The annual palace customs remained largely unchanged this year, and Yinzhen, having attended more than ten times, was already getting tired of it.

So the New Year's Eve banquet was spent in a very casual manner.

The Tong family celebrated the New Year in great style.

Since raising Xue Tuan, Shu Mu Lu Shi has hardly worried about anything, leaving many of the household affairs to her two daughters-in-law.

Thinking that this was her daughter's last New Year's Eve at home, Shumulu Shi began to organize the New Year's Eve banquet herself again. She was a thoughtful person, so the Tong family's New Year's Eve banquet was particularly expensive and required a lot of effort.

After the New Year, another month passed, and in the blink of an eye, Tong Cheng'er's wedding day was just around the corner.

During this time, Tong Cheng'er was always surrounded by people, especially Shu Mulu, who wanted to keep her under her nose at all times.

Sometimes, lying in bed, Tong Cheng'er would think that although her life had only just begun, it had already been worthwhile.

She still remembers the suffering of her past life and the deep-seated loneliness, but she is no longer afraid.

Tong Cheng'er is a person with a strong will. If she had been even slightly less determined, given how unlucky she was in her past life, her fate would have been either to wallow in self-pity or to take revenge on society.

Some wounds cannot be healed by time, but happiness can. As long as you are happy enough, all the wounds will become scars that will never disappear, but they will never make you feel pain again.

For a moment, Tong Cheng'er was especially grateful to the 1314 Time and Space Administrator. She thought it was just a meaningless lifetime, but who knew it could actually make her heart, which was riddled with holes, beat again.

I've finally found the courage to embrace the world again.

After the New Year, Tong Cheng'er suddenly figured out a lot of things, and became much more positive and cheerful.

Specifically, I'm not so lazy anymore.

Of course, this is only in comparison to her past self.

In fact, she is still not a very diligent person.

Her behavior was both gratifying and quite saddening to her family.

The good news is that she has finally made a change, and it was a proactive change, not a change forced upon her by others.

As for her sadness, it stemmed from the fact that everyone in the Tong family believed she had changed for Yinzhen's sake.

What their family couldn't do for over ten years was accomplished by a kid who had only been around for less than six months. How could they possibly accept this?

Of course, Tong Cheng'er didn't change for Yinzhen's sake; she just figured things out. However, the timing was too coincidental, and that's how the misunderstanding arose.

"Princess, the gatekeeper has sent word that the Fourth Prince has arrived."

"What is he doing here again?"

Rulan chuckled and joked, "The Fourth Prince naturally came for the Princess."

Ru Xue chimed in, "That's right, that's right, every time the Fourth Prince comes here he just wants to see the Princess."

Rulan: "Speaking of which, the Fourth Prince is really good to the Princess. Even among ordinary families, few sons-in-law are as attentive as the Fourth Prince. This is truly rare."

There was something Ru Lan didn't say: she felt that this was simply an incredible stroke of luck for the princess.

She also liked the princess; after all, the princess possessed a beauty that could shame the moon and flowers, and a captivating charm that could make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, and she was easy to get along with...

But the princess just doesn't like to move!

With such a lazy nature, finding a husband like the Fourth Prince who is willing to put his heart into it is truly a stroke of luck, especially since the Fourth Prince is both handsome and has a high social standing.

"You're all so good at talking, do you even remember who you're working for?"

Rulan and Ruxue exchanged a smile, then said in unison, "Of course they belong to the Princess."

Rulan: "Although she is the princess's person, the Fourth Prince will soon be no outsider either!"

Tong Cheng'er glared at them.

When Yinzhen arrived, he saw a sullen Tong Cheng'er, who was also holding a cat in her arms.

Yinzhen: "What's wrong today?"

Tong Cheng'er shook her head weakly: "Nothing!"

"You don't look like you're alright at all!"

After saying that, Yinzhen began to tease the cat in Tong Cheng'er's arms, and the two got quite close.

Tong Cheng'er hugged the cat and turned her head away.

Yinzhen touched his nose. He had just arrived and hadn't had a chance to say anything wrong yet! What was wrong?

Yinzhen: "We've never gone out together before, let's go out for a stroll together today!"

It's a good opportunity to relax.

I'll just give away some money while I'm at it.

In the end, Tong Cheng'er agreed to go out.

Tong Cheng'er wasn't trying to give anyone face; mainly, she hadn't left the manor in a long time and wanted to see what the outside world was like.

That's right, that's exactly how it is.

Rulan and Ruxue: Excuses! They're all just excuses.

Tong Cheng'er got into Yinzhen's carriage. This was the first time in her life that she had been in such a small space with a man. She didn't say much along the way.

Su Peisheng: "My lord, Princess Tong, we've arrived."

Before getting off the carriage, Tong Cheng'er said, "I forgot to ask you, what place did you bring me to?"

Yinzhen said, "It's a jewelry shop."

Tong Cheng'er suddenly thought of her second brother, who seemed to have brought his sister-in-law to the jewelry shop after their engagement.

Men really are all the same.

The two got off the carriage, and Tong Cheng'er looked up at the shop's signboard.

"Red Sleeve Pavilion? When did this shop open?"

Yinzhen replied, "I've only been here a short time, let's go in and take a look!"

Tong Cheng'er nodded: "It would be good to go in and take a look."

It's perfect to take some back for my mother and two sisters-in-law.

The two entered the Red Sleeve Pavilion. The manager saw the people who came. He had never seen Yinzhen before, but he recognized Su Peisheng.

The only one who could have Su Peisheng serving him was naturally the Fourth Prince. The shopkeeper immediately came over to greet him, and just as he was about to speak with a respectful expression, Yinzhen spoke first: "Shopkeeper, I'd like a private room."

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