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As soon as the winter solstice passed, the days went by much faster. The heavy snow fell intermittently for almost two months, and finally it was Xiaonian.

This is a very good day. From today onwards, it will be a long Chinese New Year.At this time in previous years, there are so many attendants coming and going from the Eastern Palace, and all kinds of pearls, jades, and delicacies from mountains and seas are sent from all over the place, and the warehouses can’t hold them. Seeing many things, I don't even bother to steal them.

Those are the old days.Qiao Yu still remembered that there were too many outsiders in those days, and he was confined in the house and could not go out at will. Jing Yan was afraid that he would be bored, so he sent someone to bring him something to play with.Qiao Yu casually opened it by the candlelight, and a box full of round beads was shining brightly, rolling in it. There were all kinds of colors, and they were polished from gemstones, agates and emeralds, gold and jade.Qiao Yu didn't treat things carefully, and lost half of the box after playing for a long time. He was born in Qiao's family in Longnan, and was also raised in a splendid and wealthy family. He was a little anxious, and honestly apologized to the prince at night.

Jing Yan glanced casually, and whispered to Qiao Yu, "It's no big deal, these things are everywhere, and it's not as important as you having fun."

At that time, the East Palace really spent money like water, and was unparalleled in honor and favor.

But this year there will be none of those.

Qiao Yu is a naive person who can't keep things in mind, only remembers happiness, and forgets sorrows faster than anyone else, but she tossed and turned for two nights and couldn't sleep because of her childhood.Even he understands that everything is different this year, Jing Yan is no longer the prince, Empress Chen is a sinner after dethronement, Taiqing Palace is a forgotten corner, no one will care.

He was afraid that the prince would be sad.Even though the whole palace no longer takes Jing Yan seriously, in Qiao Yu's heart, the prince will always be the prince.

The night before the New Year's Eve, Qiao Yu made up his mind before going to bed to get up earlier to prepare for the New Year's Eve, at least to be more joyful, and Jing Yan would not be too sad.He hooked Jing Yan's little finger, and shed tears silently for a while before falling asleep on the wet and cold pillow, sleeping soundly, even Jing Yan moved him back and forth to clean him up Didn't even notice the pillows.

Probably because he was really obsessed, Qiao Yu opened his eyes earlier than usual, but when he woke up, the quilt around him was already cold. , was stopped by Jing Yan's voice.

Jing Yan said: "How many times have I told you, remember to look up and down when you go in and out."

It snowed non-stop these days, and the melted snow on the eaves froze into long icicles, which would shake when the weather got warmer, and fall down and smash people's heads.Qiao Yu was naughty, and one day he got up and saw that the crystal clear icicles were so cute, so he moved a chair and climbed up to touch them, but couldn't hold back his mouth, and almost stuck out his tongue to lick them, wanting to taste what it was like .An icicle next to it suddenly slipped, brushed Qiao Yu's ear and fell, smashing a gap in the railing of the corridor.

When Jing Yan heard the commotion outside, he probably guessed the reason, and gave Qiao Yu a lesson in a deep voice, never allowing him to do such a thing again.

It's a pity that Qiao Yu doesn't remember to eat or beat, so someone has to remind him.He didn't keep this in mind, he tilted his head,

He saw the wide open window, and through the window lattice carved with koi and lotus pictures, he saw the prince half bent over in front of the desk, with his wide sleeves half hanging in the air, just in time to see a little black dragon wearing a red flower, as if doing something It's an important matter, and he became happy again, bouncing around with his short legs towards that side.

He pushed open the door, let the wind that filled the room come in, quickly blocked it with his body, ran to the desk, tiptoed, and looked at the things on the desk.Jing Yan rolled up his sleeves, soaked a whole piece of cinnabar in water, and then soaked the cut white cloth strips in it, finally dyed it some color.

Qiao Yu looked at it anxiously, although she felt sorry for the large piece of cinnabar, she asked, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Jing Yan wiped his hands with clean water, with a smile in his eyes, "Didn't you always think about the New Year, looking forward to it since you were a child, and you haven't slept well for several days, right? Today is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, everything should be Getting ready. I checked the small warehouse yesterday, and there was no red paper for writing couplets, nor red cloth, but a single-color white cotton. There was no other way, so I tried it with cinnabar to see what it could be dyed into. .But even if it is dyed well, the color probably won’t last long, so it’s better to hang it up during the Chinese New Year, and you’ll have to take it off afterward.”

After he finished talking about these plans, he paused again, his tone seemed apologetic, "Unlike in previous years, this year probably doesn't have much to eat and fun, not even the fireworks. In other places, it's not even the couplets. Do not post."

Jing Yan doesn't believe in immortals and Buddhas, and doesn't respect ghosts and gods. He only believes in himself, and has never cared about these festivals, but Qiao Yu is different. He is still a child, and he always likes to be lively. can't.He thought it was because of this that Qiao Yu couldn't sleep well for several days, and he even thought about sending someone to set off fireworks not far from the Taiqing Palace to make him happy.

It's a pity that he has always been very good at reading people's hearts, but this time he guessed wrong.

Qiao Yu loves to cry, shed tears when sad, and couldn't hold back when happy and moved, and now his eyes are red, but he knows that he shouldn't cry on such a happy day, with long eyelashes Shaking, covering his reddened eyes.

