Su Jinling woke up slowly, but saw that she was in an unfamiliar room.

The house is small and simply furnished, but very clean.

Her head was a little dizzy.

She remembered that she had been in the car and had somehow fallen asleep, but how could she be here?

Where is this?

She immediately thought of the Fengxian Sect.

My heart was tight, but when I saw the snow light from the wooden window lattice, I felt a little relieved.

She staggered to the window and squinted......

It is not a Taimiao, and there are several houses scattered nearby, all covered with snow.

By feeling, you can see that this is not a dangerous place, but where is it?

She pushed the door tentatively......

There was no lock.

I was surprised, and I began to wonder if I had suffered a disaster halfway, and then I was rescued by a good Samaritan.

As soon as she stepped out the door, she heard the creaking sound of snow coming from the side.

Turned back......

"You ......"

The person who came was a woman, who looked to be in her early thirties, wearing a muslin floral pipa placket, a silver ratskin collar, and a dark green embroidered cotton skirt.

This is the dress of a market woman with a bit of family background, and she is even more valuable with a red gold durian hairpin on her head.

Su Jinling looked at the low houses in the distance, and was suspicious.

And this woman, even if she just walked a few simple steps, was dignified and generous, unlike ordinary women who had not been formally trained......

"What is the girl looking at? Am I too old to be recognized? The woman opened her mouth with a smile.

Sound...... It seems familiar, and then look at it...... I think I've seen it somewhere.

"The girl is really a noble person who forgets things." The woman stroked her sideburns, and her movements were graceful.

Seeing that Su Jinling was still looking at her in a daze, she couldn't help but pretend to be annoyed: "I'm Aunt Duan, the girl forgot?" ”

Aunt Duan......

Su Jinling blinked and remembered suddenly...... Isn't this Aunt Duan who taught her to "think one more step and walk one step less"?

After nearly ten years of separation, she has gained a lot of weight, and her once stern facial features have followed her eyebrows and kind eyes, no wonder she didn't recognize it just now.

"Aunt Duan......"

What a surprise.

Aunt Duan nodded and smiled, but hurriedly stepped forward to support her: "Why did you come out like this?" Come in and get warm. ”

Su Jinling followed her into the door, and before she could ask questions, Aunt Duan opened herself.

Su Jinling still remembers that she was a very strict and silent person at that time, but she would not stop talking and her voice was not small. It is probably that you really need to be cautious in your words and deeds in the palace, and once you leave the palace, you will release all the words that have been held back for many years.

“…… When I left the palace, my family was still there, so they found me a family. Although it is not a scholarly family, it is a small business, not poor or rich, and wants to be stable. The man is very honest, so he got married. Over the years, I have given birth to a pair of children, and it is not in vain. ”

Aunt Duan poured a bowl of hot tea for Su Jinling as she spoke, and suddenly smiled: "You show girls, you are the most promising, I really didn't expect it at that time......"

Su Jinling laughed with him.

The old people were overjoyed to meet again, and Aunt Duan was not as respectful to her as others, which made her feel a lot more comfortable, but it was just ......

She looked at Aunt Duan, who looked satisfied, and asked carefully: "Aunt Duan, since she said that she was doing business, it was convenient to live in the bazaar, how could she ......?"

Aunt Duan smiled slightly, looked at her, turned her gaze again, and stroked her handkerchief seemingly unintentionally: "A few days ago, someone from the palace found me......"

Someone from the palace?

Su Jinling's eyes were suspicious.

"He told me to move here, and here I am......"

"Who is it?"

"Looks like a father-in-law......"

"Father-in-law?" Su Jinling bit her lip: "Aunt Duan, how did I come here?" ”

Aunt Duan glanced at her deeply: "I know that the noble person you met in the palace back then is the current saint!" ”

Su Jinling's brain thumped...... Is it Yuwen Xuancang? Did Yuwen Xuancang get her here? What does he want to do? He let himself go to the temple to pray for blessings, is it just for today?

"String Girl......"

"Strings?"

Aunt Duan nodded: "From now on, you will be my sister, Duan Xian......"

Su Jinling stood up and ran to the door.

"Where can you go?" Aunt Duan didn't chase after her, and there was too much incomprehensibility in her tone: "Princess Qingning is dead, she fell into the water and died." The body was sent back to the Qingning Palace, and now it has been buried......"

Su Jinling shook and almost fell to the ground.

She suddenly remembered the idea she had when she first returned to the palace from the Taimiao Temple and escaped with Yuwen Xuan......

"Just say I'm dead...... Then there is no such person as Su Jinling in the world......"

She still remembered Xuan Yi's shock when she heard this.

Xuanyi, did you already expect this to happen to me at that time?

But Xuanyi, do you really believe that I'm dead?

Or perhaps, you and Xu Ruoxi are in love, and you don't care about my life or death anymore......

