The grass in the factory should be plucked

After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone moved to the flower garden.

Aunt Lian had people set up the tea table and prepared cakes, candies, melon seeds, peanuts, and various preserved fruits. Jiang Li saw that they were all her favorites and couldn't help regretting that she had eaten too much and couldn't eat any more.

Aunt Lian asked everyone to take a seat and began to make tea for them.

Seeing her skillful movements, as smooth as flowing water, Xie Changan knew at a glance that Aunt Lian was the personal maid carefully trained by the Fang family for Fang Yi.

Although the Fang family was a merchant family, they were quite wealthy and had brought up their only daughter according to the standards of a lady from a wealthy family since she was young.

Aunt Lian grew up with Fang Yi, so she knew a thing or two about what ladies from famous families should know.

Therefore, although Jiang Li grew up in a country village, she still learned the manners and etiquette of a lady from a noble family very well.

Xie Changan thought, if it weren't for that master who taught her all these skills in secret, Jiang Li would probably be no different from the other noble ladies in the capital and would have died in the cold palace long ago.

He couldn't help but secretly sigh at his luck, and the look he gave Jiang Li became more gentle and compassionate.

Jiang Li noticed his fiery gaze, turned around and smiled sweetly at him: "Brother Changan, can I play the flute for you?"

"Okay." He smiled gently and took out the bamboo flute that he never left from his arms.

Jiang Li took it and started playing it softly.

The piece she played was "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix". The sound of the flute was melodious, lingering and full of affection. Aunt Lian wanted to hit someone after hearing it. That damn girl was too shameless!

It was New Year's Day, so she couldn't beat the child, so she could only glare at her with hidden anger.

Jiang Li turned her head away, pretending not to see it. The sound of the flute was even more tender and affectionate, and the melodious tune expressed her infinite love.

Although Xie Changan didn't know what tune she was playing, he received all the affectionate feelings conveyed by the flute sound. His pair of peach blossom eyes were full of brilliance and affection.

The two of them were entangled in love and their eyes were full of affection, which made Aunt Lian and Yin Jiu feel uneasy and felt that they were the superfluous ones.

After the song finally ended, Aunt Lian placed the teacup heavily in front of Jiang Li and glared at her: "You must be tired from playing the song. Have a cup of tea to moisten your throat!"

Jiang Li blinked mischievously, deliberately trying to irritate her: "I'm not tired, I can still continue, I'm going to sing another song "Dielianhua"."

Yinjiu spat out a mouthful of tea.

Aunt Lian was so angry that she raised her hand to hit her. Jiang Li smiled and hid behind Xie Changan, saying, "Aunt, it's not customary to hit children during the New Year."

Aunt Lian glared at her: "Then let's fight after the New Year!"

Xie Changan's eyes were full of tenderness, and he said softly, "Okay, it's New Year's Day, don't be angry with your aunt."

Aunt Lian was so angry that she kicked the two people out and told them to go for a walk in the backyard to digest their food, hoping that out of sight, out of mind.

Xie Changan held Jiang Li's hand and walked slowly under the plum tree.

A gust of wind blew off the remaining snow on the branches, and the petals fluttered in the air.

Xie Changan laughed and said, "What song were you playing just now? You actually made Aunt Lian so angry."

This girl is really a headache when she gets naughty.

Jiang Li tilted her head and looked at him: "Guess?"

Xie Changan said with a smile: "I am just a warrior, how can I understand these things? Little Li Nu, please don't look down on me."

Jiang Li shyly said: "It's "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix", do you like it?"

His heart was pounding: "I like it. I like it very much."

He took out a golden hairpin from his bosom. On the hairpin was a phoenix with its wings spread out, ready to fly, holding a string of sparkling pearls in its beak. Jiang Li liked it very much at first sight.

Xie Changan gently inserted the golden hairpin into her hair.

At this time, it was exactly midnight, and with a "bang", a firework bloomed in the sky.

