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Once she was freed from her official status, Zhang Haohao was extremely excited. She left the Jiaofangsi that very day without taking anything with her and went directly to the house that Zhou Chen had arranged for her.

The Spring Festival is in two days, and Zhou Chen has a rare holiday. Officials in the Song Dynasty have quite a lot of holidays. During the holiday, as long as nothing major happens, he, the deputy commander of the Palace Front Division, can also rest at home.

Under Zhao Pan'er's command, the entire Marquis's mansion has been hung with red lanterns and decorations, creating a very festive atmosphere.

"My Lord, there is something I want to discuss with you. During the Spring Festival, I want to call Yinzhang and Sanniang to come. They have no other relatives in Tokyo except me."

"Of course, no problem. You can make the decision on this matter. It will be more lively if there are more people during the New Year."

Zhao Pan'er's face was filled with smiles. Zhou Chen agreed with her in many things, which made her very satisfied.

"After the New Year, the Empress will hold a banquet in the palace and invite ladies from all the mansions to the banquet. She also invited me."

"Go if you're invited. If someone at the banquet is blind, don't be polite. You are my Zhou Chen's wife, and no one can bully you."

"I understand. My husband is the most capable and caring husband in the world."

Zhao Pan'er leaned on Zhou Chen happily.

Fushanfang!

Zhang Haohao has moved to Fushanfang for a few days. The environment here is beautiful and quiet, and the house is very large. It is better than she expected and she lives very comfortably.

Zhou Chen made very good arrangements. There were several maids in the courtyard, and there were people to serve with cooking, cleaning, etc., and six guards were also arranged.

However, Zhang Haohao still felt that something was missing, so she went out with two guards and a nanny.

Having lived in Tokyo for many years, Zhang Haohao was very familiar with the city. She wanted to buy a few maids, so she went directly to the pawnshop.

In ancient times, this kind of pawnbroker business was quite common, because many people who could not make a living would sign a contract to sell themselves, and many people who were abducted would also be caught and sold in pawnbrokers. For example, maids and servants of many families would be bought and sold in pawnbrokers.

With the indenture in place, those servants who were bought and sold had nowhere to go, because slaves were not qualified to move around, and once they were caught, it was normal for them to be executed.

Zhang Haohao was quite capable and quickly took four maids away from the pawnshop. The oldest was only nineteen years old and the youngest was only fourteen.

Without exception, they are all of the type with outstanding appearance, and the prices are naturally slightly more expensive.

However, Zhang Haohao was not reluctant at all. Of course, the person he wanted to use had to look pleasing to the eye.

As for the housekeeper, she didn't see any suitable candidate.

The Spring Festival is coming soon, and she wants to decorate the yard to make it more festive. Although she doesn't know whether Zhou Chen will have time to visit her during the New Year, she still wants to decorate it well.

This Spring Festival is the first one she has celebrated since she was denaturalized. Celebrating the festival in her own home has special significance for her.

As the head of one of the twelve trades in Bianjing City, Chi Pan was busy at the end of every year because he had to collect debts.

From ancient times to the present, collecting debts before the end of the year seems to have become a habit. Everyone likes to delay paying debts until the last minute, and this period is no exception.

Chi Pan has been taking his men to collect debts for several days now. Through threats and bickering, he has already collected a lot of debts, but there are still many debts from deadbeats that are difficult to collect.

Ever since Yong'an Tower became popular, Chi Yanei's reputation has become even more famous, so he has been very proud during this period of time, and he has been even more arrogant when collecting debts.

Chi Pan walked with a step that showed he didn't care about his relatives, and paraded through the city with his men including He Si, looking very arrogant.

Maybe it's because he's hanging out with Zhao Pan'er, a big Buddha, that he has become more proud and arrogant than before.

"Yanei, Yanei, look, look quickly."

He Si, who was chewing on a snack, suddenly widened his eyes, looked ahead, then pulled Chi Pan and shouted anxiously.

Chi Pan picked up the folding fan and hit He Si on the head: "Look, look, look, what the hell are you looking at? Why are you screaming? You scared this yamen."

He Si's fat face was full of grievance: "Yanei, it's Sister Haohao, I saw Sister Haohao."

"Zhang Haohao?"

Chi Pan's face changed. He and Zhang Haohao had not seen each other or contacted each other for a long time since they broke up that day.

It's good not to mention it, but when he mentioned it, he immediately felt very uncomfortable.

"where?"

Chi Pan shook his head and looked around, and He Si quickly pointed forward.

"There, Yanei, Sister Haohao is right there."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1008 New Year, the deadline is approaching

"where?"

