At the end of the year, the rumbling sound of firecrackers filled the country with a festive atmosphere. This year, the prince of Xingyao is going to celebrate the New Year in Tianyu, so the most face-saving official of the Tianyu Rite Department must let him feel the breadth and profundity of Tianyu, and he will work harder than in previous years. Moreover, Ling Haoxuan, the eldest prince and Ling Haoqian, the second prince, who are away all the year round, are also rare to be able to celebrate the New Year in the palace this year. People in the palace are saying how these two princes are dignified and temperamental, I can't help but think of that Qingjun figure, I don't know why, as long as I think of him, there will always be a trace of quiet softness in my heart......

The palace has been busy with the festival these days, and the New Year is approaching, even He Zhengqing is busy, Ling Haoxi also has more entertainment, and there is no time to mess with me, so I have to stay in my yard bored.

My aunt loves me the most, and the garden scenery I chose is naturally good, there is a long corridor outside the garden, along the long corridor you will go to Yuxin Lake, the lake is full of lotus flowers, and the scenery is the most charming in summer. In fact, the scenery is also good in winter, and the plum blossoms by the lake are in full bloom, with an elegant plum fragrance.

In the past few days, it has snowed one after another, and the snowflakes have decorated the entire palace into a plain white, and the plum blossoms are in full bloom and the dark fragrance is floating, where can I still stay in the palace. Early in the morning, I wore a newly made light purple brocade dress, with a plush palace flower on my head, and a fox fur cloak on the outside, the whole cloak was smooth and clean, without a trace of variegation, and the whole body was silky, like fine silk. I instructed Huaibi to take the zither and put it in the Yunyan Pavilion, and the wind blew the long hair between my sideburns, and I couldn't help but gather the cloak on my body.

The sun is fine, I caress the strings, or because the morning is cold, the wet and cold dew infiltrates the piano, there is ice water quietly condensed, only to hear the sound of Zheng, the aftersound is tactful, I settle down, the fingers dexterously plucked between the strings, a song "Picking Rose" is like a cloud and flowing water in the fingertips, smart and long. Maybe it was too quiet, but I played that profound and ethereal spirit rarely, and at the end of the song, I was still immersed in it......

Suddenly there was a sound of clapping hands behind me, I was startled, looking back, but it was Ling Haoqian, who had been thinking about him for the past few days, he was still wearing a moon-white robe, but the style was slightly different, wearing a silver-gray coat, lining his slender figure, and his appearance was more handsome, his handsomeness was completely different from He Zhengqing's, if He Zhengqing was a gentle gentleman, then he was like a straight sword, slightly sharp!

He seemed a little surprised that I looked at him so unabashedly, looked at me closely, and smiled.

"I didn't expect you to be not only good, but also good!"

I smiled lightly, didn't dare to slack off, and gave him a salute, "Su Ruo has seen His Royal Highness King Jing. ”

He raised his arm slightly, motioned for me to get up, shook his hand, and there was already a white jade Xiao in his palm, he smiled heartily, and played the song "Cai Wei" I just played. I was secretly surprised in my heart, my music was said to be taught by my mother herself, and it was rumored that my mother's music was the best in the world, but I didn't expect him to be under me at all.

At the end of the song, he put down Bai Yuxiao, looked at me with bright eyes, a bright smile, and bright eyes like jade. My face was burned by his gaze, and I was just about to say something, when there was a sound of broken footsteps in the distance, he glanced at it, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he hesitated, but finally gave up and said goodbye to me.

I looked at his back in the distance, and something stirred in my heart.

"Miss!" Huaibi called me timidly, I glanced at her, and was about to call her back, when I saw Ling Haoxi walking along the corridor.

"Where did you go? I searched for a long time and couldn't find you! He walked into the Yunyan Pavilion and saw me standing in the snow with a cloak on, and couldn't help but sneer at me: "Why do you wear so little, what if you catch a cold!" As he spoke, he grabbed my cold hand and sighed at my lips.

