In the cold winter, it gets colder and colder day by day from the first snowfall.

The flowers in many corners of the palace have withered, and the leaves have fallen, leaving only bare branches, except for some evergreen pines and cypresses, which can only be seen in the Imperial Garden.

As the days passed, it soon came to the end of the year.

Because it is the New Year, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace have distributed a set of new clothes to wear festively during the New Year. Xing'er didn't like it very much, the clothes were brown cotton robes, with no embellishments on them, only embroidered on the neckline and cuffs.

When the palace held a grand banquet in the Chinese New Year's Eve, the required meals, snacks and tea were especially large, Su Yi and Xing'er were also busy, and finally waited for the busy dinner, Qianqing Palace set off huge fireworks, fire trees and silver flowers, so lively, but as palace maids, they could not watch, they could only watch from a distance, sighing.

After thirty, they will be busy for the Shangyuan Festival, which has always been spent in the Old Summer Palace, but because the emperor's dragon body is slightly ill, it has not been moved to the Old Summer Palace this year. Although the Shangyuan Festival is not as grand as the New Year, it is even grander than the New Year, because not only do you have to hold a family banquet, but also invite many ministers' families, so there are more things to prepare in the imperial dining room, and Su Yi also has a chance to go out of the palace, although it is to go out to buy ingredients, but she is also very happy in her heart, after all, such opportunities are not common.

She bought a lot of things with the little eunuch in the imperial dining room, but it only took half a day, and the little eunuch was smart enough to go back to the palace alone when she saw that Su Yi was still unsatisfied. Su Yi wandered around the street alone, she finally had such an opportunity, she just wanted to see Gu Yanzhao, but she didn't know what to say when she met, so she hesitated for a long time, but her footsteps had already arrived in front of Gu's house. Nervously, he asked the doorkeeper to pass the word, but the news he got was that Gu Gongzi was not there.

Can't help but be a little disappointed, a lonely walk on the bustling street, because tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival, so the street is extremely lively, selling antiques, calligraphy and paintings, tricks, guessing riddles, stage performances, but this kind of excitement makes her feel unusually lonely, so many people, but none of them are with her, the sky is gradually darkening, but the people on the street are not decreasing, but more up, many riddles on the street will be lit up by many riddle sellers of lanterns, for a time Ambilight, gorgeous and colorful.

There are many colorful lanterns floating on the small river not far away, as if the girl has overturned the jewelry box, the stars are scorching, and the light of the river is strange and dazzling. Su Yi walked to the river, and a vendor selling lanterns took a lotus lantern and walked up to Su Yi and asked, "Miss, do you want to put river lanterns?" Su Yi looked at the lantern, stunned, and said softly for a long time: "No need, thank you." "What a beautiful river lantern, but for whom? When I was a child, I always believed that the river lantern could fulfill her wishes, and at that time, she would come to release the river lantern every year during the Lantern Festival, praying that God could return her mother to her, she was so naïve, so ridiculous, how could the river lantern realize people's wishes? If the river lantern can fulfill people's wishes, then people can sit back and wait for blessings to come and do nothing.

Su Yi turned around and walked a few steps, but a deep voice came from behind her: "Why don't you put the river lantern?" ”

Su Yi turned her head in surprise, but the smile on her lips froze there, and the light in her eyes dimmed, it was not him, but another person. Su Yi looked around, not knowing how to speak for a while, "Four ......"

"Fourth Master." Su Yi owes her body.

Hongli raised a shallow smile, walked up to Su Yi, and held a colorful lotus lantern in his hand, "Hasn't my daughter's family always liked to put lanterns and make wishes?" ”

Su Yi didn't go to catch the lantern, hooked her lips, but didn't smile, "Putting the lantern and making a wish is just to deceive children, if the wish can be realized, there won't be so much suffering and anger in the sky." ”

"It's always good to have a wish, maybe a nap will help you make it happen. Why not give it a try? Hongli maintained the posture of handing the lantern and looked at Su Yi steadily.

Su Yi smiled lightly, took the river lamp, squatted by the river and put it into the river, and shook hands to make a wish, Hongli asked, "What wish did you make?" ”

"I hope that the days can pass a little faster, let me get out of the palace quickly." Su Yi replied.

"It's a pity that the wish doesn't work when it is spoken." Hongli said quietly.

Su Yi suddenly shuddered, feeling cold and deceitful.

Hongli didn't seem to notice her abnormality, he walked on his own, and said, "How long have you been in the palace?" ”

Su Yi hurriedly caught up with him, "A year." ”

"I only want to leave the palace in a year, is it so bad in the palace?" He was asking her, but he didn't look at her.

"It's not that the palace is bad, it's just that I'm used to living a free and casual life, and I'm not used to it."

