In the afternoon of New Year's Eve, people from every household were busy going in and out, posting couplets, burning incense, worshiping and preparing New Year's Eve dinner.
Mufu was no exception. After Si Yuhuan and the others helped put up the couplets, everyone had extremely complicated expressions on their faces.
Xia Yan said with red eyes: "My father never lets me touch the couplets. He said that if the couplets are touched by girls, it will be unlucky for the whole family, so every year during the Chinese New Year, he never lets me help post the couplets, nor does he let me touch them. Bamboo firecrackers.”
The other girls didn't speak, because they were in the same situation, so although they missed their families, they never thought about going back.
They feel that living here is very free and happy. They do not have the burden of the whole family on them, and they do not need to take care of the daily life of the whole family. The most important thing is that they will not be beaten because they do not do small things well. .
Lin Zishu patted Xia Yan on the shoulder to comfort her.
"Excuse me..." Someone interrupted them: "Is this the home of Mr. Kinnan Kinmu?"
Xia Yan and the others turned around and saw a man dressed as a servant smiling at them.
Si Yuhuan nodded: "Yes, may I ask who you are..."
"I am the groom of the Zuo Prime Minister. The Zuo Prime Minister ordered me to send some New Year's gifts to Mr. Mu."
The groom handed them the New Year's gifts in the car, and finally took out a small white porcelain jar and said: "This is the ginger tea our left prime minister specially prepared for Mr. Mu to relieve his hangover. He said that Mr. Mu lives alone with a little girl. Outside the house, there are no elders to look after her, and there are no elders to tell the girl to drink less, so I prepared ginger tea to relieve her hangover."
Si Yuhuan felt flattered for Mu Nanjin. It was really surprising that a high-ranking official of the day would give something to his subordinates: "Let's go ask Master Mu to come out."
The groom hurriedly said: "No, no, no, how can I, a servant, let Master Mu receive you?"
"Then let's thank Mr. Zuo Xiang for Miss Mu. Mr. Zuo Xiang is so thoughtful."
"I will convey this to Mr. Zuo Xiang when I return."
The groom drove away.
Si Yuhuan and the others turned around and walked into the house. Then, they heard someone shouting urgently: "Girls, please stay."
They turned around and saw another carriage approaching.
The groom got out of the car quickly: "I am the groom from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. I have met all the girls."
Si Yuhuan and the others were stunned. Just now the left prime minister came, and then the right prime minister came.
"The right minister asked me to give Mr. Mu a New Year's gift."
The groom unloaded a pile of New Year gifts from the car.
Si Yuhuan asked Lin Zishu and the others to move the new year's gift into the house.
Finally, the groom took out five large jars of wine: "This is the fruit wine that our right minister specially prepared for Mr. Mu. Our right minister said that drinking is inevitable during the New Year celebrations, but Mr. Mu is a little girl. Drinking too much wine can easily hurt you." But fruit wine is different, not only will you not get drunk, but it can also strengthen your body."
Si Yuhuan and the others quickly helped and thanked the right minister.
The groom drove away.
Xia Yan said with envy: "What a surprise. The ministers of the Central Government and the Left met to give the girl a New Year's gift."
Lin Zishu smiled slightly: "This shows that the girl lives in harmony with the ministers in the court."
Next, many officials sent people to give New Year gifts to Mu Nanjin.
The more Si Yuhuan listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. Even if it was a New Year gift, one or two of them were trying to persuade Mu Nanjin to drink less. They also sent a bunch of hangover remedies. The emperor went even further and sent Eunuch Yuan to deliver them. Thirty New Year dishes to cure hangover.
Lin Zishu was puzzled: "Why do officials remind girls to drink less and give them a bunch of hangover relief food?"
Si Yuhuan thought for a while: "Maybe the girl's drinking ability is not very good, and she is the youngest female official in the court. It's not surprising that everyone cares about her. Let's just persuade her while we are waiting for dinner."
As everyone knows, the officials are afraid that Mu Nanjin will expose all their scandals when he is drunk, so can they live a good life this year?
Si Yuhuan informed Mu Nanjin about the New Year gifts from major officials.
Mu Nanjin was surprised and puzzled. She had little contact with the court officials, so why did one or two of them give her a New Year's gift?
He also specifically asked her not to drink! ?
Does everyone care about her so much?
Mu Nanjin couldn't understand and didn't want to pry their thoughts.
In addition, tonight was New Year's Eve, and it was impossible to return gifts to every official, so she put this matter behind her.
New Year's Eve is a time for family reunions.
Mu Nanjin knew that Tianyin and the governor had no relatives in the capital, so he asked someone to invite them over for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Tianqi, who has never celebrated the Chinese New Year, didn't want to come, but when he saw every household preparing to celebrate the Chinese New Year and everyone was filled with happy smiles, his heart moved inexplicably.
The governor readily agreed.
In the past, he would celebrate the New Year alone. He had long wanted to celebrate the New Year with others, but his friends and subordinates all had family members. If he went to other people's homes to celebrate the New Year, seeing the harmonious scene of other people's families would be inexplicably unpleasant.
Celebrating the New Year at Mu Nanjin's house is different. There are no elders in her family, and the people celebrating the New Year with her come from all over the world, so they won't feel excluded.
At Youshi, the governor and Tianyin arrived at the gate of Mu Mansion on time.
The two stood at the door looking at each other silently for a while before knocking on the door.
After a while, the housekeeper came to open the door. He smiled and asked, "Are they the Governor and Lord Tianyin?"
The governor and Tianqi nodded.
"You two, please come in quickly."
The butler invited them to the hall.
The hall was divided into two sides by a screen. On the left were tables and chairs for men to sit, and on the other side were tables and chairs for girls.
When Mu Nanjin saw Tianqi and the governor coming, he immediately invited them to take a seat.
Tianyin raised his eyebrows when he saw Wu Yuan sitting on the seat.
Wu Yuan saw Tianqian standing up suddenly and said excitedly: "Why are you here?"
Tianwen said quietly: "I should be asking you this, right? As a person of order, why would you stay here?"
Wu Yuan's face looked unhappy: "I'm here for a reason."
"Who is here for a reason?"
Wu Yuan: "..."
Mu Nanjin said to Wu Yuan: "Your current identity is Jin Yiwei, and what you have to do is Jin Yiwei's work. Put other things aside for now."
Wu Yuan thought for a while and nodded.
Now even if he thought about asking, he could only blame himself and pretend that he didn't know about it.
Mu Nanjin placed Tianqi and the governor opposite Wu Yuan, then turned around and asked the butler to serve the food.
Tianyin and the governor looked at the people present. Except for Yang Bo and Xu Cheng, everyone else's status was extraordinary.
Suddenly, there was a bang.
Hei Tan took out a jar of wine and placed it on the table.
"Tonight is New Year's Eve, a day for everyone to get together, so no matter what grudges you have between you, please put them all down for me. Come, let's have a drink, oh, no, let's have a bowl, and put all these grudges away." Drink it into your belly.”
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