A white road, on both sides of the stretch of poinsettias, along the road and forward, poinsettia flowers small, clusters blooming in the middle of the red leaves, red petals slightly open, a trace of red stamens against the yellow tips poking out of the head.

From a distance, the small flower buds are like pearls sprinkled in the red plate carved with lace, and like a little bee falling in the heart of the flower to collect honey, the bright red petals are gently shaking, and the bright red color is not monotonous with a touch of embellishment in the snow white, as if trying to dress themselves up as a touch of clouds floating in the sky.

There were clouds in the sky, but they were obliterated by the whiteness in the cold sky, and not far away, people were laughing, and the laughter of the women was like the sound of magpies on the trees.

Coming head-on, the fork in front of me is in the direction of the Imperial Garden, and the concubines who are also dressed in pink are going in that direction.

Ye Qiuyu was wearing a dark purple Luo skirt, Shu Changhua and a few people followed him leisurely, laughing and laughing, Xia Xiaoxiao's steps deliberately slowed down, hanging his head, wanting to wait for them to walk to the imperial garden and then bypass from here, these wives and concubines of Beigong Yu ran out in the winter just to enjoy the flowers, such a cold day, how warm it should be to stay in the bed.

She wanted to walk around, but there were many sharp-eyed people on the other side, and she and Qingyue were alone in the snow white, and the people over there saw her deliberately slowing down at a glance, and a woman in white standing beside Ye Qiuyu raised her hand and pointed at her,

"Which palace's maidservant? When I saw the concubine Niangniang, I didn't hurry over to salute, what did I do there! ”

A scolding came to Xia Xiaoxiao's ears from far away, she sighed, Ye Qiuyu's personality is also clear to her, she wished that she could have this day, but she didn't expect to be a slave maid in two days and bumped into it, and it was indispensable to listen to it.

"Mother, let's take a detour."

Seeing that Xia Xiaoxiao was really planning to go over, Qingyue hurriedly pulled her sleeve.

"Yo, which palace maid is this? Why does Hongu look so familiar? ”

Xia Xiaoxiao raised his head, and the laughing crowd arrived not far from him in the blink of an eye, enough to see each other's faces clearly.

Ye Qiuyu was holding a small stove in his hand, and when he saw her at this time, he handed the stove in his hand to his subordinates and took it aside, with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Slave, see the concubine."

Xia Xiaoxiao stepped forward, and now in the entire harem, she and Xia Yingxi have the highest status, she can't afford to provoke, she has to hide, there is snow on the ground, and she is still holding two stacks of folds in her hands, she can't kneel, she only blesses her slightly.

"Sister, it's not just familiar, isn't this the crown princess who lives in the Dusk Pavilion?"

Shu Changhua lifted the corners of her lips, her voice rang, Ye Qiuyu was named a concubine by Beigong Yu, and she herself fell into the title of Shu Concubine, although her status was not as high as Ye Qiuyu's, but all she cared about was Beigong Yu's favor, as long as Beigong Yu still spoiled her for a day, what was the use of fighting for those vain statuses? Isn't it just the ending like the Queen of Clouds?

"The ladies have sore teeth today, and the slaves and maids have to send the music to the emperor, so they won't accompany the ladies and sisters to chat, and the slaves and maids will retire."

Xia Xiaoxiao's words were not a little polite, if it was in the past, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't bother to care, she always thought that the sour words of these people in the palace were extremely childish behavior, but now she was suffocated in the palace all day long, these women, because they once relied on the power of the old fox to sit on the position of the crown princess, they were jealous, and they were all waiting to see her jokes, and at the end of the jokes, they didn't forget to sarcastically say two sentences.

"Bold minion, how did you talk to the concubine? Why don't you make amends? ”

She was about to leave, someone stepped forward and blocked her way, it was the woman who pointed at her from afar, it was a woman who was named a beauty by Beigong Yu, her appearance was beautiful, she was wearing a white dress and did not see the appearance of dust, she was white on a snowy day, and she was not afraid of walking in the snowdrift without seeing a figure.

