On the twenty-eighth day of the new year, Pei Yuan specially let the lion dance team invited by Liuyu in advance have already entered the palace, and in order to be sure, they have to rehearse in the palace for two days in advance, and wait until the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve to perform.

Looking at the high platform being built on the square in front of the palace hall, Shen Jiahe asked Pei Yuan on the side strangely: "What is this for?" ”

"Pei's New Year's customs are a little different from those of the previous dynasty," Pei Yuan explained to her: "On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Pei's will ask the representative to stand on the high platform and light firecrackers to pray for good weather in the coming year." ”

The custom of setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year is everywhere, but I am afraid that such a painstaking effort to build a stage can only be done by the royal family, Shen Jiahe was curious: "What about the Jintai family?" Do they celebrate the New Year like us? ”

According to the modern situation, Jintai should belong to ethnic minorities, and some ethnic minorities seem to be just Chinese New Year's Eve.

Pei Yuan tightened her cloak a little before explaining to her, "They are all on the same day as us, but the process of the day is slightly different. ”

When they talked about the Spring Festival customs in Northern Burma in the palace, they didn't know that there was a serious frostbite in Northern Burma at this time, and the frost damage in previous years was not as bad as this year's, which caught Jintai's father Yan Shuo off guard.

Early in the morning, he personally led the army to the severely affected places to settle the refugees, but when he ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain, his subordinates came over in a panic to report: "Chief, our grain has been damaged a lot by moisture, and the quantity that can be transported is really limited, I am afraid that it will not support so many people to eat." ”

Yan Shuo looked at the disaster-stricken people behind him, if there was no food, even if he rescued them from the disaster-stricken place, it would be useless.

Yan Shuo was anxious, but there was no way to do it, it was winter now, and there was a shortage of food everywhere, so after thinking for a long time, he had to call his cronies and order: "You go to General Shi's place and tell him about the situation here, my token of this, you show it to General Shi, he will definitely help." ”

For the sake of today's plan, we can only turn to our neighbors for help, and General Shi will not stand idly by and say anything about the diplomatic relations between our two countries.

General Shi met Yan Shuo's cronies in the middle of the night, and after listening to his narration, he took Yan Shuo's token from him: "Yes, it is indeed your leader's thing, in this way, you can rest for a while, and I will arrange it with my subordinates." ”

General Shi summoned his subordinates overnight to discuss the matter, then counted the grain that could be mobilized in the city, ordered a small army, and began to go to Northern Burma in the early morning with the grain.

General Shi arrived in Northern Burma at noon the next day, and Yan Shuo, who got the news early in the morning, personally brought several of his subordinates down to greet him: "General Shi sent charcoal in the snow, I, Yan Shuo, am grateful!" ”

"Leader Yan also helped us a lot before, and neighbors should help each other, so be polite." General Shi arched his hand, pointed to the army behind him, and said, "This is the food I brought, and Leader Yan should arrange for someone to send it down first." ”

Yan Shuo breathed a sigh of relief when the disaster was alleviated, and then welcomed General Shi into the tent and explained to him: "The grain we originally stored was enough to deal with such a disaster, but this year, for some reason, the grain has been damp a lot, which has caused the current situation, thanks to General Shi's help." ”

General Shi pondered for a moment and suggested to Yan Shuo: "The humid and hot environment will cause the grain to be damp, and these damp grains cannot be eaten by people, but they can be eaten by livestock, and they must not be wasted." ”

"In addition, before storing in the future, the grain must be dried thoroughly and then preserved, and it must be isolated from the ground, so that the storage environment is not subject to rain and moisture, so as to keep it dry, and it is best to put a large amount of lime in the warehouse, so that it can be foolproof." General Shi told him his methods one by one.

