in the world of murder

The sky is bright, and the ice and snow are shining like gems under the reflection of the sun.The room was as warm as spring, Xi Zhen stepped on the carpet with bare feet, and casually pulled a wide-sleeved robe over his body.The long hair like crow feathers was scattered behind him, but he didn't care, and went straight to the window.

There is a plum vase by the window, and a red plum blossom is inserted alone, reflecting the snow-colored sky, bright and dazzling.

Xi Zhen caressed the petals, as if he could still feel the coldness of the ice and snow.

There was movement at the door, Xi Zhen turned around, and saw Xie Li walking in slowly in snow-white fox fur, with long hair tied in a white jade hibiscus hairpin.He walked in in the color of snow, his whole body was cold and dignified, like frost and snow covering his body.

Xi Zhen looked at him, his expression suddenly softened.This kind of Xie Li is almost exactly the same as the Xie Li in memory.

Xie Li walked up to Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen took out the plum blossoms in the bottle and put them into Xie Li's arms, "The plum blossoms bloomed after a night of lovesickness, and suddenly I came to the window and suspected that it was you."

Xie Li was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "The flowers I folded were presented by you instead."

Xi Zhen also smiled, his eyes were always reluctant to leave Xie Li, his expression was nostalgic and nostalgic.

Xie Li put the fox fur on Xi Zhen's body, picked him up by the waist, and carried him to the couch.Afterwards, Xie Li went to the inner room and brought socks and shoes.He sat beside Xizhen, held Xizhen's ankle, and put on shoes and socks for him himself.

Xi Zhen's skin was very fair, and there were two dark red marks on the inside of his ankle.Xie Li rubbed it twice, looking reluctant to part.

Xi Zhen frowned and kicked him twice.

Xie Li was not angry either, and helped him put on his shoes with a smile.

In this way, he is more gentle than when he was on the mountain, and he is almost obedient to Xi Zhen.

"The snow has stopped outside, and the plum blossoms in the imperial garden are very beautiful, do you want to go out and have a look?" Xie Li asked him.

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Can I go out?"

Xie Li smiled and said: "Of course you can go out for a walk when you are healthy."

Xi Zhen snorted, changed his clothes, and went out with Xie Li.

This is the first time he has stepped out of the gate of the East Palace in this period of time. On the long palace road, the red walls and white snow are beautiful like a painting.The two walked up the stone bridge, and from a distance, they saw people in the pavilion in the plum garden.The palace ladies and eunuchs almost surrounded the pavilion, and there were many guards in the outer circle.

"Your Majesty and the imperial concubine are admiring the plum blossoms." Tang Zhi said.

Xie Li thought for a while, looked at Xi Zhen, and said, "Have you been there?"

"Of course I'm going," Xi Zhen said, "That's His Majesty, and an elder, so there's no reason not to go and pay his respects."

He guessed that he had also met the imperial concubine, the former Mrs. Bai Lu.

Xie Li walked towards the pavilion together with Xi Zhen, the pavilion was very quiet, His Majesty was standing by the pavilion holding tea, the imperial concubine was sitting on the stone bench, the two didn't talk much, just looked at the plum blossoms.

Xi Zhen walked into the pavilion, raised his robe and saluted.

The noble concubine took a look at Xi Zhen, and turned her eyes around him and Xie Li a few times, her expression remained calm.

The imperial concubine doesn't like Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen can feel it.

His Majesty is very easy to talk, he raised his hand and said: "Get up."

Xie Li and Xi Zhen stood together, His Majesty looked at Xi Zhen carefully, then looked at Xie Li, said with a smile: "As expected, the jade is made of gold and has a good appearance."

Xi Zhen cupped his hands, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

His Majesty looked at Xie Li and said, "Reminds me of your mother. Your mother was so radiant when she was young."

The noble concubine was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Xi Zhen.

His Majesty didn't keep them any longer, and let them pass after seeing them.

They walked out of the pavilion for a long time, His Majesty and Concubine remained the same, staying in the pavilion, not talking much.

Xi Zhen looked back at them and said: "At the beginning you said that your mother married your father was a low marriage, but now it seems that there is no truth at all."

"Why not the truth," Xie Li said, "Do you know who my mother is?"

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you tell me that you are the last direct disciple?"

"It's also the Wannian Princess of the Xian Zhou Dynasty." Xie Li said: "My aunt, the imperial concubine, is the Princess Chang'an of the Xian Zhou Dynasty. When they married my father, they were naturally low-married."

Xi Zhen stopped in his tracks, and looked at Xie Li strangely, "Your mother is the princess of Xianzhou, and your father is His Majesty of the New Dynasty, so you actually have the blood of two royal families?"

Xie Li smiled and said: "How about it, but you are still worthy of Young Master Xi."

Xi Zhen was speechless, snorted twice, and said, "I am not good enough for you."

Xie Li smiled, he stretched out his hand, and rubbed his knuckles against Xi Zhen's side face, "I am Prince Chongming, you say that you are a direct disciple, you and I are the best match."

Xi Zhen snorted, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Xie Li walked side by side with him, "The people in this world have fallen into war and chaos because of the ignorance of the royal family of the previous Zhou Dynasty. My mother's greatest wish was to return the people in the world to a peaceful and prosperous world without worrying about food and clothing. The purpose of mountain learning."

