Chapter 221

The palace maid forcibly picked up the little princess and coaxed her with some embarrassment: "princess, the German imperial concubine will come back. If the empress knew you ran to Zhaoyun hall, she would punish the maidservant."

Meng jou Chia was stunned. It seemed that she was still afraid of her mother and concubine. She bowed her head and said in frustration, "my sister hasn't made a snowman yet. I don't want to go back."

The maid of honor looked embarrassed. Xue ronghua sighed gently and reached out to touch her little face. She said softly, "jou Chia, be good. If the empress knows that you have come here without permission, she won't allow you to come in the future."

Meng jou Chia pouted. Reluctantly hummed, "then I'd better go back."

"The princess is so good," Xue ronghua smiled. "It doesn't matter if we don't make a good Snowman today. The heavy snow will fall for a long time. Shall we come out and play together later?"

"Well," said Meng jou Chia with a smile on her sullen little face, "that sister must come to me in the future."

"When did I lose my word?" Xue ronghua winked at the palace maid. "Take her back quickly. Don't let the German imperial concubine find out."

The palace maid saluted and hurried away with the little princess in her arms.

Xie Yingmei, who just woke up from her sleep. Rubbing his bleary eyes, he went outside the door, yawned and asked, "that's Princess jou chia of the German princess."

Xue ronghua watched the princess go. Looking back, I saw her wearing a single coat. I couldn't help frowning and beating her back. "You dress so thin. Be careful to catch a cold. How can you wake up. You don't sleep a little longer."

"I don't sleep. When I sleep, I feel like my head has been pierced by a needle. I feel a sharp pain," Xie Yingmei felt her forehead vaguely, "but I can't find where the wound is when I wake up."

Xue ronghua looked at her confused face and looked at her forehead. He didn't find any trace of needle pricking, so he smiled and said, "you're dreaming that someone is pricking you."

"No, it seems that someone is really stabbing me with a needle," Xie Yingmei asked, looking at a short and fat little snowman standing on the snow in the courtyard. "I didn't see you when I woke up. Are you playing snowman with the princess?"

Xue ronghua picked up the remaining carrots and gave her a look. "The princess wanted to see the little prince. I told her that the emperor's brother fell asleep and waited until she woke up."

"So it is," Xie Yingmei lowered her eyes thoughtfully. "Did the German imperial concubine let her see Yanyi?"

"The princess asked the palace man to take her out."

Xie Yingmei bited her lips and said, "the German imperial concubine hasn't seen me. I thought she sent the princess."

Xue ronghua looked at her in a daze and comforted her in a soft language: "don't think too much. The German imperial concubine has had a lot of things recently. She didn't come to visit you and the little prince, so the princess is coming. She's all interested in you."

Xie Yingmei sighed faintly, and a sad smile appeared on her lips. "Not only is the German imperial concubine so, but even the emperor won't come over. Can I be of no other use after I gave birth to Yanqi."

Xue ronghua took her cold fingers and rubbed them in the palm of her hand. He said softly, "don't think too much. The emperor originally had few children. Now you have given birth to a prince for him, but the great hero of the state of Qi, how can the emperor be indifferent to you, but you can't ignore government affairs because of the prince. There is a country and then a home."

Xie Yingmei said stupidly, "that's right. I'm afraid the emperor doesn't want me."

Xue ronghua smiled softly. "How could it be? The emperor doesn't know who you are. Why don't you?"

Xie Yingmei's eyes suddenly widened, her pale lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't say anything.

"I vaguely remember that this is the old plum planted by the mother imperial concubine in Penglai hall. I thought the emperor would cut it off, but I didn't expect to stay here." Meng Yuanzhen gently sniffed the plum fragrance and seemed to find the taste in his memory. "When I saw the plum blossom today, I thought of the mother imperial concubine again."

The honey colored plum blossoms filled the whole garden, and the falling snow could not crush the slender and vigorous branches, which covered an area of one layer, setting off the warm and beautiful beauty of Huangmei. The calm and faint fragrance slowly came, and dipped into the breath of tourists one by one, like a pair of stirring jade hands.

Zhuang Youyi looked at his handsome side face. She was a little stunned and asked silently, "I heard that concubine Jing was very beautiful."

Meng Yuanzhen blinked and said with a smile, "look at me and the emperor. If the mother imperial concubine is not beautiful, how can she give birth to our two brothers."

Zhuang Youyi looked at his proud expression and said with a slight smile, "you're not shy at all. You've never seen or heard praise and accepted it."

"I'm so frank," Meng Yuanzhen smiled. "Have you told the emperor about marriage?"

Zhuang Youyi nodded and said, "as I said, the emperor won't mention it again, but I don't know whether he will give you other women. You still have to find a way."

Meng Yuanzhen pursed his lips and said with a smile, "how can other women see prisoners like me? I'm just afraid you're sad..."

Zhuang Youyi was stunned, looked at him strangely and asked, "what's afraid of my sadness?"

