On the winter solstice in the 30th year of Wanshun, after Mr. Meng came, Lin Size never went to the study again. He didn't even need to ask anyone for instructions, because no one cared whether he went or not.
As a result, the exchanges between him and the other princes dropped sharply. In addition, he hardly left the Baifu Palace. Others didn't bother to come to Baifu Palace to find fault. A palace maid who was younger than him served, and one day he would either starve to death or freeze to death.
Gu Hongjian also asked questions about other princes. She still did not dare to mention the winter solstice that year, but she politely asked Lin Size how his other brothers treated him.
Lin Size said lightly, "Not very good."
Obviously "too bad"... Gu Hongjian thought to himself.
Gu Hongjian learned from Lin Size who asked her if she hated her parents five years ago, and asked him, "Then do you hate them?"
"It's not worth my hatred." Lin Size said.
Gu Hongjian understood.
He hates them.
In the past five years, although those princes have not come to find Lin Size much, from the neglect or even ignorance of Baifu Hall by other servants on weekdays, it can be seen that Lin Size's status in the palace.
Gu Hongjian, who had the honor to eat with his master, still couldn't eat any meat all year round, so it was obvious that there was a problem.
Looking back, the food Hongjian brought was inexplicably rich in meat. Lin Size had suffered from robbing meat from Gu Hongjian’s hands, and when he saw the meat, he did not fight for it, but Gu Hongjian was very conscious this time, saying: "You eat first, you eat first."
Lin Si Ze was extremely puzzled and said, "Why is there meat today?"
Gu Hongjian replied indifferently: "My martial arts is really high..."
Lin Size was at a loss.
Gu Hong saw this and said sneakily: "It happened that the third prince's people also went to get the food, I took advantage of her not paying attention and changed a bowl of dishes, hehe, no flaws!"
Lin Size: "..."
Gu Hongjian still said to himself: "It's great, I decided to do this every day in the future, and I'll change two dishes when the technique is proficient! We have to change the dishes, otherwise those people will definitely find out that something is wrong... After all, the dishes given to us are all It's cold leftovers, and other people will definitely not be used to it."
"In the future..." Lin Size said in a low voice, "I will let you eat big fish and big meat to live."
Gu Hong said: "I think so too! Okay, let's eat first."
She gave Lin Size some meat, and then devoured it herself. Lin Size looked at Gu Hongjian's faceless appearance, his eyes sank, but he still ate the meal without saying a word.
Although Lin Size couldn't help promising to let Gu Hong see better days, that was the future, and neither of them knew how far the future was.
It was just that at that time, Gu Hongjian and Lin Size had no gaps in their hearts, no doubts, they believed in each other and in themselves, as if with each other by their side, there was infinite hope.
Unfortunately, this didn't stop reality from getting bad easily. The winter of Wanshun's 39th year was colder than ever before.
The winter solstice is about to come again, but no one in the palace is in the mood for the festival, just because the war between the north and Qi Rui started without warning. However, it is winter, and it is not suitable for war at all. Regardless of the weather, the food and grass can't keep up. .
However, Qi Ruiguo was clearly prepared and attacked suddenly, and Tianminguo had to fight.
In the palace, the queen proposed to reduce the expenditure of the harem to contribute to the war, and halve all the monthly silver - this has no effect on Lin Size, he has never received any money.
However, what made Lin Size and Gu Hongjian feel difficult was that the winter supplies had to be halved.
In fact, the winter supplies for those favored concubines and princes were already unreasonably large. Even if there was a so-called halving, there would not be a real shortage, but on Lin Size's side, it was actually halved.
There was only one new quilt that was supposed to be delivered, and the charcoal fire dropped sharply. Gu Hongjian divided the charcoal fire, and after looking at it, she couldn't help crying and said: "I light the charcoal fire like this. It's really hard to get through this month."
Baifu Hall was originally remote and uninhabited. A snow fell in the past two days. It was just when the snow melted. Gu Hongjian went out to shovel snow every day. After that, a fire must be lit, otherwise the heat on the body will fade away and it must be cold to death.
Lin Size was also a little worried: "Turn out the quilt, cover it a few layers, don't go out, it should be able to carry it."
Because the supplies were halved, Gu Hongjian didn't get any new clothes. Lin Size was only given a jacket that was not very warm at all, so Gu Hongjian rummaged through the boxes and found only a moldy quilt. Know what year it is...
Gu Hongjian frowned and shook the quilt, an unpleasant smell came to his nostrils, Gu Hongjian glanced at the sky outside, and became even more worried: "If there is a big sun, you can still bask in it, how can you cover it like this now... "
Lin Size said, "Is it cold when you sleep at night?"