Xie Li looked back at the pavilion, and said: "My aunt and my father have always been at odds. My aunt dislikes my father's bad background, and my father dislikes my aunt's mean temper. Often when the two of them meet, they will quarrel and always ask my mother to come forward. Mediation."

"But after my mother died, their relationship eased." Xie Li said, "Occasionally they can talk calmly."

"Why?" Xi Zhen said: "It is said that after your mother left, there would be no one to reconcile, and their relationship would be even worse."

"Because they all lost the most important person," Xie Li said as he stepped on the snow, "In the past ten years, they have endured pain together and missed their true love together. people."

Xi Zhen was stunned for a moment, and asked: "After that, will they always be like this?"

Xie Li lowered his head and smiled, "Maybe."

Xi Zhen thought for a while, and said: "Well, you didn't lie to me this time."

Xie Li suddenly stopped and looked at Xi Zhen.

Xi Zhen turned to look at him, "What's wrong?"

In Xie Li's eyes, it seemed that the frost and snow of the whole winter had turned into spring water.He looked at Xizhen seriously, and said, "I will never lie to you again."

Xi Zhen was stunned for a moment, it seemed that there was always someone lying between him and Xie Li.He had lied to Xie Li, and Xie Li had lied to him, even the promises were true and false.

A lie is a shield to protect oneself. They hold up the shield and hold the spear, and you come and go to the temptation.But Xie Li said that he would never lie to Xi Zhen again. It was like putting down his shield when he didn't know whether Xi Zhen would stick out his spear and let him deal with him.

Xi Zhen looked at Xie Li strangely, "You won't lie to me anymore?"

Xie Li nodded.

Xi Zhen pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes were full of complacency, his spirit was like a peach blossom in three springs.

He rolled his eyes and became more aggressive, "You won't lie to me in the future, what about before? Xie Li, what lies have you told me before? Tell me all about it!"

Seeing him like this, Xie Li was not angry, thought for a while, and said: "Besides my identity, there is one more thing that I kept from you."

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows, "There really are!"

Xie Li walked to the side of the plum tree, stroked the dark branches, and the dense red plum blossoms enveloped Xie Li like a cloud.

"At the beginning we went down the mountain to watch the lanterns together. When I came back, I found a painting in your house." Xie Li said, "It's a painting Chen Song gave you. I want to show you my heart."

Xi Zhen was stunned for a moment, he recalled the Lantern Festival that year.At that time, Xie Li saw the painting and hid it, but he didn't tell Xi Zhen anything, he just forced Xi Zhen to tell Chen Song in person, telling Chen Song not to come again.

"This..." Xi Zhen said: "It's not a bad thing, if you tell him to give up as soon as possible, it will be better than a lifetime of bitter love."

Seeing that Xi Zhen was not angry, Xie Li asked, "Has he given up?"

Xi Zhen was stunned for a moment, glanced at Xie Li, and said, "How long has it been since he didn't get a response, he should have put it down long ago."

Xie Li disagreed, he looked at Xi Zhen, his deep eyes reflected Xi Zhen's shadow, "If it were me, I would never let it go."

As the year approaches, something interesting happened in Beijing.The Patriarch of the Xuan Family, Xuan Yunhuai, is not the old Patriarch's biological son, and the old Patriarch has raised his son for outsiders for decades.The Xuan family, who prided itself on the hairpin family, has also become the laughing stock of the family.

Xuan Yunhuai was deprived of his status as the patriarch and kicked out of the Xuan family.His new wife, Miss Ye, also separated from him and returned home with Li.Even Xuan Yunhuai, who is still the Minister of the Ministry of War, feels a little overwhelmed.

In the afternoon of that day, the sun in the sky was not warm at all, and the snow was melting into ice layer by layer, and the occasional cold wind blew through, almost freezing to the bone marrow.

The cold wind blew the red curtain jade beads that were stepped up, Xuan Yunhuai raised his eyes, and saw the crown prince approaching on the palace road.

He retreated to the side and saluted, "My minister pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Huan Pei Ding Dong walked to stop in front of Xuan Yunhuai, the embroidered thread curtain was lifted by the eunuch, but it was not Prince Chongming inside.

Xi Zhen leaned on the Ruyi pillow, held the hand stove in his hand, and looked at Xuan Yunhuai playfully, "Master Xuan, you don't need to be too polite."

Xuan Yunhuai saw that Xi Zhen was the one the prince was chasing after, he immediately frowned, he stood up and said, "It's you."

"Isn't it just me?" Xi Zhen laughed, his face was bright, "Master Xuan looks a bit embarrassed, I don't know if there is a place to stay after coming out of the Xuan family."

Xuan Yunhuai twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xi, for your concern."

Xi Zhen snorted and said, "The Xuan family's manners are deeply inherited by you, and they are so ruthless that I can't bear to see them."

Xuan Yunhuai didn't speak, Xizhen smiled and said: "I said, why don't you come and help me. You are not from the Xuan family anymore, why not join me, get rid of the Xuan family, and I will credit you."

Xuan Yunhuai looked at Xi Zhen suddenly, "Who said I am not from the Xuan family? I am from the Xuan family! I am the blood of the Xuan family, and I am the only son of the old patriarch. Xuan Yunyue is a woman, what qualifications does she have?" Inherit the Xuan family! The Xuan family is mine, and it must be mine!"