The night is as cool as water, and in the quiet winter night, only the plum blossoms in the corner of Zhiyinxuan are faintly fragrant, dispelling some of the boredom.

The sparrow from nowhere flapped its wings and flew out of the courtyard, and the inky blue figure also took advantage of the sound of the bird to fall in the courtyard.

The lights in the main house were still on, and a silhouette was reflected in the window lattice.

The woman lying on the beauty couch on her side is holding a book in her hand and is leisurely turning a new page.

"Come in, the door is open."

Shen Yuzhou pushed the door into the inner room and took out an invitation note from his arms, "Fu Mingyuan gave it to you." ”

"Climb over the wall at night to invite people to post?" Xiao Yunjiao couldn't help laughing, "It's really fresh." ”

"His Royal Highness King Yu suddenly sent you back during the day, and it was inconvenient for me to meet with you, so I could only visit late at night." Shen Yuzhou picked a chair and sat down, "Fortunately, the princess hasn't rested yet." ”

With a smile in his eyes, Xiao Yunjiao glanced at it and lowered his head to continue flipping through the book.

"Marquis Shen must have enjoyed watching the song and dance during the day, and so does this palace." The white slender fingers flipped through the pages, "So I couldn't sleep with excitement." ”

She didn't deliberately wait for him anyway.

Shen Yuzhou no longer detoured, "Su Niannian, who the princess wants to investigate, is in that invitation post." ”

Xiao Yunjiao put down the book and picked up the invitation sticker next to the beauty's couch to take a look, and sure enough, it was thicker than the usual invitation sticker. Taking out the letter from the mezzanine, she scanned it intently.

"This Su Nian went to Chen's Mansion two years ago, and he hasn't been to any other house except for singing at the banquet in Chen's Mansion?"

Generally, the singing and dancing girls invited back by the powerful families will be brought to the homes of relatives and friends to show their skills, which is a graceful thing to add glory to themselves. Chen Yang invited such a famous Su Niannian, but he never took it out?

"My subordinates found a mother-in-law who had served her before, and according to her, Chen Yang had always wanted to accept Su Niannian, so he didn't like to let her show up. Only when the guests are entertained will she come out to support the scene. Shen Yuzhou said.

"Two years ago, Chen Yang was in his early fifties, right? Even thinking about Nasu being a concubine every year? It's so shameless. Xiao Yunjiao's words changed, "But this year's girl is also capable, and she can drag on in the Chen Mansion for two years." Chen Yang's death, she can be regarded as out of the sea of suffering. ”

Perhaps it was the inexplicable tacit understanding of the same woman, Xiao Yunjiao always felt that Su Niannian, who only had a distant relationship, was not willing to stay in the Chen Mansion.

"It's not early, Marquis Shen should go back first, and I'll see you in five days when I go to the lake."

She is going to get to know this girl every year.

It took a lot of effort to find news for her, and Shen Houye, who didn't even drink tea by sending information over the wall, raised his eyebrows, as if he had returned to many years ago-

"Brother Yuzhou, you are so good, next time you enter the palace, bring me a candy man sold outside!" Before leaving the palace, the little princess made a special trip to wait and pull his sleeve on the way to shake and shake vigorously, with a posture of not giving up until the goal was reached.

When he really brought the candy man to her, the little princess thought about how to hide and steal the candy so that the queen would not find out, and was anxious to break him away.

"This sugar man is so good-looking, thank you Brother Yuzhou, Brother Yuzhou, go to the martial arts training ground, the masters are waiting!"

……

Xiao Yunjiao's temperament of throwing it away when it is used up is the same as before, and Shen Yuzhou has long been accustomed to it.

It's just that when he was about to get up and leave, he couldn't help but walk to the beauty couch and gently flicked her forehead in the disbelief of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

"Remuneration."

Skillful and in shape—as they had never been in the three years they had been apart.

……

The February sun is warm, and staying in the sun is as drowsy as being in a warm pavilion with a fire burning.

