As soon as I heard me say this, the nanny immediately showed a horrified expression: "How could you know--"

The corners of my lips were slightly hooked.

Before she finished speaking, she immediately realized something, looked at me again, then closed her mouth and turned around and left without looking back.

I still sat at the door motionless. After a while, I slowly raised my head. The sunshine shining in the sky was so dazzling. I reached out to block my eyes, leaving only a few light rays of light on my face.

Feeling that little bit of temperature, I smiled faintly.

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After winter comes, the days pass very quickly. As the fallen leaves accumulate on the ground of the courtyard and the corners of the walls are piled up very high. After the first snow falls, everything around is decorated with pink and jade, covering up all the unbearable and filthy in this lonely little yard, but instead has a spotless cleanliness.

There are still a row of footprints on the falling snow.

It was left by the old lady. Today, she brought not only a bowl, but a food box. She took out a bowl of white rice, a bowl of braised pork, and a plate of vegetables from it, put it in front of the wooden fence, thought for a while, then gently placed it in the house, and said to me: "Eat quickly."

I stood at the door, looked down at the incredible meal, stunned for a while, before slowly looking up at her.

She glanced at me again, said nothing, turned around and left.

I stood at the door without moving. Looking at the two rows of footprints on the snow, her back disappeared at the door. After a while, I heard the laughter of several people coming from the other end of the path, and the sound of them greeting each other.

Although I have been imprisoned for more than two years, I still remember that today is the New Year's Eve.

Little New Year's Eve...

I slowly sat down, and the cold floor penetrated the cold air into my heart, but I seemed to feel it at all. I just leaned against the wall and sat at the door, looking at the vast white outside through the narrow wooden fence. But the chill finally came out of my heart, slowly cooling the originally hot crystal in my eyes. When it fell down, it had condensed into unmelt ice...

I don’t know how long it took, but the door of the courtyard was pushed open.

A little head leaned in, looked around and confirmed that there was no one, so he walked in carefully from outside the door. He saw Xiao Nianshen running to the door in a red jacket, lambskin boots, and creaking snow.

"Grandma!"

As soon as he saw me, his face turned red, but it gave people a particularly warm feeling. My originally frozen body seemed to be warmer because of his approach. I gently raised my head and smiled at him: "Your Highness, you are here."

He looked at me carefully and said softly: "Grandma, you-you were crying?"

I reached out and touched my cheeks. The tears had dried up, but there were still some embarrassing tears. I hurriedly lowered my head and wiped it with my fingers: "No."

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" He looked at me with wide eyes: "You are because you are celebrated the Chinese New Year today, but your father hasn't let you out yet, so you are sad, aren't you?"

When I heard this, I was afraid that he would be impulsive and ask Pei Yuanhao to plead with him, so I hurriedly raised my head and made a happy smile: "No, I am not sad or crying, Your Highness misread it."

He didn't say anything, just looked at me.

I quickly changed the subject and looked at his brand new jacket with some snow on his shoulders and cuffs. I reached out and gently brushed it off for him, and smiled and said, "Where did you have been sleeping for a long time? What should I do if the snow on this body is frozen?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Nianshen's face changed a little, and he came over and whispered: "Grandma, I told you that I was frightened just now."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Today, someone saw a dead person from a dry well behind Yanfu Palace, Ruixue, the palace maid next to Concubine Li."

"Oh?!" My heart skipped a beat and I quickly turned to look at him. I saw Xiao Nianshen's face fading away, and it was a little pale. It seemed that I was really scared. I hurriedly reached out and patted him on the top of my head: "Your Highness is not afraid, it's okay."

His little mouth was still a little trembling: "That palace maid, I watched it two days ago, but I didn't expect it to be---"

I thought about it and said softly: "Is something wrong two days ago?"

Xiao Nianshen said, "I also heard from the palace maids. A few empresses were enjoying the plum blossoms in Meilin two days ago. Concubine Li passed by. I don't know what happened, but fell for no reason."

"oh……?"

"However, I heard from the imperial physician that I just twisted my feet, but my father still had a big temper. Two little eunuchs were beaten."

“…”

"The next day, I suddenly heard that Ruixue was missing and searched everywhere. Today, I just trembled with fear when I said this. I hurriedly reached out from the fence and hugged him gently: "Your Highness, don't be afraid."

