Carnivorous Princess and Herbivore Consort

Drinking is a must at the dinner party. I don't know if he was overjoyed, but Wei Muqing, who has always been a good drinker, was actually a little drunk.

After seeing off the last guest, Yunmeng and Yunze each supported the other, and sent the two masters, who were a little unsteady from drinking, back to the room.

"My son-in-law, let's go to bed."

"Wait a minute." With that said, Shen Dongxue walked to the dressing table, opened the drawer and took out a velvet box, walked back to the bed, and handed it to Wei Muqing.

"For me? A birthday present?"

Shen Dongxue nodded, signaling Wei Muqing to open it.

Wei Muqing half leaned against the head of the bed, and carefully opened the box, only to see a jade pendant lying quietly in the box, which was carved with a twin lotus.The fineness and carving skills of the jade are top-notch, and Wei Muqing, who has seen many rare ones since childhood, can tell at a glance.

"The lotus blooms side by side, Qinghe, Xiahe." Shen Dongxue said softly.

"Put it on for me." Putting the jade pendant in Shen Dongxue's hands, Wei Muqing turned around and turned his back to her.

Shen Dongxue carefully hung the jade pendant around Wei Muqing's neck, and tied the rope carefully.

Wei Muqing put the jade pendant into his clothes, put it close to his body, turned around, untied Shen Dongxue's belt and said, "It's getting late, let's rest earlier."

After blowing out the candles, the two embraced in this moonlit night.

It wasn't long after Wei Muqing's birthday, and it was the new year.In the past, Hui Dynasty had stopped the court once the new year was over, and resumed the court after the Shangyuan Festival.

"23, candied melon sticky; 24, cleaning the house; 25, grinding tofu; 26, stewed pork..." Ping'er didn't know who learned this folk song from, and she has been talking about it for the past few days, "Mother, why do you want to eat 23?" Tanggua?"

Wei Muhan had no choice but to tell her about the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves.

Ping'er seemed to understand but said: "The Stove Lord is really greedy."

Wei Muhan took advantage of the situation and told her: "This story tells us that 'eat people's mouths are soft, and people's hands are short'. Don't give up your bottom line just because of some petty convenience, you know?"

"Mom, what is petty profit?"

"Small profits mean..."

"Isn't that the story of Lord Stove?" Shen Dongxue, who was passing by, was a little puzzled by Wei Muhan's explanation.

Wei Muqing smiled and said: "Although it's not the way to explain it, it's enough to take the opportunity to tell Ping Er some truths. When I was young, my mother also told me the same way."

Shen Dongxue was a little surprised.

Wei Muqing explained with a smile: "The meaning of many stories is not very important. When you grow up, you will naturally understand it, but the neglected truth is the foundation of being a human being."

Shen Dongxue nodded, "What the princess said is true."

On New Year's Eve, there was a family banquet in the palace, Wei Muqing and Shen Dongxue packed up early in the morning, and brought Wei Muhan and Ping'er into the palace.

Every New Year's Eve, the palace is decorated with lanterns and festoons, which is very lively.Even the palace maids and eunuchs dressed up specially, preparing to watch the New Year's Eve together when they are not on duty.

Wei Muhan put on Ping'er's new red jacket and skirt with gold trim, and he also put on brightly colored new clothes under Wei Muqing's persuasion.Wei Muqing and Shen Dongxue wore new skirts and robes of corresponding styles.

As soon as they entered the palace, the four of them went to the Xinghui Palace to greet the queen. It happened that Concubine Jing was there, and Ping'er received double the lucky money.Not long after, Wei Mucheng and Xue Yun'er also came to say hello.

Seeing that Ping'er and Xue Yun'er were both there, the queen asked, "Ping'er, would you like the emperor to give you a younger brother or younger sister?"

Ping'er looked at Xue Yun'er's stomach that was more prominent because of the cotton-padded clothes, and said, "Sister Huang."

However, after a while, he said again: "Little brother."

Both the queen and concubine Jing were stunned by this answer, they looked at each other, concubine Jing smiled and smoothed things over and said: "It seems that the folk saying may not be accurate."

The queen took advantage of the situation and said: "I'm afraid it's luck that is more accurate."

The juniors sitting next to him were even more puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.

The empress didn't want to explain either, she just asked with a smile: "If you're a little imperial brother, how about being our Pinger's husband?"

Wei Muhan was stunned when he heard the words, if he was really a little prince, it was no surprise that the prince would be the new prince after he ascended the throne, and she didn't want Ping'er to return to the high walls of the royal palace at all.

When Wei Muhan was worried and didn't know how to reject the queen's proposal, Ping'er said, "Ping'er promised brother Lingjun that he will be his wife when he grows up."

"Oh? Who is Lingjun?"

Wei Muhan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and explained with a smile: "It's Miao Qingmiao's son, Miao Lingjun. The two met each other at Qinghe's birthday party a while ago, and at that time they only treated each other as two people playing together." Come on, I didn't expect the two little guys to 'determine for life' behind our backs."

"Oh, we, Ping'er, have met each other so early. Mr. Miao is the second in this class, and his son will definitely not be bad when he grows up."

"The horoscope has not been written yet, so don't make fun of the empress, how big is Ping'er." Seeing that Wei Muhan was a little nervous, Wei Muqing ended the topic with a word.

"Let's not talk about Ping'er, let's talk about you and the son-in-law? We have been married for more than four months. When are you going to announce the happy news to the queen mother?"

Wei Muqing didn't expect at all that this time he threw a stone at his own foot, so he could only laugh and said: "There are so many people, the queen mother shouldn't always ask such embarrassing things."

