When they arrived at the courtyard, there was no shadow of the Xia couple at all, and Zhong Xiaoshu felt that they must have left a long time ago.

"Momo, how are you?" Seeing Xia Zhitao sitting on the ground, Zhong Xiaoshu thought she was injured and hurriedly stepped forward to check.

"I'm fine, thank you for coming." Xia Zhitao's eyes were hollow, and there were undried tears on his cheeks, obviously crying.

Seeing her like this, she couldn't ask anything, Zhong Xiaoshu asked Qing'er to take Xia Zhitao to freshen up.

Although the eye sockets are still red, at least people don't look so haggard.

Zhong Xiaoshu herself has a soft temperament, and she is quite kind on weekdays, Xia Zhitao sat beside her and her mood slowly calmed down.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhong Xiaoshu spoke: "Zhitao, let me ask you something, you can answer yes, don't worry about the side, if there is anything, the palace and the emperor will bear it together." ”

This is said at a very high level, not only does it make Xia Zhitao feel relieved, but also with a wave of Yin Zhige's sycophants, Zhong Xiaoshu doesn't mention how dark and refreshing it is.

Sure enough, as soon as Yin Zhige heard her say this, there was a little more smile on his three-dimensional face.

Zhong Xiaoshu only felt that his reason was gradually dissipating, and his eyes were dyed with a smile.

Next, Yin Zhige didn't stay long, after all, they could talk more with each other, and as soon as Yin Zhige left, Zhong Xiaoshu opened the chatterbox.

"How the hell did you get into the palace?

The palace has always been very strict with the control of draft girls, and your parents can actually send you into the palace, you must not be an ordinary person, or you have an internal response. ”

Zhong Xiaoshu analyzed.

But what palace person who doesn't ask for anything in return is willing to give an internal response to such an obscure family? Otherwise......

Zhong Xiaoshu had a faint idea in his heart that began to condense, but he couldn't catch the head and tail, like a fog that he couldn't see or touch.

"Don't hide it, Queen Mother, I was also forced."

Xia Zhitao held back for a long time, and finally spoke, and after speaking, it was as if she had said something that had been held in her heart for a long time, and she suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Forced?

What kind of life experience can be forced like this?

Zhong Xiaoshu said: "What the hell is going on? ”

"I can't remember much when I was a child, but I remember that I couldn't open the pot at home, and all I ate was chaff.

At first, my father and mother treated me very well, and within a few years, they beat and scolded me.

They also forced them to enter the palace draft this time, and I don't know why it is very clear. ”

Can't remember when you were a kid?

Zhong Xiaoshu faintly felt that things were not as simple as imagined, how could the poor family have channels to send their daughter to the palace draft?

There must be people behind this.

"Zhitao, now that you are alone and have nowhere to go, why don't you find a wishful husband for you in this palace to take care of you, how about it?"

Zhong Xiaoshu half-jokingly.

All the questions were swallowed into Zhong Xiaoshu's stomach, and before she could digest them slowly, Xia Zhitao knelt on the ground with a plop, so frightened that she quickly got up and helped her.

"Momo, what are you doing here?"

Xia Zhitao did not stand up along Zhong Xiaoshu's weak support, but kowtowed a loud head and raised her eyes firmly.

"Zhi Tao dared to beg the queen mother to take back her life, but Zhi Tao did not want to marry, just to be a little palace maid by the queen's side!"

Zhong Xiaoshu thought it was a big deal, and hurriedly beckoned Xia Zhitao to sit down.

"Hongu was joking just now, and it's rare to meet a gentle person who can speak.

It's too late for Bengong to be happy, how could he marry you casually. ”

"Did the queen mean to agree?"

"Of course, you don't have a place to go for the time being, and it's not safe to be a lone woman.

The palace is not at ease, and it makes sense to stay in the palace and talk to the palace. ”

Xia Zhitao couldn't believe it, after all, she was just an insignificant person, how could she be qualified to negotiate conditions with the queen.

She just took a risk, but she didn't expect the queen mother to agree so readily.

I couldn't help but be grateful, wiping tears and laughing.

"Thank you for the grace of the queen, the peach will definitely serve the mother well!"

After a few days, Zhong Xiaoshu found that the palace had changed a lot, and there were lights everywhere, which was very lively.

"What's going on lately? Strange festive. ”

The branches of the trees in the Imperial Garden were piled with snow, and as far as the eye could see, they were white and red.

Qing'er said with a smile: "Back to the Empress Niangniang, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days."

Everyone is very happy, thinking about a little joy, and leaving a thought for the whole year. ”

Chinese New Year?

Before I knew it, another year had passed, and Zhong Xiaoshu reached out to catch the fluttering crystal snowflakes.

In a blink of an eye, I saw several palace maids and eunuchs shoveling snow, and for a while, they were interested in building snowmen, and they were busy asking Qing'er to take their fox fur.

"Peach, come over too, let's build a snowman." Zhong Xiaoshu was afraid of the cold, so he naturally didn't dare to hold the snow with his hands, but used the shovel used by the palace people to shovel the snow.

Xia Zhitao let out an 'ah' in surprise, and the next second she was hit by a ball of broken snow, and the cool swishing immediately made her look at the initiator.

"Queen Mother!"

Zhong Xiaoshu didn't want to build a snowman at all, she wanted to have a snowball fight.

When Yin Zhige heard about what happened in the Imperial Garden, he thought something big had happened.

Hurriedly arrived, but I didn't expect to see Zhong Xiaoshu, who was having fun, and everyone was divided into two rows and fighting together.

One lost his mind, and the oncoming snow hit his sleeve.

"Zhong Xiaoshu, the dignified queen, what kind of system is it to have a snowball fight with the palace people!"

Everyone who had been having a good time heard this dangerous sound, and they were stunned one by one.

Zhong Xiaoshu walked over with his head down, and said like a child who made a mistake: "Didn't you just say that I didn't take you, do you want to be so stingy?" ”

It seems that he came to apologize and ask for forgiveness, and if he said it, he would be angry and die every minute.

Yin Zhige wanted to be angry and give Zhong Xiaoshu a wake-up call, who would have thought that she would be able to say such things aggrievedly.

The stiff face twitched slightly, and without saying a word, she put her little hand in the palm of her hand.

Feeling the cold temperature of his palm, he frowned, "Your hands are so cold, do you want to become a snowman yourself?" ”

Thinking of something, Zhong Xiaoshu showed a flattering smile.

"Your Majesty, stop Ge, let's go out of the palace, it's about to be the New Year, and the palace is too deserted."

Being shouted so softly, Yin Zhige suddenly lost his temper, but he didn't plan to get used to her.

"If you want to get out of the palace, you can, but you have to promise me a request, you can't be cold."

It is only in front of Zhong Xiaoshu that he does not call himself me, which is a kind of respect.

In order to go out of the palace to play, she was willing to let Zhong Xiaoshu do anything, for fear that Yin Zhige would regret it temporarily, so she nodded quickly.

At night, Yin Zhige and Zhong Xiaoshu, who were dressed in disguise, entered the bazaar.

As the so-called lights of thousands of homes are full of fresh things, Zhong Xiaoshu is almost dazzled.

"Boss, wrap me up all of this." Zhong Xiaoshu spoke magnificently.

Yin Zhige obediently paid behind her and smiled helplessly.