Chu Zhao looked at the girl in front of him in a daze, subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.

It's not an illusion, it's really Chu Yi.

Chu Yi, who was wearing a snow-white jacket skirt, was getting down the shadow and walking slowly towards him, Xiao Yan also followed by her side, holding an umbrella for her to block the wind and snow, and her eyes were gentle.

"Chu Yi?" His voice was hoarse, and it seemed rough in the cold wind.

"Fourth brother, are you still going to avoid me this time?" Chu Yi walked in front of him before stopping, and asked softly across the snow from him.

Yu Bing walked out, took out the token of the Crane Division, and motioned to the others: "Princess, if you have something to explain, please step down."

"Yes." The people who escorted Chu Zhao immediately retreated a few feet away, leaving a large space for several people to talk.

Chu Zhao saw Xiao Yan next to him, and withdrew his gaze, and finally looked at the snowflakes accumulated on Chu Yi's shoulders.

Here she was, waiting for him for a long time.

The moment Xiao Yan saw Chu Zhao's eyes, the gentleness in his eyes turned into sharp ice.

There was a sneer on the corner of his lips, and his amber phoenix eyes were extremely gloomy, like meeting a beast competing with him for prey, and there was anger hidden in his eyes.

Chu Yi sensed something, and glanced at Xiao Yan strangely, but he quickly restrained his anger, revealing a silent and innocent expression, and his shallow eyes were clean.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Yi shook his head, and his heart may have hallucinated, otherwise how could he feel that the young man next to him was very much like the little one raised by the queen mother just now.

Chu Zhao watched the interaction between the two and remembered that when he saw Xiao Yan for the first time, he was very uneasy in his heart, feeling that this person was extremely dangerous.

However, it is such a dangerous person who can protect Chu Yi.

This fierce beast, only when facing Chu Yi, will put away its fangs and claws, and obediently be a tanuki on people's knees.

Chu Zhao subconsciously wanted to find a hand warmer for Chu Yi, but found that her bright and beautiful face was flushed, and the jacket she was wearing should be very warm, embroidered with golden patterns, which was both thick and without losing the brightness of Princess Yongning.

She already has Xiao Yan by her side, and she no longer needs to secretly protect her in the palm of her hand, not to mention, her own existence will only hurt her.

"The princess doesn't have to call me the fourth brother anymore, now I'm just a commoner." Chu Zhao said, his long and narrow eyes full of gloom.

"What are you talking about," Chu Yi gritted his teeth, turned around and took off the big bag from the horse, "As long as you want, you have always been the fourth brother in my heart!" Isn't it like this from childhood to adulthood?"

No matter what Chu Zhao did, she remembered the good times when they were children, and she already knew that everything Chu Zhao did was just to protect himself, but he used it in the wrong place.

Chu Zhao's eyes widened slightly, the wind and snow around him became a little bigger, and the cold snowflakes drifted into his eyes, and he said self-deprecatingly, "The princess shouldn't like the fourth brother of the grass people."

Chu Yi shook his head: "Although you often complained to your father when you were a child, Chu and I were punished; Although you are strict and old-fashioned, and you don't speak well; Although, you always keep a cold face and go against your brother, although you are a member of the Fan family......

Chu Zhao: "......"

She said a series of Chu Zhao's shortcomings, but Xiao Yan's face became gloomy little by little, and the eyes that looked at Chu Zhao became more and more displeased.

Immediately, Chu Yi's words changed: "However, whether a person is bad or not, whether he is likable or not, is not based on his mouth, but by his actions. Fourth brother has always said that he hates me, but you haven't done anything to hurt me, at least not yet."

Her voice was a little choked, and Xiao Yan's face became even more ugly.

Suddenly, a strange image flashed through his mind.

He saw Chu Zhao dead.

Xiao Yan's pupils shrank, and his heartbeat was faster for a moment.

That picture flashed away, it should be the scene of his previous life, Xiao Yan could only see that the gloomy young man in front of him had a sword stuck in his chest, and the blood was so thick that it could dye his black robe red, and gather into a pool of blood under his feet.

