Nanye, at the end of the autumn of the fifty-third year of Pingkang, Emperor Pingkang died, and the East Palace was implicated by a foreign family, and was deposed to guard the imperial tomb, and the heir to the throne became the second prince, Zhao Chengbei.

In the first year of Sheng'an, in winter, the new emperor ascended the throne.

The second prince Zhao Chengbei is benevolent and generous, and he is expected to be on the throne, the palace is solemn and solemn, and the congratulations are not stopped, and the people outside the palace are full of joy and joy.

And the back house of a gorgeous and majestic mansion is deserted and desolate.

The courtyard here is not exquisite, winding Qiongxuan, bluestone paving, famous flowers and strange trees, only because of the winter, the path flowers have been sparse, the snow covers the branches, only the courtyard a plum tree is incomparable, in full bloom.

At a glance, you can see that this courtyard is not Yejing style decoration, but Jiangnan tune, which means that the hostess of this courtyard is from Jiangnan.

The first snow of this year came early, and it was all night, and a layer of white was already sprinkled on the eaves and windows, and it was cold outside, but the window lattices of the bedrooms were wide open.

Passing through the window, you can see a mahogany bed at a glance, and between the high bundles of gauze tents, there are beautiful women reclining on them.

Beauty is born with a good appearance, but at this moment, it is delicate but poignant.

Her face was as white as the snow outside the window, and her eyes were dull when she looked out the window, and the color on her lips was gone, but it was not difficult to see that if she was in good health, she would be bright and moving, just like the red plum blossoming in the snow, dazzling and unforgettable.

When the bare hand was lightly raised, the exposed half of the wrist was extremely slender and unusual, as if it was about to be broken at the slightest touch.

She looked out the window, her fingertips moving slightly, not knowing whether she wanted to catch a snowflake or touch a red plum, but in the end, because of weakness, her hand slowly fell.

The cyan skirt rippled, and someone came quickly, half-kneeling on the side of the bed to catch the weakly falling hand, and called urgently: "Miss." ”

The woman lowered her eyes and barely held up a soothing smile: "Yuwei." ”

"The slave is here." Yuwei carefully put the cold hand in her hand on the hand stove she had just exchanged, and said softly: "Miss, the slave maid will pick a red plum for you." ”

She has been by Miss's side since she was a child, and she knows what Miss wants at this time.

This is the obsession of the young lady.

The world is full of Jiangnan Shen family Yunshang Miss is lucky, but one side of the fate, it is called Cui Jiuheng, the son of the Cui family of the Yejing family, who fell in love at first sight, three books and six ceremonies, eight sedan chairs, and envy others.

But only she knows how bitter the young lady has been in her heart in recent years.

"Yuwei." Shen Yunshang stretched out his hand with difficulty to stop Yuwei, and Yuwei lowered her body again and covered her hand: "Miss, you command." ”

Shen Yunshang didn't speak for a long time.

Yuwei seemed to sense something, and her eyes became more and more red.

"It's time." In the silence, only Shen Yunshang muttered in a low voice.

Yuwei couldn't hold back any longer, tears rolled down in a row, and she choked up: "Miss." ”

Shen Yunshang raised his hand to wipe her tears to appease, but she really didn't have much strength now, and after her fingertips trembled, she had no choice but to give up and said, "You take out the jade pendant under my pillow." ”

Yuwei wiped her tears and reached out to take out the jade pendant under the pillow.

Shen Yunshang looked at the jade pendant in Yuwei's palm, and when she got married, her mother called her to the ancestral hall and solemnly instructed.

'Merchant, kneel down, Mother will give you a very important thing in this place.'

'You must not forget what your mother says next, you must keep this jade pendant alive and never lose it, but you must not let people see that it is too important to you.'

'If one day you encounter a great crisis, but there is still room for salvation, and there is no innocent implication, then you will wrap this jade pendant in a black handkerchief, and send it intact to the White Crane Pawnshop for help, just say, when two hundred taels of silver, redeem it after two hours, and after the other party has given you the silver, ask him to give you a room to rest in, and rest for two hours, remember, these words are not a word, and then in the next two hours you will see in this room, whatever he says to you, you must believe it.'

And if one day you perceive that someone else is trying to do something else against you, and you are under the control of someone, you will move your whole body, or... When you are dying, and you have no descendants alive, you will break it and wrap it in a white handkerchief and send it to the White Crane Pawnshop, and say, when half a tael of gold, you will die, and you will not redeem it, but when the other party hands you the gold, you will not be able to take it, but only say that you will give it to the person who needs it, and from then on, you will completely forget this jade pendant, as if it never existed.

