"It is really a blessing for a concubine to be able to have a white head with the emperor." Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu and said softly.

"It is also my life's wish to be able to speak with you." Qi Bingyu looked at Lu Huiling, whose hair was graying, and said abruptly.

"Your Majesty, if you want to use me, it's me." Lu Huiling smiled and pointed out Qi Bingyu's misspeech, then turned around and stretched out his hand to Gonggong He to bring an umbrella, opened it to cover the heads of the two, and said, "The emperor is not in good health, it is better not to do this again, Fang is not the concubine." ”

Qi Bingyu smiled, stretched out his hand to take the umbrella to cover them, and the ear people walked forward together.

Unconsciously walked under the red plum trees, Lu Huiling looked at the blooming red plums in surprise, and recited the poem with a smile: "The plum is three points white in the snow, but the snow loses the fragrance of the plum." Your Majesty, this plum blossom is really beautiful, and it is unique in winter. ”

Qi Bingyu stretched out his hand and touched the red plum, who expected that his hand was frozen and unconscious, and he accidentally picked a plum blossom.

Lu Huiling laughed out loud when she saw it, and said to Qi Bingyu: "The emperor treats his concubines so well, just like that, he wants to pick flowers for his concubines." ”

Lu Huiling thought that Qi Bingyu picked the plum blossom to give it to her, so he looked at Qi Bingyu with a smile on his face, his eyes full of expectation.

Although Lu Huiling has always liked Qi Jingqin in her heart, Qi Bingyu treats her really well, and for the sake of the prince's great cause, Lu Huiling has to please Qi Bingyu from time to time, so that Qi Bingyu's eyes are all on her alone.

Although she favors the harem, she has never slept since that night was ridiculous, but even so, Qi Bingyu has never been to other palace concubines, and she has never persuaded the emperor to be wet with rain and dew, no matter how troublesome her harem is, it has nothing to do with her.

Qi Bingyu looked at the red plum in his hand, he was a little distracted, he didn't hear Lu Huiling talking, looking around, the imperial city was covered in silver, only this red plum has a different color.

He remembered that one winter more than twenty years ago, he had a big quarrel with Lu Fushuang, and then he took a walk in the Imperial Garden, which was also a snowy day, and the flowers in the Imperial Garden withered, and the snow covered the entire Imperial Garden, and only a woman in red velvet stood under the red plum tree, looking up at the buds wrapped in ice.

I only heard the woman say to the palace maid beside her: "If the bud has been frozen, then this winter, can it still bloom?" If it can't bloom, what's the point of being a plum blossom? ”

The woman dressed in red velvet back then was like a plum blossom bud wrapped in ice, Qi Bingyu walked over, melted the ice and snow with a blazing heat, and the bud bloomed as promised, which made Mei Guifei after this.

I haven't been to Yichun Hall to see Xia Rongxin these days, and her health has become worse and worse after she turns forty, and in this kind of cold and freezing weather, the head wind will definitely attack, which Qi Bingyu remembers.

"He Sheng, how is Concubine Mei doing lately?" Qi Bingyu looked at the red plum in his hand and suddenly asked.

Hearing the emperor's sudden question, Lu Huiling's expression seemed to be frozen in ice, and the corners of her mouth slowly returned to calm, she didn't know why Qi Bingyu suddenly mentioned Xia Rongxin's woman.

Gonggong He's eyes widened in astonishment, he also had some surprises that the emperor would suddenly mention Concubine Mei, but in recent years, the end of the year is approaching, and there are some things that make Father-in-law He busy and can't spend, but he doesn't have time to inquire about how Concubine Mei is, and Concubine Mei is slowly not caring about anything, there are some things for Concubine Ming to decide.

"Minions... The minions don't know. Gonggong He said cautiously.

Qi Bingyu was silent for a while, took Lu Huiling's hand, put the plum blossom in Lu Huiling's hand, and said, "You go back to Minghua Hall first, I will go to Yichun Hall to see Mei Guifei." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to Gonggong He: "He Sheng go and get another umbrella." ”

Gonggong He hurriedly turned around and went back to the Qinzheng Hall to get the umbrella, Qi Bingyu handed the oil-paper umbrella in his hand to Xu Lan behind Lu Huiling, and said to Xu Lan: "Take good care of Niangniang and go back to the palace." ”

"Yes." Xu Lan took the oil-paper umbrella in the emperor's hand with both hands and said on her knees.

Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu in disbelief, there was a trace of doubt between her eyebrows, she didn't know why Qi Bingyu was suddenly going to Yichun Palace.

"Your Majesty..."For some reason, Lu Huiling felt a little lost in her heart, and she tried to hold Qi Bingyu's footsteps.

"Concubine Mei is sick in bed, I should go and take a look." Qi Bingyu said seriously to Lu Huiling.

"But Father-in-law He, he didn't say that Concubine Mei was sick in bed..."Lu Huiling said in a low voice, it stands to reason that Qi Bingyu, as an emperor, can go wherever he wants, but Lu Huiling wants to keep him at the moment, as if only in this way can he rest assured.

"You don't know." Qi Bingyu frowned slightly, "Rong Xin will have a headache when it comes to winter. ”

Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu, suddenly laughed dumbly, speechless, the sad thing is that he has always been a stand-in, and what is even more sad is that despite this, he still has someone else in his heart.

