"I am truly blessed to be able to grow old with the Emperor." Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu and said softly.

"It is my lifelong wish to be able to grow old together with you." Qi Bingyu said suddenly as he looked at Lu Huiling, whose hair was turning white.

"Your Majesty, if you want to use me, it's me." Lu Huiling pointed out Qi Bingyu's mistake with a smile, then turned to Eunuch He and reached out for an umbrella, opened it to cover their heads, and said, "Your Majesty is not in good health, or

Don't do this again, it's my concubine's fault just now."

Qi Bingyu smiled, reached out and took the umbrella to cover them, and they walked forward together.

Unknowingly, he walked under the red plum trees. Lu Huiling looked at the blooming red plums in surprise and recited a poem with a smile: "Plum plums are three cents whiter than snow, but snow loses some of the fragrance of plum blossoms. Your Majesty

, these plum blossoms are so beautiful, they stand out in the winter."

Qi Bingyu reached out and touched the red plum. Unexpectedly, his hands were so cold that he couldn't feel anything, so he accidentally picked one of the plum blossoms.

Lu Huiling laughed out loud after seeing this, and said to Qi Bingyu: "The emperor treats my concubine so well. Just saying this, he actually wanted to pick flowers for me."

Lu Huiling thought Qi Bingyu picked the plum blossoms for her, so she looked at Qi Bingyu with a smile on her face, her eyes full of expectation.

Although Lu Huiling has always liked Qi Jingqin in her heart, Qi Bingyu treated her really well. Moreover, for the sake of the prince's great cause, Lu Huiling had to always please Qi Bingyu and make Qi Bingyu focus all his attention on her.

Although she dotes on the harem, she has never slept with him since that ridiculous night. But even so, Qi Bingyu has never been to other concubines, and she has never advised the emperor to share the rain and dew, no matter how troubled her harem is, and with

She has nothing to do with it.

Qi Bingyu looked at the red plum in his hand and was a little lost in thought. He didn't hear Lu Huiling talking. Looking around, the imperial city was covered in silver. Only this red plum had a different color.

He remembered that one winter more than 20 years ago, he had a big fight with Lu Fushuang, and then took a walk in the Imperial Garden. It was also a snowy day, and the flowers in the Imperial Garden were withered.

The woman in red velvet stood under the red plum tree, looking up at the buds wrapped in ice.

Just listen to the woman saying to the palace maid next to her: "If the bud has been frozen, will it still bloom this winter? If it cannot bloom, what is the meaning of being a plum blossom?"

Back then, the woman in red velvet was like a plum blossom bud wrapped in ice. Qi Bingyu walked over, melting the ice and snow with his whole body, and the flower buds bloomed as promised, and she became Princess Mei.

I have never been to Yichun Palace to see Xia Rongxin these days. Her health has become worse and worse since she turned forty. In such cold weather, head wind will definitely attack. Qi Bingyu remembers all this.

"Hey, how is Concubine Mei doing lately?" Qi Bingyu looked at the red plum in his hand and asked suddenly.

Hearing the emperor's sudden question, Lu Huiling's expression seemed to be frozen, and the corners of her mouth slowly returned to calm. She didn't know why Qi Bingyu suddenly mentioned the woman Xia Rongxin.

Eunuch He's eyes widened in astonishment. He was also a little surprised that the emperor would suddenly mention Concubine Mei. However, as the new year is approaching, there are some things that have made Eunuch He very busy. He has no time to ask how Concubine Mei is doing. Besides,

Concubine Mei gradually stopped caring about things. It would be nice if Concubine Ming could decide some matters.

"Slave... I don't know," Eunuch He said cautiously.

Qi Bingyu was silent for a while, then took Lu Huiling's hand, placed the plum blossoms in Lu Huiling's hands, and said, "You go back to Minghua Hall first. I will go to Yichun Hall to see Concubine Mei."

After saying that, he waved to Eunuch He: "He, go get another umbrella."

Eunuch He quickly turned around and went back to the Qinzheng Hall to get an umbrella. Qi Bingyu handed the oil-paper umbrella in his hand to Xu Lan who was behind Lu Huiling, and said to Xu Lan: "Take good care of your empress and return to the palace."

"Yes." Xu Lan took the oil-paper umbrella from the emperor's hand with both hands, bent down and said.

Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu in disbelief, with a trace of suspicion between her eyebrows. She didn't know why Qi Bingyu suddenly wanted to go to Yichun Palace.

"Your Majesty..." For some reason, Lu Huiling felt a little disappointed, and she tried to hold Qi Bingyu back.

"Concubine Mei is ill in bed, I should go and see her." Qi Bingyu said seriously to Lu Huiling.

"But Eunuch He didn't say that Concubine Mei was ill in bed..." Lu Huiling said in a low voice. Logically speaking, as an emperor, Qi Bingyu can go wherever he wants, but Lu Huiling wants to keep him at this moment, as if this is the only way.

rest assured.

"You don't know." Qi Bingyu frowned slightly, "Rong Xin will have a headache when winter comes."

Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu and suddenly stopped laughing and was speechless. The sad thing is that he has always been a substitute. What is even sadder is that despite this, there is still someone else in his heart.

