Qing Ran has been guarding the palace gate all the time.

If Zhuang Siyan leaves the palace, he will follow him.

If she doesn't leave the palace, he will wait here for her news, and sometimes he won't see a letter from her for ten days and half a month, and Qing Ran has been waiting here.

That's his business, there's nothing bigger.

Not far from the palace gate, he rented a house on the second floor, where he usually lived.

Most of the time, it is a person with a pot of wine, sitting quietly in front of the window, looking at the people coming in and out of the palace gate in a daze, sometimes no one goes in, just look at the guards in a daze.

Those who know understand that he is doing things for the Lord, and those who don't know think that he has a crush on a young and white guard boy, so he only stares at this place all day long.

Since Zhuang Siyan was pregnant, there have not been many times to come in person, and palace people will be sent for ordinary trivial matters.

Unless it's something that even the palace people can't know, such as a letter to Ye Yuanpei, then they will come in person.

But since she had this Xiaoling, she didn't even run away from the most important things, and left them to this girl.

So in Qing Ran's heart, this girl's weight is also very important.

He saw someone running towards him from the window, and he tugged on the cloak on one side, and while draping it on his body, he had already jumped down from the window, and came to the gate of the palace in a few big steps.

"Miss Xiaoling, it's snowing so hard, but what's the matter?" Qing Ran spoke first.

Xiao Ling handed over the medical case in her hand first: "Niangniang said to give this to Master Jia of Dali Temple." ”

Qing Ran stretched out his hand to take it, nodded and said, "Send it immediately." ”

He turned around to walk in, but Xiao Ling stopped him again: "Lord Qingran, Niangniang also said that the weather is cold, you go out at night, and remember Wen Yiwen when you come back to drink." ”

Qing Ran said "oh", thanked him, turned around and walked into the snow, still thinking in his head: "This Mr. Si is different from before, in addition to having no score and no discipline, it seems that he has also learned to care about people, I haven't seen her say this kind of thing before, if others tell her, maybe she will feel sour." ”

However, Qing Ran was used to this kind of thing, and the rough lines were used, that is, he had a thought, and then he left it behind and went straight to Dali Temple.

Xiao Ling stood until she couldn't see his figure, and she didn't react when she was awakened by the guards, and her face turned a little red.

Fortunately, it was already dark, and no one could see it, so she also rushed to the harem.

The snow in the capital is heavy every year, and there is a lot of it, as if it lasts forever.

This year is especially so, Zhuang Siyan feels that the rain is endless, and when she opens her eyes every day, her first sentence is: "Is it still snowing outside?" ”

Maybe not most of the time, but she feels like she's going to be down every day.

Then the second thing was to ask if there was news from Northern Xinjiang.

This is basically a vain question, and you can only see shaking your head every time.

After a long time, she didn't ask, and simply went to Wenyuan Pavilion to find those ministers.

Fortunately, before Ling Tiancheng left, Zhuang Siyan sent a bowl of soup, which bought some people's hearts, although these ministers also knew that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, but the imperial concubine Niangniang came, and she didn't say a word, just watched them do things, which seemed to be nothing.

As a result, there was one more female courtier in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Because of her pregnancy, she didn't change into a man, but the clothes she wore were very ordinary, she didn't have the posture of an imperial concubine at all, and she didn't wear a golden hairpin like other mothers on her head, just pulled her hair up slightly.

She usually occupies a corner of the table, reads some files, or simply writes, quietly.

After a long time, everyone has become accustomed to her existence, and they can still call her for anything, and they are not as restrained as they were at the beginning.

It was in this situation that Zhuang Siyan boiled up the winter moon and survived the wax moon again.

Because Ling Tiancheng was not there, and the Dasheng Dynasty was during the Great War, the etiquette in the palace in previous years was simple, and the congratulations with the courtiers were also saved.

Even the sacrificial temple, because Ling Tiancheng didn't even have a son, it was not appropriate for the courtiers to go alone, and it was not suitable for Zhuang Siyan to go, so it was also put aside.

On the day of the new year, there was a small gathering in the harem, and it was still in the Muyuan Palace.

Concubine Winter wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so she recruited the kabuki and asked them to sing and dance.

Zhuang Siyan didn't say anything, it was indeed too depressing, since Ling Tiancheng left, she didn't even smile anymore, as long as she calmed down every day, she would think about how he was now? Where is the battle fought? People have not frozen or not.

Even the imperial doctor persuaded her, saying that worrying was not good for the dragon fetus.

It's a good thing that someone is having a good time, and she thinks less about it.

But I don't know if Concubine Dong drank too much wine or deliberately found trouble, those kabuki singing and dancing were over, and she actually challenged Hu Yun to let her play a tune to listen.

Even if Ling Tiancheng is here today, such a family banquet, Hu Yun is neither a concubine nor a concubine can refuse.

So Zhuang Siyan politely refused: "Don't talk about it, just sit down." ”

Hu Yun was probably afraid that the atmosphere would not be good, so she whispered: "Niangniang, it's okay, everyone is happy, I'll play a song." ”

Zhuang Siyan's voice suddenly raised: "I said that if you don't play, don't play, everyone is happy, I'm not happy." ”

She is usually ruthless, but she rarely gets so angry, everyone is stunned, even Ping'er doesn't know what to do, and she still has a peeled nut in her hand, and she doesn't know where to put it.

