The guards at the city gate are all old oilers, and they naturally know who can enter the capital directly without customs clearance.

And the little prince, as well as this increasingly mysterious and cold little princess, all belong to this list.

The little prince doesn't go out of the city much.

And this little princess doesn't go back to Beijing much.

But the younger generation has the invisible privilege of these two people, so it is not difficult to remember.

Under the gaze of the merchants lining up in the caravan in the heavy snow, Xia Yuxue entered the city directly from the empty place, and the new guards naturally recited the person who "brushed his face to enter the city".

It's rare to see such a character, and if you want to show it, you are about to stand up and salute, and roar "Princess, you have worked hard", but he was pulled by the old oilmen, and then whispered "This person doesn't want to reveal his identity".

So the girl with the red sword and black robe walked proudly into the city without any hindrance.

The only remaining giant behind her was a masked and terrifying figure.

Some stunned people in the caravan wanted to ask, "Why didn't she line up", but they were also pulled down by some knowledgeable old men.

In the heavy snowfall, Xia Yuxue strolled through the streets, and then thought that it was not good to come back empty-handed to see Uncle Xiaohuang, so he threw a gold ingot on the street and exchanged it for three jars of good "Mingyue Invitation" refined brew, and then the heavy armor giant held the wine jar, like a small master who went shopping, hard work.

In the palace, the snow scene is quite beautiful, but the concubines are really delicate and don't want to go out, or shrink under the eaves and eat candied fruit, or dance and write in the Tianshuang Pavilion, singing the praises of the wind and snow.

Xia Yuxue walked along the main road, and when the palace maid saw it, she asked "see the princess", and if the rest of the brothers and sisters bumped into it, they smiled distantly and stayed away.

She didn't mind all the way, Xia Yuxue didn't mind, she came to the palace where the little emperor uncle was, and asked the palace maid Zhiyun, Zhiyun didn't know where the little emperor was, and then asked, Zhiyun said that he might have gone to Miss Peiyu, or went fishing.

Peiyu is Wang Jiuying, and the little palace maids naturally don't know her true identity.

Xia Yuxue thanked her gently, and went directly to see Wang Jiuying.

The small courtyard of the cold palace is still full of birds, and the snow in the courtyard is very thick, and no one cleans it.

If it weren't for the little prince's insistence, I am afraid that this small courtyard would be empty, and the thieves living in it are simply ridiculous.

Xia Yuxue pushed the door in, and saw a woman dressed in red sitting under the eaves, looking at the snowflakes in the sky in a daze, the original slight baby fat on the face of the melon seeds disappeared, and the whole person was as thin as ribs, and his face was very pale, and the look in his eyes made people know that he had lost his soul at a glance.

"Xia Guang is not here?"

Xia Yuxue waited for the giant to enter the small courtyard with a low head, that is, closed the door, the giant sat in front of the door, no one can open, when the master went to slaughter people full of people, he liked to arrange himself to guard the door, the people who came in could not come in, the people who came out could not get out, the chickens and dogs did not stay, and the blood flowed like a river, so the door was blocked first, and the giant was used to becoming natural.

Wang Jiuying's expression was indifferent, he had nothing to love, and said hoarsely: "Not here." ”

Xia Yuxue turned her head to look at the heavily armored giant, and the giant nodded, indicating that there was indeed only one person here.

The little princess in the red knife and black robe showed a gentle smile and said politely, "Excuse me." ”

Although she said that, she didn't sit forward, she was average, she lived by herself, and she was afraid of being shaded, so she stood in the middle of the snow with grace, and slowly narrated softly: "When I returned to Beijing, I once met a bird keeper on the road, he liked the canary he raised, golden, beautiful, moving, like a lover, after a long time, and like a relative, it was inseparable, and every day was a good food and drink. ”

Wang Jiuying looked at the snow silently and didn't say a word.

Xia Yuxue continued to say gently: "It's a pity that this canary is getting thinner and thinner, do you know why?"

The red lotus saint with a melon seed face seemed to feel something, raised her head to look at the girl standing in the middle of the heavy snow and talking, and waited for the next step.

Xia Yuxue's lips hooked up a smile, "Because the canary is wild, a wild bird, yearning for the vast world, not a cramped birdcage, no matter how good and rich the birdcage is, it is just a cage."

Guess what happened to the player?"

Wang Jiuying said in a hoarse voice: "The player is reluctant to give up the canary, so he kept it and slowly died in the birdcage." ”

Xia Yuxue smiled: "No, the player let it go." ”

Wang Jiuying chuckled, thinking that this was the end of the story.

But Xia Yuxue then said: "The canary was free, and he was reluctant to say goodbye to the player, but because it was too long, he had lost the ability to survive in nature, and he died within a few days."

It doesn't matter how he died, maybe he starved to death, maybe he was caught by a hunter, or maybe he was hunted by a bird of prey for food.

It doesn't matter anymore, dead is dead. ”

Wang Jiuying's brows furrowed suddenly, she had already understood what this girl meant.

She is the wild canary.

Xia Guang is the player.

She was locked up in the palace and fed with good food and drink, so the result was nothing more than two things, one was to die of emaciation, and the other was to be let go when she lost the ability to survive in the rivers and lakes.

Then, it may be that the emperor can't bear her identity as a thief and sends someone to quietly finish her off, or maybe she was deceived to death by the rivers and lakes, or she died at the hands of a stronger person.

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Xia Yuxue tells the story of the canary, but this story has helped her pick out all the fate lines.

This made Wang Jiuying couldn't help but ask, "Why are you telling me this story?"

The smile of the girl in the red knife and black robe was still gentle: "You are a relative recognized by Uncle Xiaohuang, and naturally you are also my relative, seeing that you are boring here, you are telling a story for your pastime."

Do you want wine?

I see that you are very worried, very haggard, and you really look a little like that little canary. ”

Wang Jiuying was wrapped in red, her mind was in a mess, and she didn't notice until the little princess and the giant left suddenly, but there was a jar of wine in front of the door, and the jar was vertically engraved with the words "Bright Moon Invite", and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced.

Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the bright moon also invites people.

The red lotus saintess with a melon seed face in red patted the sealing mud on the wine jar, but she couldn't get rid of the canary story in her mind.

Every word, every word that the woman said, was deeply ingrained in her mind.

Why don't you run away?

But how to escape?

When you get out of this palace, reorganize the White Lotus Sect and make enemies of the royal family, you can just avoid Xiao Guang when the time comes, and you will no longer be able to clean up such a thought.

She drank one gulp after another, a quiet flame burning in her thin abdomen.

At this moment, there was another knock in front of the door, it was Zhihua, Xia Guang's palace maid.

Although this little palace maid with an ordinary appearance, but she has the same melon seed face as Wang Jiuying, said: "Tomorrow I will go to the capital market to buy some things, and the little prince specially asked me to ask the girl, if you need anything, the snow falls heavily in winter, and people have become lazy, and it is not easy to go out once." ”

The Red Lotus Holy Maiden raised her head, looked at the smiling little palace maid at the door and said, "Thank you for me, little prince, but I still need to think again, can I come back tomorrow?"

Zhihua smiled: "Then tomorrow morning, I will come and ask the girl again." ”