The candlestick of Ciyuan Hall is built high, and it is lonely. Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, and Jingshu jumped big. Raising his eyes, he knew that Zhao Zhen slammed the book in his hand on the mahogany case.

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips, his face was tense and his face was colorless.

Jing Shu has never seen Zhao Zhen angry, and she hasn't even seen him rush with anyone, Su Rili always looks gentle and smiling, but the emperor is the emperor after all, and a frown can make the people around him frightened.

The palace people who were waiting in the hall knelt down one after another, lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes, and held their breath.

Zhao Zhen thought for a long time, and asked Zhou Huaizheng to put away the handkerchief and Shuzhen, "This matter involves the imperial guards, and I will deal with it when I find out." When Jingshu heard this, she knew what it meant, so she didn't dare to say more, and said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Zhao Zhen got up, "It's the next year now, the queen is working, I won't bother you." After finishing speaking, he walked outside the hall and said, "I still have something to deal with, and I will come to see you another day." ”

Jingshu didn't dare to stay, so she personally helped Zhao Zhen straighten her robe, cut her hair crown, and sent her to the outside of the palace.

The night was snowy and the sky was as black as ink. The north wind was howling, and Jingshu stood under the porch, watching the goose feathers and snow fall one after another under the dim light, and her heart was confused.

Ruoli comforted: "Niangniang, it's cold, be careful of catching a cold, it's better to go to bed early." ”

Jing Shu said in frustration: "It's so cold, he even wants to go back." ”

He, naturally, refers to Zhao Zhen.

She stretched out her hand, and let the snow fall into her palm, melt the water, and drip cold to the bone. Ruoli took the pomegranate red peacock pattern fox fur cloak from the hands of the little palace maid, wrapped it around Jing Shu, and said softly: "The queen mother is seriously ill, and she is still in the official family, ignoring court affairs. The official family has just been in power, so it is natural that the court affairs are busy. It's normal to think about things and deal with them back and forth for a while. ”

Jingshu turned around slowly, with tears in her eyes and a slight frown, which made people see pity. She moved the lotus lightly to the hall, and sighed: "I don't know when this day will be a ......" Before the words were finished, she was interrupted by Ruoli's boos, and said in a lower voice: "The queen is the mother of the country, and the subjects love her, how can she say such a depressing word." ”

Jingshu smiled bitterly, listened to the sound of snow, and stepped into the inner hall.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Funing Palace, Zhao Zhen ordered the person carrying the sedan chair to stop and said that he was about to get off the sedan chair. Zhou Huaizheng followed all the way, and he was always worried in his heart. Seeing that the official family was standing in the snow, he couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly took a finch gold fur to serve Zhao Zhen and put it on, put on a snow hat, and surrounded the big sable wind collar, "Where do the officials want to go?" ”

Zhao Zhen took a breath of cold air and said lightly: "Just you and Su Hehe, the others still return to the hall, and they must not be publicized." Zhou Huaizheng saw that Zhao Zhen's face was not as usual, and he didn't dare to stop it, so he hurriedly ordered everyone to be dispatched, and he carried the Siyang Square Horn Palace lamp, followed Zhao Zhen's side, and asked cautiously: "Official, where are you going?" ”

Zhao Zhen was impatient and reprimanded: "Shut up! Zhou Huaizheng was so frightened that he didn't dare to say more.

Because it was getting late, when I arrived at Cuiwei Pavilion, there were two little attendants who were joking and turned off the lights and locked them. Seeing three people coming in the snow, because most of the palace lights had been extinguished, and the wind and snow were dense, I couldn't see who was coming.

The little chamberlain was shivering with cold, just wanted to finish his work quickly and go into the bed, and when he saw someone coming, he thought it was the palace man who came back from duty, and he didn't take a closer look, so he shouted through the wind and snow: "Which department is it?" On such a snowy day, Shang Gong didn't even let people go down earlier. After a pause, he said, "Go back to the house quickly, and when the night lights are out, the road will be difficult to walk." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard it, he froze in place, and he didn't react yet. Zhou Huaizheng reprimanded repeatedly: "Little rabbit cub, I don't look at who it is, just shout, don't you die?" ”

The two little chamberlains heard Zhou Huaizheng's voice, hurriedly stopped the work in their hands, and greeted them with a smile, only then did they see that it was the official family, and they were scared half to death, and they didn't care about the cold, so they knelt in the snow, and said with a trembling mouth: "The official family is blessed." ”

Zhao Zhen only said: "Get up." With that, he walked into the courtyard.

