Chapter 170: Celebrating the New Year with You
A few days after Xie Pingbei returned, it was the end of the year.
It was a rare occasion for the Xie family to have a reunion dinner, and the house was bustling with activity.
It snowed all night yesterday.
It didn't stop until dawn.
The entire capital city was covered in silver and white with heavy snow, as crystal clear as jade.
Jiang Rong was wearing a brand new bright red coat and skirt with a lotus pattern and silver embroidery, and a snow fox cloak. She looked like a fairy in the snow, pretty and lovely.
Xie Lingxi was also wearing a red brocade robe with the same lotus pattern on the collar and cuffs, but it was a little simpler.
According to the Xie family's New Year customs, all the younger generations would go to pay their respects to the old concubine early in the morning and then go to worship their ancestors.
Although servants had cleared the fallen snow early on, the ground was still slippery with a light layer of icicles.
Xie Lingxi held the umbrella with one hand and held Jiang Rong tightly with the other, and they went to Songhe Hall together.
The snow is falling heavily and the red plum blossoms in the garden are in full bloom.
White snow, red plum blossoms, beauty in red.
The two people walking side by side under the oil-paper umbrella are as beautiful as a painting.
Jiang Rong tilted her head slightly to glance at Xie Lingxi beside her. She suddenly smiled sweetly, as if she remembered something.
"What are you laughing at?" Xie Lingxi had been focusing on her and noticed it immediately.
"I remember the first time we went to pay our respects to grandma after we got married, we also walked on this road. You were walking in front of me at that time..." Jiang Rong smiled faintly.
She lied to him and said, I don't know the way, so the man gradually slowed down and waited for her.
Now, he took her with him.
Before I knew it, a year had passed since I left him.
They have experienced many things together, visited some places, and seen some scenery...
Walked a long way.
And in the future, she will walk with him until the end of time.
Xie Lingxi was startled, he lowered his eyes to look at the young woman beside him, and remembered the time when they had just got married.
When he first married her, he never thought that he would fall in love with her in the future.
Fortunately, he married her earlier.
The two of them didn't say much, only a faint warm atmosphere surrounded them.
"Hiss——" Jiang Rong was walking very carefully, but when he turned a corner, his foot slipped and he almost fell to the ground.
Xie Lingxi hugged her in his arms, handed her the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, and picked her up by the waist.
Jiang Rong blushed: "There are many people here today..."
Today everyone will go to pay their respects to the old empress dowager, and some relatives from the Xie family’s side branches will also be seen!
"You've lied to me so many times, and now you're shy?" Xie Lingxi couldn't help laughing as he looked at the person in his arms.
Jiang Rong's face turned even redder.
I didn't feel shy when I tricked him into hugging me, but I felt shy when others mentioned it.
"There are a lot of people here today. If you fall to the ground and break your face, it won't look good." Xie Lingxi teased and continued the second half of her sentence.
Find a reason to carry her when traveling.
Jiang Rong blushed slightly, buried her head in his chest and said nothing.
The accompanying Jade and Agate all covered their mouths and laughed.
The Crown Prince and his concubine are so loving from the beginning of the year to the end of the year!
Xie Lingxi and Jiang Rong arrived early, and on the way they met many members of the Xie family who were paying their respects to the old concubine. Everyone looked at them sideways, and many of them showed kind smiles.
Everyone had heard that Xie Lingxi was extremely fond of his new bride, so they didn't find it strange to see this.
Arrived at the gate of Songhe Hall.
Xie Lingxi put Jiang Rong down, and the two of them went to pay their respects to their grandmother.
Xie Yuanwen's condition worsened because of the wind he had been exposed to at the city gate that day, and perhaps he was also angry, so this time he was really sick and couldn't get out of bed.
So today he didn't come out to get in the way.
Concubine Li was originally Concubine Zhao's yes-man, but after Concubine Zhao got into trouble, she became very smart and never dared to find fault with the Prince and his wife, and was very respectful to them.
Hence, in Songhe Hall, all the people who came to pay their respects were in a friendly and lively atmosphere.
"Brother, it's snowing, let's make a snowman!" Little boy Xie Lingan tugged at Xie Lingxi's sleeve, his pair of round eyes with distinct black and white blinking cutely.
He is Xie Lingxi's younger brother and is only five years old this year.
He usually attends classes in school and is very diligent.
That means we only have holidays at the end of the year.
Xie Ruojiao looked at the heavy snow outside the window and was eager to go, "Let's go together! Sister-in-law, let's go build a snowman together!"
Build a snowman...
Jiang Rong was startled. The Jiang family had a long tradition of poetry and literature, and they had always kept her under strict control.
She spent her childhood studying and never had any fun. Chang always had a lot of principles and didn't allow her to do many things.
If you think about it carefully, she actually didn't have a childhood. She never built a snowman.
Chang said that she had touched the snow and would catch a cold and get sick. It sounded like she was doing it for her own good.
She just couldn't bear to take care of the child. Locking her in the study and not letting her go out would save her a lot of trouble.
"I...can't..." Jiang Rong hesitated.
Xie Ruojiao looked at her in surprise. "There are things in this world that my sister-in-law doesn't know. I always thought my sister-in-law was omnipotent... Come on, I'll teach you! It's fun!"
"Go, go, everyone go and have fun. Mammy, prepare ginger soup for them." Old Concubine Xie ordered with a smile.
Xie Lingxi tilted her head to look at the young woman beside her. Her gaze fell on the falling snow outside the window, which felt both novel and strange.
Xie Ruojiao and Xie Lingan have been pestering him to take them to play in the snow since they were young.
She had never even touched...
The days she used to live in the Jiang family.
Xie Lingxi recalled the information about Jiang Rong. Although there were many omissions, it was true that she stayed in the library every day without leaving the house.
Her past lacked many of the joys of ordinary people.
He is now helping her make up for it one by one.
"Together, Rongrong." Xie Lingxi looked at her.
Jiang Rong nodded and went to the yard with the Xie brothers and sisters.
She didn't know how to play, but she didn't want to spoil the fun for her younger siblings, so she came along.
But when Xie Lingxi took her to build a snowman...
She enjoyed it too.
I rolled a very big snowball with Xie Ruojiao. I don’t know what’s so fun about it, but before I knew it, a happy smile appeared on my face.
The old princess dowager sat on the couch by the window, watching the children laughing and playing, a gratified smile on her face.
This is the first New Year since Jiang Rong and Xie Lingxi got married.
In the heavy snow, she built the first snowman with him.
Back to the yard.
The old concubine immediately ordered someone to bring them steaming hot ginger soup, and ordered the servants to bring a few more basins of silver charcoal for them to dry their clothes.
The little girl next to him chirped, "Brother and sister-in-law, let's set off fireworks and firecrackers together tonight!"
"Sister-in-law, I have learned a few new window paper patterns, they are so beautiful. I will cut them out and give them to you. Come and see what I cut!" Xie Ruojiao said with a smile on the other side.
The man next to her gently wiped the snow that had fallen between her hair and put a heater in her palm.
Jiang Rong was immersed in this lively and warm atmosphere, thinking, this is the Chinese New Year.
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