Needless to say, the excitement of Chinese New Year's Eve was not to mention, and Ming Yue was only focused on entertaining Mrs. Antai. From the proposed menu to the small color of a plate and a plate, they are all very attentive to themselves.

Xiao Tan saw that she had been busy since she opened her eyes in the morning, but she was always worried that she hadn't done well here and there and not been beautiful, she was rarely so nervous, and she didn't see her usual composure, so Xiao Tan couldn't help but quip: "Princess, you are so nervous, you are almost in time to meet your mother-in-law." ”

Mingyue glanced at her, but in the end she was still slightly relaxed because of Xiao Tan's jokes, "I'm more nervous than seeing my mother-in-law." This will laugh at me, and when I marry you off, can you talk and laugh freely when you see your mother-in-law? ”

Although Mrs. An is not her mother-in-law, he is the only patriarch that He Zhizhou values. He Zhizhou personally told her to handle this matter well, which shows that he very much hopes that Mingyue can get along with Mrs. An Tai. It's for He Zhizhou, and she has to do her best to please Mrs. An.

Of course, if you work hard, whether Mrs. An will be satisfied in the end is not something she can control. It's just that when facing He Zhizhou, she can have a clear conscience.

Xiao Tan stomped her feet twistedly, and while following Mingyue's instructions to get the old wine that had been stored in the cellar for many years, she said with a red face: "The slave maid is the princess's palace maid, and she will serve the princess for the rest of her life, and she will be the aunt next to you in the future, and when she gets old, she will become the grandmother next to you, marry someone or something, it has nothing to do with the slave maid, the slave maid has never thought of getting married!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and ran, but his little face was flushed.

Mingyue only smiled silently, she had already made up her mind in her heart, when everything settled, she still had to find a good home for Xiao Tan, which woman didn't want to live a happy life, Xiao Tan followed her and suffered a lot of sins, she thought carefully about her future, and she was worthy of her following her.

In the evening, He Zhizhou personally went to the Xiaoyao Marquis Mansion to pick up Mrs. An and Brother Fan. The palace was already full of lights at this time, and although there were not many people, it was still full of joy.

Mrs. An took He Zhizhou's hand all the way to the main courtyard, and the festive atmosphere made her smile and nod.

He Zhizhou also looked at the red lanterns everywhere and said with a smile, "Everything in this mansion was personally arranged by Mingyue Lingren, and the first two days ago, the students made paper-cuttings - most of the things pasted on the windows and hung on the trees were cut by her own hands." ”

Mrs. An still had a smile on her lips, only nodded silently, which made He Zhizhou's heart inevitably a little up and down, and couldn't help but plead in a low voice: "Auntie, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, no matter how unhappy you are in your heart, in front of Mingyue, you will ......."

Mrs. An glared at him fiercely, "What are you talking about?" People who don't know think how much I hate Mingyue. ”

She paused, sighed and said: "Even if she is the mother of a country in the future, I can only catch up and curry favor, where can I dare to show her face?" ”

When He Zhizhou heard this, not only did he not breathe a sigh of relief, but became more nervous, "Auntie, your words are not good. No matter how Mingyue and I are, you are our aunt, what kind of flattery, doesn't it hurt our affection? ”

Mrs. An looked at him and laughed, "But it's just a joke with you, it's worth taking it seriously?" Of course I know, you are all filial and good children, don't worry, since I am willing to come, how can I show Mingyue's face? Besides, I liked that kid very much. ”

He Zhizhou relaxed a little, and saw Mingyue leading people to wait at the gate of the courtyard from a distance, and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Just looking at He Zhizhou's eagerness, Mrs. An couldn't help but sigh silently. Looking at Mingyue's gaze softened a little, that's it, what did she do with these extra hearts, as long as the two of them didn't have a knot, they were fine, and she would be relieved.

