Soon after Brother Jiu returned from the Mulan paddock, Hajlan began to prepare for the first New Year after the wedding, in addition to preparing for the New Year in his own house, he also had to send New Year's gifts to the palace and to the various mansions. The gift of the novel www.suimеng.lā to Kangxi Jin made Hajilan very embarrassed, and he could only weigh it slowly, after all, the gift he gave to Kangxi was really light, heavy, he was the emperor first, and then the ninth elder brother's Amma, this kind of identity must be grasped. Hajlan carefully checked the inner library in the mansion, and couldn't help but have some black lines, dare to love that Brother Nine is a rich lord! Hajlan selected some fine auspicious porcelain from the inner library, and then selected a gemstone bonsai made of coral and jadeite and an ivory flower bonsai, carved extremely finely, and added some small bits and pieces, and prepared the gift list himself. Looking at the gift list, Hajilan is still quite satisfied, but he still has to show it to Brother Jiu. Brother Nine looked at the gift list handed by Hajilan, glanced at Hajilan, and nodded approvingly. And the New Year's gift to the Queen Mother, in addition to some small and fragmented objects, mainly Hajilan also bought another white jade Guanyin statue to send to the Queen Mother, although there is no deliberate stammering, but the public relations work still has to be done. The New Year's gifts in the palaces and princes' mansions are much more ordinary, and the New Year's gifts for the mother's family are practical things that are selected with Brother Jiu. In the past, I always watched Eniang Nalan busy with these things, but he had never been so alone as now, Hajilan felt that it was really a little difficult, fortunately, the manager Xu of the outer courtyard mentioned a lot of points on the side, although the manager Xu had a straight face, but he was really capable, and he reduced a lot of burden for Hajilan.

finally finished the New Year's ceremony, and was busy with the affairs of the house. Soon it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the morning, Brother Jiu and Hajilan entered the palace in heavy dresses. As soon as they entered the palace, the two separated from each other, the ninth elder brother went to the Qianqing Palace, and Hajilan went to the harem. Hajlan's first stop to the harem was Concubine Yi's Yikun Palace, first to Concubine Yi's New Year's greetings, and then with Concubine Yi to the Queen Mother's Ningshou Palace.

When I arrived at Ningshou Palace, I entered the main hall after the report, and the Queen Mother saw that Concubine Yi and Hajilan had arrived, so she hurriedly waved and said: "The mourning family is waiting for you, the white jade Guanyin sent by the old ninth daughter-in-law is like the mourning family." Hajran, come quickly, the mourners must reward you with something. ”

In a word, a room full of people looked at Hajlan, Hajlan didn't care about these or envious eyes, and walked generously in front of the Queen Mother, and saluted the Queen Mother before walking over. The Queen Mother took Hajlan's hand and said to Concubine Yi: "Your daughter-in-law, the mourning family likes her very much, and I can't wait to snatch her from you." ”

When Concubine Yi heard this, she hurriedly said: "It is the blessing of this girl that the Queen Mother likes Hajilan, what do you say about robbing it or not?" Aren't the slaves the queen mother's! ”

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded to Concubine Yi, and chatted with Hajlan again, after which Hajlan returned to Concubine Yi's back. In the main hall of Ningshou Palace, Hajilan saw many long-lost characters, such as Concubine Tong, Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong, Concubine De and other imperial concubines, crown princesses, and princes such as Dafujin, Sanfujin, and Sifujin. Although it was a room full of royal daughters-in-law and clan daughters, only before the ceremony began, everyone had time to say a few words, and they were not allowed to talk to each other during the ceremony, and they had to remain quiet. Here, Hajran wore a heavy gown and bowed to the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubines with a large group of unknown women, which was not a pleasant experience. However, seeing the clothes of the ladies with higher titles, Hajlan felt that the dresses and ornaments on her body were not so unbearable, after all, there were many people who worked harder than her. After the ceremony, the Queen Mother had a few words with the ladies of various provinces, especially the nieces and granddaughters-in-law. In the entire hall, there was only the voice of the queen mother talking to people, and even the imperial concubines would not interject lightly. However, after the departure of several of the most honorable people, the people in the temple did not disperse for a while, but they could communicate a little. There were not many princes who stayed in the palace to talk to other clan ladies, and even the crown princess left. Hajlan watched from afar, Da Fu Jin and San Fu Jin were very enthusiastic to gossip with the Fu Jin of several royal palaces, while Si Fu Jin took great care of the wives of the princes of Belle Bey, whose husbands had a slightly lower title, and asked them about the trivial things in their houses and their children, and by the way, they talked about the interesting things that happened here, which caused a burst of chuckles.

