It was about Pei Zhao's birthday gift that really taught people's hearts, Su Jin's spirit has been much better these days, but no matter how good her spirit is, she can't resist the fatigue of getting better day by day, she is more and more scared in her heart, but she is afraid but she doesn't want Pei Zhao to know. She was afraid that she would never wake up again as soon as she fell asleep, and she wanted to say something to Pei Zhao:

"If I'm sleeping too deeply, you must remember to wake me up."

It's just that this sentence has been hovering in her heart for a long time, but she has never been able to say it. But Pei Zhao was so smart that he didn't even wait for Su Ying to come up with a euphemistic and proper statement, so he whispered in her ear every night as she thought:

"Ah, wake up."

Her mind was confused, but her heart was not confused, it was only when she realized that every time she woke up, Pei Zhao put her arm around her, but she was actually trembling slightly, and she realized that she was not alone in being afraid, Pei Zhao was also afraid.

Su Ying leaned on Pei Zhao's arms, listening to him coaxing himself to sleep in his ear, and felt very sad. She thought that it would be great if Pei Zhao didn't have to be so frightened for her, and if she could live to see the congratulatory gift Pei Zhao gave her after her birthday, it would be great.

If she didn't have to leave so early, it would be nice if she could spend more time with Pei Zhao.

When there were still three days before Su Ming's birthday, Pei Ming came back from Zishantang, in the past, his mother always said that the little doll grows fast, and it is a look in one day, in her impression, several nephews have always been tall and big, and there has been no change, and this time when she saw Ah Ming, she knew that what her mother said made sense, rubbed Pei Ming's head, and said with a smile:

"Ah Ming has grown taller."

He has grown taller, but his temperament has not changed at all, Pei Ming rubbed Su Ming's palm with the top of his head, looked at Pei Zhao, and then looked at her, a pair of wet eyes, really like a small animal:

"Am I going to be as tall as my brother?"

Well, of course she had to nod resolutely at such a question: "Definitely, but you just need to grow tall vertically, as for the horizontal ...... Don't think about it for now. ”

Pei Ming nodded as if he didn't understand, rubbed his round belly, and finally made up his mind: "Then I won't go back and teach Xiao Huangmen to buy me snacks to eat, and wait for the next time I go back to the palace to let the imperial sister-in-law see a weak me!" ”

"It's not necessary to ...... if you are weak," Su Ying reacted, and rubbed Pei Ming's cheek vigorously: "You actually steal food!" You...... What did you eat, and did it taste good? ”

Pei Zhaoben sat quietly and watched them fight, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth when he heard her say this, but Ah Ming was very righteous and swore to her:

"There is a small alley to the west of Zishantang, and the sour plum cakes sold in it are delicious, and I will definitely bring them back for the imperial sister-in-law to try next time I go back to the palace!"

She didn't know if she could wait until next time, but she still squeezed out a smile: "The one who doesn't talk is a puppy." ”

With Ah Ming here, the past three days have passed faster than usual. When he returned to Chaoyang Hall at night, it was already three o'clock, and while Pei Zhao was still outside listening to the court order to announce tomorrow's ceremony, Su Ying sat down in front of the mirror and whispered to Duan Niang: "Help me comb my hair in a beautiful bun." ”

Duan Niang saw that she looked very tired, and wanted to remove the hairpin ring for her as soon as possible, so as to teach her to rest earlier, but she was stunned when she said this:

"Mother, it's late, this ......"

"I know very late, but I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to dress up in the future, so Duanniang, you better help me dress up."

Duan Niang's eyes were sour when she heard this, and she said in a low voice: "Niangniang is laughing again, tomorrow is Niangniang's birthday, how can there be a birthday star like you who is not easy to rest and rest." ”

Su Ying smiled, opened the makeup by herself, and frowned in distress like all the girls in the world who love beauty:

"With so much jewelry, which one do you think I look good with?"

