After a few more days of decline, the court finally officially entered the New Year mode.

The Ministry of Rites and others were preparing for New Year's Eve sacrifices and the New Year's Day. The families of concubines in the harem began to frequently ask for orders to enter the palace, some came out with large rewards, and some were brought with them with large sums of subsidies.

Wei Zheng Wei was strictly detained by Lin's family at home to study and practice martial arts. Yes, Wei Zheng said: If anyone asked her to be a female lover, she would go to the palace to sue the emperor.

In desperation, Lin did not expect her to read "Female Training", "Female Rules" and "Biographies of the Fierce Women" with peace of mind, so he asked Shi Panduo to urge her to practice martial arts.

When Emperor Duan Fang received the news, he laughed so hard that he even bullied people. He even followed Lin's fun and asked the Imperial Hospital to send several bottles of plaster oil to Wei Yang.

He also gave a gift from Wei Xiaoyan, but it was a pair of chess that would not appear in the Northern Song Dynasty. Emperor Duanfang was overjoyed. He was idle King Huan or King Jin who had been idle every now and then entered the palace. He learned how to play chess with him.

The palace concubines were naturally unhappy and said they could learn it. However, they were knocked away by Emperor Duan Fang, "You are the ones who claiming that the 'servants are helping up the weak', can you swing this big chess piece?"

Some beauty was scolded for losing her mind, so she went to Queen Wu to complain, saying that the third lady of the Wei family had a terrifying idea and must have lured His Majesty to never enter the harem again.

Queen Wu, who was panicked by the prince's coldness and alienation, naturally had no good words and pointed her face and scolded her back: "Your Majesty is now eight out of 60, and you should take care of her. Play chess and drink tea. Isn't it better than facing you, a fairy?

"You don't feel ashamed of thinking about a man. You'll throw dirty water on an eight-year-old lady. Are you not afraid of retribution?"

The beauty was scolded and her face turned pale. She fell ill when she went back. It was not until the middle of the second year that she dared to appear in front of others gradually. This is a later story.

This incident reached Emperor Duanfang's ears, which made the old emperor pleased the queen. When it came to things related to the Central Palace and the Eastern Palace, he couldn't help but turn it over again.

Even Concubine Yu accidentally brought the queen to speak, but Emperor Duan Fang turned her back and scolded her: "That's the mother of the country! It's not your turn to criticize her for ten thousand years!"

He also implicated King Duan for several days and was snatched by Emperor Duan Fang.

The ministers, seeing King Huan and King Jin favored each other, thought the emperor was dissatisfied with the queen and the prince, and they might have to say that the throne would be shaken. Unexpectedly, a few days later, the emperor stood on the side of the queen again.

"Your Majesty's mind changes three times a day, who can stand it?" Zuo Xiang secretly asked Zhen Sanjiu for a test.

Zhen Sanjiu knew in his heart that he deliberately let the water go: "Why is it for that?" After the story was told in the first place, he complained to Emperor Duan Fang:

"For the New Year, don't you beg the old man to want to slack and loose? Last time you said that because this year, Your Majesty is happy. What are those people outside guessing? "

Zuo Xiang suddenly realized: "King Huan has not been in the capital for seven years. King Jin... is about to give birth to his great-grandson for His Majesty!"

So it is not because of dissatisfaction with the prince that they love these two princesses, but because the old man is a relative of his generation!

Zhen Sanjiu nodded hard: "Yes! You don't know yet? When His Majesty played chess with the two princes, eight out of ten times, he was holding His Highness Zhuang in his arms!"

Oh! Then what else can I make trouble?

The left prince flicked his sleeves and went home to love his grandson.

Naturally, by the way, I also spread a few words about Duanfang's special face because the Empress was in justice for the third little lady of the Wei family.

Within a few days, the Duke of Heguo began to receive invitations for the first lunar calendar.

Jiao was panicked at first sight and hurried to see Duke He: "It's ten times more than in previous years!"

"Hmm?" He Guogong was also shocked. When he was about to go over and see, he saw that many civil servants in the court actually sent a post to his home.

However, if you look closely, most of them are two: one of your own and the other one of Weiyin.

He frowned.

Of course, the two posts should belong to me and my eldest son, but why is it the second son?

The post was left, and Jiao drove it away: "I'll go and ask."

Jiao was confused: Ask? You are the biggest in your own affairs. Who else can you ask about this? Is the ancestor in the ancestral hall suitable for asking your ancestors?

As soon as he turned around, he saw Duke He Guo carried a bag of money and went to the Marquis' Mansion of Jiading.

My own affairs were sent to her in-laws again.

Jiao returned to the room a little depressedly.

When she went to pay her respects the next day, the Duke of He Guo told her confidently: "This is all for Ah Jin! When you go out for a drink, just pretend to be stupid."

Thinking of what his daughter had just asked from Wei Yang a few days ago, Jiao's heart tightened and he forced a smile: "Ajie has never made any mistakes in front of His Majesty. It's really rare."

"Yeah! The emperor loves Ah Jing, just like an ordinary old man loves his children! What's wrong with him? He forgot about it after being angry for half an hour!" The Duke of He Guo smiled carelessly.

Jiao thought about it again, but he was a little unwilling to accept it: "In previous years, we held New Year's Eve dinner, but we only invited two or three tables. If we answered these posts this year, wouldn't we have to spend so much? Then my wife couldn't be busy."

"What's that?" He Guogong bearded and proud, "Since they are all for Ah Jing, you can leave it to Lin to work! The money is also paid by their family! Anyway, the emperor has rewarded Ah Jing so much, she has money!"

Jiao was speechless.

I was so impressed that no matter how stingy I was, I wouldn’t be able to sting my father-in-law!

However, she really gave the job of drinking in the New Year to Lin.

After all, she had never socialized with so many court officials, and she was afraid. She had thought about it. She had to go to someone else's house for New Year's wine that day, no, at home!

Lin looked at the stack of posts that replied to "I will come for the sixth day of the first lunar month", and felt a headache. Turning back, he heard that Jiao was going out, which was so funny.

However, before she could go to Jiao to discuss it, Wei Yang heard about it and came directly to stop her: "You can do it yourself. I was just about to let you go out to show off this year. This is not bad, someone gives you a pillow!"

"Let me appear? What to do?" Lin was curious.

She waved her hand slightly and refused to ask: "You can only do this."

At the same time, I asked someone to go to Lin Pu's place to say hello in advance: "If there are rare dishes, please ask my uncle to keep them. We will use New Year's wine."

Lin Pu heard that his sister would be on behalf of the Duke's Mansion to do such a big deal this year. Without saying a word, she patted her chest and responded:

"Leave it to me! Yueming Tower and Shanhaiju are our own, so we will be there anytime. I will go and settle the chefs of Xuege and Dongshan Tower.

"I just heard that they were going back to their hometown for the New Year, and there would be no other scheduled errands this year. I'm going to keep people now! If my sister stays at ease, I will never make any mistakes!"

After hearing this, Lin's family became more and more difficult: "Why is this situation?"

Wei Yang smiled: "What if His Majesty sneaked out to visit our house on a private tour?"
Chapter completed!