After seeing each other, Mingyue hurriedly led people inside, He Zhizhou let go of Mrs. An and motioned for Mingyue to step forward to help her, Mingyue saw that Mrs. An did not object, so she stepped forward by mistake and supported her affectionately, "Mrs. Tai be careful of your step." I haven't seen you these days, and it seems that you have cleared up a little, but Brother Fan is disobedient, and you are tired of worrying? ”

As she spoke, she touched Brother Fan'er, who was following her with bright eyes. Brother Fan hurriedly said: "No, Brother Fan is very obedient, not only listens to grandmother, but also listens to Mr. ”

Mrs. An was amused by his fairy tales, "Yes, what Brother Fan said is very right, there is no more obedient child than our Brother Fan." ”

When Brother Fan heard this, he looked up at Mingyue triumphantly, "Sister Princess, have you heard?" ”

Mingyue said with a smile: "I heard it all, I blamed Brother Fan'er by mistake, I apologized to Brother Fan here, you must not be like me - I'll give you something delicious later, okay?" ”

Brother Fan happily agreed, and seeing that Brother Fan was happy, Mrs. An's eyes when she looked at Mingyue were even more kind and kind.

For a while, the atmosphere was harmonious, leading Mrs. An and Brother Fan to take a seat.

It was a family banquet, and Brother Fan was just a child, so naturally there was no need to share the table. Originally, there was also a position for Ankang, but He Zhizhou was afraid that he would stir up the situation instead, so he gave him one thing and asked him to do it himself.

Therefore, there are only four people participating in this family banquet.

Mrs. An sat on the main seat, originally she was resolutely unwilling to accept it, in terms of identity, He Zhizhou should sit on the main seat, but it was He Zhizhou's words that made her change her mind, "This is in the palace, aunt can rest assured." In the future, whether it is a state banquet or a family banquet, I can no longer be as comfortable as today, not to mention, without my aunt, there would be no me, my mother went early, and I have relied on my aunt's care and thoughtfulness all these years, so that I can have today, in my heart, my aunt is like my mother, what can I not afford? ”

Mrs. An sat down movingly.

The dishes arranged by Mingyue today are all loved by Mrs. An and Brother Fan, in order to like Brother Fan, she also made a lot of cute cakes in the shape of small animals, and sure enough, Brother Fan couldn't take his eyes off when he saw it.

Ariga no Island is here, and this meal is very warm and warm.

After the meal, Mrs. An glanced at He Zhizhou, "Brother Fan has just used a lot, you can take him to the garden to dissipate and eat." ”

He also asked people to take Brother Fan'er's thick cloak, "There are many paper-cut patterns in the garden, you don't like it very much, just go and have a look, and come back and tell your grandmother what they have, okay?" ”

Brother Fan obediently responded, and obediently took He Zhizhou's hand and walked out.

He Zhizhou glanced at Mingyue with some concern, of course he knew that Mrs. An had separated him in order to talk to Mingyue alone. Mingyue nodded at him, signaling that he didn't have to worry.

Mrs. An naturally saw it, glared at him and said, "Could it be that I am still afraid that my wife can swallow your daughter-in-law in one bite?" ”

He Zhizhou blushed slightly, but he still said with a hippie smile: "That's not true, I'm afraid that your old man will talk bad about me behind my back." ”

He kicked his nose and called Mingyue his daughter-in-law, and Mrs. An knew how important Mingyue was in his nephew's mind. Calling Mingyue like this in front of her, I still hope that she can be friendly to Mingyue.

Although there were some sighs that he couldn't say why, he waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "Come on, I should tell Mingyue that I have already finished talking badly." Let's go out quickly, don't disturb our mother and son to whisper, and we will go back to the house in a while. ”

Only then did He Zhizhou put his mind at ease and led Brother Fan out.

As soon as he left, Mingyue faced Mrs. An alone, although her face was not obvious, she was still a little uncomfortable in her heart, and she happened to recall Xiaotan's "mother-in-law" laughter, and her face couldn't help but feel a little hot.

