As soon as Lin Wanwan stepped into the imperial garden, a quiet plum fragrance hit her nostrils, refreshing her heart. Looking up, you can see the Orchid Pavilion and Water Pavilion in a corner of the garden, nestled in a plum forest. The plum blossoms are blooming in the cold, either by the ancient rocks or by the water, with white-stained branches, green calyx, palace powder, and cinnabar. The snow is bright, and under the radiance of the glazed palace lanterns, it burns away the depression of winter like fireworks.
Maybe it was getting late, or maybe it was still snowing lightly, but no one paid attention to the meandering beauty in the imperial garden. It was just like the cold plum blossoms that were silent, and it was as quiet as hearing the snow falling on the branches.
Lin Wanwan couldn't help but think of the red plum blossoms in the yard, and also the man who sat in front of the window reading every day. The flower branches slanted into the window, and the crimson color reflected the winter sun falling between his brows. The bright red face was shining brightly in the distance. Better than Chunhua.
She once asked him why he planted this patch of red plums in her yard. He said, "Red plums are the best solution to the winter snow, and the frost warms you up." It warmed her up throughout the cold winter.
"Look, girl, these plum blossoms are blooming really beautifully!"
When she came back to her senses, Lin Wanwan was already under the plum forest. Yun Chun was holding a jade plum tree with excitement on her face and handed it to her with a smile.
The white petals are soaked in frost and snow, the branches are supporting the wind, and the cold fragrance hits people, just like the moonlight in the old days, lonely and clear.
"It's really going great."
A slight smile appeared on Lin Wanwan's lips, she took the flower branch and looked at it carefully for a moment, then put it under her nose and smelled it, and then put it back to its place.
Yun Chun raised her head, took a deep breath of the fragrance, and said with a smile: "The plum blossoms in the garden are all carefully selected. Each one is unique and unique. It is even rare to see outside the palace. This is the first time for the girl to enter the palace. The Queen Mother sent the girl to come here to enjoy the plum blossoms, which shows that the Queen Mother loves the girl very much."
favorite?
Lin Wanwan said nothing, staring at the flower branches in front of her with a slight smile.
The Queen Mother has never even seen her own face, so how can she like her?
Besides, the plum blossoms are in full bloom at this time of year, and there is a light snowfall today. The plum blossoms and snow are extremely clear. This is the perfect time to appreciate plum blossoms. However, there is no one in the imperial garden, not even a palace maid or a eunuch. Well, if the Queen Mother didn't intentionally prevent others from coming here, she really couldn't think of any other reason.
The Queen Mother calculated the right time to summon her into the palace, but she refused to be summoned. She also sent her aunt in charge to test her, and specifically asked her to come here to appreciate the plum blossoms. The purpose was not just to let her Is it so pure to enter the palace to admire plum blossoms? Before, maybe she wasn't sure what kind of medicine the Queen Mother was selling in this gourd, but now she knew clearly in her heart that the Queen Mother most likely wanted her to come here because she wanted her to meet someone.
An imperceptible dark light suddenly flashed across Lin Wanwan's eyes.
But she didn't expect that the queen mother of a country would use such despicable means to achieve her goals. It's a pity that these tricks pale in comparison to the tricks in the world of martial arts. At least the people in the martial arts world will only sneer at such things as putting medicine on the stamens.
It seems that the Queen Mother is still worried about what Luo Huaizhou did for her that day. Regardless of whether there is any affection between her and Luo Huaizhou, the Queen Mother has already regarded her as a person who climbs the dragon and clings to the phoenix. Therefore, the Queen Mother will never do it again. Let her get close to Luo Huaizhou, but she is afraid of hurting the relationship between mother and son. Therefore, the Queen Mother planned to dedicate her to Emperor Dehui. Anyway, Emperor Dehui had many beauties in his harem, so he did not care about having her one more. Moreover, she had no family status. Including her in the harem would not only cut off the relationship between her and Luo Huaizhou. The relationship between the two is not afraid of her gaining momentum in the harem, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. When she and Emperor Dehui were done, even if Luo Huaizhou was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it. Then the Queen Mother could shift the responsibility to her and say that she was kind enough to invite her to the palace to enjoy the plum blossoms, but she did not expect that she would go to the palace to climb the dragon and the phoenix. Emperor Dehui's dragon bed.
