As the end of the year approaches, every household in Jinling City purchases New Year’s goods.

Soon, it was New Year's Eve.

Chu Tianxiu, Li Yu, Zuer and Di'er were preparing to celebrate the New Year in Yuyuan, and asked the servants to clean it up. Then, they decorated the main room, study, wing room of Yuyuan with bright red New Year paintings and window flowers.

This Yuyuan is the small home of the four of them, so it naturally needs to be carefully taken care of.

After leaving Yuyuan, it was the big family of Prince Ping’s Mansion.

The huge Pingwang Mansion was already led by General Qian and the servants cleaned it up, and the big red lanterns woven with red silk cloth were hung.

In the evening.

Inside and outside the palace, the lights were dim. The sky was filled with snowflakes and white twelves. The children were playing happily in the palace, chasing the snowflakes, which was very festive and lively.

Outside the gate of the Prince Ping’s Mansion, two huge lanterns were hung high. On the copper door, Shen Tu and Fan Lei were pasted.

On both sides of the gate of the royal palace, there is a Spring Festival couplet written by Chu Tianxiu.

"Year of New Year". One year is gone with the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to the summer. Thousands of households and thousands of households always replace the old charms with new peaches."

Chu Tianxiu was quite satisfied with the red and festive Spring Festival couplets. Although there were no firecrackers to set off, it was quite beautiful to think about it.

Today is New Year's Eve, we have a reunion dinner. Almost all the Li family members and foreign tribes will attend, and the main courtyard is crowded with people.

The Li family of the Pingwangfu was a prominent family in Longxi County since Qin. The ancestors were the magistrate of Longxi County, the general, Di Daohou, and Longxi Hou. After the fall of Qin, they followed the Xiang family to conquer the world. They were even named King Ping. Later, they moved to the imperial city of Jinling and became the leader of the top ten clans in Jinling.

Although Li family heads, Li Rong, the princess, was left with only one female princess, Li Yu.

However, there were hundreds of children from the Li family, most of whom became personal soldiers of the Pingwang Mansion, or recommended them to the court as military generals. Relying on the Yinze of the Pingwang, many of the children from the Li family, including officials.

There was already a New Year’s Eve banquet in the main hall of the royal palace.

There were hundreds of tables on the open space outside the main hall, and the children of the Li family and their family were arranged.

The rest of the servants were scattered in the rest of the yards and had a New Year's Eve dinner together.

The New Year’s Eve dinner in the royal palace is for dinner.

Li Yu, Chu Tianxiu, Zuer and Di'er came to the main hall of the royal palace.

But the second wife was sitting in the main seat, and there was also an old general with frosty temples and armor in the guest room. He did not see King Ping Li Rong.

"Hey, General Song, why are you free to come today on New Year's Eve?"

Li Yu [Dibaquxsw.top] was surprised.

"Prince, the last general will come on the order of King Ping!"

The old general smiled, quite kind, but his eyes looked at Chu Tianxiu behind Li Yu, with a look of his father-in-law looking at his son-in-law.

Chu Tianxiu was a little surprised. Who is this old man?

Judging from this outfit of armor, he should be at least the identity of a fourth-grade general. A third-grade or above military general even has the opportunity to attend the large-scale court meeting, and these fourth-grade generals are obviously quite considerable.

When Zuer saw the veteran General Fengshuang, he suddenly showed great joy, rushed over, and shouted sweetly: "Dad, why are you here?!"

Chu Tianxiu instantly understood.

No wonder he always felt that Zuer and Di'er, they were completely different from other maids in the royal palace. Even they usually wore big coats, just like daughters.

It turns out that Zuer is the daughter of the old general.

But for some reason, he became the princess's personal maid in Prince Ping's Mansion.

He soon thought of a possibility.

Could this old general of Song be born from a generational family?