Chi Pan seemed not to care on the surface, but he actually did care in his heart. He looked in the direction of He Si's finger, and then saw the familiar figure.

Although he hadn't seen Zhang Haohao for several months, he still recognized Zhang Haohao in the crowd. She was followed by several people.

Seeing that Zhang Haohao seemed to be walking towards him, he hesitated for a moment and wanted to leave, but was reluctant to do so. In the end, he took a step forward and walked over.

Zhang Haohao was not paying attention to the front at this time, but was talking to the nanny beside him, suddenly.

"Zhang Haohao."

Zhang Haohao paused and looked up in surprise. She had known Chi Pan for many years and could recognize Chi Pan just by his voice.

Sure enough, Chi Pan was seen with the familiar He Si and others.

It's just that before she had time to speak, the two guards who had been following her walked in front of her in time, protected her faintly, and looked at Chi Pan and his party warily.

Chi Pan looked at the two guards in surprise and was about to speak, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

Zhang Haohao, whom he was very familiar with in the past, had a different hairstyle. It turned out to be the hairstyle a woman wears after getting married.

"Zhang Haohao, you, you..."

Zhang Haohao quickly realized what Chi Pan meant. The change in her hairstyle was her own decision. Although she was not taken into the Marquis' Mansion by Zhou Chen and was just kept outside, she already regarded herself as Zhou Chen's woman in her heart, so she consciously changed her hairstyle into the hairstyle a woman would wear after getting married.

There were certain rules for tying hair for women in the Song Dynasty. Unmarried women and married women had different hair styles, so they could be easily distinguished.

Chi Pan hesitated for a long time before he told the whole story.

"Are you married?"

Shocked Chi Pan ignored the two guards standing in front of him and stared at Zhang Haohao with a look of disbelief.

He Si and his group of followers were also puzzled. They had always thought that their son and Zhang Haohao were a couple. When they broke up, they privately felt sorry for their son.

But it’s only been such a short time and Zhang Haohao is already married. Isn’t it too fast?

"Hey, that's not right. How can you get married? You're not?"

Before Chi Pan could finish speaking, Zhang Haohao interrupted him.

"I have already renounced my citizenship, why can't I get married?"

Waving his hand to let the two guards retreat, Zhang Haohao walked up to Chi Pan and just looked at him calmly.

When she saw Chi Pan just now, she felt nervous for a moment, but she quickly recovered. They had broken up a long time ago, and now she was with Zhou Chen. Even if she saw Chi Pan, there was no need to be nervous. She didn't owe him anything.

Chi Pan was very excited. Although he had broken up with Zhang Haohao, he still couldn't accept that Zhang Haohao had a new lover so soon.

"How can you be so fast, who helped you get out of your citizenship? Did you go to be a child for others, why did you do this?"

He knew very well what the situation was with the Jiaofangsi, and he also knew very well what the situation was with Zhang Haohao.

If it was really so easy to redeem Zhang Haohao, he would have done it long ago. So now that Zhang Haohao said she had been denaturalized, he immediately thought of the reason.

Zhang Haohao did not back down at all and replied calmly: "Why not? You said before that we are in love with each other and we can separate if we don't want to. Now it's just what you wished for."

"No, that's not what I meant. I just, just..." Chi Pan was so anxious that he couldn't even speak properly.

"Chi Yanei, we have no relationship for a long time. Now we are married and have an official, so there is no need for us to contact each other in the future."

After saying this, Zhang Haohao called for the servants behind him to leave, no longer having any attachment to Chi Pan and the others.

She had indeed lost her feelings for Chi Pan a long time ago, and now she didn't want Zhou Chen to misunderstand her, so she was unwilling to have any contact with Chi Pan.

Chi Pan just stared at Zhang Haohao as he left, without coming to his senses until he disappeared from his sight.

"Yanei, Yanei."

He Si waved his flesh hand vigorously in front of Chi Pan's eyes, waking up the dazed Chi Pan. However, his expression was very decadent and he looked sad.

"She's married, doesn't that mean we have no chance anymore?"

He Si muttered quietly: "When there was a chance before, you didn't go to find Sister Haohao to get back together, so there is naturally no chance now."

"Snapped!"

Lu Wu slapped He Si on the head and scolded loudly: "He Si, how can you talk like that? Yanei is already so sad, and you are still wounded. Is Yanei wrong? Yanei is not wrong at all."

Then he licked his face and asked Chi Pan: "Yanei, do you think I am right?"

Chi Pan was secretly feeling sad. He lost his mood because of the trouble caused by these two followers. He was so angry that he hit each of them.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid, I'm so mad, I'm so mad."

