In the Frost Pavilion, An Xiaowan sat on the low kang in the inner hall, wearing a brand-new aqua blue embroidered gardenia, a palace dress with fox fur edges, a lily bun on her head, and a few beaded flowers that did not stand out. He was looking at the two lilies that were emitting bursts of fragrance in the white jade vase on the table, and his face was expressionless.

She held a hand stove with a green stove cover to warm her hands, and next to the low kang, there was a pot of silver charcoal burning happily.

Hearing Lingxi's voice, An Xiaowan's body trembled slightly. When he looked up, he saw that the person was holding the red plum Lingxi, and when he lowered his head, he went to look at the lilies on the table again.

Before she got up to say goodbye, she said lightly, "You're here......"

Lingxi handed the red plum in his arms to the lotus leaf, untied the cloak flexibly with his slender hands, and took off the cloak and handed it to Hanyu who was standing on the side.

Reaching out and taking the red plum in the lotus leaf's hand, Lingxi sat on the other side of the carved table on the low kang.

Hanyu went out, came back after a while, and served a teacup full of tea fragrance to Lingxi and An Xiaowan.

Lingxi bowed his head slightly, and the hairpin on his head shook gently with the steps of the ruby pendant. Seeing An Xiaowan's blood-colored cheeks, Wan Er smiled and said, "It's still too bitter in the cold palace, if you come out with me earlier, why bother to suffer there." ”

An Xiaowan turned her head slightly, not appreciating Lingxi's affection at all, and said in an indifferent tone without a trace of emotion, "You might as well let me die in the cold palace." Although the days in the cold palace are hard, the roots of the ears are quiet. In this harem, I really don't want to stay for a moment. ”

Since An Xiaowan left the cold palace, Hanyu told An Xiaowan about Emperor Yong'an's whereabouts every day. An Xiaowan really loves Emperor Yong'an, at this time, listening to Emperor Yong'an's beauty every day, how can she not feel pain in her heart, and how can she not have a trace of complaint when she comes out of the cold palace.

"That's not going to happen." Lingxi put the red plum blossom in full bloom in his hand on the carved low table, and said with a smile, "The one who can say a few words to me in this harem is you except Concubine Yu." Now that Concubine Yu is pregnant with a dragon heir, I can't easily see it. I'm so selfish, I can't do it if I pull you out to accompany me. ”

Taking out the two lilies in the white jade vase and turning around and handing them to the lotus leaf, Lingxi smiled, "You guys go outside and get busy, I'll have a few words with Concubine Wan." ”

Lotus Ye took the lily and retreated behind Han Yufu.

Inserting the red plum into the white jade plum bottle, after making a slight adjustment, Lingxi smiled at An Xiaowan, who was speechless, and said, "Xiaowan, you see how beautiful this red plum is." This is the red plum in the Luomei Xuan of Yongshou Palace, and it is the most beautiful variety. Although there are also in Weiyang Palace, they are late plums, and the flowers are smaller than this. The red plum in Weiyang Palace is a yellow stamen, not like this, this is a tender green, it is really beautiful. In previous years, when the Empress Dowager was not in the palace, I would always go to the Luomei Pavilion and secretly fold two branches. This year, I thought that I couldn't see it, but I didn't think that the Empress Dowager and her old man would remember that I like red plums, and she actually ordered someone to send a lot of them......"

An Xiaowan raised her head, looked at the green and red plums, and raised her thin right hand to touch it. It seems that because the red plum is too good-looking, An Xiaowan's expressionless face finally showed a smile.

"I knew you would like it too." Lingxi handed the sleeves of the moon-white country plum blossoms stained with plum fragrance to An Xiaowan, and smiled mischievously, "You smell it, and the fragrance adds to the sleeves." ”

An Xiaowan was infected by the naughtiness on Lingxi's face, and opened Lingxi's hand back, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Your body is full of rouge, but it is not as pure as these two bouquets of red plums." ”

As she spoke, An Xiaowan put her pretty nose into Hongmei and sniffed it vigorously.

Lingxi turned back to the outside of the hall and shouted, "Lotus leaf." ”

The lotus leaf entered the hall in response, and after a blessing to the Lingxi, he said, "Niangniang, what's the matter?" ”

"Concubine Wan likes red plums, you will bring the red plums in the front hall to the Frost Pavilion like a plum bottle later, and show Concubine Wan to relieve her boredom."

