Waiting for the Snow to Make Old Friends

Everyone in the capital knows that Xie Lanzhou, the unpopular concubine of the Yongning Marquis Mansion, is good at two things in his life. One is to pretend to be pitiful. The second is to know the snow when you are angry. It happened that Shen Zhixue, the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was the worst offender. One climbs over the wall to offer cakes, but the other insists on accepting it; one says no one cares for him, one scolds him as he deserves it but secretly saves the meal; one is engaged, and the other has a good match, but still wants to take advantage of the spring scenery in Beijing to secretly bury green plum wine under the pear tree. Shen Zhixue said: "When you don't have to pretend anymore, we will drink together." Xie Lanzhou smiled and replied: "Okay, I will be the first to respect you when the time comes." Youthful love, pear blossoms across the wall, freshly brewed green plums, all the people in Beijing thought they were ridiculous and would not last long. Later, Xie Lanzhou really stopped pretending. He became an emperor. I finally waited until the jar of green plum wine was opened. That year, snow fell all over the palace city.