Remarry 9,000 Years Old

When coming out of Fushoutang, Shen Nanqiao looked back with regret.

"Since things are so awkward, they probably won't call you for the ancestor worship, right?"

Ning Su shrugged without commenting.

"It's not a very important matter. As for our ancestors, the gods will know what they are thinking."

Shen Nanqiao knew that the only person in the whole mansion who had done him a favor was the late old lord.

She gently reached out and held his.

"Let's worship the old lord in Songchangxuan." Facing Ning Su's slightly surprised look, she winked playfully, "Isn't it that the heart knows the gods?"

Ning Su laughed. She had learned to use her own words to stop herself.

"He will understand." Shen Nanqiao buried his head in his shoulder and took a deep breath. "Let's make the offerings richer and the tablet more beautiful, so that he will come to our place every year."

The childish words really made Ning Su laugh, and he continued speaking along the lines of what the little girl said.

“Aren’t those all the offerings?”

"How is that possible?" Shen Nanqiao suddenly raised his head from his shoulder, "What's so delicious about those same old snacks? We can try something different."

"Put some glutinous rice balls or something? It should taste better."

Shen Nanqiao was stunned for a moment, then took advantage of the light from the lanterns in the yard to look at him carefully.

"I didn't expect you to joke."

"How is this a joke?"

When the girl asked him not to steal the offerings, she clearly tried her best to persuade him, saying that glutinous rice balls tasted better.

Shen Nanqiao patted him on the shoulder in a brotherly manner and took the responsibility.

"Leave it to me. I promise to do it beautifully for you."

Ning Su didn't continue the topic.

"If there is no need to worship the ancestors, I happen to have somewhere else to go tomorrow." He turned and looked at Shen Nanqiao, "Do you want to come with me?"

Shen Nanqiao immediately became interested. New Year's Day is the day for relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, and people with casual relationships usually don't visit.

The one who can make Ning Su show up in person...

"You want to go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings?"

Ning Su chuckled. Apart from the palace, did she feel that she had no other relatives or friends?

"I go back to Master Xia's mansion occasionally. I got married this year, so I should go and pay a visit."

Xia Taifu? Xia Tingzhi?

Shen Nanqiao never knew that these two people who seemed to have nothing in common could actually be connected.

Xia Tingzhi’s three generations of ancestors were all imperial tutors, and the late emperor once bestowed upon the Xia family the title of the most scholarly family in Great Chu.

This Grand Tutor Xia once taught Emperor Ming and several of his brothers. Currently, more than half of the officials above the third rank in the court and the descendants of nobles are his disciples.

Even his incompetent father could be considered his apprentice, but Master Xia was a noble man and rarely traveled around in recent years.

The Shen family would only send gifts during festivals.

"Are you also a disciple of Master Xia?" Otherwise, she couldn't think of a reason why he would visit on New Year's Day.

Ning Su smiled slightly.

"If you really want to talk about it, I'm afraid I entered the sect earlier than your father. Strictly speaking, you have to call me uncle-master."

Shen Nanqiao skipped his teasing and complained softly.

"Why don't you tell me earlier so I can prepare a gift in advance."

Ning Su helped her up the steps to the corridor.

"It's not too late to prepare early in the morning. I might as well prepare a few more. I might have to go to more than one store."

Shen Nanqiao stopped suddenly.

In her opinion, Ning Su has always been a loner and doesn't like socializing. So many people showing up all of a sudden to wish him a happy new year made her feel a little at a loss as to what to do.

Ning Su guessed what the little girl was thinking at a glance and felt a little amused.

"You don't think I have worked alone to reach my current position in the court, do you?"

Shen Nanqiao smiled awkwardly, and suddenly seemed to remember something and grabbed his sleeve.

"Since you have so many friends, why not explain the matter of eating together? After all, you are popular with people."

Ning Su didn't expect that she was still thinking about this.

"Didn't I tell you that this didn't happen?"

"But you also said that you do have someone in your heart." Shen Nanqiao insisted, "Didn't you say you would tell me after the palace banquet? Are you going to go back on your word?"

As the couple talked, they turned around the corridor and entered Songchang Pavilion.

Because it was New Year's Eve, the maids and servants were staying up late waiting, and when they saw their master coming back, they all bowed and said auspicious words.

In the first year that Shen Nanqiao was in charge, he was not stingy and gave everyone an extra month's salary. Everyone left happily.

Shen Nanqiao took advantage of no one's attention and quietly told Linglong to keep a close eye on Amber.

It is not convenient to recruit people in the first month of the year, and she still has some use for this girl, so it is most reliable to let Linglong keep an eye on her.

After sending everyone away, the couple went to wash up one after another.

By the time we were settled in, it was almost four o'clock in the morning.

Although there is no need to worship ancestors in the morning, it is not good to get up too late, after all, the servants are watching.

Just when she was hesitating whether to stay up all night, Ning Su called her to bed.

"It doesn't matter if it's later tomorrow. We usually visit relatives after noon. After all, they have been up all night."

Shen Nanqiao's opinion made sense, so he immediately lifted the quilt and got into bed. Ning Su pushed him in and lay down along the outside of the bed.

Since getting married, they have slept in the same bed very few times. Shen Nanqiao felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately the curtain helped her block some of the light.

She thought of the topic again.

"Do I know the girl you mentioned before?"

Ning Su propped up his head and looked down at her.

This girl has two different faces in front of others and behind their backs. She is very serious when handling household affairs and socializing in the palace, but when encountering this matter, she acts coquettishly and pesters like a rogue.

He thought about it carefully.

"I think we know each other. Didn't you often come to Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion when you were a child?"

Shen Nanqiao sat up suddenly when he heard this. Does it have to go back to that early time?

As far as I can remember, Ning Su entered the palace when she was a teenager. So if you calculate it this way, it was at least ten years ago.

She spoke sourly.

"I don't remember anything like this from so early on."

Ning Su heard the anger in her words and held back his laughter.

"Really? That's unfortunate."

Shen Nanqiao was sulking for a while, and suddenly realized something was wrong.

"You should have seen me at that time."

Ning Su raised his eyebrows calmly: "Maybe, I don't remember much."

"How could that be?" Shen Nanqiao turned over and threw herself on him, describing him with gestures, "He's about this tall, with two buns. My mother said I always carry food in my purse. Don't you have any impression of that?"

As she spoke, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

The place where his arm was pressed seemed to sense something.