Baochai stared blankly at the snowy scene outside the window. The maid was afraid that she would be frozen, so she came closer and called her, which made her wake up as if from a dream.

Absentmindedly, he let the maid dress and wash himself, and then fell into a trance in front of the window again.

She didn't even think about tea or food, and she didn't know how long it had been. It wasn't until a layer of snow accumulated on the ground again, and the little maids ran out to sweep away the snow again, that she gritted her teeth and put on her white fox fur.

The door crashed into the wind and snow.

At first she clenched her upper teeth and flipped up her deerskin boots very quickly. But when she entered the garden with a breath of air, her feet gradually slowed down. When she saw the pavilion through the wind and snow.

, the two long legs seemed to be frozen in the trouser legs, making it difficult to move.

The closer she got, the more she regretted not coming. She had the intention to turn around and leave, but she felt unwilling to do so, so she stared blankly at the pavilion with her beautiful eyes, hoping that Jiao Shun would not come.

Keep an appointment.

But when he saw that the pavilion was completely empty, Baochai felt as if he had lost something, and his eyebrows suddenly became cold.

Youzi walked in without giving up and looked around the railing a few times, but there was still no sign of Jiao Shun. Then she turned around and prepared to return the way she came.

"Baochai?"

At this moment, a call suddenly came from outside the pavilion.

Baochai's heart trembled at first, but she quickly realized that the voice was not a man's but a woman's, so she hurriedly followed the sound and saw that it was Mrs. Wang who had come to the pavilion alone for some unknown reason.

As soon as she saw Mrs. Wang, Baochai felt her throat was tight and her mouth was dry. She pursed her lips, then stepped forward with a forced smile and said, "Why did Mrs. come out alone in such heavy snow?"

Mrs. Wang looked at her carefully, her eyes completely lacking the enthusiasm of yesterday. After hearing what she said, she snorted and asked, "Why are you here alone?"

Xue Baochai obviously felt that her attitude was different, but after all, he felt guilty and did not dare to go into details. He just smiled and said: "This is probably the last snow. I saw that Xun Xin was happy, so I came out for a wander."

Wandering around?

After hearing these "four words", Mrs. Wang sneered secretly in her heart and deliberately made a few sarcastic remarks, but she swallowed them back alive.

Nowadays, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are fighting with each other. Xue Baochai is afraid that Mrs. Wang will know that she is here for Jiao Shun's appointment; but Mrs. Wang is also afraid that her disagreement will disturb the date and annoy Jiao Shun.

Shun.

The two chatted for a few words without any embarrassment, and then Baochai suggested: "It's windy and snowy outside, let me help you back to Qingtang thatched cottage."

Mrs. Wang hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook her head and said, "No need, it's just a few steps, I can go back by myself."

At this moment, in the end, my daughter's life and the family's future prevailed.

Seeing Mrs. Wang walking out of the pavilion alone and retracing her steps, Xue Baochai felt that her figure was a little bleak for some reason. Thinking about the scene when the two were alone just now, Xue Baochai felt that something was not quite right.

After a while, Baochai looked away and looked around again. When he saw that there was still no trace of Jiao Shun, he hummed softly and prepared to leave.

Just at this moment, some strange movements suddenly came from the lake.

Baochai looked back subconsciously, and saw a tall and burly figure crashing through the snow and wind, arriving near the pavilion like flying, but who else could it be if it wasn't Jiao Shun?

Baochai felt relieved unconsciously, but immediately put on a pretty face.

"I kept my sister waiting for a long time."

Jiao Shun smiled, cupped his hands, and made way to the lake: "Sister Lao, come with me. Let's go to a secluded place to talk."

"No need, just say it here!"

Xue Baochai subconsciously put on a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away, but in fact, her ability to come to the appointment said everything.

Jiao Shun chuckled, but he didn't push her. He supported half of his buttocks on the railing, twisted his upper body and said to Baochai: "If my sister is not afraid of being bumped into, then she can stay here."

