Li Xin's move to ask for the prince for Ye Sheng was seen by the vast majority of officials in the capital, and under the interpretation of people with intentions, this behavior changed its taste, and many speculative people have begun to think about how to make some auspicious or ominous things, and then write a book to "persuade in".

As long as someone wants to be the emperor in history, even if the first person to persuade is not adopted, the next will be prosperous, of course, with the current situation of the Great Jin Dynasty, there will be no stupid people jumping out to persuade within a year or two, but they have indeed begun to tinker with the "omen from heaven".

At this time, Governor Li knew nothing about these.

After returning from the imperial court, he began to personally prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, he has been running around all these years, rarely able to celebrate the New Year with his family, now it is easy to settle down, his wife and children are around, this New Year is naturally more grand.

Early in the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Metropolitan Governor began to work in the kitchen, basically the dishes and snacks he would make in his previous life were all made by him, and Zhong Xiaoxiao also got up early in the morning to help his brother with his work.

Originally, these things in the kitchen, the ninth princess would not let Li Xin be contaminated no matter what, but Li Dadu insisted on cooking it herself, and the ninth princess had no choice but to nod and agree.

Li Xin's eldest daughter Li Shu also ran to the kitchen to follow the work, this girl was born, the Li family has already made a fortune, basically never went to the kitchen, and after half an hour in the kitchen, she made herself disgraced and embarrassed.

The girl wiped the black ash on her face with her sleeve nonchalantly, she ran to the stove, looked at Zhong Xiaoxiao who was burning the fire, and also moved a small stool to sit next to Zhong Xiaoxiao, and said crisply: "Little aunt, do you still burn the fire?" ”

When she was born, she was Taikang for three years, at that time Zhong Xiaoxiao had been with Li Xin for many years, and she didn't go to the kitchen much, and when Li Shu remembered, Zhong Xiaoxiao basically hadn't cooked by herself, so it was the first time she saw her aunt go to the kitchen to make a fire.

Zhong Xiaoxiao skillfully filled the firewood into the stove and smiled softly at Li Shu: "My aunt will burn the fire when she is three or four years old, and she has been burning for many years. ”

As he spoke, Zhong Xiaoxiao glanced at Li Xin, who was busy in the kitchen, remembered the young man who was almost frozen to death in the broken temple, and said softly: "When your father first arrived in the capital, I burned the fire for him for almost a year. ”

Up to now, Li Xin's sale of carbon in the capital is little known, and even if he knows, he will not mention it easily, Zhong Xiaoxiao has to take care of his brother's face, and has never mentioned Li Xin's embarrassment in front of others.

At this time, Li Xin, who was marinating chicken legs, heard the conversation between his aunt and nephew, put down the work at hand, and said with a smile: "At that time, Daddy had just arrived in the capital and almost froze to death in the snow. ”

"Daddy also sold charcoal in the capital for a while, and at that time, it was your little aunt who lit the fire for Daddy."

Li Shu naturally didn't understand how sinister Li Xin's situation was back then, and after hearing these words, he scratched his head: "Daddy, how did the carbon burn out?" ”

Li Xin stretched out his hand, helped her wipe the black ash on her face, and said with a smile: "You, it's better not to know." ”

After speaking, Li Xin turned his head to look at Zhong Xiaoxiao and said softly: "Xiaoxiao, it's almost busy here, you go to Qinhuaifang, invite Sister Cui to the house, let's have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." ”

When this girl followed Li Xin, she was only five or six years old, and Li Xin was only sixteen years old at that time, and she basically didn't know how to take care of the little girl, so she had no choice but to entrust it to Cui Jiuniang to take care of.

Not only that, Cui Jiuniang also taught her to read and write, which is her teacher.

Zhong Xiaoxiao hurriedly got up and said while washing her hands: "I'm going to invite Sister Cui over." ”

Saying that, Li Xin smiled and said: "And the general Zhao of your family, he also hurriedly called and said that he would come to the house for dinner, why haven't he come over yet?" ”

Zhong Xiaoxiao was thin-skinned, and when he heard Li Xin laughing, his face turned a little red, and he bowed his head a little embarrassed and said, "He...... I was busy with Yu Linwei's affairs all day, and I often came home in the middle of the night, and I went out early this morning, and I mentioned it to him, and he said that he would come back in the afternoon. "Ranwen

"Busy with Yu Linwei's errand?"

Chef Li frowned and snorted, "What is there to do for Yu Linwei?" I have to work until midnight to come back, you tell that kid that you neglect my sister-in-law, and he, the middle man of the Yulin Forest, will simply not do it. ”

This sentence was obviously also a joke, but Zhong Xiaoxiao took it seriously and hurriedly waved his hand: "Zhao ...... Zhao Fang is very serious about doing things for his eldest brother...... Big brother ......"

Li Xin laughed: "I'm joking with you, go and invite someone over, everyone should be here in a while." ”

Zhong Xiaoxiao let out a small "eh", turned around and left the kitchen.

Governor Li wiped his hands, turned his head and went to study his "flesh and blood" again, Xiao Ahan stood next to his father, looking at Li Xin busy with curiosity.

"It's the first time I've seen Daddy cook by yourself."

Li Xin smiled and turned his head to look at his eldest daughter.

"Your aunt is the best, if you didn't have this craftsmanship back then, there might not be your sister and brother."

Miss Li has grown into a girl at this time, and when she heard this, she immediately came to her senses, pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and asked about the story of her parents' love back then.

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This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in Jing'an Hou Mansion invited a lot of people, but it was by no means a lot.

According to Li Xin's identity at this time, all the officials above the third grade in the capital should be in Qi, but in fact, the Jing'an Hou Mansion did not hold a big feast, but only organized a family banquet.

For the dishes at the family banquet, Li Xin made four or five by himself.

In the entire capital, there are not many people who are qualified to eat Li Xin's craftsmanship, mainly the Li family's family, including Li Shuo and Li Shuo's wife and children, as well as the empress dowager who was taken over from the palace by the ninth princess, plus Mu Ying Zhao Jia, as well as Cui Jiuniang and Zhong Xiaoxiao's family.

Originally, the Ye family should have been present, but Ye Lu and Ye Mao were not in the capital, Li Xin sent a post to Chen Guogong's Mansion and Ningling Marquis Mansion, but whether it was Ye Mao's son or Ye Lan's son, because the adults in the family were not there, they did not dare to come to the banquet without permission.

It's just about 20 people.

This family banquet did not have too many political factors, just like ordinary people, the family of the Chinese New Year's Eve got together and simply ate a meal.

It's just that the weight of this "family" is a little heavier.

On this night, for the first time, fireworks were lit up over the Jing'an Hou Mansion to celebrate the festival.

In these dazzling and beautiful fireworks, Yuan Zhao's five years came to an end.

The first year of Yankang followed.