Chapter 14: The New Year (1)
However, no matter who is the chip, who is the chess piece, the days still have to go by step by step, when they come down from Changyang Mountain, or the grass in spring is gentle, and when it shakes to Dajin, it is already autumn, and it has been a few months, seeing that the year is about to end, every day is the time when the whole country is jubilant and the people are most looking forward to it.
The old people have been in the same house for several generations, and the children who have gone out to do business will come back, and the children's New Year's money can be used at will, and the small firecrackers are ringing, and the young people can finally stop and rest after a year of hard work.
For Mu Jincheng, it is the first time they have spent the New Year outside in this life, and the customs of the New Year on the Kyushu continent are basically the same, eat a reunion dinner, send some New Year's money, and the family is happy, no matter what contradictions there are, there is no sentence that cannot be solved by this big New Year.
A month in advance, new clothes were made for everyone, and hundreds of slaves and maids in the palace were also engaged in various decorations inside and out, cleaning, hanging red lanterns, and pasting New Year's pictures.
Under the instruction of Mu Jincheng, Fengshuang, Yulu began to wrap everyone's share of money with red envelopes very early, and it took a few days for these two or three thousand people to wrap up.
The princess of the Protoss celebrated the New Year in their Dajin for the first time this year, and even if the courtiers didn't care about the Protoss, they had to give a little meaning, so what to give and how much to give became a discussion from top to bottom.
The closer the New Year's pass, the more people gave gifts, and there was even a regular queue outside the palace, and Mu Jincheng was nested in the palace and couldn't go anywhere.
Fortunately, she didn't meet those courtiers, they were all exposed by the wind and frost and rain, and occasionally came in to tell her, those strange objects they received, to be honest, just a return gift, although it was not a good object on Changyang Mountain, it was enough for these courtiers to show off for a few days, after all, it was a thing of the Protoss, which you can't buy if you have money.
When the eldest grandson Liancheng sent someone to send a rare human-tall naturally growing jade coral that can change color in the deep sea, Mu Jincheng just glanced at it idly, and let people put it in the warehouse and eat ashes.
"Princess, this is also a rare object, why don't you take a look at it, you are lacking in nature every day, the slaves and maids don't know, what else can enter your eyes" Qi Feng and Qi Yu muttered while carrying the jade coral.
"You are a servant who talks a lot, you are so rare, when you become a relative, I will reward you as a dowry"
"This is what you said, princess, the slave and maid thanked you."
"Nor ashamed"
"Such a good object, what is there to be ashamed of, slaves and maids are not ashamed"
"But princess, what do we want to give back to Your Majesty the eldest grandson?"
"...... yes, what should I give back to this majesty, he likes it the most, Mu Jincheng wants to give it but can't give it, I still don't want to hate that after thinking about it, I just don't want to give it a gift."
In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, most of the palace people were given red envelopes and holidays, and the dumplings were cooked in the wind, frost and rain, and everyone sat together, with the fireworks in the sky, and their own auspicious words, the maids had not yet been in the world, and they knew that they had to make their own wishes, and everyone ridiculed that Qi Feng did not want a Ruyi Langjun so that he could bring the princess's jade coral home.
Everyone makes their own wishes and looks forward to the day when they can come true, but what is Mu Jincheng's wish? May Changyang Mountain be peaceful for generations? May the Mu clan live in peace for a long time? May the second sister-in-law give birth to a big fat boy smoothly? Or may the Shenmu be cursed by the gods and not be well? Which one of these piles can be realized?
The wrapped dumplings have thin skin and large filling, and you can eat a sweet date when you bite into it.
"Princess, what have you eaten? I've got a copper plate, and I'm going to make a fortune next year! Mu Jincheng never knew that Qi Feng was still a fan of small wealth, and he replied to her with a smile
"I'm eating sweet dates"
"That princess, then you will definitely live as sweet as honey next year!"
"......" this servant said nonsense, the fireworks outside became more and more roaring, everyone looked up at the sky outside, the Chinese New Year's Eve night, reflecting the fireworks in the sky, there was still fine snow, and the layers were beautiful for a while.
The stove in the house was burning red, and there was no chill at all, and everyone's face was smiling, without any sorrow and trouble, which may be the reason why everyone loved the New Year.
Just when everyone was still chatting happily, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Who is coming to visit? Don't you want to spend the New Year at home? Qi Feng muttered as he got up and opened the door.
"This maid's ears are really easy to use, under such noisy fireworks, you can still hear the sound of the gate in the distance, it's really embarrassing for her"
"So the princess, the slaves are still of some use......"
"What are you doing with the wind, come and tell me, which of you is clairvoyant?"
There was another burst of laughter, but after a while, Qi Feng had a gloomy face and led a courtier over.
What's that? And come to pay New Year's greetings at this time?
"Sun Youzheng, the waiter of the Weichen Rite Department, has seen Princess Qinghe, Her Royal Highness the princess Wanfu Jin'an."
"Well, get up, Sun Shilang is not celebrating the New Year at home this New Year, but he is here in the palace to join in the fun." Mu Jincheng said indifferently, this side door is too strange, and she can't be promoted faster.
Who knew that Sun Youzheng did not get up, but just knelt on the ground and continued: "Every year in the Chinese New Year's Eve, our Dajin officials will go to the palace of the Emperor Taishang to kneel down and congratulate my Emperor on the New Year. "It's not humble or arrogant, and his posture is straight.
Isn't this going to the main palace too? This is really a joke of the whole world.
Seeing Mu Jincheng looking at him like a monkey, Sun Youzheng snorted at her again, and his strength was so great that it was dark when he lifted it.
"What is Sun Shilang doing!"
"Your Royal Highness Princess, the old man is willing to give up this old life today, and please have mercy on our young emperor, Your Majesty, it has already snowed, and it won't be long before you kneel, even if you are young, you can't stand such a toss!" As he spoke, he burst into tears.
Even if he mentioned the eldest grandson Liancheng, it seems that he is another one who has come to invite the outer edge, but he doesn't know which family he needs for her, the princess of the god clan, to go to the palace to insert his hand in this big New Year, so he silently waited for his savings to continue.
"Princess, our courtiers congratulated the emperor on their joy, and they can be rewarded and go home for the New Year happily, but Your Majesty is not......"