Duan Niang held back her tears, picked up the jade comb and slowly took care of her hair, but she listened to Su Ying coldly ask:

"My hair is not falling out a lot, I ...... Didn't become bald, did you? ”

Duanniang was shocked, and hurriedly hid the fallen hair in her sleeves quietly, and said softly: "How come? Niangniang's hair is thick and dense, and she can't hold a hairpin. It's just that the mother has never liked too gorgeous hairpin rings, otherwise the slave maid combs a moon bun for you, lined with a whole pair of gold and rubbies of the step, I don't know how beautiful it will be! ”

Su Ying couldn't help but reach out and touch the top of her head, then she relaxed slightly, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't I sit here obediently now and let you help me comb my bun?" Hmm, how beautiful is that moon bun you said, just comb that. ”

Duan Niang couldn't resist her in the end, sighed, and really helped her comb it up, while curling her hair, she didn't forget to nag: "After tomorrow, Niangniang will be nineteen years old, but you can't be as naughty as before, the slave maid specially ordered someone to find out the "Female Analects" that Niangniang had copied in the past a few days ago, Niangniang might as well ...... it."

From the day Su Ying entered the palace to now, five birthdays have passed, every birthday, Duan Niang will comb her hair like this, and then chatter a lot of words, and when she is impatient to listen, she will tell her how fun the birthday banquet will be like a little doll, and hear her say this tonight, but let Su Ying have a delusion, as if everything has not changed, tomorrow she will have a happiest birthday, and then it will go on for a long time.

Duanniang's comb of this moon bun must look very good, otherwise it wouldn't be so complicated, it took so long to comb before it began to take shape, Su Ying looked at herself in the mirror for a while, and asked Duanniang:

"Is it pretty?"

Duan Niang said with a smile: "Of course it looks good." ”

She was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "It's better not to dress up." ”

Duan Niang was stunned, didn't say anything, put down her hair briskly, and just at this time Pei Zhao also walked in, and saw her sitting in front of the mirror in a daze, so she said softly:

"How are you sitting here?"

She looked up and smiled at him, and replied, "It's a little cold." ”

Pei Zhao frowned, picked her up horizontally and put her on the bed, turned slightly sideways, held a pair of cold bare feet in his arms, and said in a low voice: "I'll let them burn the earth dragon." ”

She shook her head and smiled, "That's fine." ”

On this midsummer night, she was only wearing bedclothes, with her hair scattered and her feet barefoot, which was about the last appearance she left for Pei Zhao, which was not good-looking, but it taught her to feel at ease. In the past, she once had a very selfish thought, when she was about to die, she must dress up beautifully, so that Pei Zhao would never forget her, but just now, she couldn't help but think, if Pei Zhao really couldn't forget her and lived in pain all the time, what should she do?

Su Ying quietly lay in Pei Zhao's arms and said softly: "I want you to promise me one thing, is it okay?" ”

Pei Zhao stroked her hair and said with a smile: "Okay." ”

Su Ying raised his head slightly, and looked at him with bright eyes: "Tomorrow, you must go to the court." ”

Pei Zhao's expression froze slightly, and after a while, Fang said in a low voice: "Okay." ”

She has always been a person who has to make inches, and Pei Zhao tonight is so good at talking, of course she can't miss this opportunity: "Then you have to promise me that you will go to court every day in the future, but you are not allowed to read the excerpts endlessly." Well, I like the swing next to the pool, so I might as well lend it to you, and when it snows in winter, you should remember to help me build a big snowman......

She said a lot of words, but in the end, she only turned into a sigh: "Pei Zhao, you have to promise me that every day in the future, you will live happily." ”

There was a sharp pain surging out of his chest, Pei Zhao's hand trembled slightly, and he still replied in a low voice:

"Okay."

It was about this word "good" that made Su Ying feel at ease, she snuggled into his arms again, and said with a smile: "That's okay, if you don't talk about it, you're a puppy!" Well, a person of your age, it seems that a puppy is not lethal, so a big dog is fine! ”

In the past, when she laughed like this, Pei Zhao would laugh too, and today is the same, he bent the corners of his mouth, but his voice still had a hint of obscurity: "Ah Jin, tomorrow is your birthday, do you want to know, what do I want to give you?" ”

Su Ying shook her head, her eyes brightened: "It's better to see the birthday gift at the end, and when we meet again, I want you to show it to me in person." ”

As she said this, the night wind blew in through the window, lifting the veil that dragged the ground beside the bed, and he slowly hugged her tighter, and to this day, the two of them finally opened the deepest wound frankly, both of them had the same pain, and it was about a long time, but he was reluctant to see her sad, and said in a low voice:

"Ah Ming, even if heaven and man are separated, you and I will not be separated."

