The Mu Mansion was no exception. After Si Yuhuan and the others helped to 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 bring bad luck to the whole family. So every New Year he never lets me help to post the couplets, nor does he let me touch the bamboo firecrackers."

The other girls didn't say anything because they were in almost the same situation. Even though they missed their families very much, they had never thought about going back.

They feel free and happy living here. They don't have to bear all the heavy work of the household, nor do they need to take care of their family members' daily lives. Most importantly, they won't be beaten for doing something wrong.

Lin Zishu patted Xia Yan's shoulder to comfort her.

"Excuse me..." Someone interrupted them: "Is this the home of Master Mu Nan Jin Mu?"

Xia Yan and the others turned around and saw a man dressed as a servant looking at them with a smile.

Si Yuhuan nodded: "Yes, may I ask who you are..."

"I am the groom of the Left Prime Minister. The Left Prime Minister ordered me to deliver some New Year gifts to Lord Mu."

The coachman handed the gifts in the carriage to them, and finally took out a small white porcelain pot and said, "This is the ginger tea that our left prime minister specially prepared for Lord Mu. He said that Lord Mu is a little girl living alone outside the mansion, with no elders to take care of her, and no elders to tell her to drink less, so he prepared ginger tea for her to sober up."

Si Yuhuan was flattered on behalf of Mu Nanjin. It was really surprising that a high-ranking official would give gifts to his subordinates: "Let's go and ask Lord Mu to come out."

The groom quickly said, "No, no, I am just a servant, how can I be received by Lord Mu?"

"Then let us thank Lord Zuo Xiang on behalf of Miss Mu. Lord Zuo Xiang is really very thoughtful."

"I will pass this message to the Left Prime Minister 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 coming.

The coachman got off the carriage quickly and said, "I am the coachman from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. Nice to meet you ladies."

Si Yuhuan and the others were stunned. Just as the Left Prime Minister arrived, the Right Prime Minister came.

"The Right Prime Minister asked me to deliver a New Year gift to Lord Mu."

The coachman unloaded a pile of New Year gifts from the cart.

Si Yuhuan asked Lin Zishu and others to move the New Year gifts into the house.

Finally, the groom took out five large jars of wine: "This is the fruit wine that our Right Prime Minister specially prepared for Lord Mu. Our Right Prime Minister said that drinking is inevitable during the New Year celebrations, but Lord Mu is a little girl, and drinking too much can easily harm her body. But fruit wine is different. Not only will it not make you drunk, it can also strengthen your body."

Si Yuhuan and the others hurriedly helped to thank the Right Prime Minister.

The groom drove away.

Xia Yan said enviously: "It's really unexpected that the left and right ministers in the court would send New Year gifts to the young lady."

Lin Zishu smiled slightly: "This shows that the young lady gets along well with the ministers in the court."

Next, many officials sent people to give Mu Nanjin New Year gifts.

The more Si Yuhuan listened, the more she felt something was wrong. It would have been fine if they were just sending New Year gifts, but why were everyone persuading Mu Nanjin to drink less? They also sent a bunch of hangover sobering things. The emperor was even more exaggerated and sent Eunuch Yuan to deliver thirty hangover sobering New Year dishes.

Lin Zishu was puzzled: "Why do the officials remind girls to drink less and send a lot of hangover food?"

Si Yuhuan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe the girl's alcohol tolerance is really not very good. She is also the youngest female official in the court. It's not surprising that everyone cares about her. When we eat, we will persuade her."

Little did they know that the officials were afraid that Mu Nanjin would expose all their ugly deeds after getting drunk, and then would they be able to have a good New Year.

Si Yuhuan informed Mu Nanjin about the New Year gifts sent by various high-ranking officials.

They even specifically told her not to drink! ? Everyone cares about her so much?

Mu Nanjin couldn't figure it out, and didn't want to try to figure out what they were thinking.

Besides, tonight was New Year's Eve, and it was impossible to return the favor to every official, so she put the matter behind her.

New Year’s Eve is a big day for family reunion.

Mu Nanjin knew that Tian Yuan and the governor had no relatives in the capital, so he asked someone to invite them to come and have New Year's Eve dinner together.

Tian Yuan, who had never celebrated the Chinese New Year, didn't want to agree to this at first, but when he saw that every household was preparing for the Chinese New Year and everyone had happy smiles on their faces, his heart was inexplicably moved.

The governor agreed very readily.

He used to celebrate the New Year alone and had long wanted to celebrate it with others, but his friends and subordinates all had families. If he went to someone else's home to celebrate the New Year, he would feel inexplicably uncomfortable watching the harmonious scenes of other families.

It is different to celebrate the New Year at Mu Nanjin's home. There are no elders in her family, and the people who celebrate the New Year with her come from all over the place, so she will definitely not feel excluded.

At the hour of You, the governor and Tian Yuan arrived outside the gate of the Mu Mansion on time.

The two stood at the door and looked at each other silently for a while before knocking on the door.

After a while, the butler came to open the door. He smiled and asked, "Is it Lord Governor and Lord Tianyuan?"

The governor and Tian Yuan nodded.

"You two, please come in."

The butler invited them to the hall.

The hall was divided into two sides by a screen, the left side was for men and the other side was for women.

When Mu Nanjin saw Tian Yuan and the governor coming, he immediately invited them to sit down.

Tian Yuan raised his eyebrows when he saw Wu Yuan sitting there.

Wu Yuan saw Tian Yuan suddenly stand up and asked excitedly: "Why are you here?"

Tian Yuan said calmly: "Shouldn't I be the one asking you this? As a person of order, why are you staying here?"

Wu Yuan's face didn't look good: "I'm here for a reason."

"Everyone is here for a reason."

Wu Yuan: “…”

Mu Nanjin said to Wu Yuan: "You are now a Jinyiwei, and you should do the work of Jinyiwei. Put other things aside for now."

Wu Yuan thought about it and nodded.

Even if he wanted to ask about it now, he could do nothing about Tian Yuan by himself and could only pretend that he knew nothing about it.

Mu Nanjin arranged Tian Yuan and the governor to sit opposite Wu Yuan, then turned around and asked the butler to serve the dishes.

Tian Yuan and the governor looked at the people present. Except for Yang Bo and Xu Cheng, the identities of everyone else were extraordinary.

Suddenly, there was a bang.

Heitan took out a jar of wine and placed it on the table.

"Tonight is New Year's Eve, a day for everyone to reunite, so no matter what hatreds you have, you must put them all aside. Come, let's have a drink, oh, no, let's have a bowl, and drink all these hatreds away." (End of this chapter)