'Businessmen, the former may cause an uproar or cause chaos, and are more likely to bleed, so you must remember to choose carefully'

"If you have a good journey in the future, give it to your own children, and relay your mother's words word for word."

"Miss?"

Shen Yunshang came back to his senses, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and his fingertips lightly swiped over the jade pendant: "Yuwei..."

"Miss, you say." Yuwei's voice choked.

"You take it to the White Crane Pawnshop..."

Shen Yunshang swallowed lightly in his throat, and then said slowly and clearly: "You smashed it, wrapped it in a white handkerchief, and sent it to the White Crane Pawnshop, and said to them, when half a tael of gold, you should die, and you will not redeem it, but when the other party hands you the gold, you can't take it, only say give it to the person who needs it, you remember, word for word." ”

It's not that she didn't think about sending it completely and giving herself a chance to survive, but today it was Zhao Chengbei who was sitting on the dragon chair, and there was no one in the world, and no force could compete with him.

What's more, she had a faint premonition in her heart that Cui Jiuheng's repeated temptations might be related to this jade pendant, although she didn't know what secrets were hidden behind this jade pendant, but if she saved her, she might bleed, she didn't want to, and her situation already met the conditions for sending broken jade to the past.

Someone has other intentions against her, and she is also controlled by others, and she is affected by the whole body.

Yuwei's brows furrowed slightly, and her face was puzzled: "Miss, what does this mean?" ”

Shen Yunshang didn't answer, just stared at Yuwei, and said in a solemn tone: "Yuwei, you repeat it." ”

Although Yuwei didn't know, she still repeated it according to her words.

Shen Yunshang's expression was slightly relaxed, he looked sideways out of the window, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I don't know what they want from me, and I don't have time to verify it, but no matter what they want, I can't afford it..."

Using her as bait is nothing more than the person or thing she cares about.

She can't afford to give anything she cares about.

Shen Yunshang paused for a moment, didn't know what he thought, quickly looked back and leaned over slightly, and used the last bit of strength to shake Yuwei's hand: "After I leave, you leave the house immediately, be sure to spread the news farther, especially quickly... Pei Xingzhao knows that I am no longer saved, already..."

"It's dead."

Yuwei closed her eyes in pain: "Miss..."

"The new emperor ascended the throne, the Pei family has the merit of being a dragon, Pei Xingzhao has the love of the princess, and he can be clothed and fed for the rest of his life, safe and smooth, I can't ask him to ruin his future for me." Shen Yunshang stared at Yuwei: "Yuwei, you promise me." ”

"But girl..."

The girl has no future, and Yuwei couldn't say the words later, and after swallowing and choking, she responded as she said: "The slave obeys." ”

Shen Yunshang looked at Yuwei and was silent for a while, then said softly: "After you go out, don't come back, take the silver ticket on the table, or go back to Jiangnan, or go to the house I looked for you before, and recognize your father-in-law, this money is enough for you to have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime." ”

Yuwei opened her mouth and wanted to refuse, but looking at Shen Yunshang's weak appearance, she still choked up: "Yes." ”

Shen Yunshang relieved his strength at this time, leaned back, and looked out the window again.

The red plums in the courtyard bloom brilliantly in the snow, just like back then...

In a trance, she seemed to see the dusty but smiling prodigal under the plum tree again.

It was the bamboo horse she had made a marriage contract since she was a child, although the dog couldn't spit out ivory in his mouth, but he was handsome and generous, if he was soft back then, I don't know, what kind of road it would be.

"Yuwei, go ahead."

Yuwei followed Shen Yunshang's gaze and got up silently: "Yes." ”

Yuwei walked to the door and heard a faint voice behind her: "The one who wants to bring snow." ”

The angry voice made Yuwei's body tremble, she didn't dare to look back, and walked out of the corridor quickly, as if she was afraid that it would be too late, and when she arrived in the courtyard, she had already lifted her skirt and ran.

The closer you get to the plum tree, the clearer the memories of the past become.

Three years ago, Miss and Pei Gongzi parted ways, and it was also such a solar term.

The first snow covers the branches of red plums.

The two held an oil-paper umbrella, said goodbye, passed by, and walked with their backs to each other, she and Luyang looked at it from afar, crying breathlessly.

Yuwei hurriedly stopped under the plum tree, picked up a bunch of snow, she stood on her tiptoes and quickly broke off a red plum with snow, and quickly turned around and ran towards the house.

Just crossed the screen, Yuwei spoke: "Miss, the slave has turned back, this plum is carrying..."

Yuwei's words stopped abruptly.

Under the green gauze tent, the woman leaned on the pillow, her eyes were closed, her face was calm, like a waterfall and green silk scattered next to the pillow, and the hand that was placed on the hand stove had fallen on the edge of the bed at some point.

