This year, the first snow of the winter came earlier than usual.

Ye Ningxiang was woken up by this sudden cold freeze in the morning, subconsciously shivered, clamped her arms, and then walked to the window, carefully pushed open the window, and found that the window was already snow-white, and the snowflakes falling with the wind were hovering in the air like elves, dancing gracefully.

Ye Ningxiang laughed unconsciously, it's been a long time since I've seen such a snow scene! Ye Ningxiang has been staying in Rui Country for the past seven years, Rui Country is located in the south, even in winter, it rarely snows, even if it snows, the snow will follow with the fall, and I can't see the scenery like this today.

Ye Ningxiang couldn't wait to change her clothes, and before she had time to comb her hair, she ran outside to enjoy the snow. The snow just fell is different, it is fluffy and soft, and it will make a creaking sound when you step on it, which is especially pleasant to listen to in this snow scene.

In such a cold winter, most of the other slaves and maids in the palace were still too lazy to get up in the warm bed, so that the palace under the white snow left only a row of snow footprints with fragrant leaves, extending from the door of her bedroom to the small garden.

Ye Ningxiang felt that on a day like the first snow, the first person to step out of a row of snow footprints was really commendable, so she looked back at her long row of masterpieces and smiled with satisfaction.

Princess Danyang planted these flowers can indeed grow in winter, and despite the fact that the surface is covered with a layer of snow, those little flowers still hold their little heads high and fight tenaciously against the winter cold.

The most brilliant are the two plum trees that were transplanted just ten days ago, these two plum trees were planted next to that sea of flowers, so that the seemingly weak little flowers found a strong support. Ye Ningxiang gently dusted off the snow that fell on the plum blossoms, so that the plum blossoms reappeared their original pink appearance, as if a delicate girl was smiling at Ye Ningxiang.

Ye Ningxiang couldn't help but put her nose next to the plum blossom, it was so fragrant, the plum blossom seemed to have a stronger aroma because of the snow, it was a refreshing fragrance, which could make people forget about this sea of flowers in the snow, Ye Ningxiang couldn't help but revel in it, and couldn't wake up for a long time.

However, Ye Ningxiang never imagined that such a deep and intoxicating beauty was finally broken by a snowball. The snowball was not accurate, but it hit the plum tree next to Ye Ningxiang's ear, knocking out a few small plum blossoms.

The good scenery was all disturbed by this sudden little snowball, Ye Ning's fragrance didn't come anywhere, and he turned around and almost scolded: "Who, who has such no conscience!"

I saw Mu Xize coming over from the other side of the small garden, and said a little embarrassedly: "Oops, I missed, I was going to hit your head, but you didn't make a sound, and you couldn't judge your position, so you could only throw it indiscriminately, causing these little plum blossoms to suffer from the seedlings." ”

It turned out that she wanted to hit her head, Ye Ningxiang heard Mu Xize say this, she was even more angry, and casually gathered a ball of snow and hit Mu Xize on the face quickly and accurately, seeing that the snow ball in her group was not wasted, and seeing Mu Xize's embarrassment at this moment, Ye Ningxiang couldn't stop laughing while patting her thigh.

Xu was so proud that he forgot to defend for a while, and soon Ye Ningxiang's face was also colorful, not only on his face, but also on his body was the snow ball that Mu Xize had called. Mu Xize knew that he couldn't see with his eyes and couldn't hit with one blow, so he took the method of indiscriminate crit and threw it at Ye Ningxiang, who was gloating just now, and now he has been beaten alive and turned into a snowman.

"Mu Xize!" Ye Ningxiang unconsciously called out Mu Xize's real name, not taking her as the master in her eyes at all. Then, Ye Ningxiang rushed to Mu Xize in a few arrow steps and poured the snow directly into Mu Xize's neck.

Mu Xize struggled while smiling and begging for mercy: "Xiao Yezi, I was wrong, I was wrong, I don't dare to throw snowballs at you next time!"

Probably because there was snow on the ground, Ye Ningxiang just picked up a large handful of snow and was about to continue to teach Mu Xize a lesson, but her feet accidentally slipped forward and fell hard, and before she fell, she inadvertently tripped over Mu Xize, and finally she fell on the snow, Mu Xize fell on top of her, and the most annoying thing was that Mu Xize's lips happened to kiss her lips.

When Mu Xize's lips touched two soft things, he himself was stunned, and quickly got up and half-knelt in the snow, his originally extremely pale face turned red, and his words were a little unreasonable, "I, did I touch something that shouldn't be touched." ”

And at this moment, Ye Ningxiang was turning over and over again in her heart because of Mu Xize's unintentional kiss, and asked herself over and over again in her heart: Su Huang, you can see clearly that the person in front of you framed your father for rebellion, and gave you a letter of resignation when you were at the end of your life. This man is your enemy, how can you play with him in the snow? Have you forgotten how your mother and Xiao Wu died tragically on the Soul Breaking Stage?

Mu Xize's kiss hooked up all the old things that had been buried in Ye Ningxiang's heart for a long time, her eyes were slightly red for a while, and tears were already rolling in her eyes, Ye Ningxiang was afraid that she would miss a flaw when she spoke, but fortunately she turned her head away and didn't say a word.

The two of them stood in this position awkwardly for a moment, only to hear a voice behind them that sounded very prestigious.

"The third prince is so interested, and he plays with the little maid early in the morning. "The person who spoke was Qi Changyong, the secretary of the important minister who left the country.

Mu Xize slowly got up from the snow, dusted off the snow on his body, turned his head to Qi Changyong and said, "Lord Qi is really powerful, he can run to the small garden to find me." ”

At the stall where Mu Xize got up, Ye Ningxiang also got up quickly and ran away without saying a word.

