March 211 BC

After the first seven days of the Great Dancer, I returned to Xianyang Palace and began to pack up the relics of the Great Dancer.

Just at the beginning of March, when the mountain peaches in the yard were almost gone, Aunt Liangsheng, a friend of the big dancer, became the new big dancer, and the once sluggish Xianle Fang finally returned to calm after a short period of grief and chaos.

In accordance with the last wish of the Great Dancer, I buried her by the Wei River. There are no graves, no tombstones, just a freshly budding peach. She said, "Here I am, with your mother." ”

It turned out that my mother was buried by the big dancer on the bank of the Wei River, and every year on the day of the Cold Food Festival, the big dancer would leave the Xianyang Palace to visit. However, less than four years later, a major flood inundated the Wei River basin, displacing many families, and my mother was forever buried in the arms of the Wei River.

The dead are gone forever, but the living still have to try to live. I'm going to live well, that's my promise.

In the room where the big dancing girl lived before, Aunt Liangsheng and I were quietly packing up. Before the dancers, they lived a simple life and did not have any valuable clothes and jewelry. Although as a big dancer, she received the most rewards among all the dancers in Xianle Fang, but she put them all into the small study of Xianle Fang, and she did not touch any of them.

"Ding!"

A delicate golden hairpin fell from between a neat stack of clothes with a crisp sound.

"This is ......" Aunt Liangsheng picked up the golden hairpin and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the favorite style of the Korean court ladies?

My heart trembled, looking at the golden hairpin that was as shiny as new, and I couldn't help but say, "Auntie, can you show me?"

"Absolutely. Aunt Liangsheng handed me the golden hairpin and said with a smile: "This is a cold thing, and it should be kept by you." ”

I looked down at the golden hairpin in my hand, feeling its cold temperature, and I felt that it weighed a thousand gold.

That's the weight of the past.

"I entered the palace at the same time as the cold of the rain. Aunt Liangsheng, who was packing up her clothes with her back to me, suddenly spoke: "We said we wanted to live together, but she took the first step." ”

"Auntie......"

"Cher. She turned to look at me and said with a wry smile: "Let's go to the peony garden to see, after the Wei River rises, the cold will always go there on the day of the Cold Food Festival, staring at the flowers without speaking, and it will be a long time to look." ”

I came to the peony garden in the evening.

Because it was just March, the peonies in the garden had not yet bloomed, and only a few of them had budded. Those pink buds are hidden among the layers of green, and if you don't look closely, you can't even see a single one.

The peony garden was originally a small courtyard for concubines to live in, but more than ten years ago, Ying Zheng suddenly ordered someone to demolish the house in the courtyard and planted peonies, making it a veritable "peony garden".

I walked slowly through the path in the garden, and every step felt like I had stepped on my heart. I can imagine the big dancer walking here, she would touch every petal with her fingers, she would bend down to talk to the flowers, she would hum the ballad of her hometown softly, and she would miss my mother.

At this moment, a flower bud suddenly appeared in my field of vision, standing alone in the middle of a field of green, as if crying.

A hand suddenly reached out to the bud, and I was startled, and immediately grasped the hand.

"Don't!" I shouted.

The hand I held stiffened for a moment, then relaxed again.

"I see you've been staring at this flower for a long time, and I think you like it, so I want to help you pick it off. The owner of the hand was a man, and his tone was gentle, and his voice carried a faint smile.

Only then did I realize my abruptness, and hurriedly withdrew my hand, looking down at him.

"I won't blame you, don't be afraid. The man put his hand over my head and said in a cheerful voice: "It's rare for someone to come to enjoy the flowers at such a time like me." ”

This hand is big and warm.

I couldn't help but look up at the owner of this hand.

He has a slender figure, a jade crown with a golden crown, and a white dress that is particularly bright in the sunset. The white jade-like face has the steadiness of an adult man, and there is a faint trace of vicissitudes between his deep eyebrows and eyes.

I looked at the corners of his lips and felt that this smile was brighter than the sunset.

"Good...... Beautiful......" I heard myself whisper.

Seeing my reaction, he chuckled a few times, then withdrew the hand over my head.

"I'm nothing, I'm just a humble green leaf compared to that peony. His gaze drifted far away, and his voice was slightly nostalgic.

"Is she beautiful?" I asked, looking up.

"yes, it's beautiful. He looked down at me, about to say something, but when his eyes met my face, his gentle smile suddenly froze.

"Who are you?" he asked suddenly.

I was so shocked that I couldn't help but beat wildly. Thinking of the great dancer's deathbed instructions, I turned my head and wanted to escape.

"Wait!" he grabbed my wrist and asked with some urgency, "Who are you?"

"I ...... I ......," I whispered, "I'm just an ordinary dancer." ”

He was about to open his mouth to ask something, but was interrupted by footsteps from far and near.

"Your Highness!" a small eunuch hurriedly ran over, knelt down in front of him, and said respectfully: "His Majesty the First Emperor asked the servants to come and invite His Royal Highness Fusu, saying that he was in a good mood today and wanted to hold a family banquet." ”

"Family feast?" he asked, raising his eyebrows, "Have all the princes and princesses been invited?"

"If you go back to Your Highness, you will be invited. Except for the little princess who was sick in bed, the other masters also agreed. ”

"Yes. He groaned slightly, nodded and said, "I know, you go down first." ”

"Yes. ”

The little eunuch trotted out of the peony garden, but I stood there like a soul and forgot to leave.

"Are you...... Fusu Gongzi?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yes. He nodded, rather helplessly, "I thought you knew it from the beginning." ”

"Slave maid should die!" I hurriedly knelt down and explained in a panic: "The slave maid didn't expect His Royal Highness Fusu to come to this garden to enjoy the flowers, so he did such a rude thing just now, Your Highness forgives me!"

As if he didn't expect me to kneel, Fusu Gongzi looked at me kneeling in front of him and was stunned for a long time before he sighed and reached out to help me up.

"How can I reproach you. "He looked at me with a gentle look in his eyes, like he was looking at an old lover or friend.

"It's getting late. He said, "Go back, little girl." ”

The sky gradually darkened, and when the last red glow disappeared on the horizon, Xianyang Palace lit up all the candles. I walked slowly on the path back to Xianle Fang, with the lantern handed to me by the man himself. The moon is getting brighter, and the silver light is as gentle as water, just like my mood at the moment.

The candle flame flickered in the lantern, and a small light was reflected on the road through a layer of red tissue paper.

And I looked at the light on the ground, and I thought that was my direction.