Chapter 48 New Year

Strange things happen every year - this year is a little bit more special.

Great change of life.

Xiao Dong's first reaction was: "Impossible." ”

How can it be. Whether it is the prince or princess, there are people from Zongzheng Division who are born to check the records, and those nurses, palace people, and eunuchs, are they all eating dry rice for nothing? Although this person who doesn't know whether he is a princess or a prince is small, and others can't see it when he is wearing clothes, he must know if he is close to him, right?

"So I checked for a long time yesterday, the seventh princess," King An also said that he couldn't change his habits for a while: "I can't find anything when I check it, I can't find the head, at that time, everything is the final word of the Empress Dowager Shengde, and there are many things in the palace...... When he was born, there was a lot of rain, and the delivery was an old palace man in the court, and the child was only said to be a princess when he was born......"

It's easy to hide it for a while, but it's not easy to hide it for so many years.

Xiao Dong thought of the little girl who had begged her for food, and who had accompanied her through the horror of assassins on the night of Shangyuan, and replaced the bun and embroidered skirt on her head with a boy's outfit, which was unexpectedly appropriate.

The kid was never squeamish.

"That'...... What to say in the future? ”

Did the emperor admit it?

I should admit it, after all, it's my own flesh and blood. Moreover, judging from the consistent methods of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, if the Seventh Princess is not said to be a princess, most of them would have died silently in a corner of the palace.

"I just said that the seventh princess was weak since she was a child, and the senior monk instructed her to raise her as a girl and make her daughter's makeup, and now she has changed it back."

Cough...... This is often the case among the people, but now it is said that it is ...... That is, to smooth out the face, what's going on inside, everyone who should know knows.

"My cousin got involved in this too?"

"No, Shen Jing is not an ordinary clever. The sixth princess sent a eunuch to pass the word, and what he said vaguely summoned him to Ganlu Pavilion. Shen Jing found that the eunuch who came to summon was not the one who usually ran errands and passed on messages, and asked a few words, but the eunuch did not dare to say that he was ordered by the saint, and he was a little hesitant......"

"So Shen Jing didn't go?"

"Go." King An seemed to smile: "The third prince happened to be in the West Inner Garden, and Shen Jing invited him to go with him." ”

Belch......

This man really doesn't suffer.

King An didn't say the details of their meeting at that time, but said: "The sixth princess was ashamed and angry at that time, but in fact, she may not have intentionally pushed the seventh princess......" He paused again, and it seemed that it was really difficult to change the habit for a while: "When he was fished out of the water and fainted, he changed his clothes and was treated, and he found everything." ”

"Then, is the emperor angry?"

King An shook his head and suddenly smiled: "No, the emperor is just angry with the sixth princess, seven ...... Well, now it's the Five Princes, in fact, with the Five Princes, the Emperor is very happy - you know, the Emperor is thin on his knees. ”

Yes, that's too thin. The emperor originally had four sons, the eldest and the fourth died early, and after the second prince committed suicide, there was only one son in front of the emperor.

But there are definitely people who are not happy.

It is said that the queen raised the second prince like a wasted person with great difficulty, and let him rebel half-way, and finally succeeded in committing suicide. finally pulled out the thorn in the eye, but within a few days, another thorn in the flesh appeared. Of course, the seventh princess, ah no, is the fourth prince, he has been said to be a fool since he was a child, and he is much younger than the third prince...... Anyway, he can't rank anything, and the queen shouldn't have to guard against him day and night like the second prince.

As the saying goes, even the emperor can't be alone, the emperor has the help of King An, a capable and loyal younger brother, who is better than a single person. Xiao Dong felt more and more that his father could be called King An Xian, no worse than the Eight Sages King in the play, with beautiful demeanor, good learning, capable and loyal, such a is not called King Xian, so who is still worthy of it?

After a rebellion between King Jingjun and the second prince, although the emperor was still wise and martial on the surface, his cousin and his son joined forces to rebel against him, and his face was very hurt. Moreover, the wounds in the capital were not settled, and the Zhao clan was also injured, and at this time, a son suddenly appeared - even if this son was a little stupid, the emperor was very happy.

So this year's New Year is not lonely. There was one less place in front of the three princes, and one more seat in the back, and the emperor looked at it, and there was not a seedling in his crop field at all, and he was happy for a while, and drank more wine.

The hall was full of people singing the Emperor Shengming of the Taiping Song of the Prosperous Age, and even the queen forced a smile, but the six princesses had a calm face, like a dead mother.

She still wants to cry? Xiao Dong felt that it was Luo Wei who should cry the most.

Xiao Dong turned his gaze away and looked at the five princes.

The child was wearing a red satin jacket, quite festive, and his face was still a little pale, I don't know if it was the sequelae of falling into the water. A face looked pink and jade, and sat there obediently motionless. Most of the people in the palace were quietly looking at the fifth prince who suddenly changed from a woman to a man.

Another little county lord, Zhao Yuan, came over and whispered, "Sister Xiaodong, look at the sixth princess." ”

Xiao Dong turned his head a little puzzled, and the sixth princess not only had red circles in her eyes, but also her face was red, and she looked like she had drunk too much wine. The palace people next to her hurriedly hugged her and left. The fifth princess saw Xiao Dong and them, and raised her glass to this side.

It's really a few joys and a few sorrows.

Xiao Dong felt that she didn't like the capital at all - in fact, she didn't like the palace.

