The New Year is approaching, the affairs of the palace have also stopped, everyone is preparing to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, Ji Gongyan also set up a banquet as in previous years, banqueting the officials of the previous dynasty, and Bao Xi feasted his wife and concubines in the harem...... Whether it is the front hall or the harem, this situation has not been encountered in the past few years, too many things happened in the year of last year, turning over the New Year, it is the eighth year of Bao Xi entering the palace, Nian'er is already eight years old, the vicissitudes of the past eight years, too many things have happened in the harem, Bao Xi specially sent someone to invite Shen Hou.

Shen Hou looked a little embarrassed, the rest of the people looked at each other, looking at Shen Hou was also a little embarrassed, Bao Xi seemed to be unaware of this, the demeanor between the gestures was the same as in the past, the palaces and halls were taken care of in place, and the rewards of the king at the end of the year were also brought one by one, and later there would naturally be Dazai Palace's Zaifu for these women, last year there were more than a lady - Mrs. Zheng, Xiuxiu's fate this year was bumpy and offside favored, so that people sighed more than once, Bao Xi sent blessings to Xiuxiu, and I hope to fill in an heir for the harem in the coming year...... These are all kind words in the harem, no one will really take it seriously, people come and go is just a scene of vanity and wrongdoing, Mrs. Wei will salute Mrs. Chu with a glass of wine, Mrs. Chu looked at Xiuxiu with a smile on her face, Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi naturally as if she had never left, earnest and enthusiastic.

The banquet did not come to an end until late at night, sending away the room full of people, the noisy world finally gradually stopped, quiet, Bao Xi looked at the messy hall and ordered the people to clean the hall quickly, dragging a very tired body to bathe and change clothes towards the dormitory, she put on a white robe, reclining on the bed, a few years ago Ji Gong Yu bounty hunting gave her fox skin is still on the bed, she is deep in it, feel warm, eyes slightly closed, light a stick of incense, incense slowly burning, The ashes fell inch by inch, and the green smoke curled with a pleasant smell.

She closed her eyes slightly, she was already very tired and sleepy, but she just couldn't sleep, the scenes that had happened in the past eight years flew by in her mind, from Sangzhu when she had just entered the palace to Mrs. Zheng later, from Mrs. Qin to Yingde, from Hongde to the Bao family, from the son of Song Concubine Dao Xiuxiu's womb, too many people have died in the past eight years, these people have appeared and left in a hurry by Bao Xi's side, and will never be seen again, this feeling makes her feel deep sadness, as if a heart is held in her hands.

The door squeaked open, and Bao Xi opened her tired eyes and turned to the door, and Ji Gongyan came in with a red face and stumbled, almost hitting the wall. Bao Xi turned over and helped him over, helping Ji Gongyan to sit on the bed, she stood and looked down on him with drunken eyes, "I'll go get you a towel......" she said and turned around, he stepped on the long dress she wore on her body, the skirt slipped off the smooth skin, ** curves were exposed, he looked at her blankly, she turned her face to look at him, he smiled, pulled Bao Xi into his arms, kissed her skin, and then turned over and pressed her under him, Bao Xi asked, "Why did you drink so much wine?" ”

"Shhh......h

Bao Xi looked at this man's eyebrows, looked at his complexion, looked at the wine that had been on his face, and knew very well that he was in a bad mood, very bad. But she did not know what was happening, and he would not say, so she did not bother to ask, but leaned on his shoulder and fell into a deep sleep, and she was very tired, leaning on his body and absorbing his warmth to make her feel warm.

On the first day of the new year, there was a heavy snowfall, and the snowflakes flew in the air one by one, slowly falling, and soon a clearing in front of the door was covered by this snowflake, and the whole world became a white expanse. It was snowing, but it wasn't too cold, and it was a little warmer than the night before. Bao Xi woke up from his sleep and found that he was the only one on the huge bed, Ji Gongyan had long since disappeared, he didn't wake up Bao Xi who was still asleep when he left, just left quietly, at this moment Bao Xi looked at the empty bed, and even began to wonder if Ji Gongyan had been here last night?

Xi Ren prepared breakfast, Bao Xi sat in front of the table and suddenly became distracted, the Xi people on the side called her name a few times, she suddenly came back to her senses and looked at the person who called her, the person asked a little nervously, "Isn't breakfast the same as Niangniang's taste?" The slave and maid took it to the same dining room for exchange. ”

Bao Xi shook her head, "Last night...... Has the king been here? ”

"The slave doesn't know," the man shook his head.

"Are you on duty?" Bao Xi asked.

