Falling leaves is the norm in autumn, all year round, every season. This makes people feel that if autumn does not fall a few leaves, it is not autumn.

Fallen leaves are nothing more than falling into the dust, nothing more than being trampled on, nothing more than being regarded as a temporary landscape, and nothing more than being called a representative of the sad autumn. Its most beautiful posture, in addition to the verdant dripping of spring and summer, there is only the sadness and helplessness of autumn. From yellow to wilted, from wilted to erosive...... Perhaps its life ended the moment it left the branches, or perhaps its mission was reduced to a pile of debris...... It's done.

When the last leaves on the trees return to the earth, winter arrives. Cold weather seems to freeze the earth and freeze trees to death. Before the dead leaves could lay to rest in the soil, it snowed heavily.

This year, the heavy snow in the capital has fallen heavily, covering the green tiles of the roof, not (mò) the paths of the palace, dotted with plum blossoms that bloom in the frost, and freezing the inconspicuous fallen leaves that no one cares about......

Often at this time, the palace means that there is a big banquet, and that is Nalan Yan's birthday banquet.

And this time of the year was also the happiest time for Nalan Yan, because she could receive a lot of favorite gifts, but what was even more fun was that she was very proud when she watched those concubines even if they didn't like her, but still wanted to take out a precious thing to give her.

Nalan Yangui is a princess, she grew up next to the emperor, she has never seen any good things, just look at her Yue Ya Ge to know. Those concubines naturally have a headache, they are not like Concubine Yu's illustrious family background, nor are they like the favored concubines who have many emperors' rewards, but they must take out a treasure, otherwise they will make people laugh.

What made them the most annoying was that Nalan Yan was ignorant because of her young age, and she left the treasures sent by the concubines she didn't like to play with in her hands, and most of them were given to the palace people of Yue Yage. I remember the last birthday, a concubine gave Nalan Yan a bowl-sized night pearl, who knew that Nalan Yan disliked that night pearl was too heavy and it was not good to play with it in her hand, so she put it on the ground to play, and forced it to roll for several months. This is probably the lowest status in the world and the worst night pearl......

—Qianqing Palace—

"Wang Qu, how is the princess's birthday banquet?"

There was a pile of recitals on Nalanche's table, and he took advantage of the time to stop and rest, rubbing his eyes and asking Wang Qu.

"Back to the emperor, everything is in order. As a reference to the specifications of previous years, there are many novelties filled in, and the princess will definitely like it! ”

Nalanche sighed, no matter how tired the government is, thinking about his daughter will still have a smile on his face.

"That's good, fortunately, this trip to the palace was not in vain, I and the prince really worked hard to make Yan'er have the happiness she has now!"

Wang Qu also recalled, "Yes, Your Majesty, I think that when the princess first arrived at the palace, she was sullen all day long, and she completely lost her lively love of laughter, but it frightened the minions." Fortunately, the emperor and the crown prince are famous, and they find something interesting every day to relieve the princess's boredom, and the princess is slowly getting better. The slave saw that the princess's face had returned to its former look, and then he was relieved! ”

Naranche nodded in agreement, he thought of something.

"By the way, last time the imperial doctor said that the princess was frightened by heart palpitations, it will not be so soon, this banquet, you have to check carefully, there must be no mistakes or omissions, and you can't let Yan'er be frightened again!"

"The emperor can rest assured that these minions understand."

—Yueya Palace—

The snow in the palace was so thick that if you stepped into it, there was a big pit, and a path that was specially swept out for people to walk on was covered with a layer of snowflakes if you were not careful.

Nalan Yan was wearing a lake-blue cloak, and was playing with the two younger palace maids in the palace, completely ignoring the wind hair on the cloak that was about to freeze on the flakes (the hair on the cloak) that was about to freeze on the flakes of the cloak.

As soon as Yin Li came out of the martial arts courtyard, he saw this joyful scene. The snow in the martial arts academy was originally very thick, but Nalan Yan knew that Yin Li would practice martial arts every day, even if it was cold and hot, so he went to clear the snow in the martial arts academy early in the morning, and said that the snow in other places was not in a hurry.

When the two palace maids saw Yin Li coming over, they stopped, not daring to be too presumptuous. Nalan Yan didn't know that there was someone behind her, so she blindly ran in the snow, no, she accidentally bumped into Yin Li.

"Yin Li, you're out!"

Yin Li nodded helplessly, and he brushed the snow off Nalan Yan's cloak with his hand.

"The princess's face is red from the cold, her eyelashes are about to frost, her shoes must be half wet, and her hands and feet must be cold, so go back to the house and warm up."

Nalan Yan also followed Yin Li back to the house very obediently, the charcoal fire in the house was burning, and when she came in, most of the snow on her body melted.

Yin Li shook the snow from the cloak that Nalan Yan had taken off and hung it aside. As soon as she entered the house, Nalan Yan immediately ran to the charcoal fire, stretched her hand to the top, and roasted the fire beautifully.

"It's still warm in the house, but it's not interesting, although it's cold and snowy outside, but the glass world is extremely rare. I remember you once told me that the ice and snow are in the arms, the glass world, and the night air is as clear as promised! Isn't the scene now spotless and without a trace of filth? ”

Yin Li also walked over, and when he saw that there was still a drop of snow on her face, he stretched out his hand and stroked it.

"The princess remembers it clearly," Yin Li had told her a few months ago, "but no matter how pure the snowflake is, it is destined to be contaminated with dust the moment it hits the ground." Today's scene is just a layer of snowflakes covered with dust, and another layer of snowflakes will be covered, so at a glance, it is all white and dazzling, and it will make people feel clean. ”

Nalan Yan looked at Yin Li with wide eyes and retorted: "Even so, the whiteness and flawlessness of the snowflakes are always the same. When it falls from the sky, it looks like it's dancing, and I'm sure it's the proudest moment! Maybe its life will end the moment it lands. Even if the weather turns sunny and the sun comes out, melts and melts, even if it only turns into a pool of stagnant water or is evaporated by the sun in the end, it is as if it has never been to this world, but its beauty will remain in the eyes of the world and has never changed.

I believe that they must have come with their own missions, they add a touch of playfulness to the red walls and green tiles, do not make people feel the dead silence of the palace, they embellish the red and white plums on the branches, and even put on a white robe for the earth, so as to temporarily cover up those dirty and ugly things...... "With snowflakes, it diverts my attention, so that I cannot see the distortion and darkness of the human heart......

Nalan Yan's expression was a little lonely, but she knew that winter was only temporary, and such whiteness was also temporary. It was as if she had been born in winter, and the emperor thought that she was a good omen and a sign of peace, so he pampered her. I also feel that Eniang is simple by nature, God-given beauty, and is also favored. But all of this is as temporary as winter. She has seen through this palace, I don't know if there will be anyone in this world who will really be like what the book says, a couple for a lifetime, half drunk, half awake and half floating......

Yin Li looked at Nalan Yan's eyes full of loss, for some reason, he always felt that the princess who came back from the palace was different from before, although she still loved to laugh and make trouble, but there were always so many moments that made him feel that she seemed to have changed......

But also because of the man in black last time, there were a lot less rules and distance between the two of them.

In the past, Yin Li always remembered that she was a princess and a courtier. It is also very clear that this is a relationship that will never change......