"After being taught, in the future, I will definitely instruct the people below to store grain according to General Shi's method." Yan Shuo arched his hand, and then invited General Shi, "Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, General Shi, please don't dislike it, just stay with me for this Spring Festival." ”

General Shi hurriedly postponed and said: "How can this disturb Leader Yan Shuo, this time I am not here alone, so many people are here to cause trouble for Leader Yan." ”

"General Shi is really outside, you have helped us so much today, if you don't stay, you will treat me Yan Shuo as an outsider, I really don't want to go, please General Shi must stay, I will arrange those people under you, General Shi, please rest assured." Yan Shuo warmly invited, but General Shi was not easy to refuse, so he agreed to stay and celebrate the New Year with Yan Shuo.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, all the children of the royal family had to enter the palace for the New Year, and early in the morning, Jintai began to take Pei Niting to clean up and dress up, Pei Hao finished breakfast alone, and waited outside the house for a long time but did not see the two come out.

"Go inside and urge the princess, let her and the county lord hurry up." Pei Hao saw that a maid was passing by, and he hurriedly commanded.

Before the maid could respond, Jintai had already opened the door and came out, and what Pei Hao had just said fell into her ears word for word, and she yelled at Pei Hao unhappily: "What's the matter, I didn't try my best to dress up to give you a long face, but you are still unhappy, you can go by yourself today, this princess is not going!" ”

Saying that he was about to close the door, Pei Hao hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his feet against the door on the side, and the other side reached out and grabbed Jintai's sleeve and coaxed: "I'm not afraid that the imperial brother will be blamed for going late, look at how beautiful our princess is today, she is simply radiant, how can you be angry, it is not good to look angry if you are angry." ”

Pei Niting stood aside and pulled Pei Hao's sleeve and said, "Uncle, uncle, do you think Tingting looks good today?" This is the new clothes that my aunt made for Tingting. ”

Pei Niting, who was wearing a red brocade palace dress, looked even more fair-cheeked, her big eyes were shining, she was really cute, Pei Hao reached out and hugged her in his arms and smiled: "Tingting is also good-looking, Tingting is as good-looking as her aunt." ”

In the end, I didn't forget to continue to praise Jintai: "Of course, this is all the credit of my aunt, it is my aunt who worked hard to get up early in the morning to dress up Tingting, Tingting will be so good-looking, Tingting is not hurry up to thank her aunt." ”

In Tingting's crisp thanks, Jintai finally showed a little smile, and the three of them finally set off to enter the palace.

Before the dinner began, Pei Hao was going to greet the Queen Mother, but he couldn't see the Queen Mother's figure left and right in the main hall, so he had to ask Pei Yuan: "The emperor won't invite the Queen Mother." ”

Pei Hao glanced at him speechlessly: "I'm such a person who doesn't know the severity?" People had already invited her, but she said that she was not feeling well, and it was inevitable that everyone would not be happy with the meal, so she didn't come to join in the fun. ”

Her biological son was still suffering in the palace, so she watched Pei Yuan go to light firecrackers as the representative of the Pei family, and the Queen Mother couldn't stand it, so she simply found an excuse to shirk it, and saved herself from watching the sad scene.

And Zhenzhen is just a palace maid, and she has nothing to do with the Pei family, so she can only accompany the queen mother in Jiuluan Palace and enjoy the unique heavy atmosphere in Jiuluan Palace.

In previous years, the dishes of the palace banquet were all specific, and this year Pei Yuan didn't want to change it much, so he followed previous years, but Shen Jiahe's meal Pei Yuan instructed Xiao Qi to prepare it separately.

Shen Jiahe looked at the different dishes on both sides and said with a smile: "I'm just pregnant, I don't need to be so taboo, you are too fussful." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks to grab the fish on Pei Yuan's plate, but Pei Yuan moved the fish to the side, which happened to be out of reach of Shen Jiahe.

"This fish is too spicy for you to eat, you have a sweet and sour squirrel fish made for you by Xiao Qi, don't worry about what is in my bowl." Pei Yuan said with a smile.