"Yao Meiren, you have to pay attention to what you say, you have to be a princess, but she was suddenly demoted to a palace maid, and the rules are naturally not as thoughtful as ordinary palace maids."

Slowly, Ye Qiuyu spoke, in front of Xia Xiaoxiao, as if she was walking a little hot, she took off the dark purple cloak unhurriedly, came to Xia Xiaoxiao, and picked up the fold she was holding in her hand with her fingertips, and lifted it gently, the fold in Xia Xiaoxiao's hand was scattered all over the ground, the paper was messy, some were scattered upward, and the red annotations were conspicuous on it.

"...... This ......"

Qingyue couldn't help it, put down the box in her hand to pick it up, Ye Qiuyu stepped on her fingers as if inadvertently, Qingyue retracted back, Xia Xiaoxiao tightened her eyebrows, Ye Qiuyu stared at Qingyue, and sneered, "This palace is curious, who are you calling this mother?" ”

Shu Changhua was in front of Xia Xiaoxiao, and snorted coldly, "There was once Queen Yun who protected you, and some people treated you as a mother, who in this harem didn't know that the emperor wanted to abolish you a long time ago?" Now that Queen Yun is in prison for the crime of conspiracy, you have to thank the emperor for your kindness if you can save a small life, and you still think you are a mother? ”

Everyone immediately laughed and laughed, echoing with laughter, and said that Xia Xiaoxiao was in pain, without the umbrella of Yun Hui, Beigong Yu became unscrupulous towards her, and the people in the palace were also unscrupulous towards her.

"Concubine Niangniang is angry," Xia Xiaoxiao lowered her eyes and immediately knelt down, but she was just picking up the folds that fell to the ground, "It's just, Ye Guifei, these twists and turns are all national secrets written by the ministers themselves, is this carelessness in your hands aimed at the ministers of the court, or at the emperor?" ”

She raised her head, she was too lazy to worry about them when she was the crown princess before, but now she wants to worry about them, but she doesn't have that identity, the words are said to Ye Qiuyu, but if she is wet in the snow, in the end, Beigong Yu is not to blame Ye Qiuyu, she doesn't want to carry this black cauldron!

The intimidation in Xia Xiaoxiao's words was exaggerated, not only Ye Qiuyu was bluffed by her, but even the Shu Changhua behind her didn't know how to react all of a sudden, looked at each other, and closed their mouths one after another, according to what Xia Xiaoxiao said, who dares to have an opinion on the ministers of the court? Who dares to target the emperor? Isn't that a no-brainer!

"What are you doing here?"

Just when Ye Qiuyu's face was red and white, Beigong Yu's voice suddenly broke the embarrassment here.

"See the emperor!"

Xia Xiaoxiao picked up a fold and shook her hand, and the fold slipped into the snow again, her eyelids trembled, should he listen to what she just said?

Ye Qiuyu and the others were stunned at first when they saw Beigong Yu's sudden appearance, and immediately knelt down to salute.

"It's all forgiven."

Beigong Yu's court clothes have not faded yet, obviously they have just gotten off the court, and they came leisurely, their eyes fell on Xia Xiaoxiao, who was wearing a green-clothed palace dress and picking up the folds, frowning slightly, behind her were rows of poinsettias, but she and Qingyue were wearing pale green palace clothes, red lined with her green, very conspicuous, but also very ugly.

"Hey, the little ancestor of the Sprinkle family, the emperor asked you to send these pieces to the imperial study before the next dynasty, why are you still here!"

Pingshun followed behind Beigong Yu, as soon as he saw Xia Xiaoxiao's whole heart was lifted again, he didn't feel tired when he was serving Beigong Yu alone, since Xia Xiaoxiao appeared, he had to put his heart to his throat all the time, Xia Xiaoxiao's reaction was not generally dull, and she couldn't hear the meaning of what Beigong Yu said, he had to be a eunuch and act like a microphone, saying that he was a slave, but Beigong Yu didn't mean to be punished, how could he dare to teach a good lesson?

Serving Xia Xiaoxiao is much more difficult than serving Beigong Yu!

