After becoming a concubine, she lived a miserable life every day.

Chapter 207: Lunar New Year 1, Red Seal

He wanted to spend this New Year's Eve with her, stay up with her, eat dumplings, and do things they had never done together.

Qiao Rongjin's mind was now completely occupied by Fuqiu's affairs, so when Prince Rui spoke to her, she chatted in a haphazard manner.

Qi Heng was dissatisfied.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about what happened between the Marquis of Zhenxi and his son just now." Qiao Rongjin did not hide it.

"What's there to think about? You'll know when you visit us the day after tomorrow. Come, come and have dinner."

After hearing this, Qiao Rongjin stopped thinking about it. The food she had eaten in the palace today was average and a lot of it was cold. She basically didn't eat much. Now, seeing the table full of steaming delicious dishes, her eyes suddenly lit up and her stomach felt so empty.

Qi Heng pulled Qiao Rongjin to sit on his left side. Seeing that the table was quite high and his son was not tall enough, he picked him up and placed him on a stool not far from him.

Qi You is no longer too averse to King Rui's closeness, but to say that he likes him, that's definitely not the case.

However, seeing that he and mother got along well, he was willing to try to get along with him, at least they would no longer be at loggerheads or become strangers, which was not what his mother wanted to see.

After the meal, we stay up all night to celebrate the New Year.

Qiao Rongjin was bored, so she started wrapping the red envelopes that she would give to her son and Lord Yunshen tomorrow. Oh, and she also started preparing the red envelopes that she would give to her nephews when she returned to her mother's house tomorrow.

Qi Heng and his son Qi You were also very curious when they saw this and started wrapping red envelopes together.

Qi Heng felt a little uncomfortable thinking that Ah Jin would go back to her parents' home tomorrow and he could not accompany her. But there was nothing he could do. He had to go to the princess's parents' home with her tomorrow. The princess was his legal wife and it should be so. So, looking at Ah Jin who was wrapping the red envelope carefully with her head lowered, Qi Heng felt a little complicated.

He had never acted like this towards Chen before, but now he actually felt that as his concubine, Ajin was really wronged. He couldn't help but feel distressed and wanted to give her the best. He wanted her to be able to stand by him openly on any occasion. He wanted her to be his wife, not a lowly concubine.

Qi Heng swallowed his saliva with a complicated expression, he knew that it was impossible, because the princess was his legally married wife, his first wife, he had to have complicated feelings towards her, he just hated that A Jin appeared in his life too late, but then he thought again, if it was the previous A Jin, he might not have married her as his wife, so, fate is hard to say.

He could only be nicer to Jin, and even nicer...

In the blink of an eye, Qi Heng thought a lot. Seeing that Ajin's face was still stunningly beautiful under the light, her skin was as white and tender as cream, and as delicate as a baby's. Her eyelashes were most appropriately described as "dense and curled like feathers, and her eyes sparkling". Qi Heng stared at her for a while.

He couldn't stop having such an ordinary and warm feeling.

It was not until twelve o'clock in the morning that the three of them ate dumplings and went to rest.

On the second day, Qiao Rongjin brought Qi You, Qing Lian and Nanny Wu back to the Qiao Mansion.

Before leaving, Qiao Rongjin called Zhu Yun over and gave her some instructions, asking her to go and inquire about the situation at the Zhenxi Marquis's Mansion, especially the attitudes of the Zhenxi Marquis and his wife towards this daughter.

Then he set out to visit relatives at the Qiao Mansion.

When I arrived at the Qiao Mansion, I found that it was much quieter.

There were only the Qiao father and mother and the third wife Qiao Hean's family at home. Mainly because the third sister-in-law's parents' home was too far away from here, they did not go back every year. They only went back last year, so they planned to go back again next year.

After distributing the gifts and red envelopes he had prepared to his parents and nephews, Qiao Rongjin took out another stack of red envelopes and gifts to distribute to several people present.

"Mother, the one in front is given by me, and the ones behind are what the prince asked me to bring to you. Wait for your eldest and second brothers to come back and divide them among them."

"Okay, okay, just leave it to mom." Mother Qiao said happily.

It can be seen from Prince Rui's behavior that he treats his daughter well. Thinking of this, Mother Qiao and the adults present were in a good mood.

Qi You had already been embraced by Qiao's father, and the two of them were chatting.

Xiao Ba came over to Qiao Rongjin and hugged him again, saying all kinds of nice things.

"Thank you, beautiful aunt, for the lucky money!"

Qiao Rongjin smiled and tapped his nose, with smile in his eyes.

Qi You also received a big red envelope from the masters of the Qiao Mansion, with a look of great joy on his face. This was a new experience he had never had in previous years.

After playing in the Qiao Mansion for a whole day and finishing dinner in the evening, Qiao Rongjin and his son left with the farewell of everyone in the Qiao Mansion.

When he returned to Yunshen Pavilion, he remembered that he had not yet distributed the red envelopes to the people in the courtyard, so he asked Aunt Wu to gather everyone to the main hall.

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means a fresh start in the new year. This is a little gift from me, Qinglian. Please pass it on to everyone."

"Thank you for the reward, Master!"

"Happy New Year, Master and Little Master!"

"May the master be blessed with great fortune and success in the new year!"

"May the Master..."

The maids were all delighted, they really didn't expect that there would be a red envelope today. After all, the thirty taels of silver given by the master before was a lot of money. They thought that it would not be given on the first day of the new year, and everyone had tacitly agreed to it. Unexpectedly, there would be a red envelope. How could they not be excited?

After all, no one doesn't like silver.

Everyone started saying nice things and wishing each other a happy new year, which made Qiao Rongjin very happy.

After everyone left, Qiao Rongjin left behind Aunt Wu, Qinyun, Hongdou, Fuqiu, and Qinglian. Zhuyun had not come back yet, so she stayed away. Although the maids in Yunshen Pavilion were puzzled, they did not ask, because Zhuyun's going out must have been arranged by the master.

Fuqiu had roughly guessed some of it.

Seeing that everyone was gathered here in an orderly manner, Qiao Rongjin said to Qinglian who was standing beside him, "Qinglian, go get the box in the second cabinet in my room."

"Yes, master."

Hearing this, Qinglian knew that the master was planning to reward them with something else.

Soon, Qinglian came back.

"Open the box."

"Yes."

Qinglian obediently opened the sword box, revealing a box full of jewellery. The workmanship was exquisite and grand, and they looked very valuable. Each piece of jewellery was worth at least one hundred taels.

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of several people, even Aunt Wu was no exception. Although she was old, she was also an ambiguous person.

"You can pick anything you like from there. It will be your New Year's gift. These are all new and have never been worn." Qiao Rongjin said with a smile and took a sip of water.

Hearing this, several people looked at each other, then smiled and bowed to thank them. Without refusing, they stepped forward and took their favorite one. They understood their master's temperament.

"Thank you for the reward, Master!"

"Zhuyun's, let her choose when the time comes."

As for Xiao Yuanzi's, Qiao Rongjin had already handed it over to his son, asking him to give it to Xiao Yuanzi himself. Oh, and Zhuying's was also arranged as well.

"Fuqiu stays here, and the rest of you can do whatever you want. Qinglian, you go down too."

"Yes, master."

Fuqiu knew that her master kept her here to talk about her.