The Forbidden City could not hide its desolate feeling when it snowed. The weather was getting colder and colder, and the lights and decorations in the palace added a lot of liveliness.

As the year draws to a close, the palace becomes busier, busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. This is also the busiest time in the palace, with princes and nobles coming to the court one after another, and powerful ministers competing to pay homage. The emperor and his subjects spend the holiday together.

Inside Yonghe Palace

Kangxi and Defei discussed the progress of the reunion day. The palace tradition has always been to enjoy the scenery and listen to operas during the day, and hold a state banquet to celebrate at night. This year is no exception. However, this year, Liangfei's illness has worsened. She had improved a little some time ago, but she coughed again in winter. She had to stay in the palace for a long time and could not stand the slightest cold.

Each mansion also attached great importance to this opportunity to enter the palace. The women in the family were rushing to make new clothes, hoping to leave a good impression in front of everyone on the day of the state banquet. The ministers in the mansion also had selfish motives. If their daughters were favored by the emperor, he might marry them to a prince. This would be a great joyous event.

"Fujin, the Fourth Master is bringing you to the palace for a banquet this time. You must behave well and try to win his heart as soon as possible." A Ling spoke to Li Shuran while combing her hair.

Li Shuran was happy today. Yinzhen did not let Geng accompany him, but allowed her to enter the palace. Thinking about it carefully, she had not seen Yinzhen for a long time since the newcomer came to the mansion, and their relationship was not as close as before. Today's opportunity was not easy to come by. If she could go back to the way it was before, it would be a matter of time before she could give birth to a child for the Fourth Master.

Geng was extremely dissatisfied when she heard that such a great opportunity was taken away by someone else. The Fourth Master had been quite cold to her in the past few days. Huang Zhi's consolation was ineffective, and she even locked herself in the room, sulking. I don't know how that vixen convinced the Fourth Master to let her go.

Guaerjia sent someone to deliver the newly sewn clothes to Deyin early in the morning, which really gave Deyin the atmosphere of the New Year. Mother sent someone to tell him that he should not be as casual when entering the palace this time as last time. This is the most important state banquet of the year, and those who come to participate are all royal relatives, so he cannot be careless at all. The empresses in the palace and the wives of the princes' mansions must attend.

She would definitely see Yinzhen again that day, and Deyin was looking forward to the reunion day even more. So his wife would come with him, and although it was normal to have three wives and four concubines in this era, she still wanted Yinzhen to have only her in his heart, and she didn't know if this little selfish wish could be satisfied.

"Miss, this dress will definitely go perfectly with the jewelry sent by the Fourth Prince." Lu Wu helped me put on the clothes I would wear tomorrow. I touched the jewelry sent by Yinzhen, and I could tell at a glance that they were top-quality jewels.

Having not seen Yinzhen for a few days, Deyin's eyes revealed an indescribable emotion when looking at these jewels.

The Taifu Mansion was also very busy, and even the mother and daughter of Aunt Zhao, who had been under house arrest, were released by Ama. Deyin didn't want to let the mother and daughter enter the palace, lest there be any more trouble.

"Mother, I don't know if that wild girl Deyin has hooked up with the Eighth Prince these days. I'm really worried about her." Juelan had been locked up for a month and a half, and her temper had not improved. Instead, she became even more unpopular. As soon as she was released, she started to blame Deyin.

Aunt Zhao was much calmer. She felt that the master, because of their old friendship, could not bear to leave her and her daughter alone in the mansion during the New Year. He even wanted to enter the palace together and let his daughter marry into the Eighth Master's high family.

Yinzhen did not allow anyone to sleep with him tonight. Ever since he had Deyin in his heart, he had lost interest in the women in the mansion. It would be better for him to sleep alone and avoid worrying others.

Yinzhen had been waiting for tomorrow for a long time. He would have another chance to see his little girl. He hadn't seen Deyin for a few days. As soon as her face appeared in his mind, Yinzhen felt itchy in his heart and wanted to keep her by his side forever.

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