The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 118

The cold wind blows one after another, and the fallen leaves under the trees are thicker. Unknowingly, the cold winter comes quietly.

On the day of the winter solstice, Song Chen came back early, the king was in a good mood, and he didn't let the palace people pass the news, so he quietly entered the palace, wanting to see what Chu Xue, his mother and son were doing when he was not around.

Just after opening the cotton curtain, there was a warm aroma. Song Chen took a look and was a little surprised. The always lively Le'er was surprisingly quiet today. He was sitting at the table learning how to make dumplings with his mother.

From the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of the movement at the gate of the hall. The little girl looked over subconsciously, and saw the smiling father. She was happy, and immediately ran towards the father with the dough in her hand, and said happily: "Father, look, this is the son-in-law bag." dumplings."

The little girl has grown up a lot, and her speech has become more and more disciplined.

Song Chen looked at the dough in the little girl's flour-covered hands, pretending to be surprised, and asked, "Is this a dumpling? Is there any stuffing in it?"

"Yes!" The little girl blinked her big eyes and said seriously, "My mother taught me to put the stuffing in first and then knead it. That's it!"

The little girl didn't hear her father's teasing, and her mother couldn't help laughing. Chu Xue saluted Song Chen, and said with a smile: "The emperor came back so early today? You don't know, Le'er is so good today, listen I said I want to make dumplings for you, and I’ve been sitting there for almost an hour." While talking, she took off the velvet cloak for him.

He nodded and said: "Well, it's great that Le'er has such filial piety." Then he looked around the hall and asked, "Where are Xuan'er and An An?"

"I had a good time this afternoon. I just went to catch up on my sleep. I guess we should wake up after we finish eating." Chu Xue smiled softly.

Seeing the arrival of the king, the actions in the small kitchen became quicker, and the masters here just washed their hands and changed their clothes, and the dinner was ready.

Hot pot is popular in the winter solstice. The broth in the copper pot is bubbling and bubbling.Before the two little ones woke up, the family of three quickly sat down to eat.

The hot pot is slow to eat, but it is warm. The family was talking and laughing just after eating, when they heard a loud and tender sound outside the palace door. Needless to say, the two must have woken up.Sure enough, the cotton curtain was pulled open, and the nursing mothers came in to greet the two babies who had just woken up with flushed faces.

I haven't seen each other for a day, and when the father thinks about it, he quickly hugs each other into his arms. When he wakes up, he sees his father. The two little brothers and sisters are obviously happy, and they all smile hard. Xuan'er is even more excited to jump on the lap Come and go.

Chu Xue thought of a happy event, so she teased An An, "An An, my father is here, my sister taught you, you can learn it for my father, okay?"

An An was wearing a little pink coat, pursing her lips shyly, which made her father even more fond of her. His father looked at her expectantly, and after a while, he heard the little man open his mouth and say, "Father".

Hearing what the little girl was calling, the father was really happy, and sure enough, he laughed loudly. After laughing, he kissed the little girl, and turned to call his son, "Xuan'er, you too."

But Xuan'er is just happy and doesn't care about his father's problems at all.

Chu Xue smiled and explained for the little man, "The boy has a stupid mouth, and his skills are all grown in his legs and feet. I guess he must be able to walk first before calling someone. Don't worry, the emperor. I will look at An An in these few months. After waiting In this year, let's see Xuan'er."

After finishing speaking, he squeezed the little fat baby's face, and said softly: "Isn't it, Xuan'er?"

The little boy let out an "ah" vigorously, which aroused the joy of the whole hall.

It won't be long after the winter solstice, after a few snowfalls, it will be New Year's Eve.

It is rare for a diligent king to rest for a few days. On the afternoon of the New Year's Eve, Song Chen, dressed in casual clothes, had a great time with the children in Yufu Palace.

The two little brothers and sisters are already eleven months old, and it has been a long time since they have had so much free time to stay with them. Today, the father realizes that the two children have really grown up a lot.For example, Xuan'er, who became more and more athletic, began to crawl around as soon as he was placed on the couch. Song Chen teased with a small leather ball, and the little guy crawled faster than the ball. The strong and energetic little boy is really attractive like,
As for An An, Chu Xue put her on the couch, and she could already walk slowly with the help of the bed, and occasionally she became bold, and she could even move from the arms of the queen mother to the arms of the emperor father, a loving little girl Wherever you go, you can get a kiss, and you grin your mouth happily, revealing a few small teeth that have just sprouted, which is very cute.

As for their elder brothers and sisters, they all went to the emperor's grandmother's palace early to have fun.

The older a person is, the more he likes to get along with children. The earth dragon in the palace is burning warmly. Song Chen lazily nests on the couch, letting the two children crawl on him. At that time, he was just a father who loved and loved his children.

