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Chapter 122 New Year's Eve
Strange things happen every year—this year is especially a little bit more.

It's a big change.

Xiaodong's first reaction was: "Impossible."

how is this possible.Regardless of whether the prince or princess is born, there will be inspection records by Zong Zhengsi, and those nurses, palace servants, and eunuchs, are they all living for nothing?Although this Qi Qi is a princess or a prince, she is small and can't be seen by others in her clothes, but the one who waits close must know, right?
"So I checked for half a day yesterday, the Seventh Princess," An Wang also said that she was used to it for a while, but she couldn't change it: "I couldn't find anything, and I couldn't find it. At that time, everything was decided by the Empress Dowager Shengde." , many things in the palace... When he was born, there was a torrential rain, the child was delivered by an old palace man from Ye Ting, and the child was only said to be a princess..."

It's easy to hide it for a while, but it's really not easy to hide it for so many years.

Xiaodong thought of the little girl who had been begging her for food, and Shang Yuanye accompanied her through the horror of assassins, and it was unexpectedly appropriate to replace the bun and embroidered skirt on her head with a boy's attire.

The kid was never squeamish.

"Then... what about the future?"

Does the emperor recognize it?

You should recognize it, after all, it's your own flesh and blood.Moreover, judging from the usual methods of Empress Dowager Shengde and the Empress, if the Seventh Princess was not called a princess, she would have died silently in a corner of the palace long ago.

"It's just that the seventh princess has been weak since she was a child, and the eminent monk instructed her to raise her as a girl and make her daughter's makeup. Now it's all right to change it back."

Cough...the folks often have this kind of thing, but now that I say it...that is to flatten my face, and everyone who should know what's going on inside knows.

"Cousin is also involved in this matter?"

"No, Shen Jing is not ordinary clever. The sixth princess sent a eunuch to send a message, and the words were vague, calling him to the Ganlu Pavilion. Shen Jing found that the eunuch who came to summon him was not the one who usually ran errands to send messages. After asking a few words, the eunuch dared not Speaking of obeying the holy order, some hesitated..."

"So Shen Jing didn't go?"

"Going." Wang An had a half-smile, "The Third Prince happened to be in the West Inner Garden, and Shen Jing invited him to go with him."

Uh……

This man really doesn't suffer.

King An didn't tell the details of their meeting at that time, but said: "Princess Six was ashamed and angry at the time, but she may not have deliberately pushed Princess Seven..." He paused again, it seemed that he had gotten used to it for a while and it was hard to change: "Wait for him He was taken out of the water and passed out, and after changing clothes for treatment, everything was discovered.”

"Then, is the emperor very angry?"

King An shook his head, and suddenly smiled: "No, the emperor is only angry with the sixth princess, and the seventh... Well, now it is the fifth prince, in fact, the emperor is very happy to have the fifth prince—you know, the emperor Thin at the knees."

Yes, that is too flimsy.The emperor originally had four sons, the eldest and fourth son died early, and after the second prince committed suicide, the emperor had only one son, the third prince.

But someone must be upset.

Speaking of how difficult it was for the queen to raise the second prince like a useless person, she half pushed and half let him rebel, and finally succeeded in committing suicide.Finally, the thorn in the flesh was pulled out, but within a few days, another thorn in the flesh appeared.Of course, the seventh princess, ah no, is the fourth prince. He was said to be a fool since he was a child, and he was much younger than the third prince. It shouldn't be necessary to defend day and night like the second prince.

As the saying goes, brothers fighting tigers, even the emperor can't be alone. The emperor has a capable and loyal younger brother, King An, to help him, which is better than being a bachelor.Xiaodong felt more and more that her father could be called King Anxian, no worse than the eight virtuous kings in the play, he was handsome, talented, capable and loyal. count?
After King Jingjun and the second prince rebelled, although the emperor was still wise and powerful on the surface, his cousin and son joined forces to rebel against him, and his face was hurt.What's more, the wounds in the capital were not healed, and the Zhao family's clan was also hurt. At this time, a son suddenly appeared-even if this son was a bit stupid, the emperor was very happy.

So this year's Chinese New Year is not deserted.The third prince lacked a seat in the front, and there was an extra seat in the back. The emperor looked at it and found that there was no longer a seedling in a thousand hectares of land. He was happy for a while and drank too much wine.

The whole hall was full of people singing songs about the prosperity and peace of the emperor, and even the empress forced a smile on her face, but the sixth princess had a sober face, as if she had died.

Does she still want to cry?Xiaodong felt that it was Luo Wei who should cry the most.

Xiaodong turned his eyes away and looked at the Fifth Prince.

The child was wearing a red satin jacket, very festive, but his face was still a little pale, maybe it was the aftereffect of falling into the water.A face looked pink and jade-like, and sat there obediently without moving.Most of the people in the hall were quietly looking at the fifth prince who had suddenly changed from a woman to a man.

Another little princess, Zhao Yu, came over and whispered, "Sister Xiaodong, look at the sixth princess."

Xiaodong turned his head to look suspiciously, the sixth princess not only had red eye circles, but her face was also red, as if she had drunk too much wine.The palace servants beside her quickly surrounded her and left with half persuasion and half pull.Seeing Xiaodong and the others, the fifth princess raised her glass to this side.

It's really a few joys and a few sorrows.

Xiaodong felt that she didn't like the capital city at all—in fact, she didn't like the imperial palace.

