When I first met her, she was nine years old and he was fourteen.

The winter days in the palace were extraordinarily long, monotonous and gloomy, and it seemed that it would never end. Especially those palaces that are not favored, the courtyard is sparse and the grass and trees are decaying, and the charcoal fire is not enough.

Tang Jieyu lingered on the sickbed, the dormitory was filled with the smell of bitter medicine, and the smell did not go away all day long if the window was not opened in winter. Zhao Zhen doesn't like her sick mother, nor does she like the smell of medicine, so she often goes out alone.

On the palace road that day, he saw Granny Zhou next to his fifth brother holding a little girl with pink jade masonry, and he couldn't help but look at it twice. Granny Zhou came over to greet him.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness." Granny Zhou patted the little girl next to her and whispered: "Say hello to Your Highness." ”

Zhao Zhen wanted to say no, but inexplicably wanted to hear the voice of this little girl, so he looked down at her.

He had never seen such a good-looking little girl.

Her skin was very white, so white that there were no blemishes at all, her pupils were black and clear, the corners of her eyes were slightly upturned, and when she wasn't smiling, she seemed to be smiling, and there was a tear mole in the corner of her eye.

She observed him curiously.

Under the urging of Granny Zhou, the little girl saluted him, and her voice was soft and sweet: "Please say hello to Your Royal Highness." ”

He couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.

It's so cute.

"Granny Zhou, who is this?" He has never cared about outsiders, but he took the initiative to ask about the identity of the little girl.

Granny Zhou replied: "This is a little girl." Recently, the Fifth Highness has been in a bad mood, and the slave wants to bring the little girl to be the playmate of the Fifth Highness. ”

The little girl held Granny Zhou's sleeve and looked at him obediently, smiling.

There are more unpopular princes in this palace, and the fifth brother who lost his mother at a young age is the most pitiful, and his mother's lingering illness is not much better than that of the fifth brother.

But he didn't have a nurse who cared so much about him.

*

Zhao Zhen didn't take that meeting to heart, but he didn't expect that half a month later, he would run into the little girl again by mistake.

In winter, it was dark early, he went out for a walk after eating to eat, the sky was already dark, the palace lights were lit up, and it was not a problem to see the feet clearly.

He rounded a corner, bumped into a soft body in his arms, and he was stunned for a moment, and heard an aggrieved "ah".

"You ......" he stared at the little girl in surprise, who was rubbing her forehead with her hand.

The little girl put her hand down, stared at him a little confused, and gradually her eyes became clearer, and she smiled: "It's you, Third Highness." ”

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows.

What an unruly girl.

Under the dim yellow light, the girl's cheeks were coated with a hazy halo, her eyes were starry, and the corners of her mouth were playfully curved.

It's really, so beautiful.

Zhao Zhen's breathing was a little sluggish.

"Third Highness, I'm lost, can you take me out?" The little girl asked him.

"Where's Granny Zhou?"

"My mother is on duty tonight, so she can't go back with me. I thought I could recognize the way to the palace, so I didn't let my mother send me. But I didn't get out for a long time. The little girl pouted aggrievedly, "But it's getting dark." ”

"Then why don't you ask the palace maids you met on the road?"

"I ......" the little girl's eyes flickered, obviously empty-hearted: "If the idlers stay in the palace after dark, they will be locked up." I always walk away from people. ”

The little girl stretched out her hand, gently pulled down his sleeve, and prayed to him pitifully: "I don't want to be confined......"

Zhao Zhen held her hand with a divine gesture, lowered his eyes and said, "Now that the palace gate has been keyed, you can't get out." But if someone finds out that you stay in the palace, you will be locked up. ”

The little girl bit her lip nervously.

Zhao Zhen smiled, this is too cute.

"I have a way to save you."

"What?"

"Follow me."

Zhao Zhen directly brought the little girl back to Cuiyun Palace.

Tang Jieyu has been ill for a long time, and the concubines are reluctant to stay in the same palace with her for fear of contracting illness, so the Cuiyun Palace where Tang Jieyu lives is isolated and far away from the concubine's bedroom. It's sparsely populated, and no one comes at night.

In fact, he could also send the little girl back to Granny Zhou's place, and the fifth brother's place was also secluded, but he couldn't say why, he didn't do that.

On the way, the little girl told him that her name was Wen Zhiluo, and both Zhiluo and Luo were vanilla.

He smiled, thinking that the name was quite worthy of her.

The little girl was at ease when she came, and she didn't think he had any bad intentions in bringing her back. He left her alone in the house and gave her time to bathe, while he went to her mother's place to talk to her.

When he went back about half an hour later, the little girl was sitting on a stool in a wide nightgown, and the clothes were his, and it was inevitable that they were a little big.

She put her clothes close to her nose and sniffed them, and said to him with a smile, "It smells good." ”

He was a little stunned, his ears suddenly turned red, and he went to take a bath with an "um" sound.

Because Tang Jieyu is not welcomed in the palace, they have always been relatively poor, and there will be no extravagant things like spices, so she praises his clothes for smelling good......

