In the past, when she was at home, Su Ying liked the New Year, although it was not as lively and fun as at home after entering the palace, but in addition to eating and feasting and receiving gifts, she could barely be regarded as leisurely, but this year is very different.

She has a lot of things to do every day, and the more she does it, the more worried she is that she can't do it well, although she has the help of Duan Niang and the court order, but just remembering this set of red tape has taken her a lot of effort, not to mention the more affairs that follow.

Which palaces should give what rewards, which princes have married wives, which princes have crowns, everyone's rewards are different, and they must follow the etiquette and carefully select. There are also those princesses who are married, she can't even tell who is the aunt and sister of the first emperor and who is Pei Zhao's aunt and sister, but she has to start preparing the courtyard for them to live in Guining, who wants to be closer to her, who wants to be farther away from her, who can't be on the same road with whom, all of them are particular. The most bitter thing is the stack of stacked account books, because by the end of the year, the daily use of each palace and each hall is listed in detail for her to see, just the seal of the phoenix is covered with sour hands, Duan Niang also took back a large bundle of old books from the court bureau and forced her to read it every day, which densely remembered some of the previous years of the New Year, how the queen mother at that time was capable, how virtuous, how well to handle a dry business, she simply wanted to cry without tears, Duan Niang also coaxed her to say: "If the queen mother feels that it is difficult to deal with palace affairs, just look at how the ancestors did, It's okay to cramm. ”

She said wistfully: "But there is still more than a month to go before the New Year, my Buddha's feet are too late, will I be kicked by the Buddha?" ”

Duan Niang still had a straight face, but Su Ying knew that she couldn't help laughing, so she pulled the corner of her clothes: "Duan Niang, I know that you are a good person, you can help me deal with some things, and the Buddha of Mojiao really came to kick me." ”

"Amitabha!" Duan Niang clasped her palms together: "Don't you dare to snub the Buddha so much!" Although she said this, she couldn't help but laugh, divided the stacked ledgers on the case into two piles, and picked up one of them to look at it carefully.

Even with Duanniang's help, she still worked hard for many days. I can't even open my eyes when I'm grooming. After many busy days, I finally got ready when there were still seven days before the Yuanchen ceremony. For more than two months, she didn't even step out of the door of Changle Palace, she was really stuffy, it was easy to get free, and she didn't care about the cold, so she was going out to play with a big coat, but Duanniang grabbed her: "It's snowing outside." ”

She poked her head out to see that the sky was a little dark, and the sky was boundless, with snow beads the size of grains of rice falling. In a few moments, the surrounding houses seemed to be shrouded in a layer of white veil. Snow fell on a few pine trees at the entrance of the temple, and they were green and white, as if someone had sprinkled catkins on them.

It's even more fun when it's snowing. Su Ying was about to run out again, but Duan Niang hurriedly coaxed her and said, "The snow outside has not stopped, it is better to wait for the night, and it will be interesting when the snow is thick tomorrow." ”

She felt that it was very reasonable, but it was boring to stay in the palace alone, so she had to ask Wu and Sun to come over and fight Shuanglu. She had just buried several taro in the charcoal pot of the smoked cage, and when Shuanglu had beaten enough, the taro was also fully cooked. She didn't care about burning her hands, she peeled the skin while blowing, and just took a bite, she suddenly heard Wu Yuehua ask her: "I wonder if Your Majesty has come to visit the Queen Mother recently?" ”

She was busy nibbling on taro, and said "no" vaguely, seeing Wu Yuehua's gloomy expression, she asked, "Didn't he go to your palace?" ”

Wu Yuehua said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs......"

Busy with state affairs? Yes, she hasn't seen Pei Zhao much since she came back from Kunlun Garden, and when the year comes, even she has a lot of affairs to do, so Pei Zhao must be even busier. However, no matter how busy she is, she still has to eat, she looked at the snow outside that was getting heavier and heavier, and suddenly became interested, and said, "Why don't I teach someone to invite him over, let's have dinner and eat a warm pot together, okay?" ”

Sun Miaoyi applauded when she heard this, and Wu Yuehua stood aside and glanced at Sun Miaoyi with a smile. Duan Niang whispered in her ear: "If the Queen Mother wants to give a banquet, she must first issue an order to the court, and the court will order ......" Her ears were calloused, interrupting Duan Niang and said: "Okay, okay, it's just a warm pot, where is the banquet?" Seeing what Duan Niang wanted to say, she tugged at the corner of her clothes with a bitter face: "I'm going to enter the palace in two days, Duan Niang, you know how greedy I am, let me have a good meal!" Duan Niang couldn't help laughing, looked at her with disgust, and led Gong'e down to Zhang Luo.