The water of Moon Lake in the east of the city is as clear as a mirror, like a clear crystal. The delicate two-story painting boat slowly drives through the lake, leaving a few shallow water marks on the surface of the lake.

There is a small red clay stove on the small table on the deck of the painting boat, and the tea soup on the stove is boiling. Su Niannian sat on the side with the pipa and twisted it slowly, wearing a light pink cloak to set off her face with peach blossoms.

Xiao Yunjiao was wrapped in a flawless white fox fur cloak and lazily nestled on the chaise longue basking in the sun, and a breeze from the lake blew through her cheeks, pulling up a strand of green silk from her.

The music in my ears is sometimes murmuring, sometimes like the chirping of a bird. The reels are plucked, and the sound of the piano is like a silent valley frozen in winter, full of gloom. Suddenly, the frozen valley cracked open and reached a gap, and countless streams gushed out of the cracks, gradually reconverging into streams......

As soon as the song stopped, Su Niannian put down the pipa and got up to add new tea to Xiao Yunjiao.

"Princess, please have tea."

Her posture of pouring tea and water is calm and calm, and her movements are smooth, and she looks like she has worked hard.

Xiao Yunjiao took the teacup and sniffed lightly, "What a fragrant tea." ”

"Every year, the girl not only sings well, but also cooks tea." As soon as you touch your lips, you will have a fragrant and mellow sweet and bitter taste that occupies your lips and tongue, which is indeed excellent.

Su Niannian looked at his nose and nose, his nose looked at his heart, respectfully and respectfully bowed, and he didn't even look at other places.

I wanted to choose a simple-minded Fu Mingyuan to save trouble, but who knew that he brought the eldest princess, the big Buddha, to the painting boat. also asked her to accompany the eldest princess, but he himself hid in the room with Shen Hou Ye to drink.

Su Niannian didn't know why the princess of Jin Zun and Jade wanted to come to see him, so he could only say less and do more, and accidentally angered the princess.

"What you just played, is it "Qingxi"?"

Su Niannian was a little surprised and said: "Yes, the princess has good ears, and few people know this song." ”

"Every year, the girl is full of color and art, and this song is like a spring water breaking between the bombs, full of hope." Xiao Yunjiao took another sip of tea, "By the way, the girl's pipa technique is ingenious, how long have you been practicing?" ”

"Back to the princess, the slave has been learning with Mr. Daughter since she was five years old, and now it has been thirteen years." Su Niannian didn't want the princess to be able to hear the meaning of her song, and she was quite touched.

Xiao Yunjiao looked at Su Niannian's beautiful face, thought for a moment and asked: "Since the girl can learn art with Mr. Girl, she must have a good family background, why did she enter Changyin Pavilion?" ”

Su Niannian involuntarily raised her head and quickly looked at Xiao Yunjiao's expression, confirming that she really dared to speak only with curiosity on her face: "My father was originally a county magistrate in Jun County, and the family also had some thin property, so my mother invited Mr. for the slave." It's just that later...... My father was accused of being exiled, and the slave was sent to the Church Division. It was the owner who saw that the slave's song was still in his ears, so he sent the slave to Changyin Pavilion. ”

Xiao Yunjiao couldn't help but search for the name of the county magistrate in Jun County in her heart when she heard this, but the time was too long, and the official rank of the county magistrate was too low, so she really had no impression.

"What's your father's name?" After thinking about it for a long time, she still chose to ask Su Niannian directly.

"My father's name is Su Qisheng."

The name sounded like a thunderclap in Xiao Yunjiao's ears.

She couldn't help but think that when her mother was alive, she and her father had discussed this person's affairs.

The queen mother seemed to be saying at the time...... Poor Su Qisheng was wronged for no reason and died of illness on the way to Binzhou.

He is the scapegoat of the family after weighing the pros and cons.

Xiao Yunjiao looked at Su Niannian, and her heart was full of guilt and shock. Back then, her father and queen mother clearly found out Su Qisheng's grievances, but because of the intricacies of the family behind her, she could only remove the official position of the framed person from the official position. But Su Qisheng's life was forever lost in this power struggle.

