Originally, Li Zhengying was supposed to take his wife and children back to the Taiwei Mansion for the New Year, but who made the General's Mansion more magnificent than the Taiwei Mansion, and Taiwei Li didn't care about these little things, and ran here with his youngest son every New Year.

But in order to show respect for the elders, the people in the General's Mansion had to invite Taiwei Li to come.

The Taiwei Mansion is not far from the General's Mansion, and from the side gate to the east of the General's Mansion, you can walk across the road for a few minutes to reach the gate of the Taiwei Mansion, so Li Yao and the others didn't even need to use the means of transportation, so they walked over directly.

As a result, when he arrived at the gate of the Taiwei Mansion, Li Yao saw two carriages parked in front of the Taiwei Mansion, the carriage looked very luxurious, and there were guards around it, which looked like the head of the noble family.

"Dad, grandfather has a guest here." Li Yao looked up at Li Zhengying and said.

Li Zhengying also noticed the two carriages, and when he heard Li Yao speak, he frowned and said, "It's the eldest prince and the third prince who are here." ”

Originally, as a prince, it was not easy to get close to officials blatantly, but this was the exception during the Chinese New Year.

Yushitai will supervise the communication, words and deeds, gifts and other situations of hundreds of officials on weekdays, but when it comes to the big festival, it will be a lot lax, after all, you can't care so much when people go to visit relatives and friends during the holidays, especially around the New Year, everyone goes to visit relatives and friends to give gifts, Yushitai generally doesn't care, Li Yao also heard that many officials want to honor their own chiefs, so they are waiting for this New Year's time to give gifts, and even their general's mansion has received a lot of gifts in the past few days.

It's not that their generals are corrupt, but that the atmosphere at this time is like this, the annual income of ordinary officials is not enough for the government's expenses, and the expenses are even greater during the Chinese New Year, and many officials can only count on their subordinates to send some gifts to help emergencies, and over time a kind of atmosphere has been formed.

Just like the ordinary officials, they can have a full stomach when they go out on patrol, the superiors take the subordinates, the subordinates take the subordinates, and the subordinates take the people's, and in the end they are borne by the people at the bottom, but they all feel that this is a normal thing, of course, they can't take advantage of this holiday opportunity to make a lot of money, otherwise they will be reported to the emperor to punish officials, so the basic officials will grasp a degree of festival gifts, and the more they cherish their official hats, the more they dare not exceed the rules.

The General's Mansion will also check when it receives 'filial piety' things, and if someone gives a heavy gift, it will also send the giver away with the gift.

Although Li Yao feels that this kind of atmosphere is not necessarily good, it is not her turn to call the shots in this era, this matter involves too many high-level interests, even if the emperor wants to manage it, it is difficult to manage it, why should she worry about it.

The eldest prince and the third prince have already left the palace and are related to the Li family, so there is nothing wrong with visiting Taiwei Li this New Year, even the emperor.

However, Li Yao now has a headache when she hears the prince, and when she heard her father say that these two carriages are the eldest prince and the third prince, she looked at Li Zhengying and asked, "Then shall we still go in?" ”

"It's all here, let's go in." Li Zhengying led Li Yao and continued to walk towards the Taiwei Mansion without pause.

Although he doesn't like those princes either, since he has met him, he can't hide away, otherwise he will be seen by someone with a heart, and he will think that he has a weak heart.

Li Yao had no choice but to follow Li Zhengying over, and the guards guarding the door of the Taiwei Mansion were very enthusiastic when they saw Li Zhengying, and hurriedly introduced the two of them to the door.