He Si held his head in grievance: "It's not us who are mad at you, why did you hit us?"

"what……"

Chi Pan yelled angrily again. He really didn't want to waste any more time talking to this idiot, so he kicked him directly, scaring He Si so much that he ran away.

"He Si, you still dare to hide, dare to run, you stop right here..."

I don’t know if Chi Pan is really heartless or just emotionally indifferent, but a few words and jokes made him feel better from his sadness and he no longer thought about Zhang Haohao.

…………

To bid farewell to the old and usher in the new year, the emperor Zhao Heng decided to use a new reign title, Qianxing, and this year is the first year of Qianxing.

Zhou Chen knew that once this era name was started, Zhao Heng’s life would enter a countdown.

In fact, Zhao Heng's health had been seriously ill for a long time. He had been unable to participate in government meetings or review memorials for a long time, and the Queen had to act on his behalf. However, last year, his condition suddenly improved and his spirits recovered a lot.

But this situation can't last long, and now Zhao Heng's health is getting worse and worse, which is why he asked Zhou Chen tentatively when he summoned Zhou Chen last time.

Tomorrow is New Year's Day, so Sun Sanniang and Song Yinzhang and other girls had already agreed to arrive at the Mansion of Marquis Zhongyong early in the morning on New Year's Eve.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

"Greetings, Lord Marquis, Sister Pan'er."

It was not the first time for Song Yinzhang and the others to come to Zhongyonghou's Mansion, so they were no longer as nervous as before, and relaxed a lot.

After Zhou Chen greeted them, he left the space to the women and walked out.

Zhao Pan'er happily took Song Yinzhang, Sun Sanniang and others to decorate the Marquis' Mansion.

"Pan'er, you are really looking more and more like the mistress of the Hou Mansion."

Sun Sanniang looked at Zhao Pan'er with amazement and envy. Although only one month had passed since she married Zhou Chen, Zhao Pan'er in front of her was very different from the one before she married Zhou Chen.

"What mistress style? Sanniang, you are exaggerating."

"Sister Pan'er, I also think what Sanniang said is right. You are really different now than you were in the past. You look a bit like the Concubine Dowager Qian that I met before."

Zhao Pan'er looked helpless: "Yin Zhang, you are exaggerating even more. I can't compare to the old concubine of King Qian. You two should stop flattering me. Sanniang, let's talk about you first. How are you and Du Changfeng doing? When are you going to get married?"

Sun Sanniang immediately looked embarrassed: "How can it be so fast? I still need to observe him."

No one believed what was said, and Zhao Pan'er and the other girls all laughed out loud.

"Sister Sanniang, I think you are just hard on the outside but soft on the inside." Ge Zhaodi teased.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Pan'er suddenly asked, "Sanniang, you all came here today. Is there any problem at Yong'an Tower?"

Sun Sanniang said casually: "It doesn't matter, we have Chi Yanei watching over us. Besides, it's the New Year and the holidays, we are not allowed to rest for two days."

Ever since Zhao Pan'er became the head lady of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion, Sun Sanniang has not been so concerned about Yong'an Tower anymore. Besides, she is now having a hot relationship with Du Changfeng, who has promised her that if they get married in the future, she will be able to take care of the household.

So she doesn't care so much about Yong'an Tower now. After all, Chi Pan is not Zhao Pan'er, and she has no feelings for him.

In fact, it's not just Sun Sanniang. Song Yinzhang is not very concerned about Yong'an Tower. She herself has no good feelings towards Chi Pan. If Zhao Pan'er had not taken the lead, she would never have agreed to help Chi Pan open Yong'an Tower.

Among the few people, only Ge Zhaodi cares the most, because she is now a small shopkeeper and earns much more money than she would as a worker.

Zhou Chen asked his servant to tell Zhao Pan'er that he would not be back for lunch and would come back in the evening for dinner, and then he left the Marquis' Mansion.

He was entertaining Sun Sanniang and the others on behalf of Zhao Pan'er. If he were at home, Sun Sanniang and the others would naturally not be qualified to eat at the same table with him.

Although he came from the modern era and didn't care much about these rules, he was in the Marquis' Mansion after all, with so many people watching. If he, the Marquis, didn't follow the rules, those servants might have inappropriate thoughts and break the rules.

As the saying goes, without rules, there will be no order. What's more, Zhao Pan'er is now in charge of the Marquis' Mansion. He will certainly not take the lead in breaking the rules. Instead, he will give his full support.

So in order to give them space and time, Zhou Chen took the initiative to leave.