Chu Huaiyuan suddenly understood Meng Jiuan's mood, as he always had a resentful expression on his face in recent days.
Such a cute and clever little girl is not hers, and she is about to be sent back to where she belongs.
Thinking of this, he sighed silently in his heart.
"It's night time, and Little Twelve is still waiting for you and me in the palace. Wouldn't Shengyi like to have another dinner with Little Twelve?"
When Chu Huaiyuan spoke, his eyes were fixed on the pink little face in front of him.
Although Li Shengyi was picked up from the roadside by Qin Songmo, it was said that when he was first picked up, he was skinny and his hair was dry and yellow.
Now, in just a few months, Qin Songmo has raised her into such a lovable little girl.
Chu Huaiyuan's fingers that were pinching her little face moved again, "It looks like steamed buns made with leavened dough."
Li Shengyi, "...Huh?"
Faced with the cute and silly little girl, Chu Huaiyuan couldn't bring himself to ask her to marry Xiao Twelve when she grew up.
Not to mention that Qin Songmo looked down on Little Twelve, even he, his own brother, felt that his younger brother was a little too dull.
How could such a silly little Twelve be worthy of such a cute little Chengyi?
A light sigh escaped from his throat, and Chu Huaiyuan sighed and shook his head without saying anything else.
Li Shengyi was filled with questions and pinched his face, then realized...
She gained weight!!!
The flesh on her cheeks had never been so soft before!
She's been working so hard for her dad and Meng Jiuan lately, so she should be thinner. How come she's gained weight?!
If it weren't for the haggard look on her face, if she went back to her father and told him how much she missed him, her father would probably not even pay any attention to her.
Li Shengyi rubbed his cheeks with his red hands, pouted, and had a lot of thoughts in his mind.
Before the sedan chair stopped in front of Xingsheng Palace, Li Shengyi saw a small head quietly peeking out from the door.
It seemed that the person they were waiting for had finally appeared. The gate of Xingsheng Palace was opened, and the little figure who had just been separated from them quickly stepped out of the threshold and ran towards them.
"Brother Prince, sister, you are finally back!"
Chu Huaiyuan was still thinking about something. When he heard his brother calling him, he subconsciously looked up.
After seeing the snow covering his brother's shoulders, he frowned and got off the sedan chair.
"Running around again. Didn't you say you'd be reading in the study and waiting for us to come back?"
Reaching out to brush off the snow on his brother's shoulders, Chu Huaiyuan raised his hand and used the back of his hand to test his forehead temperature.
After confirming that his brother did not have a high fever and only had two streams of clear snot hanging from his nose, he revealed a look of disgust on his face, "Chu Huaize, you are a prince, not an ordinary child of other families."
"If someone with ulterior motives saw this, they would submit a memorial to the Emperor criticizing you. You are already four years old. What have I ever said to you?"
"Look at your sincerity again. You really want to piss me off to death before you can get what you want, don't you?"
My elder brother is majestic and he is also the crown prince.
Chu Huaize grew up with his brother, even though he knew that his brother said those words for his own good.
But he couldn't help but tear up when he heard the criticism.
She stubbornly raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then she heard Chu Huaize choking and saying, "I just miss my brother, the prince, and my sister."
"Sister said she is a big boy now. Huai Ze has not been disobedient. Huai Ze will not dare to be willful in the future. Prince brother, please don't be angry."
The queen died early. If Chu Huaiyuan had not had Qin Songmo and others behind him at that time, his younger brother, who is now just as tall as his waist, would probably not have been able to survive.
Seeing that the younger brother he had raised had red eyes again and looked like he was about to cry, Chu Huaiyuan let out a sigh from his throat, and then he bent down and hugged his younger brother in his arms.
Chu Huaize, who was about to cry, was picked up. The redness on his little face was not sure whether it was due to the cold, anger or shame.
But his hands still unconsciously climbed up his brother's neck, and the two brothers hugged each other tightly.
In the palace, a place without any warmth or family affection, the two of them draw warmth from each other by relying on the little warmth in each other.
The two brothers have a very good relationship, and Li Shengyi was very moved by it.
But she couldn't cry no matter how moved she was.
Because she also has someone she wants to see.
It was not yet completely dark when I had dinner with the twelfth prince.
Seeing that she couldn't wait to leave, Chu Huaize felt sad, but more reluctant to let her go.
"Sister, when can we meet again?"
At that time, Li Shengyi was wearing a cloak, holding a stove in his arms to keep warm, waiting for the night to fall little by little.
Hearing the question next to her ear, she turned around and looked at Little Potato behind her.
Grinning at him, she said, "Soon, when everything is settled, we'll be able to meet again."
"It's a pity that the heavy snow stopped us from going there. I couldn't go with you to see your new secret base."
"It won't be soon." Chu Huaize came to her side, and the breath he exhaled condensed into white mist in the air and dispersed. "The war will start soon."
"I know that the Second and Fifth Princes will not retreat easily. When their troops enter the palace, sister..."
"After giving birth to me, my mother died of a massive hemorrhage. She didn't even get to see my father for the last time before she died."
"The palace ladies were respectful to me on the surface, but behind my back they said I was a jinx, saying I had brought misfortune upon my mother and my father, the emperor, whose health was deteriorating."
"It was my brother, the Crown Prince, who stopped the rumors, saved me, and allowed me to grow up. But I know that my life was saved because if those rumors had reached Father's ears, I would have been buried with Mother."
"Sister, if I um..."
Before he could finish his words, Chu Huaize's mouth was suddenly covered.
He turned his head and looked at the person next to him with a puzzled look, and saw Li Shengyi staring at him with a frown.
"There is no such thing as a life or death. Whether you want to live or die is up to you. Your fate and your life are all decided by you."
"Twelfth Prince, don't forget that you will be assisting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future. If you are determined to die, leaving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince alone..."
"I won't!"
Smashing Li Shengyi's hand that was covering his mouth, Chu Huaize said anxiously, "I will stay by the side of the Crown Prince, assist him, and benefit the people!"
It is cold in winter.
Li Shengyi stood in front of the gate of Xingsheng Palace, watching the snowflakes falling above his head, and reached out to catch one.
"Each snowflake has its own unique shape, and each snowflake in a snowdrift has its own meaning. Only when these snowflakes gather together can we form such a thick snowdrift."
"Twelfth Prince, this is true not only for snowflakes, but also for a country. Do you understand?"
The moment Li Shengyi turned her head, the light from the palace lantern above her head shone on her face.
Many years later, when Chu Huaize couldn't sleep at night, he got up and looked at the snow scene outside the window and the palace lanterns above his head. He could still clearly recall the scene of that day in his mind.
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