What a drama in the palace.
But the Empress Dowager, despite all her calculations, failed to realize that she was born in the Beiluo sect and was not only good at martial arts, but she had also seen and heard about this charming medicine called "Bai Mei Sheng", and she would naturally use her internal power to resolve it.
Lin Wanwan was thinking about how she would deal with Emperor Dehui later, when she saw Yun Chun lifting up the jade plum tree and preparing to pick it.
"Don't touch it!"
Lin Wanwan's expression changed slightly and she immediately stopped her.
Yun Chun was startled by her sudden scolding, and immediately let go of her hand, looking at her blankly.
"G-girl?"
Seeing her look like this, Lin Wanwan also understood that Yun Chun might not know about what the Queen Mother was planning.
"Girl, did Yun Chun do something wrong?"
Yun Chun bit her lower lip lightly and looked at her with some anxiety, with a hint of obvious timidity in her eyes.
Lin Wanwan realized that her tone just now was a bit harsh, fearing that she might have frightened the girl, so she quickly slowed down her tone, raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't mean to blame you. It's just that I feel that since this plum blossom is so precious, it's better to It's best not to pick it off, lest the nobles see it and say we have no rules."
Hearing this, Yun Chun slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately smiled coquettishly at her, with pear swirling lightly on her lips.
"It turns out that the girl is worried about this. Don't worry, girl. There are a lot of plum trees here. It doesn't matter if you pick a few more petals. During this season, the slaves often come to pick some petals to make plum blossom porridge for the masters. This They are all authorized by the palace."
As she spoke, she took out a brocade handkerchief from her arms, spread it out gently in her hand, and said: "I saw that the girl had eaten less for dinner, and was worried that the girl would be hungry at night, so she wanted to pick some flower petals and go back to make plum blossoms for the girl. Porridge."
Looking at her frank face, Lin Wanwan's eyelashes trembled slightly and her eyes flickered slightly. Under the dim light, it was as if she had melted into a pool of rippling water.
"Since you want to pick them, let me pick some good ones. The petals of the one you are looking for are almost withered."
After saying that, Lin Wanwan didn't wait for Yun Chun's response, she stood on tiptoes, raised her slender hands and stretched them high.
Yun Chun looked at the jade plum in front of her carefully. The calyx was green and the petals were moist and translucent. It didn't look like a flower that was about to wither. She looked at Lin Wanwan with some confusion, but when she raised her eyes, all the doubts in her eyes disappeared, leaving only surprise.
Under the sea of plum blossoms, the woman's ink-dyed green silk hair was fluttering in the wind, and her crimson skirt was looming between the snow-colored cloak, complementing the falling snow and cold plum blossoms. The swaying lights lightly outlined her exquisite side face, shining brightly. The brightness is like a bright moon breaking through the clouds on a snowy night.
The people under the plum trees are like the moon, and the bright wrists are covered with frost and snow.
Lin Wanwan quickly picked a few green calyx flowers from a high place, spread them out in the palm of her hand and looked at them carefully, then placed them on Yun Chun's brocade handkerchief and asked, "Are these enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough." Yun Chun looked at her with a smile and praised sincerely: "The girl is so beautiful, just like the fairy on the Moon Palace."
Lin Wanwan raised her eyebrows and was about to tease the girl when she heard a woman's voice coming from far behind them.
"I'm just telling you why the Imperial Garden is so quiet today. It turns out there's a new person here."
That voice was delicate and charming, like an oriole emerging from the valley, crisp and graceful.
