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Snowy nights in winter always have a cool taste. Under the few palace lanterns hanging outside Lin Chi’s bedroom, Zhou Jin stood tall on the stone steps that had been polished smooth by time. Under his feet were pure white snow, embroidered with blue cloud patterns. A few snowflakes also fell on the robe. She looked at the familiar courtyard with some nostalgia. In the bedroom behind her, the laughter of Lin Chi and Ah Hen could be faintly heard.

In such a cold day, she only wore a thin spring robe, but she didn't feel cold at all. This was not only because of her good health, but also because of the warm feeling coming from her heart. The blood that flowed into her body spread to her limbs, making her feel only a kind of melting warmth.

"What are you doing standing here stupidly? Don't you feel cold?" When Lin Chi came out, he saw a woman in a white cloud brocade robe standing quietly on the porch watching the snow. Her back was as straight as a cedar, and With the beauty of green bamboo, her dark hair was spread on her back obediently, hanging down to her waist. She should be very cold, but under the light of the palace lantern, she looked a little warmer than usual.

But she wears so little that Lin Chi will feel a chill just by looking at it.This robe is a common style in the imperial palace. It was originally a kind of skirt, but because some of the cumbersome decorations were removed and Zhou Jin wore it, it was more like the cloud robe soaked in the ancient Jiangnan style in the previous dynasty. , don't have a romantic taste.

This is a spring shirt, a kind that can be worn to sleep, but in winter, it seems out of date.

Frowning lightly, Lin Chi walked up and pulled her into the hall without thinking. Zhou Jin's hand was as cold as ice. As soon as he grabbed her hand, Lin Chi shrank his fingertips in the cold, accidentally He scratched Zhou Jin's palm, but he didn't intend to let go of Zhou Jin.

"Just going to take a shower, why did you make yourself look like this? It's winter, are you wearing spring clothes to show that you are in good health?" Youyou glanced at her, and Lin Chi stretched out his hand to help her lift the clothes on her shoulders. Snowflakes skim off.

Zhou Jin did not expect that Lin Chi would be unhappy because of such a trivial matter. She has already lived alone without knowing the cold and heat. The only difference between winter and summer for her is that in winter, a coat is added to the military uniform. In fact, a coat It's also possible without it, but she doesn't want to look too special, so she will pay attention to it.

"The bathing pool is only a few steps away from the sleeping hall. The last time I stayed here was summer, and there is only my thin clothes in the bathing hall." Looking down at Lin Chi, Zhou Jin said softly.

In fact, regardless of age, she only wears such thin clothes.

"Are the maids so slack?" Lin Chi was a little puzzled. When she was in the palace, didn't the maids handle these things properly?

Zhou Jin bent her lips and smiled, fascinated like melting snow in a frozen lake.

She didn't tell Lin Chi that since Lin Chi left, although she has been living in Lin Chi's bedroom, she has already transferred all the maids away.

This is the place where Lin Chi grew up. Lin Chi has left too many traces here, but as the years pass, those traces will eventually fade away, and the existence of irrelevant people will undoubtedly accelerate this change. So later, she no longer allowed others to come in.

Lin Chi has gone too far. In the distant and strange Federation, she has no foundation like Lin Chi.She couldn't use her subordinates to search for him, and considering Lin Chi's safety in the Federation, she couldn't ask for help from the underground forces of the Federation with great fanfare. During the two years when she didn't know anything about Lin Chi at the beginning, she was always uneasy.She felt sorry for Yu Lin Chi's cruelty to her, and also felt sorry for the various problems Yu Lin Chi would encounter in a strange country. Most importantly, she was afraid that something would happen to Lin Chi.

In the first few years, she didn't know how many years it would take her to find Lin Chi back. She could only follow the vine at the beginning with her own way and calmness. After a blanket search by those underground businessmen, she finally found Lin Chi.

After a series of incidents, she finally brought Lin Chi back. From the moment Lin Chi returned to the empire, the pressure and pain she had endured in the past seemed to be far away from her, and she no longer struggled with years of She didn't care about the scars Lin Chi left on her heart because of her previous recklessness, and she didn't even think about how much she had paid for Lin Chi.In this relationship, she was five years older than Lin Chi, and she was the one to fall in love with first, and she also received the kindness of the Empress Empress. Isn't it natural that she protects Lin Chi?

Picking up her daughter who ran out after Lin Chi, Zhou Jin suddenly thought again.

As for the thing that Lin Chi always wanted to know, she never planned to say it.She doesn't regret killing the emperor, nor does she regret purging the royal family after that. The imperial power is so cruel. The former prince was killed, and her mother's family was not preserved. They were all beheaded by the sword. What he did was to obey the queen's last wish and avenge the late mother-in-law.

But she was guilty of the queen's death. She should have discovered that during the days when the coup d'etat was brewing, the empress almost couldn't wait to give all the power in her hands to her. Explain the funeral.

