167 Chinese New Year

On a winter night, it is a happy thing for a family to eat hot pot together. The copper stove of this hot pot was specially made by Xiao Yao with a blacksmith master, similar to the big-bellied hot pot of mutton shabu in modern Beijing, with hot charcoal burning in the middle, and the soup base is a broth made from pork bones.

Extremely thin cut mutton, beef slices, shrimp balls made of broken shrimp and celery, fish fillets sliced into peacock screens, plus vegetables and various mushrooms, with the steaming hot pot, several children all eat red faces. He Yu and Xiao Yao actually didn't eat much, mainly because they were busy taking care of a few children.

Originally, these children had strict etiquette rules for eating, but Xiaoxiang and He Yu both felt that the New Year was in their own home, so why should they still abide by these rules. This is what makes the children let go of eating.

Xiao Yao put a chopstick beef in Ziyao's bowl and said, "Don't patronize those two stinky boys, you can also eat more." ”

"Well, it's okay, I ate a lot of wontons just now, and I'm not very hungry at this time, so don't worry about me." He Ziyao said, his eyes were warm.

Xiao Yao smiled at He Ziyao, and gave him another chopsticks and vegetables, and then turned back to continue talking to He Yu, "I saw that you had something on your mind two days ago, and it seems that it will be solved today." ”

was stunned by Xiao Yao's brainless words, and then he could only shake his head and said with a smile, "I really can't hide it from you." ”

"That is, I'm your daughter-in-law, how can I hide it from me." Xiao Yao bit her chopsticks triumphantly.

He Yu gave a thumbs up convincingly, and then said with a wry smile, "The emperor has recently become obsessed with believing in Buddhism, and he is either participating in meditation and chanting scriptures in the palace all day long, or talking about Buddhism with a group of god-headed monks. The folds handed over every day are always sent in ten days and half a month, which really makes the prince sad. ”

This...... Xiao Yao was also shocked when she heard this, "This ...... The emperor is a generation of Ming Jun. ”

"He's also Mingjun now," He Yu shook his head with a wry smile, "It's just that he cares too much about the chair under him, and he's too suspicious of everyone." ”

Suspicion? Xiao Yao was puzzled. "Didn't you say that the emperor loved the four princes the most?"

"How is that possible?" He Yu waved his hand, "Listen to me, there is no family affection at all in such a royal family." Besides, the four princes formed a party in private, do you really not know that you are the emperor? He just doesn't say it, the emperor's eyeliner is all over the capital, who can have something to do. Even a sentence can reach the emperor's ears tomorrow, but it depends on whether the emperor says it or not. ”

the groove. Isn't this the real-life version of the role of Jinyiwei and Dongchang? Or is it just which one or which blood droplets? At this moment, Xiao Yao's mind was full of past historical knowledge and various movies and TV series that he had watched in his mind, but seeing that He Yu's helpless expression was not spoken, He Yu paused. continued, "I don't know what the emperor has been pursuing recently, immortality? Scold. How can there be anything in this world that can truly live forever. ”

Listening to He Yu's words, Xiao Yao also fell into deep thought. After a while, he bit his chopsticks and hesitantly raised his head and said, "Is it true that every emperor will have such a fear when he is old?" That's why you do those things? ”

Xiao Yao's words shocked He Yu, and he thought silently for a long time before he whispered, "Maybe, we don't understand these feelings." ”

"We don't need to understand, we will indulge in mountains and rivers in the future! Why do you know this, how tired! Xiao Yao poked He Yu's shoulder and laughed loudly.

"Yes, how can you indulge in the mountains and rivers in the future and be a completely idle prince and princess." He Yu also hugged Xiao Yao, and the smile emanating from the bottom of his heart filled his entire eyes, and he was about to overflow at any time.

He Ziyao and He Zixi watched such a scene silently beside them, glanced at each other, and seemed to have a certain goal in their hearts.

After the hot pot was eaten, the family sat together, the dark clouds and the flowing gold were lying on the edge of the stove, occasionally annoyed by He Ziyi, a child with ADHD, and jumped up and knocked He Ziyi to the ground. At first, Xiao Yao was still worried, but later found that He Ziyi was not afraid at all, and the dark clouds and flowing gold were also quite measured, and after He Ziyi got up, he didn't even have a piece of broken skin on his body.

