since your farewell

Before leaving, Zhou Nan went to the White Horse Temple, which was the place where the Empress often visited during her lifetime, and where the coffin was placed after her death.

The snow on the road was thick, and the cold air invaded from all directions. The blood on her lips faded a bit, and when she looked up, the sky and the earth were all white. Dots of cinnabar.

Wei Jun likes plum blossoms the most. In order to make her happy, Zhou Sheng sent someone to plant a whole plum grove outside the temple. Now that the flowers are blooming, every red flower is proud of the snow and frost, and the faint fragrance is floating in the whole temple. Taking a deep breath, his expression was gloomy. The flowers bloomed as expected, but the person died.

Dimly, it seemed to be back to when she was a child again, her mother and queen were always desolate, but when she saw her, she smiled and showed her beauty, and her eyes were as gentle as spring water.

"Nan'er, come here and let the queen mother see that she has grown taller again."

She carried the little skirt and rushed to the queen mother impatiently, but unexpectedly tripped over the steps and smashed a frame of precious jade porcelain. The queen mother never blamed her, she just hugged her in her arms and whispered softly,

"Does it hurt from the fall?"

Obviously it doesn't hurt, but every time the queen mother asks her if it hurts, she always nods and lies and says it hurts. Because of this, the queen mother will always rub her arms and knees for her. The queen mother's hands are so soft and warm.

"Queen Mother, my son has come to see you",

"The child is unfilial, it makes you worry",

"Mother, I miss you so much."

"..."

"Princess, get up, it's cold on the ground",

Seeing her kneeling down, Mingyue felt distressed and worried. The princess didn't use a futon. The bluestone floor was cold and hard, and she herself was hurt by the pain in her knees. How could a princess like a princess bear it?

"The dead are long gone, but the living are like this",

Master Liaochen on the side closed his eyes, and his voice was neither happy nor sad. He was tall and tall, with bright Buddhist clothes and white eyebrows, all of which were traces of the passage of time. The beads in his hand never stopped, like the wheel of fate/ plate.

Zhou Nan got up slowly and bowed to him. She had heard from Zhou Sheng that after Wei Jun passed away, Master Liaochen would chant sutras for her every day, and the servants who were not able to accompany her should be very grateful other side.

When she stepped out of the hall, she seemed to hear something behind her, and when she looked back, the string of Buddhist beads was scattered all over the floor.

When going down the mountain, she met another guest, who was wearing an apricot-yellow four-dragon-pattern robe, and was stepping on the snow step by step with a gift box in his hand, followed by a few maidservants and guards, who only supported him from a distance. Holding an umbrella, seeing Zhou Nan, he was stunned for a moment, and then slowly said two words,

"Sister Huang".

Zhou Nan nodded to him. There is only one person in the White Horse Temple who needs to worship.

Zhou An's fate is not very good, his biological mother is just an inconspicuous court lady, he doesn't even know her name, where she is from, his existence is just a whim of his father, it has nothing to do with romance or feelings.He was supposed to be an ordinary one among the many princes and princesses, but his mother gave birth to him early, just before Concubine Hua gave birth to the second prince, Zhou Feng, and the queen had no children, so he naturally became the eldest according to the rules of etiquette. The prince of Zhou, even though his father didn't like him, even though his other younger brothers and sisters hated him, scolding his late mother for being humble and lowly, he was an inappropriate existence.

No one knew how much he envied the laughing girl buried in his mother's arms. His father would even let her sit on his shoulders and hold her in his arms to make her laugh. That was happiness beyond his reach.

He never thought that a child as happy as her would stand up when he was being bullied. She was his imperial sister, and her queen mother was also his queen mother.

Wei Jun took pity on him for losing his mother early, took him to be raised by his side, and taught him how to read and read. Yes, no one even remembered to choose him as a prince, a young master, a young teacher.

After the imperial sister was robbed, the empress mother had trouble sleeping and eating all day long, and she shed tears. He silently stayed by her side, but he couldn't stop her from losing weight day by day.

"Miss Huang, please stay."

Zhou Nan stopped when she heard the words, and tilted her head and ears slightly. She didn't dislike this young playmate, but she was not in the mood to reminisce about the old days.

"The queen mother missed you very much when she was alive, and she always wanted to see you again."

A drop of tear melted into the snow suddenly, and the hoarse voice could not conceal the grief,

"Thank you for accompanying my mother on my behalf."

"Um",

The man turned around and his eyes were red.

Situ Che stood in the wind and snow wearing a white dress and waited early. These days, she was used to waiting for the princess to arrive like this, but every time Zhou Nan came back, his body was so weak that he seemed to faint in the next second. This time It was fulfilled.

As soon as Her Highness the Princess stepped up the steps, her eyes darkened and she fainted. Situ Che held her firmly, hugged her horizontally, and under Mingyue's command, she entered the princess' bedroom again. Before Mingyue kicked her, she Consciously backed out, obediently said,

"Sister Mingyue, I'm going to deliver medicine to the princess."

Mingyue's nervousness and panic were soothed by her in this way.

After feeding the medicine, Zhou Nan woke up not long after. It’s strange to say that she hasn’t touched Mingyue again during this time. Every time she wakes up, she is very calm and has fewer nightmares. credit?But the master never said that it has such an effect. She has seen the formula, but it is just an ordinary herbal medicine for nourishing the lungs and soothing the mind.

"Princess, please...don't be like this in the future, the servants are almost worried to death."

Zhou Nan pursed her lips and smiled helplessly. She didn't want her body to become like this.

