In the cold winter of the lunar month, light snow is flying.

Early this morning, a long-brewing first snow fell, and the glazed green tiles on the palace were covered with a thin layer of snow foam.

Ming Ran took the maid and stepped into the plum garden.

The plum blossoms in the garden are in full bloom, and the snowflakes fall on the branches of the trees that are in full bloom, covering the flowers.

A light smile rose at the corner of her mouth, she gently stood on tiptoe, broke off the plum blossom that bloomed at its fullest, and turned back to hand it to the maid behind her.

She took two more steps towards the plum tree in front of her, and broke off a few more red plums.

Tiny snowflakes fell on her inky hair, black and white, reflecting her beautiful face even more delicate and flawless.

Seeing that the basket carried by the maid was full of plum blossoms, she led the maid out of the garden.

As soon as he walked to the red lacquered gate of the palace, a man dressed in a flying dragon soaring Xuanmo brocade costume led two eunuchs and palace people to stride from the front.

His eyebrows are like lacquer, the bridge of his nose is high, his eyes are calm as water, his eyes are as calm as water, his eyes are shining with a faint light, and the corners of his mouth are raising a warm smile.

Ming Ran stopped under the plaque of Huiyong Palace inlaid with gold lacquer, and waited for the distinguished man with a smile on his face, he was the adopted son of the Queen Mother, Xiao Yiqian, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty.

"See the Emperor." Ming Ran and the maid bowed their knees at the same time.

Xiao Yiqian smiled and waved his hand, signaling Mingran to get up.

"It's a lot colder today, let's go inside."

"Why did the emperor come over? I'm going to pass it on to my aunt. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she ran briskly towards the hall, her skirt fluttering behind her.

Walking through the nine-song corridor, she picked up the plum blossoms in the maid's basket, lifted the curtain at the door to shield herself from the wind and snow, and stepped into the house.

There was a lot of snow on her body and hair, and when she entered the house, a cold wind blew into the house.

"Auntie, I have picked a lot of plum blossoms." She walked over to the mahogany couch.

The Queen Mother was dressed in a graceful and luxurious palace dress, sitting on the soft couch, hearing Ming Ran's words, her slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and said with a kind smile: "It's snowing this morning, can it be cold outside?" ”

Mingran replied with a smile: "It's not cold at all, the scenery outside is beautiful." ”

A palace maid walked up to her with a blue-glazed white porcelain vase.

Ming Ran took the porcelain vase, put it on the round wooden table, and inserted the plum blossoms in his hand into the vase.

"The plum blossoms soaked in snowflakes are particularly fragrant."

She looked down and sniffed the red plum, suddenly remembered something, raised her head to look at the plum blossoms, her eyes wandered, her face was as cold as a pool of blue water, and she whispered: "Presumably, the flowers in the Houfu Plum Garden are also so beautiful." ”

The Queen Mother smiled lightly, got up from the couch and walked behind her, "Is Dye Er homesick?" ”

Ming Ran is the eldest lady of the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, and the queen mother is the sister of Mrs. Ningyuanhou.

Therefore, since Ming Ran was three years old, he was often taken into the palace by the Queen Mother to live, as little as a few days, as much as a month or two, and this time he entered the palace for the longest time, it has been three months.

Akiran was about to speak, when the curtain on the doorway was lifted again.

Seeing Xiao Yiqian entering the house, the Queen Mother looked at the eunuch behind him and blamed: "Why didn't the emperor pass the word in advance." ”

Ming Ran said embarrassedly: "It's all because Dye Er just entered the house and only cared about plum blossoms, and forgot to tell my aunt that she met the emperor at the door." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her with a smile, and turned her head to look at Xiao Yiqian, "Come and sit on the couch." ”

Xiao Yiqian said as he walked to the couch: "Ran'er wants to go back to the Hou Mansion?" ”

Ming Ran sat on a wooden stool, supported his cheek with one hand, and pouted silently.

The Queen Mother saw her silent, and said, "You look like this, I thought that in the palace, the mourning family treated you harshly." ”

Ming Ran got up from the stool, walked to the side of the Queen Mother, and said, "What's the matter, my aunt thinks too much." ”

Xiao Yiqian raised his hand at the eunuch who followed the room, and the eunuch lifted the curtain and summoned another eunuch holding a tray to come in.

