Chapter 810: Environment Shapes Man
After everyone finished greeting each other, Huai'en came in with his servants and placed a bowl of steaming dumplings in front of Daohua and others.
Prince Ping started eating first, and then the others started eating.
"oops!"
When Daohua took her first bite of the dumpling, she bit into something hard and couldn't help but make a sound.
Everyone looked over.
Seeing the thumb-sized gold ingot in the rice flower spoon, Princess Ma snorted barely perceptibly, while Prince Ping smiled and said, "Miss Yan must have very good luck this year."
Daohua narrowed her eyes and smiled, looking at Xiao Yeyang, expectantly saying: "Eat quickly and see if you can eat it."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and ate all the dumplings in the bowl one bite at a time. When he finished the last one, he spat out a gold ingot.
When Daohua saw this, she was so happy that she wanted to tell Prince Ping. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yechen, Xiao Yuhua, Xiao Yechang and others all found gold ingots in the food.
"Well"
The smile on Daohua's face froze. "It seems everyone has gold ingots in their bowls."
Xiao Yeyang laughed a little: "It's just a lucky sign. You are the luckiest person in the whole house. You are the first one to find a gold ingot."
Daohua glanced at him with a smile and gave him a look that said, "Of course I'll tell you."
Xiao Yeyang: "People from the palace will come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings later. Since you are injured, you don't need to go with them. Go back to your room and get some sleep."
Daohua had no objection to this and nodded repeatedly.
After eating dumplings, Prince Ping brought his people into the palace. After Daohua saw them off, she went straight back to Pingxi Hall and went to bed.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all officials had to pay New Year's greetings to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. After that, Xiao Yeyang and others, who were members of the royal family, had to accompany the Emperor to participate in various worship ceremonies. After the worship ceremonies, they had to attend a banquet for the royal family. After all the busy work, it was already dark when they returned to Prince Ping's Mansion.
"Yiyi has been sleeping until now?"
Xiao Yeyang returned to his room and saw Daohua sleeping soundly on the bed. He couldn't help but ask Wang Maner.
Wang Maner smiled and replied, "No, the young lady slept until noon and then woke up. After lunch, she heard that the mansion had invited a troupe of opera singers, so she invited them over to watch a few performances. After that, she sorted out the gifts she would bring back to the Yan family tomorrow. Shortly before her son-in-law came back, the young lady ate a bowl of blood bird's nest porridge before going to bed."
Xiao Yeyang nodded after hearing this, got up and went to the bathroom. After washing up, he waved away the people in the room, got on the bed, and carefully lay down next to Daohua.
Worried about touching Daohua's arm, he deliberately kept some distance from her.
After a busy day in the palace, he was exhausted and fell asleep soon.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married women return to their parents' home.
Early in the morning, Wang Man'er took Guyu and Lixia to get busy. Because Daohua had told them to bring Meilanmeiju with them when they go out in the future, she called them over to help pack.
After loading all the gifts for the Yan family onto the carriage, Wang Man'er came to the inner room and stood in front of the screen, reminding her softly, "Miss, it's dawn, time to get up."
Daohua didn't react, but Xiao Yeyang opened his eyes.
After a short pause, Xiao Yeyang turned to look at Daohua, who was curled up in the quilt with rosy cheeks, and whispered, "Little lazy pig, get up."
Daohua hummed a few times and then stopped responding.
When Xiao Yeyang saw this, he turned over and lay on his side on the bed, supporting his head with one hand, and picked up a strand of Daohua's hair with the other hand. Smiling, he scratched Daohua's nose with the end of her hair.
"Hmm~"
Under Xiao Yeyang's teasing, Daohua really couldn't continue sleeping and stared at Xiao Yeyang with sleepy eyes.
Xiao Yeyang kissed Daohua's red lips: "Okay, you still have to go back to your parents' home today, so don't go too late." After saying that, he got up from the bed, and after a while, he came over with the potion.
"Come, let me apply medicine on you first."
Seeing that Daohua still wanted to dawdle, Xiao Yeyang directly lifted the quilt and reached out to unbutton Daohua's pajamas.
Daohua let Xiao Yeyang take off her pajamas and lay on the bed wearing only a tube top.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang's eyes constantly scanning her chest, Daohua snorted: "No peeking."
Xiao Yeyang laughed and said, "How could I peek? I was clearly watching openly, okay?" As he spoke, he gently applied medicine on Daohua's shoulders.
"Does it still hurt?"
Daohua: "It doesn't hurt as much as yesterday."
Xiao Yeyang: "I've finally had some free time these days, and I wanted to accompany you to the temple fair or something, but you got injured, so now we can only stay at home and play."
Daohua quickly said, "I can go to the temple fair now. I only hurt my arm, not my leg."