Fortunately, she was the one who quietly left back then, and did not forcefully bring her back to the capital. There was a trace of pain in her eyes. The first time she got sick was by that person's side, but at that time she didn't know that she had been poisoned , that person... is too gentle.

"It's not that you don't know, the time left in this palace is running out",

"Don't let the princess say that!"

Mingyue blurted out, her tone was very aggressive, she didn't blame Mingyue for overstepping the rules.

She was the one who saved Mingyue from the procuress of the brothel. This little girl is wild and stubborn, she would rather die than surrender.When Zhou Nan redeemed her, she was already dying, and she has been by her side to take care of her since then. In order to protect the lord, she also learned some fists and kicks from Master Jueming. In Zhou Nan's heart, she did not regard her as a servant.

"Changhong will definitely be found, princess... the princess will live a long life."

Zhou Nan shook his head, his tone lost the certainty he had in front of Zhou Sheng,

"Master also said that although there are records about Changhong, and the rainbow has indeed come into existence, no one has ever seen the real Changhong. It is difficult to find it."

"Mingyue, at that time, I will give you freedom."

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"No, Mingyue just wants to be with the princess",

Hearing her as if confessing her last words, Mingyue's body softened and she knelt on the ground, almost crying out.

"Don't worry, I can last for a while, and I must last for a while."

She helped Mingyue up, her tone became cold,

"There may be something strange about the death of the queen mother."

"what……"

Mingyue froze in place.

"Do you still remember what the prince said to me?"

"He said that the empress has always missed the princess and wanted to see the princess again."

"Then do you remember where the Queen Mother's tomb is?"

"In...the hometown of the empress, Tanzhou".

"Well, that is the only place to go to Lingnan."

Mingyue suddenly realized that the prince was hinting at the princess to go to the queen's tomb.

"But...princess, must the prince's words be trusted?"

Mingyue prostrated herself on the ground, talking about royal affairs like this is already a serious crime of beheading, but she only wants to think about it for her lord,

"The prince treats you..."

Zhou Nan knew what she was going to say, and it was impossible for anyone to treat her without any grievances. After all, a prince should have nothing, but she has everything she should have and shouldn't have.

"Anyway, it's about mother, I'm going to Tanzhou to take a look."

"General, you have lost weight",

After not seeing him for a long time, Qingfeng stared at Situ Che for a while before saying a word.

Situ Che is a little helpless. She is both a companion and a cook in the Princess Mansion, and there are a group of wolf-like "rivals" in the side room who are eager to skin her. They are trembling all day long, walking on eggshells, can they not lose weight?

"Qingfeng, why didn't you tell me about the princess going south?"

"Subordinate...subordinate forgot, at that time I was only concerned about whether the princess would...eat the general",

Qingfeng lowered his head, with a good attitude of admitting his mistakes.

Knowing that she would not be so careless in doing things, she must have been really frightened by the rumors of the princess to make mistakes. Situ Che did not continue to blame her, but only half-jokingly said,

"She ate me".

Qingfeng's expression changed, his wrist turned lightly, and a sharp sword was unsheathed instantly.

"The subordinates went down and destroyed the princess mansion."

"Slow down",

Situ Che made a move to stop this one-sided hidden guard, so she can go to the Princess Mansion whenever she wants?

After a brief explanation, she dispelled her idea of ​​"destroying the mansion".

The radish soup these past few days was not in vain, and the major general has figured out a taste. I am afraid the princess has already seen through the fake memorial. Also, there is an extra quilt in the study for the night.

Princess, it's not so unreasonable.

"You go back to the inn to pack up and prepare to go south with me",

"Yes", Qingfeng nodded in response.

This trip to the south, Zhou Sheng was still worried, so he sent a team of imperial guards to follow. Zhou Nan accepted it calmly, but Situ Che was a little embarrassed because the commander of the imperial army was her so-called fiancée's brother, the son of Prime Minister Zheng's family. Young Master Zheng Rong, his eyes fell directly on her, with inquiry and doubts.

If it wasn't for Situ Che who was absolutely sure that her disguise was flawless, she would have suspected that the other party had seen through her true identity. Fortunately, his attention shifted to the princess after a while, and he had to admit that the princess had such flaws. Such an eye-catching temperament, Situ Che's gentleman-like elder brother-in-law is also unavoidable.

Amidst the curtain of flying snow, a group of people left the capital in a mighty way.

There were several carriages arranged in the team. Logically speaking, Situ Che's little boy should stay in the carriage, but she couldn't help itching when she saw the horse, and the person in the carriage with her was a black man. Looking at Qiu Ye with a straight face, her heart has already flown out.

After hesitating and hesitating for a while, he still couldn't help running to the carriage in front and asked the princess to ride a horse. Zhou Nan glanced at her indifferently, as if doubting whether she would fall off the horse.

"If the subject falls, the princess is not responsible",

She glanced wildly at a burgundy horse in the team, and her tone was full of longing.

"allow".

Seeing her galloping away like a runaway wild horse, Mingyue curled her lips in dissatisfaction,

"This guy has a vicious vision, and he picked the best horse, which belongs to your princess."

There was a slight smile in Zhou Nan's eyes, as if he was infected by the other party's cheerful mood, and the back view of the man riding a horse outside the window was pretty nice.

Situ Che turned his head as if he had sensed it, and couldn't help but return the other party with a big smile, just like a child who was satisfied with getting candy.A few shy snowflakes landed on her shoulders, and the sun also favored her at the right time, casting a steady stream of light on her, making her warm and full of youthful spirit.

Mingyue, who wanted to complain a few more words, saw that her princess had a shallow smile, and her bulging cheeks were suddenly discouraged. It seemed that her princess hadn't had such a heartfelt smile for a long time.