"Yesterday, I heard that the queen mother was preparing a gift for the Hou Mansion, these are the three eastern pearls paid tribute by foreign countries, and I will take it back when I return to the Hou Mansion."

Ming Ran was confused, and looked at the Queen Mother with blinking eyes.

When was my aunt preparing a gift for the Hou Mansion? Could it be that my aunt is ready to let herself go home?

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't you want to go back to the Hou Mansion for the New Year?" ”

Seven days are Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Aunt told me to go back?"

"If you don't let you go home, you don't know how much resentment your mother has against the mourning family in her heart?"

Ming Ran couldn't help grinning, walked to the side of the Queen Mother and sat down, grabbed her wrist, and said coquettishly: "Mother often looks forward to letting me stay in the palace more to collect my temperament, saying that I am too noisy and disturb her tranquility." ”

The Queen Mother smiled happily and reached out to smooth the scattered hair in front of Ming Ran's forehead.

"Who is Fang Cai who looks listless, as soon as he heard that he was going to leave the palace, he immediately became alive."

Ming Ran rubbed into the arms of the Queen Mother, smiling wryly, but in fact, he was ecstatic in his heart.

At noon, the three of them sat around a wooden table for dinner.

"Do you still have what you want when you go home?" Xiao Yiqian raised his eyes to look at her.

Ming Ran's hand holding the soup spoon paused, she looked at him, and said, "I wonder if the emperor can allow Ran'er to go to the library to bring a few books back to the house?" ”

During the time when Ming Ran was in the palace, most of them went to the library building, where there were all the books of the Celestial Empire, whether it was the books of the humanities of Zhoucheng, the books of mountains and rivers, the books of medicine, the books of war, there were many types.

And she recently read a book called "The View of the Celestial Phenomena", which tells about some incredible celestial phenomena, and she traveled from the modern day to the day when it was a violent storm, and it was all related to the celestial phenomena.

Xiao Yiqian said softly: "As long as you want to see it, just take it, I just want to go to the library, so I will accompany you to choose." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After lunch, he went out to send Xiao Yiqian and Mingran's grandmother back to the room.

The Queen Mother was reclining on the soft couch and closing her eyes to take a nap.

Seeing Mama coming in, the Queen Mother opened her eyes lazily and asked, "The emperor also went to the library?" ”

Mama bowed her head and replied, "Yes." ”

The Queen Mother chuckled, "The emperor's thoughts are about to be revealed." ”

"But from the slave's point of view, Miss Ming doesn't seem to understand."

The Queen Mother got up from the soft couch, took the stove on the carved square table, and said leisurely: "If this dyer is really in love with the emperor, the mourning family is also willing to make up, but since falling into the water, Dye'er looks at the emperor's gaze, and there is no longer the shyness of the original woman, presumably the dyeer is ......."

Speaking of the back, the Queen Mother shook her head gently.

Every time Ming Ran saw Xiao Yiqian, his eyes always showed a strong joy.

How could the queen mother not understand that little daughter's posture.

But since last year, when Ming Ran and Xiao Yiqian met, the Queen Mother never saw half of the throbbing in her eyes.

Mama smiled: "Miss Xu Shiming still doesn't understand. ”

The Queen Mother sighed, "Alas, when I think of that time when Dye'er fell into the water, the mourning family's heart is uncomfortable, and I feel that as long as Dye'er is happy, if she is happy with the emperor, even if the mourning family disobeys her father, it will fulfill her." If she is just a brother to the emperor, the mourning family will choose the best man in the world for her, and they are never willing to wronged her by half a point. ”

She paused and sighed again, and then said: "But now that the emperor is suspicious, the mourning family really doesn't dare to easily let Dye Er choose her own beloved." ”

"The emperor and Miss Ming also grew up together, presumably the emperor will not force Miss Ming, besides, everyone in the Celestial Empire knows that the grandfather of the country made an oath in front of the ancestor of the Mu family back then."

The Queen Mother's eyes drifted away, and she said absentmindedly: "The heart of the emperor, who can measure it?" ”