At the beginning of the new year, according to the ancestral system, officials in the capital should pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

The officials of Bianliang have been streamlined several times, but there are still no less than 1,000 people, but fortunately, everyone is familiar with this set of rules and etiquette, and they are busy but not chaotic.

Huang Zhen is now more and more prime minister, and under his command, everyone will soon stand according to the ranks of civil ministers and military generals and royal relatives. The same queue is then arranged according to the level of official titles, which appears to be orderly.

In front of the Daqing Palace, everyone meets each other, naturally they also have to greet each other, it is to the team in the chaos, usually the strict supervision of the wind and the history of the wind is no longer a stinky face at this time, but with the same smile as everyone, see acquaintances, friends will also come forward to greet the New Year.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the eunuch sang a sentence, Huang Zhen, the left minister, led a hundred officials into the palace, and Zhao Cai, the emperor of Xiyuan, had already sat in the main hall to accept worship. There were too many officials in Beijing, and those who usually did not go to court also came, so everyone took turns to go to the palace to congratulate the emperor, and the prime minister read to the emperor the obscure and obscure New Year's greeting text, and then the ministers thanked the emperor for answering.

However, Chen Shou was not among them, and many officials looked left and right, but did not find the figure of the Marquis of Zhongyong, which was quite surprising.

Some people have long expected it, so it is not surprising that the Marquis of Zhongyong lives in a shallow way, and does not appear in the government office much every day except for going to the Taoist temple to incense. People are not famous, and his arrogant and domineering past is still a topic of conversation among the people.

When the officials finished worshipping the New Year, there was also a He Wen Dynasty table sent by the officials and vassals of other places, and the representatives sent by the local officials preached in public, and even Jiang Chucai sent people, but they didn't let them in, and scolded Jiang Chucai as a rebellious minister and thief, so that he could repent as soon as possible.

This tossed until the lunch break, and even if the officials were full in the morning, they were hungry at this time.

Fortunately, at this time, the worship finally ended, and the emperor announced that a palace banquet would be held, and the petty officials who were not qualified enough to pay homage to the emperor would withdraw from the palace, and only high-ranking civil and military officials would participate in the banquet. Because the palace banquet was set in the Jingtai Palace, everyone turned to the Jingtai Hall again.

Zhao Cai looked at the ministers with a smile, this was a rare time for him to see so many officials, and many people also took turns to come forward and congratulate the emperor alone.

The envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Khitan, Goryeo, and Dongying also participated in the pilgrimage, and the others were okay, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty could be regarded as the first time to come, and in recent years, the movement on both sides of the river has become more and more frequent.

The wealthy family who actually grasped the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty hoped to open the big market of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and now Lianghuai and Chen Shou have blatantly opened the sea and opened business, and the Southern Tang Dynasty has countless grains and rice, silk, tea, and even famous calligraphy and paintings...

These are all in short supply in Northern Qi, and the worst thing is that there is Dali in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and there is no shortage of war horses. In addition, it is convenient to ship by sea, faster than the Silk Road, and it is well-deserved to be the most prosperous place in the world.

The conditions of the Southern Tang Dynasty can be said to be unique, and the developed navigation technology allowed their merchant ships to gallop in India, the South Seas, and even to the great cannibal territory of West Asia.

It's a pity that their cavalry and infantry are far less powerful than the sailors, and the generals don't dare to go to war at all.

The Tang envoy sent Zhao Cai many exquisite gifts, which made Zhao Cai amazed, and the emperor of a country was not as knowledgeable as the wealthy son of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and also made the Tang envoy laugh secretly.

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In Chen's mansion, there was not a single official who came to pay New Year's greetings, because Chen Shou had already been notified in advance, and he must all accompany him in the palace today.

While he himself gave the emperor enough face, he could enjoy the happiness of family reunion.

In Chen Shou's bedroom, Chen Shou was lying on the spring couch with his legs crossed. On the chair to his left, Li Lingyue sits, and behind him is Hong'er pinching the shoulders of his housewife.

Hong'er's technique is better than Chen Shou's, Li Lingyue squinted his eyes more comfortably, and listened to Xue Shao's little song in his ears.

Everyone else was also sitting on the chair, watching Xue Shao's performance, only Yuan Xinyue was listening to it while being a female celebrity, and it was only found out a few days ago that she was also pregnant. She was dressed thinner than everyone else, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth from time to time, quiet and beautiful.

The curtain of the door was lifted, and Lu'er walked in, wearing a white jacket, holding a paper in her hand, her eyes rolled and she glanced at Chen Shou.

"What? Come and listen to Shao'er singing. Chen Shou beckoned.

Lu'er raised the gift slip in her hand at him, made a grimace, and then walked up to Li Lingyue and said with a smile: "Madam, Mrs. Su sent someone to send two hundred and twenty gold and silver bills, two sets of gold and silver offerings, one set of jade plate rhino horn cups, twenty Shu brocade horses, two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, and two pairs of live brocade chickens. ”

"Sister Su has a heart." Li Lingyue took the gift list with a smile and looked at it with a smile, looking like a little money fan.

Chen Shou snatched it away, and after reading it, he said with a smile: "Those who see it have a share, and each person will receive a few golden cakes, and they will be rewarded by the master." ”

When the concubines heard this, they all got up happily and came over to thank them.

"Thinking about the beauty, we have our own rules in the house." Li Lingyue coughed lightly and said, "Follow the old rules!" It's up to me and Lu'er to divide it. ”

Tang Wanying, who was originally the happiest, had a broken face, Chen Shou didn't know why, and asked, "What rules?" I don't know who set the rules that dared to go beyond the master and clearly not take the head of my family in his eyes. ”

"I'm going to make it, what?" Li Lingyue asked with his chin raised.

"It's okay, I'll just ask."

Tang Wanying quietly walked up to him, leaned on Chen Shou's ear, and said in a low voice: "If you stay in someone's room for one more day, whoever can receive a lot more money, this is the rule set by Madame." ”

Chen Shou's eyes lit up, no wonder in the past few days, he felt that they were more enthusiastic than usual, and some of the previous awkward postures were also used happily, it turned out that the wealth was moving. Sure enough, he is worthy of being his own virtuous helper, this rule is set well, Chen Shou smiled at Li Lingyue.

He saw Tang Wanying beside him, with a heavy heart, and asked with a low smile: "Hehe, Xiao Wu, do you miss the master?" ”

Tang Wanying's face flushed, her nose wrinkled, and she whispered aggrievedly: "People don't have enough money, and several sisters and sisters use better rouge than others." ”

"Don't worry, I'll hurt you for a few more days, and you'll be here."

"Really?" Tang Wanying said in disbelief: "You have to talk about it." ”

Chen Shou pinched her white and tender little hand, and said with a wink: "Once the word is uttered, the horse is difficult to chase." ”

The curtain of the door was lifted again, and Liu Er came in outside, walked up to Chen Shou, and said in a low voice: "Master, there is a group of envoys from the Tang Kingdom who want to see you." ”

Chen Shou nodded, he notified the officials of Daqi, but did not inform these envoys, who has the final say in the current Bianliang of their natural way, it is not surprising that they come to the door.

Chen Shou patted his buttocks, stood up, and said loudly: "You keep playing, I'll come when I go." ”