yuan day
There weren't many friends, so we sat at three tables.
Originally, as the host, Gui Yao and Ren Beixi should have spoken before the meal began, but one of the young couple was taciturn, and the other decided to keep him quiet, so they gave the important task of speaking to Madam Li Yuqing.
Li Yuqing actually didn't expect that even in his middle age, he would still be surrounded by members of the Li family.
"May the flowers always bloom and the moon always be full."
"Never forget each other."
Let's feast! Gui Yao and Ren Beixi clapped loudly. To cater to everyone's tastes today, the General's Mansion had specially set up a small condiment table. The greedy Ren Hui had already rushed to get the seasonings, and as a result, he was given special care by several elders.
Prime Minister Li had no dietary restrictions and ordered a bowl of various condiments, while Censor Li asked for more minced garlic.
Li Yuqing doesn't eat Houttuynia cordata.
"Why is there Houttuynia cordata in this?" Gao Shun felt offended by this, as he really didn't like eating it.
Jiuzhong, who was squinting her eyes and preparing the seasoning, spoke in a faint voice.
"Even if you don't like it, there will be others who do." He slowly put more watercress in the bowl than onions.
Gao Shun walked away with his nose pinched, and sat at the table farthest from Jiuchong.
Gui Yao watched him sit down next to Huang Shiyu in a familiar manner, at the same table with everyone's maids and guards. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Jiang Gu who was happily boiling tripe beside her. She chose to grab the tripe from her chopsticks and let her boil another piece.
Jiang Gu whispered, "There's some Houttuynia cordata in my chopsticks..."
Small problem, she didn't have the ability to read minds today, so she prepared to stare at the people she needed to be wary of.
Ren Beixi beside him paused.
"You can't be so vigilant. This isn't the most important thing today." Gui Yao didn't need to read his mind to sense Ren Beixi's desire. She leaned close to his drooping ear and whispered, "What's the most important thing today? Husband, tell me."
Don’t think about it, don’t think about it, don’t think about it.
"Answer me quickly."
Gui Yao decided to take the initiative and threw the cabbage she had picked up when she was distracted into Ren Beixi's bowl.
Ren Beixi ate the cabbage slowly and leisurely.
"The most important thing?" the man said in a deep voice, "My uncle and aunt are staying at the mansion tonight. Ah Ji is familiar with them, so let him go to keep them company. Mo Mo will accompany Mother back and carry Miao Miao along. Furthermore, the tabby cat will be sent to keep Miss Pin Yue company."
Guiyao almost choked.
She coughed and said speechlessly: "To put it bluntly, she just wants to sleep with me."
Ren Beixi did not refute and picked up a piece of potato noodles for her with chopsticks.
It gets dark early in winter.
The stage was closed, and Jiuchong smiled and toasted Ren Hui: "Why don't you go up and sing 'General's Order'?"
Ren Hui curled his lips.
He missed the "national teacher" who had accompanied him all the way.
Jiu Chong seemed to have sensed something: "Xiao Jiu told me that you took good care of him along the way."
"Tell you?" Xiao Hui asked sharply.
Xiaojiu, who was concentrating on blanching tripe in the distance, noticed the gazes of the people at that table and took the time to go back and wave.
Xiao Hui looked at the "national teacher" who was dressed in elegant plain clothes, with long hair neatly tied in a bun on his head, dark skin, and his iconic eyes that were deliberately painted small, as well as his completely different and simple image.
He realized it later.
Seeing him so surprised, Gui Yao clinked glasses with Ren Beixi beside her with great satisfaction.
"Although I'm not good at painting, I have made some achievements in makeup."
cheers.
The wine for today's family dinner was supplied by Jiang Gu, a famous businessman in Xianyu City. He not only cultivated but also made wine in other aspects, such as making wine with winter plum blossoms in early winter. Gui Yao wanted to drink a second sip after taking the first one.
Guiyao can't drink much.
But since she was in a good mood today, Ren Beixi didn't pay much attention to her and let her drink to her heart's content.
What's more, Ren Beixi still has the ability to read minds today. He lowered his eyes and looked at the gurgling and meowing voices in Gui Yao's mind, with a smile on his thin lips.
"Husband."
"Um."
Guiyao held the cup in one hand, leaning on the chair behind her aunt, deliberately blocking the way.
Prime Minister Li has almost become desensitized to Gao Shun as Li Cong these days. Later he realized when this habit of going out with a fake identity started. Thinking of his daughter who has been missing until now, he just supported himself with his cane and ignored the emperor.
Guiyao took a sip of wine.
Her almond-shaped eyes stared warily at the tall man who was slowly walking towards her.
"Don't go over there!" she said solemnly.
The man in front of him seemed stunned for a moment, and after a while, his round eyes showed a smile.
Huang Shiyu scratched his head.
"Okay." He didn't ask any more questions. His original intention was to toast, so he respectfully held the cup with both hands and clinked the cup with Guiyao's.
Guiyao finally realized who it was.
In the entire Xianyu City, only Brother Huang has such a strong sense of class.
The next person to toast was also a man.
Red clothes and white hair, this one is easy to recognize.
When Jiuchong first returned to Xianyu City, she had suggested that she disguise him, but Jiuchong did not agree. He was very happy staying at home with Pinyue, and sometimes he would sleep in the yard with the tabby cat in his arms for the whole day.
