Then it was time to dust off in front of the ritual stove.

Because Su Jinling has been ill for a long time, the palace people who came to remove the dust were extra careful and careful to clean up the dust accumulated in the corners of the walls and under the bed and the pillars and beams of the house, and scrubbed them several times.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, after the emperor of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu led a hundred officials to sacrifice the stove, he could hear sporadic firecrackers coming from outside the window.

One morning, there was a soft tapping sound on the red-edged window.

Pushing the window, drifting in with the clear snow, a small gurgling eye appeared in the gap.

It's a small fanzi.

Seeing her, he grinned and shouted crisply: "Sister......"

She smiled: "Come in, be careful to get cold." ”

was already fatter, but now Xiao Fanzi, who is wearing a thick piping-edged navy blue cotton suit, is more like a small cotton ball, and just rolls from the door to the bed.

"Cold, huh?"

Su Jinling took his little hand and wanted to warm him.

He hurriedly pulled back and shook his head vigorously: "Your Highness said that you can't let my sister's condition worsen......"

Yuwen Xuanzheng...... I haven't seen him for a long time, because of a big trouble in Xueyang Palace, the twins were grounded by the emperor on the second day.

Although it was a misunderstanding, it was for her, and it was implicated. He is such a lively and unruly character, but he is grounded in the palace, I'm afraid I'm going crazy, right? And since he was grounded, she hasn't seen him once, and she hasn't inquired about him, because she is upset, but when you think about it, isn't it a kind of selfishness? He regards her as a friend, as a confidant, helps her, protects her, and cares about her even if she is grounded, but how does she treat him?

This illness has put a lot of thoughts down, and some things have gradually been figured out.

"Your Highness...... Are you okay? ”

Xiao Fanzi's eyes lit up: "If I bring my sister's words to His Royal Highness, he will definitely not go to the back garden to cut down trees again......"

Cutting down trees? Su Jinling's eyes widened.

Xiao Fanzi hurriedly covered his mouth, knowing that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly changed the topic: "Your Highness heard that my sister was sick, and I was very worried, but I couldn't leave the palace, so I had to let the little one come to see if my sister was okay, and brought this ...... to my sister."

Xiao Fanzi took out a brocade box from his bulging chest and opened it......

It turned out to be a few pieces of paper with different shapes and bright colors, but they were stacked in a regular manner, and the dark grid next to them was a short stick like three chopsticks.

Seeing that she was puzzled, Xiao Fanzi triumphantly took out the pile of papers and shook them twice......

The pieces of paper were unfolded one after another, and it was actually a shadow puppet.

Shadow puppetry is finely made. The sheepskin is extremely thin, translucent, soft and tough. About half a foot tall, it is a man wearing a crimson moire robe, looking at the five-part design, it is still a loyal image. Although the color outline depicts a face on the stage, the unusually high amount shows the prototype of his character.

I don't know what treasures are hidden in Xiao Fanzi's placket, so I pulled out a translucent white cloth from it, looked at the room carefully, selected the window, and then set up a simple shelf, carrying the flat Xiaoyuwen Xuanzheng hidden behind the white cloth.

The red shadow on the white cloth suddenly appeared, because the light was not strong enough, and the red shadow was not very clear. It's just that even so, the abrupt forehead is still extremely eye-catching.

"Jinling, how are you doing this time? Happy? Happy? Is there a ......" The shadow puppet scratched his head, as if he wanted to say something and stopped: "I'm fine, I read and write every day, and occasionally sing two sentences, how about we work together next time we see each other?" It's getting colder, so you need to dress more. I heard that you were sick, but unfortunately I couldn't see you, so I had to ask him......"

"Please, please, please......" The shadow puppet jumped a few times with a sharp voice.

Su Jinling couldn't help but want to laugh, but her nose was sour.

"You don't have to worry about me, it's almost the New Year, and I don't believe that I can be locked up until the first day of junior high school. I'm all ready, after the family banquet in the inner court on Chinese New Year's Eve, they will go to Changyin Building to watch the play, and I will come to you then. I'll take you out of the palace to play, it's suffocated in this palace......"

The shadow puppet put his finger to his lips: "Shh...... It's a secret, don't tell anyone......"

After all, Xiao Fanzi's skills in practicing shadow puppetry are immature, and he has to have exactly the same dubbing, but he can't take care of the head and tail, this side finger is on the lips, and the ass is raised high there, looking funny and weird, as if he was pouting and being beaten.

Su Jinling couldn't help but sneer.

"It's good if my sister laughs!" Xiao Fanzi jumped out from behind the white cloth: "Your Highness said that this disease is stuffy, and only by being happy can you get better quickly." ”

Carefully put the shadow puppet in her arms: "Your Highness said, if you are bored, take this out to play, and treat this as him, if you are in a bad mood, you can beat him a few times......"

My heart is hot. This Yuwen Xuanzheng is very arrogant on weekdays, and his temper is extremely irritable, but he didn't know that he could be so careful and considerate.

Xiao Fanzi looked at her carefully arranging the shadow puppet, her little eyes blinked, and she suddenly approached her, mysteriously: "Sister, do you like His Royal Highness?" ”

His fingertips paused and looked at him suspiciously.

