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Chapter 201 New Year's Eve

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

The excitement 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 with their clothes on and embraced each other.

"I'm going back to Daying after the Lantern Festival, and I probably won't have that much time with you then."

Shang Ji hugged Du Jingyi in his arms, while talking, he patted her on the back, as if he was 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, the concubine will take care of herself, and there are grandmothers and aunts in the house to support her, so everything will be fine."

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

Today is New Year's Eve, originally I wanted to talk to her more, but she was really tired, so I had to let go of my thoughts and whisper one more sentence in Du Jingyi's ear.

"Sleep, I'll watch over you."

"Ah."

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 didn't even want to sleep and turn over, and only wanted to watch his wife and children live on the bed, he would probably be dismissive.

But now that I have really experienced it, I know what it means to 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.

all night.

The brand new 26th year of Xiande arrived 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 common people just make noise.

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 contrary, the gate of the Duke's Mansion seemed a little depressed amidst all the bustle.

The first day of the first lunar month.

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

When the chariot and horses were parked in front of the Duke's Mansion, someone came to pick them up.

It's just that they were all new faces, so Du Jingyi inevitably had some guesses in his mind.

Sure enough, when they entered the gate of the mansion and headed all the way towards Yunjin Courtyard, her guess was verified.

In the past, those servants who were loose and not strict were just doing it for them to see.

Now the Duke's mansion is full of people living in the blood of Mrs. Wei, but the rules are stricter, and even the servants are sensible.

It looks more like a deep house than in the past.

If she found out, Shang Ji would naturally be able to find out too.

It's just that the disdain in her eyes is fierce, Mrs. Wei's thought is really Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it.

Unfortunately, sometimes good calculations are useless.

With him here, sooner or later the government will have to be returned to Shang Zhiping's hands, and now, she is just "temporarily" guarding it.

While thinking about it, he kept walking.

In the Yunjin Courtyard, the number of people arriving today is fairly neat.

It's just that compared with previous years, it is still much "lonely".The fifth house in Zhuangzi was trapped, and the third house in Osmanthus Lane was also precarious, so naturally they would not appear in the Duke's Mansion.

Therefore, Qingjing is clean, but it also seems a little impersonal.

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

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 jewelry, which is a picture of good luck.

However, the new clothes were put on, but everyone's faces were not necessarily so pretty.

Shang Yukuan was in a dilemma, but Mrs. Wei was indifferent.

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

Shang Shiro had no expression on his face, but the eyes of Shiro's daughter-in-law flicked back and forth between his sister-in-law Liu Shi and his sixth younger sibling Du Jingyi, showing some unwillingness from time to time.

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

That was Shang Shiro's concubine's daughter, except for the annual festival meeting, 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 alone.

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 shot coldly at the people present, he stood up with his fists in his hands and saluted Shang Yukuan.

"The son has seen the 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 seen her father."

"The grandson met the grandfather."

The words have been spoken, but it is a world of difference from the time when I 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, let's have a family reunion dinner."

He really wanted to keep him in the mansion, but he didn't have a place to live if he did, so it's better not to say this at all.

"Well, it's my father's arrangement."

Shang Ji never had many smiling faces, so Shang Yukuan couldn't find anything to say.

And after seeing Du Jingyi's slightly bulging abdomen, he asked quite kindly.

"When will the child be born?"

"Back to father-in-law, it's probably in summer, May or June."

"Happy summer, the birth of the child is easy to feed, and I will definitely bring something to celebrate when the time comes."

"Thank you father."

Those who talked in a few words were not in the relationship of being able to talk non-stop, so the atmosphere became cold again.

In the past, Mrs. Wei was always the one who found a topic to talk about.

Today, she is like a great Buddha, she refuses to open her mouth. Naturally, there is not even a person in charge of the situation in this room.

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

On the contrary, Shang Qilang felt that he was a family after all, so he more or less naturally wanted to ask a few questions.

Seeing that his sixth elder brother and sixth sister-in-law were having difficulty getting a move, he thought about it and said to the eighth younger sister Xueniang.

"There are still two months to go, and you are too old, but what do you want? Seventh Brother will prepare it for you!"

The relationship between Shang Qilang and Xueniang is quite harmonious, so he asked such a question, and Xueniang replied with a smile without evasion.

"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."

(End of this chapter)