The days of luxury and enjoyment always seem to pass quickly, and not long after the winter hunting, Christmas arrives.
Christmas is the grandest festival in the Kingdom of Leon, and on this day, the palace banquet is naturally indispensable.
In the splendid and luxurious palace, cups and cups were interlaced, laughter was heard, the nobles were laughing and chatting in low voices, enjoying delicious food, and beside them, musicians played melodious music.
Emperor Stephen left the banquet not long after the banquet started, and Sheng Nuan chatted with all the ladies.
Below, Miss Silla and Snow were standing outside the banquet hall. She blocked Snow and refused to give up: "Where is your golden dagger? Why don't you give it to me?"
Snow frowned: "Why should I give it to you?"
Silla has been secretly in love with Snow for many years, and almost everyone in the royal city knows it. Now, seeing Snow questioning her impatiently and incomprehensively, Silla's eyes turned red: "What do you think, Snow, you are simply too much."
It’s disgusting.”
After all, they grew up together. Seeing Silla almost crying, Snow spread his hands and said, "I really can't give it to you because I have already given it to someone else."
Silla was stunned, and her expression suddenly changed: "What, give it to someone else, who did you give it to?"
Snow's eyes flickered, and then he looked away: "It has nothing to do with you!"
As he said the words, he suddenly felt a little startled.
It was very common to give one's precious things to the king or queen to show respect and loyalty, and he didn't understand why he subconsciously wanted to hide it at that moment.
Hearing Snow's refusal to speak, Silla rubbed her eyes and gritted her teeth: "We'll see, Snow, I want to see who dares to snatch you away from me in the entire royal city and the entire Kingdom of Leon!"
Realizing that Silla had misunderstood something, Snow subconsciously wanted to refute, but at this moment, he inexplicably didn't know what to say, and could only watch the girl in gorgeous clothes leave angrily.
Returning to the banquet hall, seeing Queen Ivy's exquisite and noble appearance from a distance, Snow clearly felt that his heartbeat had missed a few beats...
Yingxue did not attend the Christmas dinner, and Sophie told Sheng Nuan that because the former queen, His Highness Yingxue's biological mother, died on Christmas Day, Her Highness Yingxue never celebrated Christmas.
Sheng Nuan felt a little uncomfortable when she thought of the young man with sad eyes and the look of him kneeling in the snow when they first met.
She seemed to see herself in the past, when her father took her stepmother to a dance, but forgot about the anniversary of her mother's death. She spent the whole night alone in the cemetery with her mother.
From that day on, she no longer needed her father...
After having some food prepared, Sheng Nuan left the banquet hall early and took Sophie to the palace where Yingxue lived.
At this moment, the palace where Yingxue was located was completely dark.
Originally, there were not many attendants around him, and the few who had them had to stay to serve him. They rarely showed their dedication, and they were happy to be free even after being driven away.
In the dimly lit palace, Yingxue sat quietly alone. Opposite her was her mother in a white dress covered in blood.
His mother looked at him and said coldly: "You should come with me."
She twitched the corner of her mouth and revealed a mocking arc: "You have his dirty and evil blood flowing through your body. You will one day become the same devil as him."
Yingxue looked at her quietly, expressionless.
At this time, he saw figures appearing one after another behind his mother... a rabbit cut in half, a beggar with scars on his face, and the fox dog he had raised for two years...
They all looked at him silently, with blood all over their bodies.
"I'm not afraid of you." Yingxue smiled.
"Follow me." His mother stretched out her hand to him.
The smile on Yingxue's face disappeared, and then she shook her head: "I wanted to be with you before, but you never accepted me. I don't want to be with you anymore."
He said: "I don't want what I didn't get before..."
His mother continued to walk towards him: "Follow me."
Yingxue glanced at her, turned around and walked outside to the terrace.
The cold wind blew by, but his mother and the bloody people and animals stopped approaching and stopped crying.
Yingxue got a headache from the noise, frowned and scolded: "Shut up."
But they didn't stop, and the crying became louder and louder, giving him a splitting headache.
He turned around and looked at the majestic and luxurious palace, paused, and smiled suddenly...
This is what Sheng Nuan saw when she walked outside the palace.
The young man was sitting on the terrace in thin clothes. His eyes were unfocused and he looked a little dazed. He didn't know what he was scanning.
Then, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of the palace, with a sarcastic look on his face.
The customer service hurriedly said: "Host, he is going to jump off the building."
Sheng Nuan was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously: "Your Highness Yingxue! Your Highness Yingxue..."
Yingxue is on the fourth floor and has no response.
Sheng Nuan asked the guards to find a way to protect her immediately. She picked up her skirt and rushed upstairs. She took several steps in one step and rushed to the fourth floor.
The moment she rushed in, she saw Yingxue's legs flipped over the balcony guardrail, and then she fell backwards.
Sheng Nuan cursed and rushed out...
The moment she jumped out, she grabbed the curtain on the terrace, and then grabbed Yingxue... Yingxue raised her head and looked at her blankly, her eyes slowly returning to focus.
But at this moment, the sound of the curtain tearing was heard, and immediately after, the two people fell suddenly.
Sheng Nuan pulled the curtain downwards with his hand, but the curtain was blocked by the pine trees beside the terrace... The two men's falling trend slowed down, and finally they fell into the snow with a crash.
With a bang, the snow flew up, and the two of them fell into the thick snow. Sheng Nuan directly hit Yingxue.
After regaining her composure, she quickly got up: "Your Highness Yingxue, how are you? Are you injured?"
Yingxue only had a thin shirt on her body. She sat up slowly, her face paler than the surrounding snow.
After a moment of silence, he whispered: "I'm fine."
He sees his mother every Christmas... he's used to it.
Sheng Nuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The guards around wanted to step forward, but Sheng Nuan saw Yingxue's appearance and raised her hand to tell the guards to step back.
She did not pull him up immediately, but looked at the young man with broken and dead eyes, paused, and said in a warm voice: "Your Highness, today is Christmas."
Yingxue looked at her, as if she didn't understand why she said this.
Sheng Nuan reached out and took off his cloak and put it on the thinly-clad boy: "Christmas means that on this day, all suffering comes to an end. When the sun rises tomorrow, everyone will usher in a new beginning.
… No matter where he is.”
In a vast expanse of white and cold snow, a woman wearing a gorgeous red palace dress seemed to be carrying flames. Her eyes were full of pity and tenderness. She reached out and gently stroked his head: "Your Highness, Merry Christmas."
At this moment, Yingxue suddenly felt the cold wind around her.
He seemed to realize just then that he was not integrated with the surrounding ice, snow and cold wind. The blood in his body was still flowing, still longing for fire and warmth.
He slowly reached out and hugged the only warmth in front of him.
Sheng Nuan raised her hand and patted the slightly trembling boy: "It's okay, Your Highness... everything will be fine..."
