Ding Simiao felt relieved when he saw that his mother was rarely clear. Even if you want to change, I won't give you a chance.

Ding Manxuan had not yet come out after being punished, but she didn't know that her dowry had shrunk by more than 80% in an instant. When she found out, there was nothing she could do.

Patriarch Ding benefited from Huilan's methods and thought more. He picked up the affairs of the Ding family and re-examined them. Anyone found to be unruly and in violation of the law would be slapped with a blackboard, corrected and compensated, and must be wiped clean.

To finish, we must not bring trouble to the empress, and strive for the Ding family to make further progress.

Ding Simiao also studied clan affairs with the clan leader, and at the same time came up with ideas to promote his brothers. He selected a few strict and disciplined old clan uncles to control the house, and made sure to restrain the disobedient clan members.

He carefully thought about his mother's dowry for a while before he finally figured it out, and he became even more angry. Although he had so much profitable money income in his hands, he was reluctant to bring more money to his sister. He was so indifferent to his parents.

It is also unforgivable.

Master Ding learned that his son was leaving his wife's entire dowry, but he didn't bother with that much. There were some things that his son needed to figure out and understand on his own.

The affairs of the Ding family were almost settled, and Huilan was satisfied only after getting the news.

Because Zhou Ying was pregnant, she had to lift the ban in advance, but she still didn't go out and saw no one, so she didn't need to say hello. The East Palace was full of pregnant women, so there was no need to say hello.

Li Chengze never went there after Zhou Ying became pregnant, so he just had people take good care of her.

At the same time, she ordered Ma to go to bed a few times. Huilan knew that Ma would be pregnant soon, so she could only sigh secretly. This pregnancy was also a busy one.

Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Zhang had a good pregnancy and were well raised. They were very thoughtful and ignored everything and almost never left the Linhua Palace. Mrs. Yu took good care of them. She probably understood that Linhua Palace's amulets must be taken care of.

Just take care of it.

Seeing that the weather is getting colder, the marriage between Ding Simiao and the daughter of the Zhang family has been decided. The engagement ceremony has been completed and they are just waiting for the beginning of spring to get married. The time is a little rushed, but after the two families discussed the matter, they believed that everything would be stable if they got married early.

What's more, the old man doesn't dare to gamble as he is getting older.

Qian and Zhang's bellies were also obviously bulging. In order to ensure the safety of the two of them, Huilan occasionally asked Imperial Physician Xu to make sudden pulse diagnoses, just to avoid being tampered with. She also often asked Li Chengze to stay for a day or two.

Keep the monsters and monsters at bay.

Food, food and clothing entering Linhua Hall must be carefully checked. Sometimes Huilan will suddenly change the supplies in Linhua Hall and will not tell the slaves her true feelings.

What's rare is that Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Zhang never doubted Huilan's thoughts, and even asked Hongyu to come and kowtow to thank her for her protection.

Huilan had so many tricks that the Linhua Palace and the two Fengyi guards were airtight, water could not penetrate, and needles could not penetrate. She actually blocked several open and hidden arrows, most of which came from Li Chengze's brothers, but

She didn't know who it was, and she didn't want to ask so clearly, so she just left it to him.

Jiangnan's investigation of the salt tax is still going on, but the progress is still relatively slow. It seems that the emperor is also waiting for an opportunity to make meritorious service to the prince, and the preliminary preparations will probably be busy for a while.

Zhou Ying's fetal health was not good and she had been taking birth control pills. Ma announced her pregnancy on the coldest day of the 39th day.

The queen was overjoyed and personally sent an imperial doctor whom she knew well to come over for diagnosis and treatment. It turned out that she was indeed pregnant. Li Chengze also breathed a sigh of relief. It really hadn't been diagnosed.

The reward of running water price went to Yilan Hall, and the Ma family was in the limelight for a while. The queen sent her nanny to take charge of Yilan Hall in person, and she would never allow others to interfere in this matter.

Huilan knew that the fun was about to begin. After Ma's diagnosis of Xie pulse, Zhou Ying's face was almost unreadable and could scare a child to tears and probably give him nightmares.

