Cold Palace’s Abandoned Consort

As soon as I heard this sentence, the uncle immediately expressed a frightened expression: "You, how did you know--"

The corners of my lips are not noticeable.

Before she finished speaking, she immediately realized something, and looked at me again, then closed her mouth and turned away without going back.

I still sat motionless at the door, and slowly raised my head after a while. The sun was shining so brightly in the sky. I reached out my hand to cover my eyes, leaving only a few faint rays of light on my face.

Feeling that temperature, I smiled slightly.

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After the winter, the days passed quickly. I saw that the leaves on the ground of the small yard were accumulating more and more, and the corners were piled up. After the first snow fell, everything around was painted with pink makeup. Masonry covered all the unbearableness and filth in this lonely little yard, but there was a spotless cleanliness.

There was a row of footprints on the snow.

It was left by the old lady. What she brought today was not just a bowl, but a food container. She took out a bowl of white japonica rice, a bowl of braised pork, and a dish of green vegetables. In front of the fence, I thought about it, put it gently into the room, and said to me, "Hurry up."

I stood at the door, looking down at the abundance of incredible food, and for a while, looked up at her slowly.

She glanced at me again, said nothing, and turned away.

I stood at the door without moving, looking at the two rows of footprints on the snow, her back disappeared at the door, but after a while I heard the laughter of several people coming from the side of the path, and the sound of their greetings to the New Year. .

Although I was detained for more than two years, I still remember that today is a small year.

New Year's Eve ...

I sat down slowly, and the cold floor kept infiltrating the cold air, but I didn't seem to feel it at all. I just sat on the door by the wall and looked at the vast expanse through the narrow wooden fence. White, but that chill, after all, came out of my heart, slowly cooling the original hot crystals in the eye sockets, and when it fell down, it had frozen into ice that could not be melted ...

I don't know how long, the door of the small courtyard was pushed open.

A small head came in, looked around, and was sure there was no one, so he carefully walked in from the door, only to see Xiao Nian wearing a red mule, stepping on lambskin boots, and ran to the door with snow creaking. .

"Grandma!"

He smiled as soon as he saw my face. The little face frosted red, but it gave a feeling of extra warmth. My original cold body seemed to be warmer because of his approach, and he lifted it gently. He smiled at him at the beginning: "Your Highness, you are here."

He looked at me carefully and said softly, "Ama, you—are you crying?"

I reached out and touched my cheek. The tears were dry, but there were still some embarrassing tears. I hurriedly lowered my fingers and wiped: "No."

"Ama, what's wrong with you?" He looked at me with wide eyes: "You're because the Chinese New Year today, but the emperor hasn't released you yet, so you're sad, aren't you?"

As soon as I heard it, I was afraid that he would impulse and ask for the plea from Pei Yuanzhang, and quickly raised his head to make a happy smile: "No, I'm not sad, I didn't cry, Your Highness read wrong."

He didn't speak, just looked at me.

I hurried away from the topic, looking at his brand-new mule, and there was still some snow on the sleeves of his shoulders, so I reached out and gently brushed it for him, laughing: "Where did the temple go for a long time, the snow in this body, What to do if it freezes? "

Speaking of this, Xiao Nianshen's complexion changed a little, and he came over and whispered, "Grandma, let me tell you, I was just frightened."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Today, someone saw a dead man in a dry well behind the Yanfu Hall, which is Ruixue, the maid of the concubine's side."

"Oh ?!" I snorted in my heart, and hurriedly turned to look at him, only to see Xiao Nianshen's face turned rosy and slightly pale, and it looked really scared. I hurriedly reached out to pat Slap his head: "His Royal Highness is not afraid, it's fine."

His little mouth was still a little trembling: "That maid, I looked at it two days ago, I didn't expect to--"

I thought about it and said gently: "Is something wrong the last two days?"

Xiao Nianshen said: "I also listened to the palace ladies. Several maidens were enjoying plums in Meilin the other day, and Li Fei was passing by. I didn't know what happened, and fell down for no reason.

"Oh……?"

"However, listening to the **** just twisted his feet, but the emperor still lost his temper and two young eunuchs were beaten."

"..."

"The next day, I suddenly heard that Rui Xue was gone, and I looked around, but today it was--" He said here, and shuddered in fear, and I hurriedly reached out from the fence and hugged him gently. "His Royal Highness, don't be afraid."

