Just before the New Year, Xiao Beichen returned.

Facing Yuntang's aggrieved eyes, the emperor, with a flattering look on his face, took out many snacks, specialties, dried goods from all over the country, as well as Yuntang's favorite fresh fish and shrimp.

There are seafood from the Yunzhou River and seafood from the southeast.

Of course there are also some deep-sea pearls and corals.

After preparing a lot of food and fun things and saying a lot of nice things, Yuntang finally smiled.

When Xiao Beichen returned to the palace, the palace was already preparing for the regular annual banquet (palace banquet).

Yuntang sent a letter to his ninth senior brother who was still on his way back to Beijing, and then went to arrange the New Year gifts.

Last year, before she went to the Western Territory, she prepared New Year gifts for each mansion. This year, she spent the New Year in the capital and lived in a separate mansion, so naturally she had to arrange more New Year gifts.

Yuntang didn't spend any money to prepare anything, but the gifts he had to prepare were only more than last year.

The things that she could easily take out were naturally good fabrics, magical tea, and the most popular amulets.

I gave them peace jade last year, so there is no need to give them again this year. I just prepared peace amulets according to the quantity from last year.

She also took some of the seafood and dried goods that her third senior brother brought back for her and added them to the New Year gifts.

In addition, each sister was given a piece of spring cloth, a small box of pearls, and a pair of cloud gauze pearl flowers.

Give Xiao Ming'er a set of pens and ink. He should be able to learn to read and write next year.

Xiao Jiaoer, who had just turned one month old, gave me a small tiger-head cape as a gift.

After sending New Year gifts to the families of the Marquis, the Prince, and the Duke, he then prepared New Year gifts for all his senior brothers.

This year, the senior brothers agreed to celebrate the New Year in the capital. Even the second senior brother will come to the capital to celebrate the New Year before returning to the East. The tenth senior brother also received a letter from the southwest and will rush back to celebrate the New Year.

The families of the fourth and fifth senior brothers originally lived in the capital, and the families of the eighth and eleventh senior brothers also moved to the capital.

Of course, you have to prepare New Year gifts. It’s not enough to just have one or two things.

Yuntang spent his time handling these trivial matters while waiting.

Just after the New Year's Eve and the heavy snow had stopped, Yun Xuanmo returned.

Yuntang was standing alone in the corridor, looking at the garden covered with snow.

Except for the red plum forest which can still show its bright colors, the other forests are all bleak.

Her mood at this moment was just like that of the little Taoist boy who was waiting for his ninth senior brother to come back to celebrate the New Year on Qingfeng Mountain.

Until she heard the breath of Taoism coming from the sky. She looked up and saw the flying boat coming over the garden and slowly descending above the open space.

Her eyes lit up and she ran over immediately.

The Qinglong guards jumped to the ground, bowed to her with a smile, and left tactfully. Only Yun Xuanmo took away the Qinglong wooden puppet in the end.

If you travel through the northern border day and night in such weather, you would probably freeze to death if you are not very strong.

Even if the flying boat has a defensive formation, it will still be difficult.

Yun Xuanmo was dusty and cold, but when he saw the little kid rushing towards him, he quickly used his Taoist magic to drive away the coldness from his body, opened his arms to catch the kid and held him in his arms.

"Tangtang, I'm back." Yun Xuanmo said softly with a smile on his lips.

It was as if he had returned to Qingfeng Temple before New Year's Eve and saw the little kid looking around in front of the temple jumping up and down with joy and jumping into his arms.

He always says this.

"Yeah." Yuntang threw herself into the arms of Senior Brother Nine and responded muffledly. She rubbed her little head against his chest and secretly wiped the tears that had already filled her eyelashes onto his clothes.

"It's cold outside, go inside first." Yun Xuanmo raised his hand and gently rubbed Yun Tang's head, reminding him.

In this snowy day, even if she tied her cotton cloak, she was afraid of getting cold.

In the twelfth lunar month, Yuntang went back to the Marquis' Mansion once, went back to the palace twice, stayed in Qingfeng Palace for one night, went to Xiuyu Tower three times, and played in the snow with the three children once...

I almost never went out. At most I sat in the corridor, looking at the snow and the sky, calculating the time for Senior Brother Nine to come back.

The two of them held hands and returned to the western warm room of Tangfeng Courtyard. Immediately, several maids started to get busy, bringing hot water, hot tea, and arranging cakes.

When Yun Xuanmo was not in the capital, Yun Tang lived in her own yard. Usually, when there were no outside guests, she did not use the warm room and only lived in the warm room in the west house.

Thinking that Senior Brother Nine would be back today, he started using the warm room and kept it warm.

Yun Xuanmo took a hot bath in the bathroom and his own bathtub, changed into the new winter clothes made for him by Xiu Yu Lou by Yun Tang, then went to the warm room and sat down, taking the hot tea she handed him.

When he was away, his yard was too deserted, so Yuntang never went there. Now that he is back, her yard has become a little more lively.

The maids and old women had long been accustomed to Master Jiudao's presence here, so they served him as usual and then tactfully left.

Yuntang accompanied Senior Brother Nine to eat cakes and told him about the many things she had done in the capital, including preparing New Year gifts for the senior brothers.