Hajlan got along well with these women, neither too familiar nor very close, listening to them gossip, and from time to time they should make a few remarks. After a while, many of the ladies left one after another, and Hajlan quietly withdrew from the main hall.

After a while, the New Year's banquet began, before Kangxi took the prince and the princes to meet the queen mother for the New Year, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace with a group of officials who entered the palace to meet the banquet, and the imperial concubine, the prince Fujin, the ladies of the various clans and the wives accompanied the queen mother to drink the banquet in Ningshou Palace.

The New Year's banquet is very smooth, and the women talk or eat some dishes in front of them. Hajlan was also given to sit behind Concubine Yi, eating a meal that looked good, but was obviously cold. Soon, the banquet that made Hajlan eat with a stomachache was over. After that, I waited at the Queen Mother's place, because there was still a family banquet to attend in the evening.

Soon it was time for the family feast. Kangxi specially invited the Queen Mother and several high-ranking concubines to the Qianqing Palace for a banquet. Hajilan also left Concubine Yi at this time and went to the side of the Ninth Elder Brother, and their seats were only next to the Eighth Elder Brother and his wife, but when Hajilan looked over, Ba Fujin quietly gave her a roll of his eyes.

At this moment, the sound of the silent whip sounded, and Kangxi and the Queen Mother, who had just gone to change clothes, arrived. Everyone present got up and knelt down at the gate of the palace, and in the loud sound of long live, Kangxi helped the Queen Mother to walk towards the first seat.

After Kangxi sat down, he told everyone to calm down, and said some auspicious words to welcome the New Year, and announced that the family banquet had officially begun.

The banquet was full of voices of praise and virtue, especially the eldest brother and the prince who were comparing and patting Kangxi's dragon fart, and the smell of gunpowder between the two could even be smelled by Hajilan. Kangxi didn't say a word, and the Queen Mother also became a stuffy gourd at this time.

The feast did not end until after midnight, and then they went back to celebrate the New Year. Back at Beizi Mansion, Hajlan quickly changed into lighter clothes, and it didn't take long for Brother Jiu to come in and order the people below to go and eat again.

Hajlan asked, "There are so many royal meals at the family banquet, haven't you eaten enough?" ”

Brother Jiu said while changing his clothes: "How can you eat in front of Huang Ama in the palace?" And I'm tired of eating those things, and they don't taste as good as those at home. ”

Hajran smiled.

Originally, the husband and wife were going to celebrate the New Year together, but considering that they were going to enter the palace early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Brother Jiu and Hajilan fell asleep in a daze after eating dumplings and other food. The night was not as lively as Hajlan was in his mother's house, and the house was quiet. Just when Hajilan was sleepy, a night passed, and the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi came.

Before the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the couple woke up when it was still dark, and with the help of the chamberlains and maids, Brother Jiu and Hajlan respectively put on a full set of grand dresses, and after packing up, the couple took a carriage to the palace.

Hajilan followed the ninth elder brother into the palace again, and the two entered the Qianqing Palace together, after seeing the ceremony, Kangxi said some words to encourage progress and harmony between husband and wife, and then rewarded red envelopes and gifts. The two went to the harem to see Concubine Yi again, and Concubine Yi also chatted a few words about the harmony between husband and wife, and also kindly pulled Hajilan and told her to take good care of Brother Jiu, and also gave red envelopes and New Year's gifts to the couple. As soon as they got home, the young couple couldn't help but forget it. In addition to the red envelopes of 3,000 taels, Kangxi also rewarded some valuable medicinal materials, spices, and silk. There is also a set of imperial study four treasures, as well as a royal pen book of the word "Fu". Coupled with the annual gifts from other mansions, this year's expenditure is not too bad, only the most valuable sent to the palace, although the weight of the other royal gifts is not as good as the ones sent, there are a lot, and there are a few more generous mansions.

On the second day of junior high school, Hajilan and Brother Jiu went back to their parents' house, and after a comfortable day, Hajilan actually wanted to stay at his parents' house for a long time, but unfortunately there were a lot of things, so he had to go back to Beizi Mansion after dinner. In the next few days, the husband and wife were busy shuttling through the princes' mansions, visiting and asking for peace, and they had all been to the palaces in Beijing, and of course several princes were not left behind. After running around like this for a few days, I finally calmed down after the eighth day of the new year.