My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

There were many things to entertain on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so Chang An naturally did not sleep very deeply. He got up at a certain time and prepared to get busy with the affairs of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

After washing up, he returned to the bed and planned to tuck in the quilt for Gu Li again. But when he got to the bed, he found that Gu Li had woken up and was looking at him with a pair of big eyes.

"Happy New Year, Chang Lang."

"Happy New Year, Gu Niang too," Chang An gathered the quilt for her, then asked, "When did Gu Niang wake up? I didn't even notice."

"Just now, I slept very well." Gu Li looked quite cute while lying on the bed. His big watery eyes only saw Chang An.

"Sleep a little longer, it's still early."

Gu Li shook his head and said, "I won't sleep anymore. Today is the first day of the new year, and I still have to go entertain guests with Chang Lang."

Chang An smiled, patted her head, and then said, "Why doesn't Gu Niang get up yet?"

"Xiaoguai is so heavy, I can't sit up by myself." Gu Li said, "Doesn't Chang Lang know about this?"

But then, Gu Li saw Chang An's expression of holding back laughter, and immediately understood. He said angrily, "I won't get up anymore. Chang Lang is bullying me!"

Chang An tapped her gently at this time and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Today is New Year's Day."

Gu Li stuck out his tongue, and then said, "Then Chang Lang, can you please help me up?"

"well."

Chang An smiled and helped Gu Li up, then changed her clothes and took her to wash up.

......

Soon, Chang An and Gu Li arrived at the front yard. Today was the first day of the new year, and the annual banquet was indispensable. At this time, Chang Wenmeng was at the door of the main hall, directing the maids to arrange the food.

When Chang An and Gu Li came over, Chang Wenmeng smiled and said, "Are you awake?"

"I met my father."

Chang An and Gu Li both bowed slightly, and then Chang Wenmeng said, "You went to bed so late last night, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"Since I'm no longer sleepy, I naturally don't plan to sleep anymore." Chang An said, "Anyway, today is the first day of the new year, why not come here and see if there is anything I can do to help."

"There's nothing I need your help with," Chang Wenmeng smiled and waved his hand, then said, "Father has arranged everything at home, so you can take a rest for a while."

Gao Shi also came over at this time, bowed to Chang An, Gu Li and others and said: "Dr. Chang, Brother Chang, Madam Gu, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Brother Gao."

Gao Shi looked at the maids and servants busying around in Chang's house and asked, "Brother Chang, I remember that some of the servants here are from the Dingkang Marquis's house next door?"

"There are few servants in the Chang Mansion, and today's venue is large, so it is inevitable that there will be a shortage of manpower. I have about a hundred people on my side, so I have transferred some people over." Chang An explained.

Gao Shi nodded, and at this moment a voice came from the other side of the door: "Chang'an, Mr. Gao, Happy New Year."

Following the sound, he looked over - in fact, there was no need to look, because the only person in the entire Tang Dynasty who dared to call Chang An by his real name was "La Ge Nv". Chang An and Gao Shi also smiled and said happily:

"Happy New Year, Su Meng."

"Mrs. Su Meng, Happy New Year."

"Marquis Dingkang, Madam Marquis, Happy New Year." At this time, Zhang Aiyu, who was standing behind Su Meng, also showed up and opened his mouth to congratulate.

"Ms. Zhang, Happy New Year." Chang An and Gu Li both responded with a smile.

"Madam Zhang, didn't I tell you before? There's no need to be so polite, and there's no need to call us by our identities." Gu Li then casually called over a maid and instructed, "Go and help Madam Zhang."

At this time, Chang Wenmeng looked at Zhang Aiyu and felt that she looked familiar, so he moved closer to Chang An and asked in a low voice: "Yonghe, who is this Madam Zhang?"

"Madam Zhang is Madam Zhang Aiyu. Who else could it be?" Chang An explained.

Chang Wenmeng's eyes almost popped out at this time, and he asked, "But didn't I hear that you only interacted with Madam Su Meng? When did you get involved with Madam Zhang Aiyu?"

"It's not Madam Zhang Aiyu. Madam Zhang is a good lady, not a prostitute. How can you address her the same way you address the girls in the Red Courtyard?" Chang An corrected Chang Wenmeng's statement.

"Is she married? She even has a child." Chang Wenmeng said.

"She's not married, and the child is an accident." Chang An said, "Don't ask too much about the specific father. The child has nothing to do with us."

Chang Wenmeng nodded, and then saw Zhang Aiyu walk to Gu Li, who also came over and looked at the child in her arms.

"How is Yisun acting lately? Does he like to cry?" Gu Li is about to become a mother, so naturally she wants to ask more about raising children.

