Chapter 179: Festival
A heavy snowfall removed all the dust from the air.
Looking at the people laughing and playing in the courtyard, I seemed to feel the jubilant atmosphere.
Every household has been lit up with lanterns and is ready to welcome the arrival of the new year.
It is the first Spring Festival in Kyoto, and both Linglong Fang and Boya Zhai are closed on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Let everyone return to this warm home for the New Year.
Naturally, it also includes agarwood in the southwest city.
It's been a long time since we've had a good get-together.
I also invited Bai's, but because I was pregnant with a baby, it was not very convenient to move around.
After the New Year, Ye Zhenzhen plans to see her again.
After all, he can be regarded as the head of the family now, and there are so many people to take care of under his hands.
There is no way to leave them alone during such a Chinese New Year.
"Miss, Miss, this is our first serious New Year."
"Yes, I've never experienced such an atmosphere before."
Shimmer made a table of dishes, each of which was full of color and flavor, and put it on the table, causing everyone's saliva to flow down.
Everyone made dumplings together, laughing and playing while talking.
Everyone had a happy smile on their faces.
"I may not have had a good New Year for a long time, but we will do it every year in the future. No matter how busy we are in the future, as long as it is the day of the Chinese New Year, we will reunite together. ”
This is a promise, an affirmation of the fate of these people under his hands.
This home is always everyone's, open for everyone and for each other.
It's a solid haven for everyone to get out and about.
"Okay, okay, for the New Year, don't fix these sentimental ones. Look at the one in Ziliang Bao who encountered dumplings, and I didn't know that I thought it was wontons. ”
"Hahahaha!"
Ziliang looked at the dumplings in his hand, and then looked at the hands of others, and his face was a little red for a moment.
I've never touched any of these things, and I don't know how to master them for a while.
The jade next to her redemonstrated the steps of making dumplings.
Ziliang learned again step by step, and the results were immediate, much better than just now, at least in the shape of a dumpling.
Each family spent time in a reunion, but they returned to their rooms to rest after the New Year.
On the contrary, there is a little emptiness in my heart.
The laughter in front of people was all put in the depths and hidden, and only loneliness remained.
"Who the hell are you?"
Ye Zhenzhen has been asking herself this question in her heart for the past few days, what is Su Mu's identity?
The snow lotus that Mrs. Zheng was poisoned that time, she believed that he must have done it.
However, what the palace can't do, he can do.
It's a little bit of a peace of mind that makes her feel at ease.
I also thought about the past and tried to find out his identity behind my back, but the resentment in my heart could not be dissipated, and I could not persuade myself to be so angry.
There are also many people walking around the streets during the Spring Festival, and everyone carries something in their hands to visit the homes of relatives and friends.
Ye Zhenzhen originally wanted to have a good rest, but she was invited by the two of them, so she could only go obediently.
After all, the relationship is here, and if you don't go, it's inevitably not appropriate.
I specially made some delicate pastries that are fruit-flavored, plus the cosmetics I usually use.
Everything is available and given to them as a New Year's gift.
The first person I saw when I entered the door was not Shangguan Yiyi, but Shangguan Wenze.
"Happy New Year!"
The iceberg in front of him that has not melted for thousands of years took the initiative to greet Ye Zhenzhen.
Instead, she was surprised and responded with a smile.
"New year, new atmosphere, you have become the princess and princess, so I can be regarded as your brother, right?"
"The prince is right, and it should be so. It's just that you and I don't have to be so reluctant to call this relationship. ”
Ye Zhenzhen still remembered the letter, but what the person in front of her said made her a little confused.
"You say the character is stubborn. It's the New Year, and although your business is closed, I still have news for you. ”
Shangguan Wenze hesitated, but still planned to say it.
It can be regarded as being entrusted by others, but it is also beneficial to the person in front of you.
"After this year, the election of the imperial merchant is about to begin."
"Your business is so big now that you have already become a thorn in the side of Kyoto businessmen."
"The location is here, if you don't climb up, others will go up."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, without giving Ye Zhenzhen a look.
The white clothes blended into the snow and gradually disappeared in front of her eyes.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Zhenzhen was stimulated like this, and Ye Zhenzhen couldn't wait to arrest someone and ask him, was he really what he wanted to say, or did the man ask him to say it?
"What are you doing? What did my brother tell you, it made you lose your soul. ”
Shangguan Yiyi walked over, looking at her in a daze, and a bunch of questions popped up in her heart.