He was thinking about the crown prince, and the prince was also thinking about himself. This matter was even better than a happy new year, and it would make him happy.

Qiao Yu flung herself into Jing Yan's arms coquettishly, trying to grab his hand, but the moment she touched her, she was shivered by Bing. Jing Yan wanted to break free, but Qiao Yu yelled, "Today is Xiaonian, Didn't Your Highness want me to have a good year! I want your hand, don't take it away!"

His heart was very hot, and he also wanted to cover Jing Yan's hand to warm him up.

After a while, Jing Yan's palm was hotter than Qiao Yu's. Qiao Yu blushed and broke free, counting on her fingers, looking extremely willful, "In addition to the couplets, there are also window grilles, red lanterns, and so on. There are a lot of things, I am going to paint lanterns, draw pictures on them, and write blessings." Halfway through the count, I turned my head again, feeling a little inappropriately sad, "Then how much cinnabar do we have, will it not be enough?"

Pigment is not a key control thing, it doesn't matter if there is more or less.And these things have always been taken care of by Jing Yan, Qiao Yu didn't know what to do, so Jing Yan opened his eyes and said lies, without any fluctuation in his tone, "I found a lot more when I was cleaning the warehouse, no matter how much I use it, it's enough. .”

Qiao Yu began to plan happily again, fearing that she might not remember, she wrote and drew on the cover of the Buddhist scriptures very disrespectfully, making a long list.

He thought clearly in his heart that even if it was only him and the prince, he still wanted to have a happy new year.

But Qiao Yu couldn't be happy for long, and it was time to go to the imperial dining room.Now it is different from the past, the guard at the gate has changed, and Lu Zhao, who took good care of Qiao Yu, is suddenly transferred to another place, without even saying goodbye, and suddenly disappeared the next day.It was later that another guard from before secretly told Qiao Yu.

The guards brought in this time are very fierce, they pay attention to rules, and like to show off their prestige. Qiao Yu was almost punished, but another person stopped him, so he escaped.

Qiao Yu wrapped herself in another cotton coat, and rushed out the door in a hurry.

After a few days of snowing, a gust of wind blew by, and the snow on the dead branches fell and piled up on the bluestone slabs, which is also a very moving scene.

The Taiqing Palace is located in a remote place. If you go a little further outside, the palace is full of bustle and bustle, decorated with lanterns and festoons. The young and beautiful maids wear bright gauze flowers on their heads and red skirts. The skirts are longer than before. , meandering on the ground, swaying.

Qiao Yu was a child, and he didn't care how beautiful the maid was. He coveted the red plums for a while, and then it started snowing again, so he had to rush straight to the imperial dining room. When he arrived, his head was covered with a thin layer of snow. , with delicate eyebrows and eyes, and snow-white skin, as carved from suet white jade.

Today, the imperial dining room is busy making meals for the New Year’s dinner, because the concubines in the palace usually have to attend, but no one comes to beg for food, so I just cook and eat in the small kitchen, and I feel like I’m an idler, so I simply dragged Qiao Yu went to the back room, carefully dusted off all the snow on his body, and fed him a cup of hot sweet soup before talking to him.

Xinxin and the disheartened person who had been on the board a few months ago were almost like two people. After recovering from illness and being able to get up, they called the godson of the general manager to make a big mistake and had to get out of the imperial dining room.He is very cunning when he becomes tough, just like after the incident in the west warehouse, he found out that Manager Liu was unwilling to let him go, so he asked the people around him to use the means, and doubled the money back. The person died long ago, probably as a pair of bones, buried in the barren mountains and ridges.

Qiao Yu was very happy, and Xin came back to life. When he was about to speak, Yi Xin stuffed him with a piece of snack first, and the sticky and soft glutinous rice cake blocked his mouth.

Yixin sighed softly, stroked Qiao Yu's head, seemed a little hesitant, hesitated for a moment before saying: "After the Chinese New Year, I will probably go to the imperial study to serve you."

Liang Changxi always valued Xinxin very much, and he always wanted to ask him to accompany him, so as to give him some help.After all, it was the imperial study room, and the other two eunuchs were not vegetarians. They always wanted to fight Liang Changxi down, and Liang Changxi also lacked a few smart and capable eunuchs in case of emergencies.But on the one hand, Xinxin is the proud person in Defei Palace, and on the other hand, he himself had no ambitions at first, and he didn't want to go to such a complicated place as the Imperial Study.

But now it is different, Yixin took the initiative to contact Liang Changxi, and wanted to recognize him as a godfather, saying that he had suffered humiliation in the imperial dining room, and let those people have some taste.

Liang Changxi believed him.

After this busy year is over, Liang Changxi finds an opportunity to transfer Xinxin to the imperial study, and he will leave here.

Qiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, almost stuck in his throat by the glutinous rice cake, coughed for a while, looked at Xin pitifully, "Will we not be able to see each other more often after that?"

Yi Xin looked out the window, and said after a while: "Probably not. But what I said before still counts. No matter what, I will protect you as long as I can."

He was not a fool, so he could see the difference between Qiao Yu and ordinary eunuchs, but he still didn't continue to investigate, but made this promise to reassure Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu is a good-for-nothing dim sum, unable to understand what he meant, her black grape-like eyes were full of joy, and she hooked up with Xin Xin, agreeing that she would not change in this life.

Yixin rarely showed a sincere smile and hooked Qiao Yu's little finger.