Tian An pondered for a moment, then smiled and took back the handkerchief in his hand, "Thank you!"
As he spoke, he took off his handkerchief and gave it to Deng Xue. "Today is New Year's Day, and this red plum blossom looks festive, so I'll use it first."
When the little girl saw that Tian An was really willing to accept the handkerchief she embroidered and use it on the spot, she was flattered for a moment. She covered her big mouth with her hands, looking as excited as if she had won a prize.
Seeing that Tian An really accepted her things, the other female students no longer hesitated and handed their gifts to Tian An.
Tian An looked at the pile of purses and handkerchiefs in front of him, feeling a bit amused and helpless. He jokingly said to An Rong, "Take these. I'm afraid I won't have to embroider handkerchiefs and purses myself in the future."
Before An Rong could say anything, the female students rushed to say, "Sister An An, you don't have to do it yourself. From now on, no matter what you want, let us embroider it."
Tian An felt warm in his heart and asked Deng Xue to accept the students' kindness.
"Today is New Year's Day, and I accept your kindness, but this won't happen again! You are students, and your studies should be your priority now."
The students nodded repeatedly, "We understand, Sister An An."
But I thought, giving it once a year should be fine! I gave it a handkerchief this year, so what should I give it next year?
At noon, Tian An and all the teachers had a lively reunion lunch with the students, and then everyone went back home to spend the New Year with their families.
Fortunately, Uncle Yonghui will bring the uncles, aunts and relatives from the village to celebrate the New Year with the students in the evening, so they won’t be left alone on New Year’s Eve.
After bidding farewell to all the teachers at the academy gate, Han Xun and his wife returned to the city with Tian An and the others.
After sending the two of them back to the Han Mansion and paying a brief visit to Grandma Qin, Tian Mingwu took his family back to the General's Mansion.
The servants in the mansion were all dressed in new clothes and were busy preparing a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, with smiles on their faces.
As the sound of firecrackers rang out in the distance, Chen Qiang hurriedly asked someone to bring out the firecrackers he had prepared and started setting them off.
After setting off firecrackers, the New Year’s Eve dinner officially begins.
Because the queen was assassinated and injured, the emperor canceled this year's palace banquet, and Tian Mingwu was able to stay at home and spend a reunion year with his children.
After happily taking a sip of Tian An's treasured wine, Tian Mingwu was already imagining how nice it would be if next year's palace banquet was also cancelled!
During the Chinese New Year, the whole family should sit together to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner. Why do they all go to accompany the emperor?
In the palace, the emperor, remembering that the empress was injured, did not allow her to attend the family banquet prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He only drank two glasses of wine with the concubines at the banquet, tasted a few bites of food, and then hurried back to the empress's Kunning Palace.
The concubines were angry, but since she was the empress and favored by the emperor, they dared not speak out. They could only twist the handkerchiefs in their hands and eat the family dinner with the other concubines with a smile on their face.
There is no way. If I don’t eat now, I will be hungry when I go back.
The concubines were fine, they ate, drank, talked and laughed, and they could still look decent if they endured it.
But Princess Yonglin was not so tolerant. Her little face was as black as an inkstone. Concubine Jiang reminded her several times but to no avail. She could only ask her personal maid to pretend to serve her food to block the concubines' gloating eyes.
Unfortunately, her resentment was too strong, and even with a palace maid in between, it was of no use. Instead, it felt like there was something fishy going on.
But it was no wonder. She hadn't left Concubine Jiang's palace since she was confined there. She had only been allowed out for the family dinner today, New Year's Eve. She had originally wanted to use the dinner to flirt with her father and have him lift her confinement, but she hadn't expected...
Yonglin hated the Queen and Yaoyao to death. Of course, there was also Tian An. They were the ones who harmed her. Why didn't they just die?
He was filled with hatred and accidentally said what was in his heart.
Suddenly, the bustling hall fell silent. Concubine Jiang was stunned and thought to herself that she was in trouble.
The concubines who were originally watching the fun became even happier. This trip today was not in vain!
Those of low status dare not speak, for fear of being implicated and resented, so they can only lower their heads and reduce their presence.
But those who are in high positions are not afraid. In the past, they fought each other to the death and have long since torn their faces apart. There is no need to hide.
Soon, Xianfei, one of the four concubines, spoke up, "Who was Yonglin saying to die just now? Is that right? I didn't hear it wrong, Sister Noble Concubine."
Concubine Jiang laughed awkwardly and quickly covered up for Yonglin. "There was a lot of noise in the hall just now. Sister Xianfei must have misheard. It's New Year's Day, how could Yonglin say such an unlucky thing?"
Yonglin also realized that he had made a mistake and quickly explained, "Yes, yes, you heard it wrong, I didn't say that at all."
"Oh! Really?" He then looked at Consort Shu and Consort De. "Since you two were standing closer, you should have heard it clearly. That's what Yonglin said, right?"
Both Shufei and Defei had no children and did not want to get involved in this matter, so they each made excuses saying that they had not noticed just now.
The virtuous concubine was not angry when she saw that the two did not respond. After all, today's incident would surely reach the emperor's ears soon. Whether it was said or not was up to the emperor to judge.
As for who they were talking about, everyone knew it. After all, the news of Yonglin being under house arrest had spread throughout the harem a long time ago. Children are very proud, so of course they would complain about whoever punished her!
"Perhaps I heard it wrong!"
Seeing Concubine Xian change her tune, Yonglin naively thought the matter was over. She quickly said, "What do you mean by 'maybe'? You just heard it wrong."
"Yes, yes, I heard it wrong." The virtuous concubine admitted her mistake sincerely.
After that, he pretended to be interested and pulled Yonglin to ask about her well-being.
Concubine Jiang's temples were throbbing, and she was afraid that Yonglin would say something wrong again, so she made a few excuses and was about to drag her back to the palace.
Unfortunately, Yonglin didn't understand her good intentions at all and refused to go back. She had finally gotten out and didn't want to go back so soon.
"Mother, I haven't finished eating yet!"
Concubine Jiang looked at her daughter with dismay, thinking, "How could she have given birth to such a fool! If she eats any more, she'll be dead."
Without giving her a chance to react, Concubine Jiang winked at the personal maids beside her, and several maids came forward and dragged her away.
Fortunately, she was cautious and did not make a big fuss.
Concubine Jiang hurriedly took Yonglin away, but the remaining concubines were reluctant to leave. They made small talk and chatted haphazardly, waiting to see the mother and daughter make a fool of themselves.
Sure enough, not long after, a palace maid whispered to her master, "Princess Yonglin's nonsense is extremely treasonous and she is punished by permanent house arrest. She is not allowed to leave until she gets married. Concubine Jiang has failed to raise her daughter well, so her rank has been demoted."
The concubines were satisfied after hearing this. What is this called? The monk can run away, but the temple cannot.
Well! The excitement is over, you can go back and rest.
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