Mrs. An glanced at Mingyue, took her hand and sighed softly: "Good boy, I have drilled the tip of the horns these days, don't blame me, okay?" ”

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect Mrs. An to reflect on herself as soon as she came up, and hurriedly said: "Don't say that, this kind of thing, whoever changes it will feel uncomfortable." And you have always treated your majesty like a parent, I can understand it. ”

"You're a good boy." Mrs. An looked at her with satisfaction, "It wasn't your fault that incident, you must have suffered a lot in those days, but I still mind in my heart, it's really undeserved." is also a woman, I just think about your reputation is innocent, how can a woman with a tainted reputation be the mother of a country, and think that if you are because of this, you will be laughed at by the world...... Look at me, what kind of hollow fuck are they? “

She shook her head and said very embarrassedly: "Later, I figured it out, Zhou'er likes it, you get along well with Zhou'er, this is the most important thing, what kind of reputation and so on, with Zhou'er, how could he wronged you and make the world laugh at you?" It's bound to be handled very well. Alas, these hollow hearts by my aunt have made you feel wronged, so don't blame your aunt. ”

"No, it won't." Mingyue hurriedly shook her head and said, "I know you, you are a kind and generous person, everything is just for our juniors." ”

Although she had the intention of obeying the destiny of heaven as much as possible, Mingyue was still very moved when she heard Mrs. An tell her this sincerely, "Don't worry, Your Majesty and I will only get better and better in the future, and I won't let you worry." ”

Mrs. An nodded with satisfaction, after she thought about it, her attitude towards Mingyue was still the same as before, the two were talking like this, and they were unprecedentedly close, until Brother Fan ran in with a red face, and the two ended this separate conversation.

Seeing that He Zhizhou's eyes were glued to Mingyue as soon as he came in, Mrs. An said angrily: "Take a good look and see if your daughter-in-law is missing a strand of hair, if there is something missing, you can ask me for compensation." ”

Only then did He Zhizhou retract his gaze and sneered: "Look at what your old man said, can I still worry about you?" ”

After talking to each other for a while, Mrs. An was about to say goodbye and leave, He Zhizhou and Mingyue personally sent them out of the house, and when Mrs. An's carriage turned around the corner and was out of sight, He Zhizhou took Mingyue's hand and walked back, and kept asking her what she said to Mrs. An. Mingyue didn't hide it from him, and told him Mrs. An's words with a smile, and the two wandered slowly in the mansion.

"This is your hidden mansion before you ascended the throne, do you want to take a good walk tonight?" Mingyue asked He Zhizhou with a smile.

"I won't watch it today, let's go back to the house, I have a gift for you." He Zhizhou pulled her to go back.

How can there be a woman who doesn't like to receive gifts, Mingyue didn't think that she could receive gifts, but when she heard it, she was naturally very happy, and followed He Zhizhou back, "You bothered to prepare a New Year's gift for me, but I forgot about it, how should this be?" ”

"You don't have to worry about it." He Zhizhou glanced at her meaningfully, "I've already thought about what gift I want, let's go to bed early tonight......"

As soon as she saw him like that, Mingyue couldn't help blushing, raised her hand and pinched the soft flesh on his waist fiercely, and glared at her with horizontal eyebrows: "Shameless!" ”

He Zhizhou laughed, walked past her, and kissed Mingyue on the lips of Mingyue, "I thought you knew about my shamelessness, why did you know about it now?" ”

Since he ascended the throne and became the emperor, he has become more and more cold and serious in front of people, and rarely shows such a flamboyant and wanton appearance. It can be seen that Mrs. An's relief and acceptance of Mingyue made him really happy.

Ming Yue couldn't care about the snickering laughter behind her, and smacked him with a red face: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, how can I go to bed early?" ”

After saying that, he turned around and ran away. He Zhizhou caught up with her in a few big steps, and the two walked to the main room in a noisy manner.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard a sharp voice and a voice flapping his wings shouting: "Happy New Year, Wishing you prosperity, Wishing you prosperity." ”

He shouted again, "Princess auspicious, Wishing you prosperity." ”

Mingyue was overjoyed, "Why did it come back?" He hasn't forgotten me, and the little guy has a really good memory. ”

While running down the corridor with the sound in surprise, he asked He Zhizhou curiously.

This parrot named Fool followed her to Xiaoyaohou Mansion, she saw that Brother Fan liked it, so she let people hang it in Brother Fan'er's yard, and then there were accidents one after another, she had already forgotten it to the back of her mind, and when she heard its voice, she remembered that He Zhizhou didn't say a word and had to buy it to give her the name of the fool's past, and when the smiling eyes swept towards He Zhizhou, she couldn't help but smile.

