Xi Linxuan tried to grab it, but Wei Linxia quickly stepped back and opened the box, her surprise evident. “No wonder you didn’t want to marry me. You have a sweetheart, and you’ve even deformed the gift I gave you.”
“Is it ugly?” Xi Linxuan asked.
“How could something you treasure so much be ugly? Truly, skin like snow, face like a silver basin, beauty surpassing a peony…”
“Yes, even if you grew for ten more years, you couldn’t look like this,” Xi Linxuan said casually.
“Oh, she even has a beauty mark between her eyebrows like mine. And this red dress I have too…”
“Anyway, it’s not you.”
“Then who is it?”
“You don’t know her.”
“What a pity. If you’d told me, I would have… oh, forget it. You’re not going to tell me anyway,” Wei Linxia closed the box and handed it back to Xi Linxuan, looking disappointed.
“I was thinking of finding a concubine for you. But since you don’t want a concubine, never mind,” Wei Linxia said.
The further north you go, the higher the sky becomes. It gradually gets so cold that people just want to curl up in their quilts and not stick their heads out. It’s mid-October, and Fengshou said it would take another month to reach Rong’s capital, just when it’s getting cold. Their tone is full of worry. Many of the palace maids in the East Palace have never been north of the Qi River in Yanchao, and they often look sad at this time, probably because they were frightened by the extreme cold they imagined.
Wei Lin also felt worried, but not because of the cold.
Crossing Stone Mountain and passing through the border, they finally entered the territory of Rong. At that time, white snow was falling in Rong, filling the space with scattered snowflakes, making it impossible to keep one’s eyes open. Thus, people and horses had to stop at a post station. Fortunately, the station’s windows were thick, the fire was blazing, and the fragrant smell of roasted lamb leg warmed them after filling their stomachs.
Wei Lin suddenly thought of Wei Feng Zhi, who had gone to Yan Kingdom, likely just as cold as Rong Dynasty.