Then he cleared his throat and went straight to the point: "If I want to talk about this, I have to start with your wife. I went to the palace to meet the queen first yesterday afternoon, and then I was stopped by your queen on the way.

…”

He spoke calmly, but Baochai kept looking in the direction of the Qingtang thatched cottage, fearing that Mrs. Wang would leave and come back the next second.

In the end, he couldn't help but interrupt Jiao Shun and said: "It's okay to go to the lake, but, if you dare to do whatever you want again..."

Jiao Shun hurriedly patted his chest and said, "I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore. If my sister really can't trust me, I can even make me swear!"

Baochai was silent for a moment, but she didn't ask him to swear. Instead, she silently walked out of the pavilion and walked around to the lake.

Jiao Shun took out a piece of white satin from nowhere and threw one end to Baochai: "Sister, pull it up so as not to fall."

When Baochai saw that he was well prepared, instead of letting out a sigh of relief, Baochai became even more vigilant. His face didn't show it, but his little hand holding the ribbon turned blue and white.

But she didn't know what her mood was. Although she was full of fear and vigilance, she still followed Jiao Shun step by step towards the center of the lake.

The two of them walked in the ice and snow for about half a cup of tea, when they saw a few rockery and lake rocks in front of them, and they arrived near a small island.

Baochai originally thought it was a coincidence, but when she got closer, she discovered that there was a fire pot in the middle of the small island, and a semicircular stone platform made of pebbles beside it, with several thick blankets spread on it.

Jiao Shun let go of the ribbon and went to the brazier without knowing what he was doing. The brazier quickly burst into flames.

Then he moved his golden sword to the stone platform and called to Baochai: "Sister, come quickly and warm yourself by the fire. Let's sit down and talk."

However, seeing this scene, the warning signs in Baochai's heart had reached its peak. Although she had never experienced anything, she knew that she had to take off her clothes to do such things, so although she had expected what would happen, she still felt that something was wrong.

No big deal.

But now...

Although she was really interested, she was not ready to lose her virginity to someone else, so she rolled the white ribbon around her wrist, stepped back and said, "I suddenly thought of home..."

"Did my sister meet your mother-in-law just now?"

Jiao Shun suddenly interrupted her.

Baochai paused and looked at Jiao Shun in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Haha, I not only know, I also know that she is alone just like you." Jiao Shun laughed and patted the stone platform next to him: "It's just sitting down and talking, how can I still

Can I eat you?"

After listening to Jiao Shun's words, and then thinking about Mrs. Wang's abnormality just now, Baochai's curiosity about this matter overshadowed the origin of the photo.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally walked to the island and sat down dignifiedly at the farthest place from Jiao Shun.

Jiao Shun smiled when he saw this, picked up a wine gourd from the corner, raised it to Xue Baochai, and said, "Sister, would you like to drink some hot wine to warm yourself up?"

Baochai didn't answer, just looked at him with a cold face.

Jiao Shun shrugged, pulled out the stopper and took a few sips. Then he was not busy exposing Mrs. Wang's weird behavior, but continued what he had just said, and continued to talk about his experience in the palace, speaking loudly. He looked carefully at the treasure hairpin.

After the New Year, Baochai was exactly eighteen years old. Her picturesque eyebrows and ice-like muscles and bones seemed to contain the best years of a girl. She wore a woman's bun on her head, and her slender figure was beautiful. Wrapped in proud richness.

The whole person seems to be at the freezing point of youth and charm. Just insert the straw and stir gently, and you can condense the wonderful taste that will captivate the whole country.

Being stared at by Jiao Shun's fiery eyes, Baochai felt a little uncomfortable at first, but soon her attention was attracted by what he saw and heard in the palace, and her hands and feet gradually relaxed, and she quietly stretched out her arms and legs. Drawing heat by the fire.

When Jiao Shun finished speaking, she couldn't help but ponder: "So, doesn't King Zhongshun's plan have already taken effect? ​​With this preconception, it will be difficult to change Concubine Wu's perception."