Lotus Yefu responded yes and retreated.

An Xiaowan heard that Lingxi wanted to give all the red plums folded by the Empress Dowager to herself, and she didn't say anything to stop her. With a slight force in his right hand, he plucked a plum blossom that bloomed beautifully on the plum branch.

Looking at the plum blossom in her hand, the smile on An Xiaowan's face became lonely, and she raised her eyebrows without raising her head and said, "Concubine Yingniang, after a few months in the cold palace, An Xiaowan is no longer the ignorant An Xiaowan she used to be. You won't take me out of the cold palace for no reason, tell me your purpose. ”

Lingxi's beautiful eyes wandered, looking at the two small beaded flowers in the style of hibiscus on the hairpin, and said with a smile, "Don't you want to return to the emperor's side?" ”

An Xiaowan's fingers strained slightly, and the delicate plum blossoms turned into a touch of bright red flower juice, dyeing her slender white fingers red.

Seeing this, Lingxi took An Xiaowan's hand into his hand, and wiped the flower juice on An Xiaowan's hand with a brocade handkerchief, while laughing, "It's not good for you to be like this, how can you destroy flowers with your hands?" ”

"There are a hundred flowers blooming in the harem, will anyone care about a broken flower growing among the ruins?" An Xiaowan raised her head and looked directly at Lingxi's delicate face with a shallow smile.

Lingxi raised her eyes and glanced at An Xiaowan, but did not stop her movements. kept wiping An Xiaowan's hands clean, and then said softly, "Of course someone cares, otherwise the emperor will not keep pressing the holy decree to release the news that you have died." ”

Lingxi stood up, looked at the furnishings in the Frost Pavilion, and chuckled, "How difficult it is to win the heart of a person, not to mention that you have the heart of a king. Now that you have taken root in the emperor's heart, as long as you cultivate it carefully, are you still afraid that you will not be able to sprout again and bloom beautiful flowers? ”

An Xiaowan raised her hand, touched the scar on the left side of her face, and said with blank eyes, "I'm afraid, my flower will never bloom again......"

Lingxi slowly walked in front of An Xiaowan, stretched out his right hand and picked up An Xiaowan's chin. looked directly at the scar that made An Xiaowan's heart inferior, and said with a light smile, "Don't try, how do you know that you can't do it?" You listen to his news every day, and you can't help but go out to see him and see him? ”

Gently stroking the scar on An Xiaowan's face, a trace of strangeness flashed in Lingxi's eyes.

In fact, Lingxi asked Imperial Doctor Wang, so that the scars from the burns could be healed. It's just that it will be very troublesome, and one of them is to remove the scarred skin, and then use medicine to make the white skin grow back.

Imperial Physician Wang said to Lingxi very cautiously at that time, "Niangniang's body has a scar? If it is not serious, the old minister advises Niangniang not to try. Not to mention that there is no time for three or two months to heal, let's just say that the pain of cutting off the scar is also unbearable. Coupled with the medicine that was applied to the wound to make the skin grow back, it was extremely ...... itchy."

After hearing a few words, Lingxi's back hurt, and he was frightened into a cold sweat by the description of Imperial Physician Wang.

She was still thinking about whether there was a trick to remove the scar on her back that had fallen when she was an hour, and when she heard Imperial Doctor Wang say this, Lingxi felt that the scar would grow there.

Although the method of removing the scar was almost unacceptable to ordinary people, Lingxi still didn't plan to tell An Xiaowan.

What kind of thing can't a woman who is crazy about love can't do? Is there any kind of suffering that cannot be endured?

If An Xiaowan recovers her beauty and returns to Emperor Yong'an's side, where will she stand?

Lingxi's painstaking layout toppled all the people who stood in front of him, but it was not to make wedding clothes for An Xiaowan.

An Xiaowan's eyes flashed, her good-looking brows furrowed, she looked directly at Lingxi and said, "Why don't I want to, but can I really do it?" ”

Lingxi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Of course you can, it's not that he doesn't want to see you now, it's that you don't want to see him." ”

"My face, my face ......" An Xiaowan covered her face with her hands, her eyes filled with tears, and she frowned and muttered, "The harem is beautiful...... Concubine Yingniang, I'm afraid, I'm so scared......"

