C3

The melody of the flute was deafening.

Flowers like brocade, the shade of green willow, a breeze, refreshing and pleasant.

"I'm not leaving!" The young girl suddenly strummed her zither in a disorderly manner. She appeared to be extremely vexed.

Baili Yu smiled, "Silly girl, I just followed your father back to live for half a year. At that time, I'll use the big red bridal sedan to welcome you back, so I don't need to worry about those jealous girls blabbering on anymore."

"I'm not afraid of what they say, but don't you think that this servant will lower herself to the others?" The young girl said angrily.

Baili Yu gently replied, "How could I? Yue Er, don't you believe me? When have I ever seen you as a girl?"

"Humph!" "Aren't you always putting on airs in front of me, young master? Your heart must be …"

"Ugh …" Baili Yu grabbed Yun Shengyue and covered her mouth. He used his deep and bright eyes to warn her, "Silly girl, if you dare spout nonsense again, I won't cover your cute mouth with my hands next time."

"Then I'm leaving. You, will you miss me?" The young girl finally heaved a sigh of relief, and her petite and exquisite body turned soft.

"Of course."

Ten years ago, if he hadn't insisted on stopping in the snow, she and her mother would have probably frozen to death in that bone-chilling snow. Only today could she still clearly remember the cold of that day, so she really hated winter. Fortunately, they had grown up in Jiangnan, and even though there was occasional snow in the winter, it was still much warmer than the north.

However, his mother wanted to go back, and Baili Yu wanted her to go back as well. He needed a good identity, but how could he face the people who had hurt them in the past?

His mother was kind-hearted and had healed her scars and forgot about the pain, but she, Yunsheng, would never forget that if anyone dared to make a move on her again, she would return it tenfold. After secretly making up her mind, Yunsheng finally agreed to go with her mother and under the proper arrangements made by the Prime Minister, who seemed to care about them both, on their way home.

"Don't worry, in a few days, I will be going to Jincheng. I also need to take care of the business there. As soon as I arrive, I will immediately come to see you." Baili Yu smiled as he gently slipped a thin jade bracelet onto Yun Shengyue's wrist. "This was given to me by my mother. Don't take it off again. Wait for me to come pick you up!"

She knew that he would come pick her up when she turned sixteen. In less than a year, he would return to Jiangnan. By then, she would be the happiest bride.

Thinking of this, the melancholy of parting was diluted. They finally smiled and waved goodbye.

If she knew that such a separation was her entire life, would she still leave?

So it turned out that she might not be able to fulfill her promise. After all, she was still too naive!

It was another winter, and the winter in Jincheng was cold.

The broken door and windows could not withstand the cold wind that drilled in, so the two embroidery ladies had no choice but to put down their needlework after a while and rub their cold and delicate hands.

"Empress, the sky is cold. You'd better not do it. Let Cui Er do it herself." Her pretty face that was the size of a palm looked no more than 12 or 13 years old, but her eyes were very pure and gentle.

The woman sitting opposite him looked to be about fifteen to sixteen years old, with snow-white skin, a delicate nose, and eyebrows that were not drawn to one another, and lips that were not even the tiniest bit red. Her delicate features, no matter if one looked at them separately or together, did not look too beautiful, but the more one looked at her, the more one wanted to look at her, and the more one looked at her, the more one wanted to look at her.

"It's alright. It's still early, let's quickly do it again. There's not much lamp oil left, we can't do it at night. After a while, when the sky is dark, we can go to bed as soon as possible." Her voice was as cold as the man's, but her tone was very gentle.

The maidservant frowned. "No matter what, the Empress is still the main imperial concubine of the Mansion of the Duke of Qin. A lowly, scoundrelly servant like that actually managed to deduct our uses from this level. The Empress Dowager is still the prime minister's concubine, after all. She's the empress dowager's personal imperial concubine, living her days like this is too much!"

"Cui Er has been implicated …" The wangfei's expression was still as bland as before, without the slightest change. The needlework in her hands didn't stop either.

"Cui Er isn't afraid of suffering, it's fine if they want to bully Cui Er, but if they did some extra work, it's fine. Cui Er's life was originally saved by the Empress, if it wasn't for the Empress, Cui Er wouldn't even know where she would have starved to death. Cui Er can't stand watching the Empress suffer this kind of suffering."

"We have rooms to live in, food to eat, and clothes to wear. These aren't considered hardships. I told you not to call me 'Empress' long ago, so call me 'Big Sis'. Big Sis isn't someone who hasn't suffered through hardships."

"What is the Empress saying? The Empress is the daughter of the Prime Minister, and has golden branches and jade leaves. How can there be a time when there's no food or clothes?" She was merely an orphan daughter saved by the wangfei half a year ago, and had stayed with the wangfei in the Yun Family Courtyard for three months before marrying into the wangfei. She only knew that her savior was the daughter of the prime minister, and although she was cold, she was kind and did not know anything else.

She sighed and slowly walked over to the window. She looked out of the window at the heavy snow falling, but didn't say anything. She seemed to be looking at the snow, but she didn't seem to be looking at anything.

On such a snowy day, Yunsheng felt extremely disgusted. As long as it was a snowy day, her heart would feel an unstoppable cold. It was as though she had fallen into an icy cavern.

Snow began to fall. It would only take two or three hours for the entire world to be dyed pure white with snow. The green trees, the pink plums, the originally black and gray fake mountains, and the azure colored glazed roof … all of it had lost its original color.

There were also those heartless and ruthless people, and they seemed to have covered up the sins they committed. The weather was so cold, yet people who were laughing at you while stabbing out sharp blades had long turned her heart into a thousand year old ice.