Yun Haoqing considered his tone and said: "Ziting, we would certainly welcome you if you could stay a few more days, but on New Year's Eve... there are strict rules at the Prince's Mansion, so I think we should come there first?"
Yun Haoxian immediately answered: "Yeah, how about this. After dinner, my second uncle will take you back to the palace. I will pick you up at noon on the first day of the new year. Then you can stay as long as you want, how about that?"
The Yun brothers also considered very practical issues. According to Daqi's custom, they had to stay up late on New Year's Eve and kneel down to worship their ancestors early in the morning.
It would be fine if he was from an ordinary family, but who are Li Ziting's ancestors? Those are all the successive emperors of Daqi!
Can you really miss such a big event?
Li Ziting said, "Thank you uncles for your concern, but this year I have my mother's permission to stay in Yun Mansion for the New Year, and my grandmother also agreed, so I can only bother my two uncles."
"But..." Yun Haoxian thought to himself, what's the point of my mother and your mother agreeing? The key is whether your father, Prince Ren, can agree that his only son will celebrate the New Year at someone else's house.
But Yun Haoqing touched him under the table, causing him to swallow back what he had not said.
The two brothers had no choice but to turn their heads and look at Mrs. Yun.
Mrs. Yun said very domineeringly: "That's it, Ziting will be here this year. If his father has any objections, let him come to me personally and tell me.
"So what if he is a relative of the emperor? Even if he is the emperor, I am still his mother-in-law!
"If he dares to say no, I, an old man like me, will go to the Prince's Mansion with Zi Ting to spend the New Year!"
Madam Yun had already spoken to this extent, so Yun Haoqing and Yun Haoxian naturally could not say anything more and had to acquiesce to this reality.
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On New Year's Eve, it snowed all day in Wuchang Prefecture.
Although it is freezing cold, the street markets are also very lively and have a Chinese New Year atmosphere. Every household is preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner and ancestor worship on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Li Zian followed the practice of Prince Rui's Mansion and led people to patrol the streets and alleys of Wuchang Mansion.
There are shacks built by officials and wealthy businessmen in several places in the city to sell porridge and steamed buns during the Chinese New Year.
Although it happened in previous years, this year extra government officials were sent everywhere to help maintain order. Some disputes were dissuaded from the beginning or suppressed by direct force, and they were not given the chance to develop into a fight. The security on the streets this year is much better than in previous years.
The people who come to receive porridge and steamed buns on New Year's Eve are either really poor or homeless.
They were holding porridge bowls against the wall of the government office. They stood or sat with their mouths close to the edge of the bowl, sipping the porridge. From time to time they took a bite of the steamed buns that were still slightly warm, and their faces were all stained with tears. With a satisfied smile.
Fan Yuru said: "This Master Shen is really a down-to-earth person who thinks about the people. He even built shacks for homeless people to avoid the cold in the open space in the west of the city, and there are official patrols every day.
"The Shen family's shed is over there. They sell porridge and steamed buns nearby. There are even many kinds of side dishes to choose from. Now many people have started to call him Shen Qingtian."
"Then let's go and take a look!"
Li Zian changed the planned route with just one sentence, and Fan Yuru had to immediately send someone to clear the way.
Wuchang Mansion is a big city, especially after Prince Rui came. It has developed extremely well in recent years. The housing prices in the city have seen an increase. Logically speaking, there should not be any large open spaces.
However, the people in the city have always said that the feng shui in the west part of the city is not good. Unless the locals are extremely poor, no one wants to live here.
After Prince Rui arrived, Fucheng became more and more prosperous day by day, attracting many people from surrounding villages and towns and even outsiders to come and make a living.
There were not enough houses, so naturally we had to find ways to build houses. This land in the west of the city was quickly bought by a foreign businessman, and several rows of houses were built, specifically for people from other places who came to the city to make a living, either for rent or for sale. It was really prosperous. Two or three years.
However, misfortunes never come singly. Two years ago, one night, a fire suddenly broke out here. The fire burned for a full day and night before it was put out.
The houses in this area were burned to ashes, and most of the people failed to escape.
As a result, the foreign merchant's vitality was greatly damaged, and he directly ended all business in Wuchang Prefecture and returned to his hometown.
The bad feng shui in the west of the city has become more and more confirmed. Two years have passed since the fire, and there is still an empty land here, and no one is willing to build a house here.
This time when Shen Zhonglei asked people to build shacks here for homeless people to keep out the cold, there were actually some objections within the government office.
But there is only open space here in the city. If you don't build it here, you can only build it outside the city.
Shen Zhonglei also asked the government officials and servants to take turns on duty. In this way, the opposition will naturally weaken. After all, no one wants to have to go out of the city to be on duty during the Chinese New Year.
Qiu Jun drove his car and came here specifically to take a look according to Shen Tianshu's instructions.
"Girl, the master has asked people to build several temporary shacks here this year. There are fires in them, and there are guards in charge of them in shifts. The homeless people can come here to stay warm and sleep.
“There are also more people patrolling the streets. If they encounter homeless people lying on the road, they will be sent to the shack.
"The master also called on the wealthy businessmen in the city to give up porridge and medicine. This winter, there will definitely be many fewer people dying of freezing and starvation than in previous years.
"When I was young, I occasionally chatted with the rickshaw drivers on the street. They all said that our master was full of praise and said that our master is a good official who really does practical things for the people!
"No one expected that there would be such a heavy snowfall on New Year's Eve. Just look at it. Now everyone will definitely praise me for his foresight!"
"Dad was probably frightened by the snowstorm in Yongzhou Prefecture that year. This time he planned for a rainy day, but he missed the mark." Shen Tianshu nodded and said, "It would be better if we can keep these as a routine in the future and follow them every year. "
Shen Tianshu came out today under the pretext of going to the nunnery to offer incense, and first went to the medical clinic for a follow-up visit with Shopkeeper Huang.
Seeing that his pulse condition had improved a lot, Shen Tianshu adjusted the prescription for him and continued taking medicine, and then asked the Huang family to take him home for the New Year.
She then went to Liu's house again.
Liu Chuan took the medicine for too short a time, so he could not see any effect yet, but seeing the mood of the family of three in high spirits made Shen Tianshu feel relieved.
For patients like Liu Chuan, whose illness is long and painful and extremely difficult to cure, without the support of their families, the effect of treatment will definitely be greatly reduced.
After getting out of the capital, she asked Qiu Jun to drive over to see what was going on here.
This is a good deed, but if something goes wrong and something goes wrong, the board won't be knocked down just because your intentions are good.
Looking through the car window at the orderly appearance outside, Shen Tianshu felt relieved.
Just when she was about to give orders to go back home, she heard Mingyu suddenly exclaim: "Girl, look, it's the prince and Mr. Fan!"