But even so, Lu Huiling had to pretend to be generous: "Is this so? Then, the concubine will go with you, I think the concubine may not have visited Concubine Mei for a long time. ”

He Gongcheng took the umbrella and walked out, and hurriedly covered it for the emperor, Qi Bingyu glanced at Lu Huiling meaningfully, and then turned around and left: "No need, Mei Guifei won't be very willing to see you, you go back to Minghuatang first, you can rest for a while in the heavy snow tomorrow, you don't have to come so early." ”

After telling him like this, Qi Bingyu turned around and walked to the Yichun Palace, Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu's back in the heavy snow, gritted his teeth angrily, and crushed the newly sprouted plum blossom in his hand.

Xu Lan carefully comforted behind her: "Niangniang, it's freezing outside, why don't we go back to the palace first?" ”

Lu Huiling was in a bad mood, and after glancing at Xu Lan, he turned around and went back to Minghua Hall directly, the weather was cold, the road was icy and very slippery, Xu Lan watched Lu Huiling walk forward with a big grin, her whole heart jumped to her throat, and she hurriedly followed.

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In winter, the flowers in the imperial garden are not blooming, only the corner of the Yimei Garden will still have palace concubines to go for a walk, but now the weather is cold, and the concubines are hiding in the house to keep warm, who will come out to suffer this crime.

In the past, the bustling and lively imperial garden has also reached such a deserted point, and only a few palace maids and eunuchs can be seen sporadically along the way.

Qi Bingyu and He Gonggong and his entourage arrived at the gate of Yichun Palace, Xia Rongxin had not gone out for a long time, and seeing that no one had come to Yichun Palace, even the door was tightly closed, and the weather was freezing, so only Yun Xi and Rongfu were left to wait, and the rest of the people did not have to guard under the eaves when they did their own things, and they had already been arranged by Xia Rongxin to go down to rest.

Xia Rongxin has always treated her subordinates very well, and it is because of this that she saved Grandpa He's life at the beginning, and later Grandpa He repaid her, which can be regarded as her blessing.

Gonggong He stepped forward and knocked on the door, I don't know how long it took, Rong Fu heard a knock on the door, and was wondering who would come at this time, when he opened the door and saw this long-lost figure, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty... The emperor forgives the sin, and the slave is not welcomed. ”

Qi Bingyu looked at the courtyard of Yichun Palace, after a heavy snowfall, there were only footprints of Rong Fu on the road, and there was no one waiting under the eaves, and no one came to clean such a thick snow, he frowned dissatisfiedly: "The subordinates of Yichun Hall are all dead, right?" ”

Rong Fu naturally knew what the emperor meant by this, but he didn't know what to say for a while, so he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "The emperor forgives his sins!" ”

Xia Rongxin heard some voices in the room, so Yun Xi asked, "Rongfu, who is here?" ”

Rong Fu glanced at the dormitory behind him, then looked up at the emperor, and hurriedly lowered his head in fear and did not dare to squeak.

"Your Majesty, it's cold outside, let's go in first, shall we?" Gonggong He looked at the emperor who was speechless, thinking that the atmosphere was not right, so he hurriedly said out loud.

Qi Bingyu replied sullenly, and Gonggong He hurriedly said to Rongfu who was kneeling: "Gongfu Rongfu, hurry up and report to Concubine Mei, and say that the emperor has come to see her." ”

Rong Fu hurriedly responded, and after saluting the emperor, he ran to the dormitory.

"Hey, what are you doing, bringing in all the wind and snow outside, and making the mother feel good when she catches a cold!" Yun Xi saw him running in covered in snow, and couldn't help frowning and complaining.

"Niangniang, the emperor is here!" Rong Fu ignored Yun Xi's complaints, and before he had time to salute Concubine Mei, he hurriedly said.

"What?!" Xia Rongxin was taken aback, and hurriedly sat up from the concubine's collapse, and the stove on her lap also fell to the ground with a gurgle, "Is this true?" ”

"You don't joke." As he was talking, Qi Bingyu and He Gonggong walked in, and at this time, they could still see the wind and snow on Qi Bingyu's shoulders.

When Xia Rongxin heard this, she looked at Qi Bingyu with wide eyes in astonishment, and was speechless for a while.

Yun Xi hurriedly picked up the stove on the ground and helped Mei Guifei kneel down and salute.

Xia Rongxin came back to her senses at this time, knelt down and saluted and said: "The concubine greets the emperor, and the emperor is blessed with Jin'an." ”

Qi Bingyu stepped forward to help Xia Rongxin and grabbed her two hands: "Why are your hands so cold?" ”

"The concubine doesn't feel cold." Xia Rongxin has been staying in Yichun Palace, and she doesn't go out when she doesn't see guests, she definitely didn't expect Qi Bingyu to come to see her, so she has been wearing white profane clothes, and she has been lighting charcoal fires in the dormitory day and night to keep warm, and she has been holding the stove in her hands, but she doesn't feel how cold.

As soon as she saw Qi Bingyu, Xia Rongxin suddenly panicked, she was now disheveled, her hair was not combed, she felt shameless to face the emperor, and her eyes kept dodging.

"You've been married to me for years, you don't have to." Qi Bingyu saw the embarrassment in her heart.