Xiao Yeyang refused directly: "No, during the New Year, the capital is very busy and there are too many people. What if they bump into you?"
Seeing Xiao Yeyang's unyielding look, Daohua curled her lips, buried her head in the soft pillow and ignored him.
But before long, Daohua had no choice but to raise her head and fiercely slapped away Xiao Yeyang's hands that were causing trouble on her body: "I want to get up, get out of the way, don't stop me."
Xiao Yeyang came closer and said with a smile, "I'll help you get dressed, ma'am." Then he got out of bed without saying a word to get clothes for Daohua.
It was not until the end of Chenshi (around 9 a.m.) that Daohua and Xiao Yeyang finished dressing up and came out for breakfast.
Yan Mansion.
Han Xinran, Zhou Jingwan and Su Shiyu, accompanied by their husbands, returned to their parents' home early in the morning with generous gifts. Only Zhu Qiyun, who was not at her parents' home, stayed at home with Old Lady Yan and others waiting for Daohua to come back.
Old Madam Yan looked at Madam Li and asked, "Have you asked the kitchen to prepare the dishes that Daohua likes?"
Madam Li smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, mother. I personally went to the kitchen this morning to watch the cook prepare it."
Old Lady Yan nodded, paused for a moment, and then asked, "What does Yeyang like to eat?"
Madam Li smiled and said, "It's ready too."
Hearing this, Old Lady Yan felt relieved: "I wonder if Daohua is getting used to living in the palace. Will Princess Ma bully her?"
When Madam Li thought about how her daughter almost fell off the city wall while trying to save the fourth prince's eldest son on New Year's Eve, the smile on her face faded a little. Although Ye Yang sent someone back that night to say that her daughter only had a strained arm and was not seriously injured, she was still worried.
Seeing that Madam Li didn't answer, Yan Zhigao smiled and took over the conversation: "Mother, don't worry, Yiyi has Yeyang to protect her. No one in the palace will dare to bully her."
Old Lady Yan's brows were still furrowed. "Yeyang is usually busy with his duties, so he can't always protect the rice flowers."
As soon as he finished speaking, a maid came in to report that Daohua and Xiao Yeyang had arrived.
After a while, everyone saw Daohua and Xiao Yeyang walking in with smiles on their faces.
"Grandma, I'm back!"
When Old Lady Yan saw Daohua with her arm in a sling, she didn't wait for the young couple to greet her. She immediately pulled her over and asked, "What's wrong with your arm?"
Daohua smiled lightly and said, "Grandma, don't worry. I was just pulled a little. It's nothing serious. It will be fine in a few days."
Old Madam Yan showed disapproval: "Why are you so careless?" Then she began to grumble, "You're married now, so you can't be as active as you were before you got married. You have to take care of yourself."
As he said this, he glanced at Daohua's belly. What if his granddaughter had a bad start like Jingwan? What if she jumped around and hurt the child?
Daohua didn't notice the look in Old Lady Yan's eyes and smiled, "Grandma, I'm in good health."
Xiao Yeyang did notice it, but he did not remind Daohua. He smiled and walked forward to greet Yan Zhigao, Madam Li, Yan Zhiqiang, and Wu.
Afterwards, he greeted the three sisters Yan Wenjie, Zhu Qiyun, and Yan Yihan.
Seeing that the old mother was holding her daughter and constantly reminding her of various things and she could not get a word in for the time being, Yan Zhigao and Madam Li turned their attention to Xiao Yeyang and asked about Daohua's daily life and diet in the palace.
Upon learning that the young couple had fired a gun alone in the palace and were not under the control of Princess Ma, the smiles on Yan Zhigao and Madam Li's faces deepened.
Although they didn't know much about Princess Ma, she was able to force Prince Ping and Xiao Yeyang's biological mother to divorce, which showed that she was very capable. Both of them didn't want their daughter to have too much contact with her, so as to avoid being bullied.
Xiao Yeyang had just finished dealing with his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and Old Lady Yan had almost finished talking to Daohua, but then he was called away for questioning again. It was almost noon when he finally dealt with all the elders of the Yan family.
Before dinner, Daohua asked Wang Maner to bring up the gifts she brought for her family and distributed them to everyone according to the labels.
Looking at the fine agarwood in her hand, her husband's set of famous inkstones and inks, the authentic paintings of the previous dynasty in her uncle's hand, and the jade Buddha in her grandmother's hand, Zhu Qiyun felt quite emotional.
She knew almost all the gifts that her eldest sister-in-law, third brother's sister-in-law, and fourth brother's sister-in-law brought back to their parents' home. She had thought that their gifts were generous enough before, but now, compared with her eldest sister's, they were immediately downgraded.
It is definitely different to marry into the royal family. In just over a month, the eldest sister's every move is full of nobility.
It is true that environment shapes people!
(End of this chapter)
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