During this period of time, the Honglu Temple of the Five Princes Shangguan Changzhi has done quite smoothly, and since the envoys of Xiyan, the officials of Honglu Temple have a good impression of him, especially Song Wenqing and others, because he humbly asked for advice on the translation of the language, and became closer to him.

"The fifth prince treats people gently, and does things seriously and responsibly......" Fang Congzhe said to his boss Qian Tongshi. Recently, Shangguan Changzhi has been familiar with the affairs of Honglu Temple with him, and the two of them have spent a lot of time together, and he has a high opinion of this studious and serious prince, and he has a lot of praise in his speech.

Qian Tongshi listened to Fang Congzhe's words, habitually touched his beard, but did not speak. In all fairness, he has a positive attitude towards this prince, he is gentle and friendly, compared to the third prince with eyes on his forehead, it is much better, and it is natural that he will make people feel good. Courtesy to Yushi, this is one of the necessary virtues of the prince, but I don't know what the emperor means, and then think about it, the old guys who have lived in Jingzhao for a long time have not expressed their standing in line, and he is not in a hurry, so let's take a look.

Shangguan Changzhi over there is also lamenting that Qian Tongshi's oil and salt are not entering, Qian Tongshi is not bad for him, he is enthusiastic and friendly to him, and he also mentions a lot in official affairs; If you say okay, it doesn't count, it is estimated that he is similar to other princes, not impartial. Although there is the incense of working together in Honglu Temple, it is still too meager after all, and it is still necessary to take advantage of his tenure in Honglu Temple to let him change his attitude. Shangguan Changzhi secretly made up his mind, and after that, he was more loyal in Honglu Temple, vowing to let Qian Tongshi change his attitude.

With Jiang Bowen returning to Longyou, the queen and Concubine De were still as indifferent as usual, neither good nor evil. Regarding whether the second prince and the Jiang family are allied, Li Guifei and Shangguan Changzhi can't know what is going on, so they can only order to go down and pay more attention to the Jiang family and the second prince's mansion to see if there is any follow-up news. The wedding of the Second Prince's Mansion and the Chen family has come to this point, and Si Tiantai has also planned the auspicious day of the twentieth day of the first month of next year. It seems that the help of the in-laws and wives is really indispensable, Shangguan Changzhi sighed, and also discussed and laid out the relationship with the staff on the relationship between the in-laws, and planned for the next step.

In December, there were several heavy snowfalls in Jingzhao, although the weather was cold, during which I heard a lot of street beggars and homeless people freezing to death in Jingzhao Prefecture. The atmosphere of Jingzhao is still gradually warming, that is because Jingzhao people are beginning to prepare for the New Year, no matter what, the year is coming to an end, and the new year will come, it is always festive.

Shen Ning's day is also like this Jingzhao atmosphere, quite festive. Shen Yu's fetal image is already very stable, his appetite is also good, and he has no trivial worries, his body and spirit are getting better and better, even if he is so old and has a belly, he doesn't feel hard. Shen Zejing's examination of the Ministry of Merit has gradually been put on track, and the detailed rules of the examination have passed the review of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Shangshu, and have been submitted to the Zhongshu Sect. Recently, he has been free, and he has more time to visit Shen Yu's family, and he is also very happy to look at the big-bellied Shen Yu's family - according to the pulse image of Sun Boyang of the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, Shen Yu's baby is a man again, and he will add another son-in-law.

The news of Shen Zesi's transfer to the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate made Shen Ning particularly happy, and she was also faintly aware of her grandfather Shen Huashan's thoughts. There are many civil officials in the Shen family, and there is a shortage of military generals, if Shen Zesi has a good creation, the situation of the Shen family will also open up a lot. The mayflies came to the news of Jingzhao Mansion and the Five Princes' Mansion one after another, but they were all irrelevant, and the Jingzhao officials were also very calm, everyone was preparing for the New Year, and the cold winter was dormant, and there was nothing to say.

The Shen family is the busiest, and now it is the Shen An family. Not only to prepare for the major events of the New Year in the Shen Mansion, but also to take care of her son who is less than a year old, Shen Yu's fetus is also a major event she cares about, Shen Hu's because Yan Shang and others went to Xining Road, and recently they have to help Shen Zeyuan take care of the Shen family's Zhuangzi, and they can't spare time to help her, so Shen An's is so busy every day that her feet don't touch the ground, until this day the nurse comes to report that Shen Qingde is a little flushed and coughed, and she understands that she has neglected her son. She felt guilty and introspective in her heart, and hurriedly invited a doctor, and couldn't help but admire Shen Yu's even more, seeing her ease in previous years, she thought that this housekeeper's affairs were very easy, and it was her turn to be a housekeeper, only to know that things would be so annoying, so annoying, and so difficult.

So she went to Hemingxuan to ask Shen Yu's for instructions: If Shen Yu's spirit is still good, see if she can help give advice to take care of this New Year's event. Shen Yu's family felt sorry for his eldest grandson, so he took over the matter of preparing for the New Year's ceremony, and said that Shen Ning and Shen Mi would be thirteen years old during the New Year, and they could just get in touch with these things, and let them come to help, Shen Yu's family would check it, but it didn't take much effort, and Shen Zejing also agreed.