There was no earth dragon in the palace room, only a little black charcoal was divided for heating. Afraid of the cold, Moran burned the charcoal fire very strongly, and filled a dense jar with boiling hot water and put it in the quilt to keep warm. When he heard someone knocking on the door, he wanted to get out of the warm bed, so he shouted outside, "Who is it?" ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "It's me." He had been in the snow for a long time, and though he was wearing sheepskin boots, he felt that his toes were so cold that he was unconscious, and he was only pestle-like like a stick.

The partial Moran didn't hear his voice, and the wind and snow outside were mixed with human voices, and he didn't know who it was.

Moran said: "Let's talk about it tomorrow." After speaking, she listened to it for a while, and saw that no one was talking outside, thinking that people had gone away, so she wanted to nest back in the quilt with peace of mind, but she heard the door of the outhouse "creak", as if someone had pushed it open, and the cold wind poured into the door and blew into the house.

Moran didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly lifted the curtain, put on a jacket, and slammed his shoes on the lamp. was about to go to the outhouse to check, but saw someone coming towards him, and when he looked closely, it was Zhao Zhen.

Mo Lan was surprised and delighted, and immediately smiled, greeted him to help him brush off the snow flakes on his body, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Heavy snow, why are you here?" She led him to sit down beside the coals and exclaimed, "Your hands are so cold." ”

Zhao Zhen forgot what he wanted to ask for a while, but he was worried about her, frowned and asked, "In such a cold room, can you sleep at night?" ”

Mo Lan turned his back, put on his jacket, moved a stool and sat next to Zhao Zhen, covered his hand in his hand and rubbed it, and said with a smile: "It's good to get used to it, cover it with two big quilts, and then put two boiling water jars in the quilt, which is also very warm." She tilted her head and asked Zhao Zhen softly, "Are your hands warm?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and Mo Lan asked again, "Are your feet cold?" Whether you want to go to bed and sit down, I'm all warm. Before the words fell, his face turned red.

Zhao Zhen liked her shy appearance, and his heart didn't move, he clenched her hand and looked at her with a complicated expression. After a long time, he said softly: "I'll leave after a while." After a pause, his heart seemed to weigh tens of thousands of pounds, and he slowly spoke: "I have something to ask you." ”

Seeing that his expression was different from before, Moran also restrained his smile, "Rokuro said. ”

As soon as he heard her name Liulang, Zhao Zhen's heart softened a little, and saw that her eyes were like cold stars, shining under the lamp, and she couldn't say anything for a while.

He pondered for a moment, "Do you want to be my concubine?" ”

Mo Lan didn't want him to come on a snowy day, but he was just to ask about it, so he smiled first, "If you can see Liulang every day, the white head will not be separated, whether it is a concubine or a palace maid, it will be no different to me." ”

Although it was cold and snowy in the middle of winter, listening to her say such words, it was like spring blooming, and her whole body was warm. Zhao Zhen got the answer he wanted, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, took her hands and put them on his chest, and saw that her face was crimson, tender as water, and he just wanted to take her in his arms and kiss her on the forehead. I was afraid that it was too late and I couldn't hold it, so I stood up first, walked out, and said affectionately at the door: "I only hope that your heart is like my heart, and I will live up to my love." ”

When Moran heard this, even his heart was crispy.

After seven or eight days, the weather cleared and the sun poured down. The queen mother recovered from her illness and set up a family banquet in the Cining Palace, inviting the official family, the queen, Minhua and several concubines, princes, and princesses to have lunch together. Although she is young, she is not confused, she only wears an elegant light blue long gown, combs a simple palace bun, and even Zhu Hai uses a few simple jade hairpins, which looks a little calm and dignified.

After lunch, Zhao Zhen wanted to go back to Funing Hall to deal with political affairs, Yang Meiren said boldly: "I just had lunch, the official family should not be in a hurry to deal with court affairs, because my health is not good." It's better to let the concubine accompany you to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and you will return to the Funing Hall by the way, without any delay. ”

Zhao Zhen never dismissed the face of the favored concubine in front of everyone, and when he saw Yang Meiren say this, he nodded in agreement.