Mu Xize didn't catch up, but walked towards Qi Changyong.

"Third prince, in fact, this can't be blamed for not observing etiquette. I came to visit you today, and when I saw that the gate of your house was unlocked, I entered the house. When I came in, I found that there was no one in the mansion, and it was not easy to break into one room after another, so I wandered around the mansion, but I didn't expect that the first person I saw in the palace turned out to be you!" Qi Changyong said with a smile.

Mu Xize also smiled: "You came too early, everyone shouldn't have gotten up at this time." ”

Qi Changyong was very surprised and said: "What? At this time, even if the servants in the ordinary people's mansions should have cleared all the snow in front of the door, the slaves and maids in your mansion haven't gotten up yet!"

"There aren't many people in or out of my house, and it's different when to do snow clearing. Mu Xize still smiled as if nothing had happened, and led Qi Changyong back to his room with a smile all the time.

Mu Xize first asked Qi Changyong to rest on the soft collapse, and then went to find the cook Akang who was still asleep, and asked him to cook a few snacks with wine, and then brought a jar of high-quality bamboo leaves, put it on the charcoal stove to cook, and sat by the fire and stretched out his hands to warm up.

"Lord Qi, you also come over to roast, I have few people here, and the whole will be colder, and this season is naturally colder than other mansions. Mu Xize smiled and said with Qi Changyong very casually.

From Qi Changyong entering the mansion and seeing Mu Xize, to now Mu Xize asking him to roast the fire, he felt that the three princes in his heart seemed to have completely changed as if he had completely changed. In the past, His Royal Highness King Ning would never be able to play in the garden with a little maid in private; His Royal Highness King Ning in the past would never allow slaves and maids to be so idle, and they could be so lazy that they had to rely on their masters to wake them up; although His Royal Highness King Ning in the past was also kind and gentle, his words would always reveal the arrogance of being a king.

Compared with the previous Mu Xize, Qi Changyong couldn't help but sigh and said, "The third prince has changed really much in the past seven years!"

"Then do you think I'm as good as I am now, or as good as I was before?" Mu Xize asked with wide eyes and winked at Qi Changyong.

Qi Changyong smiled and said: "Which one is good, each has its own merits, I just think that you are easier to get along with people now, and it is easier to win people's hearts." ”

Mu Xize took out a small table and put it on the soft floor, then took out two small wine cups from the small drawer, and then carefully poured the warm wine into the wine cups, and said to Qi Changyong: "Lord Qi, come and taste it, the emperor sent someone to send it some time ago, and it is a high-grade bamboo leaf." ”

Qi Changyong happily sat back on the soft couch and drank all the wine in the small wine cup in one gulp. With a glass of wine in his stomach, he couldn't hold back any longer, and asked Mu Xize directly: "The third prince really doesn't want to fight? As long as you make a statement, the ministers of the court and the central government still like the prestige you established before, then the throne will belong to you!"

"In the past, I was interested in power, and I wanted to gather soldiers to rebel and replace the emperor, but now I have no nostalgia for power, and the things I did secretly in the past have now been completely abandoned. Lord Qi can secretly release his words, so that those officials who have been caught by me don't have to be so afraid of me. Mu Xize said as he poured wine.

Unexpectedly, Lord Naqi actually walked down, patted Mu Xize on the shoulder, and said with great relief: "I can't imagine that the third prince is so young and has seen so thoroughly, it is really incomparable to an old minister like me, but I am afraid that this departure from the country will damage another Ming Jun!"

At this time, Ah Kang had already set up the snacks and dishes, and then respectfully greeted him and left. Mu Xize took a bite of the side dish, chewed it with relish, and said after a while: "How can there be so many outstanding geniuses in the world, even I myself am not because the emperor is loose, I have been wandering the rivers and lakes since I was very young, and I have more social experience than my peers, so I am more appropriate than other brothers when dealing with problems." ”

Mu Xize leaned the dish towards Qi Changyong, and then said with a smile: "The potential of people is huge, no matter who my brothers inherit the throne, as long as they are not bewitched by traitors, they can become a generation of Ming monarchs." ”

Qi Changyong felt that it was time to ask some substantive questions, so he said very formally: "Third prince, now King Duan's voice is the highest, followed by the fledgling King Xin, which side will you choose to support?"

Mu Xize shook his head and said: "These two people have the talent to govern the country, but they are both a little bit behind, and they all need to be guided by a cunning but loyal old fox like you." ”

As soon as these words came out, Qi Changyong, who was originally serious, couldn't hold back anymore, haha laughed, "It's still the third prince who understands me, haha, come and drink!"

Mu Xize and Qi Changyong clinked glasses, but their faces suddenly became serious, "Recently, I heard about a person, Xiao Qingyu, the owner of Yipinju, the largest teahouse in the capital, seems to be a difficult character to deal with, Lord Qi should be more careful when he is an official in the court!"

Qi Changyong knew that since Mu Xize reminded himself by name like this, it meant that this Xiao Qingyu was by no means as simple as a businessman, so he nodded solemnly and responded respectfully: "Xiaguan should remember the reminder of the third prince. ”

Mu Xize saw that everything that should be explained to Qi Changyong had already been explained, so he changed the topic and asked with a smile: "Lord Qi's youngest daughter should also be in time now, right?"

Qi Changyong smiled even more, with a fatherly pampering look on his face, and replied: "Yes, in less than three months, the little girl will be fifteen years old, even if it is official!"

"It's really fast, the last time I saw Meng Yao's little niece, she was just seven years old, and now she is about to become an adult!" Mu Xize raised his wine glass after speaking, and said very happily: "Lord Qi, do it!"