Snow Chihiro

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In the seventh year of Zhengde, the first day of September.

Aunt Xiwu's martial arts contest to recruit relatives and son-in-law was held as scheduled, and the scene was very lively. Although many uncles and grandpas bothered the emperor's uncle every day to say that it was against the rules, I liked it very much.The fights on that stage were gorgeous and beautiful, and it dazzled me. It was not like when my father practiced swordsman with such an ordinary knife, and it was not like when my uncle taught me.

I sat next to my aunt and let her stroke my hair. Her hands were very light, her eyes were a little dazed, and she didn't know where she had gone, as if she was not interested in it, and she seemed to be looking for something.I asked her what she was looking for, and I helped her find it, but she shook her head and said with a wry smile: "I don't know if she will appear, and if she will, what form will she appear in."

who is she?Why do they look different?I didn't understand, but looking at my aunt, a voice in my heart said again: "You shouldn't ask."

I didn't ask, but my aunt asked me instead: "Yi'er, have you ever regretted it?"

I immediately shook my head quickly, and said seriously: "Daddy and Auntie said, don't regret being a human being, you have to go on no matter how difficult the choice is, regret is useless."

She smiled, fluffy like a dandelion, but I couldn't be happier with that rare smile.She said: "Yi'er is right. But, I regret it."

I don't know what she regrets, maybe it's because she wanted to hold this competition to recruit relatives, but she didn't choose her favorite husband-in-law?Maybe not, because when she said she regretted, her eyes were so deep, as if everything in front of her hadn't been seen.

No matter what she regretted, this martial arts competition was fruitless. When the top three were decided, the uncle jumped onto the stage and said that whoever beat him could marry his aunt.But if he can be defeated, how can he be called the number one master in the world?

The wind was a bit cold that day, and he stood on the ring, tall and straight, with his hands behind his back, and with a few moves, he knocked the two off the ring.The third one is a heroic elder brother in his 20s, holding a long sword in his hand, holding the sword in his fists without haste.

"I ordered Linghu Chong to come here this time, not for Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but only to settle a grievance with the Eastern Hierarch."

His swordsmanship is very good-looking, and his father and aunt also took it very seriously. Obviously, it is not just "good-looking", but the uncle still defeated him and sent him off the stage with a palm. A woman wearing a bamboo hat jumped I went to help him, I couldn't hear what the two of them said, but I saw the woman looked for a long time in the direction of the aunt who had been looking at her uncle, and then left with Linghu Chong.

That evening I was playing on the rockery, and I happened to see Aunt Xiwu gently hugging Uncle.The uncle, who seemed to have never let anyone squeeze into his arms except his aunt, also embraced her.My mother said that children will get needles if they watch things they shouldn't, but I intuitively know that their hugs won't make me sick.

The aunt said, "She still hasn't come."

Uncle was very gentle, "She will come back."

Later, this martial arts contest caused a lot of troubles. I heard from others that it had a lot of influence, but they were all suppressed by the emperor's uncle.Aunt Xiwu did not go out again, but stayed in the capital. I also lived in my house for half a year, my uncle's house for five months, and my aunt's house for one month. Go to the palace for a few days.

I still like Heimuya the most among these three places, because I especially like lively places.Although my family and Aunt Xiwu's place are crowded with people and guests, they are not lively.I often see my aunt and aunt leaning against the window in a daze. It is true that they are beautiful like this, but they are no better than my aunt, either in front of Qianqiu Palace, or in front of uncle.So during the winter months, except for the New Year's Eve, I have to stay in Heimuya, where it is warmer than any place I have ever been.

I spent three years in such a busy journey, growing from a small bean to a soybean sprout, and I finally realized that "self-eating difficulties" and "Jianjun's hypochondriac disease" were nothing more than grandpa Ping's nonsense. I also know that the reason why Aunt Xiwu is so angry and insists on hanging her life with a thousand-year-old talent is because she has to wait for someone.

There is a ten-year agreement between them, from the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month when the emperor's uncle just took the throne, to today, the twenty-seventh year of Zhengde, there are still two days left, which is a full ten years.

I am staying at my own home these few days, the Zhenyuanhou Mansion in the Dongcheng District of the capital, which is also the residence of the Commander of Jinyiwei.In the morning, I hadn't finished practicing the knife skills, so my mother hurriedly called me to my aunt's place.I saw the imperial chariot before I entered the gate of the princess's mansion. A Niang took me all the way to the door of the aunt's room and stopped. The emperor's uncle was also standing outside.

I know why they didn't go in, because they were crying, and Aunt Xiwu didn't like to see people cry, and going in like this would only make her feel sad.In fact, I also felt numbness in my body, aches in my heart, and sore eyes, but I held back my tears. I am a man, and I grew up with her, so I can't cry.

I opened the door and went in and saw Dad sitting beside my aunt's bed. He didn't speak, but just stared at my aunt's bony body. .

"Yi'er is here."

I went forward and let her grab my hand and put it in Daddy's hand again.

"Brother Liang, you have to remember my words."

I knew she didn't want me to know what they were saying, but I could guess what they were talking about.I have long heard that the acquaintance between father and mother is not a very beautiful story, but father is very kind to mother, and he is very kind to me.

In the evening, my uncle and aunt also arrived.They didn't get sick today, and they entered my aunt's room with their lips pursed. I sat on the steps under the corridor outside the house, feeling cold and warm.Crowds of people swarmed in from outside, but they couldn't tell whose face it was because of, but they couldn't enter the courtyard anyway.

Those who are qualified to accompany her through the ten years of Zhengde are only our family members, and there is a "it" who has not come.I don't know if "it" is male or female, tall or short, fat or thin, and I don't know how lucky "it" is to be favored by my aunt, and I don't know why "it" is so cruel to refuse to come.I don't have time to blame "it", hate "it", blame "it", and only hope that "it" will not miss this decade.