"Your Highness likes you," Xiao Fanzi's eyes flashed, and his cute round face was flushed with a beautiful flush: "Anyway, we all know that he fought with His Royal Highness Seven for you, and he was grounded by the emperor for you, and he cut down all the trees in the back garden because they didn't let him come out to see you, and he drank hard...... Sister, in fact, His Royal Highness is very good, he just doesn't speak well, so he always makes my sister angry. If my sister has a heart, Her Royal Highness will immediately ask Concubine Xian Niangniang to marry her sister as a concubine......"

"Who taught you all these things?" Su Jinling suddenly said with a straight face.

"I didn't ...... No one," Xiao Fanzi was a little flustered, his eyes dodged for a long time, and finally admitted: "It's Brother Xiao Ningzi, knowing that His Royal Highness wants me to come, pull me over......"

and hurriedly explained: "But I know that he just doesn't teach me, we all know that His Highness really likes my sister......"

Seeing that Su Jinling's face was different, he was so anxious that tears were about to burst out: "If my sister doesn't like to hear it, just treat it as if Xiao Fanzi didn't say it, and my sister must not tell His Royal Highness......"

"Will he hit you?"

"No, His Royal Highness never beats Xiao Fanzi, Xiao Fanzi is afraid that I will spoil His Highness's good things by talking too much, His Highness is so good to us......"

Seeing his tearful appearance, Su Jinling couldn't help laughing and pinched his fleshy cheeks: "Okay, I won't say it......"

Xiao Fanzi burst into tears and smiled, and stretched out his little finger: "Hook? ”

Su Jinling smiled and hooked his little finger with him and stamped it.

Xiao Fanzi climbed out of bed: "Sister is so nice!" It's just that I should go, Xiao Mingzi is still waiting for me outside......"

Because he was grounded, Yuwen Xuanzheng couldn't travel, and the palace people of Changxin Palace were not allowed to act wantonly.

They all ran out of the door, and the autumn fragrance color tuanfu brocade curtain was lifted suddenly, and Xiao Fanzi's round face appeared in the gap: "Sister, don't forget it......"

Don't forget anything?

Before she could ask, a small sound of footsteps had already rushed away.

Eyes moved to the shadow puppet spread on the pink and blue dark flower quilt, picked it up, and tried to control it.

The shadow puppet head, chest, abdomen, legs, arms, elbows, and hands are all connected with nail knots, and the movements are flexible, which is difficult for beginners to control.

She fiddled with it for a long time and couldn't get the gist of it, but she was tired and panting, so she folded it again, put it in a brocade box, and deliberately tidied up the head with a protruding forehead.

He tilted his head and stared at it for a moment, then flicked his finger lightly. But seeing that the shadow seemed to frown and was displeased, Fang Jue was interesting.

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Even in the slightly remote listening to Xue Xuan, there were bursts of lively sounds.

Although Su Jinling is sick, it is inevitable that she will yearn for it. But she was sick, and she was not allowed to serve in front of her master, lest she pass on her sickness.

The closer to the twilight of the year, the busier the palace people became, even Concubine Xian forgot about her person, and was only busy preparing for the inner court banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, while Fan Yingbo seemed to be gradually taken seriously recently, his sallow face also revealed a bit of brilliance, and his hair bun was also golden.

I have to say that Fan Yingbo is very capable. On Chinese New Year's Eve, I got up early in the morning to get busy.

First, the peach talisman board and makeup sent by the little eunuch were placed on both sides of the door.

"Makeup" is made of red basket charcoal to make a general shape. The red basket charcoal used in the palace is all burned into hardwood in the Yizhou Mountains, each one is a long ruler, the diameter of the circle is two or three inches different, it is extremely precious, and the charcoal powder that has been burned will be molded into the appearance of the general or fairy child and Zhong Kui. Listening to Xue Xuan's posing is a pair of Zhong Kui, three feet high, with gold and colorful paintings like door gods, but his face and hands are still black, which looks a little terrifying at first glance.

After Fan Yingbo planted it, he bowed left and right. Su Jinling couldn't help laughing when she looked at her serious appearance, but she was glared at, and then she was helped out of bed to worship.

Next, I took out the colored paper from under the box...... Su Jinling didn't know when she got these things, watching the scissors bend and shuttle between the papers, and after a while, she cut a fancy pattern, shook it off with the words "auspicious Ruyi", and there was a pattern of magpies climbing branches around it.

She looked at the window, and quickly pasted the window grille, and the cold room suddenly had a little more New Year's flavor.

Su Jinling couldn't help but praise: "I don't know which man can marry you in the future, that's really blessed......"

Fan Yingbo glanced at her, her cheeks were flushed, and the red mole on her forehead also deepened in color, and she was as bright as a pearl.

casually stuffed a pair of scissors into her hand: "Don't think that if you are sick, you can stop working, cut two window flowers, and you will not be tired!" ”

She had long been accustomed to Fan Yingbo's blunt but non-malicious tone, and took the scissors with a smile: "I won't do anything else, it's okay to cut two pieces of the word 'Xi' and give them away......"