Qiao Xiaoru didn't care about these, and personally read the gifts one by one, and asked Mama Xun to take someone to prepare a return gift that was slightly higher than this value, and then let Ying 12 and Ying 13 take Xiaoxue and Mangosteen to send them back everywhere.

The New Year's gifts she needs to prepare in person are only the Deng family, the Qin family, the old man Zhou, the fat sister, the righteous sister Gu Qingfeng, Lu Jinhe, the East Palace, and several princes' mansions.

Some of the houses specially sent one to her, and she had to ask for one back.

For example, Mrs. Lin of the Yue State Mansion, such as the Xiao family, etc.

Mrs. Lin has a good friendship with herself, and that's it, what does the Xiao family mean, Qiao Xiaoru really doesn't understand.

She didn't dare to use the things sent by the Xiao family, and after reading it, she let people seal them in the warehouse and pick them up enough.

After a lot of busyness, it soon came to the end of the year.

Qiao Xiaoru thought that Lu Jinhe was alone in a foreign land, and he would be lonely during the New Year, so he asked him if he wanted to spend time with Old Doctor Zhou and Long Xiaoxi?

Tian is the descendant of the eldest princess's mansion, and it is inconvenient to introduce Lu Jinhe; Sister Fei's husband is also one of the heads of the Criminal Department - he has been promoted, and he is different from the Hanlin Academy, so he may not get along harmoniously, so it is suitable for Long Xiaoxi to come and go.

In the capital, no one dares to dislike Old Man Zhou.

But Lu Jinhe refused with a smile, saying that it was good to be with his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy.

However, it would be nice if you could invite the fellow villagers from Suiyun County to have a meal together in the first month.

Qiao Xiaoru smiled and said that she would arrange arrangements in the first month, and call Sister Shangfei, Tian, Huaixuan, etc. together. Tian and Huaixuan are very familiar with Lu Jinhe.

Since that day, Lu Zhan went to see Lu Jinhe once, but Qiao Xiaoru did not meet him again. Lu Jinhe had long wanted to see her again, but he couldn't find the opportunity, the capital was no better than Lu Qiao Village, and he could have a chance to block her.

Hearing her say yes made him very happy.

Even though he knew that Yiren was out of reach, he still wanted to see her so much, and when he saw her more, his heart would be happy.

Sometimes he even thinks bitterly, maybe in this life, he won't get married, right?

On Chinese New Year's Eve, it is customary to worship ancestors, and then enter the palace in the evening for a banquet.

In the past, when there was only one eldest princess in the eldest princess's mansion, every year the emperor would send someone to take her into the palace to participate in the palace banquet.

With Lu Zhan and Qiao Xiaoru this year, it is said that the eldest princess's family should celebrate the New Year by themselves.

But the emperor made it clear that he wanted to support Lu Zhan, who had no foundation, and wished that everyone in the world would know that he was good to him, so he specially ordered someone to pass on the decree and ordered their family to enter the palace for a banquet, and even Xiaoyue was named and brought away.

Ancestor worship is a matter for men, and women do not mix.

In the eldest princess's mansion, what needs to be sacrificed is Lu Zhan's father, Lu Yuma.

The other ancestors of the Lu family, who have their own people from the Lu family in their ancestral hometown, have little to do with the eldest princess's mansion.

As a widow, the eldest princess did not pay so much attention to the small ancestral hall that she entered with Lu Zhan.

To Lu Zhan's surprise, the eldest princess only let Lu Zhan pour wine, incense, and bend down to salute, and did not let him kneel and bow.

When Lu Zhan wanted to kneel, the eldest princess stopped him and sighed: "The horse won't be willing to do this, you don't have to kneel." ”

Lu Zhan was stunned, a little puzzled.

But seeing that the eldest princess was just staring at her father's tablet in a daze, she was depressed, her expression was complicated, her face was thick and indissolvable sadness and pain, and a touch of remorse, seeing that her eyes were red, Lu Zhan didn't want to ask again.

After the mother and son worshipped, the eldest princess, who was obviously not in a good mood, asked Lu Zhan to go out first, Lu Zhan looked at her worriedly, and said, "It's too cold here, mother don't stay too long" and retreated first.

Although he didn't like this mother very much, and even hated and disgusted it many times, but this moment of his mother made him feel unbearable and sympathetic.

After all, she's just a poor person!

has been alone for so many years, if it weren't for the prince's pinnacle, I'm afraid she wouldn't have been able to hold on, so it's no wonder that the prince is very important in her heart.

The eldest princess didn't expect him to care about herself, so she looked at him in surprise and smiled.

For a while, there were some mixed feelings in my heart.

In all fairness, this child is really good, and as a mother, she should be proud of him.

But......

The eldest princess sighed, and looked at the tablet a little blankly, she didn't know if what she did back then was right.

Gradually, the tablet seemed to transform into his figure, and the husband who was in love with her looked at her gently with a smile.

"Horses, horses......" The eldest princess whispered in a daze, tears streaming down her face.

In the blink of an eye, the phantom in front of him had disappeared, and all he could see was the cold tablet.

Her heart suddenly hurt, the eldest princess's body shook, one palm propped up on the offering table, the other palm covered her mouth, and choked up: "I'm unwilling, I'm unwilling!" It shouldn't have been like that, it shouldn't have been ...... You, too wronged, too wronged! ”

Her eyes were red and her eyes were full of hatred.

The eldest princess didn't expect that when she came out of the small ancestral hall, Lu Zhan was still waiting for him outside.

Seeing him walking towards him, he couldn't help but be stunned, then frowned, as if he subconsciously took a step back with some repulsion, "Why are you still here?" ”

Her voice was cold, her face was tight, and her eyes were slightly red, but her face was obviously indifferent with three points of impatience, which was completely different from what she had seen before in front of the tablet of Lu Juma in the small ancestral hall.

The changes before and after this were too obvious and huge, Lu Zhan was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react for a while.

The heart that softened inexplicably became insensitive again.

His mother really didn't like him, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself secretly.

"Just waiting for Mother here." Lu Zhan said lightly.

At this moment, he couldn't say that he was worried about her, so he waited here, and she didn't need it or was rare.

Sure enough, when the eldest princess heard this, her eyes did not fluctuate at all, but she waved her hand a little impatiently and said, "I will naturally come out after the worship, there is nothing to wait for." Okay, you go back too, get ready, and don't be ashamed at the palace banquet tonight. And your daughter,"

The eldest princess frowned and said, "Since the emperor called her to go with him, he told Qiao's to take care of her, feed her more before entering the palace, and don't make trouble at the palace banquet." ”

Lu Zhan's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, isn't his baby girl also her granddaughter? She's a grandmother who mentions her granddaughter in this tone?