The red plum in Yuwei's hand fell, and tears fell one by one, some of which fell on the plum blossoms, accompanied by a low murmur: "Snow." ”

After a long time, Yuwei bent down with trembling hands to pick up the plum, moved close to the bed and knelt down, and put the red plum into her unwarm hand before burying her head and crying convulsively.

She didn't dare to cry too loudly, just whimpered softly, stoic and desperate.

But even so, it still attracted people.

"Sister Yuwei, what's wrong?"

Yuwei raised her head suddenly, endured the pain in her heart, and quickly put her clenched hand into the quilt, taking Hongmei and the hand stove with her, and then she tried to calm her voice: "It's okay, the young lady is asleep." ”

There was silence for a moment outside, and then said: "It's freezing this day, the young lady is still sick, why did she open the window, and the slave went to close it." ”

The voice approached with the sound of footsteps, Yuwei hurriedly straightened up, put Shen Yunshang flat on the pillow, and calmly twisted the quilt for her, while replying: "Well, close it." ”

"The young lady loves the first snow and red plums, so she opened the window for a while, and now she is asleep, so she has to close it."

At the same time, a green-clothed maid appeared by the window, she looked inside, and saw that Yuwei was waiting for Shen Yunshang to fall asleep, and there was nothing unusual, so she withdrew her gaze and closed the window.

The window fell, and another line of tears fell from Yuwei's eyes.

When it comes to Miss, who doesn't say a word about good life.

The daughter of a merchant marries into the eldest son of a big family as the main family, and she is honored, loved, blessed, and beautiful, but the fact is that the young lady can't report the funeral immediately even if she dies.

Yuwei put down the veil, and after taking one last look at the miserable white face, she wiped away her tears and turned around and walked out the door.

The news of Miss's death can't be hidden for long, she has to go out before she finds out in the house, otherwise, I'm afraid she won't be able to get out.

Miss's illness this time is too strange, before this, uncle... Cui Dagongzi has tested Miss more than once, although Miss doesn't know what he wants, but it is always unprofitable for them.

This jade pendant was given to Miss by Mrs. on the eve of Miss's wedding, and now it is disposed of like this, and I think there is another deep meaning behind it.

But none of this has anything to do with her, people die like lights go out, and as soon as the young lady leaves, no matter what the new emperor is using the young lady to calculate, it is useless.

Yuwei stood at the door of the mansion and looked back at the plaque hanging high, a trace of hatred and determination flashed in her eyes.

-

Edict of Prison

The man sat against the wall, dressed in brocade and jade, handsome and dusty.

When the jailer walks by, he can't help but glance at it, and when he walks away, he will whisper.

"Yesterday was the noble horse master, but today he has entered the edict prison, it is really unpredictable."

"Who told him to dare to assassinate the princess without knowing how to do it, the princess treated him so sincerely, he was afraid that he was confused by ghosts."

"Who says it's not, it's a good day, but it's going to do such a foolish thing."

"The princess is unconscious now, if there is a good one, his Pei family will not survive."

"It's the princess Jiren who has her own natural appearance, and the Pei family has no good end."

"It's true, but the new emperor ascends the throne, and he should be amnesty..."

"The amnesty is today, and his charges have not yet been decided, so they are not covered by the amnesty."

After the sound died down completely, the man slowly opened his eyes and looked in the direction the jailer had left.

When you close your eyes, you are handsome and noble, and when you open them, those peach blossom eyes destroy the color of the dust.

He looked at it for a moment, then casually withdrew his gaze to the only small window in the prison.

The first snow of the year came yesterday and it fell all night, and I don't know what kind of grand scene it was outside.

She should be very happy to think about it.

He once had a little Qingmei, they were married since childhood, although Xiao Qingmei is a dog temper, a little bit of explosion, but beautiful and kind, if she was soft back then, I don't know what the scene is now.

In the past, she loved to take him to watch the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms, and then threatened him to use the first snow to make her a pot of tea, and after drinking the tea, she would put on the chessboard and force him to play chess.

Why persecution?

Because her chess skills are very bad, she has to regret the two sons, and even if he releases the water into a vast ocean, she still can't win, she can't win, and she will be angry with him, he has to cook a pot of spicy pot, buy Jiangnan wine to coax, after eating the spicy pot, after drinking the wine, she will blame him for cooking too much meat for her and eating fat, so she will drag him to set off fireworks, famous, exercise, lose weight, but every time she comes back, she has to find all kinds of excuses to rely on his back.

Therefore, this chess game was the beginning of all his misfortunes, and he did not want to play chess with her, but she would always use all kinds of means to force him to play.