Pingshun hurriedly pulled Xia Xiaoxiao up from the ground in front of everyone, kneeling on the snow to pick up the fold, it was already soaked, and Pingshun exclaimed again, "Oh my God, why did the fold fall!" ”

Saying that, Pingshun squatted down by himself and began to pick it up and put it in Xia Xiaoxiao's hands, you know, Pingshun is the personal chief eunuch next to the emperor, as long as it belongs to the first order of slaves in the palace, what he says counts, only he orders others to do things, but now he looks like Xia Xiaoxiao is his master.

It really seems to be his master, Pingshun picked it up, Xia Xiaoxiao was not polite, he stood by himself and waited for him to pick it up and put it in his hand, and looked at Pingshun with a pair of eyes.

"All the concubines are quite idle today, but the flowers in such a cold Tianyu Garden may not bloom as well as in the past."

Beigong Yu chuckled, casually glanced at the folds that fell to the ground, and looked at the concubines in a blink of an eye, inside, in addition to Ye Qiuyu and Shu Changhua, there were four or five who were named by him, he remembered his face, but there were only two whose names could be called.

"Back to the emperor, in fact, the concubines and others just came out to relax, the snow was heavy a few days ago, and it stopped today, and a snow scene is also extremely beautiful, which makes people feel more comfortable."

Ye Qiuyu saw that Beigong Yu didn't say anything to blame, and he was glad that the words provoked by Xia Xiaoxiao were not listened to by him.

"Snow is beautiful, the concubines wear less, but you have to be careful of catching a cold."

Beigong Yu's eyes fell on them one by one, they were indeed wearing less, their bodies were graceful, their waists were slim, on the other hand, Xia Xiaoxiao on the side, at a glance, it looked like a live green zongzi, and they didn't need to think about Beigong Yu to know that she was still wrapped in her little padded jacket under her palace dress!

"Yes."

Everyone responded softly, all nervous Beigong Yu's gaze, falling on them was nervous, and falling on others was disappointment.

Since Beigong Yu ascended the throne as the emperor, these of them who are harem concubines, although they have all benefited a lot from Bo Ai one by one, but because Beigong Yu is busy with state affairs, they rarely see him, Shu Changhua is okay, and the rest, including Ye Qiuyu, have not been able to see Beigong Yu for nearly half a month.

At this time, Beigong Yu's steps gradually came over, Ye Qiuyu lowered her head slightly, looking at Beigong Yu's footsteps in the snow and gradually approaching, her breathing became a little short, and just when she thought that Beigong Yu would stop in front of her, Beigong Yu passed by her, stopped in front of Shu Changhua on the side, and her face that had been hanging down turned white.

Shu Changhua's little face was not very good-looking at this time, his small mouth pouted lightly, and after saluting, he didn't look at Beigong Yu's body, as if he was deliberately angry.

"Who made my paintings unhappy? Early in the morning, I showed my face. ”

Beigong Yu chuckled twice, stretched out his hand and gently pinched her cheeks, which were a little red in the wind, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Pingshun put all the twists and turns back into Xia Xiaoxiao's hand, stared at her, Xia Xiaoxiao also looked at him, and couldn't help but shudder when he heard Beigong Yu's words, only to feel goosebumps falling to the ground all over his body, and turned his head, just in time to see Beigong Yu's eyes were crossing Shu Changhua's painting and staring at her with a smile.

Xia Xiaoxiao chuckled in her heart, hurriedly lowered her head, and took two small steps to the side, just blocking her by her smooth body.

"Your Majesty, the palace maids in your palace dare to talk back to your concubines, how dare your concubines show the emperor your face?"

Shu Changhua glanced at Beigong Yu with disgust, his little hands were knotted on his chest, and his eyes glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao behind him.

"Okay, I know what my concubine means, can I punish her for you later?"

Shu Changhua was much shorter than Beigong Yu, and standing in front of him became more and more petite, Beigong Yu's hand gently softened the long smooth hair on her head, as if she was coaxing a little sister.

Everyone heard Beigong Yu's doting tone, and their eyes shot over and couldn't help but be jealous and envious, only Ye Qiuyu's face became iron-blue, if she said that when she saw Xia Xiaoxiao, her face was still full of pride, then it was completely disappeared at this time, and the rest of the beauties saw it, and they all chose to remain silent.

