And Bai Yimeng lives alone in Jinyuan, a strange environment, strange people, and those maids who are waiting for her are all arranged by the palace, and they are more than respectful to her, not close enough, and only do what they should do.

Bai Yimeng didn't even have anyone to talk to, and gradually she rarely spoke, if it weren't for the maids waiting around her, other maids would still think she couldn't speak!

Outside the Golden Garden, there was a team of soldiers patrolling, and there were also guards guarding the gate, nominally to protect Bai Yimeng's safety.

Since Bai Yimeng lived in the Golden Garden, she went out once, and only walked around the Golden Garden, but there were many people behind her, in addition to protecting her, more to monitor.

And Fu Yun, since he said goodbye in the palace, has never appeared again, and he has not even brought her a letter or a word.

"What about Fuyun? Where does your second highness live? Bai Yimeng looked coldly at the maid beside her.

"His Royal Highness lives in the Mansion of the Second Prince." The servant girl bowed her head and looked back.

Bai Yimeng closed his eyes, of course he knew that he lived in the Second Prince's Mansion, but what he wanted to ask was the specific location.

I don't know if the servant girl really didn't understand or pretended not to understand.

"And what is he up to?"

"His Royal Highness Second has been following His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty to deal with government affairs."

"Did he ever say when he was coming?"

"No, I didn't."

"Can I go see him?"

"I can't."

"Let's go down!" Bai Yimeng waved his hand.

"Yes."

The servant girl bowed and withdrew.

After the servant girl left, Bai Yimeng sat down on the edge of the table, put one hand on the table, the other hand shrouded in wide sleeves, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and clenched his fists.

After that, Bai Yimeng asked Fu Yun again, but the subordinates didn't dare to say it, they just lowered their heads and said that they didn't know.

Since then, Bai Yimeng has never gone out again, nor has she taken the initiative to ask Fu Yun again, and no one has told her a word about Fu Yun.

After arriving at Jinyuan, she became more and more silent, and people thought that she was a quiet person, and no one even spoke loudly with the entire Jinyuan.

I have lived in Jinyuan alone for four months, except for a few maids around me, Bai Yimeng has never seen anyone else, and even Jinyuan has not been completely visited, and has only been to a few places that are very close.

In a flash, the New Year has arrived, the city is full of New Year's excitement and joy, the streets are lit up, every household has hung red lanterns, pasted window flower couplets, every family is reunited, full of laughter, rushing to cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the air is filled with the smell of wine.

Firecrackers were set off on the street, crackling and the smell of gunsmoke filled the air.

Red lanterns were also hung up in the Golden Garden, and window grilles and couplets were posted.

It's just that there are not many people in the park, and the garden is very large, so it suddenly seems a lot empty and lonely, which makes the atmosphere of the New Year lighter.

Although it was the New Year, Bai Yimeng did not think about the meaning of celebrating the New Year with everyone and having fun together.

The lively atmosphere of the New Year outside makes the Golden Garden even quieter.

In such a lively and family-friendly night, Bai Yimeng stood quietly in the waterside pavilion alone, watching the dark night.

She's been standing here for a long time, she hasn't even eaten dinner, she doesn't want to eat, she can't eat.

Seeing the fireworks blooming in the dark night sky, I couldn't help but think of the time when the Bai family was still there:

"Dream girl, why are you still sleeping? It's time to get up, and I have to prepare some things for the New Year today! Hurry up. ”

A gentle, beautiful, dignified and generous beautiful woman walked in in a festive but elegant dress, lifted the curtain next to Bai Yimeng's bed, and the maidservant next to her took the curtain and hooked it with a hook, and then the beautiful woman sat down on the edge of the bed, stretched out her hand and lifted the corner of the quilt, and looked at Bai Yimeng who was still asleep with loving eyes.

"Auntie, I still want to sleep a little longer." Bai Yimeng hadn't woken up yet, his eyes hadn't opened, and he muttered softly.

And that beautiful woman is Bai Yimeng's mother, the wife of the commander of the Late National Forbidden Army, and the mistress of the White Mansion.

"Today is the Chinese New Year, how can I sleep lazily? Hurry up! Everyone is waiting for you? In a while, we will have to paste couplets, window grilles, and lanterns together, so get up! ”

Mrs. Bai pulled Bai Yimeng, who was still asleep, up, and beckoned the maid beside her to dress up Bai Yimeng.

After a while, Bai Yimeng, under the care of his mother and a group of grandmothers, finally woke up and dressed up.

Today's Bai Yimeng wore a festive red dress, with a red agate headdress inlaid with a silver background on her head, and a forehead ornament of the same color on her forehead, and earrings of the same color, this is a set of jewelry.

Bai Yimeng was dressed up like this, coupled with her young age and good skin, she didn't feel old-fashioned at all, but was lined with red to make her fairer, more beautiful and cute.

"My daughter is just pretty." Madame Bai looked at her little daughter, her eyes and face were full of doting, love and pride.

"Isn't it? Miss Fifth is already beautiful, so dress up like this! is so watery, like a fairy descending to earth. A grandmother who followed Madame Bai also said.

