This New Year's Eve palace banquet went very smoothly, or it could be called ordinary.
There were no emergencies, and there was no bloody drama. Everyone at the banquet looked festive as they welcomed the New Year, but the appropriate celebration always made people feel a little unreal.
However, no one cares about this. People still play their respective roles in their respective positions. They participate in this annual event together, and of course they sincerely hope that after today, all the bad luck this year will disappear.
After all, Xie Cheng was young and was sent back to sleep early.
However, Luo Junyao and Xie Yan had to sit at the banquet and watch the New Year together with everyone.
At the turn of midnight, brilliant fireworks were lit above the palace, almost covering the entire palace in a dazzling light.
Everyone in the hall stood up and congratulated the regent and princess on the New Year.
Afterwards, the young people who were still young and still had some energy flocked outside the palace to enjoy the fireworks, while the older and less energetic old people could prepare to say goodbye and leave the palace.
Tonight is the only day in the whole year when the palace doors are not locked. Those who want to go home after the New Year's Eve can naturally go home to rest, and young people who don't want to go home can also stay in the palace.
They can continue to have banquets and have fun, or they can go out of the palace together to play in the city.
Not only will the palace be locked tonight, but the entire imperial city will be lively all night long.
Luo Junyao was already feeling sleepy and had sent away some older officials' wives, so Xie Yan took her in the direction of Chenyou Palace.
It was too late, and they had to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother tomorrow morning, so they had to rest in the palace tonight.
The two held hands and walked forward. The fireworks not far behind them were still blooming. Along with the dazzling fireworks, there were endless banging sounds, which made the palace seem very lively late at night.
"Can we just leave like this?" Luo Junyao looked up at Xie Yan and asked.
Xie Yan said: "Of course someone will be responsible for the rest, so don't worry. Isn't Yayao sleepy?"
Luo Junyao couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his eyes, nodded and muttered: "I am indeed a little sleepy. I haven't felt so tired for a long time."
This kind of tiredness is definitely not physical tiredness. No matter how hard you host this kind of banquet, it is impossible to be tired from practicing martial arts. But when you practice martial arts, you become more energetic as you practice, but hosting this kind of banquet really makes you more and more tired. It is a kind of feeling from the heart.
Rising fatigue.
Luo Junyao felt that maybe she would never be as keen on hosting various banquets as many married women in this life.
Xie Yan chuckled lightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Luo Junyao couldn't help but said: "You don't seem to feel tired at all." She had to deal with so many married women, and Xie Yan also had to deal with the ministers in the court. Those married women could only talk about trivial matters, such as the boss of the east and the shortcomings of the west.
If she doesn't want to talk about things, she can pretend she didn't hear them. But what those officials want to say can't be ignored just because she's in a bad mood.
Xie Yan said calmly: "Normally no one will talk nonsense in front of me."
Luo Junyao raised his eyebrows slightly, tilted his head and looked at him carefully for a long time, then nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, they must all want to limit what they want to say to three sentences, and after they finish speaking, they should stay as far away from you as possible."
This is not Luo Junyao teasing Xie Yan, but telling a fact.
Although Luo Junyao thought that Xie Yan had a good temper and was good at everything, in the eyes of most people in the court, Xie Yan was not this image.
Not to mention that the Three Kings Rebellion five years ago was far away, but this Prince Ning rebellion alone made many people fear Xie Yan.
It is true that Prince Ning rebelled because he was seeking death. However, Prince Ning was fine in the past few years. Your regent has only been back for a few months - Prince Ning died during the rebellion. Ruan Ting participated in the rebellion and was sentenced to be executed and his entire family was exiled.
, Taifu Su is old and has actually retired from the court. Luo Yun is your father-in-law.
What does this make others think?
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been on the battlefield for more than ten years and has made outstanding achievements. The Three Kings Rebellion has left a brutal and murderous impression on people. Now that he has only returned to Dasheng for a few months, he has the power and is dominated by one person. Naturally, he cannot help leaving an impression on people.
The next scheming impression.
Xie Yan didn't care about this. He had too many things to do and didn't care what others thought.
Sometimes it's not a bad thing to be scared.
With this kind of time, he might as well spend more time with his little princess.
Walking all the way from the banquet place, Luo Junyao felt sober after being blown by the cold wind.
He couldn't sleep anyway, so he dragged Xie Yan up to the roof of Chenyou Palace, where the two of them sat down on the roof to enjoy the fireworks blooming in the sky.
