Chapter 640 New Year


    When she went back to the Taiji hall, she was ying a lute. Yun Shang quietly went back to her seat.


    As soon as she sat down, she saw a maiding in from outside and standing behind the empress.


    Yun Shang stared at thedy who was ying Pipa, but saw the servant girl bow down and whisper to


    the empress from the corner of her eye. Yun Shang shed a smile. Suspicion was not a good thing


    sometimes.


    Gradually, the sound of the Pipa became lower and lower, and the hall became brighter. Luo Qingyan


    turned around and saw Yun Shang''s smile. He said gently, "You seem to be in a good mood? Is her


    Pipa so melodious?"


    Yun Shang nodded, "It''s good." Yun Shang smiled and said, "I feel the jewelry on my head is too heavy


    today. His highness, shall I go back to the mansion now?"


    Luo Qingyan meditated for a moment and said, "The banquet is boring anyway. I''ll go back with you.


    Please sit here for a while. When the next show begins, I''ll report it to his majesty and then leave."


    Yun Shang nodded. The light went down again after the empress reported the name of the next show.


    This was a sword dance.


    Luo Qingyan stood up, walked to Xia Huanyu and said something to him. Then he looked up at Yun


    Shang with a stern look, and nodded in agreement.


    Yun Shang knew that Yun Shang must have agreed, so she stood up and left the Taiji hall with Luo


    Qingyan.


    They walked down the long steps outside the Taiji hall together, and went out of the pce gate. After


    they got on a carriage, Luo Qingyan said, "I saw you go out just now, and it seemed that the empress


    had sent a maid to follow you?"


    Yun Shang smiled, "Yes, her majesty has always been suspicious of me. Just now, Lady Hui was found


    pregnant, and I went out of the Tai Chi hall. I''m afraid that she''s suspecting me of tampering with it, so


    she ordered her servants to follow me."


    Luo Qingyan nodded slightly, "The empress..."


    But he didn''t finish what he wanted to say. Yun Shang saw him frown slightly and there was a


    murderous look in his eyes. She didn''t ask what he wanted to say afterwards. She just withdrew her


    gaze and looked at her own hand.


    "The empress of the State of Xia is just like Empress Yuan Zhen of the State of Ning. They don''t get


    the emperor''s love, but only get support from their families. But they are different. The Su n has a


    deeper foundation in the state of Xia and Su Ruji is and more ruthless. " Yun Shang said indifferently,


    touching her belly with her hands, and her eyes grew colder. But so what? She could get rid of


    Empress Yuan Zhen, and so could she get rid of Empress Su.


    After returning to their mansion, Yun Shang asked Qin Yi and Qian Zhuo to remove her formal clothes


    and hairstyle. After changing into casual clothes, Yun Shang was a little relieved. "Even though I have


    strong endurance, I still feel it''s lucky that there aren''t too many formal banquets like this one in the


    Pce."


    Qin Yi grinned, "Your Highness, everything is ready. It''s the first time for the seventh prince''s wife to


    dress up so solemnly and attend such an event. I noticed that she seemed to be very tired just now,


    with her brows frowning tightly. From time to time, she lifted her bun with hands."


    "Yutong..." Yun Shang frowned and kept silent for a long time before she said, "I don''t think the maids


    around her are capable enough. I''m afraid it''s not easy for her to live in the seventh prince''s mansion.


    When I went to Lord Hua Guo''s mansionter, I''ll ask Lady Hua Guo to send two capable maids to look


    after her.


    However, Qin Yi shook her head, "Your Highness, I don''t think you need to talk about it with Lady Hua


    Guo. She is Lord Hua Guo''s niece and was rmended to the selection by Lord Hua Guo''s


    mansion. If it were possible, they would have arranged it early, but it didn''t. They must have its own


    reasons. "


    "You are right." Yun Shang nodded, "The seventh prince looks gentle, but actually he is cruel and


    suspicious..."


    Just then, Luo Qingyan came out of the bathroom. Seeing that he only wore his underwear, Yun Shang


    frowned and said, "Although there is braziers in the room, it''s not very warm. You''d better wear more."


    Luo Qingya smiled, "You look a little tired. Don''t want to deal with anything today and have a rest."


    Yun Shang nodded, and went to the bathroom to wash up. Then she went to bed early.


    Early the next morning, Qin Yi knocked at the door. Yun Shang was still dazed when she heard Luo


    Qingyan asking, "What''s wrong? Is there anything wrong? "


    Qin Yi smiled and said, "Your Highnesses, you''ll have to get up earlier today. The butler is still waiting


    for you to set off the firecrackers and many people will pay New Year''s calls."