"Don't try to run away. Although the world is big, how can you escape from this heaven and earth if you escape? Back then, I told you to think more and take one less step. Today, I still need to tell you that you can only be happy if you go along with your fate. You see that the people who fall into the river and don't know how to swim, the more they struggle, the more they sink, and only those who are calm and calm and flow with the water have a glimmer of life. ”

She walked up to Su Jinling and held her cold hand: "If you lose the east, you will reap the mulberry." And I don't think you're losing anything......"

Help her sit on the edge of the bed and hand her tea again. Seeing her holding the cup in both hands, the water surface was trembling and not trembling, and she couldn't help but smile slightly.

"You rest here and take care of your body. After a while, it's time for the palace to draft. This is the emperor's first draft since he ascended the throne, although Duan Xian is not a famous family, but he has outstanding appearance, knowledge, and a docile temperament, and has won the ...... of the Sacred Heart"

"Aunt Duan, how long have I been here?" Su Jinling suddenly interrupted her.

"I don't know, I only came the day before yesterday. But think about it, Princess Qingning fell into the water, and she has to look for salvage, and she has to do a funeral, and now she is buried, how long will it take? ”

Su Jinling looked out the window...... It's still snowy.

"It's the end of the year, isn't it?"

Aunt Duan nodded.

He ...... Are you looking for me? His nose was sour, and he hurriedly lowered his head, but there was a little water vortex in the teacup.

"I don't lie to you...... No. ”

The sour and astringent stalk is in the throat for a moment.

"Do you think, although people are swollen, but they are wearing your clothes, and there is a car in the palace next to them, who will suspect that it is not you?" paused: "But the emperor came last night......"

Su Jinling's long eyelashes trembled.

"I won't hide it from you, the one who came to find me was my father-in-law who followed the emperor. I heard him say that the emperor comes almost every night...... Don't worry. She hurriedly held Su Jinling's shoulder: "The emperor is just here to sit and sit, just by the side." Because of this, my father-in-law is very worried......"

Speaking of this, Aunt Duan suddenly smiled: "Father-in-law Xu didn't know what mistake he made, he was beaten by the emperor, and he followed the emperor with a pouting butt every day." I heard that this was already good, but I couldn't get up from the fight at that time, so I hung my breath and carried it here on a stretcher. I guess it's because he gave you some kind of medicine that keeps you awake......"

"Actually, the emperor treats you sincerely." Aunt Duan sighed very much: "After I left the palace, although I didn't know much about the things in the palace, but this time His Royal Highness brought the troops back...... The matter between the emperor and Princess Qingning is already known to everyone. Every time my father-in-law came up with the emperor, he pulled me to spit out my bitterness......"

"Girl," she sighed, and said earnestly, "as the saying goes, it is easy to ask for priceless treasures, but it is rare to have a lover." What's more, it's the heart of the emperor? The emperor has also been obsessed with you for so many years, and I think you have also heard that the emperor's harem is a virtual reality, and since he ascended the throne, he has never favored any woman. Since the founding of Tianhao for thousands of years, there has never been an emperor like this, and I didn't expect that the cold-hearted and cold-faced prince was so affectionate and righteous. And when you were in the Suzaku Gate, the emperor didn't care about his own safety and desperately protected you. Not to mention the name, only this affection...... Alas, girl, you are blessed......"

Su Jinling had been staring at a pair of rose-purple hibiscus flowers embroidered on the tips of her shoes in a daze, and she didn't know if she had heard Aunt Duan's words, so she suddenly interrupted her: "Aunt Duan, I'm tired......"

Aunt Duan got up and said goodbye very familiarly.

Su Jinling lay on the bed, staring intently at the pale cyan Chengchen, until the snow light reflected in the room gradually dimmed, and finally sank into darkness.

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I don't know how long later, the sound of snow walking outside the house was heard.

Some cars came to a slow stop, and someone got out of the car.

The quiet night suddenly showed a bit of excitement.

However, there didn't seem to be many people coming, and a voice was asking in a low voice, mixed with Aunt Duan's happy answer.

Su Jinling's hands clenched at his side unconsciously, but after a long time, no one entered the door, and silence returned outside.

Her palms were almost watery, and there was a slight rattle between her textures.

It seemed like a long time before the door opened with a low groan.

She hurriedly closed her eyes, but the moment she closed them, she still caught a glimpse of snow.

The snow was dark but still striking.

He moved silently towards her.

She struggled to breathe calmly, as if she were asleep.

She felt a cool breath with a faint sweet fragrance blowing through, and she was almost screaming when she was already nervous to the extreme.

But the hand only took the quilt that was folded aside and covered her.

Gentle movements.

In the middle of the action, the sleeves of the robe brushed her face, as if she had met him for the first time, and he raised his finger to remove the wisteria roses stuck to her hair......

Then he sat aside.

He just sat on the side, quietly, he couldn't even hear his breath, and a few times, Su Jinling thought that he had left. But a touch of snow stopped motionless outside her slightly opened eyes, like a still ray of snow.

The light in the room changed from dark blue to pale blue and then to pale white.

The snow finally moved.

It was still silent, only the door opened and closed with a deep sleep and a low hull.

The sound of snow walking outside the house was heard again, and it gradually faded away......