Hongli bowed his head, Su Yi saw that he didn't speak and didn't know what to say, his eyes turned slightly and stopped on the dazzling and exquisite lanterns on the side of the street, the one hanging high was made of silk white rhombus yarn, and the tender yellow orchids were tattooed on it, and the embroidery was outstanding, but only a few three or two orchids looked exquisite. Su Yi stared at the lantern, her eyes revealing the taste of expectation, and Hongli followed her gaze to see the lantern. After walking two steps to the lantern, the stall owner immediately greeted him and said with a smile: "Happy New Year!" ”

Hongli nodded slightly, Su Yi smiled, and said, "Happy New Year." ”

The stall owner saw that Hongli was extraordinary, so he said, "Childe wants to guess the lantern riddle?" If you guess the riddle on the lantern correctly, the lantern will be given to the child. ”

Hongli raised his eyes and glanced at the lantern, but did not answer, the stall owner saw that he seemed to hesitate and looked at the petite and pitiful woman standing beside him, and said after a turn of thought: "If the son gets the lantern, he can also give it to his sweetheart, presumably this young lady will be very happy." ”

Su Yi might as well say this, he couldn't help but blush, wanted to explain but didn't know how to open his mouth and looked up but saw Hongli looking at her, his face became more and more red, Hongli smiled lightly: "It's okay, which one do you like?" ”

Su Yi bit her lip, Hongli didn't want to explain more, she was a palace maid and couldn't say anything, she raised her head and looked at the dazzling lanterns slightly, her eyes were still on the silk white rhombus orchid lantern, and her fingers stopped at the lantern with a slight gesture, Hongli looked at the note pasted on it, and looked back at Su Yi and said: "I read it to you, if you want this lantern, you have to rely on your own strength." ”

Su Yi nodded, listened with his eyebrows, and only listened to Hongli read slowly: "It is difficult to write the love on the pen, so put the pen down and stop here, there will be a pair of lovers in the future, it will be difficult to meet after being ruthless, the pomegranate blossoms will slowly red, and the cold water will melt the mine, as long as the hearts of the two remain unchanged, they will meet one day." ”

Su Yi pondered for a moment, her eyes flashed, revealing a touch of cunning, but she frowned and said to the stall owner: "Boss, your puzzle is too difficult......

When the stall owner saw her say this, he thought she couldn't guess, so he smiled and said: "The embroidery on this lantern is the craftsmanship of Master Cheng, a famous Zhu embroidery workshop in Beijing, and naturally the puzzle is more difficult." If the girl can't guess it, it doesn't matter, if you really want it, you can let the son buy it and give it to you......"

Hongli smiled faintly, and Su Yiqi smiled: "How do you know that I can't answer?" I thought your mystery should be an allusion, but I didn't want it to be a sentence......"

When the stall owner saw her smiling like a flower, he said, "Oh? Did the girl guess it? ”

Su Yi said slowly: "Every sentence you have reflects a word......

The stall owner raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Oh? Girl, come and hear it? ”

Su Yi hooked her lips and said, "It is difficult to write your feelings on the pen, and there is no word on this paper that is 'white'." At this point, we have come to an end. If you have a love affair in the future, you will become a pair and help each other. It is difficult to meet after being ruthless, which means that it is rare to meet in old age. The pomegranate blooms slowly and red, which naturally refers to love. Cold water flushing ore will melt refers to the water into the mine, which is a word for 'casting'. As long as the two people's hearts do not change, it means that their hearts are connected. As for the last sentence that will meet one day, meeting is 'together', which is connected to the old and the white-headed old love, yes or no? ”

The stall owner was stunned for a moment, and then praised him: "The girl is so talented, I really admire it below." And the lantern was given to the girl. I wish the boy and the girl to grow old together and live together for a lifetime. As he spoke, he took down the silk orchid lantern and handed it to Su Yi, Su Yi took it in his hand but felt very embarrassed, but he didn't think that the stall owner would say such a thing, raised his eyes and looked at Hongli shyly, but Hongli only smiled shallowly, and the two left the stall.

The street is very lively, but the atmosphere between the two has froze, Hongli does not speak, Su Yi does not dare to talk, only plays with the lantern in his hand and walks forward, after a few steps, Hongli suddenly stopped at a stall selling masks, picked up a mask and looked up, Su Yi did not have the mind to wander, the person in front of him is the fourth elder brother, is Prince Bao, is the emperor's son, he has a different from the fifth elder brother's compelling momentum, people involuntarily feel afraid, make people want to escape.

"How's this?" Hongli suddenly picked up a mask with a white hook and blue flowers and asked.

Su Yi glanced at it, nodded, her eyes wandered but she suddenly saw a familiar figure in front of her, the person was dressed in a gorgeous brocade belt, handsome, talking to the woman next to her, the woman was wearing a water-red rabbit fur cloak, with a smile on her face, Su Yi suddenly felt stuffy in her chest, as if she was pressing a big stone, almost out of breath, she pinched her clothes hard, but the figures of the two walked towards this side, Su Yi hurriedly turned sideways, took the mask in Hongli's hand and blocked her face, and smiled, "This painting is very beautiful." His eyes narrowed slightly, but tears flowed out, and Hongli looked at her, his eyes down and he was silent.

It wasn't until the two of them walked past her that she put down the mask on her face in a daze, and when she saw Hongli looking at her, she hurriedly wiped the tears from her cheeks with her hand, and smiled reluctantly, "The wind is blind." ”

Hongli took off the clothes on his body and draped them on Su Yi's shoulders, and said lightly, "It's windy, go back to the palace." ”

Su Yi nodded, her heart was full of the two of them smiling and intimate, even if she was wearing Hongli's clothes now, she didn't feel inappropriate, she just followed Hongli's footsteps, and took heavy steps. The silk white rhombus orchid lantern in his hand was originally as light as a feather, but now it seems to be as heavy as a thousand in his hand......