Xie Yan lowered his head to look at the girl leaning against him, raised his hand to pull her into his arms, and said, "Why do you want to watch the fireworks here? Isn't it cold?"
Luo Junyao was enjoying the fireworks happily, and when she heard his words, she turned her head to look at him, her eyes bright, "It's not cold. Ah... Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered that night of the Mid-Autumn Festival..." She suddenly stopped mid-sentence,
Suddenly I remembered what I had planned in my mind at that time, and I was speechless for a moment.
After spending these days together, Xie Yan obviously knew her very well, so he lowered his head and looked at her with a half-smile on his face, "How about Mid-Autumn Festival night?"
Luo Jun shook his eyes and said calmly: "I felt at that time that His Royal Highness the Regent was really brave and handsome. He was so powerful that he was the most outstanding and handsome man I had ever seen."
"Oh?" Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that A Cheng's progress is really due to Yao Yao." He dared to tell lies in front of him.
"I'm sincere, you don't believe me?" Luo Junyao glared at him dissatisfied.
I feel that Xie Yan is handsome and I am absolutely sincere.
"Believe it." Xie Yan laughed softly: "How can you not believe it? It is my honor to make the princess feel good-looking."
Luo Junyao was then satisfied, "That's pretty much it." He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the next second he heard Xie Yan Youyou ask: "Besides thinking that I look good, what were you thinking about at the time?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Still thinking about you and Queen Mother Zhu..." Luo Jun, who was secretly feeling guilty, suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Xie Yan, covering his face with one hand.
He kept his mouth shut.
What the hell is she talking about?!
Xie Yan looked at the little girl who wanted to curl up into a ball with a half-smile, "The princess's ideas are so lively that I am a bit amazed. No wonder the princess likes to write storybooks by herself. She does have some talent.
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Luo Jun shook his head and looked at the tall, straight, oppressive man in front of him, "I was wrong..."
Xie Yan raised his hand and knocked on the top of her head, saying: "Don't think wildly in the future."
Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and nodded obediently.
Xie Yan sighed lightly, stretched out his hand to take her into his arms, and whispered: "Except for you, I have never been involved with any other woman, and I will never be involved in the future."
Luo Junyao was stunned, and a bright smile soon broke out on his face.
She was happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she raised her head and looked up at Xie Yan, and said matter-of-factly: "Of course, if you have someone else, I won't want you!"
Xie Yan smiled and said, "You just don't want me anymore?"
Luo Junyao snorted, pulled out the Youyue Thorn and gestured twice in front of him and said: "I will turn you into an ugly monster. Even if you like others, they will abandon you when they see what you have become."
Xie Yan said: "In order not to become an ugly monster, I can't get involved with other people. Otherwise, not only will others abandon me, I'm afraid the first one will abandon me."
Luo Junyao raised his chin, "It's good that you know." He looked at Xie Yan, hesitated and said, "If you don't do bad things, I will reluctantly not abandon you."
"Thank you, Shake, then." Xie Yan chuckled, raised his hand to hold her delicate chin, lowered his head and gently kissed her bright red lips.
Luo Junyao thought for a while and said, "You'd better try not to become ugly, right?"
Xie Yan chuckled lowly, lowered his head and pursed his lips, which were delicate and moist under the night light, "I'll try my best." The low words were buried between his lips and teeth.
Under the eaves of the palace in a corner of Chenyou Palace, Xiying held his sword and looked speechlessly at the two people on the roof not far away.
"By the way, aren't the prince and princess cold?"
Duoying sat on the railing next to him, leaning against the pillar with his eyes closed and calm, and said calmly: "Go back and rest if you feel cold."
"How can that be done? We are the prince's bodyguards after all." Xiying said.
Duoying opened his eyes and glanced at him lightly: So what are you complaining about?
Xiying touched his nose and said, "Okay, it's a good thing that the prince and princess are in love, but I don't know when we will have a young master or a young princess.
The key is, can the prince and princess be in love in the house? Such a scene is really unfriendly to lonely people like them.
Luo Junyao and Xie Yan got up early in the morning and went to the Empress Dowager's Palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager.
Xie Cheng and Changling Princess Qin Ning both stayed in the Queen Mother's Palace last night. When the two arrived, the three of them got up early, followed by Princess Changzhao and her children.
