I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

On the day of the winter solstice, it will be dark early.

For such a small festival, the women in the palace who have nothing to do must find ways to gather together for a banquet.Mingluan Palace is very lively at this time of year every year, but Concubine Shu has turned down all the invitations this year.

As soon as it was dark, she called all the three children in the palace to the main hall to eat dumplings together.

The maids and eunuchs in the palace who are not on duty today are also serving inside. The spacious and magnificent main hall is especially lively today.

As soon as the three of them came in, Concubine Shu generously rewarded each of them with a purse, each of which was filled with Dongzhu.Jun Huailang stuffed the purse into Fu Yi for safekeeping, and said to Concubine Shu with a smile: "Aunt, it's a coincidence that Ling Huan and I also have a purse for you."

Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows lazily and coquettishly when she heard the words: "Let me take a look? I have seen a lot of good things in this palace, so don't fool me with ordinary things."

"Of course it's not an ordinary object." Jun Huailang smiled and stretched out his hand to Fuyi, Fuyi also smiled joyfully, and gave the purse he was holding to Jun Huailang.

A bunch of purses, the one on top obviously had a lot of thought and was adorned with a few small beads.But this purse is so embroidered that I can't bear to look directly at it, the stitches are rough, and the patterns on it are crooked.

"This is the purse Ling Huan embroidered for my aunt, aunt look at it?" Jun Huailang smiled and handed over the purse and said to Concubine Shu. "She has been embroidering for quite a while, and this is the most beautiful one, specially for you."

When Concubine Shu saw the crooked little thing, she burst into laughter immediately: "This embroidery stitch method, you can tell it's a daughter of the Jun family at a glance."

She grabbed the hollow and carved golden sachet at her waist, and tossed it to the nearest court lady: "You are rewarded." Then, she tied the sachet made by Jun Linghuan on it, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I Wearing this face mask, the emperor must also praise Ling Huan's embroidery work."

"There are still some." Jun Huailang was amused by her actions, and took all the purses left in Fuyi's hands, and handed them out to the surrounding court ladies and eunuchs.The one at the bottom was covered by his sleeve, and he held it in his hands calmly until finally, it was handed over to Dian Cui.

"This is made by Ling Huan himself, and the spices are also chosen by Ling Huan, no one should dislike it." Jun Huailang said with a half-joking smile.

Beside her, Concubine Shu also smiled and chimed in: "Have you heard? Wear it every day, whoever dares to take it off, I will punish him."

For a moment, the palace room was filled with laughter.The eunuchs and maids around had already received generous rewards from Concubine Shu, and now they got something handmade by the young master, and all smiled and thanked them.

"I think you have one too." Concubine Shu said suddenly. "Send one to Xue Yan?"

She deliberately put on a casual tone, but Jun Huailang could tell right away that Concubine Shu was concerned about him, afraid that she would leave him behind.

"Naturally." Jun Huailang said.

Concubine Shu still teased him: "Really? Don't fool me, take it out and let me see."

Jun Huailang laughed.That pouch is what I wear every day, even Xue Yunhuan has never seen him wear it, where can I let Concubine Shu see it?

He smiled and was about to reply when he saw Xue Yan, who had been sitting beside him without saying a word, lifted up the hem of the dark robe, held up the dark sachet of the same color as the robe, and showed Concubine Shu a look .

It was also an ugly purse, with particularly thick stitches, and when it was picked up, the spices inside were still falling down.

Jun Huailang was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Xue Yan, and saw that he put the robe back naturally, as if he didn't know how ugly he was wearing.

Jun Huailang's heart suddenly became hot.

This person looks cold and withdrawn, but he is still a good-natured person who treats others well in silence without speaking out.

Presumably, he is really just like himself, seeing Jun Linghuan as his own younger sister.

Over there, Concubine Shu, who was just joking, was also stunned. After a while, she looked at Xue Yan a few more times: "I didn't expect you to be interested." Her tone has softened a lot.

Not long after, someone from the palace brought up steaming dumplings.This dumpling was made in Concubine Shu's small kitchen, it is exquisite in style, filled with many kinds of fillings, small and delicate, steaming, served on a gilt plate.

The maids put the dumplings and seasonings on the table, and they all stood by.Concubine Shu then picked up the tooth chopsticks and greeted several people to move their chopsticks: "Hurry up and eat while it's hot."

As she said that, she picked up one first, and said with a smile: "The rules this year are the same as in previous years, it just depends on who gets lucky."

Hearing this, Jun Linghuan also became happy, picked up one of the chopsticks crookedly and stuffed it into his mouth, and was about to pick up the second one when he was burned by the dumplings in his mouth and breathed out.

Jun Huailang was so amused that he laughed, he greeted her slowly, and his subordinates skillfully mixed the sauce for Jun Linghuan.