Xiao Yao was relieved at this time, and let them make trouble.

He Zi'an couldn't see it, "You will provoke them, where are the dark clouds and flowing gold, what are you tossing!" ”

Wuyun and Liujin also seemed to understand He Zi'an's words, sneezed, and shook their big tails with rough scratches, as if they agreed with He Zi'an's words. Ziyao and Zixi sat next to Xiao Yao and He Yu, watching the two children make a fuss, as if they were all in a dream.

Thinking of this time last year, they were still desperately fleeing, and once desperately thought that this was their future life, but on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve this year, they sat in this warm house, with a prince and princess who loved them, and two more brothers who never treated them as outsiders.

It's really what those attendants in the palace said in private, I really don't know how much virtue they have accumulated in their previous lives in exchange for this life, they are grateful to God, and let them have another chance to live.

As the hour passed, the fireworks rang out in unison, and everything was filled with good hope for the new year.

When the New Year arrived, Xiao Yao hurried the children back to the house to sleep, and he and He Yu also went back to the room to get ready for sleep.

Most of the candles in the room have been extinguished, leaving only two or three sporadic ones to illuminate a faint light, He Yu carefully hugged Xiao Yao, and said with a smile, "It seems that it is easier for you to conceive this baby than the previous one." ”

"Well, it's worse than a pair of twins, and then I'm pregnant with such a one, I think it's really a lot easier, you see, I don't even have the symptoms of joy." Xiao Yao's head rested on He Yu's arm and chuckled.

Hearing this, He Yu patted her back, "If you say that, I'm much more relieved." Pregnant in October, whether it is one or two, it is very hard, and this period can only be wronged by you. ”

"Look at what the master said," Xiao Yao raised her head and gave He Yu a big roll of her eyes, "What's wrong with this, this is your child." It's my daughter, too. If the prince is really so upset, then the child is born, and the lord is responsible for raising it, how about it? ”、

He Yu hugged Xiao Yao and chuckled a few times, "Okay, you are in charge of life." I'm in charge of raising. The division of labor and cooperation is good. ”

"That's a must," Xiao Yao also smiled proudly. After thinking about it, "How do you say that, you are responsible for making money to support your family, and I am responsible for being beautiful like a flower." What do you think? ”

"This is a good proposal, let's follow this in the future." He Yu said with a smile. kissed Xiao Yao's forehead, "You are responsible for being as beautiful as a flower, and leave the rest to me." ”

"Oh? The child is also handed over to the master, and I will be the shopkeeper? ”

"Hmm. As long as you want, nature is possible. ”

The two of them didn't know when they had fallen asleep after chatting, and they had a good night's sleep.

New Year's Day. As the head of the family, it is natural to distribute red envelopes. Several children knelt on the ground in unison, kowtowing. "Happy New Year, Father, Queen Mother, and Princess!"

"Okay, the new year, the new atmosphere, our house has to be good every year." Xiao Yao smiled, and took the lead in giving a big red purse to each of the children, "The New Year's money has been taken, this should be put away well, and you can't spend it indiscriminately, do you know?" ”

"Yes!" Several children took the purse and agreed in unison, and the attendants who were watching the excitement next to them also laughed, and some old slaves also sighed, "The house really still has children, and it is lively when there are children!" ”

Xiao Yao and He Yu naturally heard this, smiled and glanced at each other, Xiao Yao waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go out and have fun." ”

Sent away a few children, the rest are the minions in the house, according to the level of the house to reward different colors of purses, everyone is happy to take it, no matter how much after all, it is a good luck, this is the prince and the princess personally rewarded, naturally it is different.

After distributing the red envelopes, Xiao Yao can be regarded as idle.

In the first day of worshipping their parents, He Yu and Xiao Yao had no parents to worship, so they pondered that they would simply go to the palace in the afternoon to pay a New Year's greeting to Concubine Chen, after all, Concubine Chen was also strange and lonely in the palace alone, and there was no child around her who could greet her during the New Year.

After lunch, He Yu took Xiao Yao into the palace, leaving the children to play by themselves in the mansion, it was difficult enough to enter the palace on a cold day, so I didn't want the children to suffer with them.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, He Yu carefully helped Xiao Yao get out of the car, and the two of them slowly walked towards Concubine Chen's palace.

