In the 16th year of Qianyuan's reign, there was a heavy snowfall in Kyoto.

The former bustling General's Mansion is now an empty house, with only a dozen maids and servants left to clean it every day. Special craftsmen are responsible for repairing the burnt place. This is probably because the return dates of the owners have not yet been determined, so they started working on it.

There was no rush to come.

The Hou Mansion is no longer what it used to be.

Sometimes people on the road would pass by the closed main gate and chat curiously with their hands folded.

"After Miss Bai's accident, her brothers all left Kyoto. Why can't we see the young Marquis now?"

"I saw him leaving the city a few days ago. Maybe he, like the Bai brothers, felt that being in the capital would hurt his feelings, so he moved to another place to live."

"I am jealous of beauty. I heard that the second prince of Daqing came to our Dakui a few days ago, and it was for the Bai family girl."

"Are you talking about Mo Linyuan? He is no longer the second prince. Not long ago, Daqing established a prince, and this is him. If nothing else, he will be the emperor of Daqing in the future."

…

Amidst the heavy snow, a magnificent mansion stood quietly at the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Zheng went to the dining room to pass the meal and warned: "As usual, two pairs of bowls and chopsticks. In addition, I have cooked all the dishes according to the recipe I gave you. I have also made all the pastries on top. If you have any questions, be sure to ask

tell me."

Several maids nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Commander Xiao."

He nodded and walked out the door, and met a man carrying a pheasant. The pockets on his clothes were full, and they were all fixed with strips of cloth, but he was a bit casual and unruly.

"It seems I came just in time, Xiao Zheng, look what I caught!"

Xiao Zheng glanced at the cooing pheasant, walked over and patted its head, "Not bad, this one is much fatter than last time."

"That's right, I'm a good hand at catching these things now. Don't tell me why the pheasants in your Zhenbei Hou Mansion can run and jump like this. It took my boss's efforts." Gu Yu pinched.

The lower arm complained: "I made a trap, and my legs were numb from squatting before I caught it!"

Xiao Zheng smiled and said, "I'll ask someone to prepare it and find a place to bake it. Maybe the young master will be happy."

"OK."

After the instructions were given, the servants quickly brought in firewood and stools and built a simple shed.

"Okay, then I'll go and talk to the young master first."

Xiao Zheng said and turned around to leave. Gu Yu sighed and chased after him, "I'll go too. It just so happens that Xie Xingyun's hand needs to be changed."

"good."

The maid who returned to the dining room glanced at them quietly, and looked at the old servant who came from the Hou Mansion with some confusion, "It's not as delicious as the roasted food made by our cook. It doesn't look very clean. Our young master."

How come you have such a preference for someone who is so noble?"

When the maid who was concentrating on her work heard this, she quickly looked outside, then took the new maid and said, "You can't say this again, otherwise you will be asking for happiness."

The maid was stunned for a moment and nodded blankly.

Xiao Zheng and Gu Yu walked forward on the rustling snow. The scenery along the way was superb. Walking on the stone bridge, you could see swimming fish under the thin ice, as well as Feiquan Falls. You could see the majestic mountains in the distance.

The color of snow is all in sight.

Walking to a quiet and quiet courtyard, a tall figure could be vaguely seen.

The man was tall and tall, with his dignified fingers resting on his bow. His side face was astonishing, catkin-like snow fell on his eyebrows, and his face was as if it had been carved out by snow, with a hint of indifference and alienation.

Xiao Zheng stood outside the Moon Gate and lowered his head and said: "Master, Master Gu Yu caught a pheasant, do you want to eat it together?"

Xie Xingyun did not hesitate and slowly put down the arrow in his hand.

"Um."

Gu Yu changed the medicine and bandages for him. After changing both hands, he actually sweated a little. "He has recovered well, but he still needs to continue to maintain his posture, such as drawing the bow."

You’d better not do it yet, otherwise the bone may break again.”

Xie Xingyun had been falling asleep during this period, and he didn't know if he heard clearly.

When they arrived at the place where the pheasants were being roasted, the pheasants had already been prepared in the dining room. There were only three of them, but there were four stools.

Gu Yu then asked the man leaning against Hongzhu, "The medicine last time was the last one. How is it? Have you had any hallucinations?"

Xie Xingyun didn't even raise his head. He didn't know where his eyes were falling. His slightly closed eyelids showed a sense of fatigue, "No."

Gu Yu asked a few more questions, and each time he answered with one or two words, or just a "hmm". Although Xie Xingyun in the past gave people a sense of unattainable indifference, he did not cherish words like gold to this extent.

.

His eyes looked more like ice, which made him feel a little cold involuntarily just looking at them.

"It's good if it disappears. Symptoms like this often recur in cycles. If it happens again, you must tell me and I will prescribe medicine for you then."

"Um."

Xie Xingyun hummed, and when his eyes fell back to where they were before, his eyes couldn't help but soften a little.

On the fourth stool, a girl in white clothes, white skirt and deerskin boots sat obediently, holding her chin in one hand and playing with the broken wood branches with the other in boredom.

After playing for a while, her stomach seemed to growl. She raised her head and looked at him eagerly, "Is it baked yet?"