Enjoying the rare leisure, Song Chen and Chu Xue sighed, "It is also fun to grow up with the children. I really want to thank you for giving me so many unexpected joys."

Chu Xue smiled sweetly, "The concubine should also thank the emperor, if not for meeting the emperor, where would the concubine have such lovely children?"

Then he teased him again, and said to Xuan'er: "Xuan'er, look at how sweet your father's mouth is, you must learn from your father when you grow up!"

Xuan'er didn't know why, so she just hugged the little ball and smiled.

A family of four, two big and two small, had been nestling warmly for nearly an hour. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Yan Ling came in and reminded: "Master, it's almost time."

It's time to eat New Year's Eve dinner.

Chu Xue got up first, and called the nurse to change the clothes for the children. She also helped Song Chen change the clothes, and then the family of four left Yufu Palace and went to Yuhe Palace.

Reluctant to part, they didn't take a sedan chair or chariot, and the family of four walked leisurely.Scattered pieces of snow drifted on the road, and the icy cold splashed on her face, which was a little bit of life. Xuan'er nestled in the arms of her father. Although she was wearing a hooded cloak, she also tasted this strange and rare feeling. Taste, excitedly clapping her hands and shouting, An An, who was lying on Chu Xue's shoulder, also felt it. She raised her face to look, and her eyelashes were accidentally chilled by the crushed snow, and she narrowed her eyes again, but she still refused to bow her head. .

The palace people around hurriedly opened their umbrellas, but the king refused, Song Chen said: "The delicate flowers in the greenhouse rarely have the opportunity to come into contact with ice and snow, once in a while it's fine."

How difficult are the nurses, for fear that the little masters will be frozen, they looked at Chu Xue hesitantly, Chu Xue shook her head with a smile, and they retreated knowingly, the right and left are their own children, and they can freeze their children no?
As they walked, the king and the beauty sighed softly, "I remember the last time I saw the snow with you, it was in Yanzhou when you first entered the mansion. In a blink of an eye, we both had three children, and it was New Year's Eve again." , time is really fast!"

She smiled and said: "Yeah, my concubine never thought that there would be so many children, and all of them are so cute." While talking, she went to kiss An An's cold face under the cotton cap, An An was cold Kissed by mother, she smiled sweetly again.

But the man said: "It's only three but it's not much at all, I believe you."

At the end of the sentence, he hesitated to speak, but it was obvious that people could hear the hidden meaning, Chu Xue said angrily: "Your Majesty!"

Song Chen went to kiss the boy in his arms, and asked, "Xuan'er, tell Father, do you still want younger siblings?"

Xuan'er seemed to understand, and nodded as her father wished.

It didn't take much effort for the emperor and empress to arrive at Yuhedian.

Because the two came on foot, when they arrived, all the people in the hall had already gathered. The couple had greeted the Queen Mother and received the greetings from other people before sitting down on the main seat, and the dinner officially began.

Everyone said auspicious words in turn, drank the opening wine, played music and danced one after another, without those people who loved intrigue in the past, this year's family banquet was much more relaxed.

But not everyone is happy in their hearts, such as Song Chi who is still clear and cold, and Concubine Ning who is also secretly lonely not far away.

The music and dance in the hall were flowing slowly, and the people around were laughing. Concubine Ning quietly raised her wine glass, covered her face with her wide sleeves, tilted her head slightly, and swallowed.

After tonight, she will be nineteen.

It has been three years since she first entered the palace. No matter how it treats others, these three years are indeed lonely and long for her.This is different from those days when she was in her boudoir. At that time, she still had hopes and fantasies, but now, she can only see her old appearance.

Now there are only three women left in the palace, and she is the most embarrassing one.

Needless to say about the new empress of Yufu Palace, whether she really has a husband and son, or is she the only queen who has been favored for thousands of years. Although Concubine Rong of Yaohua Palace has long since ceased to be favored, she still has two What about herself?A concubine who has never served at bedtime is indeed here to make up for the number.

In fact, she doesn't like the man in the seat at all. It can be said that she has no fantasies or expectations for him. When she first entered the palace, she was young, and she only hoped to hide in the Lanlin Palace by herself. Now that a few years have passed, she Her wish came true, and she really lived a clean and stable life, but she felt more and more that such a life was boring.

Just ask a girl at such a good age, who has tried all the ways to pass the time, but a certain part of her heart suddenly wakes up, and there will be the same decades in the future, who will not be afraid?
She even hoped that it would be great if she could grow old overnight, because she would dedicate herself to loneliness, and there would be no regrets in aging overnight.

For example, now, except for herself, everyone else is a real family with blood. She has never integrated into it, and has always been just a moving decoration.