Zhang Aiyu looked at little Zhang Ji and said lovingly, "A child this young would definitely cry and make a fuss."

"From what Madam Zhang said, will Yisun cry very hard?" asked Gu Li.

Zhang Aiyu nodded and said, "He cries. He cries when he's hungry or has to go to the bathroom. It's still okay during the day, but at night, he cries from time to time and I have to get up to comfort him."

"So that's it."

Gu Li nodded, and Zhang Aiyu asked, "But I wonder when Madam Gu will be born?"

"The baby will be full-term by the Lantern Festival, but I don't know when she will be born." Gu Li said, "Anyway, it should be around February, so we are not in a hurry."

At this time, Chang An also interrupted: "Why did Madam Zhang come so early today? I thought it would take at least a while."

"Su Meng asked me to come." Zhang Aiyu said, "I originally wanted to come later, but Su Meng knocked on my door early in the morning and woke up those students."

Su Meng said, "Since they know Chang An, we are not afraid that they will wake up early. At least, they know that they should come to Chang An's house to get a free meal."

"Okay, you guys go talk to Gu Niang first, I'll go arrange some things later and go back to next door to give some instructions."

......

After Chang An came back, before he even stepped into the door, he heard Gu Li's voice: "Chang Lang is back! Come quickly!"

Gu Li was standing in front of a banner, holding a pen in his hand, looking at him. Chang An walked up to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Chang Lang hasn't written the banner yet." Gu Li said, and then handed the brush to Chang An.

Chang An took the pen and looked at the banner. There was only one sentence written on it: "Year after year is like today". The handwriting was beautiful, and it was obviously written by Gu Li. Chang An thought for a while, and then put pen to paper:

"I wish to pledge my love to one person and stay with him till we grow old together."

After they finished writing, Chang An and Gu Li looked at each other as if they had telepathy, and then smiled at each other. Now there was nothing more for the two of them to write, as everything they wanted last year had already been realized.

Around the hour of Chen, everything was sorted out, and guests began to arrive. The first group to arrive were Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao.

They stood at the door with their bowls and chopsticks in hand, and greeted each other very "politely": "Brother Yonghe, Madam Gu, Happy New Year. I hope the four of us are not late, right?"

Looking at the smiles of the four of them, Chang An couldn't help but shook his head and said with a smile: "Not only are you not late, you are also the first to arrive."

"There's nothing we can do. We are the first ones to come to your house for a visit." Du Chengming said with a smile.

"What are you still standing there for? Now that you're here, hurry up." Chang An walked forward with a smile and pulled them all in.

Just after sending the four people in, Chang An heard Yuan Qianyao's voice again: "Happy New Year, my friend Chang."

Chang An looked over and quickly raised his hand to greet him: "Hey, Mr. Yuan, Happy New Year."

"I got up today and came here directly without even reminding Prime Minister Zhang. I thought I was the first one to arrive, but I ended up being a step late." Yuan Qianyao was carrying a basket in his hand.

Chang An smiled and said, "Nothing, I'm the first one to arrive because we just started the feast."

Chang Wenmeng nodded and said, "Then I feel relieved."

......

When he was walking, a dark yellow car suddenly appeared outside the door. Before the people in the car got out, a voice came out: "Chang Yonghe! I am not late!"

Chang An and Gu Li were sitting in their seats and were stunned when they heard the voice. The officials and guests sitting in the courtyard of Chang's mansion were also stunned. Some of them were eating and began to consider whether to stand up to greet him.

Chang An and Gu Li both looked up at the door, and saw Li Ying and Li Ke'er walking in. When they entered the door and saw these officials, they were also stunned for a moment. At this time, Yuan Qianyao was the first to stand up and greeted: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Seeing the Prime Minister standing up and bowing, the other guests naturally did not dare not stand up and bow, but Li Ying quickly stretched out his hand, made a downward gesture, and said: "No need for you to be polite, everyone is here to sit down and eat, so there is no need to bow."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After Li Ying suppressed those people, he came directly to Chang An. There happened to be no other guests at his table. Chang An also said at the right time: "Your Highness, please take a seat."

"hey-hey."

Li Ying laughed twice, and then said, "Finally, I got a good job. I have a legitimate reason to come to your house and eat delicious food."

"A good job? What good job?" Chang An asked, a little confused at this time.

"Today is New Year's Day, so according to custom, my father will hold a New Year's Day banquet." Li Ying said, "At that time, all qualified people will go to Xingqing Palace to attend the banquet."

Chang An looked at Li Ying's appearance, and knew the general situation since she had come to see him specially. "Could it be that I have to go too?"