Concubine Zhen and Concubine Yi were taken aback, and came out to play a round and said: "If you don't play, don't play, this song and dance is boring, the weather is cold, let's go back and rest early, the imperial concubine is still pregnant, don't be tired." ”

Probably the word "pregnant" stimulated Concubine Dong, she stood up "hosh", did not dare to attack Zhuang Siyan, but pointed at Hu Yun's nose and scolded: "You are a little slut, but you are just an internal servant, the palace asked you to play a tune, but it still gave you face, when the emperor was there, he didn't look at you at all, and he didn't know who you were." ”

Her words were even more shocking than Zhuang Siyan's words.

You must know that Hu Yun and Wan Liwan went to the Xuan Palace and recognized Zhuang Siyan as their sister, which was specially approved by Ling Tiancheng, and the entire harem knew about it.

She is not a waitress now, and she is not all the way with Concubine Dong, she is now Zhuang Siyan's sister.

Concubine Dong pointed her nose and scolded her like this, what is the difference between scolding Zhuang Siyan?

Zhuang Siyan's whole face turned cold, she looked at Concubine Dong with a gloomy look, and said almost word by word: "Does she want you to give face?" How big is your face? When the emperor was there, he didn't look at you much, and he didn't know who you were, but now that he is on the march, you are here to be sideways, very good......"

Concubine Yi usually approached Concubine Dong, but she was really panicked at this time, and she was busy persuading Concubine Dong and asking her to apologize to Zhuang Siyan quickly.

Concubine Dong didn't do it, maybe she was suppressed for too long, and she suddenly broke out, so she couldn't help it, and even Concubine Yi yelled together: "Who are you, come and persuade me to apologize to her?" She's just a person who messes up her identity and doesn't even recognize her own mother's family, so why should I apologize to her. ”

Zhuang Siyan's gaze was almost frozen, she took a step back, and said to Xiao Ling: "Seal her mouth, throw it on the viewing platform, don't give her a sip of water to drink, and don't give her a mouthful of food to eat, three days, if she has a good life, she will live, and if her life is bad, she will be without this person in the harem." ”

She didn't say a word, turned around and left.

I walked out of Muyuan Palace and walked towards Xuandian.

Concubine Yi and Concubine Zhen were all dumbfounded, and the little nobleman who was unknown was even more frightened and shrank in the corner, not daring to move for a long time.

Xiao Ling brought someone to her, tied up Concubine Dong directly, gagged her mouth, and pulled her outside.

The moon viewing platform is a good place in spring, summer and autumn because it is high and empty, and you can see the whole sky from standing on it, as well as the stars and moon in the sky.

Ling Tiancheng had brought Zhuang Siyan before, but at that time she was not in the mood to appreciate it, so she went back after standing a little.

The only bad thing about that place is winter.

Because of the wind everywhere, there is no cover, if the snow is heavy, it can be wrapped in half of the viewing platform, people stand on it, no matter how many clothes they wear, it is the same as not wearing, and it can immediately freeze so that you even forget who your own mother is.

The Winter Concubine was brought up and tied to a stone pillar.

The cold wind blew on his face, and his mind finally came to his senses.

But Xiao Ling had already taken someone down, she looked up at the faint moon in the sky, and it took a long time for her to burst out into tears.

Poor again, blocked back by the gagged cloth, it became an out-of-tune whimper.

Zhuang Siyan punished Concubine Dong, but his mood was not good at all.

First of all, she missed Ling Tiancheng very much, and her heart was grabbed by an invisible hand, and it hurt when she pulled it.

And the hand that was pulling was none other than Ling Tianben, she thought about him, and her heart ached, and in the end, even her brows furrowed, fidgeting.

As soon as Ping'er came back, she first warmed fresh goat's milk for her to drink, and then busily took out sweets.

Zhuang Siyan usually likes to eat sweets as long as he is in a bad mood, which is very clear.

But when everything was laid out today, she didn't even move.

In fact, Zhuang Siyan still hated himself a little, why did he stop Ling Tiancheng from recruiting Ye Yuanpei back at that time?

He asked himself like that, he should have wanted to call Ye Yuanpei back, and Zhuang Siyan also believed that if the two of them persuaded Ye Yuanpei together, he would definitely put on his armor again.

But she didn't know which tendon was wrong at that time, so she actually stopped it, now it's okay, Ye Yuanpei didn't go, and Ling Tiancheng went by himself, her intestines were blue with regret, but there was nothing she could do.

After sitting by the fire for a while, I felt sweaty on my body, and when I just took off my robe, I felt cold and panicked.

When I saw those sweet and greasy things, I was annoyed, but I clearly felt empty in my heart, and I really wanted to eat something.

After tossing for most of the night, Ping'er and Xiaoling were also scared, and they almost went to ask for a doctor, only to hear Zhuang Siyan say: "It may not be necessary to freeze her to death, there are still people in Zichen Palace, you go and see who else is in Concubine Dong's mother's family, give them a letter, and Ming'er will call someone to intercede and let her go." ”

Xiao Ling breathed a sigh of relief and replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

Ping'er said tremblingly: "In this kind of weather, Concubine Dong is so delicate, it is estimated that she will not freeze to death tomorrow morning, right?" ”

Zhuang Siyan was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at her and asked, "Is it so serious?" ”