It is sunny behind the snow, and the sun is very comfortable on the body. The honor guard followed a hundred steps from afar, and Yang Meiren held Zhao Zhen's arm, extremely affectionate. There are also concubines who spend time in the garden, and when they see the official family coming, they don't dare to disturb, they only stand aside and bow down to say goodbye, Yang Meiren raised her eyebrows and looked at everyone, quite proud.

When she arrived in the backyard of Funing Palace, Yang Meiren suddenly pointed to the house on one side and asked, "Official, where is that?" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It's the tea department." ”

Yang Meiren was quite puzzled: "I don't know if my eyes are glazed, how did I see that a man just went in." ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "It's not like a harem here, naturally there are guards coming and going from time to time, what's so strange." ”

Chu Zifu was resting in the rest house, and suddenly there was a rumor that the lady who served the tea was looking for him to ask about something. He guessed that Mo Lan wanted to ask about Liu Congguang, and he happened to be going to inspect here, so he stopped by. Seeing that the door was open, only Moran was doing things in the house, and there was no one around, so he walked in generously.

When Mo Lan suddenly saw his son-in-law, he felt strange, and only asked, "Why did you come here?" ”

Zifu said, "Didn't you call me?" ”

Moran said, "I didn't make anyone call you. ”

Zifu wondered: "The little waiter said that the lady who served the tea department was looking for me, but I don't know anyone except you." When Moran heard his husband say this, he felt faintly uneasy, and he couldn't say what was wrong.

I heard Zifu say again: "It just so happens that I also have something to tell you, I'm afraid I can't do the thing you entrusted me." As he spoke, he took out Zifei's jade jade Guanyin statue pendant and handkerchief from his sleeve robe, "Lord Liu has been suffering from the plague and has not been well, and now he can only lie on the bed and take a few breaths with a medicine jar, and he doesn't know what is going on." ”

When Mo Lan heard this, he remembered Zifei's earnest appearance in his illness, and his heart was sour, only to feel that his legs and feet were weak and weak, his stomach was rolling, and he was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit.

Seeing that her expression was wrong, the husband hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her up, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Before the words were finished, the voice of the warbler came, and the tone was full of resentment: "What are you doing?!" ”

Following the resentful reputation, I saw Yang Meiren standing at the door, slim and elegant, with a jade face. There was a person standing behind her, that person was tall and majestic, it was Zhao Zhen.

Mo Lan's heart tightened, Zhao Zhen's guard of honor had already traveled to the eaves of the corridor, and the palace maids and attendants all stood respectfully and stood in the courtyard. She looked at Zhao Zhen, who was standing outside the door against the light, his expression was gloomy and cold as frost. Moran took a step forward in a hurry, wanting to explain a few words to him, but his stomach was sour and bloated, for fear that he would vomit as soon as he opened his mouth.

When Moran stood firm, the husband hurriedly let go of her arm, bowed down and said, "Good luck for the official family, good luck for the mother." ”

Moran's whole body was weak, his head was dizzy, and he fell to the ground. The husband was terrified, but he didn't dare to help her, he just stood quietly, just like when his father said that he was going to send her to the palace, silent, as if it was none of his business.

Only then did Zhao Zhen retreat from the palace people, walked into the house alone, and personally picked up Mo Lan and let her sit on the stool. His heart was full of anger, but he couldn't ignore her.

Zhao Zhen said softly: "What's wrong?" Do you want to call the imperial doctor to take a look? ”

Mo Lan hurriedly waved his hand, for fear of attracting criticism, and said softly: "Don't get in the way." ”

Zhao Zhen saw that the enamel beast had warm hot water with silver charcoal on the small ear stove, so he took a tea cup on the table and poured hot water for her to drink. Seeing this, Yang Meiren was secretly angry, she finally came up with this method, but the official family didn't see it. She rolled her eyes, and when she saw what object her husband was holding in her hand, she smiled softly: "What is Lord Chu holding in his hand?" But for the beauties? ”

When Zifu heard Yang Meiren say this, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "This thing is not a private gift from the minister and Mo Lan, but it is just a ......" Before the words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhao Zhen and said coldly: "Let's go out." ”

Yang Meiren was unwilling, and wanted to say something, but was glared at by Zhao Zhen. His eyes were as cold as a sword, which frightened Yang Meiren and hurriedly held her breath and bowed out.