"Pei Xiaoxing, if you don't agree, if you don't agree, I'll go and sue Uncle Pei, saying that you are bullying me again."

"Pei Xingxing, don't be so stingy, it's a big deal that I'll play the piano for you tomorrow."

'Pei Zhaozhao, I'll count to three! ’

"Hush." Pei Xingzhao chuckled lowly, his eyebrows and eyes with a bit of bright light, but then dimmed.

Cui Jiuheng spoiled her like that, and she didn't need to threaten her in every way, so she should have been playing chess with her at this time.

He heard that her chess skills are very good now, and she should have been taught by Cui Jiuheng.

I just don't know if Cui Jiuheng will cook the spicy pot she likes, whether she will know her duplicity, put a few more slices of meat on her, I don't know if Cui Jiuheng's pickled meat slices are as delicious as he made.

As for the fireworks, the Cui family has set off all her favorites in the past few years.

In this way, he doesn't seem to have any nostalgia anymore.

As for the killer?

Scold...

If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die.

If he had expected it, the princess would have woken up in the morning of the child, or the morrow, and his conviction would have been fixed, just after the day of amnesty.

The entire Pei family has to go to prison.

He can't protect the Pei family anymore, and under the imperial power, he can't do anything.

He had also worked hard and worked hard for this, but he didn't know until this morning that everything he did was useless, from the beginning, since the Pei family was targeted three years ago, it was already doomed to today's ending.

Fortunately, she was not implicated.

She is the eldest young lady of the Cui family, and the rest of her life will be happy and healthy, with children and grandchildren.

Now, there is only one thing he can do for her.

-

After Yuwei came out of the White Crane pawnshop, she bought a basket of paper money and walked slowly on the street, listening to the surprised discussion of the street passers-by.

"I heard that the young lady of the Cui family died, is it really fake?"

"Look over there, that's the young lady's personal maid, who bought so much paper money, and personally admitted that the young lady died of illness, how did she make a fake."

"Tsk, it's a pity, Mr. Cui loves Mrs. so much, I don't know how sad I should be right now."

"Alas, what a shame."

"In the end, she is just the daughter of a businessman, and she doesn't have this blessing to receive this wealth and glory."

The corners of Yuwei's lips tugged slightly.

Such a blessing, whoever loves it wants it.

Yuwei looked down at the paper money in the basket, she walked all the way from here to Cui's house, and the news should have spread.

"The latest news, Master Ma killed the lord this morning, went to prison, and has committed suicide in fear of crime."

Yuwei's footsteps froze, and her pupils shrank.

Barely hesitating, she turned around sharply and asked urgently, "Which one?" ”

"Who else, since the Pei family has been in the limelight in recent years." Someone replied.

Yuwei's fingers trembled, the basket fell to the ground, a gust of wind rose, and paper money flew all over the sky.

"This girl doesn't know yet, this is the news this morning, it is said that it was the assassination of the princess, at that time we thought it was incredible, the princess loves the horse so much, how could the horse do such a thing, I didn't think that now I committed suicide in fear of sin..."

"How do you know that you are committing suicide in fear of sin!" Yuwei gritted her teeth and asked.

"This is what Lu Yang, the personal attendant of the horse master, said personally, and he just carried a basket of paper money from here not long ago..."

"Shut up, do you know who this girl is?"

"Who?"

"The personal maid of the young lady of the Cui family."

"Ah, is that the young lady of the Cui family who is the childhood sweetheart of the horse master?"

"Foolish, there is still a young lady in the Cui family."

"Ah this, I just heard that the young man of the Cui family also died of illness, how can this be such a coincidence..."

"Silence, go!"

In the midst of the noise, Yuwei stiffened and turned around.

The wind blew, and paper money passed by her arm.

Yuwei's heart jumped suddenly.

It is impossible for Pei Gongzi to kill the master, and now even if he will not implicate Miss, he will have to take care of the Pei family.

It seems that it was the young lady who was most worried about happened.

This is the new emperor, unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

"The personal attendant of the horse master, Lu Yang, said it himself, and he brought a basket of paper money from here not long ago."

The corners of Yuwei's mouth set off an arc that couldn't cry or laugh.

What a tacit understanding these two people are, even if they have not had any intersection in the past three years, the last thing they did was exactly the same.

But they didn't know that the other party was gone.

If God has eyes...

No, if God had eyes, the young lady would not have died in vain.

Yuwei raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, and walked towards the Cui family with a firm step.

That night, the mourning hall of the young lady of the Cui family caught fire, the eldest son of the Cui family ruined half of his face, and Yuwei, the personal maid of the young lady of the Cui family, was buried in the fire.