Amidst the busyness, the new year of hard work has quietly arrived.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the court announced a holiday. Helian Jue and other officials, who had worked hard for a year, finally got a ten-day annual leave.

Of course, the imperial court would not stop functioning. Officials and clerks were on duty from the six ministries to the county government.

The officials from the Ministry of Justice who had been captured as able-bodied men by Helian Jue for several days were undoubtedly the happiest.

It was a New Year holiday, so they finally didn't have to stay up late with His Majesty and could go home and have a good rest for a few days.

Helian Jue has always been clear about rewards and punishments. The officials of the Ministry of Justice and several scholars of the Hanlin Academy have indeed worked hard recently, so he specially rewarded them with a lot of good things.

After finishing all these, Helian Jue finally had some free time to spend with Qin Yanning and the two children.

Qin Yanning gave both children Jianti Mingzhi pills. Although the two children were only twenty days old, it could be seen that they were two naughty kids.

After losing the red color of her birth, Jin'er no longer looks so dark.

However, when placed next to the fair and lovely Yu'er, Jin'er, who was originally considered a handsome boy, seemed a little overshadowed.

Jin'er's eyebrows and eyes look like Helian Jue, but Yu'er and Qin Yanning look like each other.

Her skin is as white as cream and her lips are as white as cherry. Her eyes are like stars and her eyebrows are as dark as ink.

The empress dowager couldn't let go of this granddaughter, and Helian Jue also preferred this daughter more.

Even Jin'er herself likes to cling to her twin sister.

Helian Jue held Yu'er and sat beside Qin Yanning. Qin Yanning lowered his head and made a face at Jin'er in the cradle.

Not only was Jin'er not afraid, she even started giggling.

Seeing this, Helian Jue couldn't help but curl his lips.

Qin Yanning leaned on Helian Jue's shoulder and said, "My mother said that we will hold a grand palace banquet for the Lantern Festival this year."

"If you don't want so many people to come to the palace, I will tell my mother that we can just have a simple meal this year."

Because Helian Jue had no children, the palace banquets on New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival in previous years were all reunion dinners for the concubines to have together, which was considered the New Year.

This year was different. Helian Jue had two children at once. The empress dowager naturally wanted to call the clan members into the palace for a gathering to show off her two grandchildren.

Qin Yanning knew that in the past, because Helian Jue had no children, the clan members had many complaints against the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother was so frustrated that she wanted to show off and vent her anger.

If Qin Yanning had not been out of confinement on New Year's Eve, I'm afraid the Queen Mother would have wanted to hold a grand banquet on New Year's Eve.

The Queen Mother was in high spirits, and Qin Yanning certainly didn't want to be the one to spoil her fun, so she quickly shook her head.

"Ning'er has never attended a palace banquet before, so she's just a little curious."

Helian Jue laughed. He almost forgot that this was the first New Year he and his Ning'er spent together.

But there will be many, many New Years in the future.

He can spend time with his Ning'er and his two children.

Helian Jue held Qin Yanning's hand and said, "There's nothing special about the palace banquet, but there will be some performances."

"Since the Queen Mother wants a grand banquet, she will probably ask me to invite officials of the third rank and above to come with their families."

"By then, those young girls who are approaching marriageable age might even be able to play the piano and dance."

Qin Yanning's eyes lit up when she heard this. Since she came to this small world, she had not participated in any entertainment activities except playing Gobang and mahjong.

This is a good opportunity to appreciate the talents of women of this era.

When Helian Jue saw that Qin Yanning was interested, he knew that she was just a child and wanted to play.

Looking at his lovely young lady, Helian Jue also had his own plans in mind.

Helian Jue, who finally got a vacation, spent a few days with Qin Yanning. The last day of the year finally arrived with a heavy snow.

On New Year's Eve, as soon as Qin Yanning woke up, he heard Songxue say that it was snowing.

Qin Yanning had rarely seen heavy snow in his previous life. When he heard her say this, he jumped out of bed and went to make a snowman.

Songxue was so scared that she stopped her.

In the eyes of outsiders, Qin Yanning hasn't even finished her confinement yet. If anyone dares to let her go out to play in the snow, wouldn't that be an offense to His Majesty?

Although the female doctors diagnosed Qin Yanning's condition and said that she had recovered very well, Helian Jue only allowed her to go out for a walk occasionally, for fear that she would develop some chronic illness.

It was obviously impossible to let her play in the snow.

Helian Jue was practicing shooting outside the hall. When he heard the noise in the house, he stopped and threw the gun to Eunuch Wang.

Qin Yanning only heard the sound of the door opening, and he knew that his idea of ​​playing in the snow was ruined.

Helian Jue was wearing a tight suit, with a few unmelted snowflakes on his shoulders.

Qin Yanning stepped forward quickly and wanted to brush off the snowflakes for Helian Jue, but Helian Jue signaled Song Yue to stop him.

Helian Jue took the hot water bottle handed to him by Song Xue and said with a smile: "I am cold, don't let you get cold."

Qin Yanning also knew that Helian Jue was doing this for his own good, so he simply sat back on the couch.

The timing of her birth was unfortunate. It was freezing cold during her confinement period. No matter who came to see her, they had to get rid of the coldness on their bodies before they dared to get close to her and her two children.

Helian Jue warmed his hands for a while, and only when he felt that he was no longer cold did he dare to sit next to Qin Yanning.

The two children slept with their wet nurse at night, and they probably haven't woken up yet, otherwise these two little monkeys would have come to look for their father and mother.

Helian Jue signaled Songyue and Songxue to serve breakfast, and then said to Qin Yanning with some trepidation: "Tonight is the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and only the imperial concubines will attend. I should go there."

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