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Chapter 19 Entering the palace to pay New Year greetings and mascots

Each one is a treasure of great value.

It may not be a valuable thing in these distinguished families, but in Yongyihou's house, Xu Zaijing's four brothers and sisters only have one item at most, while Xu Zaijing only has four or five items.

In a blink of an eye, it’s Spring Festival.

Xu Minghua did not go home this year, but just replied a letter, saying that the situation in the north was tense and the powerful generals could not go home to celebrate the New Year.

In Xu Mansion, the eldest brother Xu Zaiduan took on the role of father. He led the three sons of the Xu family to post couplets at home, clean temples to worship ancestors, set off firecrackers, stay up late for meals, and pay tribute to nobles and high-ranking officials in the capital before dawn. People wish me happy new year.

However, Yongyihou Mansion no longer had the splendor of previous years, and not many people came to pay New Year's greetings.

The female relatives at home are busy cooking New Year’s food at home.

Early on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the sky is bright, the noble families and ladies in Beijing go to the palace together to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor, queen and concubines in the palace.

Mrs. Sun took the three brothers Xu Zaiduan into the carriage and headed to the palace.

Although the smokeless charcoal stove was lit in the car, it was still a little cold.

Fortunately, several people were wearing thick clothes. The five brothers and sisters who got up early fell asleep in the bumps of the carriage.

Entering the palace, you can see all the nobles wearing thick furs.

New Year greetings are also divided into grades. The first ones to enter the main hall to pay New Year greetings to the emperor, queen, and concubines are the princes.

Then they went in to pay New Year greetings in the order of their titles.

Some stayed in the temple, while others went home directly after paying New Year's greetings.

When it was the Xu family's turn to enter the palace, the eunuch at the door shouted

The Xu family of Yongyi Marquis enters the palace

Xu Zaijing followed his family into the palace.

The emperor who reigned in the Great Zhou Dynasty was quite benevolent and righteous. The Great Zhou Dynasty was quite tolerant of his subjects, and there were no strict rules about not looking directly at the emperor.

Especially a kid like Xu Zaijing, so he could see what was going on in the main hall.

I saw the emperor in yellow robes sitting on the dragon chair, and sitting next to him was a graceful and elegant woman with a phoenix crown and an ageless beauty. She was the queen of the Cao family.

Standing behind the beautiful woman is a delicate young woman in her twenties, who is the daughter of the Rong family.

Behind them are three beautiful women.

You can know your status in the palace just by looking at the order of seats.

Sitting under the queen was Princess Pingning, who was talking to the queen. What she said made the emperor squint and turn sideways, trying to hear clearly.

Presumably what Princess Pingning said was of interest to the emperor.

The delicate young woman beside the queen also listened with surprise.

Princess Pingning's father, the Marquis of Xiangyang, broke a leg in order to protect the current emperor. Therefore, Princess Pingning grew up in front of the empress. Now she is married to the Duke of Qi, and it is normal for her to speak in front of the emperor and his wife.

After the Xu family entered the palace, the queen and the young woman behind her saw the youngest Xu Zaijing at a glance.

The emperor, who was sitting high, waited for Xu Zaiduan to pay his New Year's greetings, then asked everyone to stand down and encouraged the head of the Xu family to still guard the country's borders during the Spring Festival. It sounded like a cliché, nothing special.

On the other hand, Queen Cao, who was beside the emperor, asked a few words about her parents after seeing the Sun family, which showed that she was thinking about the Sun family.

After all, when Empress Cao was in the Cao family before she left the cabinet, her third uncle was the best relative to her.

The queen saw that the youngest Xu Zaijing was fair, wearing dark blue silk clothes, and had lively and sensible eyes, making him look even more cute and handsome.

After the queen glanced at the emperor and Princess Pingning beside her, she waved to Xu Zaijing and said softly: Sanlang Xu, come to me.

Xu Zaijing glanced at his mother, and Sun quickly said: Go ahead. Don't be rude.

Xu Zaijing walked up to the queen, bowed and said: Zai Jing of the Xu family, see your majesty, the queen, all the concubines, and the princess of Pingning.

Hehehe, he is such a polite and sensible boy.

As she spoke, the queen took off an jade ring and put it in Xu Zaijing's hand. Xu Zaijing was about to kneel down to thank her, but was grabbed by the queen.

Good boy, I reward you for this. There is no need to kneel down to thank you.

Yes, Queen.

The delicate young woman behind the queen also quickly took off an exquisite red gold and emerald hairpin from her head, squatted down and put it in Xu Zaijing's other hand.

Good boy, I give this to you.

Princess Pingning on the side said: Sanlang, this is Concubine Rong. There is no need to thank you.

Yes, Concubine Rong.

After hearing Princess Pingning's words, the emperor looked at the queen with a satisfied look in his eyes.

The three concubines behind Concubine Rong also each had gifts for Xu Zaijing.

This made the ladies from other honorable families who had finished their New Year's greetings in the palace full of doubts.

They were far away, so naturally they couldn't hear what Princess Pingning and the Queen were saying. The emperor had to listen carefully to hear something.

Princess Pingning told the queen what happened when she returned home after meeting Xu Zaijing on the polo field. When she returned home, she found out that she was pregnant and gave birth to a brother.

The current emperor is a benevolent and righteous emperor, but he has few heirs. As empress Cao, she is under a lot of pressure and criticism from the court.

Concubine Rong and several other concubines also heard it.

If one of them can get pregnant first, give birth to the prince and raise him up, although the prince's aunt is still the Cao family, as biological mothers, they may become the first empress dowager after their child succeeds to the throne.

And Xu Zaijing is the auspicious person in their eyes. He is blessed and has a good relationship. The gift he gives out is what he wants, but he can't let Xu Zaijing thank him back in case it doesn't work.

Princess Pingning did not embarrass Concubine Rong and others because of the harem matters, and even introduced them to them. It was obvious that the queen taught them well.

After the nobles, officials and their families had finished their New Year greetings and received many rewards from the palace, everyone left the palace one after another and returned home just in time for lunch.

Sun put the rewards from the palace into a valuable wooden box, which also contained other gifts that Xu Zaijing had received.

Looking at her son, Mrs. Sun said: You boy, the gifts alone will soon catch up with the dowry of your aunts at the bottom of the box.

Xu Zaijing said: Mother, these things were given to me as gifts. Can I give them to my brothers and sisters on their birthdays?

Xu Zaijing vaguely remembered that when he saw the TV series, the grandma said that a family can prosper and suffer together, and only when brothers and sisters are united can the family prosper.

The four brothers and sisters Xu Zaiduan, who had just returned home and changed their clothes, were about to go to greet Mrs. Sun. They happened to hear their younger brother's words outside the door, and the four brothers and sisters looked at each other.

In the room, Mrs. Sun touched her son's head, her eyes filled with relief.

Tongban Mansion in Quanzhou City, Fujian Road,

Shouantang

The old lady of the Sheng family is accepting the kneeling worship of her children and grandchildren.

Sheng Hualan, who was almost ten years old, was standing next to her grandmother. Next to her were Sheng Hong and his wife.

The two grandchildren, Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng, were kneeling on the ground and kowtow to their grandmother.

Read it to the dance bar.

Sheng Changfeng was not yet two years old and could only speak vaguely.

Sheng Hong looked at his eldest son with majestic and gratified eyes.

The eyes looking at Chang Feng were full of love.

Su Qin, reward.

Mrs. Sheng's mother, Fang's mother, quickly helped the two young men up, each with a small bag of lucky money.