There were only two people left in the room, and the bright red silver charcoal on the ear stove was burning, and the tiny silver ash rose into the air, gently fluttering, and sticking to the man's clothes.

Moran drank warm water, relieved himself, and muttered for a moment, already understanding what was happening in front of him. At this time, Zhao Zhen took out the jade book and handkerchief that Jingshu handed over to him that day, and threw them in front of Mo Lan, "There are a lot of things you gave him. ”

Mo Lan looked at the two things and said calmly, "What did Rokuro say about this?" ”

Zhao Zhen frowned, and said bitterly: "These two objects, aren't they sent to Chu Zifu by someone you entrusted?" If I hadn't stopped this, how would you and him be safe here? I believe in you so much and treat you with sincerity, but you rely on my love for you and tolerate you, and again and again disobey the rules of the palace and betray me. He slammed his fist on the tea table, his brow full of grief and indignation.

Moran was distressed when he saw him like this, and wanted to shake his hand, but he deliberately brushed it away. The corners of her lips trembled slightly, and she calmed down and said, "I have never seen that book town, how can I give it to it?" In addition, although I embroidered the veil, when I was in Renming Palace, I don't know how many handkerchiefs I embroidered and gave to her to use, if she really wanted to frame me, why was it difficult to find a handkerchief? The crowd is full of gold, and the bones are destroyed. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at her, saw her expression firm, and his heart was slightly calm, and he said after a long time: "Why was it just now?" ”

Seeing that this was the case, Moran couldn't hide it anymore, so he told Zifei and Congguang one by one. Zhao Zhen also happened to meet Zifei and Congguang's ambiguous posture in the Tongjian Museum, and he was quite envious of them at that time, but he didn't want to, only a few months have passed, and they have been separated from each other, and they miss each other to the core, but they are both terminally ill.

Zhao Zhen believed all of this.

Because she was Moran, he believed it.

Because he liked her, he believed.

It's just that he still can't bear it. Why does she always go to Chu Zifu, but why can't she find herself. In his heart, there is a hidden mystery, like a seed that breaks through the ground, takes root and sprouts, and grows and grows more and more lush. Zhao Zhen looked at her, as if to see through her, his palm was firmly clasped on the edge of the table, leaned over and said: "I know that you and Chu Zifu are cousins, you grew up in his family when you were young, and your mother is his father's own sister. ”

Moran didn't know what he meant, his mind was as blank as paper, "I've told you all this. ”

Zhao Zhen said coldly: "In this case, you are really childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses." Moran was stunned for a moment, and slowly realized the meaning of his words, and his heart was full of words, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

She turned her head to look at her husband, and saw him standing majestically under the porch, his thin lips pursed, and his expression worried. remembered that he was tender to himself, but he could only pay for it. The first to empathize is yourself. She already felt guilty about him, but now that Zhao Zhen asked like this, she felt even more flustered, and after a long time, she replied softly: "Yes." After a pause, he defended: "That's all from the past." ”

The thing that he had been thinking about for a long time finally had an answer, but this answer was too cruel, like a cold knife stabbed in the chest, and the pain was irrepressible. The hand seemed to have no strength, and it was soft on the edge of the table, and he said very sadly: "Although it was a previous thing, you still can't forget it now, right?" ”

Suddenly, Moran felt embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Zhao Zhen had already stood up and walked out of the hall. She whispered, "Rokuro." ”

Zhao Zhen paused, squinted at her, relentlessly, and strode out of the hall.

Walking to the bottom of the corridor, the sun has turned west.

Zhao Zhenhong said to everyone: "Today's matter ends here. If I hear in the palace that there is any further discussion of this matter, I will dig three feet into the ground and find the mouthy man, and drag him out to feed the dogs. Zhao Zhen rarely said such cruel words, let alone acted like this, his face was majestic, and everyone was so frightened that they kowtowed, and said in unison: "Yes." ”

Yang Meiren saw that the situation was so far, only to know that the status of the palace maid in the hearts of the official family, she couldn't compare, and she was resentful in her heart, but she didn't dare to attack at this time, she laughed like a summer flower, Yingying followed behind Zhao Zhen and went to Funing Palace.