With the fine wine in her bosom, she found that she was much more comfortable, so she poured another glass for herself and swallowed it slowly.

She thought she was the most out of place, but she didn't know that the boy who had been thinking about her was also bitter in his heart.

Song Chi sat at the place closest to his father, just like the previous family banquets, he still cast his eyes diagonally from time to time.

She wore a lotus-colored palace dress tonight, not as pretty as the water-green dress when she first met in spring, but she gave off a different kind of warmth.

He quietly saw her drinking, glass after glass, and saw her cheeks gradually turning red, but she was still drinking, until the maid beside her persuaded her softly, and then she reluctantly put down the glass.

What's up with her?He remembered that she hadn't been like this a few times before, so what's bothering her today?

How much he wanted to care for her, but his mind was still clear, so he could only silently guess in his heart, feeling distressed.

The young man was depressed when he suddenly heard the emperor's grandmother sigh: "It's so fast every year. After another New Year's Eve, we will have a newcomer when we have a family banquet in the next year! The children have all grown up!" Already, Aijia is getting old too."

He listened to his stepmother's gentle persuasion: "Mother, please don't say that, your children and grandchildren will live happily ever after!"

The imperial grandmother laughed, and there was another round of toasts during the banquet.

After hearing these insignificant words, the boy became even more lonely.

He knew who the newcomer the imperial grandmother was talking about was his fiancée and the future princess.

Glancing quietly at the lotus-like person on the opposite side again, he also imitated her, picked up the wine glass, and drank one after another.

Because there are two more young ones this year, we can't delay too long. After an hour, after the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone will return to the palace.

Because she drank a few more glasses during the banquet just now, now that the spirit of the wine is on the rise, Concubine Ning feels that she is a little hot, so she doesn't want to take the sedan chair, so she just asks Lian Qiu to help her go back. She is wearing a thick cloak, so she doesn't have to be afraid of catching cold. The cold wind makes my head feel much more comfortable.

Only a few steps out, the footsteps stopped again.She wanted to take out the handkerchief to wipe the slight sweat on her neck, but when she touched it, she realized that the handkerchief was gone again.Lianqiu thought for a while and asked: "Could it be that he fell into the Yuhe Palace just now?"

The reason for saying "again" is because she had already lost a handkerchief at the Mid-Autumn Festival last time.

Concubine Ning frowned slightly, and said: "Then go back and look for it quickly, don't lose it again."

Because it was only a few steps out, there were palace lanterns everywhere, Lian Qiu didn't think much about it, and went straight to find the handkerchief according to the master's order.

Concubine Ning stood alone in the night breeze and waited.

Xu Shi really drank a little too much tonight. Waiting and waiting, she felt her stomach churning so badly that she couldn't help feeling nauseous and vomited.

Lian Qiu was not around, and it happened that she had brought this maid with her tonight, and the lonely person was tormenting in the night wind, feeling a little miserable.

After a while, I heard an urgent voice of concern, "Is your lady alright?"

The voice obviously came from a man, Concubine Ning was startled, she hurriedly raised her head, and saw that the person in front of her was Prince Song Chi.

When I was in such an embarrassing situation, I was bumped into by someone I didn't want to see, and I was stunned and flustered for a while, Concubine Ning didn't know what to do.

Song Chi was thoughtful, seeing her appearance just now, he knew that she had drunk too much, so he hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his bosom and handed it to her.

Concubine Ning hastily took over and tidied herself up. When she finally calmed down, she found a more unexpected thing. The handkerchief Song Chi handed over was clearly the one she had thrown away during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Seeing her holding the handkerchief in a daze, the young man also came to his senses, he hurriedly explained: "Last time I happened to pick it up during a banquet, but I never had a chance to return it to you, so that's why..."

Concubine Ning couldn't listen to the rest of the words, and the boy himself became more and more confused.

Because he said that he never had a chance to return it to her, does that mean that he knew it was hers?

But how did he know?There is no name written on it, he is a young man, how can he recognize female celebrities?
Or, did he see with his own eyes that she lost it?

Concubine Ning didn't know, and she couldn't ask, holding the handkerchief that belonged to her but was clearly stained with his breath, she was at a loss for a while.

Song Chi was also obviously aware of his own loopholes, and froze there.Xu Mou, not knowing where the courage came from, the young man said: "My dear, actually I..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Lian Qiu calling his master.

The boy immediately woke up and stopped talking.

Seeing Lian Qiu approaching, the flustered Concubine Ning hurriedly whispered, "Let's go." She took her and left as if fleeing.

I was greatly frightened in my heart, "姌姌" is clearly my nickname in my boudoir, how can he call it?

(End of this chapter)