There was also Xiao Jiao'er's birth and full moon celebration, Jiang Yanyu's wedding, and Yun Xuanmo also had to give gifts, and Yun Tang helped him prepare them.

"Thank you for your hard work, Tangtang." Yun Xuanmo thanked him with a smile, and then said, "The northern border is stable this year, and the winter defenses are well arranged. When summer comes next year, we will escape first."

This year, he let his senior brothers go traveling. He and Tangtang either had missions in the capital or outside the capital, so they didn't have a good time traveling.

Next year it will be his turn to take Tangtang out for a walk.

Yuntang nodded vigorously, feeling the same way.

The two of them ate and chatted for a while, then went back to Qingfeng Hall to talk to the third senior brother about the trip to the northern border, and had dinner together before coming back.

Xiao Beichen didn't dare to assign them any more tasks. He just shouted at Lao Jiu to take a rest and thank him for his hard work.

Yuntang made a face at his third senior brother, then quickly pulled his ninth senior brother away.

The next day, Yun Tang and Yun Xuanmo went to Yunshang Temple, taught the disciples some alchemy lessons and imparted their Taoist experience. They did not return until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

They had no interest in the palace's annual banquet, especially Yuntang who was too lazy to entertain the female relatives and noble ladies.

People either came to her to inquire about the bargains on Ningyudan or asked about the discounts at Xiuyulou. Some even wanted to ask her for free amulets.

There were also many people who asked her to tell their fortunes under the guise of casual conversation.

The various invitations and visiting cards received by the mansion in the past six months could fill several large boxes, but she was either out of the capital, in Tianji Pavilion, or busy managing the business of Xiuyulou.

I only went to Princess Huixin's Autumn Banquet once and Princess Mingyue's flower-viewing banquet once, and I felt that was enough.

She went to the banquet to give face to her servant, but was surrounded by a group of ladies who asked her questions non-stop.

When she held her own housewarming party, those ladies, aunts, and second and third aunts helped to entertain, and she only had to accompany her grandmother and sell Ningyu Dan.

Now that she had come as a guest, she was surrounded and felt very annoyed.

She ignored all subsequent posts.

Even palace banquets are not allowed.

Xiao Beichen knew that Xiao Tang'er was unhappy recently, and he didn't dare to ask her to come over to play. He just asked Xiao Che to prepare a few boxes of food from the palace banquet and send them to Yunshang Temple.

Yuntang’s resentment towards his third senior brother finally disappeared.

On New Year's Eve, the Princess Protector's Mansion held a reunion banquet. Yuntang, his master, single brothers and nephews, and the single Qinglong Guards in Beijing spent a lively reunion together.

After the reunion dinner, Taoist Master Yun took his eldest disciple, second disciple, fourth disciple, sixth disciple, and eleventh disciple to the Tianji Pavilion to start refining the Green Dragon Wooden Puppet.

This is something Yun Xuanying didn't dare to try before for fear of wasting materials, but now that his master and senior brothers have arrived, he decided to give it a try.

Yuntang and Yun Xuanmo would naturally go along to help.

A month later, the first Azure Dragon Wooden Puppet made by the Master and his fellow brothers came out of the oven.

In the warm breeze of early spring in February, seeing the joy of his master and fellow brothers returning from the test flight of Azure Dragon, Yun Tang felt bright flowers blooming in his heart.

From now on, she will not only provide cultivation resources to her master, but she will also be able to boost the overall strength of her master to a greater level.

With the first Azure Dragon Wooden Puppet made by the master, there will be a second, a third...

By February, Yuntang's birthday was approaching.

Last year, I held a housewarming party for my birthday and each guest gave two gifts.

This year's coming of age ceremony will only be more grand.

However, there is no need to earn gift money this year. There will be a grand wedding after a series of grand banquets, and it would not be good to receive gifts too often. So I discussed with Marquis Yong'an to hold a grand wedding.

Only fifty invitations were sent out this time, and the coming-of-age banquet was still hosted by Marquis Yong'an himself.

In February, the coming-of-age ceremonies of various mansions were sent to the Princess Protectorate's mansion, and both those who had received invitations and those who had not were sent.

In this regard, no additional invitations were sent. All gifts received were simply recorded and stored so that future interactions could be kept clear.

On February 12, Yuntang came of age. All the masters and senior brothers came to watch the ceremony, even Xiao Beichen came in person.

Without her mother to comb her hair and put on a hairpin to bless her, Princess Cheng acted as her grandmother.

Yuntang also put on the formal princess crown and dress for the first time, and completed the coming-of-age ceremony in the presence of relatives and guests.

After that, an imperial decree was issued to marry Princess Yun Xuantang, the Protector of the Nation, and Duke Dingguo Yun Xuanmo.

Hearing the imperial edict being announced, many people who knew the inside story couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This marriage is finally settled.

【season finale】

PS: Congratulations on the end~ I hope readers enjoy reading this book! Thank you for accompanying me all the way to the end! The author will continue to work hard on the next book~

The new book is still an ancient story. Readers can follow the author so that they can see the new book earlier.

I would like to wish all the kind-hearted readers a happy new year~~~~

I wish everyone: a bright future! Everything goes well! Peace and happiness! Congratulations on getting rich!

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