Halfway through the banquet, a dancer came up and danced a green waist, Pei Yuan whispered to Shen Jiahe and bit his ear: "I don't know who in the palace has no eyesight, but this song is arranged, and it is not as good as half of the queen's dance." ”

Shen Jiahe glanced at Pei Yuan with disgust: "Talking nonsense!" You're the emperor, and you're not in shape! ”

After the end of the song Green Waist, Pei Niting waved her little hand and said: "Tingting can also dance, Tingting will also dance." ”

Shen Jiahe looked at Pei Niting with a smile, although the clothes she was wearing today were palace clothes, they had been changed a little, and they should have been specially prepared, so she said softly: "Okay, let the musicians accompany Tingting." ”

The sound of ding dong dong music sounded, Pei Niting danced the water sleeves on her body, but she also had a bit of taste, but she didn't learn it completely, and she only danced for a short time to thank everyone.

Pei Yuan smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Tingting danced so well, uncle has to reward you well, I just don't know what Tingting wants?" ”

"Well," Tingting tilted her head, as if she was thinking about the problem very seriously, and said to Pei Yuan with a smile later, "Tingting wants a kiss from the queen's aunt." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall laughed, and Shen Jiahe's body was inconvenient to move, so he beckoned to her: "Tingting, come to your aunt's place, let your aunt kiss her well." ”

After knowing that Shen Jiahe had a baby in her belly, Pei Niting cautiously walked over and lay on Shen Jiahe's lap and looked up at her: "Does my aunt like the dance Tingting just danced?" ”

Shen Jiahe gently kissed her on the cheek, and wiped off a little lipstick on it with a handkerchief, and then replied with a smile: "I like it, Tingting dances so well, when Tingting grows up, she will definitely be a beauty who captivates the country and the city." ”

Pei Yuan sat aside and pretended to be unhappy and said, "Alas, Tingting doesn't like my uncle anymore when she has an uncle, and my uncle is really sad and sad." ”

Tingting giggled, got up from Shen Jiahe's lap, walked around Pei Yuan's side and kissed him: "Uncle doesn't care, Tingting likes you just the same." ”

Pei Shu looked at the laughing people above, and then withdrew from the seat under the excuse, found the palace people who arranged fireworks outside, and asked them to check it carefully again, so as not to make any mistakes.

This is his New Year's gift to Shen Jiahe, and it is also his performance in front of Pei Yuan, only success is allowed.

When he returned to the banquet, the brothers on the side pegged him and asked him what the situation was about the previous matter of King Zhuang, Pei Shu was impatient, so he said coldly: "You guys ask about these things during the New Year, do you all think that your life is too good, why don't you hurry up and eat!" ”

A few people shouted at him, and he didn't dare to ask again, he only lowered his head to eat, Pei Shu looked up at Shen Jiahe, she sat there with a lot of manners, as if she was not eating dishes, but fairy wind and jade dew, but she was really far away from herself.

When the food was almost finished, Pei Yuan got up and greeted: "In previous years, I used to sing on the stage, but I don't think there is anything new, but this year I invited the lion dancers from the people to the palace to show everyone a lively show." ”

The high platform outside has been arranged, the palace lamps are lit all around, and a big red lantern ball in the middle is thrown high and catched, and the little eunuch sees the chief manager beckoning from a distance, so he slams the gong, and the lion dance performance officially begins.

Jintai didn't blink his eyes when he watched from the side, and excitedly pointed to the lion dance on the stage and said to Pei Hao: "Why didn't you tell me that you still have such fun things here, it's so beautiful." ”

Pei Hao then remembered that there was no such performance on Jintai's side, so he smiled and said to her: "If you like it, when the Lantern Festival is held tomorrow, I will invite you to invite a team to perform in the house." ”

When the lion dance was about to end, Pei Shu retreated to the backstage, and when he saw them saluting and thanking, he commanded the palace people to light up the fireworks hidden in the dark night one after another.

With a loud bang, the sky like a black curtain exploded with bright fireworks, and after the fleeting beauty, other fireworks quickly made up, and Pei Shu, who was standing in the dark night, only looked at Shen Jiahe quietly.