Meng Yuanzhen clenched his teeth and knew that he had inadvertently said the wrong thing. He quickly explained, "if the emperor gives me other women, I'm afraid he doesn't see my identity. Even if he sees me, I'll try my best to push her away, but if it's you, I don't know what to do."

"Can't you," Zhuang Youyi, standing on tiptoe, almost knocked the snow off the plum branch, "can't you find a way to push me away?"

"I don't know..." Meng Yuanzhen lowered his eyes and looked at the white snow. "I can't speak to you. You like me, but... I don't know what to do."

"If I agree," Zhuang Youyi smiled at him, "what if I promise the emperor's marriage and insist on being with you? Will you marry me into the palace?"

Meng Yuanzhen didn't expect her to say such words. She looked up incredulously, "I know you won't promise. If you promise... I can't apologize to Jinwen."

"It's still like this. I knew you would say that," Zhuang Youyi curved her lips and reflected the shadow of plum blossoms in her eyes. "Does Jiang Jinwen know what you mean?"

"She knows, but she doesn't want to face it, and she doesn't want to admit her true thoughts," Meng Yuanzhen thought about it and asked, "hasn't the emperor favored her yet?"

Zhuang Youyi shook her head. "The emperor seldom goes to her. I can't guess what's going on."

"Maybe it's related to Lord Jiang. The emperor is restrained by Lord Jiang in some things. He is very dissatisfied with him, so he doesn't want to see Jinwen."

"You don't want the emperor to spoil her, do you?"

Meng Yuanzhen smiled. "I like her. Of course, I don't want her to be favored by the emperor, but even if she has become the emperor's woman, I won't give her up."

"Do you really want to insist?" Zhuang Youyi bit her lips and said reluctantly, "when on earth will you be able to give up her?"

"I don't know," Meng Yuanzhen gently raised his mouth. "Maybe you can only know when you can give up as long as you stick to it slowly."

Zhuang Youyi's eyes darkened, "I really admire you, more powerful than me."

"Empress, you'd better go back. Don't stay long in this winter." Yin Yin looked at her trembling body and warned with worry.

Jiang Jinwen didn't seem to hear her words. Her deep eyes only fell on the two fuzzy shadows behind the heavy Chimonanthus, and her hands couldn't help clutching the skirt and refused to let go.

"Empress," Yin Yin Yin shook her arm, "empress, you should go back to the palace."

Jiang Jinwen was slightly stunned and pointed to the plum blossom on the side. "How can I go back so soon? I still want to see this plum blossom."

"Empress, slaves and maidservants all know," said Yinyin, the shadow Nunu of the two regiments. "The emperor has been married. Concubine Qi is an empty shell concubine, and you are a real min Jieyu. Empress still needs to see the facts."

Jiang Jinwen turned pale and bited her lips and said, "I can't see the reality clearly, but the emperor doesn't come to see me. I really don't know what to think of me."

"Then go and ask the princess. Maybe she knows what to do."

"It's my own business, and it's not convenient for me to ask her," Jiang Jinwen knocked on the snow on the plum branch. "Does the emperor don't like me at all? I knew he brought me into the harem entirely because of his father. Now he completely ignored me after he looked like it. Do you really think I'm a tool?"

Yin Yin hurriedly made a gesture to make her boo, "this is not the house. There are many people with mixed eyes. My mother is careful to let others hear."

"Now even beauty Shen has a strong sense of grace. Everyone in the whole palace doesn't know that I am hung by the emperor," Jiang Jinwen bit a silver tooth. "Meng Yuanzhen always says something like that to me every time he meets me. Do I really want to resist him and get white headed in the palace?"

"Empress, Prince Chun's words must not be agreed. I've told you many times. It's a felony for concubines to have an affair with the prince, not to mention him," Yin Yin glanced around warily and whispered, "empress, you must hold back."

Jiang Jinwen silently looked at the two groups of people coming towards this side and hurriedly retreated a few steps. "Forget it, it's better for me to suffer alone than three people struggling. No matter how the emperor plans, I can only listen to fate."

Yin Yin said with a wry smile: "madam, the situation now is that even if you choose to face the emperor, there are three people suffering. The emperor does not favor you. Prince Chun loves you rather than suffering. Imperial concubine Qi's love for the prince is suffering for a long time. It's not enough for you to change your decision alone."

Jiang Jinwen was stunned when she heard the speech. A trace of sadness flashed through her eyes, so she had to bow her head and smile. "I really don't know what to do when I was attacked before and after."

"The thin shadow slants horizontally, the water is light, and the dark fragrance floats in the evening of the moon." the Chimonanthus in Penglai hall is the most beautiful place where the plum blossoms are in full bloom in the palace, but it has been lived by concubine Qi. I can't go to enjoy the flowers abruptly. I can only go to the red plum garden near Huayang palace. Xue ronghua glanced at the silent palace again. He finally had free time to go out for a walk. He hoped not to meet Su Rushuang.

White snow lined with red plum is the most eye-catching color. It seems that a woman in a red crane cloak slowly walked into the world wrapped in silver, eclipsing the snow-white of the whole winter in her dazzling red light.