But even so, Lu Huiling had to pretend to be generous: "Is that so? Then, I will go with you. I think I haven't visited Concubine Mei for a long time."

Eunuch He happened to take an umbrella and walked out and quickly covered the emperor. Qi Bingyu glanced at Lu Huiling meaningfully, then turned and left: "No, Concubine Mei will not be very willing to see you. You go back first."

Come to Ming Hua Hall. If it snows tomorrow, you can rest a little longer. You don’t have to come so early."

After giving these instructions, Qi Bingyu turned around and walked to Yichun Hall. Lu Huiling looked at Qi Bingyu's back in the heavy snow, gritted his teeth angrily, and crushed the newly sprouted plum blossoms in his hand to pieces.

Xu Lan comforted her carefully from behind: "Mother, it's freezing outside, why don't we go back to the palace first?"

Lu Huiling was in a bad mood. After glancing at Xu Lan, she turned around and went back to Minghua Hall. It was freezing cold and the road was icy and slippery. Xu Lan saw Lu Huiling walking forward carelessly,

My whole heart jumped into my throat, and I hurriedly followed.

When winter comes, the flowers in the imperial garden don't bloom. Only in the corner of the Meiyuan Garden, there are still concubines going for a walk. But now it's freezing cold, and the concubines are hiding in the house to keep warm. Who is there?

Will he come out and suffer this crime?

The imperial garden, which used to be bustling and lively, has become so deserted. Only a few palace ladies and eunuchs can be seen here and there. In the past, at this time, the New Year was approaching, and Yichun Palace still had no idea how many palace concubines came to curry favor with Mei Fei. I hope

I can get some benefits from it, and fortunately I can have Concubine Mei say a few nice words for me at the palace banquet.

Qi Bingyu and Eunuch He arrived at the door of Yichun Hall. Xia Rongxin had not gone out for a long time. No one came to Yichun Hall. Even the door was tightly closed. It was freezing cold, so only Yun Xi and Rong were left.

Fu was waiting on the side, and the others didn't need to stay under the eaves to do their own thing. Xia Rongxin had already arranged for them to go down and rest.

Xia Rongxin has always treated her servants very well. It was also because of this that she saved Eunuch He's life. Later, Eunuch He repaid her, which can be regarded as her blessing.

Eunuch He came forward and knocked on the door. I don’t know how long it had passed before Rongfu heard the knock on the door. Just when he was wondering who could come at this time, he opened the door and saw the long-lost figure. He was so frightened that he knelt down quickly.

Next: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am sorry to hear you are so far away."

Qi Bingyu looked at the yard of Yichun Palace. After a heavy snowfall, there were only footprints on the road that Rong Fu had just walked. There was no one waiting under the eaves. There was no one to clean up such thick snow. He frowned with dissatisfaction.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Are all the servants of Yichun Palace dead?"

Rongfu naturally knew what the emperor meant by these words, but he didn't know what to say for a moment, so he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Xia Rongxin heard some noises in the room, and asked Yun Xi to ask: "Rongfu, who is here?"

Rongfu glanced at the bedroom behind him, then looked up at the emperor, and quickly lowered his head in fear, not daring to say a word.

"Your Majesty, it's cold outside, let's go in first?" Eunuch He looked at the silent Emperor and thought something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he hurriedly said.

Qi Bingyu responded with a dull voice, and Eunuch He hurriedly said to the kneeling Rongfu: "Eunuch Rongfu, hurry up and report to Concubine Mei that the Emperor is here to see her."

Rongfu responded quickly, paid his respects to the emperor, and ran to the palace in a hurry.

"Hey, what are you doing? You brought in all the wind and snow outside. It makes my wife catch a cold, but it's better for you than you!" Seeing him running in covered with snow, Yun Xi couldn't help frowning and complaining.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is here!" Rongfu ignored Yun Xi's complaints and said hurriedly before he could salute Concubine Mei.

"What?!" Xia Rongxin was startled and quickly sat up from the imperial concubine's bed. The heater on her lap also fell to the ground. "Are you serious?"

"You have no joke." Just as he was saying this, Qi Bingyu and Eunuch He walked in. At this time, you could still see the snow on Qi Bingyu's shoulders.

When Xia Rongxin heard the sound, she stared at Qi Bingyu with wide eyes in astonishment, and was speechless for a moment.

Yun Xi quickly picked up the heater on the ground and helped Concubine Mei kneel down to salute.

Only then did Xia Rongxin come to her senses, knelt down and saluted and said, "I pay my respects to the emperor. May the emperor be blessed with peace and prosperity."

Qi Bingyu stepped forward to help Xia Rongxin up and took her hands: "Why are your hands so cold?"

"My concubine, I don't feel cold." Xia Rongxin has been staying in Yichun Palace and never goes out without seeing guests. She never thought that Qi Bingyu would come to see her, so she kept wearing white clothes and lit up the bedroom day and night.

He was kept warm by the charcoal fire, and he kept holding the heater in his hands, so he didn't feel too cold.

When she saw Qi Bingyu just now, Xia Rongxin panicked. She was now wearing disheveled clothes and her hair was not combed. She felt shameless to face the emperor and her eyes kept dodging.
Chapter completed!