"Mother...."Bai Yimeng glanced at Mrs. Bai embarrassedly, and quickly lowered her head, and the visible redness crawled all over Bai Yimeng's snow-white cheeks and ears, making Bai Yimeng even more beautiful and delicate.

"Okay, okay, let's go out! Your father and brother and sister are waiting in the hall! Seeing that her daughter was thin-skinned, Mrs. Bai was not good at talking and laughing, so she took her daughter's hand and walked out the door.

Before he reached the hall, he heard the voices of several men talking in the room.

When Bai Yimeng and Mrs. Bai entered the door, they saw several people sitting in the room, and there was a middle-aged man with a serious face sitting on the main seat in front of him, although he was also smiling at this time, but it still felt very majestic, and there were several young people sitting below, three young men and three young women.

As soon as Bai Yimeng and the others came in, everyone in the room stopped talking and looked at the door.

Several young people sitting on the chairs below saw the visitors standing up one after another and saluted Madame Bai: "Mother." ”

Mrs. Bai looked at the children, smiled with relief, and said, "Sit down!" ”

After speaking, he walked to the front side of the main seat, nodded slightly to his husband, and sat down.

Bai Yimeng stepped forward, bent his knees, bowed his head slightly, and saluted: "Father." ”

"Our little lazy cat is finally willing to give up?" The middle-aged man looked at Bai Yimeng with a doting smile on his face and eyes.

This middle-aged man is Bai Yimeng's father, Bai Lilan, the commander of the Late National Forbidden Army.

Listening to Bai Lilan's words, several young people sitting below also covered their mouths and chuckled, with a hint of pampering on their faces.

"Father..."Bai Yimeng listened to his father's words and the chuckles of several brothers, sisters and sisters-in-law, and was also a little embarrassed, and glanced at his father coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, my little sister is up too, let's have breakfast first!" The young man sitting on the right below, looking at Bai Yimeng with a doting face, said with a smile.

This is Bai Yimeng's eldest brother, and the second brother and the fourth brother are sitting in turn; Bai Yimeng sat on the left of the eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and third sister; The five brothers and sisters were all born to Mrs. Bai, and their relationship is also very good.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law have a son and a daughter, the eldest son is three years old and the daughter is one year old; The second brother and sister-in-law have been married for less than half a year and are not pregnant; The third sister has been married to the five princes in the palace, the marriage date is set for the next year, the fourth brother has just turned fifteen, and is following his father and the eldest brother and the second brother to experience, Bai Yimeng is the youngest, ranking fifth, only thirteen years old, and he is also the most favored one in the family.

She is the youngest in the family, her father, mother, brothers and sisters all spoil her, especially the three elder brothers, who will give her any fun and delicious food on weekdays, and will always find something interesting for her.

After the family had breakfast, they began to get busy, and everyone divided their labor and cooperated with each other: writing couplets, sticking window flowers, and hanging lanterns.

The brothers wrote couplets and blessings, and when they were all written, they took them out and pasted them on the doors and windows, and hung lanterns together.

Mrs. Bai took the female dependents to cut window flowers, decorate the room and garden, hang incense sachets, cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, etc., and the house was busy and orderly, festive, and everyone had a joyful smile on their faces.

The Bai family has a rule: the New Year is mainly a reunion! That is, during the New Year's holiday, everyone who can go home goes home, and everyone does things together, hangs lanterns together, writes couplets together, pastes couplets together, prepares Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, eats reunion dinner together, sets off fireworks together, and celebrates the New Year together.

When it was time for dinner, Mrs. Bai brought her daughter-in-law and daughter from the kitchen dumplings.

"Here come the dumplings!" Several people walked in with dumplings and smiles on their faces.

Bai Yimeng's father would take over the plate held by Mrs. Bai, and the elder brothers would hurriedly move the dishes on the table to make room for the plates containing dumplings.

When the father put down the plate and the mother sat down, the mother would greet everyone: "Eat quickly, everyone!" Taste them all and see how it tastes? ”

Then he smiled and introduced to everyone one by one: "This plate is filled with three fresh dishes, this plate is filled with cabbage and pork, and this plate is filled with celery that the second daughter-in-law likes, and this plate is filled with fish and meat that the eldest daughter-in-law likes, do you try it?" ”

"Madame, come, you can eat too." Bai Yimeng's father sandwiched a dumpling stuffed that his wife liked to eat and put it into his wife's dishes.

Madame Bai glanced at her husband gently, smiled and lowered her head to eat, her face overflowing with happiness.

The two elder brothers also sandwiched dumplings for their wives, and then the two sisters-in-law also sandwiched dumplings for their respective husbands, showing their affection.

Only Bai Yimeng, the third sister, and the fourth brother were left, looked at each other, pursed their lips, and then the three of them picked up dumplings with each other.

"Come, sister, you eat this, third sister, this is not bad, you can taste it."

"Fifth sister, this is delicious, fourth brother, you can eat it too."

"Third sister, come, this is for you, fourth brother, this is for you."

The rest of the people looked at the three siblings, shook their heads lightly and laughed dotingly.

A reunion dinner was spent in a pleasant, happy atmosphere.