Qingyin didn't nod this time. She held the teacup in both hands and looked through the window at the white snow on the wall. "The Lama Temple should be as quiet as it is here."

Qingshuang suddenly grabbed her wrist and said, "If, if my sister really goes to Yonghe Palace, I will accompany you."

Qingyin was stunned. "How can this be possible? The Lama Temple is an abandoned palace after all. How can my younger sister let my elder sister accompany her?"

"Yinyin, your words are really becoming more and more like green tea." Xiaoqi suddenly complained.

Qingyin ignored it.

Can it be green tea?

At first, she didn't know why Mulan Yan wanted to blame her for the abortion, until these two days, when several ministers suddenly came to discuss it.

He said that he had lost his morals and harmed the royal heirs, and that he should go to the imperial mausoleum to confess to the late emperor.

She used her toes to think that this matter was definitely related to Nangong Yi.

It really is true.

The more you can't get, the more you want it.

She discussed with Nangong Yuan and decided to lure him into a trap.

So, she will set off for Yonghe Palace in the next two days.

I didn't expect Qingshuang to come here by herself today. Since she came, she naturally wanted to take the person away and keep him under her nose.

It's a good opportunity for her to see what kind of person Nangong Yi is.

Qing Shuang had just had this sudden thought, but after hearing Qing Yin's words, she immediately became more determined. "The abandoned palace is where my younger sister lives, so I can live there too. I don't care. If you don't take me with you, I'll be really angry and ignore you."

Qingyin could only pretend that she didn't want to agree, but had to agree.

Before leaving, Qingshuang told Qingyin to send someone to notify her, and she would go home to pack some things for preparation.

Qingyin could only nod, looking very embarrassed.

Seeing Qingshuang's expression was about to fly to the sky, Qingyin also tried her best to suppress the upturned corners of her mouth.

And on the other side.

After leaving the palace, Qiu Zhu met someone who was neither unexpected nor surprising.

Xiao Wei looked at Qiu Zhu from afar. For a moment, he seemed to have thousands of words to say, but when they reached his lips, they turned into silent sighs.

I didn't even dare to take a step and could only watch her from afar.

Qiu Zhu glanced at him, then said to Nanny Sun beside her, "Nanny Sun, I'll go over there for a moment. You and your family should go back as soon as possible."

Nanny Sun followed the line of sight and nodded repeatedly, "That young man is good-looking. I would like to congratulate you first. If you settle down in the capital and have your wedding, don't forget to treat me to a drink." Then she repeated her address.

Qiu Zhu glanced at Xiao Wei, a hint of bitterness flashed across her eyes, and then she smiled and nodded.

She will not stay in the capital, and a happy marriage with Xiao Wei will be even more impossible.

However, some things were hard to say, so she could only nod to Nanny Sun.

Nanny Sun thought she had agreed and patted her happily, "Then go quickly. I think that boy can't wait any longer."

Qiu Zhu had no choice but to carry the bag and walk towards Xiao Wei.

Xiao Wei was shocked at first and then ecstatic. He stared at Qiu Zhu closely, afraid that if he blinked, all this would be an illusion.

Seeing him like this, Qiu Zhu's eyes were filled with bitterness again, "Let's go for a walk over there."

Two people, one in front and one behind.

Xiao Wei stared at Qiu Zhu without missing an inch.

After walking for a cup of tea, Qiu Zhu finally stopped and said, "Xiao Wei, I should have said something nice to you back then, and said a better farewell."

That way, you won’t be so obsessed.

I won’t be like her and unable to get out.

Xiao Wei shook his head. "It's my fault. I didn't know anything and still wanted you to stay. Can you tell me now why you left back then?"

Qiu Zhu nodded, "Of course. It's been so many years, it's time to tell you."

Snowflakes began to float in the sky again, as small as white feathers, floating on the trees, the ground, and their bodies, scattered here and there, and then turned into water in an instant.

Xiao Wei staggered back a step, "It was my mother who killed grandma."

Qiu Zhu said with relief, "When grandma hit her, she subconsciously hit back. Grandma lost her balance and fell on the corner of the table. Grandma said she didn't blame her, so I don't blame her now either."

Rather, it's his mother's fault.

It’s better to blame yourself.

If she hadn't fallen in love with Xiao Wei, if Xiao Wei hadn't proposed to her, she would have agreed.

Otherwise, he would have gone out when his mother scolded him.

Grandma won’t die.

So, if anyone is to blame, it's her.

"She's dead." Xiao Wei suddenly said, his eyes empty. "She died a month after you left."

Qiu Zhu was so shocked that his body froze.

Xiao Wei looked up into the distance and saw a little boy holding a string of candied haws and dropping it to the ground.

A woman came running over and hugged the person in her arms with a look of heartache on her face.

He retracted his gaze and said, “To them, I am their nightmare. They try hard to get rid of it, but they can’t, so they can only torture each other.

My father, no, I should say that man, wanted to beat her again after getting drunk. That was the first time she resisted, but you know the result of the resistance, she died, and then I left.

I have actually been looking for you all these years. I know you have entered the palace, but I don’t know how to find you.”

At this point, Xiao Wei paused and smiled, "At that time, I heard people say that if I became a eunuch, I could enter the palace. I almost did... Fortunately, I woke up in time. If I became a eunuch, how could I protect you from the wind and rain in the future?"

Talking about this now, Xiao Wei felt particularly calm. He continued, "Later, I heard someone say that if I became an official, I could also go to the palace. I thought, since I'm not good at literature, I might as well go to the border and join the army. So I asked someone to send all the money I had to the palace. I don't know if you got it."

Qiu Zhu suddenly remembered.

It was a snowy day like this that year, and she was sent to the laundry department. There was endless clothes to wash every day. Even if her hands were frostbitten, festering, and bleeding, she had to squeeze out the pus and wipe off the blood so as not to stain the clothes of the nobles, and continued to wash.

Until, a young eunuch secretly sent him a package, saying that it was sent from outside the palace.

Before she could ask who it was, the young eunuch left in a hurry.

Inside was a heavy bag of frozen biscuits, and she always thought someone had delivered it by mistake.

How can anyone in this world recognize me?

She kept the pancakes for another two days, fearing that the young eunuch would realize he had sent them to the wrong person and come back to look for them.

But he didn't come, so she had to take it out and eat it secretly bit by bit.

Here, she couldn't remember how long it had been since she had a full stomach. The frozen, hard cake was one of the few sources of warmth she had in the palace.

Until she chewed something that she couldn't bite off, she spit it out and saw that it was a gold bead the size of a fingernail.

"Eighteen, eighteen gold beads, are they all given by you?" Qiu Zhu's fingertips couldn't help trembling as she pinched the package.

If she hadn't had this gold, she might have died that winter...