If this is the case, it would not be surprising. King Ping commanded a lot of troops in his early years, and had many personal soldiers who had followed him for generations. Not all of them were Li's children, but also foreign surnames. He followed King Ping to make military achievements and was promoted to a general.

This kind of family will always maintain a very close relationship with the master's family. It will allow children to continue to follow the descendants of the master's family since childhood, the family's generals follow the master's family's son, and the family's generals often get married together with the master's daughter.

The Song family is obviously a prominent family general of the Pingwang Mansion.

Because of this, Zuer's status in Prince Ping's Mansion is not comparable to that of an ordinary maid. He only obeys Princess Li Yu, and even General Qian cannot control her.

Chu Tianxiu was a little suspicious. What was Di'er born? Her face didn't look like a native of the Central Plains, but a bit like a person from the Western Regions.

I don’t know why she became Princess Li Yu’s maid.

The old general showed his kindness, stroked Zuer's little head, and smiled and said, "The prince ordered my father to go to Yanzhi Mountain. I don't know how long it will take to come back. Now, my father comes to have a New Year's Eve dinner with you, and he will set off overnight."

"Let's go tonight? Why are you in such a hurry? But something happened in the northern border?"

Li Yu was surprised and asked.

"Prince. This year, the northern border is snowing heavily, and the Huns are ready to move and plunder many Western Regions business travelers. Although there is no major war, it has been more harassing than in previous years.

Yanzhi Mountain is the throat of the Western Regions, and it is also the place of Danshan horses. It has raised many war horses. Since we captured Yanzhi Mountain more than ten years ago, the Huns have always held grudges and wanted to snatch them back.

The prince was not very worried about the situation there, so he asked the general to go there to see the situation and understand the situation on the spot in case of an accident!"

Old General Song shook his head and said.

"General Song has rich experience in fighting the Huns, so it's better to go and see it in person."

Li Yu nodded, looked at her father, King Ping, and couldn't help but say strangely: "Second Mother, where is my father?"

"There is something in the palace, and the emperor urgently summoned him. It will probably take a long time to come back. Let's have a meal first on New Year's Eve!"

The second wife said.

Li Yu nodded and did not ask any more questions.

The second wife, Li Yu, and Chu Tianxiu, the son-in-law, led all the children of the Li family to worship their ancestors in the main hall of the royal palace, worship the gods of heaven and earth, burn incense, and offer various tributes.

According to the convention of the royal palace, sacrifices to ancestors should be held in the ancestral hall on New Year's Eve.

However, King Ping Li Rong went into the palace and was afraid he would not come back very late at night.

The second wife Xie Liyuan and Li Yu are not suitable for worshiping ancestors in the ancestral hall of the royal palace. The other male members of the royal palace are not the main branch of the Li family, and they cannot worship in the ancestral hall on behalf of the prince.

Therefore, the second wife could only lead everyone to display tributes, pigs, mutton, fish, bells, and food, and sacrifices to ancestors and gods in the world on the altar table in the hall.

"New Year's Eve dinner, let's start!"

After the sacrifice, the second wife said.

Everyone sat down in the hall, preparing to have a New Year's Eve banquet.

Manager Qian ordered the servants to serve hot food.

But I heard that there was a crisp sound of "crackling" sound in the courtyard outside the main hall.

"Firecrackers?"

Chu Tianxiu was stunned for a moment.

He had been searching in Changle Street for so long but couldn't find firecrackers. Why did this Prince Ping suddenly have it?

He immediately put down his bowls and chopsticks and strode out in surprise.

But in the huge courtyard of the royal palace, a group of Li's teenagers swept open an open space in the snow, creating a large number of bonfires, holding some dry bamboo joints in their hands, throwing them into the fire.

The children cheered.

"Firecrackers sound!"

"Turn out the plague god!"

The bamboo joints exploded in the fire, and a large area of ​​"crackling" burst.

Chu Tianxiu was stunned for a while, turned around and came back, wanting to cry without tears.

Firecrackers!
Chapter completed!