In addition to the pods taken for laundry, there should be a part of it that belongs to him?

Zhao Zhen didn't dare to think about it.

He thinks this little girl is really terrible, and she will grow up in the future.

That night, Wen Zhiluo slept in his bed, and Zhao Zhen made a bunk on the floor, and spent the night peacefully. The next day, he was very worried and asked her if she needed him to explain to Mrs. Zhou.

If their daughter doesn't return overnight, it's impossible for parents to ignore it.

Zhao Zhen also thought that if Granny Zhou made trouble with him, saying that he ruined Zhiluo's reputation, it would be okay for him to marry Zhiluo.

Thinking about it like this, he was a little happy in his heart.

It seems that marrying her was not forced by him, but his own willingness.

But Zhiluo said that he didn't need to explain, and then Grandma Zhou didn't look for him, and the matter passed. Zhao Zhen couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it later, Wen Zhiluo was only nine years old, if something really happened, Granny Zhou could see it at a glance.

He's also worried.

After this night, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but go to the fifth brother when he was hanging out, and he did see her a few times from afar. She smiled brightly beside Zhao Yan, held Zhao Yan's hand, and the two leaned intimately together.

Zhao Zhen didn't get closer, just looked at it, and his mood sank for a while.

She seemed to have forgotten about him.

How can it be so easy? He is also a prince anyway, although he is not valued, but in terms of this identity, he should also be one of the most noble people she knows.

How could she forget about him so easily?

He was a little unwilling.

*

The long winter has finally passed, the cold spring has also passed, and the palace finally ushered in a warm spring.

At noon, Wen Zhiluo was picking flowers in the back garden alone.

There was no one around, Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards her.

The little girl raised her eyes between picking flowers, and saw that he was stunned again like last time, and then laughed: "Third Highness." ”

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips, he felt that she was a little too good at forgetting.

But the lack of discipline is really consistent.

"Hmm." He agreed lightly and asked her, "What are you doing picking flowers?" ”

Wen Zhiluo said: "I think the house of the Fifth Highness is too monotonous, I want to pick some flowers to decorate it." ”

He looked at her silently.

Wen Zhiluo sensed that something was wrong, why did he keep staring at her...... The little girl blinked her eyes, suddenly understood, covered her mouth and giggled: "I remember that the house of the Third Highness is also quite monotonous, let's pick some back." ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and a wave of enthusiasm climbed up his cheeks again.

He said it, this little girl is really damning.

Obviously, I don't understand anything, and what I say doesn't have any deep meaning, but people who can hook up think about it.

Zhao Zhen clenched his fingers, thinking to himself what was the matter with being blushing by a little girl? Zhao Zhen, give me some control.

He endured it and said, "Then you can pick it for me." ”

The little girl agreed very happily: "Okay! ”

She picked left and right, picked a few plants, and some foiling grass. She handed him the flower branch in her hand, thought about it and took it back, and said very uneasily: "Forget it, I'll arrange it for you, you shouldn't be able to arrange flowers." ”

Zhao Zhen hooked his lips: "How do you know that I won't?" ”

Wen Zhiluo glanced at him, "Intuition." ”

He was really convinced.

However, he really has little interest in this kind of activity that requires aesthetic cultivation, and if he doesn't understand it, he doesn't understand it, and he thinks it's good to trick her back.

Wen Zhiluo put the flowers into their respective positions and took the scissors to trim the shears. Zhao Zhen leaned on the table and looked at the side, her eyes from the little girl's thin white fingertips, all the way to her slender wrists, and then to her serious and focused eyes, and the corners of her mouth slightly pursed.

I just didn't see the flowers.

As soon as the little girl started to do something, she was so focused that she didn't notice his gaze at all. When the picking was finished, he asked with great interest: "How is it?" ”

She looked at him expectantly, as if waiting for praise.

Zhao Zhen was stunned, hurriedly glanced at the flower, and only said two words: "Good-looking." ”

He couldn't say the delicate comments, so he could only add: "It's really good-looking." He glanced at her with a wistful look, wondering if she would be disappointed.

As a result, the little girl was very happy and said, "Really? "I didn't look interested at all.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile and nodded: "Really." Zhiluo is so powerful. He reached out and gently touched her head.

She smiled at him shyly and obediently.

In an instant, Zhao Zhen's heart melted.

The softness is incomprehensible.

"Alright, I'm leaving. His Royal Highness is still waiting for me. The little girl patted her skirt and stood up, ready to leave.

"Zhiluo." Zhao Zhen called out to her.

"That...... Do you like Zhao Yan very much? He asked as soon as his brain twitched, and regretted it when he was done.

But the words can't be taken back.

Wen Zhiluo let out an "ah", a little incomprehensible, "I like it." I like you too, you saved me. ”

Zhao Zhen's heart stopped.

Although she knew that what she said about liking was not the kind of like of men and women, it still made him confused.

This little girl is really terrible.

Dare to say anything, and when you finish speaking, you will be irresponsible, and you will be forgotten after a while.

Zhao Zhen almost laughed angrily.