On the night of New Year’s Eve, the princes need to go to the palace to spend the New Year with the emperor.
Kang Yueran and Chai Shijing hadn't married yet, so they didn't need to enter the palace. Wang Yu bought firecrackers and fireworks and set them off in Four Seasons Garden for everyone to see.
Kang Yuanchen's family was missing this year, and Kang Yueran was afraid that the three Ye family members would miss home, so she had someone make playing cards in advance and taught the three Ye family members how to play. They played until after midnight, and then everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
Although she didn't need to go to pay New Year's greetings, Ye still got up early. She first went to the greenhouse to check on the flowers she planted. When she finished, Kang Yueran and the other two woke up.
After dinner, Kang Yueran took the three Ye family members shopping. Because they had to be on guard against Duke Lu, the three Ye family members rarely went out, but today was New Year's Day and the capital was very lively, so Kang Yueran agreed to go out with them to have some fun.
The four of them went to Liangmen Street with a group of servants. The Great Yong Dynasty would open for three days on the New Year and the Chinese Valentine's Day. During that time, there were betting stalls everywhere on the streets near Liangmen Street, attracting countless people to watch or participate.
Kang Yuanhao pointed at a fat, muddy-yellow guy and said to Kang Yueran, "Sister, does that look good? I'll give it to you."
Ye smiled and said, "How can it be that easy?"
Kang Yuanhao shook Ye's arm and said, "Try it. Let me and my brother try it!"
Ye took a bag of copper coins from the maid and handed it to Kang Yuanfeng, "Then give it a try! If you can't hit that fat guy, you can hit someone else!"
The stall owner was very enthusiastic and said to Kang Yuanfeng, "The next round will start soon. Each arrow will be five copper coins. How many colorful arrows would you like, young master?"
Kang Yuanfeng counted out thirty copper coins and handed them over. The stall owner handed him six red arrows and said something auspicious.
A disc about four feet in diameter is painted with various objects, some large and some small, with spaces between them. The largest ones are the size of a little finger, while the smallest ones are only the size of two or three soybeans. Of course, the smaller the painting, the higher its value.
A new round begins. The stall owner keeps spinning the disc, and people holding colored arrows stand three meters away from the disc and throw the arrows at it. When everyone has thrown all the arrows, the disc stops, and whoever the arrow hits will get the corresponding object.
Kang Yuanchen and Kang Yuanhao each had three colored arrows, but only Kang Yuanhao was lucky enough to hit a clay whistle.
The stall owner handed Kang Yuanhao a clay whistle and said, "Young Master, you are so lucky. Do you want to play again?"
Kang Yuanfeng said, "When the disc is spinning, you can't see what's on it at all. You really can only rely on luck."
Kang Yuanhao was very excited and blew a few mud whistles. "Brother, do you want to play again?"
Are the children happy? Ye said, "If you want to play, then play. It doesn't matter if you can't hit the target!"
Kang Yuanfeng counted out another thirty copper coins and handed them over, "Stall owner, six more arrows."
After getting the colored arrows, he handed two to Kang Yueran, "Sister, you can try it too!"
Kang Yueran took the colored arrow and handed it to Ye, "Mom, try it!"
"I'm too old to play this. You guys play, I'll watch you play."
Kang Yueran couldn't persuade Ye. The stall owner had already started spinning the disc, so she had no choice but to throw out two colorful arrows.
The disc stopped, and Kang Yueran and the others shot a lotus-shaped wooden hairpin.
Taking the wooden hairpin, Kang Yueran said, "There are many kinds of Guanpu. Let's go to the front and take a look."
Kang Yuanhao skipped forward, "I know, there's also the game of guessing the heads and tails of a coin. Let's try it!"
Kang Yuanfeng held Kang Yuanhao's hand tightly and said, "There are many people here today, don't get lost!"
At noon, the four of them went to a restaurant for lunch. Chai Shijing had already come out of the palace. He went to the restaurant to find Kang Yue and played with them for the whole afternoon.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day to go back to one's parents' home. Ye suddenly remembered that Kang Yueran had said he would help her find her family, so she asked Kang Yueran if he had any news.
Of course there is news, "They..."
"Are they all gone?"
Kang Yueran hummed, "Mom, don't be sad. Maybe my information is not accurate. It's been so many years, it's normal for the information to be inaccurate."
Ye had actually guessed it, but she was still very sad to hear the news. "It's all fate! You don't have to comfort me, I'm fine, I thought about it a long time ago."
"Don't be sad. When the situation gets better, I'll go back to your hometown with you."
"Okay, I'm not sad!" It would be a lie to say she wasn't sad. Ye took a deep breath and forced back her tears. She didn't want Kang Yueran to worry about her.
In order to divert Ye's attention, Kang Yueran asked about the flowers Ye raised...
After the second day of the New Year, each family began to arrange the New Year's banquet. Originally, the third day was for the Crown Prince, but now it is for the Prince of Jin's Mansion.
Chai Shirong is just a prince now and has no title, so the fourth day is the Prince Xuan's Palace and the fifth day is the Prince Ping's Palace.
Prince Ping's mansion had no hostess, so they rarely invited female relatives in previous years. This year, Kang Yueran was in the capital, so Shunbo and Chai Shijing discussed it and asked Kang Yueran to entertain the female relatives on their behalf.
Kang Yueran agreed, and thinking that she was not familiar with the women in the capital, she also asked Chai Rong to help.
Qin Shu also came. She came back before the New Year, but she never had the chance to talk to Kang Yueran.
Chai Rong provided cover in front, and Shun Bo took the two to Chai Shijing's study, which was the most heavily guarded place and no one would come to disturb them.
Qin Shu briefly explained how he had administered the drug and said, "The drug is almost gone. Give me some more."
Kang Yueran took a larger porcelain vase from the antique shelf in the study and said, "I've prepared it for you. Qin Shu, how did you explain this to the emperor's spies?"
"I said it was poison. The amount of antidote I gave each time was very small. It could only delay the onset of the poison but not completely cure it. I didn't mention addiction."
There are drugs that can make people addicted and then control that person, which will make the emperor wary. "That's good!"
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