Pei Zhao really came at dinner, and Tong He, who followed behind him, was still holding a tray covered with bright yellow silk, Su Ying greeted him excitedly and asked, "What is this?" ”

Pei Zhao said with a smile: "Aren't you going to eat a warm pot?" I brought a jar of pine mash. ”

Pine mash wine is her favorite wine, and Pei Zhao really understands her mind. As the saying goes, "throw it into papaya, repay it with Qiong Yao", of course she can't drink Pei Zhao's wine in vain. So after Pei Zhao sat down, she carefully peeled a taro and handed it to him: "You try this, it's delicious!" ”

Pei Zhao looked at the pile of taro scalp on the case, and seemed to be a little incredulous: "These are you...... What did the three of you eat? ”

She coughed embarrassedly: "I eat more, it's cold, it's better to eat more to survive the winter, hehehehe." ”

As he spoke, the palace people had already set up the table, the gilded small furnace was burning silver charcoal, there was no trace of fireworks, there was a copper pot on it, the soup was boiling, the aroma was overflowing, there were sixteen large and small dishes around, four fresh and four dried eight kinds of fruits, she saw that there were icing peach strips she liked, so she found a nearby seat to sit down, and beckoned: "You sit down quickly." ”

Pei Zhao smiled slightly, and sat down next to her, but Wu Yuehua took the silver chopsticks to make vegetables for them, Su Ying got up and pressed her to the chair: "Sit down, sit down." ”

Wu Yuehua still has to resign: "The concubines don't dare to ......"

Pei Zhao said leisurely: "Since the Queen Mother has ordered, you can sit down." ”

Since Pei Zhao opened his mouth, Wu Yuehua had no choice but to sit down. The four of them surrounded the table, which was very lively, and she said happily: "That's right, eat a warm pot, it's interesting to sit together and make dishes for yourself." ”

Pei Zhao paused when he heard this, but he still took the vegetables and put them in the pot, and the mutton flew as thin as a cicada's wings, and it was cooked after a light blanch. He picked up the mutton and dipped it in the ingredients and put it on Su Ming's plate, leaning on the back of the chair leisurely, Su Ying also gave him vegetables, and said with a smile: "You have to eat a bite first, so they dare to eat it." ”

He smiled slightly, listened to her words, took a bite of food, and said with a smile: "You will enjoy it." ”

It's about that he is used to being cold, the two of them have never seen him so happy, and gradually let go of their restraints, eating wine and food, so lively, Gong E brought up the warm pine mash wine, Su Ying couldn't wait to take a sip, the entrance was sweet and thick, like sugar water. At this time, the hall was hot, she ate a few more glasses of wine, her lips were bright and dripping, as if she had been coated with swallow fat, and her cheeks were also a little red, Pei Zhao gave her a basket of vegetables, looked at her a little stunned, and clenched the wine cup in her hand.

Wu Yuehua got up at this time and saluted, saluted a glass of wine, and said: "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have a deep love for mother and son, which is really a model of my great humanity, the concubines respect Your Majesty, respect the Queen Mother, may Your Majesty be blessed for a long time, and the Queen Mother will be happy forever." ”

Mother and son have a deep affection, a model of humanity? His expression was cold, and he glanced at Wu Yuehua lightly, but did not speak. When Su Ying heard this, for some reason there were many sour emotions in her heart. After returning from Kunlun Yuan, this kind of emotion came up from time to time, and he was sad inexplicably, and he was tormented. She saw Wu Yuehua standing in place awkwardly holding the wine, about very at a loss, so she cheered up and raised the wine cup to her, and sent it to her mouth at will, but she didn't know the taste of food, and the taste was the same as chewing wax.

It was already early hours when they finished dinner, and Wu Sun and the others saw that Su Ying was not interested, so they retired early. She actually ate a little too much, only felt that her stomach was swollen severely, so she put on a big red feather satin and went out for a walk to eat, Pei Zhao also slowed down to walk with her, probably seeing that she was unhappy, wanted to comfort her, and said softly: "After Chinese New Year's Eve, there is a lantern temple fair outside the palace on Shangyuan Night, when the time comes, I will take you out for the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, okay?" ”

If these words had been put in the past, she would have agreed with joy, but unfortunately it was only in the past, I don't know when she started, her heart was always empty and lost, and she couldn't lift her spirit at all. She glanced at the palace people who were far behind, and suddenly remembered that on the day of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, royal lanterns would be placed in front of the Xuande Building, and a large terrace would be built for the servants to juggle. At that time, the king will be present with the people and worshiped by all the people, so as to "rejoice with the people" and give the people an opportunity to see the heavens.

Although it is said that "stand high and see far", but the Lantern Festival was originally meant to be watched nearby, he stood there and couldn't see or say anything, and he had to blow a cold wind boringly, where would he have time to go out with her.

Pei Zhao seemed to see her thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay for us to go back to the palace after watching the lanterns." ”

Su Jin's eyes were inexplicably sour, and her heart swelled up in a hurry for no reason, Pei Zhao was too good to her, so good that she taught her to get carried away, and gradually couldn't hold her heart. He shouldn't have been so nice to her at all.

Pei Zhao saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and was about to ask, but she had already spoken: "It's too late, I'm going back to the palace." Without waiting for him to speak, he hurriedly said: "You don't have to send me, and I will go back to rest earlier." The palace people in her palace came forward to salute and helped her to walk back slowly.

The moonlight was cold, the snow was desolate, and it seemed that only a touch of fiery red was left on her clothes, burning scorchingly, like the blood of his heart. Watching her back fade away in the moonlight, he wanted to call her name, he had had many such dreams, but none of them came true.

"Ahh

He finally got what he wanted, but she was too far away to hear.