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When Shen Wei left the Women's Medical Office, it started snowing heavily from the sky, and a thin layer of snow accumulated on the ground. The entire imperial city was shrouded in white snow.
The weather is getting colder and the wind cutting my face feels like a knife.
Shen Wei shrank her neck in fear.
Cai Lian hurriedly wrapped a thick cloak around Chen Wei. The lining of this cloak is white fox armpit fur, which is warm and comfortable. The satin on the outside is red Shu brocade, and the embroiderer used silver thread to embroider silver plum blossoms on the satin.
"Master, the snow is heavy. I will accompany you back to Yongning Palace." Cai Lian said softly.
Shen Wei held onto the hot water bottle and quickened her pace.
Passing by the Imperial Garden, Shen Wei saw clusters of red plum trees in full bloom. The red plum blossoms are against the white snow, so beautiful.
Shen Wei immediately became interested. She called Cai Lian, "Bring the scissors, trim two flowers and take them back to put in the vase."
Cai Lian said, "I will do the cutting, Master, you don't have to do it yourself."
Shen Wei picked up the scissors and cut off two beautiful red plum blossoms.
She gave the two red plum blossoms to the eunuch Jixiang who was accompanying her, and told him, "Send them to the Chang'an Palace where the emperor reads memorials, and put them in the pink-colored moon-shaped plum blossom vase on the table. Say that these are the red plum blossoms I cut myself, and tell the emperor not to throw them away."
Jixiang took Hongmei and left quickly.
Chen Wei picked up the scissors again and continued to cut five or six red plum blossoms, preparing to take them back to Yongning Palace and put them in the warm room to add color.
Shen Wei was cutting hair vigorously when she caught a glimpse of a snow-white figure in a pavilion not far away.
No need to guess, you know it’s Liu Ruyan.
When the plum blossoms bloom in winter, Liu Ruyan always likes to brave the cold wind and appreciate the noble beauty of the plum blossoms in the imperial garden. The winter wind was blowing coldly, and Liu Ruyan's snow-white clothes were swaying in the wind, almost blending in with the snow.
Shen Wei could see her, so she naturally saw Shen Wei as well.
There is a hierarchy in the palace, and Chen Wei now has the highest status in the harem. Logically, Liu Ruyan should come over and pay her respects to Chen Wei.
But Liu Ruyan did not move at all, her eyes and eyebrows were cold and calm, like an ice sculpture.
Chen Wei held Hongmei in her arms and admired Liu Ruyan's stunning beauty from a distance for a while.
After Shen Wei finished appreciating it, she hugged Hongmei and said, "Let's go back to Yongning Palace."
Snowflakes fluttered, and Shen Wei's blushing back gradually disappeared in the snow. In the pavilion of the Imperial Garden, Liu Ruyan stood still, her beautiful eyes watching Chen Wei's departing back.
Snowy day, red plum blossoms, and beautiful women, the scene is like a beautiful painting.
Liu Ruyan had never realized before that Chen Wei was so beautiful. In the ice and snow, holding red plum blossoms in hand, her smile is free and lively.
On such a freezing winter day, the world seemed to be warmed up by the bright red color of Chen Wei.
"It's freezing cold, why can she still smile so happily?" Liu Ruyan lowered her eyes.
The palace is dull and boring, and everyone is like dead wood, except Shen Wei, who is full of vitality.
How can a person live like this?
Liu Ruyan didn't understand and felt sad.
Liu Ruyan's personal maid Xuemei stood quietly aside.
Xuemei did not dissuade Liu Ruyan from returning to the palace. She stood there expressionless, wearing thick gloves on her hands and a felt scarf wrapped around her neck.
"What are you wearing on your hand?" Liu Ruyan frowned.
Xuemei replied: "The cotton gloves issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to each palace are used to protect the hands."
The cotton gloves are not good-looking, they are round, dark gray, and a bit ugly, but they are very warm.
Liu Ruyan said unhappily, "It's really ugly."
Xuemei replied: "It is very warm for me to wear."
Liu Ruyan stared at Xuemei, her tone containing a hint of dissatisfaction: "Xuemei, you have been very disobedient recently and have been disobedient in everything."
Xuemei said, "If the master is not pleased, you can banish this servant from Yuxiu Palace."
Liu Ruyan's face showed no sadness or joy. She would not argue with a servant and she never took the trivial matters in life to heart.
The cold wind blew, and the red plum blossoms in the imperial garden swayed slightly. Liu Ruyan tilted her head, staring at the red plum trees, and muttered to herself, "The emperor used to often accompany me to appreciate the plum blossoms."
Xuemei did not agree.
Winter is coming, and spring is not far away. By the beginning of the next spring, Xuemei will be twenty-five years old and will finally be able to walk out of the deep palace that has trapped her and end her nightmarish working life.
Xuemei rubbed her hands silently, looking forward to the arrival of spring.
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It was snowing outside, but it was warm inside the Chang'an Palace.
The charcoal stove was burning hot, Li Yuanjing was reviewing memorials, and the young Li Chengtai was sitting next to him.
Li Chengtai was also reading the memorial.
One big and one small, their expressions and actions are very similar.
Li Chengtai was wearing a dark-colored dragon robe and a cute tiger-head hat. He held the memorial reviewed by his father in his hands, and frowned, "Father, your comments are too frivolous."
Li Yuanjing tilted his head: "Which sentence?"
Li Chengtai spread out the memorial and pointed to this red comment: "General Ye of Lingnan has submitted a memorial. He knows that you often compete with the soldiers in the training ground. He is worried that you will be injured, so he asked you to compete with the soldiers less. Father, take a look at what you have replied."
Li Yuanjing replied in red ink on the memorial:
[I am such a man!] That's my character! Don’t worry about it! 】
Li Chengtai had a stern face. His father's comments were too lifelike.
Not serious at all!
Not dignified at all!
Li Chengtai was recently summoned by his father to Chang'an Palace to accompany him to read memorials. In Li Chengtai's mind, it was a solemn matter for the emperor to review memorials, but when he saw his father reviewing the memorials, his replies to his ministers were varied.
Li Chengtai was a little disappointed.
Li Yuanjing patted his son's head and said in a proud tone: "I am the emperor, I can respond however I want."
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