So far, Zhao Zhen avoided Mo Lan day by day, and stayed at Yang Meiren and Shang Meiren all day long, or spent all night in the Funing Hall to review the chapters. Even if one day Moran brought tea, he ignored it and didn't care.

Yang Meiren is young after all, looking at this situation, she selfishly thought that the official family had begun to spit on Mo Lan, so she always thought about how to get rid of the troubles when he was weak.

However, after a few days, the sky turned cloudy again, and it rained for a few days, and then there were snow particles for a few days, and finally on this day it snowed heavily. The sky was dark all day long, and the thick dark clouds pressed on the top of the imperial city, and the wind and clouds were surging, so cold that people did not dare to go out.

Minhua wore small sheepskin boots that pinched gold and dug clouds, wrapped in a white fox fur cloak with a begonia red feather veil, and a plain white snow hat on his head. The wind and snow were strong, and she was bored with the sedan chair, so she wanted to walk, and she was shivering with cold at this time, and she did not regret it.

It was bitter for the palace people in the honor guard, but they followed the princess to the Funing Palace, but it was like marching and fighting, and it was unspeakably miserable. Not only to shelter her from the wind and snow, but also to prepare all the things that may be used in the snow, she walks slowly, and worries about whether she will catch a cold, it is simply that she does not dare to slack off even to take a breath, and she can't relax for half a minute.

When I arrived at the Funing Palace, the snow stopped, and the gray sun was faintly visible in the sky, hiding in the clouds. Minhua originally wanted to find Mo Lan to learn to make hot drinks to drink in winter, but he heard from the palace people that Mo Lan was unwell and took a leave, so he didn't force it anymore. Seeing that Zhao Zhen was worried about political affairs, he said with great interest: "Sixth brother, do you remember when we were a child in the courtyard of the East Palace snowball fight?" ”

Zhao Zhen raised his head from the recital and said warmly: "Minhua, I have something to deal with now, if you have nothing important, go back first, and I will go to the Scarlet Hall to see you another day." ”

Where is Minhua who is a person who is willing to give up, what she wants to do, whether it is coquettish and flattering, or coercion and temptation, she must definitely do it. She stretched out her hand and threw all the chapters in front of Zhao Zhen to the ground, and then took his hand and said coquettishly: "There are so many chapters, anyway, I won't be able to finish reading them for a while, so it's better to go out with me to enjoy the snow scene, and come to see it later, it's not too late." Saying that, he dragged Zhao Zhen to the courtyard outside the palace.

There is a large open space outside the Funing Palace, which is covered with snow, and only sweeps a path to the middle for people to walk. The honor guards followed a hundred steps away, leaving only Zhao Zhen and Min Hua walking in the open space in the courtyard.

Minhua was naughty and stepped on the uncleaned snow, Zhao Zhen hurriedly said: "Don't be naughty, be careful of wrestling." Minhua had already stepped on both feet, so that the snow buried all her calves, she smiled crisply, and said, "It's fun to walk in the snow...... Ah......h

Before he finished speaking, his feet slipped and he threw himself into the snow, and the whole person lay in the snow, unable to move.

Zhao Zhen was also having fun at this time, so he didn't help her, but just stood aside and leaned back and laughed. He hadn't laughed like this in a long time, and it seemed that there was nothing funny.

Minhua was lying in the snow, but fortunately the snow was very deep, so it didn't hurt. Hearing Zhao Zhen laughing, he was embarrassed and indignant, and he just wanted to stand up and reason with him. But she was so dressed that she couldn't stand up, and she rolled in the snow, and she couldn't get the point.

It was just because she was depressed that suddenly a hand fell from the sky and grabbed her wrist.

The brocade cotton shirt covered her hands, and she stood up easily with her strong arms. With her eyes downcast, she saw the vermilion leather belt around his waist, the gold and silver fish bag, the brocade ribbon, the blue jade pendant, and the enamel and diamond-encrusted knife...... When he stood firmly, he heard the man say with concern: "Princess, are you alright?" ”

Min Hua only raised his head to look at him at this time, the edges and corners were cold, and the instrument was lofty.

Her heart moved, her thoughts were chaotic, and she felt afraid. She reached out in a panic and pushed him away, hiding her sincerity, and said angrily: "Didn't you let you follow from afar?" Why is it coming again? ”

Su Jihe didn't quibble, turned around and walked a hundred steps to the side before he turned around, still looking cold.