The Jun family has always had a rule that when people eat dumplings on this kind of New Year's day, they must wrap copper coins in the dumplings. Whoever eats the copper coins will have good luck for a year.Although it is just a way to get a lot of money, it teaches the family that every time they eat dumplings, it is quite lively and interesting.

In the past, when Jun Huailang ate dumplings, he used to poke them with chopsticks first, and if he touched a copper plate, he pretended not to know and put it in Jun Linghuan's bowl.

It is the same today.After he adjusted the seasoning for Jun Linghuan, he picked up a dumpling and poked it in the bowl.

It's soft, and you can see the bottom when you poke it.The experienced Jun Huailang knew that there was nothing in this dumpling.

After eating a few, Jun Huailang picked up a dumpling, poked it lightly, and felt the hard metal inside.

He couldn't help but raised the corners of his lips, picked up the dumpling, and was about to put it in Jun Linghuan's bowl.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xue Yan who was silently sitting on one side eating.

It was silent and quiet, as if it couldn't fit into the joyous excitement.

The actions of Jun Huailang's men paused.

He thought of what happened to Xue Yan that he had seen with his own eyes since he entered the palace, and also thought of the purse that leaked spices that Xue Yan took out silently just now.

Even now, he is accepted by Mingluan Palace, but he still looks like an outsider, watching them from outside the bustle.His luck seems to be a little bit better than in his previous life, but he is still lonely and silent, as if he was excluded.

By accident, he picked up the dumpling and put it in Xue Yan's bowl.

He thought to himself, the good fortune of this copper plate can last for a year.One for the winter solstice and one for the New Year's Eve, just enough for him and Ling Huan.

If you can really give him some blessings, that would be the best.

A dumpling was suddenly put into Xue Yan's bowl, and when he looked up, he saw Jun Huailang smiling at him under the bright light with his eyebrows curved.

"Don't just eat the stuffing in front of you, this stuffing is also delicious, you try it?" Jun Huailang said.

When Xue Yan lowered his eyes, he saw a steaming dumpling in the bowl, Yuxue was cute.

He looked at Jun Huailang again, and saw that there was some anticipation in his eyes, shining brightly, as if he was waiting to see himself eat it.

He usually has a kind of maturity beyond his age, and he rarely has such a lively and bright expression.Xue Yan's mind was still empty, the chopsticks moved first, and put the dumpling into his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, Jun Huailang saw him frowning.

"What's wrong?" Jun Huailang asked hastily.

Seeing Xue Yan frowning, without saying a word, he spit out a shiny copper plate from his mouth after a while.

"It's okay, the cook must have been careless." He frowned and glanced at the copper plate, then put it on the table casually.

But Jun Linghuan exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah! Brother Fifth Prince, you've got your blessing!"

Xue Yan paused: "What kind of luck?"

Jun Linghuan pointed at the copper plate: "It's right there!"

Next to her, Concubine Shu smiled and explained: "It's a custom in our family to pick a dumpling and wrap it with a copper plate. Those who eat this copper plate will have good luck in the coming year."

Xue Yan paused, his gaze fell on the copper plate on the table.

Then, he heard Jun Huailang say disappointedly: "If I had known that dumpling, I wouldn't have given it to you. Who knew the copper plate was there?"

Xue Yan raised his eyes to look at Jun Huailang, and saw a look of reluctance on his face, but his eyes were full of smiles.

The little peacock put this so-called "blessing" into his bowl on purpose.

He has never even believed in gods and Buddhas, so naturally he would not believe in such little tricks.

However, looking at the bright smile in Jun Huailang's eyes, he knew that the other party hoped that the copper coin would bring him good luck, and hoped to give him this lucky head.

... Maybe the little peacock didn't know that he was lucky enough to meet him, so why give him this copper coin?

Next to her, Concubine Shu smiled and poked Jun Huailang's forehead with her hand: "Why are you so stingy, why would you regret it if you gave it away? This good luck should be due to Xue Yan, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence."

Jun Linghuan also pretended to be seasoned and nodded: "Brother can't be a cheapskate!"

Jun Huailang touched Jun Linghuan's hair with a smile when he heard the words, nodded and said: "Auntie is right, my nephew has been educated."

The earth dragon burned the room extremely warm, and the steam from the dumplings filled the room.Seeing the bustle and warmth in front of him, Xue Yan was a little dazed for a while with smiles on everyone's faces.

He was accustomed to contempt and coldness, and never thought that he could be accepted by the bright world.

And he knew that all of this was given to him by Jun Huailang.

Concubine Shu's main hall was resplendent and resplendent, and the bright lights reflected on the pearls, jades and gold objects, making Jun Huailang's smile particularly bright, and it was hotly imprinted in Xue Yan's heart.

His heart beat loudly, causing his eardrums to resonate accordingly.There was a warm emotion that made him flustered, pooling in his chest, making his blood hotter than ever before.

His hand unconsciously landed on the copper plate, and he held it tightly in his palm.

It seemed to relieve the sudden impulse in his heart to possess something and hide it tightly.