There were several snowfalls in November, and there were tall and fat snowdrifts everywhere in Kaiping Mansion, and Su Zicheng passed on the words of Princess Ning to invite Lu Feng and Li Xiaoqi to come over the mansion to enjoy the snow.

Lu Feng was reluctant to do one hundred and twenty, but Su Zicheng passed on the invitation of Princess Ning, Lu Feng was not in tune, he never made a big gift, no matter how reluctant he was, he still dressed neatly in a proper manner, and went to Liushu Hutong to pick up Li Xiaoqi and went to King Ning's mansion together. The little girl led Su Zicheng and Lu Feng to the garden to enjoy the scenery, but Li Xiaoqi was led by the two little girls to the main courtyard where Princess Ning lived.

The main courtyard where Princess Ning lives is a little east in the middle, the pink wall and green tiles, hidden in the dead trees, there is a kind of clean and beautiful washing lead, Li Xiaoqi followed behind the little girl, along the verandah, through the hall with a huge jade screen, and through two hanging flower doors, before entering the courtyard where the princess lived, a few exquisitely dressed big girls hurriedly greeted her, smiled and greeted the salute, and surrounded Li Xiaoqi into the main house, the two girls waited diligently for Li Xiaoqi to go to the cloak, Princess Ning welcomed to the door of the east chamber, Li Xiaoqi wanted to bend his knees, looked down and saw that he was dressed in men's clothes, and he smiled and changed his head to the end. Princess Ning laughed, stretched out her hand and pulled Li Xiaoyi, and said gently: "Don't pay attention to that, come in, it's cold outside." ”

Li Xiaoqi softly let Princess Ning hold her hand, followed her into the east chamber, sat on the kang, and the girls served tea and snacks like flowing water, Princess Ning looked at the tea and snacks, turned her head to look at the girls and ordered: "Go down, let's talk quietly for a while." The big and small girls standing in the room quietly retreated, Princess Ning turned her head, looked at Li Xiaoqi carefully, and praised with a smile: "Xiaoqi is getting more and more smart." Li Xiaoqi smiled shyly, but there was a hint of vigilance in his heart, what do you mean by this? Princess Ning was softened by Li Xiaomi's shy and clean smile, and while letting Li Xiaoqi eat snacks and drink tea, she chatted with her leisurely about the shortcomings of her parents, and the two talked for a long time, the princess looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked with a smile: "How old are you this year?" ”

"Seventeen." Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile,

"I'll be eighteen after the New Year, and it's not too small, has the family matter been decided?"

"Nope!" Li Xiaoqi hung her head shyly, and her heart crossed a clue, she came to do it? To whom? Who else, who else can labor her! Whoever it is, can't let her say it!

"A girl like you, I really can't think of anyone who can be worthy, so ••••••"

"The princess has won the award, this is the princess's love for me," Li Xiaoqi gratefully intercepted Princess Ning's words and said: "The princess also knows that I am a few brothers who escaped from the pile of dead people with their lives, I was seriously injured on the way to escape, and I was unconscious for more than ten days, and several brothers carried me around to seek medical treatment, and the brothers had nothing to eat for a day or two, but they didn't let me starve for a star. From Chizhou day and night to Taiping Mansion to seek medical advice, Xiao Mi can live to this day, because his brothers exchanged their lives. Li Xiaoqi almost burst into tears when she said, Princess Ning was sad and moved and inexplicable, Li Xiaoqi pressed back the tears in the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, looked up at Princess Ning who was said with red eyes, and said with a reluctant smile: "At that time, I vowed to repay my brother well, to help my brothers become families, all set up businesses, and then talk about my business, now the eldest brother is set up to marry, just wait for next year's Layue Fan family sister in addition to serving, it will be good to get married, the third brother is also set to marry, set to marry in March next year, and then help the second brother and the fourth brother say that the door is good, hey!" Li Xiaoqi stretched his body, let out a long breath, and said with a smile: "When the second brother and the fourth brother also become relatives, half of my wish will be fulfilled!" ”

Princess Ning was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know what to say for a while, she was in a hurry, how could she say this? Li Xiaoqi cautiously looked at Princess Ning, and continued with a smile: "Anyway, I'm still young, it's not too late to think about finding someone after I am twenty years old, and then I will come to ask the princess to help me find a good family, don't seek wealth or nobility, as long as he is good to me, doesn't dislike me, and doesn't bully me!" Princess Ning laughed out loud and pointed at Li Xiaoyi: "You girl, full of marriage, looking for people, you are not too shy, really!" Let me say what is good about you? ”

Li Xiaoqi smiled so much that his eyes were bent into a line, and he spread his hands and said, "I'm very shy, the princess didn't see it!" Princess Ning laughed loudly by Li Xiaoyi's words, laughed for a long time, and then stopped laughing, wiped the tears that came out of laughter with a handkerchief, took the tea handed by Li Xiaoqi and drank two sips, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "Since there are such words that do not seek wealth or wealth, I will not say more, it is not good to be over twenty years old, I really become an old girl, although we in Beiping are not as early as Wu Guo to marry, but the girl's family, nineteen or twenty years old should also be married, if you look for it after the age of twenty, wait to find a good person, it will take time to go back and forth, How old are you? ”

"What the princess said is, thank you for the princess's advice, the princess is all for my good, and the little princess has written it down." Li Xiaoqi sat down and thanked solemnly, Princess Ning gently patted Li Xiaoyi's shoulder, smiled and didn't say any more, the two of them tacitly diverted the topic and chatted about the gossip on the side.

