My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

The moon is above the treetops, and the place is quiet.

The bustle in the general's mansion also returned to calm.

The firecrackers and confetti on the floor at the door were slowly blowing in the cold wind.

In Xitang Courtyard.

Shang Ji and Du Jingyi lay down in their clothes, hugging each other and sleeping.

I will go back to the camp after the Lantern Festival, and I probably won't have that much time to spend with you by then.

Shang Ji hugged Du Jingyi in his arms, and while talking, he patted her back gently, as if coaxing a child to sleep.

Du Jingyi was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyelids.

So when I heard this, I just muttered something.

General, don't worry. I will take good care of you. I have my grandmother and aunt in the house to support you. Everything will be fine.

Shang Ji naturally knew that nothing was wrong, but he couldn't help but care.

Today was New Year's Eve, and I originally wanted to talk to her more, but it was obvious that she was really tired, so she had to put her thoughts aside and whisper one more word in Du Jingyi's ear.

Go to sleep, I'll watch over you.

Um.

Du Jingyi fell asleep without even struggling.

After feeling the smooth breathing of the person next to him, Shang Ji smiled lightly.

Once upon a time, if someone told him that he refused to even turn over in bed and just wanted to live a life with his wife and children on the hot bed, he would probably be dismissed.

But now that I have really experienced it, I know what it means to have flowers and a full moon stay together forever.

He closed his eyes and rested his head on Du Jingyi's forehead, feeling her warm breath, and fell into a deep sleep.

It's dawn all night.

The brand-new twenty-sixth year of Xiande came quietly in the cold.

According to the rules of the Daxing Dynasty, there is no curfew from the first day of the first lunar month to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and the people can make as much noise as they want.

Therefore, except for the Gyeonggi Division who was under greater pressure, everyone else was enjoying themselves and having fun, so whether it was day or night, there was a lot of excitement in Sui'an City.

Ever since the gate of the General's Mansion opened on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it has been bustling with people.

Today I am not here to give gifts, but tomorrow I am here to visit relatives.

On the other hand, the gate of the Duke's Mansion seemed a little bleak amidst the bustle.

The first day of the first lunar month.

Shang Ji took Du Jingyi, his sister-in-law Liu, his eighth sister Xue Niang and his nephew Shang Zhiping back to the Duke's mansion for a reunion.

When the carriage and horses stopped in front of the Duke's Mansion, someone came to pick them up.

But seeing all the new faces, Du Jingyi inevitably had some speculations in his mind.

Sure enough, when they entered the mansion and headed towards Yunjin Courtyard, her guess was confirmed.

In the past, those servants were undisciplined and the family tradition was not strict, but it was just for them to see.

Nowadays, all the people living in the Duke's Mansion are of Mrs. Wei's blood. The rules are stricter and the servants are sensible.

It looks more like a deep house than before.

She discovered it, and Shang Ji naturally discovered it too.

It's just that the disdain in her eyes was fierce. Mrs. Wei's thoughts were really Sima Zhao's, and everyone on the street knew it.

Unfortunately, sometimes even the best calculations are useless.

As long as he is here, the Duke's Mansion will have to be returned to Shang Zhiping sooner or later. Now, she is just letting her guard it temporarily.

While thinking about it, he kept walking.

In Yunjin Courtyard, everyone arrived today quite neatly.

But compared with previous years, it is still much lonelier.

The fifth house in Zhuangzi is trapped, and the third house in Osmanthus Alley is also in danger, so naturally they will not appear in the Duke's Mansion.

Therefore, purity is pure, but it also seems a bit impersonal.

If Shang Ji and others hadn't come back, there would only be eight people in the main room.

In addition to the Duke Shang Yukuan and Mrs. Wei, there are also Shang Silang's family and Shang Qilang.

At the beginning of the new year, naturally everyone wears new clothes and new jewelry, which is for good luck and good luck.

However, although the new clothes were put on, everyone's expressions were not necessarily very good-looking.

Shang Yukuan was in trouble, and Mrs. Wei was cold.

Shang Zhihe looked at Shang Ji and others with disgust, while Shang Zhiyin still looked arrogant.

Shang Silang had no expression, but the eyes of Silang's wife were going back and forth between his elder sister-in-law Liu and his sixth sibling Du Jingyi, showing some unwillingness from time to time.

And standing behind their family of four was an inconspicuous Shang Zhixian.

That was Shoshiro's concubine daughter. Except for seeing her every year during the New Year's Day, she was not seen at all on weekdays.

In the entire Duke's Mansion, if there is anyone who can sincerely look forward to Shang Ji's return, it is probably Shang Qilang.

However, because of what happened at the gate of the General's Mansion a few days ago, he was a little embarrassed at the moment and couldn't rush to join in the fun in front of Shang Ji.

After Shang Ji glanced at everyone present with cold eyes, he stood with his fists clasped and saluted Shang Yukuan and said.

The son has met his father.

As soon as he opened his mouth, several people who followed him also opened their mouths.

My daughter-in-law has met her father-in-law.

The daughter has met her father.

The grandson has met his grandfather.

The words were spoken, but they were completely different from when he met Mrs. Gu.

How could Shang Yukuan not feel it, but he couldn't make the decision on these things, so he could only turn a blind eye and say.

Just come back and have a family reunion dinner.

He really wanted to keep someone in the house, but there was no place to live even if he did, so he might as well not say anything about it.

Well, it's my father's arrangement.

Shang Ji never smiled much, so Shang Yukuan couldn't find a place to bite.

After seeing Du Jingyi's slightly bulging abdomen, he asked lovingly.

When will the child be born?

Back to father-in-law, it will be around summer, May or June.

It's a good summer, and it's easy to feed the baby when he's born. I'll definitely bring something to greet him when the time comes.

Thank you, father-in-law.

It was not a relationship where we could talk non-stop, so the atmosphere became cold again.

In the past, it was always Mrs. Wei who found the topic.

Today, she was like a giant Buddha, refusing to open her mouth. Naturally, there was no one in the room to take charge of the situation.

Shang Ji and the others are not afraid of the cold. Anyway, they are just here for a formality.

On the other hand, Shang Qilang felt that they were a family after all, so he naturally wanted to ask a few questions.

Seeing that his sixth brother and his sixth sister-in-law were having a hard time making a move, he thought of it and said to his eighth sister, Xue Niang.

There are still two months left, and you are about to get your haircut. What do you want? Brother Qi has prepared it for you!

Shang Qilang's relationship with Xue Niang was quite harmonious, so he asked such a question, and Xue Niang answered with a smile without any hesitation.

Seventh brother is interested, but I don't lack anything from sixth brother. So, if seventh brother wants to give me something, why not... why not give you the Snow Fishing Picture that you got last time.