Concubine Jing saw that Wei Muqing didn't want to answer, so she smoothed things over and said: "Yes, Qinghe is still young and thin-skinned, we elders don't always joke around."

"For the sake of Concubine Jing speaking for you, I won't ask you."

Wei Muqing and Shen Dongxue looked at each other, secretly rejoicing that they escaped unharmed.

"Report to Empress, it's time to attend the dinner."

"Understood," the queen waved her hand, "Okay, let's all go."

"Yes."

At this dinner party, Shen Dongxue finally met the legendary fourth prince, Wei Muke.Years of military career made him stand out among the princes, his dark skin and resolute face were incompatible with the grace and poise of the other three.

"This is the emperor's brother-in-law. I was still at the border when the emperor got married, and I couldn't send congratulatory gifts and blessings in time. I hope that the emperor and brother-in-law will not be blamed."

"Imperial brother guarded the frontier for my Huichao, protecting the peace of the country. It's too late for Huangjie and your brother-in-law to thank you. How can I blame you?"

"The emperor's reputation is too high. I am not the only one who guards the frontier. The credit belongs to all the soldiers."

"The emperor is right, it is the emperor's sister who is narrow-minded."

After exchanging greetings, the two took their seats. Shen Dongxue moved closer to Wei Muqing's ear and said, "The fourth prince is really as proud as the princess said."

Wei Muqing also leaned into her ear, and said softly: "It is true that he is full of pride in his love and righteousness, but in terms of his children's personal relationship, he is a dead-headed elm."

Shen Dongxue was very curious, Wei Muqing said, "I'll talk to you when I get back home."

As usual, the dinner officially started after the emperor exchanged pleasantries.But because it was a family banquet, the emperor asked the prince one by one, asking how he felt this year.

Wei Mucheng said: "I visited the seven states this time, and found that I might have been too impetuous before. Only by truly understanding the lives of the people can we manage a land better."

Wei Musui said: "Through introspection these days, I know that I..."

Just when Shen Dongxue wanted to continue listening, the imperial concubine suddenly asked: "I see that Hanwei has recovered well today, can you go back to live in Qiao's residence? A few days ago when your mother-in-law entered the palace Talking about you with Bengong, saying that I don't know what's going on with this girl Hanwei, it's really worrying."

When Wei Muhan heard it, his heart was as expected by Qing He, so he calmly replied according to what Wei Muqing had told her earlier in the morning: "Concubine Lao is worried, my son, this is just a part of the 'happy event'. Energetic and energetic. The imperial doctor told the minister in every possible way that he must not be too emotional tonight. The minister also discussed with the mother and allowed the minister to go down and rest after eating. As for returning to the mansion, wait for the imperial doctor's permission. , the son will go back on his own. I have to trouble the imperial concubine to tell the mother-in-law that the son is well rested in another courtyard, so that she doesn't have to worry about it."

Concubine Lan Gui didn't expect that the soft persimmon, who has always been submissive, would say something today to refute herself to the point of speechlessness, so she could only respond: "Knowing that you are fine, I and your mother-in-law can rest assured."

Playing and making gloves, halfway through the dinner, Wei Muhan took Ping'er back to the bedroom first.

Concubine Xian has calmed down since Wei Mumei left Beijing, Wei Muqi still looks cowardly, this time no one is taking her, so she can only sit on the seat by herself, her eyes full of helplessness and panic.

Seeing Shen Dongxue, she was very puzzled, "Princess Qi Rong and Mei Su are of the same mother, why is there such a big difference?"

"Mei Su felt that Qi Rong distracted Concubine Xian from paying attention to her when she was born, so she urinated behind Concubine Xian's back and bullied Qi Rong, and Wei Muqi now has this appearance—exactly the same as the imperial concubine at that time .”

"Wei Muqing is so cruel to his younger sister, I really pity Qi Rong."

"That's right. Because of Mei Su's incident, father has a deep prejudice against Concubine Xian, and even doesn't like Qi Rong, how innocent she is."

"I hope she can wake up like Sister Huang one day."

"It's a pity that Concubine Xian didn't want to wake her up. No, it should be said that Concubine Xian didn't think there was anything wrong with this—a pawn who is many times more obedient than Wei Mumei."

Shen Dongxue sighed, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

After the dinner is over, it's the New Year's Eve.Because Xue Yun'er was pregnant, she went directly back to the bedroom to rest, so the queen had no choice but to turn her attention to Wei Muqing and his wife.

"If Qing'er and Dongxue are not lacking, let's come to Xinghui Palace to watch the new year together with the mother and queen."

Wei Muqing looked at Shen Dongxue, and seeing that she had no objection, he agreed.However, the empress was getting old after all, and soon became sleepy, so Wei Muqing had no choice but to take Shen Dongxue back to Qinghe Palace, and the two of them went to watch the new year by themselves.

As soon as Zizheng arrived, firecrackers were set off inside and outside the palace, which meant saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

The two looked at each other and said with a bright smile, "Happy New Year!"

"Okay, it's about keeping the year old, so you can't stay up all night." Wei Muqing pulled the man to the bedside.

Shen Dongxue was very excited, and said radiantly: "I used to stay at home and watch the New Year with my elder brother. If I said I didn't sleep all night, I really didn't sleep all night."

"It's different now. When the sun rises, we still have to go to the ceremonies of worshiping the ancestors and heaven. Afterwards, there will be hundreds of officials worshiping. If we can't hold on, it will be a shame." Wei Muqing said Undressed Shen Dongxue.

Shen Dongxue thought about it for a while and felt it made sense, so she obediently climbed into bed, embraced Wei Muqing and got under the brocade quilt, and fell asleep not long after.Seeing that she was sleeping well, Wei Muqing couldn't help but kissed her face twice before falling asleep contentedly.