According to the rules of the Dashun Dynasty, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, officials above the fourth rank in Beijing would bring their families to the palace to celebrate the New Year's greetings to the emperor and the female relatives meet the queen. If there is a legitimate son under the age of eight, they can also be brought into the palace to meet the queen with the female relatives.

Entering the palace means giving gifts, especially during the New Year. No one’s gifts should be too shabby. Of course, the gifts are mainly brought to the emperor by the men in the family as representatives. If the queen is willing, it is okay to give them. If she really can’t come up with the right one, she will not be polite if she doesn’t give them. In short, it depends entirely on personal feelings.

He didn't say what gift Feng Jinyuan prepared, and the children didn't ask. The Feng family also prepared another gift for the children, and the legitimate daughter Feng Yuheng presented it on behalf of the Jin.

That thing is a jade pillow, which is very outstanding in quality. It is said that the old lady has treasured it in the warehouse for many years and has never been willing to use it.

Feng Yuheng also prepared two gifts herself, one for the queen and the other for Concubine Yun, a complete set of cosmetic products from facial cleanser to skin fluid and then to powder. This is purely a personal emotional behavior and has nothing to do with the Feng family, so she naturally does not need to tell the Feng family.

Of course, there are many ladies and ladies who have the same ideas as her. In addition to the gifts to the masters, they also have to prepare some small items such as golden melon seeds to reward the palace ladies, which are all necessary.

The Feng family also brought a handful of golden melon seeds for each of the girls. After all, they are the family members of first-class officials, so you must not be shabby when going out.

In this way, Feng Jinyuan took his four girls and one son to the carriage and rushed to the palace in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Zi Rui and Feng Yuheng were riding in the same carriage, which was the palace car that Emperor Tianwu gave to Feng Yuheng. The first time a child took this car, everything felt very fresh and kept asking Huangquan what it was and what it was.

Feng Yuheng looked at Zi Rui and said, "You really don't need a maid to serve you in the academy?" She originally sent the maid to follow her, but she was sent back after only a few days.

Zi Rui told her: "Even a book boy is not allowed to take care of him in the academy, so how can he take care of his maids? The mountain leader said that we have to do everything ourselves and we can't expect anyone to help. Don't worry, sister, I've been used to it for a long time and think it's great to do it myself."

When Feng Yuheng heard Zi Rui say this, he felt relieved and felt a little affirmation and respect for the imperial teacher Ye Rong.

The group soon arrived at the palace gate. Feng Jinyuan's carriage headed straight to the front door, but the female family wanted to go directly to the harem. However, Feng Yuheng's carriage was stopped before it could turn.

The person who stopped the car was a eunuch. Feng Yuheng had seen it. He was the person who was with Zhang Yuan who was waiting by Emperor Tianwu. The coachman lifted the curtain of the car and saw the eunuch respectfully saluting her, and then said, "Prince, the emperor has the will to ask the young master of the Feng family to enter the palace with Feng Xiang. The emperor wants to meet his junior brother."

"Oh?" Feng Yuheng blinked. The emperor wanted to see Zi Rui. Thinking about it, Emperor Tianwu has not officially received Ye Rong's disciple. "Okay, then please wait. I will ask my brother to let him go with you."

"Princess, please."

After putting down the curtain of the car, Feng Yuheng took Zi Rui's hand and said to him seriously: "Seeing that the emperor is not a joke, you must be careful in everything. When you salute, you should watch what others do. The emperor answers questions. Don't say much when you don't ask. Do you know?"

Zi Rui nodded: "Don't worry, sister, Zi Rui understands all these. After a while, son Rui will follow the father-in-law to find his father. I believe his father will never let Zi Rui make mistakes in front of the emperor. After all, this is related to the honor and favor of the entire Feng family."

Feng Yuheng had to sigh that this child did teach Yunlu Academy very well. She was not only sensible, but also spoke clearly and was able to analyze the truth of the matter by herself, which made her feel very relieved.

So he didn't say much and personally sent Zi Rui to the eunuch. At this time, Feng Jinyuan also rushed here. As soon as he saw Zi Rui, he immediately pulled his hand and said, "You just follow You Father, never leave You Father's side, do you know?"

Zi Rui replied: "Don't worry, Father, Zi Rui understands."

Feng Jinyuan nodded to Feng Yuheng, turned around and took Zi Rui away. The eunuch also bowed to her and followed quickly.

In fact, Feng Yuheng could see Feng Jinyuan's love for this son, but this love was mixed with many impure things. It was not the father's love for his son, but he saw hope in this son, and also analyzed how much glory and future glory would be brought to the Feng family with Zi Rui as the legitimate son of the Feng family. It is said that there is no father and son in the inner courtyard of the palace, but I don't know that in the house outside, father and son, father and daughter are pitifully small. There is only dry calculation left between people, so how can family affection be discussed?

She returned to the carriage, and the coachman swung the whip and rushed straight into Jingxuan Gate in the harem.

