Life is impermanent.

Yan Qingge not only met King Zhong, but also his two sons.

King Chung's right hand was broken at the elbow, and his right leg was almost only a little left at the base of the thigh.

His youngest son, Shui Zhi, was completely unconscious in the lower half of his body, and could only sit on a special wooden chair on wheels and be pushed around.

His only eldest son Shui Mu, who is not disabled, although his body is not missing, there is a hideous scar on his face, which goes straight from his chin to his neck, looking at the direction of the scar, I am afraid that if he is injured a little more at that time, his head will be cut off.

Why did King Zhong, Shui Zhi, and Shui Mu suffer so seriously on the battlefield, Yan Qingge didn't ask a word. She and Ling Xiao, like every girl from a family, politely saluted King Zhong and the Yun family, and after hearing a few words of encouragement from them, they took their leave and left.

At noon the next day, Yan Qingge got up from a nap and sent a letter in Ruyi.

Yan Qingge took it apart and saw that it was written by Shui Ying. Shui Ying is going to come to Lejia to find her in the afternoon.

Shui Ying left the palace in the morning, and stayed by her father and brother in the morning, and in the afternoon, Prince Zhong and her two sons were going to receive guests, she didn't want to stay idle, she wanted to come out and walk around, and she was locked in the palace for half a year, which suffocated her.

After seeing Shui Ying in the afternoon, Yan Qingge found that Shui Ying was in a normal mood and was not particularly excited.

Shui Ying seemed to know what she was thinking, and said helplessly: "I know what you want to ask." I received a letter a long time ago about the wounds of my father and brothers, and as soon as I had nightmares, I dreamed of their wounds, and in my dreams it was so miserable and miserable, and when I saw them, my heart settled down, and they were much better than I dreamed of, and that was enough. ”

is so quiet that when Yan Qingge talks to her, she feels like she is interacting with an adult.

In the past half a year, the experience of Shui Ying's family has transformed her from a delicate and greedy girl to a precocious girl.

The two chatted for a while, and Shui Ying suddenly said, "Sister Qingge, Bailu Academy is about to start, right?" ”

Yan Qingge nodded, and Shui Ying said, "I won't go there to study in the future." ”

Yan Qingge was taken aback and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Shui Ying smiled slightly: "I have agreed with my father and mother, I will go there to study, it is better to spend more time with them at home." Moreover, I am not idle to do, I want to run a few shops and practice my skills. ”

"What kind of shop are you going to open?" Yan Qingge asked curiously.

"I'll tell you one thing, don't spread the word." Shui Ying suddenly looked at Yan Qingge seriously.

"Say it." Yan Qingge said.

"The disappearance of my father and brothers is not because they shocked the horses, but because there are spies in the court who sold the military favor to those northern barbarians in the north. When the Beiban got the military information and attacked the big tent at night, my father and two elder brothers were alert and broke out with 400 personal soldiers. ”

Yan Qingge was dumbfounded, she didn't expect that there would be such an inside story about the disappearance of King Zhong.

Shui Ying said softly: "I'm telling you this, firstly, to remind you that when you go back to the academy this year, you have to be vigilant and don't make new friends casually." The saint has not yet found out who made the spies, and several suspected ministers' families have been sealed up by the forbidden army, but it is not guaranteed that the real spies are still at large, and the daughter of the spy family may be studying in Bailu Academy, and once the incident happens, it may bring you tired. Second, I opened a shop to house my father's and brothers' own soldiers. When they broke through, it was the coldest time of winter, and they were hunted down all the way, only forty of them came back alive, many of them became disabled, and the lightest ones also froze off their ears and fingers, and it was impossible to become soldiers again, so they had to be given a way to earn a living. ”

Shui Ying's reminder made Yan Qingge think of the Wei family for a moment.

At that time, the news that King Zhong was found had just been transmitted back to the capital, and Ling Xiao was taken into the palace, she and Ling Xiao were worried about Shui Ying, so they went back to Beijing to see her, and went to Wei's house to visit Ning Minzhi, who was about to give birth. Unexpectedly, the Ning family was sealed, and there was only a murderer dressed as a forbidden army to guard the door, thinking about it, the Wei family was sealed because Shui Ying said that he had investigated the spies.

Wei Qiao's father is a squire in the military department, and Yan Qingge can understand the suspicion, but I don't know if the Wei family has lifted the ban now.

Since she promised Shui Ying not to tell others the news, she didn't even say anything about Ling Xiao.

It didn't take long for Bailu Academy to open.

Yan Qingge returned to the academy and lived a ten-day break, continuing to study seriously every day. Because of Shui Ying's instructions, Yan Qingge lived a simple life, and even dragged Ling Xiao to let her run around, and the two of them didn't go to the chrysanthemum appreciation organized by the Academy in the autumn, let alone the activities on the side.

Ling Xiao was reluctant to do this, but her mother also told her to be more restrained this year. Ling Xiao listened to what her mother said very seriously, so she had to be patient and stay with Yan Qingge like an invisible person in the academy.

There were two banquets in the middle, and the prince also came, but Yan Qingge did not show up to attend, which made the three Yuan sisters very satisfied, and they didn't bother her much.

But it may also be that they are fighting too hard internally and are too busy to take care of themselves.

As one of the four villains in the capital, Yuan Qianqian, and as one of the four talented women in the capital, Yuan Niannian, one does it when he disagrees, and the other plays tricks everywhere, the two of them have a big trouble for three days, a small trouble every day, and there are fresh stories to listen to in the academy every day, which adds a different color to the lives of all the noble girls.