Although there is an empress dowager who treats her very well in the palace, there are also empresses who treat her furiously with Qiuyang, Ming noble concubines and sisters who have unknown intentions, Song Jieyu who cuts tofu with a knife and two sides, and many, many women. Passing through the alley at night, I can always hear the sound of mourning coming from nowhere, like crying, like laughing wildly.

It was snowing outside again, fluttering and fluttering, and the palaces and palaces were silent in the snowy night, as if they had fallen asleep together.When the fireworks soared into the sky, gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the night sky in an instant, with golden colors and majestic atmosphere.

Everyone got up and left their seats to watch the fireworks, and the palace servants also took Xiaodong's cloak and put it on her.Xiaodong stood by the pillar and refused to go out. The shadow left by Shang Yuanye's experience might not be able to disappear for the rest of her life.

Suddenly the sleeve was tugged twice, Xiaodong turned to look, the Fifth Prince was standing beside her, with his face raised, he called softly: "Sister."

Xiaodong almost suspected that he was hallucinating.

"elder sister."

It's not an auditory hallucination, the fifth prince shouted again.

The fifth prince stuffed something into Xiaodong's hand, and followed the palace servants away.

Xiaodong raised his hand to look, it was a small gold ingot, tied with colored string and silk tassels, very cute, but also very common.

During the Chinese New Year, Xiaodong can always collect a lot of gold and silver, including ingots, fish, grains, and flowers. The accumulation is not a small fortune.

But this was the first time she got such a thing from someone younger than herself.

She smiled, tied the little ingot on the button of her lapel, took two steps forward, supported the Empress Dowager Shengci, and looked outside together.

A huge firework exploded in the air outside, golden light, purple light and red light fell like rain, illuminating the entire palace.

After all, the Empress Dowager Shengci was old, so she withdrew from the banquet after letting go of the fireworks, and left Xi Xiaodong and Wang An to go back to the palace together.Many carriages stopped there and let them go first.Many people far away were setting off firecrackers, and the sound rang out in the night.

Xiaodong lifts the curtain and looks out, the snow flakes are getting bigger and bigger, like goose feather catkins.

"I don't know what my brother is doing now."

King An didn't answer, Xiaodong turned his head and saw that Wang An had probably drunk and fell asleep leaning against the wall of the car.

Xiaodong covered Wang An with the cloak, and softly ordered the driver: "Go more steadily."

Mrs. Hu led people to meet them at the door with lanterns, and a layer of snow had fallen on the umbrella, which showed that they had been waiting for a long time.Xiaodong held her hand, but luckily it wasn't cold.

"It's so cold, mom doesn't need to come out to meet me."

The mansion prepared hot water and hot soup, Hongfu took off the hairpin and combed her hair for her, Xiaodong washed her face, put cream on her face and hands, just put up the tent and went to sleep, when she heard two rattles on the window .

At first Xiaodong thought it was the wind.

But how could the sound of the wind be so regular, there were three more blows.

Could it be that plum blossoms have gone outside?No, no, this lazy cat burrows wherever it is warm, and no one will try to drive it away from the smoking cage when winter comes.It won't go out in such cold weather and snow.

Could it be Qin Lie?
such a cold day...

Xiaodong lifted the curtains, the candlelight in the room was dim, although the window was bolted, it was pushed open from the outside, Qin Lie really pushed open the window sash and jumped into the room, bringing the cold air into his body.

Xiaodong hurriedly put on his clothes and sat up, lowered his voice and said, "Why are you here?"

Qin Lie smiled and walked up to him: "I want to give you New Year's greetings earlier. It's already passed Zi Shi, so it's the first day of the New Year."

Xiaodong smiled: "You...you stand outside, I'll get better."

At this time, there is a custom in the capital. On the first day of the new year, relatives and friends will greet each other with New Year's greetings. Often some people stay up all night watching the New Year's Eve, without sleeping, and go out early in the morning to socialize and pay New Year's greetings.But Qin Lie came here... a bit too early!

But Qin Lie didn't have a home in the capital, so he didn't care about what happened normally, but Chinese New Year was the time of family reunion, he was alone, even if he was with those guys and managers, there must be no atmosphere of reunion.

Xiaodong was wearing a little jacket and nightdress, with her hair tied up casually, and poured out tea from the teahouse and handed it to Qin Lie: "Drink a cup of tea to warm yourself up. You really shouldn't be here today. It's snowing outside, and your footprints are left behind." People on the ground will see it."

"It's okay, I'll just sit and go, the snow is falling heavily, and it won't be long before the footprints are covered."

"That's true."

"What's delicious at the palace banquet?"

"What's the matter?" Xiaodong said with a smile, "every year, the dishes are stewed badly, and the soup is half cold when served. But there is a dish of roasted venison that is not bad. By the way, you ate it all at night." what?"

"I drank some wine with them, but I didn't eat much food. Do you have any snacks? Take some out and give them to me."

Xiaodong brought out a box, which contained small snacks such as powder cakes, preserved fruit and rolled crispy meat. Qin Lie was not polite to her, and ate most of the box of snacks with tea, and took out a small snack from his arms. The brocade bag came: "here, this is lucky money."

Xiaodong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and took it.

"Okay, you go to bed early, I'm leaving."

"You... are you leaving now?"

Qin Lie stood up, put on his cloak, and stretched out his hands to rub Xiaodong's hair: "Don't be reluctant, I will come to pay New Year's greetings in less than two hours, see you then."

Xiaodong gave him a gouged look: "Who can't bear you anymore."

"You put the latch on when I go out, don't forget."

Xiaodong responded, Qin Lie jumped out of the window and left.

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Snowing. . . .so cold. .

(End of this chapter)