The number of people who met on the first day of the Lunar New Year was a scale that had not been seen before in the previous palace banquets. Those who were waiting in line to enter the palace were lined up from the entrance of the palace. Feng Yuheng's carriage stopped at the end of the line. Huang Quan opened the curtain and looked at it, and couldn't help but frowned: "It was a little light snow this morning, and it was very cold. When can I get in like this?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a nanny came up with a smile, leaned over to the carriage, and asked, "But the Lord of Ji'an has arrived?"

Feng Yuheng stood up and walked outside the carriage, and smiled and said, "That's right."

The nanny's smile even more: "You can walk in the county lord's carriage, and you can get off at the second door. The family of the first-rank official is advanced, and you are still the county lord, so there is no need to queue up."

Fortunately, Feng Yuheng thought to himself that she really didn't want to line up in such a long line. So she thanked the nanny and took the three carriages behind to the second door together.

The New Year's Eve was actually just a formality. The Empress sat on the phoenix chair in Zhengyang Hall, and a large hall was full of people. She knelt down to her and said auspicious words came out one by one, which was also festive.

The four sisters of the Feng family knelt in the crowd and greeted everyone. The queen was far away and did not receive much attention.

Until this scene was over, the palace people informed everyone to move to the Jade Hall. Two hours later, the New Year's Palace Banquet was about to begin.

Feng Yuheng planned that there were two hours left and four hours, enough for her to go to Yuehan Palace where Concubine Yun was. Of course, she had to meet the queen once before and give the gift.

So while everyone was walking out, they found a female official who was attending the queen and asked her, "I wonder if I can meet the queen?"

Although she didn't say it clearly, the female official knew in her heart that those who wanted to see the queen at this time were all gifts. In addition to Feng Yuheng, many people were also queuing there. However, Feng Yuheng didn't have to queue up. The female official nodded and smiled at her, and said first: "The county lord is polite! I wish the county lord a happy new year and his heart will be as good as he wishes."

Feng Yuheng smiled gratefully and handed a small box over, "Borrow my aunt's Jiyan." The box contains small packages of chocolates she had packed when she was in the mansion.

The female official had long heard that the county lord Ji'an always had some novel things in his hands. Seeing that the rewards she used was not as vulgar as ordinary people, she felt even more happy. "Please follow me, the queen had long expected that the county lord would ask for a meeting alone, and she had told her not to queue up in the morning."

As the female official entered the small hall behind Zhengyang Hall, the queen sat in the main seat inside, with many things placed beside her, which seemed to be gifts given by wives and ladies from each family.

Feng Yuheng came in and gave a gift first, and then said, "Since she returned to Beijing, Ah Heng has been caring for the Empress many times, and she is very grateful. Unfortunately, Ah Heng couldn't find the precious and rare items sent by other ladies and ladies. This little gift is incomprehensible to the Empress." She said, and raised the gift box in her hand to her and took it by the nanny.

When the queen saw her, she was very enthusiastic and quickly said, "Get up quickly, don't kneel down, give her a seat."

"Xie Niangniang." Feng Yuheng got up, walked to the guest chair and sat down.

The queen was taking the gift box by herself, and she was unforgettable to look forward to it. Until the gift box was opened, the full box of medicine made her a little stupid- "What is this?"

Feng Yuheng got up, stepped forward, and explained to her personally: "This is a complete set of skin care products. Queen, look, this bottle is called facial cleanser, which is the most comfortable and clean to wash your face. It smells very fragrant." She said while opening the lid for the queen to smell it.

The queen was surprised when she heard this, "Can this thing wash your face?"

Feng Yuheng nodded, pointed to other things in the box and said, "This is the base fluid. After washing your face, you gently apply a layer on the surface to nourish the skin. This is the cream..." She explained to the queen one by one, and from time to time she tried it on the back of her hand. The queen had changed from initial surprise to surprise, and then ecstasy, and in the end, she had become obsessed.

"It was all given by your Persian master?"

Feng Yuheng nodded, thought for a while, and said, "There are also those who developed by Aheng, according to the method taught by his master. The Empress should use it with confidence. If you think it is good, Aheng will send you new ones after using them."

As soon as she heard that she had used up, the queen immediately became happy and kept praising Feng Yuheng, wishing she could only praise her.

The palace people around me were also envious, and I just said that there was no wonder that the lord of Ji'an County was able to win the favor for a reason! Compared with her gift, the pearl jade agate given by the ladies and ladies were too ordinary and could not even be seen.

The palace people were very good at guessing the master's intentions. Before the queen could give her orders, they had already started to move out all the common rituals she had received before, leaving Feng Yuheng's set of medicine makeup on the table.

The queen couldn't let go and said simply: "Aheng, I know that you must go to see Concubine Yun when you enter the palace. Then you can go quickly. I will go back to the bedroom first and ask someone to send you the reward back to your mansion. Go quickly! Go quickly!"

This was almost a rush to drive people away, but Feng Yuheng didn't care. She knew what the queen meant, so she took a few steps back, saluted, and retreated respectfully.

Sure enough, she left the palace with her front foot, and the queen immediately got up, picked up the box of medicine makeup with her own hands and walked out of the back hall. The palace people quickly followed and heard the queen say, "Hurry up, go back and help me wash again. I want to use this good thing to make up again!"
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