It's over! After eloping, I was caught by my cold husband and taken back to his room

Chapter 381 New Year's Eve

Seeing such blatant favoritism, the eldest princess and others couldn't help but feel jealous.

The eldest princess, in particular, glanced sideways at the prince beside her and said in a low voice, "Don't you know to get closer to your grandfather?"

The young master didn't care what the eldest princess said. He shook off her hand and sat down in his seat.

There are two pots on the table where there are children.

One spicy and one sour tomato soup.

There were also two pots in front of the emperor, so that he could taste both.

It's all over now, just right.

As for other people, it tastes spicy to those who can eat spicy food, and tastes like sour soup to those who cannot eat spicy food.

The servants have memorized the tastes of these masters and will not make mistakes.

Today is New Year's Eve, and everyone has told the emperor everything they need to say in the Yangxin Palace.

It’s not New Year’s greetings, nor is it time to stay up late, so there’s nothing much to say. Everyone is craving hot pot.

The palace maids brought up the hot pot and the braised food platters one by one. The emperor saw that everyone was staring at the hot pot in a daze, so he waved his hand and said, "Eat, everyone. There's no need to be so formal today."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, everyone started eating.

But I don’t know how to eat it.

Those who are close can watch how Ye Nanyue eats.

If you are far away, ask the servants serving nearby.

Fortunately, the palace maids and eunuchs who served had all been trained and knew how to eat.

Then, everyone started to eat hot pot.

On the contrary, I have no interest in those sumptuous hot dishes.

The people at the tables next to them watched Ye Nanyue serve the dishes, and followed her example, watching what dishes to serve, when to take them out, and how to dip them in the condiments.

After a while, it was in my mouth!

"Hmm... delicious! Smells so good!" The fifth prince was the first to exclaim.

But because I was in too much of a hurry, the food was a little hot.

I rolled the mutton roll in my mouth twice and then swallowed it. I couldn't taste it, but I still said it was delicious.

Everyone laughed.

Then, one by one, they followed suit.

Hot lamb rolls, beef rolls, tripe, pork belly, etc!

For those who like vegetarian dishes, we will cook them as vegetarian dishes; for those who like vegetarian dishes, we will cook them as vegetarian dishes with mushrooms and tofu.

I also tried all the dipping sauces in front of me to see which one I liked better.

Some people followed Ye Nanyue's example and put the braised meat from the braised dish platter into the dish to blanch it. Everyone ate it with relish!

Those who didn’t know how to cook originally asked the servants to serve them, but later on, they couldn’t help but do it themselves!

It’s really delicious!

Moreover, in such a cold day, isn’t it a pleasure to eat hot pot, look at the snow scenery, and watch the performances of dancers and singers?

Cooking hot pot dishes by yourself is more interesting and fun!

Everyone feels happy!

As the emperor ate, he started to serve the dishes himself.

For a while, Liuli Palace had a different New Year's Eve dinner.

The entire palace was filled with the aroma of hot pot, wafting far away...

At least at this moment, everyone's prejudices have been put aside.

Regardless of whether they have any grudges or not, or whether they are on good terms with each other or not, everyone is discussing the aroma of hot pot.

Even if there is only one pot, they can exchange dishes with each other and try different flavors.

Everyone is very happy!

Many years later, even if they were enemies, they would feel nostalgic when they think of this New Year's Eve.

After eating hot pot, most people stayed in the palace.

Except for a few particularly favored ones who stayed in the Yangxin Palace with their mothers to keep watch with the emperor on New Year's Eve, the rest went to their respective mothers' palaces, waiting to keep watch on New Year's Eve at night.

For dinner, they would make dumplings in their own small kitchens.

Ye Nanyue's family of three, along with Concubine Cen, Concubine Xie and others, were all left in the Yangxin Palace.

With Ye Nanyue around, she naturally had to participate in the dumpling-making work.

Ye Nanyue had people prepare various fillings, and the servants also kneaded the dough.

Ye Nanyue seasoned the food herself and came up with all kinds of novel fillings, which she then made into dumplings.

Speaking of eating dumplings, various cold dishes and braised dishes are also indispensable.

After finishing all these, Ye Nanyue asked the people in the small kitchen to only boil the food in the evening and leave half for her to make pot stickers and fried dumplings.

After giving these instructions, Ye Nanyue went to the Yangxin Palace.

There were also several children, young princes and princesses, and several of the emperor's concubines.

Ye Nanyue thought of some board games for everyone to play together.

In addition to teaching everyone how to play the simplest game like Gobang, Ye Nanyue also taught everyone to play some modern board games that are fun, highly participatory, and relatively simple.

Everyone had a great time.

Especially some games become more interesting when you bet some money.

The emperor watched as everyone followed Ye Nanyue's arrangements and had a great time. Even the eldest princess and her naughty son joined in. Everyone seemed to have let go of their grudges at this moment. The emperor was in a genuinely good mood.

No matter what, even the emperor who is high above everyone else is still an old father!

An old man with so many wives, concubines, children and grandchildren would definitely want to see this happy scene.

Especially since these things were advocated by Ye Nanyue, the emperor looked at her and felt a little more satisfied.

Concubine Xie didn't like crowds. She stayed beside the emperor, peeling pine nuts for him and saying, "Nan Yan is quite lively. The Yangxin Palace hasn't been this lively for a long time."

"Isn't it?" the emperor laughed. "They're about to tear the tiles off the roof."

Although he said this, the emperor's expression clearly showed happiness.

That's obvious, I like seeing this scene.

Concubine Xie also smiled, a rare sight: "That's better. Your Majesty, don't you like it?"

The emperor said, "I like it, I like it."

For dinner, Ye Nanyue cooked pot stickers and fried dumplings, which everyone enjoyed.

But with the hot pot at noon, nothing can replace it!

After eating dumplings, everyone played games together, guessed riddles, made couplets, and played some elegant games.

Ye Nanyue is a modern person who has memorized so many Tang and Song poems, so he can naturally follow along.

This surprised both the emperor and Lu Huaiyang.

As it was almost midnight, many young children were feeling sleepy.

The emperor asked Eunuch Su to bring red envelopes and distributed red envelopes to the children, as well as the princes, princesses, and queens. He then let the children sleep in the Yangxin Palace first while the adults stayed up to celebrate the New Year.

After midnight, everyone knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor to wish him a happy new year, which was also the first day of the new year.

The emperor waved his hand and asked everyone to return to their mothers' palaces to rest, while he left Concubine Xie to rest in the Yangxin Palace.

The next day, he got up early and went to the Yangxin Palace to kowtow to the emperor and wish him a happy new year, and received another wave of red envelopes.

After paying New Year’s greetings, the emperor took his sons and grandsons to the imperial ancestral temple to burn incense and offer sacrifices to their ancestors.

The women returned to their mother's palace.

Only after the princes and grandchildren had returned from offering sacrifices to their ancestors did they leave the palace one by one.

The first night of the New Year should be spent at home.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the princess returns to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings, while the princess spends the New Year with her husband's family.