"It's okay, just a few words of greeting. Let's go and meet the princess and princess. ”
The Xiaoyao Palace's mansion is full of red lanterns, and everywhere you go, it is full of New Year's flavor.
The princess and princess were very happy to see Ye Zhenzhen coming.
A daughter and a goddaughter are moving and quiet, and their relationship is so good, even closer than some people's sisters.
"Zhenzhen, give!"
The princess took out a wrapped red envelope from her sleeve.
No matter how old the children of the Shangguan family are, as long as their parents are alive, they will give their children red envelopes, and now Ye Zhenzhen is also a child of the Shangguan family, so she is naturally no exception.
If it was changed on weekdays, she would definitely not want it, but she accepted it because it was not good for the New Year.
I couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in my heart, and it felt good to be treated as a child.
The pace of the New Year is also coming and going.
After returning from Xiaoyao Wangfu, Ye Zhenzhen carefully studied the matter of the imperial businessman's election.
It is changed every three years, and each time it needs to be re-contested, and the people in the palace are sent down to conduct a preliminary screening.
If it passes, then the next round of planning and plan assessment will be carried out, such as how many things are provided to the palace each year, and what is the quality?
And take out the food and hand it over, and send it to the hands of the concubine Niangniang, the person in charge of the harem.
Then proceed to the next step of screening. The last selected person entered the palace and passed the emperor's assessment and designated to become the imperial merchant.
Linglongfang Boya Zhai now has this strength, but Ye Zhenzhen is unwilling to go to this troubled water in her heart.
If it weren't for the words Shangguan Wenze said two days ago, everyone would want to climb up this position, but there will always be people who will be trampled underfoot.
Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and now it has grown into a big tree, why not fight for it.
"Tomorrow, you want to help me pay attention to where to sign up for the Imperial Merchant's election."
"Miss wants to run for the Imperial Merchant?"
Lin Qiang was a little surprised when he heard this, this decision was a little sudden for everyone.
"Now that I've come to Kyoto and I've offended so many people, it's naturally best to be able to keep going."
Not for fame or profit, just to have a greater ability to protect yourself and the people around you.
Although the place of the palace is a muddy water, the benefits that can be obtained in this matter are unimaginable.
Make friends with the powerful, improve your reputation, and increase your benefits.
Either one is out of her reach.
"Since Miss wants to do it, then we will naturally stand behind you and support you."
"Okay, I know you support me, but this matter is now in its infancy, and I may not be able to run for so many people."
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Kyoto, and now Ye Zhenzhen can have such an achievement, which can be regarded as cheating.
If you want to rely on real skills, I'm afraid there will be some pressure.
"If the young lady wants to participate, then the person can be chosen."
"Well, you guys can talk. If you have this time, don't hurry up and do something for me. ”
Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but glance at the person next to her.
"Go get that emollient powder for me."
Thinking about it, the biggest competitor is probably the Pink Family, they have already been royal businessmen, and they have been in the position for many years.
The connections and power in Kyoto are incomparable to her, and in addition, I'm afraid it's Hua Yuxuan and Broken Yuzhai.
One of these two stores is a cosmetics store that is unique in Kyoto, and the other is a long-established jewelry brand.
is undoubtedly a competitor this time, and Broken Yuzhai has been in the position of the imperial merchant for many years.
It is still very attractive to ladies and ladies.
However, Hua Yuxuan's store did not show weakness, and after her store appeared in Kyoto, it did not move at all.
It's still my own way, maintaining its original style, but its main thing is mutton fat cream.
This thing is indeed very good to use, ten times better than ordinary creams, and it contains much more collagen.
Vera Ye has also done a fine investigation, and she has made it with a special technique.
Applying it to your face can make your skin baby-smooth, as long as you stick to it.
So those are the reasons why it stands.
"I'm afraid the competition this time is very fierce, so that all the people in the store cheer me up, and there must be no mistakes."
"In addition, if there is an unfamiliar face in the store, be vigilant. I'm looking into them, and they won't be idle. ”
With competition on the other side, as long as everyone's goal is the same, then there will inevitably be conflict.
It's easy to dodge with open guns, but it's hard to defend against hidden arrows, so I'm afraid that some people can't hold their breath and can't help but destroy her, a flower that has just emerged.
The last Mrs. Zhou was a bloody example of that.
So this time she won't allow any accidents to happen.
"Yes, Miss!"