    Yun Shang groaned. She turned around and said nothing. Luo Qingyan said yes. Then she got out of


    the bed and put on his clothes. He walked to the bed, bent down and whispered in Yun Shang''s ear,


    "It''s time to get up, Shang''er."


    Yun Shang slowly opened her eyes, but closed them very soon. Then she rolled over and muttered,


    "It''s still early."


    Seeing her like this, Luo Qingyan couldn''t helpughing. He bent over and held her up. "It''ste."


    Yun Shang''s mind went back to the present. She opened her eyes again and yawned. "Happy new


    year, your highness."


    Luo Qingyan smiled and said, "Happy new year. Get up. I have asked Qin Yi to get you dressed."


    Yun Shang sighed, sat up and nodded. She yawned several times and looked confused.


    The door was opened and Qin Yi came in with hot water. She walked into the bathroom and put down


    the hot water. Then she walked to the bed and smiled at Yun Shang who was still at a loss. "Your


    Highness, you must wear some new clothes today. Fortunately, I have prepared some new clothes for


    you and his highness. I''ve heard that many people have gathered outside the mansion. They are about


    to greet you and your highness. We need to hurry up. "


    "Greet us?" Yun Shang was taken by surprise. She remained silent for a moment. Then she smiled


    coldly. "What his majesty said yesterday must have raised a storm of conjecture. I''m afraid more


    people wille to visit us."


    "Exactly." Qin Yi answered softly, but changed the topic to another thing: "By the way, your highness,


    I''m afraid you have to pay a New Year call to masters in the imperial pce. However, with your status,


    you could only greet those with a higher title than consort."


    "The empress seems to be the only one." Yun Shang sighed, "Thest person I want to see is her, but I


    have to."


    "Yes, your highness. You could say it here, but don''t show any unhappiness outside. I know you have


    always had a sense of propriety, so I won''t say more." Qin Yi smiled.


    Luo Qingyan walked out of the bathroom. Yun Shang washed her face and brushed her teeth. She


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    wore a magenta dress with silver rims, a fairy bun, a magpie hairpin, and a hibiscus flower.


    Standing next to them, Luo Qingyan smiled, "I saw Wang Jinhuan all the time in red. But Yun Shang,


    you are the most beautiful one in red. This remind me of the day when we got married. You were


    wearing a set of red wedding dress. I was almost lost in it."


    Yun Shang red at Luo Qingyan and felt a little annoyed. How could Luo Qingyan behave like this


    while Qin Yi was still there? Yun Shang took a peek at Qin Yi from the bronze mirror. She saw a slight


    smile on her face. Unlike Qian Yin and other maids who would have tease in their eyes.


    "Your Highness, it will be more beautiful if you apply some rouge, but since you are pregnant now,


    rouge is not a good choice for you. Let''s do it this way..." Qin Yi said with a smile, "It''s time for you to


    set off the firecrackers at the gate of the mansion."


    Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang walked to the gate together. Seeing them, the butler handed each of them


    three incenses. He smiled and said, "Your Highnesses, you just need to light up the firecrackers hung


    at the gate and then put the incenses in the censer."


    Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang took the incense. When they opened the door, they saw a number of


    people gathering outside, but almost all of them were themoners in the city. Yun Shang smiled and


    lit up the firecrackers with Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan drew Yun Shang back and covered her ears. But


    Yun Shang still heard the firecrackers crackling.


    The sound stopped after a long time. Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang put the incense in the censer.


    "Prince Rui, Lady Rui, happy new year." "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" All kinds of voices were


    heard to wish a happy new year. Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang were also constantly responding them.


    Madam Qiu brought a te with many red packets in it. Fearing that someone might run into Yun


    Shang, Luo Qingyan asked Yun Shang to stand at the door. Then he took the red envelope and gave it


    to themoners one by one.


    Yun Shang looked at the smiles on themon people''s faces and also raised the corners of her


    mouth. Her eyes fell on the red paper of the firecrackers. She thought to herself, it was her first new


    year in the state of Xia. A glimmer of fighting will rose in her heart. This year probably wouldn''t be calm.


    But now, with Luo Qingyan and the servants in their mansion apanying, she was not afraid at all.


    In the past year, she had also experienced a lot of things, including grief, adventure, happiness,


    warmth, etc. Every step she took was like walking on thin ice, but she was willing to take them all with


    her heart. She only wished all in the mansion were weal in the new year.