Snow in Chang'an in December

? When I returned to the bedroom, I saw Lan Yi standing in front of the door holding a plate of candied pastries. Shen Zixu walked with his hands behind his back, with a smile on his lips. Salute to Shen Zixu.

"You made this?" Shen Zixu took a piece of candied pastry from Lan Yi's plate, put it in his mouth and tasted it, only to feel that it melted in his mouth, and the taste was excellent, "Your Majesty may like it, you can make more tomorrow , so that I can bring it to His Majesty to taste." After speaking, he went to help Lan Yi up, and moved another piece of the entrance before he was about to open the door and go in.

Lan Yi looked bewildered, she still hadn't known what kind of entanglement the prime minister had with the emperor.She just stood in front of the door with the candy cakes in her hand, thinking about her thoughts, she felt that the prime minister must be very pleasing to such a gentle and refined person, so even the emperor...?

Thinking of this, Lan Yi immediately shook her head, and felt that it was unlikely, she raised her eyes to look at the tightly closed palace door, she couldn't help trembling, she just felt that the things between the two of them were not something she could gossip about .The little maid hurriedly walked out with a plate of candy pastries, unexpectedly tripped over a stone, and the whole plate of candy pastries fell to the ground. The little maid raised her hand and rubbed her eyes that were about to cry, and then cleaned up Then leave.

In the early morning of the next day, it was rare for Shen Zixu to get up early to go to court. It was not until the middle of the day that Lan Yilan and He Lanxin dared to knock on the door. After the people inside gave permission, the three of them entered with lunch in their hands. , then turned to look at the person on the soft couch by the window, but saw that Shen Zixu was holding a book in one hand, but he had no intention of reading, just looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze.

The beginning of summer is neither hot nor cold, and it is pleasant. Shen Zixu looks at the lush trees outside the window. He remembers that he was teaching in the school on this day last year. looking at myself...

It wasn't until Lan He called softly that Shen Zixu came back to his senses. He silently put the scroll in his hand on the pillow, and then Lan Xin helped him to eat on the couch. Lan Yi happily placed the dishes he made on the table. In front of Shen Zixu, he hoped to have a taste.It's just that Shen Zixu picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. When he tasted it, he just chewed a few mouthfuls casually and then swallowed it. He wholeheartedly wanted to go back to the old days, the old days of playing around. I still remember that Ning Feng liked to call himself brother Zixu at that time.

"Prime Minister, I have made more candied cakes as you ordered." Lan Yi smiled while holding a plate of candied cakes.

Shen Zixu heard the words, then raised his eyes to look at Lan Yi, then nodded with a smile, "Leave it alone." Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, the door of the palace was pushed open. The bright yellow dragon robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon.

"Your Majesty." The three little maids all knelt down to salute, and when they heard the sound of stepping back, they all responded, and they stepped back with a sigh of relief.

The two were silent for a while, Shen Zixu was not used to being alone with him now, after putting down the chopsticks, he wanted to go to sit on the couch and read a book, but every time he took a step, the man kept staring at him closely.

Shen Ningfeng was a little uneasy, he carefully looked at Shen Zixu who was sitting on the couch for a long time and then couldn't help asking: "Zixu, are you angry?"

Shen Zixu shook his head, then raised the scroll a little, just to cover his face.

"Then why didn't you come to Chaoshang this morning?"

Shen Zixu didn't bother to pay attention to him, he only focused on the content of the book, and there would be cicadas singing outside the window from time to time.

"I'm just afraid that you will be dissatisfied when you arrive in the Nanman land." Then, he glanced at Shen Zixu, seeing that he was still covering his face with the scroll, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, he hesitated deeply in his heart, and finally said: "That's all Forget it, I'll do as you please, I promise you half a year, and you will definitely come back after half a year." The tone was very reluctance, after he finished speaking, he turned his face away.

Hearing this, Shen Zixu finally put down the scroll, and he smiled lightly with the corners of his lips, and he replied softly: "Yes." After that, he went to move a piece of the candied pastry on the table and put it away. In the mouth, he moved another piece close to Shen Ningfeng's lips, Shen Ningfeng was startled, and then gently bit Shen Zixu's hand, he felt extremely happy, and after swallowing Tangxinsu, he burst into a smirk .

Five days later, Shen Zixu rushed to the land of the Southern Barbarians alone. Before leaving, Shen Ningfeng hurriedly found something from the palace, saying it was for safety, and he didn't know what to put in Shen Zixu's baggage. At that time, Shen Zixu didn't bother to pay attention to him, he sat on the small couch and read the scrolls on the art of war, and let Shen Ningfeng stuff things into his own bag.

Lifting the red curtain lightly, it was actually raining lightly outside, the light rain just blurred the scenery, a small bridge, a touch of sunset, a period of loneliness.

He opened the bundle casually, and inside besides the peace talisman and the Jade Buddha, there were also a few pieces of shortbread and a letter. After returning to Beijing, even though it was such a content, it actually took more than three pages. When he saw the last sentence on the last page, Shen Zixu couldn't help being stunned——

In this life, I am fortunate to know Zixu, and I have no regrets after all the hardships.

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After driving for several days, I didn't encounter any bandits on the way, but the journey was long and bumpy. Shen Zixu sometimes felt unwell and wanted to vomit, but he endured the nausea and lay down for a rest.

Unknowingly, the weather became hotter, Shen Zixu counted the time, it should be the middle of summer, he raised the red curtain, and saw that there were no trees, flowers and plants in the scenery outside, the scorching sun happened to enter the carriage, Shen Zixu felt very uncomfortable He couldn't help but cover his eyes with his hands, he was sure in his heart that after this journey, he would reach Nanman.

As expected, it came in the afternoon, after the driver helped Shen Zixu out of the carriage, he asked where he was waiting for him to come back, but when he thought about half a year, the driver couldn't help sighing.

Shen Zixu looked at the unfamiliar streets and markets around him, and suddenly felt as if he came to the capital at the beginning of the year. The climate in Nanman was indeed quite different from that in the capital, but it was already extremely hot in the middle of summer, and the passers-by were dressed strangely. It was getting dark, and I had a severe headache, so I had to find a piece of land and sit down and close my eyes to rest.

Shen Zixu waited until he got used to it a little, then raised his head and looked around again, this is not a prosperous place, pedestrians are walking with an elephant on their shoulders, he had heard that people in Nanman land would use elephants as mounts as early as when he was in the capital.According to the memorial sent by the court, Shen Zixu walked slowly. He came to Nanman for the first time and didn't know how to go. Fortunately, before leaving, Shen Ningfeng deliberately stuffed the map of Nanman into his bag.

This trip was lonely and far away. Shen Zixu had already traveled about ten miles, but he felt unwell all over his body. He had a splitting headache, coughed constantly, and wanted to vomit. Slowly falling asleep with all the pain.

At this moment, Shen Ningfeng, who was in the capital, was moving a piece of sweet heart cake to bring tea to the mouth. He looked out of the window and couldn't help sighing, "Zixu..." The sigh was soft, and that sigh seemed to be blown away by the summer wind.