The first day of the Lunar New Year is a time for people to visit each other and exchange New Year's greetings. Since Xiao Yang is now a member of the Hanlin Academy, he started getting ready to go to the palace early in the morning!

This year's court assembly was the largest and most solemn of the year, when the emperor met with all his officials!

As long as you are in the capital, even if you are a minor official, you must go to the palace to pay homage!

Song Yan'er watched Xiao Yang get up in a daze, and then belatedly realized that Xiao Yang would be entering the imperial court from now on, and he probably wouldn't be able to sleep in anymore!

Oh, what an unfortunate thing!

When Song Yan'er woke up again, it was already noon!

For some reason, I've been feeling really tired lately. I went to bed early last night and slept until noon! If my period hadn't just ended, Song Yan'er would have thought I was pregnant!

When she woke up, Xiao Yang was already back. Seeing Song Yan'er's sleepy appearance, he immediately went over to her and asked with concern:

"Sister, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

After all, I wanted to get to know her better last night, but I didn't expect her to fall asleep while I was taking a shower!

Song Yan'er...

"No! I can eat and sleep well!"

"Pfft! Sister, are you a little pig?"

Song Yan'er rolled her eyes:

"If I were a pig, what about you? A boar? We can't have a human-animal relationship, can we?"

Xiao Yang...

Sister, you're ruthless, really, you're so ruthless you don't even spare yourself!

Song Yan'er realized what she had said and was speechless!

Seeing that Xiao Yang couldn't hold back his laughter any longer, he turned around and went into the kitchen!

How shameful!

Xiao Yang watched Song Yan'er's back and finally couldn't help but laugh!

"Father!"

Then Xiao Mingyu came skipping and hopping over.

Xiao Yang reached out and picked up his precious daughter:

"Mingyu, where have you been?!"

I just got back and haven't seen the three babies yet, and now it's obvious they came back from outside!

“We went with our great-grandfather to ask for red envelopes. No, our great-grandfather said it was for New Year’s greetings, but they all gave us red envelopes, and there were so many!”

Xiao Yang...

Is this something my maternal grandfather would do?

Sure enough, as he gets older, his thinking is quite different from before!

When I was little, my grandfather never took me to ask for red envelopes! He even said that it was not the behavior of a gentleman!

...

The year has come to an end just like that; it was short but very heartwarming!

During this period, Song Yan'er and the old lady took the children to explore the surrounding area, and then took the whole family to the hot spring resort for a visit!

Last time, Song's mother didn't want to go at all, but ever since Song Yan'er said that she could raise chickens and ducks there and do whatever she wanted, Song's mother happily went along!

Time flies, and it's already February!

There's a big event happening this month: the annual spring hunt is about to begin!

Although the old lady was not very interested in it, saying that there was nothing fun about it, it was the first time that the wife of the top scholar had appeared in front of everyone!

There were originally many banquets in various households and the palace during the Spring Festival, but Xiao Yang said that he had not yet officially entered the court, so he did not need to go for the time being!

So Song Yan'er took a break and has been leisurely for so long!

However, Xiao Yang has now been officially in the hospital for over a month, so this time he was allowed to bring his family, and he brought Song Yan'er with him!

Of course, since Xiao Yang understands Song Yan'er, he won't force her if she doesn't like it!

"Yan'er, have you heard? There's another important thing about this spring hunt!" Shen Meng leaned closer to Song Yan'er with a gossipy look on her face!

Because of her current status as a beauty, Shen Meng has some influence in the Bai family. So when she heard that Song Yan'er was going to the Spring Hunt, she came along. After all, she was very curious about what the Spring Hunt was all about and why so many women would participate!

Song Yan'er...

"What else could happen during a spring hunt!"

Shen Meng: "I heard they're choosing a husband for the Princess of Western Liao! She's here for a political marriage, and I've heard she's incredibly beautiful! When I see her later, I must say hello and get a closer look at just how beautiful she is, since those people are praising her so much!"

Song Yan'er glanced at Chen Meng expressionlessly:

"I've seen her, she is indeed very beautiful, but her manners are terrible. We even had a brief fight! But hearing you say that, I guess we'll have to fight a second time, because she's taken a liking to Xiao Yang!"

"Xiao Yang? Ah!"

Shen Meng suddenly stood up excitedly, but forgot that she was in a carriage, so she bumped her head directly into the ground. Because of the excessive force, Shen Meng grimaced in pain!

"Are you alright? Why are you so agitated?"

Song Yan'er quickly went forward to check if Chen Meng's head was alright, after all, the carriage was of very good quality!

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Tell me what happened. Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

Song Yan'er was speechless as she looked at Shen Meng, who was covering her head with one hand and had a gossipy look on her face!

They really prioritize gossip above all else!

Song Yan'er didn't hide anything and directly told the story of the day the Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations) paraded through the streets!

"You're only telling me now after all this time? Aren't we still best friends? You've gone too far! But this Yelü Xue is really a waste of being a princess! She has such poor manners! It's a shame that all the men in the capital are crazy about her."

Because the guests of Zui Hongyan are all noble ladies from the capital, and women are naturally fond of gossip, they are not special!

Shen Meng was forced to listen to a lot of gossip every day!

This whole period has been about Princess Yelü Xue of the Western Liao Dynasty!

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