Gu Hong saw crying and face: "Of course it's cold! It's just a quilt, and I can't make a fire. I woke up this morning with a runny nose!"
After that, he wiped his nose.
Lin Size: "..."
Lin Size said, "Take these charcoal fires to your own room. The quilts here are thick, and it's not cold to sleep at night."
Gu Hong saw a happy smile, just as she was about to agree, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately ignored Lin Size, rushed to his room, stretched out her hand to squeeze the quilt, and immediately became furious: "Your quilt is almost as good as mine! My body is better than yours. The strong ones are cold, how can you not be cold?!"
Lin Size said, "What does it mean to be stronger than me..."
Gu Hongjian looked down at him on his hips: "Little dwarf..."
Lin Size said with a cold face, "Don't stand on my bed!!!"
After the madness, he still had to face the problem, Gu Hongjian counted with his fingers: "Two quilts that are not thick, and one moldy quilt, is only enough to burn the charcoal fire for half a month at most... Hey, how are you going? , when is Mr. Meng coming? Let him bring us some clothes..."
Lin Size said: "Mr. Meng said when he came back last time that he had something to go to Jiangnan, and he would come next year at the earliest."
Gu Hongjian: "..."
Gu Hongjian said frantically: "Forget it, I'll go and steal some quilts and charcoal fire."
Lin Size couldn't help laughing and crying: "Don't make trouble, are you addicted to stealing food?"
Gu Hongjian said, "Then what should we do?!"
Lin Si Ze pondered for a moment and said, "Let's divide the charcoal fire first, it's really not good to wait..."
"I'll go steal it again." Gu Hongjian understood.
This time, Lin Size didn't say that she was fooling around.
In the early morning of the winter solstice, when Gu Hongjian woke up, she found that it started snowing again at an unknown time last night. At this moment, the snow did not stop, and it was heavier than any snow she had ever seen before.
She fluttered her wings in the snow like a noisy little bird and cheered: "It's snowing!!! What a big snow!"
Lin Size stayed in the room, only poked his head out from the window, and said coolly, "It's dead cold, what's there to be happy about."
Gu Hong said: "This is the first time I have seen such a heavy snow!"
She jumped into the snow, and the snow covered her knees.
Gu Hongjian: "Wow wow wow..."
Gu Hongjian stumbled again on purpose, fell into the snow and rolled around.
Lin Size: "Are you a dog?! Get up! Be careful of catching a cold!"
Gu Hongjian snorted coldly: "I'm not like someone, I'm so weak, I won't catch a cold!"
Lin Size said, "Get up."
"Humph." Gu Hong still crawled up obediently with a puffed face, and suddenly exclaimed, "Plum blossoms are blooming!"
This time, Lin Size became interested. After she was dressed, she went out and followed her to look at the winter plum blossoms in the corner of the wall, which were blooming leisurely with the heavy snow. The bright red color was particularly dazzling in the expanse of white.
"Ling Han drives alone... a good sign." Lin Size hooked the corner of his mouth.
Gu Hongjian was also very happy and played outside for a while.
However, as if to refute Gu Hongjian's sentence, "I won't catch a cold." Gu Hongjian caught the cold after returning to the house.
Lin Size still saw that she was not as noisy as before, and ran to her house to see her, only to find that she was lying on the bed groggy, curled up in a ball, looking extremely pitiful.
"Gu Hongjian... Gu Hongjian?" Lin Size reached out to touch her forehead, only to feel it was terrifyingly hot.
Gu Hongjian said in a daze, "Huh... Lin Size..."
She was used to calling him Lin Size instead of calling him King Ping.
Lin Size said, "Gu Hongjian, your forehead is very hot."
"Really... Why do I think I'm so cold..." Gu Hong saw trembling, and her whole body shrank even more.
Seeing that she was indeed seriously ill, Lin Size was a little anxious, and went to find the imperial doctor in person. However, when winter came, there were not a few people who were sick, and the people in the imperial hospital did not pay much attention to this shadowy little prince. In addition, the winter solstice is just around the corner, and the people in the Taiyuan Hospital have to take vacations, but there is no one running.
Lin Size looked at Gu Hongjian's flushed face, gritted her teeth, and helped her onto his back.
Gu Hong saw that Burning was dazed, but still doubted: "What's wrong..."
Lin Size said, "Around my neck, you go to sleep at my place, two quilts and one bed are better."
Gu Hongjian was stunned, and everyone woke up a lot: "Sleep in your bed?!"
