Xu Qingmo didn't stay long and left directly.
She didn't care about the seventh prince's affairs. He was a smart man, but he was too particular about morality.
He really regarded the prince as his real brother, so he would be soft-hearted to the prince every time, but the prince was a devil who ate people without spitting out their bones.
When we returned to the yard, bursts of fireworks suddenly sounded, and the little girls who were still in the yard ran out one after another.
Xu Qingmo stood there, looking at the brilliant fireworks in the sky, and felt more and more that the life he was living now was like a puff of smoke, so ethereal that it could be blown away by a gust of wind.
Hua Ying walked to Xu Qingmo and put on a fox fur coat for her: "Girl, what are you thinking about?"
Xu Qingmo looked back at Hua Ying, gently held her hand, and then smiled: "This year's fireworks are extraordinarily gorgeous!"
Hua Ying was stunned. By the time she realized what to say, Xu Qingmo had already returned to the yard.
It is the habit of the Xu family to go to the temple to offer incense on the first day of every new year.
The next morning, Xu Qingmo, who always liked to stay in bed, got up early and put on the new clothes prepared by Mrs. Xu.
After New Year's Eve, she will be fourteen years old, and in a few days, it will be her haircut ceremony.
Mrs. Xu said that this was the last time Xu Qingmo would celebrate the New Year as a child, so she specially had someone make a red winter coat. It was red from the inside out, and it reflected the red color on her little face.
But after all, we are going to the temple to pray for blessings, so it would be bad to dress too colorfully.
So in the end, Xu Qingmo changed into a light pink dress, but still put on the red fox fur.
When Xu Qingmo went out, Ning Yuanhou and Xu Yanquan were waiting at the door early.
When Xu Yanquan saw her for the first time, he couldn't help but smile: "It's only been one night, how come my sister is so much more beautiful?"
Xu Qingmo was stunned for a moment, then his face was filled with disgust: "Glib tongue!"
Mrs. Xu who came out happened to hear these words clearly: "That's right, glib!"
"I'm telling the truth. How come I'm so glib?" Xu Yanquan quickly argued.
Mrs. Xu and Xu Qingmo glanced at each other, and then got into the carriage arm in arm, not wanting to talk to him at all.
Marquis Ningyuan laughed when he saw the scene in front of him: "You really have a face in vain, you really can't speak! You don't please your daughter's family at all!"
"They say sons are like me. Dad, you should reflect on why I don't like my daughter's family!" Xu Yanquan glanced at Ning Yuanhou.
Marquis Ningyuan was speechless and hit Xu Yanquan's butt with a whip: "You brat, you dare to tease your father!"
With quick eyes and quick hands, Xu Yanquan immediately dodged, then got on his horse and disappeared in a flash!
Ning Yuanhou laughed and cursed, then protected the carriage behind him and moved forward slowly.
Compared with the peace and harmony in Ningyuan Hou's Mansion, the new year in the neighboring courtyard was not so happy.
In the early years, if he had the opportunity to enter the palace, Xu Qingmo would think of this sister most of the time, and then take her with him to the palace. He would also considerately let Xu Qingling sit next to him and give her the dignity that a girl from the Hou family should have. .
But this year, because Mrs. Wen and Xu Qingling had a big quarrel in the Hou Mansion some time ago, Xu Qingmo reasonably did not take her into the palace, and when she came to come and wanted to go together, he rejected her because she was not a girl from the Hou Mansion.
For this reason, Xu Qingling made trouble at home all day and night, and did not even have the New Year's Eve dinner together.
Mrs. Wen felt sorry for her daughter, so she made a big fuss at Xu Xiaozhen's place. A good New Year suddenly went by in a blur.
The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. Everyone in this family, except Mrs. Xu, was a martial arts practitioner. They walked as fast as flying without even breathing.
But Mrs. Xu was weak and walked slowly, so they walked slowly along with her.
"You should move more on weekdays!" Ning Yuanhou looked at Madam Xu and frowned slightly, "This body is really getting worse and worse!"
"Oh, stop nagging. I'm already very tired from climbing the mountain, and I still have to listen to your nagging!" Mrs. Xu patted Marquis Ning Yuan's hand with a look of disgust on her face.
Marquis Ning Yuan shook his head helplessly, and there was nothing he could do against her.
I walked slowly for about an hour before arriving at the temple.
Because the servants had gone to say hello earlier, so as soon as they arrived at the door of the temple, a young monk was waiting at the door: "Master Marquis, madam!"
Xu Qingmo and Xu Yanquan followed them side by side. Xu Qingmo looked at the respectful look on the young monk's face and couldn't help but smacked his tongue: "Look at you, when I came with you last time, I wasn't treated so well, and you still can't do it! General Xu!"
Xu Yanquan glanced at Xu Qingmo without saying anything, then when she wasn't paying attention, he grabbed her hair and pulled it down hard.
Then the two brothers and sisters started fighting on the spot.
Hearing the commotion behind him, Marquis Ning Yuan just glanced at it lightly, then continued walking forward as if he hadn't seen it.
In the end, Huaying and Maidong stepped forward to stop them, and they stopped.
"Xu Qingmo, you are very skilled!" Xu Yanquan said while arranging his clothes.
Xu Qingmo let Hua Ying help arrange her bun, while humming softly: "I practice every day. If you really do it, you may not be able to beat me!"
This is not because Xu Qingmo is arrogant. When she was five years old, she was able to compete with Xu Yanquan, who was seven years older than her. For this reason, Ning Yuanhou often lamented that if Xu Qingmo were a boy, the Xu family would be able to produce another pillar of the country, but she was born a girl.
The two brothers and sisters fight again and again, and make up after the fight. This has been the tacit understanding between the two brothers since they were young.
The family worshiped the gods in a circle and prayed for blessings. Xu Qingmo and Xu Yanquan were about to burn incense sticks for their late mother, but they were stopped by Mrs. Xu: "I'll go with you!"
The brother and sister looked at Ning Yuanhou in unison.
Marquis Ningyuan almost didn't think about it before he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together!"
Mrs. He's longevity tablet was placed on the stage. Xu Qingmo and Xu Yanquan went to light the eternal lanterns. Mrs. Xu knelt down in front of the longevity tablet: "Feng Yin, your son and daughter, I have raised them for you!"
Today's Mrs. Xu and the former Mrs. He were good friends in the boudoir. Before Mrs. He died, she had met Mrs. Xu and begged her to become Marquis Ningyuan's stepmother. The only thing she asked for was hope. She can take good care of these two children.
It's just that the two brothers and sisters didn't know about it.
It was precisely because of this that Xu Qingmo had resented his father for a long time and believed that he was unkind and unjust. He married a new man before his mother's body was even cold.
