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Chapter 189 New Year's Day

Entering Fushou Palace, I met the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Queen, the eldest prince and the infant second prince.

The Queen Mother seemed to be concerned and asked: "It has been more than a year since Chun'an got married. Why hasn't the good news come yet?"

"Brother Yu's daughter-in-law is still young. When a woman gives birth to a child, she has one foot on the door of life and the other on the door of death. I told Brother Yu that I won't consider having children until she is eighteen years old. This is the right way to treat her."

She is in good health."

The Dowager Princess of Jin protects her shortcomings. No matter how much she looks forward to her grandson, she will not show timidity in front of the Queen Mother. What she said is considerate and considerate.

If Da Qin chooses a good mother-in-law, the Princess of Jin will be elected based on these words.

"You have thought very carefully." The Queen Mother smiled awkwardly.

"When a daughter-in-law marries into the family, she becomes one of her own family members. As an elder, of course she has to think more about her." Princess Jin said with a smile.

The Queen Mother left it to the Crown Princess and Princess Jin to deal with it. Prince Jin and Jiang Changning sat aside in silence and listened.

The emperor stared at Jiang Changning when she came in.

After not seeing each other for several months, Jiang Changning is still so beautiful, with a little more charm, making it even more difficult to let go.

The emperor noticed something moving somewhere under the dragon robe.

With joy in his heart, he knew that he was not hopeless, it was just that those vulgar people could no longer attract his interest.

Jiang Changning, he is determined to win!

The thought of being able to hold Jiang Changning under him and manipulate him as he pleased made him feel hot.

The evil light in his eyes was caught by King Jin.

But even though the King of Jin was extremely smart, he would never have imagined that the emperor, who had become inhumane, was still coveting Jiang Changning.

However, King Jin still used his body to block the emperor's gaze from Jiang Changning.

After sitting in Fushou Palace for about a quarter of an hour, people from Prince Qing's Palace arrived, and people from Prince Jin's Palace took the opportunity to leave.

Returning to the palace, Prince Jin and Jiang Changning changed out of their heavy court clothes and went to the Liuxuan Courtyard to pay New Year's greetings to the concubine.

The couple said a few auspicious words and knelt down to kowtow.

The concubine accepted the gift with a smile and handed each of them a big red envelope, "Next year, I will be even happier if you can come to me with your little grandchildren in your arms."

"Mother, we will work hard." King Jin's answer was the same as last year.

Even though it was Chinese New Year, the concubine didn't insist on this issue.

Jiang Changning said: "I would like to thank my concubine in the palace."

"You are my daughter-in-law, no one else can tell you." The concubine said arrogantly.

The steward of the mansion paid New Year's greetings to the three masters and handed out a lot of red envelopes. All the servants were overjoyed and said, "Thank you to the concubine for the reward, thank you to the prince for the reward, thank you to the princess for the reward. I wish you good luck to the concubine, the prince and the princess."

Everyone is happy, everyone is happy.

Not long after returning to Rujingyuan, the concubines also came to pay New Year's greetings to the two of them.

Jiang Changning had nothing virtuous to say, so he asked Prince Jin directly, "What does the prince have to say?"

King Jin said three words coldly, "Abide by the rules."

"Xiulan, take out the red envelope and send them out." Jiang Changning directly chased them away.

They had been kicked out once last year, so the concubines were not surprised at all. They honestly took the red envelopes and went back to the courtyard in spite of the cold wind.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the King of Jin took Jiang Changning to the mansion of the eldest princess in Jiashan to pay New Year's greetings to the eldest princess.

Over the past year, the two governments have had frequent exchanges and their relationship has become deeper than before.

As soon as she saw Jiang Changning, the eldest princess of Jiashan expressed her concern for her, "I was really shocked when I heard what happened on Yingjiao Street that day."

Jiang Changning expressed his gratitude to the eldest princess of Jiashan, and everyone started chatting on this topic.

"I have always had a doubt. Most of the families living on Yingjiao Street are not that well-off. How come those children have such a long string of firecrackers?"

"Yes, and what's more, donkeys love to stick out their hind legs and can easily kick and injure people. How did they tie firecrackers to the donkey's tail?"

"It was the Laba Festival that day, and there were many people on the street, but no one saw them doing this and stopped them. It was so strange."

Several people expressed their doubts, and they all felt that what happened on Yingjiao Street seemed to be controlled by someone.

"The donkey is frightened and goes crazy. No one should be able to control it," the second wife said hesitantly.

"I think someone did it deliberately to make the donkey frightened and crazy. As for how things turned out later, it is beyond human control." The third wife analyzed calmly.

"Who would frighten a donkey and drive him crazy?"

"Who knows this? I don't know if I can find it out."

"Could he be Princess Yu's enemy?"

"not necessarily."

"The donkey has lost control and is running wild on the street. Princess Yu may just be too unlucky."

"Finding the person behind the scenes will reveal the truth."

"It's been so long since it happened. I'm afraid I won't be able to find anything now even if I try to find it."

Jiang Changning remained silent while they were talking. She also had these doubts and asked Jiang Nan to send people to investigate, but found nothing.

Jiang Changning was still wondering if he was too suspicious. The incident on Yingjiao Street was really just an accident caused by a naughty child.

Now it seems that she is not the only one who has doubts.

The matter on Yingjiao Street needs to be further investigated.

Even if it's not aimed at herself, she still needs to know who Jing Donkey is targeting.

After having lunch at the Princess's mansion, the couple returned to the palace.

The ban is still in place, and all the governments are going about their business. There are no banquets, and all visits are invitations, which saves a lot of trouble.

But within two days of this leisurely day, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the Queen Mother suddenly issued an edict, asking the female relatives of various nobles to go to the Temple of Heaven to pray for the fate of the Qin Dynasty.

Last year, there were indeed many natural disasters, so it seemed reasonable for women to pray for them.

But Jiang Changning was slightly uneasy, "Yong Zhou, I always feel that this prayer is a bit unusual."

"Don't worry." Prince Jin hugged her, "I will arrange it."

Although matters of sacrifice are mainly handled by Qin Tian Jian, Qin Tian Jian is under the control of the Ministry of Rites.

On the early morning of the sixth day of the lunar month, Jiang Changning took Shu Fei, Fu Cui, Xiao Chun and Banqin in a carriage and headed for the Temple of Heaven.

In ancient times, people worshiped heaven on circular mounds and worshiped earth on square mounds. Circular mounds were hills on the ground in the southern suburbs. The mounds were round and high, so as to resemble the sky. Square mounds were hills in the middle of the northern suburbs. The mounds were square and downward.

Like the ground.

The festival of heaven and earth began in the early days of the Qin Dynasty.

The largest palace in the Temple of Heaven is the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, and women are not allowed to enter.

This time, the female relatives prayed at the Grain Prayer Altar in the inner altar and stayed in the Zhai Palace in the inner altar.

When we arrived at the Temple of Heaven, we were led into the Zhai Palace by the chamberlain waiting there.

The Queen Mother is considerate of the advanced age of the concubines. For this blessing, all married women over forty will be exempted from coming here.

As a result, Princess Jiang Changning of Jin had the most distinguished status and was placed in the east side of the palace behind the Zhai Palace.

"Where do the others live?" Jiang Changning did not rush in.

In the Qin Dynasty, the east was respected, the Temple of Heaven was the place for royal sacrifices, and the emperor would live in the Zhai Palace.

There is a plaque dedicated to heaven in the main hall, and no one can live in it. The emperor cannot live in the west bedroom, but can only live in the east bedroom.
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