In the twelfth lunar month of winter, just after You Hour, the sky has already darkened.

In the Duke's Mansion, the maids are lighting up lamps and hanging all over the corridors.

A gust of wind blew open the originally tight windows, and the wind rolled snow and ice into the house.

Xu Nian suddenly woke up from the dream.

The surroundings are warm, the whole body is soft, and there is no pain.

The maid, Lian Tang, pushed the door open and entered, her brows were frowned by the wind, and she hurriedly stepped forward to close the window again, before she could be confused, she turned around and saw her young lady looking at her in confusion.

"Second Young Lady, you finally woke up..."

Lian Tang was overjoyed, and quickly went to touch her forehead.

"Lian Tang?" Xu Nian's voice was soft and weak, and the words rolled down his throat, making him extremely hoarse.

She remembered that after the disaster of the Duke's Mansion, Lian Tang couldn't stand the humiliation and committed suicide in the cold winter of the 32nd year of Qishun.

All the corpses were collected by her own hands.

Hearing her voice, Lian Tang cried even more fiercely, raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears: "Miss fell into the frozen lake and caught the wind and cold, the duke and madam went to find a famous doctor for you, just after returning home, this servant will go call them."

He turned around too quickly, and staggered a bit.

There was only the sound of charcoal burning in the room, Xu Nian opened his eyes and watched for a while.

She has been groggy for the past few days, and her consciousness is also floating. Occasionally, when she wakes up, she only thinks that she is having a beautiful dream.

Who would have thought that she was really reborn until she was sixteen years old.

At that time, my father and mother were still by my side, and my sister went south to strictly guard Zhijiaguan. The most important thing is that she did not marry King Yu, let alone commit herself to Qi Chu for her life.

Suddenly a drop of clear tear fell from the corner of her eye, and she felt very sad.

Nothing happened, there is a family who loves her, there is a sister who supports her, her grandfather is still alive, the Duke's Mansion has not been framed for treason, and the Xu family is still an unshakable existence.

There was the sound of pushing the door, and the voice was so familiar and reliable.

Xu Nian ran barefoot and hugged the visitor tightly, "Father and mother, my daughter misses you so much."

She had imagined countless times that she could see them again and told them all her grievances. No matter how difficult it was, there was always someone behind her.

Xu's mother has not stopped crying these days, the little body in her arms is thin and fragile, and she has lost a lot of weight in bed these days.

She was very distressed: "Is my daughter having nightmares again? Don't worry, Auntie will find justice for you about the Chen family boy pushing you into the water."

At the old lady of the Chen family's birthday banquet, she and her family were separated, and the sisters and brothers of the Chen family united and pushed her into the lake. The fire burned for three days, which alarmed all the elder sisters who were far away in Zhijia Pass.

That's when the big sickness came.

Duke Xu moved a step, his body just blocked the wind and snow outside, and brought his wife and daughter inside: "Dad will never let my daughter be wronged in one day, I have written a letter to the old man of the Chen family, tomorrowIf they don't come to apologize, Weifu will personally bring you to seek justice!"

He spoke out of breath, the sullenness on his face had been there for several days, it was relieved a lot when he saw the little girl woke up, but now when he mentioned it again, he became very angry.

He had two daughters in his life. The eldest daughter traveled to the battlefield since she was a child, and she ate too much openly and secretly. The younger daughter was reluctant to let go of her. She was held in his hands since she was a child, and the whole family loved and protected her. Now that he went to Chen's house and almost died, he couldn't bear this tone.

Xu Nian looked from the tears in the corners of A-Niang's eyes to A-Day's face that was helping him, his nose was sour, and the tears that he wanted to hold back kept gushing like water breaking a bank.

After crying, the voice was slightly snorted, but the voice was soft, "My father and mother are the best people to my daughter!"