Guiyao thinks Jiuchong is a very interesting person.
Because of the special settings of Jiuchong, she once asked the system out of curiosity.
But the system did not give her an answer, and she could not read his mind, so she continued to keep him mysterious.
Jiuchong could tell at a glance that Guiyao was drunk.
In the past, Erlang of the Ren family would not let Guiyao drink too much, but today he remained calm, which was interesting.
He said congratulations nonchalantly, turned around and returned to his seat, looking at Ren Hui with a smile who was tricking his little moon into drinking.
He really deserves to be punished.
When Ren Beixi looked at Gao Shun who came to toast again, his thoughts coincided with Jiuchong's. He held Gui Yao's shoulders with his palms, took the cup that she was holding with both hands and drank it all himself.
Gao Shun held his forehead.
"Brother, I'm not here to toast." He frowned, a hint of fatigue in his phoenix eyes. "Your information is correct. I have also received a report from the capital. The leader of the Northern Barbarians has already set out from the north and will arrive in the capital around the Lantern Festival. I will leave tonight."
Ren Beixi looked at Guiyao, who was dazed with her head down in his arms, and motioned Gao Shun to come over.
"Your Majesty, life is full of regrets, the water flows eastward."
"There is always hope."
It is inevitable that when the New Year comes, there will be endless regrets lingering on the tongue, just like the arrow tails buried in the snow for many years in the Zhulu Arena, and the love and hate that are fleeting and can never be recovered.
Gao Shun silently tightened the reins.
Tonight's wind and snow slowly fell on the top of his head.
He left with only a jug of wine.
Meow.
Guiyao looked at the tabby cat on the bed and bared her teeth.
Who is whose cat?
Anyway, the tabby cat ran away when Ren Beixi pushed the door, and he always felt that if he was a second slower, Gui Yao would pick it up and suck it.
Gui Yao sat on the bed, hugging her soft pillow, and looked at General Ren in a daze as he fetched a basin of water, busied himself with things, and began to unbutton her shoes, then her collar, and finally her bellyband.
There was good charcoal burning in the room, so it wasn't cold at all.
But Gui Yao still held Ren Beixi's neck tightly, and tried to kick out as soon as her calves touched the water.
The man groaned.
"Like a kitten." He undressed and got into the bathtub together.
It's already midnight.
At first, he didn't notice that Gui Yao was drunk. She could drink better than before. The young lady's face was rosy and she was serious and responsible. She planned in her mind to wait until all relatives and friends left one by one before pulling Ren Beixi to drink the wedding wine.
Where did the changes occur?
Gui Yao couldn't control her inner voice. She would chuckle when she saw Huang Shiyu and cry loudly when she saw Jiang Gu. Her heart would beat fast when she looked at him. When she looked up and saw Gao Shun, she would silently repeat to herself, "Don't be discovered, don't be discovered." She really wanted to travel to the north but she was worried... Stop.
When Guiyao was drunk, she spoke whatever she dreamed about.
She blushed a little.
Curiously, she leaned on Ren Beixi's chest and sighed, her red knuckles clasping his shoulders, and suddenly she felt aggrieved: "Why don't you say anything?"
"What would I say in the past?" Ren Beixi asked.
The man rubbed the soap nuts diligently until bubbles formed and then gently covered Guiyao's body. Seeing that she didn't speak, he rubbed her lower back with his fingertips.
Guiyao cried out in pain.
"My husband didn't speak in the past, but he was talking somewhere else." Her ears turned red and she looked back at him aggrievedly.
She held his restless palms with her two slender hands, as if thinking about something. Seeing that he did not move, she approached his face with her almond-shaped eyes flashing and said seriously, "I don't know if you are shy anymore."
Ren Beixi coaxed, "Yeah, I'm shy."
"How can you be shy? When you were shy before, you didn't even dare to kiss me." Gui Yao said seriously. After a while, she sat on his lap and counted her fingers in the bathtub. "When we first moved here, my husband and I slept in the same bed, and our faces turned red."
Her eyes were quite serious.
"You look so relaxed right now, how can you be shy?"
"Then Madam, are you going to interrogate your husband?" Ren Beixi paused for a moment, and before she could react, he took her in his arms, took out a wooden comb from the cabinet beside her, and carefully combed Guiyao's hair and put it up.
Guiyao said confusedly.
"There's no need for an interrogation. You didn't let me wash my hair when you took a shower at night, so I knew what you were going to do."
Ren Beixi: “…”
"Smart and graceful." The man's hands kept moving. The snow outside the window started to fall heavier. He tilted his ear to listen to the wind, and when he lowered his eyes, the end of his hair was entangled by the little finger of the beautiful woman in his arms.
The room was filled with mist.
The smoke from the mandarin duck candle that is always lit by the bed is equally lingering.
Guiyao narrowed her eyes.
"What's the most important thing today?"
Ren Beixi was lost in thought.
”
"Happy New Year?"
"That's right! Happy New Year, husband."
It is the first year of a prosperous period, and it is an auspicious day. I wish you good fortune.
Every year is the same as usual.
The man sprinkled water on her hair, and Gui Yao quickly fanned the water into his neck with her rebellious hands.
The two of them looked at each other suddenly, and there was a hint of alcohol on their lips from the kiss.
Laughter turns into clouds, and a good night turns into rain.
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