Wow to die! Xiao Yan's mood was a little bit

The child turned for the better.

It's just that he can't remember the cause and effect of Chu Zhao's death, at least when Ah Yi died, this bastard was still in Nanyan and was at ease as the emperor.

Xiao Yan tried hard to think about it, but he felt that the face that looked like Chu Zhao was blurred.

"I asked before, do you remember what happened when we were young, you didn't answer, then now I want to ask you again, Chu Zhao, do you remember what happened when we were young?" Chu Yi asked.

Chu Zhao's heart trembled slightly, his heart seemed to be hit hard by her eyes, sour and astringent.

Memories of my youth involuntarily come to mind.

The fluffy little ball took his hand, and asked with sparkling eyes, "Fourth brother, can you always play with Yi'er?"

"Yes." He laughs.

"Fourth brother, can you help Yi'er pick the kite hanging from the tree? Chu Shu fell on his ass, he didn't care about me, he ran away."

The little girl's eyes were red, and she pointed to the top of the tallest tree in the Imperial Garden.

A gust of wind blew, rolling up the magpie kite wrapped around the branches.

"The kite still flew away."

The little girl cried out with a "wow".

"Fourth brother will tie a new one for you." He looked up, looked at the kite that flew away, and said seriously.

"Yi'er likes the fourth brother the most!"

She is the youngest little princess of the royal family, the little tail that follows him, the person who comforts him when he is most desperate, and the deep sheep fat jade in his life, if you have no money, you can go to the pawnshop to pawn it, or you can use it to bribe others...... But don't say I taught you!"

"This is an autumn coat, I asked the people from the Shangyi Bureau to make it according to your usual size, it is a very comfortable fabric, at least you can wear it, fortunately, you don't grow anymore."

"You also have to keep these silver tickets, and when you arrive in Liangzhou, you can also buy a house to live in after you work."

After a short time, Chu Zhao's arms were already full.

"I...... It doesn't take so much."

"No more, no more, your horse Chu Yao has prepared, and those guards and princes have also taken care of it, so they won't embarrass you."

Chu Yi said, and handed him the box containing a snow field holy lotus, explaining to him the role of the holy lotus.

"This is the eldest brother specially brought back from Beifu to the Three Emperor Brothers, I and the Three Emperor Brothers want to give you a petal, it is said to have the effect of prolonging life, whether it is poisoned or injured or seriously ill, you can try it."

Chu Zhao put away all those things, some in his baggage, and some on horseback.

He held the box, suddenly thought of something, frowned and said, "There is something related to the Third Highness and the Great Highness, but I don't know, whether I should say it or not."

Chu Zhao's eyes looked at Xiao Yan, and Chu Yi said, "Fourth brother just say it, Xiao Yan is his own person. The Three Emperor Brothers and the Big Brother? What's wrong with them?"

Chu Zhao recalled and said: "When the mother of the third prince, Madame Zhen, died of illness, although I don't know what happened, one thing is certain, Madame Zhen was frail and sick for more than ten years after giving birth to the third prince, and until a few months before her death, she had a close relationship with Madame Mei."

Chu Yi's face changed: "You mean that Mrs. Zhen's death is related to Mrs. Mei?"

The two wives of Zhenmei died of illness seven years ago and eight years ago respectively, when Chu Yi was still young, Chu Rin had already joined the army, and Chu Yun's health was not good as always.

Chu Zhao shook his head, and a glint flashed in his dark eyes: "No, what I know is that Mrs. Mei also had a good relationship with Fan Qiongran at that time, so I suspect that Fan Qiongran is the real mastermind behind the scenes."

He didn't have any evidence, but with what he knew about his mother, he still felt that this incident might be related to Fan Qiongran.

"It's just that too long has passed, and Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Mei have passed away one after another, and there is no way to find out."

When Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Mei died, he was only eleven or twelve years old, and it was precisely because he was not very old that Fan Qiongran did not hide it from him, so he kept this matter in his heart.

If it weren't for Chu Rin's sudden return to Beijing, he wouldn't have remembered it.

