The palace on the mountain is cold and silent, and the charcoal fire is not as rich as in Beijing. Although the capital city sent someone to send something over, Baozhu's heart still had to be a little calculated, so as not to use it enough.

Today is much colder than yesterday, she held the hand stove with new charcoal, walked into the inner hall, only to see His Royal Highness pillowed on Niangniang's lap, closed his eyes and slew, Niangniang raised her hand and patted his back, her expression was extremely gentle.

Baozhu reached out and lifted the curtain, only to see the master make a boo gesture to himself.

She stepped forward cautiously, handed the hand stove to her master, and inadvertently lowered her eyes to look at the sleeping emperor, and was secretly taken aback.

The corners of Zhou Youchen's mouth twitched slightly, and there was a childlike smile on his quiet side face.

His Highness smiled...... He actually laughed......

Meng Xilan sensed the surprise in Baozhu's eyes, and waved her hand silently, signaling her to go down first.

Her fingers followed the contours of Zhou Youchen's side face, stroked gently, and finally stayed at the corners of his slightly pursed lips.

He laughed, and she laughed, as if she had returned to the quiet old days.

As soon as the weather gets cold, the body is even less moving.

Meng Xilan accompanied Zhou Youchen to the window every day to enjoy the snow, took a nap when she was tired, woke up and ate some simple food, and waited until it was dark, so that the day passed quickly.

At night, when the lights in the house are turned on, Zhou Youchen will turn his head and no longer look at the scenery outside the window, but focus on Meng Xilan's face.

The only person he knew now was her, and the only thing he could say was her name.

"Lan'er ......"

Every time she heard him call her like this, Meng Xilan felt a burst of heart palpitations.

A few days later, news came from the capital that Meng Qingyun was coming to Xikang Palace.

Meng Xilan just smiled faintly when she heard this. Yun Ge'er has always been a filial child, and it is reasonable for him to come to see her.

However, what she never expected was that Brother Yun was not alone this time, and the people who traveled with him were actually his sister and his mother Qiao Huiyun......

Xikang Palace is built on the mountainside, and the winding mountain road all the way is very difficult.

The younger sister didn't want to sit on the carriage, she walked slowly, she lifted the curtain, looked at Meng Qingyun who was riding in front of her, and called out: "Brother Qingyun......"

Meng Qingyun drove his horse forward and slowed down slightly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, what do you command?" ”

"This carriage is too slow, I want to ride a horse uphill, Brother Qingyun, you take me with you, okay?" Her voice was sweet and crisp, still a little childish.

Meng Qingyun frowned slightly: "It's cold outside, and you'll get cold when riding a horse." ”

The sister didn't follow, and pouted and pleaded: "Brother Qingyun, you can take me with you!" I worked on the carriage for five whole days, and my body was sore. ”

In the end, he is still a child, and when he speaks, he is not shy about it.

Meng Qingyun shook his head helplessly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, there are a number of horses accompanying you, I'm afraid I can't find a suitable ......."

The sister didn't wait for him to finish, stretched out her pretty finger, pointed to the majestic black horse under his crotch, and said, "Don't look for me, I'll ride with my brother." ”

After she said this, she didn't wait for Meng Qingyun to agree, so she ordered the coachman to stop.

When she stopped, the rest of the men and horses followed.

The younger sister gathered the cloak on her body, walked to Meng Qingyun's side lightly, opened her arms and said, "Brother Qingyun, you can carry me up." ”

Meng Qingyun was slightly stunned, seeing her blinking her eyes, she kept raising her hand and waiting, like a coquettish rolling, waiting for someone to pet the kitten.

Seeing that he didn't move, the sister pouted, stomped her feet and said, "Hurry up, I order you!" ”

"Ha......" Meng Qingyun chuckled and shook his head, looked up at the palace not far away, and simply leaned down, grabbed her arm, and brought her whole person to his horse.

The girl didn't know how to ride a horse, so she sat sideways on the hard saddle and couldn't help but snort softly.

Meng Qingyun looked down at her, smiling: "This horseback riding tastes uncomfortable." In this way, Wei Chen will go down and lead the horse, so that His Highness will not be afraid......"

He was about to turn over, but the sister exclaimed again: "Don't don't, don't!" If you go down, I'm more afraid. ”

The saddle wasn't very comfortable, but it was new to her.

When she was in the palace, her mother had not allowed her to learn to ride a horse, worried that she would be frizzy and dishonest on horseback, and she would fall down and hurt herself.

Meng Qingyun saw her stubborn expression, so he stretched out his arms, protected her in front of him, and continued to ride forward.

The girl was a little nervous at first, sitting with her hands and feet tied, not daring to move or wanting to move. After sitting for a while, she got used to it, looking left and right, pointing to the distant mountain and then to the nearby tree.