He was held by me, only slightly better, and whispered: "I don't know what happened, but everyone is weird. I passed the Zhonghua Hall that day, and I wanted to go in and see the concubine. I saw her maid of pearls throwing away everything she had eaten, and later she hit a little eunuch. I heard that she vomited blood ... "

The more he spoke, the more he was afraid, and his voice was shaking. I hurriedly said: "Stop your highness, don't think about it, those things are not good, your highness don't remember!"

He looked up at some pale face and looked up at me: "Ah, what happened? Why did the Chinese New Year have two babies, but so many bad things happened?"

"..."

Looking at his pale face and clean eyes, I couldn't speak.

How can I tell him?

All this scared him into such a thing, but it was what I expected, and even-I arranged.

The concubine Shen Rou, Li Fei Nangong Lizhu, the two women who were deeply favored in the harem, finally got into a real fight.

In fact, in the previous two years, the two of them did not fight each other, but they invited the holy pets. Besides, one of them was the sweetheart that Pei Yuanzhang held in his palms and the other was the daughter of a vassal minister, Pei Yuan. I can be regarded as both rain and dew to them. Although it is not pleasing to the eye, there is not much contradiction.

But women who are pregnant with children are different.

In particular, under the circumstances that Xiao Nianshen didn't get much attention from Pei Yuanzhang, Nangong Lizhu was his favorite woman, and Shen Rou was the daughter of the Middle Minister of North Korea. Their children were of great significance.

Moreover, if only Nangong Lizhu is pregnant, then the situation of deep thought will be very dangerous, but immediately after Shen Rou is pregnant, Nangong Lizhu will naturally pay more attention to the more threatening child. And Shen Rou, too!

So this is the sharpest fight!

It is also this way that Xiao Nianshen is the safest.

I just didn't expect that he was frightened. Behind a fence, I hugged him a little bit, and gently stroked the top of his head with one hand, saying, "His Royal Highness, there are many things in this world that seem to be Good things do not necessarily bring blessings. Blessings depend on blessings, blessings on blessings, and so-called blessings depend on each other. "

Xiao Nian raised her head gently and looked at me.

I looked down at his eyes and said, "So, when people look at things and do things, they must be clear, and they must understand the nature of the matter to avoid the disaster behind the blessing. It ’s worth the trouble. ”

Xiao Nian leaned quietly against the wooden fence, and said softly after a while: "I seem to understand a little, grandma."

I smiled and touched his little face.

He felt the temperature in my palm and smiled a little, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Aunt, it's been so long, why hasn't your father released you? How long is it?"

I laughed: "It's coming."

He pursed a bit bitterly: "Every time, you say faster ..."

I wiped the snow on the fleshy face with my fingers and smiled, "It's almost coming, Grandma won't deceive His Royal Highness. Right, Your Highness, after a while, it is your birthday, right? "

He snapped: "Oh, how did you know?"

I didn't answer him, just smiled, "Can your Royal Highness find a chance on his birthday? I have a gift for His Royal Highness."

"Gift?" He immediately rejoiced: "Okay, okay, I will come over!"

Watching this child look so happy with "gifts", the smile on my face deepened, and he touched his heart lightly, he gathered with me for a while, and stuffed the sugar gourd in his hand. A few of them came to my mouth, the sweet and sour taste gave me a little comfort to the original depressed mood, and then the child left.

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This day is unforgettable to me, but it is just for me. Until late at night, I still heard the sound of joy and noise in various places in the distant palace, and I saw fireworks blooming in the night sky. Although it was so far away from me, The hazy sky above my head was not illuminated, but my eyes captured the slightest light in the dark night sky so clearly.

The next morning, I woke up early.

Although I was tortured in my heart and did not sleep all night, my spirit was not bad, but I did n’t get out of bed, just wearing thin clothes, letting my hair hang softly on my chest without dressing, just leaning on the bed .

In a quiet cold palace, the sound of falling snow can almost be heard.

Then, in the soft sound of falling snow, I heard a footstep.

It was very heavy, as if with a disturbed heart, stepping on the snow step by step from the outside, the stretched shadow fell through the wooden fence and fell on the floor, getting closer and closer.

I still sat at the bedside, motionless.

The footsteps finally stopped at the door, and the figure stopped.

A familiar look passed me through the wooden fence.