Princess Changzhao's consort is a general who is still guarding the border. On weekdays, there are only three of them, mother, son and brother and sister in the princess residence.
"I have met the prince and the princess." Princess Changzhao's eldest son is named Xu Chengyu, and he is also a well-known dandy in Shangyong Emperor City.
Regardless of whether he is a member of the royal family or a young master from an aristocratic family, it is inevitable that he will be a little frightened when he sees Xie Yan, and Xu Chengyu is no exception.
Xie Yan nodded slightly, and Luo Junyao said with a smile: "Everyone here is my own family, there is no need to call me the prince or princess."
The young man who had not yet reached his crown looked at the two people with some embarrassment. Luo Jun pointed at the people who followed him and said: "If you don't know how, ask A Cheng and Xin Yu how to call people."
While she was talking, Xu Xinyu and Qin Ning had already led Xie Cheng forward and said obediently: "Uncle and aunt, King Chu, have a happy new year."
Xie Cheng simply hugged Luo Junyao's thigh and shouted happily: "Little Emperor Aunt, have a happy new year!"
Luo Junyao happily touched Xie Cheng's little head and stuffed him with a beautiful red envelope. Then he pinched Xu Xinyu's little face and said, "Xinyu is good." He also stuffed her with a red envelope.
Then he turned to look at Xu Chengyu. Xu Chengyu blushed and shouted in a low voice: "Uncle, aunt, happy New Year." He was really embarrassed. In terms of age, this aunt was several years younger than him.
"Be good." The feeling of being an elder made Luo Junyao very happy, and he also stuffed a red envelope to Xu Chengyu.
The young man blushed even more, "Thank you, aunt."
Qin Ning looked at Luo Junyao, "Where's mine?"
Luo Jun shook his head and looked at her, sighing: "No more."
"How could it be gone?!" Qin Ning stared at her, and Luo Junyao raised his hand to express that it was really gone.
"Uncle..." After this period of time, Qin Ning's fear of Xie Yan was not that serious anymore.
The most important thing is that she feels that she is Luo Junyao's friend, so that Xie Yan's elder attributes have been weakened a lot by her.
Xie Yan glanced at her lightly, raised his hand and patted Luo Junyao before walking inside.
"Mother...Aunt Changzhao..."
Princess Changling and Princess Changzhao looked at each other and smiled, but neither of them had any intention of helping Qin Ning.
But Xu Xinyu, who was next to her, happily opened the red envelope, "Wow, thank you, aunt! Sister A Ning, Xinyu will give you half!"
Qin Ning took a look. The red envelope looked thin and inconspicuous, but it contained a thousand taels of silver notes and a few gold leaves.
"..." He instantly became even more jealous.
Luo Junyao sighed softly, raised his hand and patted Qin Ning's shoulder, sighing with a mature look on his face, "You don't even want to call me aunt."
Xie Cheng pinched his red envelope and sighed in the same manner, "Sister A Ning, you don't even want to call Auntie the Emperor aunt."
"..." Qin Ning.
Aunt... banknote...
Banknote...aunt!
"Aunt! Happy New Year!" Qin Ning shouted through gritted teeth.
Everyone present couldn't help but laugh out loud, and even the most reserved Xu Chengyu twitched the corner of his mouth.
As the precious daughter of Princess Changling, Qin Ning is certainly not short of these one thousand taels of silver and a few gold leaves.
but……
Seeing whether others have you or not is more uncomfortable than losing a thousand taels yourself.
"Be good." Luo Junyao smiled and gave her two red envelopes, "One is for the baby."
Qin Ning held two red envelopes, then snorted softly and whispered: "That's pretty much it."
Princess Changling held her youngest son in one hand, and couldn't help but point her daughter's direction with the other hand, shaking her head while holding back laughter.
How could this silly girl be her Xie Xianyu girl?
Princess Changling sighed softly, raised her son's little hand, squeezed it and warned, "Don't be as stupid as your sister in the future."
The little baby still didn't quite understand what her mother said, so she smiled very happily, "Sister, mother..."
"Well, sister, mother, be good." Princess Changling hugged her son and smiled.
Although there were few people in the royal family, it was still very lively for the family to sit down at this time. After just chatting for a few words, Eunuch Huang came out and said respectfully: "The Queen Mother is awake, please invite the prince, princess and two princesses in.
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Only then did everyone stand up. Princess Changling smiled and said, "Let's go and pay New Year's greetings to our mother."
