The inner courtyard is silent!
The prince was leaning on the railing and admiring a red plum tree in front of the Nuange window. The wind blew in the snowflakes and hit him directly in the face without realizing it.
It wasn't until the Nuan Pavilion door creaked that he slowly turned around and faced Xue Xiu, who was braving the cold and entering the room.
"It's only been a few days, and you look like you've lost weight."
There were no palace attendants in the Nuan Pavilion, so Xue Xiu had to take off his snow-covered brocade fur and put it on the stove to bake. Looking into those deep eyes, he nodded.
"Everything has been properly arranged. The person who made this trip for you personally has been buried in peace."
Xue Xiu was a little puzzled and said: "You shouldn't have waded into this muddy water. Although that man was the brother of your compatriot, he was killed by the emperor's order after all, and he was very unlucky."
Only Xue Xiu, who was a close friend of the prince, knew that the prince was in his prime now and that the prince's royal brothers had prominent family backgrounds.
Although he looks great as the prince, he is walking on thin ice in his position.
If you take one wrong step, you may be doomed!
At this moment, the prince actually asked him to help collect the body of Li Ziqiao who was beheaded?
"He's just a pathetic person!"
Facing Xue Xi's probing gaze, the prince reached for a branch of red plum stretched out outside the house and brushed away the cold snow on the branch of the red plum.
"Like me, his fate has been arranged since he was born, and he doesn't even have the chance to resist."
Looking at the falling snow, only a clean cluster of red plums is left.
"The snow on the plum branches has been dusted off."
The prince sighed: "Just think that I feel the same pain as him!"
What else did Xue Xiu want to say? The prince sat cross-legged on the futon and placed a Yao Qin on his lap. The tinkling sound of the Qin sounded, and Xue Xiu heard the meaning of loneliness from the sound of his Qin.
I had no choice but to swallow my words of comfort, and sat down alone, scooping out water and putting it on the stove to burn. I made tea myself and listened to the prince playing the piano.
The prince has always had the habit of playing the piano and meditating, but after Concubine Shu was sent to Luoyang Palace, the prince played the piano for a longer time. Xue Xi finished a cup of tea and saw that the prince was still immersed in it, so he put on the dried brocade fur. Push the door open and go out.
Then, I saw a small figure holding a sandalwood box and sitting on the steps of the veranda of the Nuan Pavilion.
The steps were very cold in the snow. I don’t know how long she had been sitting outside.
"I have met the tenth princess!"
Xue Xiu was stunned: "Is the princess here to see His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"yes!"
Li Sixu raised the sandalwood box in her hand: "Sisi is here to give a New Year gift to the prince brother."
"This is a frozen burnt glass tea cup produced by Wang's Glazed Workshop. Because glass tea cups made of this material are rare, Sisi specially left a complete set for the prince's brother."
He didn't know how long he had been sitting on the steps. The little girl's little face was flushed with cold. The half-grown girl struggled to lift a sandalwood box, but she smiled brightly at him.
"It's so cold and freezing, why don't you let someone know when the princess is here?"
Xue Xiu felt a little sorry for her: "How long have you been sitting outside the house?"
"Not long after, Sisi heard the prince brother playing the piano and didn't want to disturb him, so she waited outside the house."
Li Sixu smiled sweetly: "I want to give the prince brother a surprise. I want the prince brother to know that no matter when he turns around, his imperial sister will always be there!"
"Brother Prince, he is not alone. He has Cousin Xue, and I..."
Li Siqian, who was playing the piano, had actually seen the little figure walking in the snow when he was leaning against the window to admire the plum blossoms.
As transparent as his imperial sister, she knew that her father and he would go to the Qingfeng Palace that day, so she was willing to see his mother and concubine, right?
She made him hear what his mother-in-law said, and she also shattered the only extravagant hopes and obsessions in his heart.
His mother-in-law's current fate was the result of her own fault and his own indulgence of her.
He knew it had nothing to do with the little girl waiting for him outside the house, but she contributed to the whole thing.
The prince felt complicated and didn't know how to face her.
Then I heard her voice talking outside the house. She said that he was never alone. No matter when he turned around, she was always there.
The prince's hand caressing the strings paused for a moment: "Xue Xiu, bring her in!"
Hearing the movement in the house, before Xue Xi could make any move, Li Sixu blinked at him and ran into the house holding the sandalwood box.
"It's so cold, I'm freezing!"
Li Sixu pretended to be unaware of the rejection, sat cross-legged on the futon where the prince played the piano, placed the sandalwood box on the ground, opened it, and took out the frozen glass cup inside.
"Brother Prince, look, this glass cup does not look like a cup made of ice cubes. That's why this rare glass is called frozen-burnt glass."
Li Sixu held up the cup and shook it: "Wang's Glazed Market only sold three sets a year ago, but Sisi asked Wang Yuanbao to open a small stove and specially reserved it for the prince's brother."
"Others only have one glass cup made of this material, but Brother Prince has a whole set of people!"
Without any explanation, she put the glass cup into the prince's hand smoothly. Li Sixu tilted her little head and smiled: "Sisi, are you good to the prince's brother?"
Facing her sweet smile, the prince felt that the ice that had been weighing on his heart for the past few days seemed to have melted a little under the sunlight.
He held the glass cup and hummed slightly.
"If Sisi is so kind to the prince brother, should the prince brother also be kind to Sisi?"
Li Sixu winked at him!
The prince was amused: "Brother Prince, is there anything you can like here?"
"Yes, this is Brother Prince!"
Li Sixu was a little shy and shook his hand coquettishly: "Today's New Year's Eve banquet, Sisi wants to sit with the prince brother."
The prince looked at her inquiringly, meaning to ask her why she wanted to sit with him?
Li Sixu smiled brightly: "Because I want Sister Yue to become the envy of Sister and the others. Brother Crown Prince is the favorite person of the brothers and sisters. If you can sit with Brother Prince, then you, the Princess, will be loved by all." People!"
The way the little girl looked up at him and smiled brightly was like the morning sun, which could heal people's hearts.
The prince reached out and tapped her forehead: "Don't you, a glutton, want the prince's brother to give you a piece of roasted leg of lamb?"
"hey-hey!"
Li Sixu smiled naively: "Brother Prince, please quickly put away the New Year's gift that Sisi gave you. Let's have a New Year's Eve banquet earlier. Sisi and Queen Mother have prepared a lot of fresh food for the New Year's Eve banquet."
She waited outside the house and suffered some cold. Now she was illuminated by the fire in the heating pavilion, and her cheeks became even redder.
The prince asked someone to get her a cloak to protect her from the cold, and led her outside the house.
One big and one small walked through the snow towards the Hanyuan Hall where the palace banquet was held. Li Sixu was led by him the whole time, tilting her little head from under her cloak and smiling sideways.
"Brother Prince's hands are so warm!"