"My aunt was afraid that Brother Fan'er would lose her mind, so I brought this little thing back to be a companion for you." He Zhizhou saw her eyebrows and eyes, obviously very happy, and knew that this gift had been delivered, "I wanted to buy it for you, but I still refused to ask for it." ”

Mingyue flattened her mouth, "You were so tough and so strange at the beginning, who dared to ask for it." ”

Teasing the parrot again, "You say, isn't it, a little thing?" ”

The fool took two steps on the shelf, suddenly tilted his head, and his black eyes the size of mung beans stared at Mingyue very seriously, and then flapped his wings and shouted, "Mingyue, Mingyue." ”

"Yo, you're not too timid, who taught you to shout Mingyue?" Mingyue was stunned, took a melon seed from the food shelf and peeled it for it, not noticing that He Zhizhou on the side suddenly became a little uncomfortable and frequently glared at the stupid fierce warning gaze.

The fool got something to eat, and he flattered Mingyue more and more, ignoring He Zhizhou's warning and continued to shout: "Mingyue, this king misses you." Mingyue, don't be afraid. Mingyue, this king will save you back. Don't cry in the bright moon, this king is here ......"

Mingyue: "......"

He Zhizhou was annoyed and angry, and when he saw Mingyue looking at him sideways in surprise, he simply grabbed the idiot and pinched its beak directly, "If you talk nonsense again, this king will strip your hair!" ”

It's so angry that even the "king" who hasn't been used for a long time shouted out.

Mingyue's heart was soft, and she couldn't help but smile and persuade: "It's just a beast, what are you really comparing to it?" It's not that it was brought back today, and how did it learn these words? ”

It must have been during her disappearance, when he was injured in the palace to recuperate, and he let him take this little thing back, but he didn't expect that he would say this to a parrot. is obviously such a restrained and sullen man, how did he say these words? I still miss her, I never said it in front of her.

He Zhizhou's ears quietly turned red again, he coughed lightly, glared at the fool hard, and then let go of his hand and said stupidly: "During that time, I always had nightmares, and my aunt heard that parrots can drive away evil spirits...... I don't know where she heard about it, so she had to hang this thing in my house. When he spoke in his dreams at night, he told him to listen. ”

He Zhizhou didn't expect that this little thing had such a good memory, and he still remembered the dream words he said, and he didn't see it say it in the past, if it had said it earlier, he would have let people throw it out.

Mingyue couldn't help but turn around and throw herself into his arms, hugging his waist hard, "You are even thinking about me in your dreams, you are worried about me." ”

I wanted to scold her, "Who missed you in a dream and worried about you", seeing that she was satisfied with the corners of her lips and looking up at his well-behaved expectant appearance, He Zhizhou lowered his head and lightly printed a kiss on her lips, "Yes, who told you that you are a magic barrier that I can't open." ”

……

This pleasant and relaxing New Year has passed in a flash, and the leisurely recuperation life before the bright moon has come to an end. Seeing that the post-sealing ceremony was getting closer and closer, everyone in the palace became unprecedentedly busy.

Mingyue is naturally no exception, in addition to trying on all kinds of dresses, her daily task is to do all kinds of skin care, and then choose all kinds of jewelry......

During this time, the disasters brought by Emperor Li to Shangjing City also became orderly under He Zhizhou's diligent rectification, and Shangjing City became prosperous and lively again. In addition to actively preparing for marriage, Mingyue has to deal with the visits of the ladies of various families, but fortunately, Mrs. An is in front of her, and the only people she needs to meet in person are a few respected old ladies from the clan or the noble family.

On this day, when she was putting the complicated dress on her body for the nth time to make sure that the dress did not need to be modified, Xiao Tan ran in excitedly, but she still endured the excitement and waited for the idle people in the house to go out, and then she couldn't wait to say: "Princess, Niangniang is here!" ”

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and then she realized who the mother in her mouth was, "Mother concubine?" ”

Xiao Tan nodded straightly, "Exactly, I was talking to Mrs. Tai next to me at this time, and the slave maid waited for you to change your clothes and go over." ”

Mingyue was very anxious, but it was not good to dress like this to see Concubine Hua and Mrs. An, so she hurriedly urged Xiaotan to help her change her clothes, and as soon as she was done, she couldn't wait to run to the next room.