Xiren nodded, "I was in the main hall all night, and I didn't see the king!" She thought that Bao Xi asked this question, just the expectation of a woman waiting for the king's favor in the boudoir, and after answering, Bao Xi waved her hand and told her to go to rest quickly. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first day of the new year is not necessary to go to the early court, and it is not appropriate to go to the front hall to find out what to do. In the last few days of the year, the released Wenshuo quietly disappeared from this pickaxe capital, which caused Yu Shi's father to be furious, and played several volumes of documents to refer to Wenshuo, but Ji Gongyan threw all the bamboo slips in front of Yu Shi's father, and asked coldly, "You can't even look at yourself, how can you be embarrassed to play for the widow!" As he spoke, he slapped the table and made a loud noise, causing Father Yu to take two steps back in a daze.

This is probably the biggest thing a year ago, and Bao Xi doesn't know what else can make Ji Gongyan's mood even worse. She picked up the prepared meal on her plate and put it into her mouth, and began to be unsure whether the Ji Gongyu she saw last night was a dream or real. After eating a few bites, there was a footstep sound of "Da Da" in the hall, Nian'er walked towards Bao Xi, sat opposite her, picked up the spare chopsticks on the table, and took a few bites according to the dishes on the plate.

"I'm going to have someone prepare food for you?" Bao Xi looked at the gobbling up Nian'er and said, last night was probably between the scholars and doctors who didn't care much about eating, and this morning they came together with hunger and "cooing", if not, I am afraid that I will sleep until three poles in the morning.

Nian'er waved her hand, and swallowed everything in her mouth with difficulty before saying to Bao Xi, "The queen mother is early." ”

"Why are you so hungry?" Bao Xi asked.

"The queen mother of the New Year's banquet also knows that she can't eat anything," Nian'er said, "There is no need to announce the meal, I will eat some mats casually, and I will have to go back to the room to sort out the ideas in the afternoon, and in the afternoon my father will announce that we will discuss some things in the Xiande Palace." When he said this, he looked around left and right, "What about my father?" Haven't gotten up yet? ”

"You came back with your father yesterday?" Bao Xi asked.

"Hmm!" Nian'er nodded, "The two of us came in from my house, and my father said don't let the people in our East Palace see it, so as not to spread the matter everywhere, and my father said that now the queen mother's gains and losses are the focus of others' eyes, and he thinks it's not good and traps the queen mother." ”

"Your father is very thoughtful." Bao Xi said this on his lips, but he didn't think so in his heart, so Zhou Wanggong Yu bypassed everyone's sight, and wanted to turn it out of Nian'er's bedroom not because he was afraid that the news of his pampering himself would be known to everyone, but he was afraid that a few eyeliners who were planted in the East Palace by Xiuxiu would know about it, "Your father plans to deal with Father Yushi?" ”

Nian'er waved her hand with chopsticks, "I can't take care of it for the time being, since Chu Hou withdrew from Shen State, he attacked several small countries around him together with Shen Guo, and divided these small countries and Shen Guo together and took them for his own use. I came last night, and I didn't have a dispute with my mother, did I? ”

"Why are you arguing with me?" Bao Xi looked at Nian'er, and felt that Nian'er's words always had a bit of a desire to say and stop, as if something had happened that she didn't know, Nian'er shook her head, raised her eyebrows, gritted her teeth and was a little angry at the words she blurted out, this expression made Bao Xi more sure that Ji Gongyan was unhappy, in addition to the recent busy affairs, there were other reasons, she put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, raised her head and looked at Nian'er, "Your father came to the East Palace last night to ask me about the guilt?" ”

"No," Nian'er waved her hand and smiled, "Father just missed you, so he wanted to come back with me." I was worried that my father had drunk too much and was angry with the queen mother for what had happened recently, so I asked if there was any dispute with the queen mother! ”

"You're never very good at lying to me!" Bao Xi looked at Nian'er and said.

Nian'er bit her lower lip in annoyance, put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, lowered her head and was silent, trying to prevaricate in this way, but Bao Xi looked at him and said seriously, "Your father left early in the morning, and he left quietly before I woke up, leaving no trace at all, I thought that it was just a dream to see your father last night, and I found someone to confirm it after I got up in the morning." He's angry with me, but I don't know what's going on, do you think it's okay for you to hide it from me like this? ”

"It's not that I want to hide it from my mother," Nian'er looked at Bao Xi, "It's just that I think it's useless for the queen mother to know about this matter, you see that the father is so angry that he didn't say anything to the queen mother, he just slept all night, and left after waking up, he didn't question his mother while he was drinking, and the child really didn't want to chew this tongue here." ”

"What the hell is going on!" Bao Xi's brows tightened, and she felt that something was not quite right.

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