In the blink of an eye, it was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. The Qi Mansion opened from the gate, Yimen, Hall, Warm Pavilion, to the inner Yimen, and the main hall. The main doors were all opened, covered with scarlet carpets, and hundreds of palace lanterns were hung under the steps on both sides, like two long dragons. Qi Xiu and Qi You brothers opened the ancestral hall and brought people to clean and organize the arrangement. Xun Qingran took the wives in the inner courtyard to clean the main hall, redesign the utensils, and prepared to worship here tomorrow.

The next morning, everyone in the Qi Mansion, who had an imperial decree, went to the palace to congratulate him first. After the banquet was received, the sedan chair was carried to the warm room. Rong was here for a moment, and then the children of the Qi family entered the ancestral hall to worship, and then went to the main hall. The portraits of the previous generations of Anguo Duke were hung in the main hall, including the female family and the children were outside, and they were worshiping the shadows in the main hall. Xun Qingran participated in the first worship of the Qi Mansion, and only followed the second wife of Qi and grandma Qi to deliver the dishes offered. This set of worship etiquette took about two hours.

After the worship, everyone sent Rong to Yinian residence. This time, Rong sat at the top of the house. He was from Master Qi, Master Qi, Mr. Qi, Mr. Qi, and Mrs. Qi, and Mrs. Qi, all kowtowed to Rong in order. This was the complete etiquette.

Because of the fetus care, the second grandma Qi was unable to get up, so she kowtowed to the direction of Yi Nianju on the bed, and sent Dong'er in front of her. Rong said she knew it and asked the second grandma Qi to take care of her body.

"Grandma San also said she would come to kowtow to the old lady." said the eldest lady.

"Let her knock in her yard, there is no need to come over." Rong said lightly.

The eldest lady had to rely on her, so she couldn't say anything else.

That night, a family banquet was held in the warm room in Yi Nianju. All the partitions in the warm room were removed, and only the screen was separated. Rong led the eldest wife, the second wife and other women in the screen. Master Qi and the second brother led their children and nephews outside the screen to hold banquets.

Needless to say, the banquet was rich, and after the banquet, everyone accompanied Rong in the warm room to stay up to the New Year. Rong was a lively person. Everyone first played the Leaf Card with Rong for a while, and then moved to the kang of the warm room. Xun Qingran ordered the kitchen to prepare a box of fresh fruits and pastries in each box, and also prepared almond tea, lotus seed soup, tremella soup, etc., which were sweet or salty soup, and they all served them all. Everyone sat around and talked for fun.

"The old lady is particularly happy this year and her spirit is more energetic than in previous years. But the old lady took some magic medicine. Why would she also give her wives one or two pills? It would be half of her spirit to be content." The eldest lady rarely laughed.

Rong sat on the kang with a smile.

"The eldest lady can also joke. I am so old that I am better than taking any magic pills."

"I know why the old lady is happy." Qi Yi said. Because he is still young and because of his love, he only mingles among the group of sisters and nests next to Rong.

"I'm going to listen to you." Rong touched Qi Yi's head lovingly.

"This is not simple. Our family has increased its population this year. The old lady is naturally happy." Qi Yi said, and said nodding towards Xun Qingran.

Everyone started to laugh.

Xun Qingran was taking Zhen Jie'er and the sisters of Crescent, and asked the kitchen to make soft pastries, and just gave the two children a meal with almond tea. The children didn't eat much, but they were hungry quickly. They planned to let the two go to rest early, but they also liked the fun. Xun Qingran thought that there were not many children in the Qi family, and Brother Zhang could not stay up late. Brother Mao only came to sit for a while because his third grandmother could not go out, so he made the fuss back. With Sister Zhen and Little Crescent, Rong was also happy.

"There is also the second sister-in-law. Although she is not here, she wants to add a great-grandson to the old lady. How can the old lady be unhappy?" Qi Yi continued.

"Maybe more than one, wait until the fourth grandma also helps the old lady add one, that is a double happiness." The eldest lady smiled.

Mrs. Qi Er covered the corner of her mouth with a veil, smiled on her face, and looked at Xun Qingran. Rong naturally smiled on the kang and nodded repeatedly.

After sitting for a while, Yueyaer was a little sleepy, but she was attracted by Jie Jie, a playmate who was bigger than her.

"I'm sending Xiao Yueyaer to bed, and I'm going to go back to bed." Sister Zhen coaxed Yueyaer softly.

Only then did Yueyaer be willing to let Lingjiao carry it, and Zhenjie'er followed him. Xun Qingran secretly praised Zhenjie'er for being a sister, and it was worthless that she specially arranged for the two to get close together, so she hurriedly asked Zhenjie'er's nurse to accompany Zhenjie'er and sent two other appropriate girls.

Rong also asked the old nanny around him to take care of him: "I'm very serving you, and the sound of firecrackers will be heard later. Don't scare the two children."

When it was almost time for a while, firecrackers were heard outside. Qi Yi couldn't sit still, and Xun Qingran and Qi Wanli and others walked to the window to look outside.

"Old lady, I'll set off two firecrackers for the old lady to make a good fortune." Qi Yi begged.

Rong was afraid that he would be hurt, so he was unwilling to do so. Qi Yi had been slapping for a long time before Rong agreed and asked the people who followed him to take good care of him.

"You sisters are happy, so go out to see it. They are just too close to each other. It's not fun to be hurt." Rong ordered again.

Qi Yi ran out, ran to the door, and turned back.

"Sister Ran, I'll call my fourth brother in and let him set off firecrackers for my sister to see."

