her own idea, but she wanted to hear Wang Yin's opinion, so she took the trouble to tell her the matter in detail.

"It's not difficult, but the location not only reflects the emperor's love for the royal relatives, but also far away from the residence of the harem concubines, which is a little difficult." Wang Yin thought for a moment and gave a decent answer.

"I'm worried about this, I'm still young when I entered the palace, and I didn't grow up in the palace since my sister Chen, I don't know who the royal relatives will come when the time comes? I can arrange them one by one according to their identity? ”

These things are really just a matter of raising her hands for Wang Yin, she has participated in a lot of banquets over the years, if she doesn't know, then she deliberately shirks it.

"It's nothing more than the royal relatives who appeared at the banquet on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, they already have their own palace rooms in the palace, and they are arranged to stay in the palace." These things are not Wang Yin's arrangement, but they are just according to the old routine, "There is just one person, who has always been only in Zhaoyuan, and has never appeared at banquets in the palace, this time the Queen Mother has deliberately persuaded several times, and she must also come." ”

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed on Zhao Fei's face, "......What did Sister Concubine Chen say?" ”

Wang Yin nodded.

I looked confused, not knowing what kind of dumb riddle they were playing.

"If you want to talk about this, you have to ask the opinion of the eldest daughter Shi." Although Wang Yin raised the question, she also gave a solution, "The eldest daughter Shi has been familiar with the affairs of the palace since the first emperor was there, and she must be able to give us a lot of ideas. ”

My eyes also followed them, and fell on Changyun on the side, Changyun didn't dodge, and said: "The slave and maid haven't dealt with such a thing, I'm afraid I can't help the two mothers." ”

"Although the eldest daughter Shi said, it is much better than us headless flies who don't know where to start." Zhao Fei has the intention of not giving up until the goal is reached, and this problem they encounter is really tricky, but fortunately I am an idle person, otherwise they don't know what to do, and they really leave it to me to deal with, maybe what a headache!

"His Royal Highness King An is indeed a special case, although there is no official canonization, but the holy decree has been issued, and it is worthy of the name of His Royal Highness King An." Changyun said, "It's just that His Royal Highness's original East Palace is impossible to live in, and His Royal Highness doesn't like to have dealings with other royal families in the palace. ”

"Sure enough, the eldest daughter Shi thought of going out with me." When Zhao Fei heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief, "Then let's arrange it like this, when the time comes, give the list to the Queen Mother first, and her old man will see it, and there will be nothing wrong." ”

Zhao Fei's "String Prince" in their mouths, only Jiang Xian is the most suitable after thinking about it, but why do other royal princes have at least the throne, and why is he just called "Son"?

Furthermore, who is His Royal Highness King An? Since he is the elder brother of Wenle's mother, he is the eldest son, and naturally he is also the "Lang'er" mentioned by the Queen Mother in the paddock before.

And listening to Zhao Fei's remarks between them, His Royal Highness King An once lived in the East Palace, that is, the undisputed prince, why did he come to Zhaoyuan and be named King An, why didn't he accept it himself?

They should know all these things, but I really don't know where to ask or who to ask. I think it's a sad thing in the palace, and I'm afraid that I will attract criticism for no reason when I mention it, but I will find unnecessary trouble for myself.

The snow outside the window is getting heavier and heavier, and I look out from the yin paper, the whole palace has been paved with a layer of white.

I used to like snow the most, and it means that winter is coming, and my house is very lively. My father, mother, and older siblings would prepare a lot of gifts, and my mother was too busy with things at home and abroad to take care of my daily routine as before, so she would take me a few days off and let my brothers and sisters take me out to play.

Even if my brothers and sisters don't have time, I can play on the snow for a long time, I like the snow where no one has walked the most, the white is like a blanket that is not stained with dust, step on it and leave a mark, all the pure white between heaven and earth is mine. The soft snow makes a "creaking-creaking" sound under your feet, and the sound is as crisp and ethereal as the snow.

And now I am alone in the deep palace, and my words and deeds have lost the innocence of the original, not to mention every step, but at least I must always pay attention to my words and deeds, where I can be at ease.

I still envy Su Ko at this point, although she is alone, she has no strong background, and she has no immovable backer, but the more people in the deep palace who have no worries, the more lonely and brave they are, they can do what they want to do as they want, without worrying about their words and deeds affecting their families, and they don't have to bother to cater to the ideas of those in power, so that their family still looks infinite.

But if I really stood at the top of the mountain, and there was no one behind me, I don't think I would be happy. If I didn't have it, it would have been fine, but I was born in such a luxurious aristocracy, and my father and mother loved me so much, although these things can only exist in my mind now, they are enough to warm me for a lifetime.

"The queen wants to go outside?" Zhao Fei followed my eyes and looked at the snow outside the window, and when he looked back at me, his smile was as pure as a snowflake.