Xie Changan leaned over and kissed her on the face, whispering, "My little raccoon, may you and I have this day every year."

Amid the sound of firecrackers, fireworks bloomed one after another in the sky, illuminating a couple hugging each other under the plum tree.

While there is a lot of romance here, the atmosphere at the family banquet in the palace is a bit tense.

New Year's Eve is the day for family reunions. The emperor, out of sympathy for his officials, allowed them to stay at home until the New Year comes, and then held a palace banquet on the third day of the New Year.

Therefore, a family dinner was held in the palace tonight, and only the emperor and his family attended.

The eldest prince, Nangong Taihe, was also released. He brought several of his own children with him. The Prince of Qi also had a daughter, born to a concubine. Three of the six princesses were married and had children.

A group of little grandchildren surrounded the old emperor, calling him "Grandpa Emperor" non-stop, which made the sickly-looking old emperor smile.

Empress Zhang also attended the family dinner. Compared with the old emperor who looked sickly, she looked radiant and dignified in her gorgeous dress.

Concubine Zhou gritted her teeth, and Empress Zhang was on the verge of death, but she came back safe and sound. Now it seems that she will live to be a hundred years old!

Compared to the old emperor, he is getting worse day by day. I don’t know when he will meet the royal ancestors...

Concubine Xiao Shufei gloated over his misfortune. Zhou Fanghua, no matter how cunning you are, you will still fail in the end, right?

While the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits. The two of them have been fighting for so many years, but they didn't expect that in the end they still couldn't beat the queen who had been watching coldly from the sidelines.

Here, the eldest prince and the Prince of Qi would glare at the Prince of Jin who was sitting in front of them from time to time. Now that the Prince of Jin was the legitimate son, his seat naturally came before the two of them, and the Prince of Qi was unexpectedly sitting at the last seat!

They never expected that the third brother, who had always been a little invisible, was actually the one who hid the most!

I don’t know what means he used, but he managed to trick Empress Zhang into keeping him in her name!

Concubine Xiao smiled sweetly and said, "Prince Jin will be seventeen after the New Year, right? It's time to take a wife."

She thought to herself, there was no hope for the eldest prince, but if the noble family could get on board the ship of Prince Jin, it would be better than losing everything.

If Prince Jin wants to successfully enter the Eastern Palace, he also needs the support of the aristocratic families. There is no better way than marriage.

Nangong Qinghe's heart tightened and he glanced at Empress Zhang.

The emperor pondered and said, "It is not small anymore."

He turned to Queen Zhang, "Does the Queen have any plans?"

Empress Zhang chuckled and asked, "When does Your Majesty plan to appoint a crown prince?"

She was asking the emperor whether Nangong Qinghe would be the Prince of Jin or the Crown Prince in the future?

Under these two identities, the choices for the main wives are very different. How can the Princess of Jin be compared with the Crown Princess?

The old emperor's face darkened: "We don't talk about state affairs at family dinners. Let's talk about this after the New Year."

Concubine Zhou looked aggrieved: "Your Majesty, the prince of Qi and I are still carrying a huge injustice. When will Your Majesty seek justice for me and my son?"

Don't forget, the Duke of Zhenguo is still suspected of being involved in the "Demon Book Case". It's wishful thinking for him to want to appoint a crown prince now!

As expected, the old emperor's face darkened: "The matter of appointing a crown prince will be discussed after the case of the evil book is fully revealed."

Queen Zhang smiled but did not comment.

Nangong Qinghe's heart slowly returned to its original place. A'li said that there was no rush to implement plan 2. Now he also hoped that this "demon book case" could be delayed for a while.

He knew very well in his heart that it was absolutely impossible to make A'li his principal wife, and he couldn't keep delaying the marriage.

What's more, A'li also implicitly expressed that she was unwilling!

I'll delay it for as long as I can, at least I can still have a thought in my mind...

Nangong Qinghe thought desperately.