Preparing for the New Year's ceremony, although trivial, is not difficult. In addition to the old in-laws of previous years, the people who want to give gifts this year have increased a lot, such as the Department of Examination and the Ministry of Officials, all of which are newly added, and the New Year's gifts cannot be thinned, but they cannot be too thick, so as not to arouse everyone's speculation and attention.

This point, Ruliu played a role, although it was a bit overkill, but it also made Shen Ning and others very grateful to Shen Yuhong, this information is very practical and timely. It turned out that after a few months of training and paving, Ruliu has had some slight results, and other things may not be able to be said for the time being, but the matter of the New Year's rites of each family and each official can still be known, Shen Yuhong told Shen Ning about this matter, and Shen Ning and others also sent corresponding New Year's gifts to the Ministry of Merit and the Ministry of Officials according to similar standards.

Of course, after this incident, Shen Ning also speculated where the little guys selected by Shen Yuhong went, and combined with the words and phrases obtained from Qiu Wu's observation, she had to conclude that the Shen family had another grasshopper, although it is not clear who it is, but it should be the second brother who is in charge. Secretly instructed Qiu Wu and the others to be more cautious, not to have conflicts with the rest of the Shen Mansion, especially the people who appeared around the second brother, lest the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple, she also thought about it, maybe the matter of the grasshopper could be explained to Shen Zejing and Shen Huashan, but after thinking about it, she felt that now was not the most appropriate time, so she thought about it later.

The Shen family's in-laws and old subordinates also sent a lot of New Year's gifts, and Shen An's mother's family also sent New Year's gifts from Jizhou and Luzhou, including special gadgets for Shen Qingde's great-grandson/grandson. If nothing else, let's just say that there are three main ones from Hangzhou. One is the Hangzhou family, the New Year's gifts sent by Deshan and Kaishan's uncle have already arrived, and they are all practical, among which Shen Deshan also sent 30,000 taels of silver tickets for Shen Huashan and other residents to use; The second is Shen Hu's maiden family, Hu Anhetang, because of the friendship between Shen Huashan and Shen Zeyuan, the Hu family's New Year's gift has always been very heavy, and this year is no exception, Shen Ning looked at those medicinal materials such as mountain ginseng and deer antler velvet that are obviously not small, it seems that the water of the second aunt's mother's house is also deep, and ordinary businessmen can't give such a New Year's gift; The third is the New Year's gift of the grandfather's family, all of which are calligraphy, painting, paper and other items, Shen Ning opened one of them to see, it turned out to be the "Autumn Wind Map of the Evening Mountain" of Lin Zhushan people in the previous dynasty, the swallow belt is simple, and the shaft head also has traces of vicissitudes of life and frost. This is not a question of whether it is valuable or not, Shen Ning couldn't help but sigh to Shen Yu's grandfather's generosity.

"Your grandfather's family has a lot of these things, and the reason why it is rumored that the Xishan Yu family is not out of thin air......" Shen Yu listened to his daughter's words, and although his tone was smiling, he had the confidence of pride and pride. The reputation of the Xishan Yu clan lies in the fact that the knowledge is not in the official reputation, all the thoughts of Shen Ning in the past and present life are above the court, and he has not much impression of the grandfather's family, let alone that in the near future, the Xishan Yu clan will affect her deeply, this is a later story.

Along with these hectic things, there is a faint expectation, especially for Shen An's. Shen Yuxian's decision to return to Jingzhao for the New Year was planned as early as when Shen Qingde was born, and now Shen Qingde has been more than eight months before he finally waited for him to return to Jingzhao. Thinking of her husband who she hadn't seen for nearly a year, Shen An's expectation was filled with joy and shyness, the affection of the young couple was the sweetest and most indescribable, and she remembered that she was a lot plump after giving birth, and she remembered that she was busy with trivial things in the house recently, would her face be tired and tired? and hurriedly called the personal maid to discuss skin care.

Shen Huashan has maintained a good mood for several days because of the fact that his third son Shen Zegao is about to return to Beijing. He and his old wife only gave birth to these three sons, but the daughter had one, who was born from a concubine and had already married Shudi. Now the eldest and second are around, if there is concern, it is the young son who is far away in Lingnan, and he has not seen each other for more than three years, and he doesn't know what happened to this son. So for the first time, he also called Shen An's granddaughter-in-law, and asked if the courtyard for the third family to return to Beijing and other matters could be prepared.

"Back to my grandfather, the Shitangxuan where the third uncle's family lives has been cleaned, the bedding and so on are all new, and the maids and mother-in-law have also been prepared, just wait for the third uncle's family to return to Beijing." In fact, Shen Zegao ranks fifth among his brothers and cousins, but in Shen Huashan's room, he is used to calling the third uncle, and everyone knows that he refers to Shen Zegao.

Shen Huashan listened to Shen An's answer, and nodded with satisfaction, although this granddaughter-in-law is young, she is reassuring. let her go down, and continued to be in a good mood and looked forward to Shen Zegao's return to Beijing with Shen Zejing, Shen Yuhong and others.