"What, you also want to wear flowers?" Qiao Zhao quipped as he glared at Shao Mingyuan.

Shao Mingyuan smiled: "If Zhao Zhao wears it for me, then it is not impossible." ”

It is not a shocking thing for men to wear flowers on their festive days, but it is very common, of course, most of them are literati and scholars, and the contrast between the world-famous iron-blooded generals like the champion Hou is a bit big.

"What did you just pull me for?" In front of his brother and younger sister, Qiao Zhao naturally wouldn't talk to him.

"Zhaozhao, what do you think of this dumpling I made?"

Qiao Zhao looked at it and nodded: "It's neater than me." ”

So he's here to show off?

Attack the shortcomings of the other with his own strengths, this man should clean up!

"Look, I've pinched an extra pleat here, and I'll cook dumplings to eat when I'm waiting, and you eat this. Shao Mingyuan lowered his voice, "I put a candy here." ”

The first bite of dumplings with sugar indicates that the new year will be sweet and sweet, and there will be no hardship.

"You're cheating, aren't you?"

Shao Mingyuan raised his eyebrows: "Who said it, I didn't tell you when I was eating dumplings." ”

"Brother-in-law, what are you whispering?"

Shao Mingyuan sat upright and said seriously: "Brother-in-law taught your sister to make dumplings." ”

Qiao Wan looked at Qiao Zhao and muttered, "It's Sister Li." ”

My brother-in-law said this, and people who didn't know thought that Sister Li was her eldest sister.

Although she has been getting along for these days, she feels that Sister Li is also a very good person, but no matter how good she is, she is not the eldest sister.

Although the little girl lowered her voice, all three people present heard it, and looked at each other, and there was some silence for a while.

Before Qiao Wan reacted to the change in the atmosphere, Qiao Mo smiled and said, "Come, Wanwan, big brother will teach you to make dumplings." ”

The atmosphere soon became harmonious, and when he arrived, the sound of firecrackers outside was endless, and Qiao Mo shouted to the sleepy Qiao Wan: "Wanwan, it's time to get up and eat dumplings." ”

Shao Mingyuan turned his head sideways and asked Qiao Zhao, "Are you sleepy?"

Chinese New Year's Eve vigil is a tradition, you need to eat dumplings before you can sleep, it is a long time later than usual, Shao Mingyuan is worried that Qiao Zhao will not be able to stay up.

"It's okay, I'm still in good spirits. ”

Soon the steaming dumplings were brought to the table, Qiao Zhao took a look, and found that the cooked dumplings couldn't distinguish the specially made marks at all, so he picked one up at random and put it in his mouth.

Biting into the dumplings, the melted sugar juice spread out on the tip of his tongue, Qiao Zhao was slightly stunned, and looked at Shao Mingyuan in surprise.

"What kind of stuffing?"

"Sweet. ”

Shao Mingyuan raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Well, go back and give the chef who served the dumplings a big red envelope, well done.

Qiao Zhao glanced at Shao Mingyuan deeply, although he knew that there must be something strange in it, but he felt sweet in his heart.

In any case, it's a joy to have a good luck, and I hope they will be so sweet in the new year.

"Sister Li is so lucky, I only eat meat!" Qiao Wan was full of envy.

After the four of them finished eating dumplings, Qiao Wan was already so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.

"I'll send you back late. Qiao Mo took Qiao Wan and left.

Naturally, there is no need to be the master to clean up the cups and chopsticks, Shao Mingyuan took Qiao Zhao's hand: "Let's wash up and rest, we will enter the palace tomorrow morning to pay New Year's greetings." ”

Qiao Zhao is no longer the daughter of the inconspicuous Hanlin Xiu, but the dignified lady of the Marquis, and naturally wants to enter the palace on the first day of the New Year to congratulate the Queen Mother.

Nothing was said all night.

It was still dark, so Qiao Zhao got up to wash and clean up, just combing his hair and changing clothes took more than half an hour.

On the first day of the new year, the foreign women and the civil and military officials were separated, Shao Mingyuan rode a horse, Qiao Zhao got into the carriage, and each went to the palace.

The illuminated palace dispelled the darkness before dawn, and the ambilight was magnificent.

When Qiao Zhao arrived there, there were already many foreign women waiting, and when they saw that she was brought by the little eunuch carrying a lantern, they all looked over.

The real red large-sleeved shirt symbolizing Mrs. Hou's identity, the dark cyan and gold embroidered clouds and clouds, the golden bird fluttering its wings on the complex and gorgeous Songshan special bun, and the woman who walked slowly from the hair to the toe of the shoe The decoration reveals an inviolable solemnity and luxury.

Many foreign women showed envy in their eyes.

How old is the daughter of the Li family, I heard that she has not yet reached the end of time, so she came to congratulate her in Mrs. Hou's court clothes, and a woman of her age in various mansions has just survived from her granddaughter-in-law.

Qiao Zhao walked to the place where many Mrs. Hou were housed, and the little eunuch who led her smiled and said, "Madame, please." ”

Seeing that Qiao Zhao was led by the little eunuch to a few dukes and duchesses, the foreign wives couldn't help but talk in a low voice anymore, and the eyes that looked at Qiao Zhao could no longer be described as envy.

"Hey, this person is really incomparable. I just thought that I wore such a court dress when I was a teenager, and I don't know if it was a blessing that I had cultivated for several lifetimes, but it turned out that people were even more capable than we thought. ”

What kind of honor is this? Just look at the three or four Duchess who are at the forefront of the list of foreign women in the palace, who are almost too old to walk.

"Isn't it, think about what we were like when we were teenagers? ”

The person next to him laughed: "You are better than me, at that time, in addition to serving my mother-in-law, I also had a mother-in-law above my mother-in-law." ”

Dali Siqing Wang stood in the pile of Mrs. Sanpin, who was usually high, but Mrs. Sanpin, who was usually high, was not qualified to sit at this time, and looked at Qiao Zhao with a particularly complicated expression.

She has been thinking about begging the daughter of the Li family to give her little daughter-in-law a look, but she has not been able to do so, and now her identity is far more than her, and it is even more difficult to ask the other party to agree.

What should I think of?

Wang racked his brains and pondered.

"The Queen Mother has arrived—"

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and everyone got up.

Surrounded by the palace people, the queen mother walked slowly, played music and ascended to the seat, and all the women congratulated together, and then ordered the women to be divided into several classes according to their grades to enter the congratulatory note.

Qiao Zhao and several other duchesses were only ranked behind Princess Changrong and Princess Mu and others, and the Queen Mother quickly noticed her.

The Queen Mother, who was silent at all, looked coldly at the overly young girl among the wives, and saw that she couldn't find the slightest mistake in the rules from beginning to end, and was even more calm than many wives, and couldn't help but wonder.

She had long known that this girl was a little different, but she didn't expect to get to this point.

The daughter of Xiao Hanlin Xiu, who was really good at drilling, actually climbed the big tree of the champion Hou and became a golden phoenix at one time.

The Queen Mother covered her displeasure in her eyes and quietly looked away.

After the queen mother accepted all the women's greetings, she entered the inner hall in the sound of praise and music, and began to announce the words of the foreign women alone.

The greeting just now is just a practice for many years, and this time is the time to reflect the queen mother's grace to the foreign wife, which one of the women is summoned by the queen mother alone on the first day of each year, it is enough to raise eyebrows for a year.

First, the eldest princess of Changrong and others entered, and after a while, the great eunuch came and shouted: "Xuanguan Hou's wife Li Shi has come to see you——"