"Your father...... I love you very much, don't I? Xiao Yunjiao swallowed his apologies helplessly.

Many years ago, it won't help to say sorry, so it's better to wait until the roots are uprooted, and then give her an explanation.

The corners of Su Niannian's mouth rose a little more, breaking the smile that seemed to be branded on his face on weekdays.

"My parents loved me very much, and when I was a child, my grandmother disliked me as a girl and didn't want me to read and learn, but they insisted on asking me to hire the best gentleman." Her eyes suddenly fell lonely, "It's a pity that I didn't understand their hard work at that time, and I always tried to be lazy." ”

"Really? That Hongu is quite similar to you. Xiao Yunjiao drank tea and chatted with herself as if she didn't see her expression, "When the father and queen mother were alive, the palace also did everything possible to avoid being lazy and didn't want to see the master. ”

Su Niannian relaxed a lot when he heard this, but he still remembered the rules, "How dare the slave compare with the princess, the princess is bright and bright, the slave is just a singer, and he doesn't dare to trespass." ”

Xiao Yunjiao looked at her nervous hands clenched, and smiled: "Don't panic. It's just nothing to talk about today. ”

"You sing so well, and the pipa and tea ceremony are also of the highest quality, which shows that you are very smart. Do you want to go to Taile Fang to teach? ”

At present, the generation of singing and dancing instruments is proud of entering the Taile Fang in the palace.

The teachings and practices of Taile Fang all have official qualities, although the grade is not high, but they are also highly respected.

Su Niannian raised his head in surprise, and quickly lowered his head, "The princess said with a smile, how dare she be delusional when she treats the sinful body." ”

"Even if your father is guilty, what does it have to do with you? It is not your fault that you are guilty of it. What's more, Su Qisheng died unjustly.

Su Niannian's eyes were full of disbelief, and she said tentatively: "If it is possible, Nian Nian wants to open a tea shop and live freely." It's a pity that the woman can't help herself, just think about it. ”

Xiao Yunjiao raised her eyebrows and didn't speak, but she thought about it in her heart.

"You come with Hongu."

She took Su Niannian to the side of the boat and looked into the distance, "Look." ”

Su Nian followed Xiao Yunjiao's line of sight and looked into the distance, only to see the faint Daise Mountains connected together, and the weeping willows on both sides of the bank had just sprouted, adding some hazy green to the lake shore in early spring.

"Just a few days after the rain, the trees sprouted overnight. The depression in the winter was also washed away. Xiao Yunjiao took a deep breath, and the breath of early spring filled his entire chest.

"No matter how bitter and cold the winter of the old years is, as long as you survive until the beginning of spring, you can always earn a new life for yourself."

"So every year, do you want to earn a new life for yourself?"

Su Niannian looked sideways at Her Royal Highness, the most noble princess in Dongsheng, the warm winter sun shone on her body, and even her hair was coated with a soft golden halo. Everyone in the world said that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was extravagant and arrogant, but she felt that the eldest princess at this moment was like a god in the earth.

Gentle, serene, firm, forgiving......

She muttered incredulously, "Nian Nian ...... Can it really be? ”

Xiao Yunjiao looked into her eyes and said in a firm tone, "You just need to tell this palace what you think in your heart." ”

"I want it."

Su Niannian blurted out what he thought as if he was out of control. Obviously, she and the eldest princess had only met for the first time, and she hadn't even said a few words, but she just had no reason to believe that she would help her.

"Every year, I just want to go forward, the upright people in the world will never be oppressed again, and women can not be regarded as men's vassals, and can stand on their own feet."

This is a very bold statement, let alone in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Su Niannian's heart was agitated, not only scared, but more looking forward to having a soulmate.

Xiao Yunjiao smiled brightly, "Okay." Hongu really didn't see the wrong person. ”

Although Su Niannian is covered with a seamless mask on the surface, under the mask, there is a tenacious and unyielding heart.

"This palace also feels that one day, women can also be burdened by the prejudice of the world and break out of another world."