After Xiahou Zhong led everyone in the palace to thank him, he opened the meal rewarded by His Majesty and put it on the table, but it was just an ordinary lion's head and eight-treasure duck, and the meal was already cold.

Xiahou picked up a lion's head and put it in the old lady's bowl and said, "Mother use it first." ”

The old lady moved her chopsticks with a smile, and after tasting it, she said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's grace, my Xiahou Mansion is prosperous this year, and my children and grandchildren are healthy. After finishing speaking, he smiled heartily and urged everyone to eat.

There were four seats in the house, the old lady and the Xiahou Zhong brothers took the Wang family and the Dong family to sit at a table, and the Xiahou Shuang brothers and sisters sat at a table next to them.

When everyone was lively, the old lady ordered the banquet to be removed, and called the housekeeper to give each maid a silver reward, and suddenly there was a sound of gratitude in the house.

Xiahou Shuang was not sleepy when she returned to Biluoxuan, and gave a few maids fifty taels of silver each, and each of them gave two bead hairpins, and the happy maids thanked them one after another.

After Xiahou Shuang's business was taken over this year, because of the relationship between the third uncle Xiahou Ting and the guidance on the side, he did a good job at the end of the year, and he received tens of thousands of taels more.

Several people began to keep vigil around the fire cage, and then Qiaoyu said sweet potatoes, which caused several people to be hungry, and Xiahou Shuang simply ordered Qiaoyu to go and fetch sweet potatoes and roast them to eat.

After a while, the aroma of sweet potatoes wafted out of the air, bursts of fragrance, and the greedy spring cicada directly poked out the sweet potato with a fire stick.

Chunya scolded lightly: "Eat slowly, I'm not afraid of burning you!"

The spring cicada grinned when it was burned, and it was not annoyed and grinned, but only sent it to its mouth.

Yueyun plucked the peeled and cut sweet potato into small pieces and handed it to Xiahou Shuang: "Miss, you have to eat less of these things, and your stomach will be swollen." ”

Xiahou Shuang smiled lightly and picked up a piece of fine taste, the taste was very sweet.

At this time, the mother-in-law of the porter knocked on the courtyard door, and Chunya opened the door to see, and the mother-in-law reported: "Prince Alcohol sent someone to send a gift to the eldest lady, and the slave has brought the gift in." ”

Chunya was surprised when she saw this mother-in-law's strange face, and her face couldn't help twitching when she saw the gift handed over by her mother-in-law.

When Prince Alcohol sent something expensive, it was just a lantern more than one person high, Chunya didn't know what this meant, and took the lantern into the courtyard.

Xiahou Shuang saw Chunya go out and brought a lantern into the house, she was surprised, and after listening to Chunya, she signaled to light the lantern, and only after lighting it did everyone see the wonder of this lantern.

There is a noble boy painted on the lantern that is more than one person high, but this son looks familiar.

Chun Cicada exclaimed, "Isn't this the prince?"

At this time, everyone came back to their senses, and Xiao Xinrong sent him as a gift to Xiahou Shuang.

There are still a few words written on the lamp, and the few people in Chunya can't understand what it is after watching it for a long time, only the light moon who knows a little bit of words covers her lips and laughs.

"Sister Yue, what's written on it?" Qiao Yu couldn't help but lean forward and asked.

Qianyue looked at Xiahou Shuang, and saw that she was staring at the lantern, and hurriedly pulled a few people to the corner and whispered: "What is written on it is: I don't see you for a day, like every three autumns, and the beauty is like jade, which makes people intoxicated." ”

"I know this, which means that I miss Miss. After hearing this, the spring cicada shouted loudly.

Everyone was afraid of disturbing Xiahou Shuang, and hurriedly pulled her to make her quieter, and the spring cicada shrank her shoulders and opened her mouth to reveal a mouthful of big white teeth.

Xiahou Shuang listened to everyone's small movements, but she didn't want to pay attention to them.

There is a banquet in the palace today, Xiao Xinrong must accompany the emperor and his mother, and he didn't expect that he would let people send such an unexpected gift at this time.

Xiahou Shuang's face was not obvious, and he felt warm in his heart, Xiao Xinrong was so attentive to himself, Xiahou Shuang never thought of it.

After a while, Xiahou Shuang had no possibility of emotion in this life, but with Xiao Xinrong's careful care, his frozen heart slowly warmed up.

At this moment, the sound of fireworks sounded outside the window, and it was already the end of midnight, and the maids crowded into the courtyard, raised their heads to look at the fireworks in full bloom in the house, cheering, and Xiahou Shuang's cold heart became soft.

Early the next morning, Xiahou Shuang got up early in the morning and went to Yanhe Hall early to say goodbye.

After arriving, I found that more than half of the people in the house had come, and the old lady looked at the children and grandchildren kneeling down to pay New Year's greetings, and said with joy: "Okay, get up, all of them will be rewarded!"

Xiahou Guang, the fourth son who had just been able to walk, broke free from his grandmother, stumbled to the old lady, pouted his fingers, and said vaguely: "Yes, I want to ......"

The old lady was in a good mood and asked, "What do I want for Guang'er?"

Xiahou Guang flashed his big eyes and said something he didn't know, everyone was amused, and the old lady grabbed a handful of small silverfish and handed it to the grandmother: "Give me some silver for my Guang'er, and get a touch of the joy of the New Year." ”

Grandma smiled and took it, Shi Li hugged Xiahou Guang and retreated.

Because it is the New Year, the court has a seven-day holiday, and the Xiahou brothers do not need to go to court early, but the people who come and go to pay New Year's greetings are a little busier than usual, and the people who greet the New Year have to go out to congratulate their colleagues on the New Year.

Chen Rui came to the house early to congratulate, Xiahou Xuan didn't have a good face for him because of Chen Yue's affairs, how good can a person in the mansion be with such a sister.

Chen Rui was led into the living room by the steward, and obviously saw Xiahou Xuan passing by the door, he was stunned and didn't look at himself, Chen Rui, who was snubbed, was frustrated, and felt that he was just relying on his family background to look down on himself, and he wanted to hug his uncle's thigh, but now it seems hopeless.

Xiahou Zhong was busy entertaining, and ordered Chen Rui to be brought to the courtyard of the third lady, so that the two could meet each other, Xiahou Zhong didn't want Xiahou Yan, who had made a marriage contract, to mention Chen Rui or resist.

I heard that I went to see the third lady, Chen Ruizheng straightened his hat, and there was nothing wrong with tidying up his clothes and going with the maid, but he didn't expect to stay in Cuizhuxuan for most of the day and didn't even see Xiahou Yan's face, and finally the maid next to Xiahou Yan came out to report that the young lady was unwell and would not see the son today.

Chen Rui recognized this handsome maid as Xiahou Yan's personal maid, and he didn't dare to slack off at all, and said with a smile on his face: "I don't know what's wrong with Miss's body?

Qiao'er saw Chen Rui's sincere face, and he was not impatient after waiting for so long, and felt a pity in his heart, such a handsome boy didn't know why Miss always looked down on him, and said: "Miss was too late to rest with the old lady yesterday, and she just came back from the old lady and lay down again, and she hasn't gotten up yet, Miss said let the son go back first, and wait for him to invite the son to come to the door." ”