"Nope." I shook my head, looked at the snow outside the window, and said, "It's too cold outside." ”

"It's not too cold this day, and it will be cold when the sun comes out in a few days and the snow melts." Wang Yin looked at the snow scene with a yearning look, "The old people in the family often say that the snow is not cold and the snow is cold, and I don't know what the reason is, I really feel that the snow is not so cold." ”

Xie Daoyun compared snowflakes to catkins, one is to say that the snow is white, the second is to show the softness of the snow, and the third is to reflect the softness of the snow day, not so harsh frost.

It was dark early, when Zhao Fei and Wang Yin left my palace, the lights in the palace had been lit one after another, it was a silent snowy night, the heavy snow covered all the dirt and sounds in the world, a piece of glass was cold and white, and everything disappeared.

I slept well that night, and the next day I didn't wait for them to call me, I got up first, and they were more and more surprised one by one, and even their daily movements became a little rusty. It seems that habit is really a terrible thing, no matter what kind of face you show to others, no matter what kind of appearance you were at the beginning, you will get used to it after a long time.

In fact, when I was in the public mansion, to be precise, it should be when my mother was still alive, I was a person who didn't like to sleep very much, and I didn't like to be lazy, basically the first one to get up and run around the house, no why, because at that time I was carefree, I ate well, I went to bed early, and I was naturally energetic every day.

After going to greet the Queen Mother and accepting the invitations of other concubines, I bored with the rabbit down on the sleeves of my hand warmers, and the thick layer of snow piled up outside kept scratching and scratching on my heart.

"I'm going out for a walk."

Without waiting for them to react, I jumped up and walked out, first, I was too anxious, and secondly, I really didn't think that anyone would come to me at this point, so I bumped into the person in front of me, and my nose and forehead collided together, it should be a woman who is about the same height as me.

"!" The palace maids on both sides were startled and hurriedly helped us up.

Only then did I notice that the person I bumped into was Wang Yin, she was startled, and stood up with the palace maid behind her and bowed her head to apologize: "The concubine didn't mean to offend the queen's mother, there were some things in her heart that didn't look at the road, the queen's mother is okay, right?" ”

"Okay, okay?" I didn't get hurt, these are just small things that can be solved by looking at each other and smiling, but they have become big things here.

"It's okay for the queen to be fine." Wang Yin listened to my words, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry on her brow gradually dissipated.

"Why are you here?"

"When I went back last night, I always felt that there was something I didn't explain to the queen, and I only remembered it when I got up this morning, so I was in a hurry to come over and report to the mother, I was afraid that I would miss the right thing."

Oh, it means that he came to Changyun, and he has nothing to communicate with me.

Fortunately, Changyun had nothing to do this morning, and after hearing the movement here, he also came over, Wang Yin saw Changyun, and his originally empty eyes suddenly flashed a glimmer of light.

"What's the matter with Concubine Chen, please speak inside." Changyun's words made me walk to the door and retreat.

Regardless of whether this matter has anything to do with me or not, and whether I can handle these things or not, what I have to do and the only thing I can do is to sit aside obediently, and when this matter is explained to me in vain, the Queen Mother or Jiang Yao will at least have an explanation in the future.

They talked for a little longer, which made my mood of wanting to go out a little lighter, holding my cheeks in my hands, asking about the fragrant fragrance in the hall, sleepiness came for a while, and I almost fell asleep.

I thought I was really sleepy, but when Wang Yin finished saying that she was leaving, it seemed to take my fatigue with her.

"I'm really sorry to delay the queen for so long." Wang Yin's expression was slightly guilty.

"It's okay, it's okay, you talk about yours, and I can't help much." I am the one who should be ashamed.

"Did the queen just go out?" Wang Yin remembered the situation when she bumped into me when she first came in, and the yin was blocking my way out.

"I originally had this idea, but it's just a matter of thinking about it, I love to go to the Royal Garden on weekdays, but now it's white, and I don't think it's anything to look at."

"Not necessarily." Wang Yin smiled and said: "There is a red plum garden on the east side of the Imperial Garden, and the snow is more beautiful than usual, and the snow and red plums are the most rare." ”

Such a beautiful scenery cannot be easily disappointed, I imagined such a scene, and many yearnings were born in my heart, which turned into motivation and urged my steps.

"But now that the snow has just stopped, I'm afraid that the palace people won't have time to clear the road, the queen might as well go to see it in two days, when the snow has not disappeared, and the scenery will not be bad."

"Nope." I shook my head and said, "It's good to be like this, looking at the sky, it seems that there will be the next one after a while, it is when there are fewer people, and more people will be bad and exquisite." ”

"Is the queen so thin?" Wang Yin held the stove in her hand and looked at what I was wearing, which seemed to make her cold.

"Oh, yes." I looked at it and said to the palace maid behind me, "Go and bring the red fire fox coat that the Queen Mother rewarded." ”

The dress given by the Queen Mother is too precious, and I dare not wear it easily, but today, the time and place are favorable, and I will definitely not live up to such a beautiful scenery.

"Then don't disturb the queen's mother, and the concubine will retire."