"What are you afraid of?" Lingxi picked up the handkerchief and wiped away the tears that slipped from the corners of An Xiaowan's eyes, and said, "I only saw that the emperor was single-minded about you, and he was looking for your people all the time looking for your news." Even though he knew that your chances of surviving the fire were slim to none, he never gave up. It's you, it's you, you've been avoiding him, not seeing him. ”

"I'm afraid that the emperor's liking for me will be wiped out because of my face." An Xiaowan's eyes closed, and she said in a trembling voice, "If that's the case, I'd rather never see him......"

Looking at An Xiaowan like this, Lingxi turned around and sat on the other side of the low table, and said softly, "Xiaowan, although I want you to return to the harem to help me, I don't force you." If you don't want to see him, I'll send you back to the cold palace, and as long as I don't fall, I'll keep you in the cold palace without worrying about food and clothing......"

An Xiaowan folded her arms and knees, curled herself up into a ball, and said, "You let me think about it." ”

Lingxi nodded, got up and walked towards the temple door.

An Xiaowan looked at Lingxi's straight back, and suddenly said in a loud voice, "I know you're using me, although I don't understand what I have for you to use, but you must be using me." In this harem, there has never been a pie-in-the-sky good thing, and no one has ever been kind to another person for no reason! ”

Lingxi's body was fixed at the screen, and after listening to An Xiaowan's words, Lingxi turned around and smiled brightly at An Xiaowan, "Shibei Sanri, you really impress me." An Xiaowan, your growth really amazes me. Lingxi slowly walked up to An Xiaowan, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Now that you know that I am using you, do you want to be used by me?" ”

"Do I have a choice?" An Xiaowan's always weak face showed a sneer, "If it weren't for you, I would have been buried in the fire of the cold palace a long time ago." If it weren't for you, I would have starved to death in the cold palace...... See, you've helped me so much, but in the end, it's because I'm still useful, and there's something in me that you can take advantage of. If it was me before, I would definitely be grateful to you and think of your good every day. But now, your kindness to me makes me chill from the bottom of my heart......"

The smile on Lingxi's face grew bigger and bigger, and she looked at An Xiaowan as if she was looking at a piece of fine jade.

Suddenly, Lingxi stretched out his hand and picked up An Xiaowan's face. She smoothed An Xiaowan's frowning brows with her slender white fingers, and gently pulled the corners of An Xiaowan's mouth......

Suddenly, a seemingly weak and helpless but innocent and innocent expression was born in the hands of Lingxi. Except for that scar, this expression is almost perfect!

She raised her eyebrows and praised An Xiaowan, who had doubts in her eyes, "Yes, that's it, it's such a face." ”

Letting go of his hands, Lingxi looked at An Xiaowan like a work of art, shook his head lightly and sighed, "Xiaowan, everything you said is not wrong, but you are wrong in saying them." Xiaowan, I'll teach you some more. In this harem, many things have been seen clearly, and they can't be explained clearly. You have to keep everything you understand in your heart, and then, with this expression, wander among the concubines and appear in front of the emperor......"

An Xiaowan raised her head, maintaining that innocent expression, and said to the spirit in front of her, "Isn't this like a mask?" ”

Lingxi nodded, with a bewitching smile on the corner of his mouth, and raised his eyebrows, "You're really getting smarter." That's right, it's a mask, a mask that can be made without the help of any tools, just with your own face. Who of the concubines in this harem can live without masks? You used to live a real life, but in the end, you ended up in a cold palace...... An Xiaowan, if you want to return to the emperor's side, then you have to bring this mask well. Simple, innocent, kind, true...... Only if you take these things with you, you won't go down the path you have walked before......"

Lingxi smiled happily, and she strode out of the hall under An Xiaowan's gaze.

Walking to the screen, Lingxi suddenly turned around, and the moon-white skirt flew up because of Lingxi's large movements.

Lingxi pointed at An Xiaowan with his hand and affirmed again, "Remember, if you want to go back, you have to bring this mask with you!" ”

An Xiaowan sat on the low kang, tilted her head, maintained the innocent expression on her face, and tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes......

At this moment, An Xiaowan used her once simple tears to pay tribute to her newly acquired mask.