In the previous life, my father was plotted against, charged with treason, and sent to prison for torture. My mother became ill in a panic. In order to save the family, my sister agreed to the marriage proposal of the Shizifu, but she was like a wolf pit. Michan died in the backyard and no one cares about him.

At that time, she married King Yu in order to get her sister out of the sea of ​​misery. Who would have thought that instead of saving her sister, she would commit herself to Qi Chu, be humiliated by him, and finally die in his hands.

Now that she is reborn, she will never let these things happen again.

It was getting dark outside, and the snow seemed to have stopped. Xu Nian saw the blackness in his parents' eyes, and Xu's mother even had a few white hairs on her temples.

Even the imperial physicians in the palace were helpless for this disease back then. She couldn't imagine how desperate they were.

Now that I'm awake, I can't make them worry anymore.

She raised the corner of her mouth, smiling coquettishly: "My daughter is fine now, you should go to rest quickly."

Afraid that they would miss him, Xu Nian stretched out his hand and pushed her, but the two of them couldn't bear to let her use any strength, so they had to stand up on their own initiative.

When Xu's mother arrived at the door, she was still worried: "How about Auntie accompany you tonight..."

Xu Nian had already covered the quilt by himself, and lay down obediently, "My father and mother will support my daughter tomorrow, if you don't rest well, how will you have the momentum, my daughter is going to sleep, so I won't keep you."

After finishing speaking, with a comfortable and sweet smile on the corner of his mouth, he closed his eyes.

Mother Xu still wanted to give some instructions, but Duke Xu had already put his arms around her shoulders and led the people out.

Until the door was closed, Xu Nian could still hear his father whispering, "My daughter is going to rest, ma'am, let's not disturb her..."

"Then I'll let the kitchen cook some nourishing soup, you haven't seen how thin she is..."

"She likes the sugar-fried chestnuts on the street the most. I'll buy them for her tomorrow morning and let her eat them warmly for a whole day..."

Sour.

Xu Nian curled up in the quilt, tears had already wet the pillow, he was crying and laughing, covering his mouth, sobbing still came out from between his teeth.

It's great that the people who love her and the people she loves are alive and well now.

The next day, the warm sun came out, as if the snowstorm last night was just one of the fragmented dreams.

Lian Tang was combing her hair, her black and shiny hair hung down behind her, clearly depicting her exquisite figure.

Remembering that Father has not come back yet, the corners of his mouth full of thoughts suddenly raised into a smile: "Father must have gone to buy chestnuts for me, let's go to meet him."

It's been a long time since Xu Nian walked in a place full of people's voices so carefree. The sound of hawking around, the smell of fireworks on the pancake stand, everything is the joy of regaining something lost.

Stop and go, so happy.

But not long after, the street was suddenly cleared by the rushing convoy, and the crowd was forced to retreat to both sides.

Xu Nian was startled, stopped at a safe place, and looked up.

Sitting on the tall and strong horse was a man with pigtails and a beard on half of his face, looking fierce.

There is a cage on each car behind him, the cage is filled with straw, and it is crowded with people like cattle.

It was cold winter, but they only had a ragged inner jacket. They were completely dilapidated, their bodies were dirty and huddled, their heads were drooping, and their hair was scattered covering most of their faces, so they couldn't see clearly whether they were dead or alive.

The fate of the world is so unfair, Xu Nian frowned, but paused when he looked away.

Something flashed by, that extremely subtle...familiarity.

She looked back involuntarily, and stopped on the last cage car in the team.

There is a figure out of place with the surroundings,

He didn't curl up his body tightly like the others, but relaxed his back against the cage car, his whole body was covered with blood, as if he couldn't feel the biting cold wind.

At this time, the people on the cage car seemed to be aware of it, and opened their tightly closed eyes, looking sideways vigilantly.

With this movement, he just revealed the half of the side cheek that was covered and had a tough line.

At that moment, Xu Nian felt like falling to the bottom of the lake, as if the trembling voice was whispering in his ears:

"Princess Yu, don't come here and be safe—"