"I know."

She leaned on his arms, and there was some hope in her eyes: "I heard that that place is actually very similar to the world. I'm not going to drink Meng Po soup, I'm going to be waiting for you, and of course, I'm going to do something else while I'm waiting for you. Hmm, you said I want to take the female champion or something, in this case, when you come, there will be a big mansion for you to live in, and you will have a sedan chair to sit in when you go out. Or maybe I don't enter the profession and go to open an embroidery workshop to embroider and make clothes, what do you think?

Of course Pei Zhao didn't agree: "Who else do you want to make clothes for?" ”

As soon as she thought about it, ordinary people couldn't appreciate her amazing female celebrity, so she decisively gave up this plan, and told him another beautiful scene with great interest:

"I'll just be an emperor, so that I don't have to worry about any disciples coming to bother me, I'll wait for you to come, but what should I do with you at that time?" She pondered for a while, and finally her eyes lit up: "Either I'll give you the throne when the time comes, or you will be the emperor, so that I can be as happy as before, hehehehe." ”

Pei Zhao nodded with a smile and said: "That's fine, then I'll wait for my Ah Ying to lay a piece of the country for me, and I will pick up a ready-made throne to sit on." ”

Fighting the country or something, the difficulty coefficient seems to be a little high, she coughed dryly, and whispered: "Actually, it's good to be a common person......"

Seeing Pei Zhao's eyes full of smiles, she hurriedly added: "You probably don't know, those emperors and princes in the book have the same wish in the end, that is, to be a common man and return to the countryside, don't you think this seems very otherworldly?" ”

She never told Pei Zhao, in fact, a long time ago, when she spent day after day of loneliness in Hanyuan Hall alone, she also thought that if she didn't become a queen, she didn't be the daughter of the prime minister's unique personality, just an ordinary girl. But later, with him, as long as he is there, whether it is in this prosperous and cold Daming Palace, or in the lively and comfortable Suzaku Lane, it is the same good time.

A pair of red candles burned for a long time and gradually dimmed, Pei Zhao reached out and picked up a hairpin from the desk next to the bed to turn the candle on, and said softly in Su Jin's ear: "Actually, you don't have to worry, you just wait for me obediently, when I come, I will help you with whatever you want to do, do you say okay, Ah Ming?" ”

This is a good way, she nodded approvingly, and buried her face in Pei Zhao's arms: "When the time comes, I will be very good to you, hundreds of times better than now." ”

Pei Zhao hugged her tighter and said softly, "Okay, I'll always remember it." ”

If stepping on Huangquan Road after death is a new beginning, then she hopes that Pei Zhao can live a peaceful and happy life from the beginning. She rubbed her increasingly heavy eyes and said with a smile, "Shall I sing a tune to you?" Don't you really like to hear me sing that nursery rhyme? ”

Pei Zhao didn't speak, just looked at her gently, and Su Ying leaned into his arms and sang softly:

"The moonlight shines all over the hall, and the osmanthus grows all over the fence wall. The little girl, dressed in red, with plum blossom makeup on her forehead, crying, laughing, laughing and eating honey......"

The light veil of the veil enclosed the bed tightly, like a heaven and earth that belonged only to them, and like a cave that night, and that was the first time he had heard a song belonging to a child, and he thought that it would be the last.

The candlelight in the hall dimmed again, and her voice grew fainter, and she didn't know when it would stop. Pei Zhao clenched Su Ying's cold hand, there seemed to be wind blowing outside the window again, she was so afraid of the cold now, she couldn't even stand the wind at night, in winter, he had to remember to tell Ye Ting to think of a good way, not only to make her feel cold, but also to build a snowman to play.

The sand in the dripping leak finally stopped, and the sunlight shone through the veil, dyeing her peaceful sleeping face with a faint golden light, which was incomparably beautiful. He kissed her face gently, such a familiar brow, reminded him of the first time he saw her, he plucked the paper kite from the tree and handed it to her, and the golden sunlight shone on her smile, which was brighter than the flowers of the tree.

As soon as the day dawned, it was a new day, Pei Zhao looked at Su Ying in his arms with a smile, and said in a low voice:

"Ah Jin, today is your birthday."