He was slightly better when I was held by me, and murmured in a low voice: "I don't know what happened, but everyone is weird. That day, I passed by Chonghua Palace and wanted to go in and see the concubine, but I saw her palace maid Mingzhu throw away all the food. Later, she beat a little eunuch. I heard that she was so beaten that she vomited blood..."

The more he spoke, the more scared he became, and his voice was trembling. I hurriedly said, "Don't say it, don't think about it. Those things are not good things, don't remember them!"

He raised his pale little face and looked up at me: "Grandma, what happened? Why did the two ladies have babies again during the Chinese New Year, but they gave birth to so many bad things?"

“…”

Looking at his pale face and clean eyes, I couldn't speak.

How should I tell him?

All this scared him into such a thing, but I hoped, and even arranged it.

The Imperial Concubine Shen Rou and the Li Concubine Nangong Lizhu, the two women who were originally favored in the harem, finally started to fight.

In fact, in the past two years, they had not fought, but they were just invited to be favored. Moreover, one of them was the sweetheart who Pei Yuanhao held in his hand and the other was the daughter of an important official with a powerful family. Pei Yuanhao also had the same interests as them. Although he didn't like each other, there was no big conflict to oppose him.

But women who are pregnant are different.

Especially, when Xiao Nianshen did not receive too much attention from Pei Yuanhao, Nangong Lizhu, as his favorite woman and Shen Rou, the daughter of an important minister in the court, was of great significance when their children were born.

Moreover, if Nangong Lizhu is only pregnant, then Nianshen's situation will be very dangerous. However, after Shen Rou becomes pregnant immediately, Nangong Lizhu will naturally focus more on the more threatening child, and Shen Rou is the same!

So, this is the most acute struggle!

It is precisely this way that Xiao Nianshen will be the safest.

But unexpectedly, I still frightened him. Through a fence, I hugged him with some difficulty, gently stroked his head with one hand, and said, "Your Highness, there are many things in this world that seem to be good things on the surface, but they may not necessarily bring blessings. Misfortune is where good fortune depends, and blessings are where misfortune lies. This is what it means to rely on for good fortune and misfortune."

Xiao Nianshen gently raised his head and looked at me.

I looked down at his eyes and said, "So, people must be clear-headed when looking at things and doing things. We must see through the essence of this matter in order to avoid the disasters behind blessings. If we only seek temporary benefits and are implicated by hidden disasters, it will be more than worth the loss."

Xiao Nianshen leaned quietly on the wooden fence, and after a while, he said softly: "Grandma, I seem to understand a little."

I smiled and touched his little face.

He felt the warmth in my palm and smiled a little. Suddenly he remembered something again and said, "Grandma, it's been so long, why haven't my father let you out yet? How long will it take?"

I smiled and said, "It's almost done."

He pouted with some resentment: "Every time, you say it's almost..."

I wiped the snow foam stuck on the fleshy face with my fingers and smiled, "It's really soon. Grandma won't deceive Your Highness. By the way, Your Highness, it's your birthday in a while, right?"

He was stunned: "Hey, how could you know?"

I didn't answer him, but just smiled and said, "Can you find an opportunity to come on your birthday? I have a gift to give to your highness."

"Gift?" He immediately became happy: "Okay, okay, I must come here!"

Seeing the child's joyful look because of the "gift", the smile on my face became deeper. I gently touched his heart. He gathered with me for a while and stuffed a few candied haws in my hand into my mouth. The sour and sweet smell made me feel a little relieved, and then the child left.

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This day is unforgettable to me, but it is only for me. Until late at night, I heard the joyful and noisy sounds of various places in the palace in the distance, and saw fireworks blooming in the night sky. Although it was so far away from me that it could not even illuminate the hazy sky above my head, my eyes captured the slightest light in the dark night sky so clearly.

The next morning, I woke up very early.

Although I was tortured by the torture in my heart and had not been sleeping all night, I was not in bad spirits, but I didn't get out of bed. I just wore thin clothes, letting my head softly hang on my chest and didn't dress up, and just sat on the head of the bed.

In a quiet cold palace, you can almost hear the sound of falling snow.

Then, in the soft sound of falling snow, I heard a footstep.

It was very heavy, as if with a disturbed mood, I walked over from outside step by step on the snow. The extended shadow fell on the floor through the wooden fence, getting closer and closer.

I was still sitting at the head of the bed, motionless.

The footsteps finally stopped at the door, and the figure stopped too.
Chapter completed!