Xia Xiaoxiao hid behind Pingshun and didn't dare to make a sound, Shu Changhua would really sue her!

Ye Qiuyu's eyes were sharp, and all the unhappy emotions flashed when he raised his head, and he changed into a tender and generous appearance, "Your Majesty, it's Sister Shu's words, the emperor doesn't have to be sad about these trivial matters, it's too ...... Miss Xia must not have deliberately contradicted it. ”

"It's not intentional, is it intentional? Sister, the person she fought against was you. Shu Changhua didn't expect Ye Qiuyu to suddenly say such a thing, and turned his head to Beigong Yu and said, "Your Majesty, a palace maid dares to be so presumptuous, what kind of system will she become in the future?" ”

Beigong Yu nodded with a serious face, "The state has national laws and family rules, and a mere palace maid dares to be lawless and forget the rules?" ”

At the end of the words, his last note was raised, and the corner of his eyes swept on Xia Xiaoxiaozheng's face that was angry but dared not speak, and his mood suddenly became a little happy.

"What the emperor said is very true." Seeing that Beigong Yu's words had been following the meaning of Shu Chang's painting, the smile on Ye Qiuyu's face was retracted, and he smiled, "Your Majesty, since you have already gone to the court, it is better to go to the palace of the concubine to drink a cup of tea to warm up your body, the concubine planted the ...... herself."

"Your Majesty, the hour is not early, there are still some twists and turns here that you need to see."

Pingshun suddenly stepped forward and reminded him softly in his ear.

Xia Xiaoxiao followed behind Ping Shun and looked at the sky, and wondered in a low voice, "Isn't this still early?" ”

She could see that Ye Qiuyu was eating the vinegar painted by Shu Chang, but no matter if it was vinegar or what, she wished that Beigong Yu could go to her for two cups of tea at this time, and it was best to stay in Ye Qiuyu Palace tonight and not come back.

How do you know that Beigong Yu's ears are sharp, and a cold eye swept over, so shocked that Xia Xiaoxiao immediately closed her mouth, fortunately, others didn't hear her muttering, Beigong Yu's hand was withdrawn and put behind him again, the smile on his face was less, and more positive, "Okay, I still have important things to deal with today, so I won't accompany you concubines, the tea there is concubine, I will taste it another day when I have time." ”

The smile on Ye Qiuyu's face finally couldn't hold back, and he saw Beigong Yu coax Shu Chang to draw two more sentences, and then turned around and walked in the direction of the imperial study.

"Congratulations to the emperor!"

Xia Xiaoxiao's steps froze in place, didn't she follow Beigong Yu, didn't she stay here to see the faces of these ladies in the palace, she still walked two steps smoothly and found that she didn't follow, and then fell back and dragged her behind Beigong Yu again and again.

The figures of the colorful concubines behind them gradually disappeared from the snow-white scenery behind them. The noisy sound of the warbler also disappeared from my ears, and only the small sound of stepping on the snow under my feet was also gone.

There is a green dragon coiled on the bright dragon robe on Beigong Yu's back, tall and mighty, with a steady pace, which also makes people fearful, he doesn't speak, and Pingshun just follows him quietly, Xia Xiaoxiao once again felt that Beigong Yu came to see her jokes.

"Beigong Yu, it's your business to coax your women, why do you want to punish me if you want to make those women happy? Are you embarrassed to bully a woman who has no power, no power, and no power! ”

Xia Xiaoxiao carried the two stacks of folds behind him, and finally couldn't help it, walking in the snow, the thick snow covered the tips of her shoes and touched the corners of her skirts.

Beigong Yu's clothes were also stained with a little snow particles, and he turned his head with a sly smile on the corner of his lips, "When did I say that I was going to punish you?" ”

"You ...... just now"

Xia Xiaoxiao's words came to his lips and saw a fox-like smile flash in Beigong Yu's eyes, and he suddenly felt that he seemed to have fallen into this man's trap.