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Hearing his words, he suddenly recalled the day when the eldest brother gave the Holy Lotus to the Third Emperor Brother, because of Mrs. Mei's bracelet, the Third Emperor Brother also remembered his mother, and asked himself if he remembered his mother.

The three emperor brothers were indeed a little strange that day.

She froze and said, "Can't find out? No, Fan Qiongran is still alive, and I will definitely investigate this matter."

"That's fine." Chu Zhao put his mind at ease.

Chu Yi took out the last thing and put it in his hand: "Fourth brother, you can take this."

"Kites?" Chu Zhao looked at the swallow kite made of wood chips in his hand, and froze, his fingertips stuck on the edge of the wood chips, glowing pale.

"The kite still flew away."

"Fourth brother will tie a new one for you."

The little girl's crisp voice sounded in her head.

When she was a child, Chu Yi's kite broke off and flew away, and what he re-tied for her was a swallow kite.

It turned out that not only did he not forget those memories, but Chu Yi also did not.

"This one was made of birch, and it will never fly away again," Chu Yi said, "I painted the pattern on it with dye, and it was waxed, so it won't fade easily."

Chu Zhao held the wooden kite tightly, Chu Yi thought he was not satisfied, and said, "Of course, if you don't like it......

Chu Zhao nodded vigorously: "I like it very much."

"That's good, this carpentry is actually made by Xiao Yan, and the pattern was drawn by me, fourth brother, you won't mind, right?" Chu Yi asked with a smile.

「…… I don't mind."

Xiao Yan took a step forward and deliberately explained, "In order to make this wooden kite, the princess found a lot of wood, and the wood she personally selected, and the minister just grinded it into the shape of a kite."

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

Chu Zhao said, took three steps back, and looked at Xiao Yan.

The snow was falling, almost obscuring their vision.

"Chu Yi is the most precious treasure of our Chu family, if you die, but you won't have to worry about it."

When Chu Yi heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched: "You can't die well, and you apologize for your crimes?"

Xiao Yan: "Ah Yi, don't be afraid."

Chu Yi said in her heart, she was not afraid, she just thought of one thing - could it be that he died like this in his previous life?

After all, I was sad every day!

Chu Zhao put the wooden kite into his arms and turned over on his horse.

He stared at Chu Yi's eyes steadily, his deep dark eyes firm and gentle: "Liuliu, you remember, no matter where I am, whether I'm by your side or not, you still have the fourth brother here. I will be your retreat, and I will pray for you to be happy and happy forever from afar."

In the end, he was willing to be her fourth brother and called her Liuliu.

He would never love someone like this again in his life.

The bigger the snow, the more silvery white the sky and the earth were, and those snowflakes fell on Chu Zhao's eyebrows, and after melting, they were like teardrops.

The people who escorted him set off again, and Chu Zhao was about to ride his horse, when a horse came from afar.

"Who!" The people on the periphery immediately surrounded him.

Chu Yi had already recognized the person who came, waved his hand and said, "You don't need to stop it, it's about the guards."

"Talking about the wind, why are you here?" Chu Zhao was shocked, "Didn't I ask you to leave the capital?"

"My subordinates are indeed leaving the capital, no, I met you." Tan Feng said with a smile.

He rolled over and dismounted, his handsome face and hair on his forehead were stained with melted snow, and the navy blue guard's robe was almost the same as usual, the only difference was that he was carrying a large burden.

"I've seen Princess Yongning," Tan Feng knelt down and saluted, then looked at Chu Zhao, "Humble duty, I want to be with the four ...... Chu Gongzi went to Liangzhou together."

"Nonsense, you—"

Before Chu Zhao could finish his words, he was interrupted by the conversation style.

This is also the first time that Tan Feng has disobeyed his orders, and his eyes are extremely firm: "The letter of introduction written by Gongzi to his subordinates, the subordinates have torn it up, and the person who is a confidant dies, this is his subordinates' own choice, and Gongzi does not need to stop it, and he can stop it."

I can't stop it."

He added, "What's more, the reason why his subordinates are innocent is because no one cares, but if you want to investigate carefully, your subordinates are also guilty, and it is normal to be exiled with you."

Chu Zhao's throat choked and he couldn't speak.