Chapter 640 New Year

When she went back to the Taiji hall, she was playing a lute. Yun Shang quietly went back to her seat. As soon as she sat down, she saw a maid coming in from outside and standing behind the empress.

Yun Shang stared at the lady who was playing Pipa, but saw the servant girl bow down and whisper to the empress from the corner of her eye. Yun Shang flashed 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 palace 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 clan 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

ith 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 the commoners 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 plate 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 the commoners one by one.

Yun Shang looked at the smiles on the common 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 accompanying, 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.