Beigong Yu walked up to her, picked up her jaw with one hand and chuckled, a pair of dark eyes were dark, "Or does Xiao Xia'er want me to punish you?" ”

Beigong Yu's hand stroked her neck, her eyes were ambiguous, Qing Yueben followed closely behind Xia Xiaoxiao, and made a smooth look, both of them stepped back a little and lowered their heads.

Beigong Yu wanted to laugh when she saw Xia Xiaoxiao, just now, she used her shabby reason to bluff those women in his harem, and it was really a shame that she could exaggerate the excuse so much.

At this time, there was a smile in his eyes, and there seemed to be light in the darkness, which made people can't help but explore and can't take their eyes off.

Xia Xiaoxiao panicked in his heart, and hurriedly pushed him away, but forgot that he was still holding two thick stacks of folds in his hands, and not long after he was picked up by Pingshun, the folds fell in the snow again.

"Ahh

Her feet were deeply trapped in the snow, she couldn't push Beigong Yu away, and she fell to the ground with her buttocks, in the snow, it didn't hurt, but it was cold!

She struggled to get up from the snow, but as soon as her hand touched the snow, it was bitterly cold, and she shivered violently.

"Xiao Xia'er, is this dissatisfaction with the ministers of the court, or is it dissatisfied with me?"

A hand suddenly appeared in front of him, white and almost transparent in the cold wind, with distinct bone joints, slender and powerful, and a thin layer of small calluses on the thin lines of the palm.

As soon as she raised her head, the smile in Beigong Yu's eyes did not diminish even more, and her angular cheeks lined the white snow scene behind him, resolute and domineering, but there was a trace of imperceptible tenderness in her eyes.

Xia Xiaoxiao's hand was about to pull him, but when he saw the inexplicable emotion in his eyes, the man who put her coat on the boat at the lotus banquet suddenly flashed in his mind.

Her outstretched hand was withdrawn like an electric shock, and she struggled to stand up, "How dare a slave maid be ......?"

Xia Xiaoxiao patted the snow dust on the corner of her skirt, but she didn't see Beigong Yu's face instantly gloomy when she saw her withdraw her hand.

"In my opinion, your attitude should be dissatisfied with me?"

Before Xia Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Beigong Yu grabbed her waist with one hand, pressed her into his arms, stared at her with heavy eyes, and said in a cold tone, "Xia Xiaoxiao, you have too many people in your head." ”

She just wanted to hold her hand.

"How can you have people in your head? Your Majesty, you are confused. ”

Xia Xiaoxiao pretended to be stupid, her eyes flickered slightly, but Xia Xiaoxiaoyang's pretended eyes couldn't deceive Beigong Yu, Beigong Yu quickly became angry, and the hand on her waist was forced, Xia Xiaoxiao's toes were about to touch the ground, and she was struggling, she stared at him helplessly and said angrily, "Beigong Yu, what do you want!" ”

"I don't want to leave the palace, I don't want to stop, Xiao Xia'er, stay by my side."

The strength in Beigong Yu's hand did not weaken, he frowned slightly, and his tone was flat, as if he was just discussing with her, but the meaning in his words was ordering, he actually didn't want to do anything, he just wanted her to be quiet, and he only had him in his head.

Xia Xiaoxiao has been threatened by Beigong Yu a lot these days, and he has somewhat extended his immunity, and faintly replied to Beigong Yu's two words: "Dreaming."

She stared at Beigong Yu's faintly angry face, and a trace of pleasure suddenly rose in her heart, she didn't expect that it was also a very fun and interesting thing to make Beigong Yu angry, she sneered, "Beigong Yu, I always ask you what you want, why don't you ask me what I want?" ”

Beigong Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at her, the annoying smile on Xia Xiaoxiao's face seemed to be what he wouldn't say without asking her, Beigong Yu opened his mouth after a while, "What do you want?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao heard him really ask, and laughed low in his arms, looking at Beigong Yu with crooked eyes, but there was a strong irony in that smile, she smiled and said, "Escape from the palace, find Luozhi, and stay where I can't see you!" ”

Beigong Yu's face darkened completely, and he also spit out three words from between his teeth: "You, do, dream!"