Recently, Zhu Qingwu often hears all kinds of noises coming from outside from time to time.

Yuzhu said that this is fireworks outside the palace.

"Fireworks?" Zhu Qingwu raised his eyes to look out the window, but the palace wall was deep and he couldn't see the scene outside.

"The New Year is just a few days away." Yuzhu said, stuffing a shortbread in his hand, and then looked at him with a blank eye.

"Brother Zhu, you have eaten too little recently, my mother said, if people are unhappy, they should eat, and when they are full, they will be fine."

Zhu Qingwu was amused by her words and looked at her with lowered eyes.

Yuzhu gave birth to a baby face, and a pair of fawn-like eyes, watery when looking at people, people's hearts couldn't help but soften, like Xiaodouzi, she just turned sixteen this year.

is already at the age of being able to marry in Da Liang, but his words and thoughts are still like a child.

Looking at her expectant eyes, Zhu Qingwu couldn't bear to refuse after all, and took a bite of the shortbread in his hand.

The sesame stuffing was delicious, but his appetite was so bad that he couldn't eat it again after just one bite.

"Jade beads." Zhu Qingwu was afraid that she would be worried, so she quickly changed the topic, "I'll entrust you ......"

Yuzhu knew what he said, so before he could finish speaking, he immediately answered: "I wish my brother you can rest assured, I have already done it."

Yuzhu said and looked around, leaned into his ear and said, "I asked Xiao Zhang's father-in-law in the imperial dining room to send the money you gave to Xiaodouzi's house when he went out of the palace to buy, and Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said......"

"Say what?"

"When he was looking for an address, the neighbor said that they suddenly got rich and moved, and he found a new address, which is a big yard on the outskirts of the city, and he handed over the things to Xiaodouzi's father and mother, and they are doing well, so you can rest assured."

Zhu Qingwu didn't speak when he heard this, and he probably guessed in his heart that it should be Tang Xijian's handwriting.

If he used to be grateful, but now he can't have the slightest superfluous feelings in his heart.

Hit a stick and then gave a sweet date, a very standard game for the upper class.

Stunned, he remembered the day when he woke up from the chaos.

Zhu Qingwu begged him to let him out of the palace.

However, Tang Xijian just looked at himself and did not say anything for a long time.

After staying in this palace for so long, how could Zhu Qingwu not understand that silence is the best answer.

The last glimmer of hope was cut off like this, and Zhu Qingwu also closed his eyes and was silent.

I don't know if I'm afraid that I will beg him again, and since that day I haven't come to the Hinoki Palace again.

Only Imperial Physician Qin still came to prescribe medicine and needles for him every day.

Imperial Doctor Qin rejuvenated his hands and took his medicine, and Zhu Qingwu was really getting better day by day.

Yuzhu also has no restrictions on scheduling, and stays by his side every day.

"It's ...... this year" Yuzhu paused when he said this, as if he was afraid that he would be upset, so he skipped the person and just continued, "The first Spring Festival, so the preparations are very grand, and yesterday the Internal Affairs Office sent New Year's goods, Spring Festival couplets and lanterns, so that the whole palace should be dressed up lively." ”

Zhu Qingwu's mind was not here, so he just responded, "Hmm." ”

"Brother Zhu." Yuzhu sensed that something was wrong with him and gradually fell silent.

Zhu Qingwu knew that she was worried about herself, so she came back to her senses and tried to squeeze out a smile, "Then hang it all up." ”

"Okay." Yuzhu nodded, turned around and went out to greet the other palace maids and eunuchs to dress up and leave the juniper palace.

The palace maid and eunuch were very dedicated, and after a while, they were dressed up, and even the incense tree in the courtyard was hung with red lanterns.

"I wish my father-in-law." A little eunuch ran in with a small faded red lantern and asked, "What to do with this old lantern?" ”

Zhu Qingwu looked at the lantern in his hand, and the memories of the past couldn't help but start to rise again.

He quickly closed his eyes to cut off his thoughts, and when he opened them again, his eyes were already calm.

"Give it to me." Zhu Qingwu said, taking the lantern and putting it in his sleeve.

The palace is full of bright red paper-cut lanterns, and it does look a little lively.

Towards evening, it snowed again in the palace.

The goose-feathered snow was falling and soon fell all over the world.

Yuzhu was afraid that he would freeze, so he let the warm pavilion burn extremely strongly, but Zhu Qingwu felt bored, so he got up with a fox and wanted to go out for a walk.

Yuzhu wanted to accompany him, but he refused.

"I want to walk alone."

“…… Good. Yuzhu hesitated and agreed, "Brother Zhu, you will come back after a while, you are seriously ill and can't stand the cold." ”

"I see, don't worry."

Zhu Qingwu couldn't leave the juniper palace, and he didn't want to go out, but just walked towards the backyard.

There are few people away from the Hinomiya Palace, and no one lives in the backyard, so it is very quiet.

The pond in the backyard was frozen because of the cold, and next to it was a small piece of land that he had carved out.

He has grown a lot of vegetables and fruits here.

He didn't know how to plant at first, but it was Little Bean who taught him to water, plant, and weed......

He looked at Xiaodouzi Lisuo's skills back then, and he was a little strange, "You can do this when you are young?" ”

Xiaodouzi wiped his sweat and said, "I just followed my father to the ground as soon as I could walk."