Qi Yi came to Xun Qingran and said this, and ran out again.

Xun Qingran led Qi Wanli, Qi Wanyan and Yan Mingyue out of the warm pavilion. In addition to the strings of firecrackers, several fireworks were also parked under the steps.

Qi You was wearing a royal blue fox fur cloak and was looking upwards down the steps. However, Qi Yi was busy driving away the servant and said that he had packed all the fireworks and firecrackers.

After a moment, the bell sounded from afar. It was the hour of midnight, when we were about to get rid of the old and welcome the new.

Qi You took the incense of thread and lit a hang of firecrackers. Qi Yi did the same thing, and the firecrackers rang out. The little girls were hiding and avoiding each other, and Qi Wanli and the others covered their ears and laughed in a ball.

Qi You looked at Xun Qingran and shook the incense in his hand. Xun Qingran was a little eager to try.

"Sister Ran, if you don't come here quickly, these are mine, so I won't leave them for you." Qi Yi smiled.

Since he got here, he had not let go of firecrackers with his own hands. Xun Qingran did not hesitate and walked down the steps quickly.

"Sister Ran." Qi Yi came over and wanted to give Xun Qingran the incense in her hand.

"Here." Qi You pulled Xun Qingran over and walked to the fireworks stand.

Qi You stretched out the lead of the fireworks a little longer, and then handed the incense to Xun Qingran.

Xun Qingran received the fire note and thought to herself that the quality of the firecrackers just now was no less than that of her in that era. So what about the fireworks. She hesitated a little, Qi You had already reached out to hold her hand.

"Don't be afraid." Qi You whispered.

Xun Qingran felt the heat in her ears and her cheeks were slightly hot.

Qi You had already held her hand and lit the lead.

It was like a roar of a geese, and a bright light flew straight into the sky from the fireworks rack, scattered in the air, turning into countless light spots.

"The goddess scatters flowers."

Someone shouted around.

Qi Yi next to him also helped Yan Mingyue's hand and went to light another firework.

Yan Mingyue was obviously afraid, and her hands were trembling. Qi Yi kept cheering Yan Mingyue, "Don't be afraid, this sound is not loud."

Yan Mingyue closed her eyes, and Ren Qiyi grabbed her hand and lit the fireworks before opening her eyes.

Qi Wanyan stood on the steps, and no matter how Qiyi persuaded her, she refused to come down. However, Qi Wanli was a brave man. She had already gone to the side to get incense and lit a firecracker, which scared everyone next to her.

Xun Qingran was also playful and ran to rush to light another fireworks. She was not satisfied and wanted to go to play with firecrackers, but was pulled back by Qi You without any trace.

"That's not fun." Qi You said.

If you don’t let firecrackers play, then don’t play. Xun Qingran looked up and saw the various fireworks blooming in the night sky. Qi You stood behind Xun Qingran, and his jaw gently hit Xun Qingran’s head.

Xun Qingran did not look back, but stretched out her hand and held Qi You's hand. There were the sound of firecrackers coming one after another, and the sound of laughter and clamoring, but in their ears were the sound of each other's breathing and heartbeat.

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The first month of the year is also busy.

Prayer for the Year Hall

Mrs. Qi Er was lying on the kang, snoring slightly from her mouth, thinking that she was asleep. Caidie knelt on her feet, holding the beauty fist in her hand, not neglecting at all, and still beat Mrs. Qi Er's legs rhythmically.

Mrs. Qi Er turned over.

"Madam, do you want to have a cup of ginseng tea?" Caidie asked softly.

Mrs. Qi Er did not open her eyes, but just said no.

Caidie winked at the little girl who was guarding the door. The little girl went out and brought ginseng tea in later.

Caidie then stood up, put down the beauty fist, took the tea and tried it. She felt that it was just hot and cold, so she helped Mrs. Qi up.

Mrs. Qi Er was just opening her eyes and drank half a cup of ginseng tea with Caidian's hand.

"Madam, let's sleep for a while." Caidie knelt down again.

Mrs. Qi Er lay down again and pointed to her waist.

Caidie's beauty fist fell on Mrs. Qi Er's waist, both light and heavy, just right, and Mrs. Qi Er's eyebrows and eyes were relaxed comfortably.

"Mrs. I've been very tired these days. I feel distressed when I see it. My wife is just too worried. My maid is selfish. My maid should rest well. If you have something to do, just ask someone to do it, so you don't have to worry about it yourself."

"You are talking to a child. Although the fourth grandma is housekeeper, after all, she is young. If I don't watch it, how can I feel at ease?" Mrs. Qi Er said with her eyes closed.

"I don't know much about it, and I don't think so. I just heard that everyone below was obedient to the fourth grandma. Even those who were usually the most thorny and disobedient, are willing to work hard now. People say that the second grandma was extremely terrifying when she was a housekeeper, but it was difficult to suppress her."

"The fourth grandma is a good word, and the people are also respectful to her." Mrs. Qi Er said slowly.

"I don't understand these things. I just think that the fourth grandma is lucky. In this mansion, who doesn't know that the Fourth Master is very good to the Fourth Grandma? On New Year's Eve, he also taught the Fourth Grandma to set off fireworks. The servants in this mansion looked at the Fourth Master, who dared not listen to the Fourth Grandma?"

"Oh?" Grandma Qi said oh.

Caidie sighed softly and said, "It's not easy for the fourth grandma to talk about. She is always too busy to get busy with the matters at home. That day, my maid heard from Ning Yuanju people that the Fourth Master wanted to find something, and he almost searched all the house before he found the Fourth Grandma, which almost delayed the matter."
Chapter completed!