Those eyes were sinister, without any warmth, and the whole person's expression was very ferocious and terrifying.

Since she was pregnant, Li Chengze has not been to Yongning Hall once. It is difficult for the couple to reconcile. They have been at odds. Zhou Ying has to put on a look of "I'm sorry, I'm heartbroken" to show him, no matter who can see it.

It's so disgusting, and I don't even want to go.

Ever since the emperor knew that Zhou Ying was intolerant, he ignored her and didn't even ask her. As long as she didn't die, he didn't care about anything else.

Huilan has been living a good life during this period. The speed of repairing the soul has accelerated. The soul-nourishing grass has finally matured. She can refine the soul-nourishing pill to further repair the soul. The elixir has not matured before, so she has no choice.

She spent a month in the space refining twelve high-grade soul-nourishing pills. With the medicine, she could speed up the repair of the soul. After continuing to refine the soul-nourishing pills, Huilan left the space.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and most of the affairs of the East Palace are taken care of by her and the Li family. But now that the Crown Princess has come out, Li Chengze has instructed to return part of the palace power to Zhou Ying.

This includes the dining room, which Li Chengze has already decorated and is just waiting to close the net.

Huilan found out that the lotus fragrance from Yongning Palace had gone in and out of the palace several times, and it seemed that she had brought something back with her. The scope of her spiritual consciousness was slightly expanded, and she could patrol around it from time to time. This was how she protected Linhua Palace without being noticed.

of.

This year's New Year's Eve banquet was attended by Li Chengze and Li Shi and Huilan. She didn't want to go at first. It was very painful to attend the banquet in winter, it was so cold.

But Li Chengze said, "I guess if she wants to take action, she will do it at this busiest time. If you don't go, it will be framed on your head. Even if you can escape, the queen will be angry with you. You can't escape at all costs."

Come on, why don't you go to the banquet with me, and you'll still have a chance to make excuses if you're not there."

"Okay, you replace this silk ribbon and tie this bead to your feet."

Huilan found some things from a long time ago, fire beads, which are good at keeping warm but not worth much. They were things that she kept when she was a little girl. She had forgotten about them and dug them out accidentally.

"What's this?"

Li Chengze also felt the warmth in his hand.

"Warm, gadgets from the world of cultivation, things from a long time ago, I have forgotten them."

Huilan also hung a few strings on herself to keep warm, otherwise it would be too cold to sit there all the time. It snowed very heavily this year.

"good."

After meeting Li, the three of them dressed up to attend the banquet. Huilan looked particularly gorgeous today wearing a dongzhu flower crown and a ruby ​​hairpin.

She wore a silver-red brocade cape, underneath a goose-yellow brocade high-waisted skirt, paired with a long coat with cross-collar buttons and slits on both sides of the waist for easy movement.

Mrs. Li is also dressed very gorgeously and brightly today. She already has a very outstanding appearance, but she becomes brighter and more attractive when she dresses up.

The light red cloak is paired with a rouge red brocade high-waisted skirt, and the pearls on her head are extremely dazzling.

"Sister Ding, you are dressed very beautifully today."

Ms. Li said a little jealously, the jewelry she wore every time was the latest and best.

"Sister Li looks particularly beautiful today. It's the Chinese New Year, so she's dressed brightly and auspiciously."

Huilan smiled and responded calmly.

"That's right, this year is auspicious snow, which is a good harvest year. There should be a bumper harvest next year. I don't know about other places, but the East Palace will definitely have a bumper harvest, hehe!"

"You talk a lot, so keep up."

Li Chengze turned around and scolded Li Shi.

"Oh, I know, how stingy."

Li curled her lips but was not afraid.

"You don't have to talk too much when you go to the palace banquet, you know. Especially you, Mrs. Li, don't be rude if you cause trouble."

Li Chengze was worried that Mr. Li would cause trouble and lose face, so he gave a warning in advance.

"Yes, partial."
Chapter completed!