After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 25 New Year’s Eve

New Year's Eve is the busiest day of the year for Ye Qinghuai. She has to get up right after the third watch. According to the schedule arranged by the Ministry of Rites, from the front hall to the harem, all the major palaces have to burn incense and bow. She was busy until she had a meal at noon, and again in the afternoon.

Taking a large group of clan members to the Ancestral Temple to worship their ancestors, after completing a complicated process, it was already dark.

As a rule, the emperor's New Year's Eve dinner was to be eaten in the Zhaoyang Palace with the concubines and princes in the harem. But now the harem is empty, there are only a few concubines and concubines left by Emperor Shunde, so this year's New Year's Eve dinner is also held by Ye Qinghuai and the emperor.

I used it together at Zhaoyang Palace.

It has been two hundred years since the Great Scene, and there are countless clan members of the royal family. Some of the clan members at the banquet were from Shengjing City and some from other places, but most of them were unknown to Ye Qinghuai, so the New Year's Eve dinner was very exhausting.

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After struggling until midnight, Ye Qinghuai returned to Jingshou Palace accompanied by Li Baoquan.

Ye Qinghuai was sitting on the chariot with her head propped up and her eyes closed. Suddenly she felt a chill fall on her face. She opened her eyes slightly and saw sparse snow particles falling slowly from the sky.

Vaguely, she remembered the day she died.

It seems to be a day like this, with snow falling silently from the sky, and it is so cold that no matter how thick a coat you wear, it can't stop it.

She suddenly had a headache, so she closed her eyes again.

After getting off the sedan, Ye Qinghuai heard Li Baoquan say to his young aunt who was guarding outside the Jingshou Palace: "Your Majesty drank some wine and asked my aunt to take care of her. Tomorrow, the Taihe Hall of Maozheng will congratulate you, and our family will have three

Come and greet Your Majesty immediately."

"You've worked hard today, father-in-law. I'll leave this place to the servants. Don't worry, father-in-law. Let's take a rest early." Aunt Fanghua paid a full salute to Li Baoquan, then went to the side of the carriage to help Ye Qinghuai down.

Ye Qinghuai rested half of her body on Aunt Fanghua, making it difficult for her to walk.

Upon seeing this, Li Baoquan wanted to come up and help, but Aunt Fanghua physically separated him.

"It's okay. I'll help your Majesty to go in and have a rest. Father-in-law, please go back early." Aunt Fanghua said as she half-supported and half-supported Ye Qinghuai to the palace gate.

"Then our family will go first." Li Baoquan also saluted Aunt Fanghua. Although he was several levels higher than Aunt Fanghua, Aunt Fanghua was the emperor's only personal maid after all.

He was always polite to her.

Chengyu's team left quickly, and Aunt Fanghua finally helped Ye Qinghuai into Jingshou Palace.

At this moment, Ye Qinghuai suddenly seemed to wake up from alcohol. She broke away from Aunt Fanghua's arm, opened her arms and faced the sky. In a moment, the snow started to fall heavily, and Ye Qinghuai stood facing the snowflakes all over the sky.

After a while, he suddenly laughed.

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year. The auspiciousness coming from the sky means it is a good year. Sui and three years, it should be a good year." She said to the sky, her voice couldn't tell whether she was crying or laughing.

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, let's go in and talk." Aunt Fanghua saw her drunkenly and tried to drag her into the house.

However, Ye Qinghuai seemed to be angry and just shook off Aunt Fanghua's hand.

Aunt Fanghua turned back to look at her, and was about to say harsh words to calm her drunkenness, but she saw a pair of clear eyes of Ye Qinghuai looking at her, her eyes were clear and there was no sign of being drunk at all.

"Auntie, do you think I'm a fool?"

Aunt Fanghua was startled by her rambling question, but when she saw Ye Qinghuai's serious expression, she couldn't help but feel sad.

She has watched this child grow up. She knows how much she has suffered since she was a child. She is the one who understands and feels the most distressed. Every time she thinks of her, she is only a sixteen-year-old girl, but she has never had a moment of her daughter's family since she was a child.

When she is happy, Auntie Fanghua always wipes her tears secretly.

"I'm a woman. I don't have much knowledge. I can't tell the difference between a wise king and a foolish king. But I have lived a long time and have met many people. I feel that if it were those people, they would definitely not be as good as your Majesty."

"Why?"

"I can't explain why. I just feel that way."

Ye Qinghuai looked at Aunt Fanghua for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said: "Auntie, you are used to spoiling me, and you spoil me rotten."

With that said, she walked towards the house and asked as she walked: "Is Grandpa Zhou here?"

"Here, he's inside. Your Majesty, please go in first, and I'll go get the hangover soup and dumplings." Seeing that Ye Qinghuai was conscious, Aunt Fanghua felt relieved, stopped supporting her, and walked towards the small kitchen of Jingshou Palace.

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Zhou Shouyi was sitting in the room. When he saw Ye Qinghuai's blushing face, his face suddenly turned cold and he asked, "How much did you drink?"

Ye Qinghuai was shocked by what he saw, and he quickly smiled and said, "No more, no more, just a few drinks."

As she said that, she made it at the table. There were several stacks of melon and fruit snacks on the table. The room was also carefully decorated by Aunt Fanghua, decorated with some just right New Year flavors. Ye Qinghuai grabbed an orange and peeled it.

, she tried to change the subject and said: "I heard that Yingzhou's citrus production is good this year. Has Grandpa Zhou tasted it?"

Zhou Shouyi, however, still stared at her seriously and asked reluctantly: "Drink half a catty?"

Ye Qinghuai knew that he could not be defeated, so he sighed and said distressedly: "There are many people today, especially the clans from Zhongzhou and Yingzhou. It is my first time to come to Beijing since I ascended the throne. It is inevitable that I have to drink more."

"How much did you drink?"

"I can't remember exactly, maybe twenty or thirty cups." Ye Qinghuai said.

"That's almost a pound."

As soon as Zhou Shouyi finished speaking, the door to the room was pushed open by Aunt Fanghua. There were two large plates of dumplings and a bowl of hangover soup on the tray she was carrying. It was steaming and formed a perfect contrast with the snowy night behind her.

sharp contrast.

Aunt Fanghua's nose was slightly red, and she immediately closed the door after entering.

"Such heavy snow." Aunt Fanghua's face was full of joy. She put the things on the tray on the table one by one and said, "Your Majesty, I will fetch you a hand stove. You guys eat it while it's hot first."

Zhou Shouyi brought the bowl of hangover soup to Ye Qinghuai and said, "Drink this first."

Seeing Ye Qinghuai obediently picking up the bowl and drinking, he left his seat again and rummaged through his medicine box.

After a while, Zhou Shouyi took out a small paper bag from the medicine box, handed it to Aunt Fanghua and said, "Run the medicinal powder inside with hot water and give it to her to drink."

Ye Qinghuai looked at the small paper bag with some vigilance, took the half-drunk sobering soup away from his mouth, and asked: "Grandpa Zhou, what is this?"

"It's something that nourishes the liver. You can drink this after you finish what you have." After saying that, he added, "Don't even think about bargaining."

Ye Qinghuai secretly looked at Zhou Shouyi's expression from the corner of his eyes. Seeing his selfless and serious look, he looked at the packet of medicinal powder again and had a bad feeling.

According to Ye Qinghuai's experience, the medicine Zhou Shouyi prepared was always very unpleasant to drink.

(End of chapter)