As soon as she heard me say this, the grandmother immediately showed a frightened expression: "You, how do you know-"

The corners of my lips curled slightly.

Before she finished speaking, she immediately realized something, looked at me again, closed her mouth and turned away without looking back.

I still sat motionless in the doorway, and after a while I slowly raised my head, the sun shining in the sky was so dazzling, I stretched out my hand to block it, and only a few faint rays of light shone on my face.

Feeling that little bit of temperature, I smiled faintly.

After the first snow fell, the surrounding qiē was decorated with pink makeup, covering all the unbearable and filthy in this lonely small courtyard, but there was a spotless cleanliness.

On the falling snow, there is still a row of footprints.

It was left by the old lady, and today she brought not only a bowl, but a food box, from which she took out a bowl of white japonica rice, a bowl of braised pork, and a plate of green vegetables, put it in front of the wooden fence, thought about it, and gently put it into the house, and said to me, "Eat quickly." ”

I stood in the doorway, looking down at the incredibly sumptuous meal, and was stunned for a moment before slowly looking up at her.

She looked at me again, didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

I stood in the doorway, looking at the two rows of footprints on the snow, her back disappearing into the doorway, and after a while I heard the laughter of several people on the other side of the path, and the sound of them greeting each other.

Although I have been locked up for more than two years, I still remember that today is Chinese New Year's Eve.

Small Chinese New Year's Eve......

I sat down slowly, the cold floor has been infiltrating the cold into my heart, but I don't seem to feel it at all, just leaning against the wall and sitting at the door, looking through the narrow wooden fence at the vast white, but the cold, after all, came out of my heart, and the originally hot crystal in the eye sockets slowly cooled, and when it fell, it had condensed into ice that could not be melted......

I don't know how long later, the door of the small courtyard was pushed open.

A small head poked in, looked left and right, and made sure that there was no one, so he cautiously walked in from outside the door, only to see Xiao Nianshen wearing a red jacket, stepping on lambskin boots, and running to the door with a squeaky snow.

"Grandma!"

As soon as he saw my face, he smiled, his little face was frozen red, but it gave people an extraordinarily warm feeling, my originally stiff body seemed to be warmer because of his approach, and he gently raised his head and smiled at him: "Your Highness, you are here." ”

He looked at me carefully and said softly, "Grandma, you- are you crying?" ”

I reached out and touched my cheek, the tears were dry, but there were still some wolf bèi tears, I hurriedly lowered my head and wiped it with my fingers: "No." ”

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" He looked at me with wide eyes: "You are because you are celebrating the New Year today, but your father has not released you yet, so you are sad, aren't you?" ”

As soon as I heard this, I was afraid that he would be impulsive and mention that he was going to intercede with Pei Yuanhao, so I hurriedly raised my head and made a happy smile: "No, I am not sad, nor am I crying, Your Highness is wrong." ”

He didn't speak, just looked at me.

I hurriedly diverted the topic, looked at him in a brand-new jacket, and there was still some snow foam on the cuffs on his shoulders, so I reached out and gently brushed it off for him, and said with a smile: "Where has Your Highness been drilling for a long time, what should I do if the snow on this body is frozen?" ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Nianshen's face changed, and he leaned over and whispered, "Grandma, let me tell you, I was frightened just now." ”

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"Today, someone saw a dead man from a dry well behind the Yanfu Palace, it was Ruixue, the palace maid beside Concubine Li's mother."

"Oh?!" My heart chuckled, and I hurriedly turned my head to look at him, only to see Xiao Nianshen's face ruddy faded, and it was also slightly pale, it looked really frightened, I hurriedly reached out and patted the top of his head: "Your Highness is not afraid, it's okay." ”

His little mouth was still trembling a little: "That palace maid, I was watching it two days ago, but I didn't expect it to be today-"

I thought about it for a moment and said softly, "Two days ago, did something happen?" ”

Xiao Nianshen said: "I also heard what the palace maids said, two days ago, a few ladies were enjoying the plum blossoms over there, and Concubine Li passed by, I don't know what happened, and fell for no reason." ”

"Oh......?"

"However, I heard that the imperial doctor just twisted his foot, but my father still lost his temper, and two little eunuchs were beaten."

“……”

"As a result, the next day, I suddenly heard that Ruixue was gone, and I searched everywhere, and it turned out to be today-" When he said this, he trembled with fear again, and I hurriedly reached over from the fence and hugged him gently: "Your Highness, don't be afraid. ”

He was held by me, only slightly better, and muttered in a low voice: "I don't know what happened, but everyone is weird, that day I passed by the Chonghua Palace, I wanted to go in to see the concubine Niangniang, I saw her palace maid Mingzhu threw everything she ate, and later beat a little eunuch, I heard, I vomited blood......