Although there is a queen mother who treats her very well in the palace, there are also queens who treat her Pili Qiuyang, the Ming Guifei sisters whose intentions are unknown, Song Jieyu who cuts tofu on both sides, and many, many women.

It was snowing again, fluttering and sprinkling, and the palaces were silent in the snowy night, as if they were asleep together. When the fireworks rise into the sky, the night sky instantly blooms with brilliant fireworks, brilliant gold and thousands of weather.

Everyone got up and left their seats to watch the fireworks, and the palace people also took Xiaodong's cloak to put on her. Xiao Dong stood next to the pillar and refused to go out, and the shadow left by the experience of Shangyuan Night may not be erased for the rest of her life.

Suddenly, her sleeves were pulled twice, Xiao Dong turned her head to look, and the fifth prince stood beside her, turned his face up, and shouted softly: "Sister." ”

Xiao Dong almost suspected that he was hallucinating.

"Sister."

It's not an auditory hallucination, the fifth prince shouted again.

The fifth prince stuffed something into Xiao Dong's hand and followed the palace people.

Xiao Dong raised his hand and saw that it was a small gold ingot, tied with colored rope and silk spikes, very cute, but it was also a very ordinary thing.

During the New Year, you can always collect a lot of gold and silver, ingots, fish, grains, and flowers, which add up to a lot of private money.

But this was the first time she had gotten such a thing from someone younger than herself.

She smiled, tied the little ingots to the placket button, took two steps forward, helped the Empress Dowager Shengci, and looked out together.

Outside, a huge firework exploded in the air, and golden, purple, and red light fell like a rain of light, reflecting the entire palace.

After all, the Empress Dowager Shengci was old, and after letting go of the fireworks, she retired from the table, and dispersed Xiao Dong and King An went out of the palace and returned to the house together. Many carriages stopped there and invariably let them go first. Many people in the distance are setting off firecrackers, and the sound is loud in the night.

Xiao Dong lifted the curtain and looked out, and the snow flakes were getting bigger and bigger, like goose feathers and catkins.

"I don't know what my brother is doing now."

King An didn't answer, Xiao Dong turned his head and saw that King An had probably drunk wine and was already asleep against the wall of the car.

Xiao Dong covered the cloak for King An, and softly instructed the charioteer: "Walk steadily." ”

Hu Shi led people to greet them at the door with lanterns, and a layer of snow had fallen on the umbrella, which showed that they had been waiting for a while. Xiao Dong held her hand, fortunately it was not cold.

"It's so cold, my mother doesn't have to come out to greet me."

Hot water and hot soup were prepared in the house, Hongfu took off the hairpin ring for her and combed her hair, Xiaodong washed her face, applied milk fat on her face and hands, and just put the tent to sleep, she heard two rings on the window.

Xiao Dong thought it was the wind at first.

But how could the wind sound be so regular, Gegege sounded three more times.

Could it be that the plum blossoms have gone outside? No, no, this lazy cat is going to drill wherever it is warm, and no one will want to drive it away from the smoke cage in winter. It's so cold and snowing, so it won't go out.

Could it be Qin Lie?

It's such a cold day......

Xiao Dong opened the tent, the candlelight in the house was dim, although the window was latched, it was opened from the outside, Qin Lie really pushed open the window and jumped into the house, bringing in a cold air.

Xiao Dong hurriedly sat up in his clothes, lowered his voice and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Qin Lie smiled and walked over: "I want to give you a New Year's greeting earlier." It's past the first day of the new year. ”

Xiao Dong smiled: "You are ...... You stand outside, I'll be fine. ”

At this time, the customs of the capital, relatives and friends will greet each other on the first day of the new year, and often some people stay up all night to keep the New Year, and they don't sleep, and go out early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings. But Qin Lie is also ...... It's a little too early!

However, Qin Lie has no home in the capital, so it doesn't matter what happens in normal times, but the Chinese New Year is the time when all families are reunited, and he is alone, even if he is in charge with those guys, there must be no reunion atmosphere.

Xiao Dong wore a small jacket nightdress, bunched his hair at random, poured tea from the tea house and handed it to Qin Lie: "Drink a cup of tea to warm up." You really shouldn't have come today, it's snowing outside, and your footprints are left on the ground, and people will see them. ”

"It's okay, I'll just sit and leave, the snow is falling heavily, and it won't be long before I cover the footprints."

"That's just as well."

"What's delicious at the palace banquet?"

"What's there," Xiao Dong said with a smile: "Every year, the dishes are stewed badly, and the soup is half cold." But there's a dish of roasted venison that's not bad. By the way, what did you eat at night? ”

"I drank some wine with them, I didn't eat much food, do you still have snacks? Take some out and give me a pad. ”

Xiao Dong came out with a box, which contained small snacks such as pink cake and preserved fruit and crispy pork, Qin Lie was not polite to her, so he ate most of the box of dim sum with tea, and also took out a small brocade bag from his arms: "Oh, this is New Year's money." ”

Xiao Dong couldn't cry and laughed, and took it.

"Okay, you go to bed early, I'm leaving."

"You...... That's it? ”

Qin Lie stood up and put on his cloak, stretched out his hand to rub Xiao Dong's hair: "Don't be reluctant, I will come to pay New Year's greetings in less than two hours, and I'll see you then." ”

Xiao Dong glanced at him: "Who can't bear you." ”

"I'll go out and you'll put the latch on again, but don't forget."

Xiao Dong answered, and Qin Lie jumped out of the window and left.

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It's snowing...... It's cold