The New Year of the National Teacher's Mansion was very dull, and the lord of the country did not feast on the ministers, so Rodin did not enter the palace. There are no visitors in the house, not because the national teacher is not popular, but because everyone wants to celebrate the New Year at home.

"Take off the lantern in front of the door. Rodin saw the servant who was busy hanging lanterns outside the gate of the house and said to the butler.

"My lord, today is the New Year, and it looks festive to hang it up. The housekeeper was very embarrassed when he heard this, how could there be such a thing as picking red lanterns for the New Year?

"You must know that there is nothing to celebrate in Beichang. Rodin finished speaking, and returned to the house to begin eating.

The housekeeper had no choice but to comply.

The food on the table is no different from usual, a bowl of rice, a plate of very ordinary dishes, a bowl of clear soup, made up a slightly shabby Chinese New Year's Eve meal, which is really inconsistent with his status as a national teacher, but Rodin doesn't seem to care about it, and still eats very seriously.

In contrast to the blandness of the National Teacher's Mansion, the streets of Chuo Main Street are lined with red lanterns, and there is a sound of laughter and laughter everywhere.

The heavy snow has been falling for many days, but it has stopped at the time of the upcoming New Year, which is really a blessing from heaven in the eyes of ordinary people, and everyone on the street seems to be very happy.

But happiness is only part of the story.

Beigong.

"Ahem... Ahem..."

From time to time, there was a painful coughing sound in the Beigong Shangshan prison.

"Father, it's the New Year, why don't you let your eldest brother come over. ”

A young man of about twelve or thirteen years old sat on a chair in front of the dining table and asked cautiously, the young man's face was a little green, as if he was afraid of his father in his mouth, and immediately looked down at the soup bowl in front of him after speaking, and did not dare to look up.

The young man's name is Xu Shiliang, the son of the king of Beichang.

"Don't mention your big brother. King Beichang waved his hand and said, coughing painfully twice after speaking.

"Shiliang, after eating, you can go and have a look. King Beichang said with some hesitation.

Hesitation is really not in line with the character of this lord of the country, but he just hesitated to say it, so Xu Shiliang was very happy about it.

"Yes, yes, thank you, Father. ”

The dishes on the table are very rich, but there are only two people, a father and a son, which is not a state banquet, it can only be said to be a relatively ordinary family banquet, and the king of Beichang did not set up a banquet in the palace this year due to his health, so only he and Xu Shiliang came to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

But Xu Shiliang's mind was no longer on this family banquet after hearing King Beichang's promise.

Outside the Grand Prince's Mansion.

Two guards wearing ordinary armor and holding spears stood quietly in front of the gate of the mansion, like two stone statues, motionless, they were not the guards of the prince's mansion, and they did not dare to disobey the orders of the king of Beichang even during the New Year.

"The lord of the country has decreed that no one is allowed to enter!"

Two guards crossed spears across the door of the mansion and said to a young man standing in front of the mansion.

"I.... It's Chinese New Year today..... My father asked me to come and see my eldest brother. Xu Shiliang looked at the two guards a little frightened, panicked and took two steps back, the food box he was carrying fell to the ground, and hurriedly squatted down to pick up the food box, carefully checking the food inside.

"Wait a minute, don't hurt him. ”

A figure in the mansion hurriedly walked out, with a look of anxiety on his face, it was the eldest prince Xu Shichang.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Great Prince. When the two guards saw this man, they hurriedly knelt on one knee and saluted.

Even if Xu Shichang is grounded now, he is still the eldest prince, the future successor of the empire, and it is not something that these guards can offend.

"Big brother! They wouldn't let me in. Xu Shiliang was very happy to see his eldest brother, and when he wanted to say this, he thought that the two guards were still there, so he was even more embarrassed.

"But my father asked you to come?" Xu Shichang was also very happy to see his own brother.

"Well, my father said that today is the New Year, let me come and see you. ”

"Since it is my father's will, then come in. ”

"Your Royal Highness, this ......" the two guards looked embarrassed. It's not that these two people admit to death, saying that no one can enter if they can't let people in, but they haven't seen this young man, although listening to their conversation should also be a prince, but if something goes wrong, their whole family is not enough to kill their heads.

"What's the matter? He came by order of the lord of the country, and you dare to stop him?"

"The subordinates don't dare, they are offended, and I ask His Royal Highness the Prince to forgive me. ”

The house is not obviously decadent, even if it is grounded, there will still be people in the house to take care of it and take care of daily life.

"Big brother, I brought you something delicious. However, just sprinkled some. As soon as he entered the mansion, Xu Shiliang raised the food box and said happily.

"Haha, how can the eldest brother lack food. You, on the other hand, have grown a lot taller. Father, how are you doing lately?"

Xu Shichang is telling the truth, the prince's mansion will never lack food, even if he is grounded, as long as he is not degraded, then he is still a prince, and the prince will not be treated less.

"My father's health is very bad, he has been coughing, and the two of us are eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner this year. ”

"yes, I see. ”

For Xu Shichang, this Chinese New Year's Eve meal was very rich, even if it was sprinkled some.

For Xu Shiliang, he was very happy to see his eldest brother, even though his eldest brother was grounded.

For the people of Beiyang City, they are very content with the present, although the days have not changed.

But for some, the year has been a mess.

"What the hell is this weather? It's still raining during the New Year, and this year can't be over?" Xu An pointed to the weather outside and said with a scolding.

"I've heard that the bigger the festival, the more grumpy some people will be, and that's true. Yun Wangshu sat on a chair in the shop and took a sip of water, and said seriously.

"Well, that's right. Cheng Wu nodded in agreement and continued Yun Wangshu's words.

After getting along for a long time, the three of them also got acquainted.

"Aren't you going back for the New Year?" Xu An asked, naturally not Cheng Wu, but Yun Wangshu, could it be that she had to come down to look at herself for the New Year?

"Wangshulou does not have the saying of the New Year. ”

"It's really a boring sect. ”

Because of the rain, Sanhe Town is not very noisy, and every family just lives according to their usual habits, and for them, the New Year is just to eat an extra steamed bun and drink more soup at night.

But Xu An was not willing to do so.

"The lantern was hung higher, higher, yes, crooked. Xu An stood in front of the porch and tilted his head to look at Cheng Wu who was hanging a lantern above, expressing his opinions from time to time.

Yun Wangshu was speechless when he looked at this scene, he had been preparing things for the New Year in the market since a few days ago, what was the point of doing this?

"You did this?" Yun Wangshu said, looking at the pile of raw flat food on the table in front of him.

"Almost, I bought it. Xu An nodded, staring at the boiling water in the pot seriously.

Cheng Wu and Yun Wangshu both felt that this person was really shameless, and nodded so seriously.

"Is the sauce ready? Xu An shouted at Cheng Wu, who was making sauce, while eating flat food.

"Okay, right away. Cheng Wu quickly responded.

"I didn't expect you to be such a lazy person on weekdays, but you are so active in the New Year. ”

"The New Year is different from usual, and you can't say anything about it if you haven't had the New Year. Xu An was busy eating and didn't bother to pay attention to her.

"What's the difference?"

"It's the Chinese New Year, of course it's different. ”

Cheng Wu felt that this year was very pleasant, and Yun Wangshu felt that this year was very novel, but for Xu An, he always felt that something was missing.

Some people are happy and some are worried, perhaps, the sword lying on the ground can understand him, it is Xu An's sword, and the name of that sword is Forget Sorrow.