On the first day of the new year, Yun Xiangye woke up at the hour of Mao.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Yun Xiangye hurriedly checked the 30,000 taels of silver notes under her pillow. She counted them two or three times and felt relieved only after making sure that none of the notes were missing.
Gu Yan chuckled at the side and said, "You've been counting your banknotes early in the morning, are you afraid that I'll steal your banknotes?"
Yun Xiangye ignored Gu Yan. After making sure that the amount of silver was not missing, she locked the banknotes in a small wooden box beside her and hung the key to the small lock next to the jade buckle she wore around her neck to ensure that the key would not be lost.
"Mother."
Yun Xiangye saw Xiao Nuonuo coming in from outside and held the little Nuonuo in her arms, saying, "Good boy Nuonuo."
Nanny Cao, who was following behind Nuonuo, handed three red envelopes to Yun Xiangye with both hands. "Princess, these are the red envelopes that Her Royal Highness the Princess, Princess Jingyu, and Madam Gu gave to Miss yesterday as New Year's gifts."
Yun Xiangye took the red envelope from Nanny Cao. She opened it and saw that the red envelopes that Madam Gu and Jingyu gave to Nuonuo contained eight hundred taels of silver notes.
The eldest princess gave another red envelope of 10,000 taels...
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and said, "The red envelope that mother gave to Nuonuo was also 10,000 taels. Now mother gave 40,000 taels all at once. That's too much. Shouldn't we return some of it?"
Gu Yan said: "Mother has plenty of money, just keep it well."
Yun Xiangye put Nuonuo's red envelope into a wooden box and hid it. This red envelope for the New Year would be given to Nuonuo as a dowry in the future.
Yun Xiangye spent nearly an hour dressing up.
The palace maids were excellent at combing their hair and applying makeup.
After Yun Xiangye put on the crabapple red feather satin sable lining cloak, she looked at herself in the bronze mirror and felt a little strange. She finally understood the saying that clothes make the man.
"Beautiful." Xiao Nuonuo climbed onto Yun Xiangye's legs, "Mommy, beautiful."
Yun Xiangye chuckled and touched her daughter's head, "Nuonuo is also very beautiful."
Gu Yan urged from outside the door: "Are you ready? We can't miss the time to go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings."
Yun Xiangye carried Nuonuo and went outside, "I'm here."
When Gu Yan saw Yun Xiangye who had carefully dressed up, his eyes narrowed slightly and his brows furrowed slightly.
Seeing Gu Yan's expression, Yun Xiangye asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Gu Yan whispered, "You knew you were going to the palace to see Zhao Jing today, so why did you dress so exquisitely and beautifully?"
Yun Xiangye snorted softly, "Why do I have to dress so exquisitely? It's because your good sisters all think that I'm doing you an injustice by being your wife."
Gu Yan frowned slightly and said, "Don't be jealous and have wild thoughts."
"Who's jealous? It was clearly you who mentioned Zhao Jing first."
Yun Xiangye took a deep breath and said, "Forget it. It's the first day of the first lunar month. I won't argue with you."
After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she took Nuonuo's little hand and walked out of the princess's mansion.
At the door, Her Royal Highness the Princess was already waiting in the carriage holding little Jingru.
Yun Xiangye greeted the eldest princess and said, "Mother, Happy New Year."
Xie Zhixuan chuckled and said, "Happy New Year! Come on, get in the carriage."
Yun Xiangye carried Nuonuo and got on a carriage at the back, which slowly headed towards the palace.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, many court officials and ladies came to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and empress, and the palace gate was filled with BMWs and sedan chairs.
After entering the palace, Gu Yan, as a court official, had to go to Taiji Palace to pay New Year's greetings. Yun Xiangye and Gu Jingyu followed Xie Zhixuan to Fengyi Palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen.
When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, it was already full of ladies who had come to pay New Year's greetings.
Upon hearing the announcement that Princess Sheng Zhao and Princess Jingyu, the wife of Prince Ning, requested an audience, all the ladies in the hall looked outside the door. Those who had never seen Yun Xiangye were very curious.
Princess Chu, who was sitting below the Empress, smiled faintly and said, "Yan'er's wife has been back in Chang'an for many days, and I haven't seen her yet. Today I finally get to meet her."
The Princess of Chu also looked towards the door with everyone else, and saw Xiao Jingru who had run into the palace first.
"aunt."
Queen Wei chuckled and looked at Xiao Jingru, "You are finally here in the palace. Your aunt hasn't seen you for a long time."
Little Jingru threw herself into Queen Wei's arms and said in a baby voice, "I miss my aunt, too."
Queen Wei chuckled and touched Xiao Jingru's head.
Yun Xiangye held Xiao Nuonuo's hand, lowered her eyes, and followed Xie Zhixuan into Fengyi Palace.
Yun Xiangye imitated Gu Jingyu's movements and bowed with her, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, wishing Her Majesty a prosperous New Year."
Queen Wei said, "No need to be polite. Please stand up."
The eyes of all the noble ladies were on Yun Xiangye. After seeing Yun Xiangye's appearance, they all smiled meaningfully.
When Old Madam Fu and Second Madam Fu saw Yun Xiangye's appearance, they looked at each other and both felt sorry for their own Fu Anran.
Fu Qianran, who was sitting next to Old Madam Fu, looked at Yun Xiangye's appearance, tapped the hot water bottle in her hand lightly with her fingers, and smiled faintly. Yun Xiangye was undoubtedly beautiful, but not so beautiful that she made the second daughter of the Fu family, who was as beautiful as a fairy, lose.
Only the Princess of Chu was extremely shocked. She dropped the teacup in her hand and asked in a shocked tone, "Xiangye?"
Seeing Princess Chu call Yun Xiangye's name, Xie Zhixuan said, "Yuxiu, do you know my Xiangye? Xiangye, this is your second aunt."
Yun Xiangye walked up to the Princess of Chu, bowed and said, "Second aunt."
Princess Chu looked at Yun Xiangye in disbelief, then glanced at Nuonuo beside her. In the end, she didn't say much, but simply nodded lightly: "No need to be so polite."
Xie Zhixuan raised her eyebrows and looked at the Princess of Chu. The Princess of Chu, considering that there were many people here, just shook her head at Xie Zhixuan. The two of them, as friends for many years, understood what she meant and did not mention Yun Xiangye again.
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