Meng Qingyun first replied with a smile a few times, and then stopped talking.

The younger sister thought he was perfunctory, and looked up at him, but when she saw his good-looking side face, her cheeks suddenly turned a little red.

After a while, the slope of the mountain road became steeper and steeper, Meng Qingyun's arm tightened slightly, and he bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, you have to sit firm." ”

The girl lowered her head and remained silent.

Meng Qingyun only felt strange, she was still like a little sparrow chirping.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Meng Qingyun took the lead in dismounting, followed and caught the girl steadily, and hugged her to the ground and stood up.

The girl kept her head down and didn't speak, but her cheeks were flushed.

Meng Qingyun thought she was frightened, so she was relieved: "It's stupid to ride a horse, Your Highness is better to take a carriage." ”

The palace people in the palace stepped forward to greet her, Meng Qingyun helped her mother to get out of the car slowly, who knows, Qiao Huiyun, who was holding her swaddling clothes, raised her head and only glanced at the palace gate, and her eyes were red.

"Mother?" Meng Qingyun reminded softly: "You shouldn't be sad. ”

Qiao Huiyun looked at the bleak scene in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh: "Such a bitter place, I really wronged her." ”

With the exquisite and gorgeous palace and the bustling and lively capital, she chose to spend her days quietly in such a secluded place.

Qiao Huiyun was really distressed and melancholy.

Meng Xilan was wearing a formal suit, sitting in the main hall, and when she saw the three of them coming together, she was surprised and happy for a while.

"Mother's ......"

"Greetings to the Queen Mother."

"Say hello to my aunt!"

Meng Xilan stood up and walked towards the three of them, first helped up the eldest sister-in-law with her own hands, then held her sister in her arms, loved her, and finally came to Meng Qingyun, looking at him half a head above herself, she couldn't help but sigh softly: "Let my aunt take a good look, my brother Yun ......"

Meng Qingyun looked at the aunt in front of him, and was in a trance for a while, only to feel that his aunt seemed to have become younger, just like the aunt he was familiar with when he was a child, with a shallow smile and soft eyes.

In the past few years, my aunt has suffered a lot, and he has not been able to be by her side during her most difficult times.

Meng Xilan patted Meng Qingyun on the shoulder and half-jokingly said, "My Brother Yun has grown into an adult." It seems that my aunt is going to marry you a daughter-in-law. ”

Meng Qingyun is six years older than Changsheng, and it stands to reason that he should have married a wife a long time ago, but too many things have happened before, and he himself has not had this mind for a long time.

The younger sister plunged into Meng Xilan's arms and smelled the faint scent of sandalwood on her body: "Why didn't the queen mother go back to the capital?" The emperor's brother, the mother's concubine, and the younger sister, everyone is waiting for you to go back. ”

As she spoke, she almost cried with grievance.

Meng Xilan smiled lightly: "Xikang Mountain is only a hundred miles away from the capital. ”

"Not a hundred miles away. Mother, I want you to go back, and you go back with us. ”

Spoiling is the privilege of children, especially Mei'er, who can be regarded as a child who grew up under Meng Xilan's nose, she only has affection for her, and has no fear.

Meng Xilan touched her hair and kissed her forehead. She didn't say to go back, she didn't say she wouldn't go back, she just looked down and smiled.

Zhou Youchen is not suitable to see the living, so Meng Xilan has been leaving them to drink tea and talk in the main hall.

Qiao Huiyun originally had a lot to say, but when she saw Meng Xilan, she wanted to stop talking.

Meng Qingyun understood her mother's thoughts, and said to her sister who was secretly wiping her tears: "Your Highness, this palace is so big, Weichen will take you around?" ”

How did the sister know that he was deliberately trying to take himself away, so she got up obediently and said, "Good ......"

Qiao Huiyun saw that they were far away, and got up again and knelt down and said, "Niangniang atoned for my sins, I made a big mistake today!" ”

Meng Xilan was taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Why is my sister-in-law suddenly like this?" Get up and talk. ”

Qiao Huiyun was still kneeling, and at this time, the cry of a child suddenly came from the outer hall.

Meng Xilan's heart instantly stirred, why did this cry make people so nervous?

She looked at Qiao Huiyun again, and said hesitantly: "Sister-in-law, are you ......?"

Qiao Huiyun kowtowed to her and pleaded guilty: "Niangniang atoned for her sins, I brought Chuan'er." ”

Meng Xilan's shoulders trembled when she heard this, and her whole body tensed up unconsciously: "How can you?" Hongu clearly said that he couldn't meet him......"

She couldn't see that child, she couldn't see it, she couldn't see it.

Qiao Huiyun got up silently and went to the outer hall to come in with the child.