Unknowingly, autumn went to winter, and this morning, Yan Qingge got up when he heard Ling Xiao's happy laughter outside: "It's snowing!" ”

The temperature in the mountains is lower than in the capital, and it is only half of November when it snows.

Yan Qingge dressed neatly and washed, walked out, and found that the snow was not big and melted on the ground, but Ling Xiao still had a lot of fun.

Chunni and Guiyan were afraid that Ling Xiao would catch a cold, so they persuaded her to go back. Ling Xiao ran to Yan Qingge's study to stay with her, while roasting chestnuts next to the charcoal basin to eat, the sweetness of chestnuts filled the room, she was chattering and gossiping, and from time to time she looked at Yan Qingge practicing calligraphy.

At this moment, a grandmother walked in and sent a post to Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao, it turned out that in a few days, Princess Rouhui would come to preside over a heavy snow festival feast.

Yan Qingge didn't plan to participate, sent his grandmother away, and threw the invitation card on the table at will.

Ling Xiao was in a hurry, snatched the post, protected it in his arms, and said, "Aren't you going again this time?" ”

"yes." Yan Qingge said.

"No, I'm going!" Ling Xiao pouted and said; "I love snow the most! This is a heavy snow banquet, Princess Rouhui must have asked Qin Tianjian and knew that it would snow heavily that day, so she held this banquet. Heavy snow falls during the heavy snow season, which is rare. ”

Yan Qingge reached out and pulled the invitation card in her arms, and said, "What are you going to do?" What if this snow feast is going to compose a poem? ”

"The banquet hosted by Rouhui Gong will not let people compose poems, I know this best." Ling Xiao raised his mouth proudly: "Don't forget, Princess Rouhui's concubine is my cousin, and I know her best." ”

Ling Xiao made up his mind to go to this heavy snow banquet, pestering Yan Qingge every day. Yan Qingge was worn by her for several days, thinking that Ling Xiao had also been locked up for a few months, and said, "We can go to this banquet, but you can be honest and don't make any extraneous branches." ”

When Ling Xiao heard that he could go playing, he was so happy that he stretched out his arm, clamped Yan Qingge's neck, and said heroically: "I won't make any extraneous branches." ”

Yan Qingge was already very tall, but Ling Xiao was one year older than her, and the Ling family was all slender, so he was a head taller than her. Yan Qingge hurriedly pushed Ling Xiao, so that she didn't roll her eyes.

Ling Xiao became more and more lively as she got older, she was quiet when the two first met, but now she has become a lawless monkey.

However, thinking that if there were no accidents, Ling Xiao should marry Shui Ying's brother Shui Mu, Yan Qingge thought about going with her again.

She has seen Shui Mu once, aside from the scars on her face, Shui Mu has a calm personality, has the style of a general, and will definitely not be less tolerant, but the disadvantage is that it is a little boring. Ling Xiao is lively and active, chattering all day long, and he just complements Shui Mu, these two people are a very suitable pair. If you really want to twist Ling Xiao into a stable character like her, staying with Shui Mu may not be happy.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the heavy snow meeting, and Yan Qingge got up in the morning and found that it was indeed snowing heavily, and the ground was covered with snowflakes.

Ling Xiao put on a red cotton jacket and cotton skirt, and tied a scarlet coat, a thick black and green silk tied with a gold hoop, fresh clothes and angry horses, standing in the snow, making people happy at a glance.

Yan Qingge saw her dress and knew that she was suffocated, so she said with a smile: "You are so red, so that those who don't know think you are a bride." ”

Ling Xiao said indifferently: "If you want to marry me, you have to burn eight lifetimes of high incense first!" ”

Yan Qingge was dressed as usual in a plain manner, only adding an extra coat made of white fox fur, and wearing all the jewelry, looking very solemn, going out to the banquet was neither dazzling nor rude.

Heavy snow is carried out in a small courtyard in the inner courtyard.

It is usually unoccupied, with only three spacious lobbies.

After entering the door, Yan Qingge saw that there were already a lot of girls here, and there were antique-style small tables and mats in the house, because considering the cold weather in winter, cotton mats were also placed on the mats, and everyone had a table and a cushion, kneeling on them, just going around the room.

In the middle of the room, a thick blanket was spread, and a tall half-man drum tied with silk flowers was arranged, and I don't know what it was used for.

Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao picked up a slightly remote corner and sat down, waiting for the banquet to begin.

In order to relieve the boredom of the girls, several princesses brought in servants and musicians to play the piano and dance in front.

There was a fruit plate on the table, Yan Qingge looked at it, it was all fresh fruits, which was very rare in such a cold winter. She picked an orange, sniffed the aroma carefully, Ling Xiao pulled her sleeve, Yan Qingge looked at her eyes, and saw that it was Princess Rouhui who came in.

Yuan Qianqian was tired of being beside Princess Rouhui, came in with her, and was giggling and saying something to Princess Rouhui, her face full of joy.

Yan Qingge carefully recalled the scene where Yuan Qianqian got along with Princess Roufu last time, and found that Yuan Qianqian was actually not the kind of evil girl who was full of straw bags, she could also be very smart and good at coaxing people to be happy, but only when facing people with a higher status than her, she would show this rough side.

This kind of person is even more disgusting than a simple evil woman! No one dares to guarantee that they will have a higher status than her for the rest of their lives.

Feng Shui takes turns, today is the object of her flattery, and another day she will be bullied. Those who have been bullied by her, and later flattered by her, are afraid that they will feel even more disgusting.

No wonder even Yuan Niannian can find one or two girlfriends among the girls in the academy, but Yuan Qianqian has always been alone, and it is not for nothing that she has no friends at all in Bailu Academy.