Lin Size said, "Yeah."
"But... men and women don't kiss each other..." Gu Hongjian muttered.
Lin Size said, "I didn't want to sleep with you again."
Gu Hongjian: "...Oh..."
Strange, although she didn't really want to sleep with Lin Size, why did Lin Size say that, she was a little disappointed? !
Lin Size carried Gu Hongjian to his bed, put the two quilts together, and smashed all the heavy clothes on Gu Hongjian's body, Gu Hongjian almost vomited out.
Gu Hongjian: "It's alright, I feel like a person is sitting on top of me, vomit..."
Only then did Lin Size stop, start the fire again, and sit next to Gu Hongjian.
It was getting dark outside, Lin Size directly took the leftovers from the noon, clamped the bowl with iron tongs, heated it on the fire for a while, and fed it to Gu Hongjian.
Seeing the gloomy clouds, Gu Hong said, "It's so miserable to eat this kind of food when you're sick."
Lin Size said, "If you don't eat it, I will."
Gu Hong saw that the brush was clean.
Lin Size felt a little sad and said, "In the future, I will definitely reach the top."
Gu Hongjian said between meals, "Mmmm, then what?"
"Protect the person I want to protect - Gu Hongjian, when the time comes, I will definitely protect you."
Gu Hongjian was very moved, and said, "Yeah!"
Although Gu Hongjian, who was big and three thick, was moved, but after eating, she was about to fall asleep. Before going to bed, she saw the light of orange candles coming from the shadows outside the window, she suddenly woke up and said, "Today is the winter solstice! Don't you go to Yingxi Palace?"
Lin Size said, "If I don't go, no one will care about me anyway."
Gu Hongjian said, "But why are you going?!"
Lin Size said, "You let me go alone?? I don't even have a palace maid."
Gu Hongjian thought for a while, and said sleepily, "Then you better not go."
After that, he fell asleep quickly.
Lin Size stayed by the side, checking the temperature on Gu Hongjian's forehead from time to time, and adding some firewood from time to time. Gu Hongjian woke up in the middle of the night and saw Lin Size dozing beside her. She reached out and touched Lin Size's hand and found that his hand was cold.
Gu Hongjian said, "Lin Size."
Lin Size opened his eyes and was a little drowsy: "Huh? How did you wake up?"
Gu Hongjian moved inward: "Lin Size, come and sleep together."
Lin Size said with a smile, "Isn't it because men and women don't kiss each other?"
Gu Hongjian was a little shy and said, "Anyway... don't you think of me as a man too?"
Lin Size actually nodded seriously: "That's true."
After saying that, she took off her coat and had no scruples, so she went to sleep. Gu Hong saw that she stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and Lin Size's veins popped up, saying, "What are you blocking?! I won't kiss you."
Seeing that her face was extremely red, Gu Hong said, "Who said you were going to kiss me?! I have a cold, so I'm afraid it will spread to you."
Lin Size said, "Okay, let's put your hands down. Originally, my nose was not breathing, and I choked to death after a while."
Gu Hongjian asked curiously, "How do you know that my nose is not breathing?"
Lin Size: "Listen to your voice - like a drake."
Seeing that she couldn't get angry, Gu Hong reached out to hit Lin Size, but Lin Size ducked and held her hands and feet again, saying, "Okay, go to sleep."
Gu Hong saw that her hands and feet were being held down. She could knock Lin Size off with just one hand, but she remained obedient and said, "Oh... but I'm so afraid of infecting you."
Lin Size ignored her and continued to press her, and he quickly fell asleep.
In the darkness, through the slight charcoal fire, Gu Hongjian could vaguely see Lin Size's appearance. He was getting better and better, but at this moment, probably because he was unhappy, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and Gu Hongjian slowly let go of his restraint. He pulled out his right hand, and then very lightly reached out and pressed between his eyebrows, trying to ease his frown.
Lin Si Ze's brows furrowed even tighter. He moved his body and muttered, "Hong Jian... don't make trouble."
Seeing that Gu Hong retracted her hand in a guilty conscience, she suddenly felt that her already flushed face became even hotter.
It's rainbow view.
Not "Hello", not "Gu Hongjian".
Yes, Rainbow.
At this moment, Gu Hongjian suddenly understood what his name meant.
In the torrential rain, someone held up a rainbow for you.
That's... how it feels.
On the winter solstice in the 39th year of Wanshun, snow fell all night outside the window, while in the Baifu Hall, sixteen-year-old Lin Size and fifteen-year-old Gu Hongjian fell asleep. A warm winter night.