As he spoke, he pointed to the bag of seeds and taught him to recognize them one by one, "This is the seed of rape, and this is the green cabbage...... Wu, you have to remember. ”

The memories of the past came unexpectedly, and Zhu Qingwu was caught off guard, and his heart began to hurt uncontrollably again.

So he walked briskly forward, skirting the vegetable patch.

I hadn't walked a few steps when I suddenly heard a "pop".

Zhu Qingwu looked up in fright, but saw a beam of golden light flying into the air, and then blooming above his head.

Only then did Zhu Qingwu react that it was fireworks outside the palace.

This seemed to be a signal, and then thousands of fireworks rose into the sky alternately, blooming in the air with various colors, and soon covered the sky overhead.

Zhu Qingwu was a little stunned for a while.

The heavy snow doesn't seem to be able to stop the joy of the approaching New Year, obviously so far away, Zhu Qingwu seems to hear the laughter outside the palace.

Zhu Qingwu except for a few days when he woke up with a knife maker outside the palace, and he was locked in this deep palace for eight years.

Therefore, there was a sudden yearning in my heart, what kind of scene would it be outside the palace?

There was a wooden ladder by the wall not far away, and his and Tang Xijian used to enjoy climbing up to the roof and sitting on it to talk.

But now Tang Xijian will naturally never do such a self-deprecating thing again, he is already an emperor, and he cares about his prestige.

Anyway, there was no one around at this time, and Zhu Qingwu didn't have to care about whether it was in line with the rules or not, so he walked over and straightened the wooden ladder, and then climbed up with his hands and feet.

He probably had a lot of physical deficits, and he was so tired from climbing a few wooden stairs that he was out of breath, and finally climbed to the roof.

The view from the roof suddenly widened, and he could see the layers of palace walls spread out in front of him, and there was no edge in sight.

There was a higher roof outside the roof, so even if he stood on tiptoe, he couldn't see the scene outside the palace.

I could only see the longing lights and the various fireworks flying into the sky overhead, one after another, refusing to stop.

There was snow falling on the ridge under my feet, and it was slippery to step on, and the wind was strong above.

The cold wind swept the snow and ice towards him, as if it could drill directly into his lungs.

Zhu Qingwu soon couldn't help coughing.

His nose was red from the cold, his chest was stuffy, and he was a little out of breath, but Zhu Qingwu didn't care, and walked forward while covering his chest.

His feet were slippery, and he would fall if he wasn't careful, but he didn't care at all.

The wind was stronger, and the snow was flying, almost sticking to his eyes.

He struggled forward, but only a few steps before there was no way in front of him.

If you go any further, you will fall.

Zhu Qingwu raised his head, and there were all kinds of fireworks above his head.

Peony, Yueji, peony, magnolia, and even incense, one by one, flew to the sky with great momentum, just for the splendor of that moment, and then it would be crushed to pieces, annihilated into countless powders, and fell into the dust.

Zhu Qingwu was a little fascinated by it, and unconsciously took a step forward.

Half of the soles of his feet were soon in the air, but Zhu Qingwu felt that his feet were solid, which tempted him to want to continue stepping on them.

His body shook slightly because of the flutter of the wind and snow, and for a moment Zhu Qingwu remembered the dead leaves on the trees in autumn.

The leaves have long since turned yellow, leaving only the same withered roots and branches still implicated.

The leaves swayed in the wind, as if they would be blown down at any moment.

But Ye Luo can return to the roots, and where can he go?

Zhu Qingwu thought about it, but couldn't think of a place where he could feel at ease.

"I wish my brother!"

A call came from the ground, and Zhu Qingwu suddenly came back to his senses, and he seemed to hear Yuzhu's voice.

Zhu Qingwu lowered his eyes and looked, only to find that Yuzhu had also come to the backyard at some point, and was standing below and calling him quietly.

Yuzhu seemed to endure it for a long time, and as soon as Zhu Qingwu turned around, she saw her covering her mouth and crying.

Only then did Zhu Qingwu retract half of his footsteps in the air as if he had just woken up from a dream, hesitated for a moment, and slowly turned around and walked down.

As soon as he came, Yuzhu ran over and hugged him.

Zhu Qingwu wanted to fool what he had just done, but he knew that he and Yuzhu both knew it, so he swallowed back what he hadn't said yet.

"Let's go back." Zhu Qingwu said, raising her hand and touching her hair.

Yuzhu didn't know how long he had been standing here, and his body was as frighteningly cold as him.

"Let's go back." Zhu Qingwu said with some distress.

However, Yuzhu did not move.

Zhu Qingwu knew that she was worried about her today, so she said, "I'm sorry......"

However, before he finished speaking, he saw Yuzhu raise his head.

Yuzhu had just cried, her face was still stained with tears, her eyes were washed away by tears, and there was a bit of indescribable determination in them.

"Brother Zhu." Yuzhu said, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so he continued, "I know you are not happy here, I heard what you said to Your Majesty that day, you want to leave the palace." ”

Zhu Qingwu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, Tang Xijian would not let him go, it was just wishful thinking.

What's more, he didn't want Yuzhu to get involved in these things, so he pretended not to hear and continued: "Let's go back."

However, Yuzhu did not move, and still stood in place.

Zhu Qingwu looked back at her with some puzzlement, and then saw Yuzhu's fingers hanging down at her side curled up tightly, as if she was struggling with some decision.

"Yuzhu?"

"I wish my brother ......"

Yuzhu exhaled heavily, and finally let go of her curled fingers with determination, looked at him and said, "I'll help you."