The child slept all the way, and when he woke up, he found that his mother was not there, and he cried incessantly. But as soon as he arrived in Qiao Huiyun's arms, he immediately stopped crying, and looked at the direction where Meng Xilan was standing with big black eyes.

"Niangniang, the child is more than a year old, don't you want him?"

Meng Xilan turned around stiffly, knowing that her own flesh and blood were behind her, she still clenched her fists and endured it as much as she could.

Just hearing his cries was torture for her. She couldn't wait to rush over, hold him to her chest, and never let go.

"...... This is not a palace, no one will know. Just hug him......"

Meng Xilan shook her head hard, shook her head vigorously, and her heart was like a knife for a while: "This palace can't look at him!" I can't! ”

She said as she took two steps back: "Even if it's just a glance, I'll see him in my heart...... His eyebrows and eyes, his appearance, I'm afraid I will never forget it in my life. ”

Qiao Huiyun also burst into tears when she heard this. "But, Niangniang, you don't want to see him for the rest of your life?"

Meng Xilan sighed with tears: "When he grows up, this palace will meet him." By that time, he was already the best boy in the Meng family, and he was also the most caring son of your sister-in-law. Hongu can see him calmly, he doesn't need to know anything. ”

"Sister-in-law take him back, don't embarrass the palace!" Meng Xilan choked up and commanded softly.

Qiao Huiyun looked down at Meng Qingchuan in his arms, gently coaxed him for a while, and personally handed him over to Baozhu.

The palace people who were waiting in the outer hall were all cleared, and only Baozhu was left.

After Meng Xilan calmed down, she turned to look at her eldest sister-in-law again, and saw that she was still crying with her head down.

"Why is the eldest sister-in-law so sad? Bengong just heard the child's cry loud and full of confidence, presumably you must have taken good care of him. ”

Meng Xilan walked over and grabbed Qiao Huiyun's hand: "As long as he can grow up safely, this palace will be at ease." Sister-in-law don't do such a thing again. Until he grows up, Hongu won't see him. ”

Her tone was a little heavier, and it was earnest.

Qiao Huiyun nodded heavily. "This is the last time, and I will never make my own decisions again."

The two were silent for each other, and a thousand words finally turned into a sigh.

After a while, Meng Qingyun took her sister back to the main hall.

Meng Xilan had already collected her emotions, and Qiao Huiyun was not crying, but her eyes were red.

Meng Qingyun saw that the child was not there, and thought to herself, her aunt must have seen it.

He took the initiative to persuade his aunt to return to the palace, and his sister also pleaded.

Meng Xilan smiled slightly: "Actually, it's not that this palace has no plans to go back. It's just that the Emperor Taishang is more comfortable to live in this palace, so the palace wants to stay for a while. ”

"What about the Chinese New Year? Isn't the Queen Mother celebrating the holidays with us? ”

Chinese New Year's Eve is an annual big day, and it is necessary to sacrifice to the heavens and ancestors, how can there be no emperor and empress dowager?

Meng Xilan said meaningfully: "Worship the heavens and ancestors, the emperor will do a good job." ”

Everything is according to the rules of the ancestors.

Seeing that the queen mother refused to go back, the younger sister was silent for a moment before she made up her mind: "Then I will also stay and accompany the queen mother." I'm going to ask my mother to come over too, anyway, I don't want my mother to be alone......"

Her stubbornness made Meng Xilan smile.

"You child, your mother has always had a leg disease, why do you toss her like this? You can go back in peace. Wait until the beginning of spring next year, and the main palace will go back. ”

Meng Xilan smiled lightly, and finally said the time, giving everyone a reassurance.

Meng Qingyun opened her mouth, as if she had something to say, but saw her mother shaking her head slightly at her.

After a short time together, Meng Xilan let them rest early to relieve the fatigue along the way.

The sister bit her lip and approached, and whispered coquettishly: "Mother, I want to sleep with you today." I still want to see my father......"

Meng Xilan groaned a little and said, "Okay, this palace is up to you." ”

My sister is Zhou Youchen's daughter, and she is a close relative.

After dinner, Meng Qingyun talked to her mother, and when she saw that Chuan'er had fallen asleep, she said, "Mother, is today's matter still going well?" ”

He asked very vaguely, and Qiao Huiyun looked at him deeply: "Niangniang didn't see him." ”

Meng Qingchuan was surprised, and before he could ask the word "why", he saw his mother crying again.

"Mother...... Meng Qingyun was a little anxious, but Qiao Huiyun grabbed his hand and said secretly: "Niangniang's heart is too bitter!" It's okay if she doesn't want to go back, what's good in the palace? Didn't your aunt suffer enough offended there? Forget it, let her go, let her go. ”

Meng Qingyun's eyes sank when he heard this, and his heart was even more unpleasant.