In the wing room, Du Long sat cross-legged, and he was constantly absorbing and refining Haotian Gang Qi all night!

For cultivators, it is normal to replace sleep with cultivation, and it only takes a little energy to absorb and refine Haotian Gang Qi, and most of the energy enters the state of empty recuperation, and after a whole night, you will feel more energetic the next day!

On the eve of dawn, it was still pitch black outside, Du Long was awakened by a gentle knock on the door, opened his eyes and said suspiciously: "Who is knocking on the door outside?!"

"Childe, I'm Qinglian! Today's New Year's Day, it's time for you to get up and wash!" Xia Qinglian's soft voice sounded outside the door, and Du Long hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door quickly.

"Huh?!Qinglian, how do you know that you have to get up and wash up at this time for the New Year?!It's so cold outside, let's go into the house quickly!" Looking at Xia Qinglian, who was standing in the cold wind with a basin of washing water at the door, Du Long hurriedly let her into the house and asked suspiciously.

"When I was a child, I attended the New Year's party with my father, and I still know some of these rules! Have you forgotten that officials above the fifth rank can bring their descendants to the meeting? My father was a member of the fourth rank back then!" Xia Qinglian replied in a light voice.

By the candlelight, Du Long could clearly see the change in the expression on her face, mentioning the past, although Xia Qinglian looked very plain on the surface, a faint sadness flashed in her eyes, but she couldn't escape his observation.

"Hehe, I see!" Du Long pretended not to notice anything unusual, and naturally changed the topic: "Qinglian...... Sister, you are my godsister now, just leave the servants to do this kind of thing, how can you do it yourself?!"

"In Qinglian's heart, Childe's life-saving kindness cannot be repaid, I hope Childe will not dislike it, Qinglian is willing to serve you from time to time, even if you serve Childe for a lifetime, you can't repay the great favor in case!"

Reaching out to take the warm towel, he could smell the faint aroma emanating from it, this smell Du Long was very familiar with, he had smelled this fragrance when he rode with Qinglian not long ago, this is obviously the unique aroma of his daughter's family!

Covering the towel on his face, the fragrance was more clearly recognizable, and Du Long couldn't help but sigh: "Hmm, Qinglian, the towels you rub are so fragrant!"

Being praised by Du Long so nonsensically, Xia Qinglian blushed on the spot, and secretly looked at Du Long who was hiding his face with a towel, and the affection in his eyes was revealed!

Under Xia Qinglian's service, Du Long quickly washed and combed neatly, and he couldn't wear it casually when he participated in the New Year's party, even if Du Long had a personality, he had to wear a bunch of clothing accessories with symbolic significance greater than practicality according to the rules.

Dressed in a purple and red robe, wearing a flat crown on his hair bun, and embroidering the clan badge representing the Du family on his chest, there are two green leaves under the badge representing the second-grade granddaughter-in-law, this kind of clothing that will only be worn on grand festivals, and it is rare to wear it several times a year!

Man depends on clothing, horses rely on saddles!

The star-eyed Du Long's whole person has a new look, since the mutation of his physique, his whole person is full of confidence, and his eyes have become deep and mysterious, revealing a unique temperament, and after matching this outfit, it looks even more dazzling, and Xia Qinglian, who looked at the side, was a little stunned.

At this moment, the east has appeared white, the sky is beginning to brighten, Du Long smiled at the beautiful girl beside him and said proudly: "How is it?!

"In Qinglian's heart, Gongzi is the most handsome beautiful man in the world!"

"Young master, young master, it's time to get up...... At this moment, the servant Agui rushed in, and was dumbfounded after seeing Du Long and Xia Qinglian, who were already fully dressed.

"What's the hurry! Sister Qinglian has already helped me get dressed, let's go! Sister Qinglian, let's hurry up and have breakfast!" Du Long glanced at Ah Gui with a smile, and took Xia Qinglian's jade hand in front of him and rushed to the dining room.

In the dining hall of the East Wing, Du Long's family sat together for breakfast, of course, there is one more family member today, and that is Xia Qinglian, who is soft and beautiful!

"Qinglian! I have instructed the master tailor of Fuzhong to come and measure you later, he will help you customize a few sets of new clothes, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, change into new clothes, say goodbye to the past, and happily welcome a new life!" At the dining table, Zhou Ruoxue said while helping Xia Qinglian with care.

"Thank you, stepmother!" Zhou Ruoxue's concern obviously moved this weak woman who had not felt warmth and care for many years, and she was almost unable to eat with tears in her beautiful eyes.

Her appearance made everyone in the Du family feel extremely pitiful, and finally Du Long spoke: "Sister Qinglian, although the drunken Xianglou side does not dare to break into the Du Mansion, it will definitely send someone to guard the gate of the Du Mansion, don't go out if you are okay these days!"

"Hmm! Qinglian understands!"