After eating, Li Xiaoqi said goodbye, Lu Feng followed Su Zicheng to the second gate, Li Xiaoqi saw Lu Feng, squeezed his eyes at him, Lu Feng understood, grinding, watching Su Zicheng get on the horse, turned the corner and couldn't see, the two jumped into the car, Li Xiaoqi pushed Lu Feng and whispered: "Let's find a quiet place with good scenery to drink." ”

"Quiet and nice? Let me think about it•••••• there is, there is a wine shop on the side of the Guo River outside the city, it is on the boat, the big boat has a small boat, the boat is moored on the shore in spring and summer, and it is okay to swing into the river, and the cooked dishes are sent up in a small boat, and the river is closed in the cold at this time, and the boat is moored on the shore••••••"

"There it is!" Li Xiaoqi didn't wait for Lu Feng to finish speaking before interrupting him to agree, Lu Feng lifted the curtain and instructed the coachman, and the car passed through the alley and went out at the west gate.

Su Zicheng dismounted in front of King Liang's mansion, went straight into the outer study, went into the cloak, turned his head to look at Nanning and ordered: "Xiao Wu came back and asked her to come." Nanning lowered his hand and agreed, took a few steps back, and went to the door to guard Li Xiaoqi.

Li Xiaoqi and Lu Feng didn't have a long time in the car, and then they went to the wine shop next to the Guo River, the wine shop was repaired like the courtyard of a big family, and two or three small people with neat clothes had already rushed over at the gate, and stepped forward to help lead the horse, lifted the curtain, and diligently let Lu Feng and Li Xiaoyi, Lu Feng did not enter the courtyard gate, and walked to the Guo River with familiarity, while instructing: "Tell Xu Dengtou, carefully cook a few kinds of game, let people go to the river to catch a few fish, what fresh vegetables are next to them, and send a few more things over, The wine is pear blossom white and turbid rice wine. The little guy next to him wrote them down one by one, agreed, and rushed back to pass the word, Lu Feng took Li Xiaoqi and picked a boat on the edge.

Li Xiaoqi stood on the bow of the boat and looked around, this is really a good place, except for the general wine shop in the courtyard, it is empty all around, the wide Guo River is covered with thick ice, shining with soft light in the weak sun, the black trees in the distance are dotted with snow, occasionally flying a few birds who don't know what they don't know, stopping on the black trees and calling a few times, fluttering their wings and flying away, Li Xiaoqi stretched his arms and praised Lu Feng with satisfaction: "This place is good!" You've put the most effort into this play. ”

Lu Feng had already gone to the cabin and came out, stood beside Li Xiaoyi, looked around with her behind his back, and said with a smile: "I knew you definitely liked it here, the river hadn't frozen when I came last time, and I swung into the middle of the river at night to see the moon, it has a different taste, let's come back next spring!" ”

"Good!" Li Xiaoqi simply agreed, the two of them stood at the bow of the boat and watched the scene for a while, the river breeze was blowing, and gradually felt the cold air coming up, Li Xiaoqi wrapped his cloak tightly, stomped his feet and smiled: "No, I'm freezing to death, let's go in." ”

Two middle-aged women in green clothes and green skirts were half-squatting in one corner of the cabin, one was busy boiling water, scalding cups, preparing to make tea, and the other was carefully putting the wine in the jar into the fat belly wine pot and putting it in hot water. The cabin was very spacious, clean and shiny, and there was a low couch on the side of the river, on which there was a thick cushion, and in the middle was placed a boxwood table that was only much wider than the usual couch, and four small dishes of snacks had been placed on it.

Li Xiaoqi stood in front of the charcoal basin and roasted his hands, took off his cloak, took a sip of the hot tea handed by the woman, took off his shoes and sat on the couch. The two of them had just eaten, and they ignored the dishes, each holding his own wine jug and cup, and poured himself a drink while talking.

Lu Feng drank a few glasses of wine, sighed, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked with a smile, "Who upset you?" ”

"Nope." Li Xiaoqi replied sullenly: "No one messes with me, the sky is not good, and the mood is not good." ”

"What's wrong with this day? The sun is out so well. ”

"Well, the sun is out so well, I'm in a bad mood." Li Xiaoqi pushed the window open a little and squinted his eyes at the city wall of Kaiping Mansion standing silently and majestically on the other side of the river. Lu Feng leaned over and looked at Li Xiaoqi carefully, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" What's upsetting you? Li Xiaoqi slowly sipped the wine, sighed sullenly, turned his head to look at Lu Feng and said sadly: "It's nothing, I just feel very lonely, it's okay, drink the bar." ”