Jiaochu

In the evening, Ye Lingjue had not returned to Yuyuan Palace.

Dong Mo goes out to look for someone.

In the Royal Garden, it was almost dark but no one was found. Instead, he found Ye Lingxi squatting under a tree watching ants move.

"Princess, what are you looking at here? Go back quickly, it's almost dark."

"Are you looking for the second brother?"

Dong Mo's eyes lit up, thinking that Ye Lingxi knew where he had gone, "Princess, have you seen Your Highness?" She shook her head and asked casually, "Second brother is missing?" Dong Mo was a little embarrassed, not knowing whether he should He was too talkative. After hesitating for a while, he decided not to talk too much. "Princess, please go back quickly. I will go and look elsewhere."

When Dong Mo was about to leave, Ye Lingxi stopped him, pointed him in the direction, and asked him to look under a pear tree there.Dong Mo thanked him and went in that direction.

Ye Lingxi looked in that direction, turned around and walked in the other direction. After walking a few steps, he stopped and looked back in that direction.

"Go that way, is it closer?" She felt that her voice sounded a little guilty, and she forced herself to brainwash herself. She just checked to see if she was pointing in the right direction, and whether the pear tree was there.

Hehe and Lingdang looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

It turns out she was pointing in the right direction.Dong Mo found the pear tree, but the situation in front of him made it a little difficult for him. When he couldn't make up his mind, he noticed someone hiding behind the rockery and peeking. He immediately trotted over and whispered, "Princess, You and the slave go over and take a look."

This was the first time Ye Lingxi saw Dong Mo looking a little distracted. After thinking about it, he asked He He and Ling Dang to stay where they were, and coughed if they saw anyone coming.

When she followed Dong Mo behind the pear tree, she immediately saw the wine bottle on the ground. She didn't know where it came from. Could it be that it was stolen from the imperial kitchen...

Ye Lingjue leaned against the tree with his eyes closed, as if he was drunk.

"Your Highness is never greedy for drinks..." Dong Mo hesitated, but still didn't say much.

Ye Lingxi looked at the darkening sky, and then looked around. He couldn't see the shadows of the trees in the distance clearly. Carrying someone on his back wouldn't attract anyone's attention. "You can carry your second brother back." Dong Mo was a little confused. Embarrassed, "This..." and then stopped talking.

"Then you go back and get a quilt for the second brother to cover him."

"This…"

Faced with the two choices given by Ye Lingxi, Dong Mo still chose the more reliable option of betraying someone. He first apologized and said that His Highness had offended him. He just stretched out his hand and then retracted it, as if he regretted it. Ye Lingxi was hesitant. He pinched his brows and said, "Everyone is drunk. What are you afraid of? What do you want to see me doing? I can carry people back with just a nod. Dragging people back is more than enough."

The man with his eyes closed suddenly smiled.

Ye Lingjue raised his head, his eyes were clear and not drunk at all.

"Your Highness, you're awake. Get up quickly and stop sitting on the ground." Dong Mo felt relieved.

"Second brother, remember to wear thicker clothes next time you drink, so that no one will carry you back." After saying that, she turned around and left. After walking a few steps, she stopped and turned back with a murderous look, as if she wanted to scold someone. After a pause, he stared at the person for a few seconds, then turned away.

Looking at the angry figure, Ye Lingjue smiled again, stood up, and said, "Go back." Dong Mo looked happy, followed him for two steps, then turned back and took the empty wine bottle away.

……

The days passed peacefully, and the weather became colder and colder, and before we knew it, it was snowing heavily.Holding a warm hand stove, Ye Lingxi stood under the eaves and looked at the falling snowflakes. The sound of the north wind whistling occasionally sounded in her ears. Her expression was a little dazed, as if she was remembering the events of her previous life.

"It's snowing so much, we can build snowmen and have snowball fights tomorrow~" Ling Dang said with anticipation.

He He joked: "Besides food, you only care about playing. Didn't you say last time that you wanted to embroider a nice purse for the princess? Where is the purse, has it been embroidered?"

"I'm thinking about what to embroider." "I think you just want to be lazy."

The two of them bickered with each other, making the snowflakes in front of them seem to become more lively.At this time, Zhu'er held an umbrella and supported Concubine Lan as she walked in, followed by Wu'er and two little palace maids.

After Ye Lingxi handed the stove to Hehe, she immediately ran over. Wu'er quickly went up to her and held her umbrella to protect her from the snow.

"Why did the mother-in-law just come back? Lingxi is still waiting to cut the window grilles with the mother-in-law~"

Pearl replied that the Queen had discussed with all the ladies about this year's New Year's Eve dinner, so they talked for a while.

After entering the house, Ye Lingxi immediately brought hot tea to Concubine Lan to ward off the cold, and then nestled in Concubine Lan's arms, like a warm little dumpling, which made people feel warm just by looking at it.

"Mother, are you tired? Do you want to take a rest? It doesn't matter if Lingxi cuts the window grilles later."

Looking at the little girl's big, sensible and bright eyes, Concubine Lan said gently and lovingly that she was not tired, and asked Zhuer to get red paper and scissors, and the master and servants gathered around to cut the window grilles.

Pearl was skillful and quickly cut out a rich and festive window flower. Ling Ding said she wanted to cut a little tiger. After cutting it, she unfolded it and then closed it again. The unfolded shape was just visible to He He, so she covered her mouth. He smiled and joked, "Whether you're getting a tiger cub or a puppy, I don't even think about it." Wu'er said, "That must be the same."

Ling Ding snatched the window grilles from both of them, cut them out and unfolded them. There were flowers, birds, and the moon on them. A picture could be cut out from a piece of paper. She couldn't help but exclaimed, and held up the Showed it to Ye Lingxi and Lan Fei, and asked Wu'er who she learned it from. Wu'er replied that her mother taught her. When she talked about the scene when the family gathered around the stove to cut window grilles and make dumplings when she was a child, her voice couldn't help but choke up. , quickly turned his head and raised his hand to wipe his eyes. The three of them all comforted Wu'er, and Lingdang turned his attention to the dumplings again.

"Empress, princess, let's make dumplings and eat them too."

"Why are you thinking about food again? Besides, can you make dumplings?"

"Why not? Have you never eaten pork and seen a pig run away?"

"What are you talking about? You are not ashamed in front of the empress and princess."

Zhu'er and Wu'er both covered their mouths and smiled. Ye Lingxi was thinking about the dumpling fillings, "What kind of fillings are they?"

"As long as you have meat," Ling Ding said.

After hearing this, several people covered their mouths and smiled again.

……

The next day, there was a thick layer of snow in the yard, and crystal clear icicles hung under the eaves, shining colorfully under the sunlight.

Bells were ringing, Wu'er and the two little palace maids were having a snowball fight in the yard, Ye Lingxi and He He were making snowmen and pinching rabbits, and Concubine Lan was sitting by the window embroidering, turning her head to look at the yard from time to time, with a gentle smile on her face. meaning.

Ye Lingxi put two small black beans on the little rabbit as eyes, but it was missing two ears. She looked around but couldn't find suitable "ears". Seeing that the weather was so nice, she decided to go out and look for it.