If she had been more thoughtful at that time, if she could have guessed what the empress wanted to do when the queen said "I will give you an explanation", would the empress not have died?Lin Chi was right, she killed Lin Chi's family, although the Empress committed suicide, but if she hadn't questioned her about the death of her comrade-in-arms back then, that gentle and forbearing elder might not have died.

It was her, indeed she killed the empress, what face would she have to defend herself?

Besides, Lin Chi's life experience is too shocking. The grievances of the previous generation should have ended when they all died. Why did she go to remove the scars again and make Lin Chi feel pain?

She won't say it.

Empress, she entrusted Lin Chi to herself and chose herself to avenge and keep this secret. She probably didn't want this matter to affect Lin Chi.

In the silent night, Zhou Jin woke up from a dream and looked around uneasily. When she saw Lin Chi and Xiao Hen sleeping next to her, she looked at the little girl who was sleeping soundly in her wife's arms. Looking at Lin Chi who was also sleeping soundly, the uneasiness that tormented her all the time seemed to have left her.

After staring at the two of them for a while, Zhou Jin leaned towards them and pulled up the quilt for them.

"The marshal's car drove directly into the palace?" It was already late at night, but some people still couldn't fall asleep.

Liu's house, in Liu Yuan's study.

Liu Yuan stood by the bookshelf full of case files, repeatedly confirming with his subordinates.

"Yes, it drove directly into the palace, and the mysterious woman who came back with her also entered the palace. It is impossible to find out what happened after that. My lord, the palace is run by the marshal as a monolith, and there is no gap for meddling."

"You have done your best, go down and receive the reward." Liu Yuan waved his hand, signaling him to go down.

The subordinate bowed respectfully and retreated.

Liu Yuan thought about it for another night, and when the sky was just turning pale, he called a certain number that had been useless for a long time.The phone rang a few times before it was connected, and a slightly old-fashioned voice came from it: "Master Liu."

At this time, it was almost time to go to court, and even if the marshal was not there, the little emperor still had to sit in the main hall and listen to their reports every day, so Liu Yuan was not worried about disturbing the lord on the other end of the phone - Prime Minister Zuo grown ups.

Mr. Zuo Xiang is different from those royalists who survived by luck. He is an upright royalist, but he is also the only one who does not have to worry about being implicated by the marshal.Because Lord Zuoxiang is the empress's father, that is, the grandfather of Empress Linchi, and the great-grandfather of the current little emperor.

Regardless of how outsiders view the unrevealed relationship between the marshal and the princess Linchi, those who know and participate directly can really feel the marshal's deep affection for the princess.Many times Liu Yuan was thinking, if the marshal hadn't loved His Highness Lin Chi deeply, then even though he had the title of the head of the country, the lord Zuo Xiang couldn't have survived the storm many years ago. In security.And the marshal is really unpredictable, she was the one who killed the empress with all her strength, but she still dared to reuse the left minister, and even dared to give one of the five auxiliary ministers the position to the left minister.

And the attitude of the left minister is often unpredictable. On the one hand, he is not very close to the marshal, and even rarely appears in front of the little emperor in his spare time, but he never pulls the party behind him for personal gain. What he should do , he did everything well, as if he was still the conscientious prime minister many years ago.

Zuo Xiang who has never experienced the pain of bereavement.

Now it is almost certain that Her Royal Highness is back. After thinking about it, Liu Yuan still wants to tell Lord Zuoxiang that His Highness Lin Chi is his grandson. Back then, His Highness was able to escape, and Lord Zuoxiang did the most. Now His Highness Come back, let him know no matter what.

"Lord Zuo Xiang, Your Highness, she is back." Liu Yuan said in a deep voice.

"What did you say?" The old man coughed from the other end, Zuo Xiang seemed to be shocked by the news.

"That's right, there is an 80.00% possibility that the marshal has 'brought' His Highness back from the Federation, and His Highness should have returned to the palace by now." Liu Yuan thought about his words, and he couldn't figure out whether His Highness came back voluntarily or was arrested. , but judging from the fact that she has been held by the marshal, she seems to be imprisoned.

Thinking of this, his brows frowned again, if His Highness is going to be imprisoned in the deep palace like many years ago, what's the point of Liu Yuan taking the risk to rescue His Highness again?

"Cough, cough, don't act rashly. This news is still open to discussion. I should find a way to find out if it is really His Highness." Prime Minister Zuo pondered for a moment, and decided to make sure again: "80.00% possibility, no Absolutely sure, where did you get this news from?"

"It's also a coincidence. The official's niece accidentally saw the marshal brought back a mysterious woman from the empire. The marshal has rarely been close to others in recent years, and the person was brought back from the Federation. The official suspected that it was His Highness. And the marshal directly brought him into the palace, although he didn't know how to arrange him, but if the lower official's guess is correct, it is very likely that he brought him back to His Highness Lin Chi's palace."

"In this way, it is really likely to be her."

Prime Minister Zuo stroked his gray beard, a gleam of relief flashed in his cloudy eyes, and then he became worried again.

If it is really His Highness, then it is good for His Highness to return to its roots, but if it is really His Highness, the sky of this empire may change again.