Когда мы вернёмся

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At this moment, Li Ge's hair cascaded down, and her brown eyes shimmered with a gentle, doting light. Qing Yun, upon seeing her, couldn't help but feel her heart flutter, and her face began to blush slightly.

She thought to herself, "How can this man be so handsome? So handsome that I can't help but pounce on him and take a bite."

Action speaks louder than words.

In an instant, this sentence flashed through Qingyun's mind.

She smiled faintly, staring at those lips that resembled red berries. Qingyun swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and immediately wrapped her arms around Lige's neck, closed her eyes, and kissed him.

"Ouch!" Qingyun suddenly cried out. She opened her eyes and touched her nose, which had been bruised and red. "It hurts so much!"

Li Ge chuckled, "You're the one who bumped into me."

"Why didn't you dodge?"

"Woman," Li Ge chuckled, teasingly adding, "If you want to kiss me, how could I dare to dodge?"

Qingyun's ears immediately turned red after he revealed her intentions. She pushed Li Ge away in a huff and shouted, "I'm ignoring you!"

Volume 3: A Palace of Truth and Falsehood, A Warm and Companion-like Journey

Li Ge shook his head helplessly, his lips slightly raised, and gently kissed Qing Yun.

Qingyun and Lige had no idea how intimate their actions were. Lige's hair cascaded down, her body slightly bent forward. Qingyun's hands hooked around Lige's neck, her head tilted back slightly. Strands of Lige's dark hair fell onto Qingyun's body, merging with Qingyun's long hair.

White clothes are whiter than snow, green clothes are greener than spring.

The colors were clearly mismatched, but on the two of them, they blended together wonderfully, as if they could never be separated.

However, the ambiguous setting startled the maid in green who entered carrying the floating dumplings, almost causing her to drop them. The maid breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she had called all the palace maids out of the Snow Palace before leaving, otherwise, if the Emperor found out, it would be disastrous. From now on, when Young Master Li Ge comes, she must be on guard outside, and absolutely cannot allow anyone to barge in.

After a long while, the woman in green's lips twitched slightly. She sighed inwardly: Why are these two still kissing?!

Finally, Qingyi glanced at the nearly cold dumplings in the bowl, resigned herself to her fate, and turned to fetch another bowl. But as she turned, she made a slight sound, causing Qingyun and Lige to separate abruptly.

Li Ge coughed twice, his expression completely natural.

Qingyun didn't even cough; her expression remained calm, as if she hadn't done anything at all.

Qingyi took it as a common occurrence, stepped forward, put down the floating dumplings, and said, "Princess, this bowl of floating dumplings is a bit cold. Would you like to get another bowl?"

Qingyun looked at the floating dumplings in the bowl, then shook her head. "I don't want to eat them now."

At this moment, Li Ge also remembered the purpose of his visit. He took back the jade crown from Qing Yun's hand, casually combed his hair, glanced at the floating dumplings, and said, "Woman, you're eating floating dumplings like they're your main meal. People probably eat less floating dumplings in a whole day on the Lantern Festival than you eat in one noon."

Qingyun pouted and said, "There's no rule that says you can only eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival. Besides, eating glutinous rice balls will make you feel really warm."

"Woman, you can feel very warm when you take my medicine."

Thinking of Li Ge's medicine, Qingyun's face immediately turned pale, and she shook her head frantically. Heavens! That was her nightmare! Bowl after bowl of dark, bitter medicine, even more bitter than gall jasmine.

Seeing Qingyun's expression, Qingyi found it amusing. She recalled how, at the beginning of winter, Young Master Lige, worried that the princess was afraid of the cold, specially prepared bowls of medicine made from various precious herbs to ward off the cold, and then forced the princess to drink them.

However, the medicine is effective; the princess seems to be less afraid of the cold now.

"Li Ge. Floating dumplings really taste much better than medicine. Moreover, floating dumplings also symbolize reunion. Look how auspicious it is, unlike your medicine, which is dark, bitter, and ugly!" Qingyun's voice rose slightly at the end.

"Woman! Look at you, you're not even cold anymore! If it weren't for my medicine, you'd be carrying a heater on one side and a hot water bottle on the other by now!"

Qingyun pursed her lips, then immediately gave a flattering smile, "Okay! I won't eat so much anymore."

Li Ge shook his head helplessly.

"You woman...sigh..." Li Ge looked helpless, but her eyes were shining with a warm light of happiness.

"Hehe..." Qingyun smiled faintly, her eyes also filled with a happy smile.

The woman in green quietly slipped out, not wanting to disturb the two of them.

She looked up at the snow falling from the sky, then at the vast palace, and a touch of sorrow appeared in her eyes.

I truly hope that the princess and Prince Lige can be happy forever...

Snowflakes were also falling like goose feathers over the detached palace outside Maple City.

The snow fell gently, and with a gust of cold wind, white snowflakes landed on people and slowly melted into water. Some winter flowers gradually bloomed, their vibrant blossoms swaying in the blanket of white snow. The white earth was their stage for vying for beauty, and despite it being winter, Maple City remained as lively as spring.

Departure from the palace.

Jun Wuhen stood under the eaves, still dressed in black, looking particularly lonely and desolate amidst the falling snow.

He watched the snowflakes fall quietly, his tense face gradually relaxing, and tears of memories welling up in his eyes.

The snowfall last winter was just as heavy.

I didn't have time to take Yun'er out to play in the snow, but Yun'er, who was afraid of the cold, quickly refused and shrank straight into the quilt. Thinking about it now, she was just so adorable.

Things that were within easy reach vanished overnight.

He was unwilling, he didn't want to, but what could he do? He no longer deserved her.

Clang!

Just then, the sound of a teacup breaking came from behind.

Jun Wuhen frowned, turning his head to see Xiao Qing with red eyes and broken teacups scattered on the floor. A flash of disgust immediately crossed Jun Wuhen's blue eyes.