The more he spoke, the more frightened he became, his voice trembled, and I hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't say it, don't think about it, those things are not good, Your Highness don't remember it!" ”

He raised his little pale face and looked up at me: "Grandma, what happened?" Why is it that after the Chinese New Year, the two mothers have babies again, but so many bad things have happened? ”

“……”

Looking at his pale little face and clean eyes, I was speechless.

How do I sue him?

This qiē, which frightened him into such a qiē, was what I hoped for, and even - I arranged it.

Concubine Shen Rou, Concubine Ligong Lizhu, two women who were originally favored in the harem, finally really fought.

In fact, in the past two years, the two of them have not fought, but they just invited the holy favor, and one of them is Pei Yuanhao's sweetheart who cares for him in the palm of his hand, and the other is the daughter of an important minister who has family power, Pei Yuanhao is also regarded as rain and dew to them, although they don't like each other, but there is not much contradiction to oppose.

But a woman who is pregnant with a child is different.

Especially, when Xiao Nianshen didn't get much attention from Pei Yuanhao, Nangong Lizhu was his favorite woman, and Shen Rou was the daughter of an important minister in the court, and their children were born, which was very meaningful.

Moreover, if it was only Nangong Lizhu who was pregnant, then Nian Shen's situation would be very dangerous, but after Shen Rou was also pregnant immediately, Nangong Lizhu would naturally focus more on the more threatening child, and Shen Rou would be the same!

So, this is the sharpest struggle!

It is precisely in this way that Xiao Nianshen will be the safest.

It's just that I didn't expect it, but I still frightened him, and across a layer of fence, I hugged him with some difficulty, gently stroked the top of his head with one hand, and said: "Your Highness, in this world, there are many things that seem to be good things on the surface, but they don't necessarily bring blessings. Misfortune and blessing rely on, blessing and misfortune lurk, the so-called blessing and misfortune depend on each other, this is the case. ”

Xiao Nianshen gently raised his head and looked at me.

I looked down into his eyes and said, "Therefore, people must be clear when they see things and do things, and they must see through the essence of this matter, so as to avoid the disasters behind the blessings. ”

Xiao Nianshen leaned quietly on the wooden fence, and said softly after a while: "Grandma, I seem to understand a little." ”

I smiled and touched his little face.

He felt the temperature of my palm, and also showed a little smile, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Grandma, it's been so long, why hasn't my father let you out?" How long will it take? ”

I laughed and said, "It's almost there." ”

He pouted a little resentfully: "Every time, you say it's almost ......"

I wiped the snow foam sticking to my fleshy face with my fingers, and smiled: "It's really fast, Grandma won't deceive Your Highness." By the way, Your Highness, in a while, it's your birthday, right? ”

He was stunned: "Hey, how do you know?" ”

I didn't answer him, but smiled and said, "Can you find a chance to come on Your Highness's birthday?" I have a gift for Your Highness. ”

"Gifts?" He immediately rejoiced: "Okay, okay, I'll definitely come!" ”

Seeing that the child was so happy because of the "gift" that his eyebrows fluttered, the smile on my face deepened, and gently touched his heart, he got together with me for a while, and stuffed a few sugar gourds in his hand into my mouth, the sweet and sour taste made my originally depressed mood get a little comfort, and then the child left.

This day is unforgettable for me, but in the end it is only for me, until late at night I still heard the sound of joy and noise in various places in the palace in the distance, and also saw fireworks blooming in the night sky, although it was so far away from me, it could not even illuminate the gloomy sky above my head, but my eyes captured the slightest light in the dark night sky so clearly.

The next morning, I woke up early.

Although I didn't sleep all night because of the torment in my heart, my spirit was not bad, but I didn't get out of bed, I just wore thin clothes, let my hair hang softly on my chest and didn't make up, just leaned on the head of the bed.

It was a quiet cold palace, and the sound of falling snow could almost be heard.

Then, in the soft sound of the falling snow, I heard a footstep.

It was heavy, as if with a disturbed mind, step by step stepping on the snow from outside, and the elongated shadow fell to the floor through the wooden fence, closer and closer, closer and closer.

I still sat at the head of the bed, motionless.

The footsteps finally stopped at the door, and the figure also stopped.

A familiar gaze looked at me quietly through the wooden fence.