While running, he asked Xiaotan, "The mother concubine came alone?" ”

"No, I heard that someone escorted me, but it was a man, who was left in the outer courtyard for refreshments, and when you see the mother, you will make arrangements." After all, he is a strange man, and after so many things, no one dares to let people into the inner courtyard easily.

Seeing Mingyue hurrying over with her skirt up, with beads of sweat hanging on the bridge of her nose, Mrs. An got up and said with a smile: "Mingyue come quickly, talk to your mother and concubine." ”

She thoughtfully retreated, leaving this space to Mingyue's mother and daughter.

Hua Concubine is still as beautiful and cold as Mingyue remembers, but now she looks thinner than before, but her spirit seems to be good, seeing Mingyue looking at her in a daze, she also hooked her lips rarely, probably because she rarely smiled in her life, and that smile looked very stiff. Thinking that she herself noticed it, she quickly put away her smile.

"Passing by the girder, so come and see you." Hua Concubine opened her mouth lightly.

There was little communication between their mother and daughter in the past, and when they sat down to chat like this, there was basically nothing in Mingyue's memory, except that when she was going to come to Daliang with her relatives, when Hua Concubine told her about the secret of the hidden clan, she just went straight to the point when she saw her, and there was no greeting at all.

Mingyue steadied herself, put down the hem of the skirt in her hand and walked over, "The concubine came with Mr. Lin?" ”

Concubine Hua's snow-white face seemed to have a flash of shame, and then she still said expressionlessly without squinting: "Yes." ”

Mingyue had some numbers in her heart, when Mr. Lin wrote to ask for help, hoping that she could help persuade Hua Concubine to give up her plan to retaliate against Yan Guo, Mingyue felt strange in her heart, and now she asked like this, it just confirmed her guess, she breathed a sigh of relief, and did not ask about the relationship between Hua Concubine and Mr. Lin, according to their weak mother-daughter relationship, Hua Concubine would definitely not tell her, it was better to wait for He Zhizhou to come back and ask him.

So he nodded and said, "The concubine is going back to the Xia Kingdom?" ”

"Nope." Concubine Hua said categorically, "I plan to go back to the hermit clan." ”

"Isn't the Hidden Clan extinct and long gone?" Mingyue frowned. She already knew that Concubine Hua had no feelings for Emperor Xia, and asking like that just now was just a temptation.

Concubine Hua's cold face suddenly softened, "The hermit clan has long been gone, only these years, Lin ...... Your Uncle Lin led the people to rebuild the hermit on the site of the original hermit. This time I'm going to go back with him, and I'll never come out again. ”

"That Uncle Lin, he is also from the Hidden Clan?" Mingyue asked curiously.

"It's not." Hua Concubine shook her head, "His ancestors were sheltered in the hermit. Almost all of the people died in the fire, and Lin's father heard about the catastrophe of the hermit and secretly led someone to find the hermit, and happened to save my grandmother. My grandmother was pregnant at the time, so she was able to leave the idea of the hermit clan alive today. ”

What she said was very simple, and the process was even more passing, and she didn't mean to talk to Mingyue Shen, "I just want you to be an ordinary and ordinary person, I did my best to fight the great hatred of the hidden clan, you don't care anymore, just live your life." I'll stay here until you get married. ”

After saying this, without waiting for Mingyue to speak, he said, "I'm tired, I need to rest." ”

Mingyue hurriedly asked Xiaotan to arrange a room for her, "You have a good rest, Uncle Lin will arrange it for you." ”

Concubine Hua only nodded, glanced at Mingyue, and followed Xiao Tan.

She quickly withdrew her eyes, but Mingyue still saw the look of guilt in her eyes.

Probably, Hua Concubine still cares a little about her daughter.

Mingyue curled her lips and laughed slowly.