After a pause, he sighed: "Which mother is willing to let her children take the slightest unnecessary risk?"

"My sister is really smart!"

Jiao Shun picked up Big Thumb at her and poured some oil into the brazier. The flames jumped up with a roar, making Baochai exclaim and shrink his hands in a hurry.

"What, it's burned? Let me see?"

As Jiao Shun spoke, he stretched out his hand to catch Baochai's catkins.

Baochai hurriedly retracted his hands into his sleeves and said coldly: "Brother Jiao, don't forget what you promised me just now."

"hey-hey……"

Jiao Shun retracted Lushan's claws and then said pointedly: "By the way, isn't my sister curious as to why your mother-in-law appears alone near the pavilion?"

Baochai was naturally curious, but she also knew that Jiao Shun must have some ulterior motives when he mentioned this matter at this time, so she still just looked at him with a straight face and refused to take the initiative to speak.

Seeing this, Jiao Shun rubbed his hands and continued: "Actually, I told her about the photo yesterday, and about our meeting again today..."

"What?!"

Baochai couldn't hold back her anger this time, and asked in surprise: "You, are you telling the truth? Then she, she..."

Jiao Shun met her eyes and said word by word: "She hesitated for a long time, but in the end she didn't say anything."

Then he asked again: "She just met you, did she talk about anything?"

Baochai fell silent again.

A man and a woman alone invite each other privately, and what they want to talk about are those dirty photos. Even a passerby would feel uncomfortable hearing this, let alone his own mother-in-law.

But she didn't stop Jiao Shun yesterday, and after meeting her today, she didn't stop her...

Obviously, Mrs. Wang chose to sacrifice herself as her daughter-in-law for the sake of Rongguo Mansion.

What did she think of herself?!

Fortunately, I took out the dowry yesterday to help her solve her urgent need!

Baochai gritted his silver teeth so hard that his two pink fists were clenched in his sleeves until they were almost blue.

After a long while, he suddenly stretched out his trembling hand towards Jiao Shun and squeezed out one word through his teeth: "Wine!"

Jiao Shun hurriedly handed over the wine gourd and said, "This wine is very strong, drink less."

Before he finished speaking, Baochai had already raised his head and drank a few big gulps. Then he slammed the wine gourd on the stone table and wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeves.

After a while, she raised the wine gourd and poured it down again, but this time she didn't even bother to wipe it off, letting the wine slide down her neck and into her clothes.

If it happens again and again, the hem of my lapel has already become wet.

There was also a hazy look in her eyes. She raised her hand to uncover the wet collar, raised a long leg and kicked Jiao Shun's knee. She said with a drunken smile full of melancholy: "Isn't that what you want? Come on,

I give it to you!"

Jiao Shun grabbed her ankle in one fell swoop and said sweetly: "You can't blame me for going back on my word."

Without waiting for Baochai to answer, he couldn't wait to move forward, pressing Baochai into the wind and snow, and paved the way for Zhang Baijuan on the stone platform...

There is a poem about this situation that says:

The plum blossoms and snow are fighting for the spring but are not willing to fall, so Sao Renge spends money to comment on it.

The plum blossoms are three cents whiter than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms.

"Snow Plum" by Lu Yue of Song Dynasty

…………

at the same time.

As expected, Mrs. Wang went back and saw that there was a trace of fragrance in the pavilion. She was stunned for a while, and when she was about to return to the hut in Qingtang, she suddenly found a line of footprints that bypassed the pavilion and walked directly into the lake.

Her expression suddenly changed, and she unconsciously rushed to the shore and looked around, but where could she see the snowy sky?

She pursed her lips tightly, gently pulled up the hem of her skirt and coat, and stepped on the ice of the lake with one foot.

But it was just one foot. The other foot seemed to be nailed to the shore and could not move forward for a long time.

Finally, she looked at the middle of the lake and muttered to herself: "It's such a cold day, so what if the two of us meet? I'll just give Bao Yatou a few words of advice later."
Chapter completed!