Xie Xingyun's eyes hurt, and she smiled to herself before she spoke: "The pheasant that Gu Yu caught back there was too thin and didn't even have much meat. Today's one looks very fat, and it must be very fat."

tasty."

From the corner of his eye, Gu Yu noticed that Xie Xingyun seemed to be looking at him. He turned around and saw that his eyes fell on the roasted pheasant in his hand. He was startled, but he was really happy, "What's wrong, are you hungry?"

The girl stood up slowly, leaned over and smelled the pheasant in his hand, her red lips slightly raised, "It smells so good."

Xie Xingyun said in a low voice, "Give it to her."

Gu Yu was not surprised. Ever since he moved here to cure Xie Xingyun, he had become accustomed to Xie Xingyun always leaving a portion for Bai Xianyu.

I heard that this house was originally a gift from him to Bai Xianyu.

He placed the roasted pheasant legs on the plate on the fourth stool.

The girl smiled, picked up the chicken leg, and walked briskly to the man.

The weather was a bit cold, so she also put on a fox cloak, her cheeks were a healthy and rosy light pink, she was charming and charming, and her long eyelashes flickered slightly when she spoke.

"Xie Xingyun, what did Gu Yu tell you just now?"

Xie Xingyun looked at her silently with his arms folded, his eyes dim and unclear, but the knuckles of his hands had turned white, as if he was trying hard to suppress something.

"I know even if you don't tell me. Did he say you were sick? But you won't be able to see me after you recover." She looked a little depressed: "Are you willing to let me go?"

"...can't bear to part with it."

Xie Xingyun's voice was so soft that it was almost a whisper, but when the girl heard it, she narrowed her almond-shaped eyes and said, "I knew you couldn't bear it."

"I will always be with you."

Bai Xianyu hugged him gently, but there was no response for a while. She was a little unhappy and pretended to be angry: "Why don't you hug me?"

Xie Xingyun felt an unbearable pain in his heart, and his knuckled fingers were so hard that they turned white. After an unknown amount of time, he slowly moved his hand, trying to touch the girl's face.

But the moment he was about to touch her, the girl's smile suddenly disappeared, and the cold snowflakes fell gently on his hand, melting at the touch of it.

"Xingyun, yours is ready. Come and eat it. It will cool down later." Gu Yu stood up and brought it to him.

Xie Xingyun's slightly stunned eyes looked past him and landed on the stool next to him. The chicken drumsticks on the plate were no longer hot.

Gu Yu had already arrived in front of him and looked back curiously, "What are you looking at?"

The sound of wind and snow suddenly increased, covering all the sounds of the world, leaving only a vast white world. As if in slow motion, Xie Xingyun slowly lowered his eyes with a calm expression, and his voice was so light that it dispersed with the wind.

"nothing."

…

The territory of King Pingnan included the original five states in the south of Dakui, and the territory was vast.

I spent the first day of my first year in Kyoto in a small attic at the foot of the mountain. Bai Xianyu was born in the first month of the year, so this small attic has been decorated very festively recently. Although it is not big, it is filled with warmth everywhere.

breath.

After getting started that day, Ji Shuang would come over with wine from time to time to find Bai Xianyu and drink a few pots. Often Bai Xianyu drank a bowl, and Ji Shuang had already drank two pots. According to her own words,

This bit of fruit wine is nothing at all. She could drink ten bowls of it from a sea bowl in the military camp without getting drunk.

Bai Xianyu expressed doubts about this.

Seeing how unhappy she was without wine, she decided to make some fruit wine herself, and burying it in the ground was no worse than the ones sold outside.

The place they were in was called Linzhou, which was the capital of the territory.

As the New Year is approaching, Linzhou City is crowded with people and traffic. Bai Xianyu came to a shop selling pastries and pointed at a box of lotus cakes, "Boss, how do you sell this?"

"This is ten cents." The boss was busy greeting the guests. When he turned around and saw Bai Xianyu, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In order to fit the mask, the masks are tailor-made according to the bone direction of the person wearing the mask. They are thin and fit, and the skin color is naturally as close to the original skin color as possible. Therefore, although the delicate facial features of Bai Xianyu are deliberately blurred, they are very different from before.

But her bright eyes and cold white complexion can still be said to be beautiful.

"Girl, where are you from? How many people are there in your family?" The boss left the group behind, hurried over, and said with a smile: "I have a son at home who is already weak..."

Luzhu knew something was wrong when she heard these words, and sure enough, she silently calculated in her mind that this was already the fourth time that the young lady had been accused of being kissed on the street.

Bai Xianyu consciously took a step back. Luzhu stepped forward and said with a quick smile: "Boss, my sister is already getting married. She can only wait for her husband to come back. I'm afraid I will let down your good intentions."

The boss was a little disappointed, but didn't say anything.

In Linzhou, the two of them were called sisters. Luzhu was afraid that Bai Xianyu would be tired, so he said, "Miss, why don't you rest in the carriage for a while. I'll come over after I've bought the things."

Bai Xianyu nodded. With Bai Liyin silently protecting him in the crowd, Lu Zhu was also very relieved.
Chapter completed!