"Originally, it wasn't cold, but what you said was a little cold!" I gently pulled out my hands and said, "Let's go!" Let's go back! ”

He said yes, but grabbed my hand but didn't let go. It's been two years since I've been here, and he's no longer the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, and now he's half a head taller than me, clear and handsome, heroic, how many young ladies in the capital want to marry him, but he's still like a child and I'm tired of being together, I want to avoid suspicion, but my hand can't be pulled out anyway, it's tight, he gets angry, I'm too lazy to argue with him every time, and it's up to him.

I suddenly thought that he was sixteen years old this year, and his aunt had already asked him to take a concubine, but he didn't care about it, and now he was about to leave the palace, and he didn't know what kind of girl could manage him, I couldn't help laughing.

He turned his head and looked at me sullenly, and I tilted my head and asked him, "Do you like the portrait in my aunt's hand?" The festival will be over in a few days, and these ladies will all attend the banquet at that time, so you just have to take a closer look and choose the one you like. ”

Unexpectedly, his face was even more embarrassed, he looked at me fixedly for a while, and said to Huaibi with a cold face: "Stand down!" ”

Huaibi was startled and looked at me in a panic, I nodded, and she finally hesitated to leave.

Ling Haoxi looked at me fixedly for a while, and suddenly hit the pillar of the corridor with a look of annoyance, I was startled, and immediately grabbed his hand to see, the pillar was not smooth, his fingers had been cut, blood dripped down the cracks of his fingers, splashing on the snow, like blooming red plums.

I quickly took a handkerchief to wipe it, but I couldn't help but blame him: "What is this?!" Something unsatisfactory! Why do you get angry with yourself! ”

He frowned deeply and didn't say a word, I have been with him since I was a child, I have never seen him now, I am a little curious, even when he has a temperament, but he has never had a seizure in me, I am inexplicably flustered.

He was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "Why don't you want to marry me?" ”

I was taken aback by him, remembering what my aunt had asked me that day, how should I tell him about the disadvantages of marriage between close relatives, not to mention that in my heart I only regarded him as my own relative.

My hesitation turned into a wordless rejection in his eyes, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Haoxi, I only treat you as an elder brother!" I was afraid that he would make trouble again, so I had to coax him gently.

But where could he hear that?

He grabbed my hand with such strength that I realized that he was really an adult! I looked at the sadness in his eyes, and my heart ached.

"Haoxi, you are sixteen years old, and you want to take a concubine to set up a mansion, but I can't, I haven't reached the end yet, and it's impossible to get married." I tried to comfort him in the most acceptable way for him.

"I can wait for you!" A glimmer of hope rose in his eyes, "I can tell my father, the emperor, and the queen mother, as long as you want, I can wait for you!" Ruo'er, if you believe me, I will definitely be good to you, I will definitely ......"

I was taken aback and hurriedly interrupted him: "I don't want to! ”

He froze in place, his face full of sorrow, and looked at me: "I know! I knew you didn't! Although you have always been kind to me, I know that you never wanted to marry me! It's all my own wishful thinking! ”

My heart ached: "Haoxi, don't be like this, okay?" ”

He suddenly raised his head and looked at me seriously: "Ruo'er, have you ever liked me?" ”

I looked at the expectation, nervousness and fear in his eyes, lowered my head, rubbed my handkerchief for a while, and said: "Hao Xi, I like you, you are reckless, upright, and handsome, it's just that we have been together since childhood, I have always treated you as my own brother, and I have no way to marry you!" ”

"What about He Zhengqing? Do you like him? His eyes were full of hurt fragility, and he cautiously continued.

I was stunned, and the light and handsome man appeared in front of me, and a smile appeared on his lips, "I like him too, but we are just friends, just childhood playmates, and have nothing to do with love!" ”

He put the back of his hand to his eyes, leaned his head against the pillar, and slowed down for a while as if he had finally calmed down, and after a while, he took my hand, "Ruo'er, I know that I am not enough for you to fall in love with me now, but I will try, and when I stand on the highest place one day, I will definitely come to you." ”

I looked at his serious appearance, angry and funny, I endured and endured, and finally swallowed the words on my lips and pushed him, "Let's go, my aunt will be angry when I go back!" ”

He obediently left with me, but I didn't know that in the forest behind me, there was a lake-blue figure standing there quietly until we left......