He Yu himself had to pay attention to his feet, and he had to take care of Xiao Yao, after all, Xiao Yao still had one in his stomach, if he really fell, it was not a joke.

It took almost twice as much time as usual, and the two of them arrived at Concubine Chen's palace slowly, Concubine Chen was naturally very happy about the arrival of the two, and she was waiting in the palace early, and when she saw the two of them coming, she didn't ask them to bow down, "Okay, okay, it's all a family, what else to worship, hurry up, the ground is also very cold." Isn't Yaoyao pregnant? Hurry up and sit, oops, go and change the princess's favorite fruit and flower tea on weekdays, how to do things! Hurry up! ”

Concubine Chen was busy, talking fast and bursting out, He Yu quickly got up and said, "Aunt doesn't need it, we just came to the palace to talk to my aunt, let my aunt be so busy, we can't care about it." ”

"It's all a family, so what's the point of not wanting to go." Concubine Chen waved her handkerchief and made a gesture to hit He Yu, but He Yu didn't dodge, so honestly let Concubine Chen hit for a while.

Xiao Yao sat on a chair and drank the fruit tea just sent by the palace maid one by one, and then watched the aunt and nephew make a fuss by the way, which was also quite lively.

When the two of them finally stopped, Concubine Chen sat on the main seat, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were happy, "You can come and see the palace, the palace is also satisfied, don't look at the palace is usually very lively, this is the New Year, the palace is the most deserted, sometimes it is really cold enough to order how many charcoal basins do not feel warm......"

Xiao Yao didn't speak, she looked at Concubine Chen, and had to say that Concubine Chen, who is now nearly fifty years old, is still a beauty and is well-maintained, but no matter how well she is maintained, it can't withstand the little bit of encroachment and encroachment of the years, the lines at the corners of her eyes, when she smiles occasionally, the fine lines under her eyes are clear from Xiao Yao's perspective.

People, you can't disobey the old.

Xiao Yao sighed lightly in her heart, put down the teacup, Concubine Chen just finished talking to He Yu, and turned her head with a loving smile that only elders can have, "Yesterday, Hongming said that you were just three months pregnant, and the fetal image is not stable, why did you run out today?" ”

Xiao Yao is not in a hurry, she has run back and forth in and out of the palace over the years, and Xiao Yao can be regarded as figuring out a little bit about the royal family, that is, everything is not in a hurry, whether it is holding the shelf or putting down the shelf, the clouds are light and the wind is light, and she is unhurried in the face of everything.

"Yesterday was indeed a little uncomfortable, I was afraid that after I came, I would disturb everyone's interest on Chinese New Year's Eve, so I simply took a vacation." However, I came here to say hello to my mother, so I naturally wanted to come, after all, my mother is a close relative. Xiao Yao smiled and explained her reason to Concubine Chen without hurrying.

Sure enough, Concubine Chen listened very comfortably, coughed lightly, looked at He Yu and said, "Your daughter-in-law is becoming more and more able to speak now, looking at the sweet mouth, she really wants to make honey." ”

"This is inevitable," He Yu accepted Concubine Chen's praise without modesty, and took two steps to Xiao Yao's side, hugging Xiao Yao with a smug expression, "Don't look at whose daughter-in-law it is, this daily ear and sideburn grinding, ears and eyes, naturally more and more like me." ”

What the hell is the ear and sideburns grinding?!

Rao is Xiao Yao is open-minded, and she can't stand He Yu speaking so boldly and explicitly, she blushed and lightly slapped He Yu, "What's the mess!" ”

Concubine Chen covered her mouth and chuckled, her current age was already past the age of shyness, hearing He Yu's words, and looking at Xiao Yao's reaction, she also felt funny.

After five years of marriage, this couple is still so affectionate, which makes Concubine Chen really happy and envious.

Now Xiao Yao has two sons and adopted two more, and now the bloodline of the He family has finally been passed on, and the incense of the He family has finally been continued, which naturally makes Concubine Chen very happy.

And, the couple's affection for five years is really the envy of Concubine Chen, which may be the so-called "one life and one couple" realm.

If she hadn't been married to Emperor Apocalypse back then, would she be able to have such a beautiful relationship now? (To be continued)

ps: It's only four thousand today, and I continued to work overtime until two o'clock after finishing the code yesterday, and I can't stand it.

Suspend for a day today. (83 Chinese Net.)