"Today, we will not be able to return until midnight when we enter the palace, and I have already told a few smart and clever maids in the palace to accompany you to spend this Chinese New Year's Eve, just tell them if you have any requirements!" Zhou Ruoxue added.

Under the sincere care of the Du family, Xia Qinglian ate breakfast almost with tears in her eyes, and finally reluctantly watched Du Long's family of four leave the East Chamber......

The Haotian Empire has a custom that has been handed down since the beginning of the country, and that is the New Year's celebration!

Every Chinese New Year's Eve, hundreds of imperial civil and military officials gather in the Chengde Hall of the Imperial Palace, and senior officials with rank above the fifth rank can also bring their relatives to participate in the New Year celebration!

From all directions of the capital, there were a variety of carriages heading towards the palace, all of which were engraved with the coat of arms of the corresponding family, and the main entrance of the palace had three gates, the central gate was closed, and only the emperor's car could enter and exit.

The gates on the left and right sides are already lined up with convoys waiting to enter the palace at the moment, and there are obviously fewer cars at the gate on the left side of the row.

As the driver of the second-class master, the carriage of the four members of Du Long's family is naturally lined up outside the gate on the left, and the palace guards at the front gate are routinely checking every carriage that enters, checking the identity information, and it is a big crime to casually bring unrelated people into the palace!

It was precisely because of this kind of security check that the drivers who entered the palace lined up in a long line, waiting in the carriage to be bored, Du Long simply leaned on his mother's shoulder and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Du's mother Zhou Ruoxue looked at her baby son with a doting face, picking up his self-confidence again, and the brilliance of the whole person made her feel very gratified at the same time, she also secretly sighed, thinking of Du Long's sinking in recent years, she couldn't help but tears in her eyes, but she showed a maternal smile and reached out to caress the angular face of her baby son.

Seeing this scene, Du Zhentian did not change on the surface, but his heart was infected by their mother and son, thinking about his son's performance recently, he was surprised and happy in his heart, which father would not care about his son, but everyone cares in different ways!

"Master, it's our turn!" the old servant who helped Du Long's family steer the carriage lifted the curtain and reminded.

"Got it!" Old Man Du answered, then looked at Du Long who closed his eyes and smiled: "Good grandson, hurry up and prepare, don't sleep!"

Du Long opened his eyes and sat up straight, and soon two palace guards came to the carriage, and after glancing at the people in the carriage, one of the guards said respectfully: "The villain has seen General Du!

"It's a dog!" Du Zhentian replied in a deep voice with a straight face.

Nodding, the two palace guards glanced casually in the car, and then said respectfully: "Okay! General Du Lao and General Zhongwu, your carriage can go in!"

After a simple routine inspection, the two guards let them go, and there is no need to check the car of the second-grade master so clearly, after all, this is the palace, and it is estimated that no master will do anything out of the ordinary!

The carriage of the Du family entered along the palace gate on the left, and then entered the palace gate twice and came to an area dedicated to parking carriages and horses, and after the carriage stopped, Old Man Du took the lead in getting off, and Du Zhentian and his wife and Du Long followed.

"Old General Du, please get on the sedan chair!" The palace steward who had already known each other greeted him with a sedan chair, and Old Man Du unceremoniously got on the sedan chair, waved his hand to Du Long and the others, and left alone.

Du Long understands that grandpa and these old men are going to the Emperor Taishang's side, and the annual New Year's celebration is like this, the Taishang Emperor, who is also the grandfather of Princess Huofeng, will get together with his old courtiers to celebrate the New Year, and the new emperor will celebrate the New Year with the civil and military officials, which is also one of the conventions!

Du Zhentian and his wife and Du Long did not have the kind of treatment of the old man, and then their family of three could only walk to the Chengde Hall on their legs, first of all, they had to wait for the emperor to come on the Chengde Palace, only when the emperor arrived, the New Year's party really began!

Located in the Chengde Hall in the southeast corner of the palace, it will already be able to see a large number of officials and their relatives and concubines, Du Long followed his parents to the second-rank military officials waiting area, Du Zhentian and his wife naturally began to be polite with the family members of colleagues who were familiar with each other.

With a sweep of his eyes, Du Long saw Zhao Lin'er, who was standing in the family area of the second-grade civilian official, and seemed to feel something, Zhao Lin'er's gaze happened to collide with Du Long.

Just stunned for a moment, a meaningful smile rose on the corner of Du Long's mouth, and then he took his eyes off the dressed Zhao Lin'er without care, just one glance Du Long knew that his liking for her before his rebirth was gone, and now when he saw her, he couldn't make any waves in his heart at all, and even the hatred at the beginning of his rebirth became much lighter.

As he said before, he doesn't want to have anything to do with this disgusting woman at all now, of course, it's not bad if he has the opportunity to let the Zhao family pay for the taste of being exiled from his family!

Staring at Du Long, who was in the purple robe and looked extremely confident and handsome, Zhao Lin'er gritted her teeth, and was ignored by Du Long again, and the hatred for him in her heart deepened a little!