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Chapter 243 New Year’s Eve

In the middle of the night, a dog barking sounded in the backyard of the Cao family. The old lady Cao, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes wide in her dream, and then sat up straight on the couch.

"Someone come, someone come!" She pulled the curtain and shouted outside.

The old woman came in and the cold wind made her look even more panicked.

"What time is it!"

The old woman hurried forward to cover her with a blanket and said, "Madam, it's almost three o'clock in the morning. You can hear the sound of gongs and drums outside. It won't be long before the firecrackers are set off."

Old Lady Cao looked out the window and saw that it was as bright as day. She thought of the dream she had just had and asked, "Where is the master? Is he in the mansion?"

The old woman held her hand and stroked her back to comfort her: "Don't worry, old lady. The master has returned and said he is going to visit the Third Prince. I think he will be back soon."

“Going to where Feng’er is? When did he go there?” Old Madam Cao felt uneasy.

The old woman thought for a moment and said, "It's been nearly two hours."

It would take at most half an hour to get from Cao's residence to the Third Prince's residence. It was the middle of the night, so even if the uncle and nephew had something to talk about, it would only take half an hour. And half an hour to get back, in total it would be an hour and a half.

It's almost two hours now, but the person hasn't come back yet. Combined with the dream that Old Lady Cao just had, she felt vaguely that something had happened.

He immediately lost his sleepiness, threw off the quilt and lay down on the bed.

The old woman hurriedly stopped her and said, "Madam, it's still several hours before dawn. What are you going to do?"

Old Lady Cao said with trembling hands: "Come on, follow me to the master's room to see if he has returned."

The old woman wanted to say that she had been keeping an eye on the master's movements, and if the master came back, she would definitely know about it.

But seeing how flustered Old Lady Cao looked, she didn't dare say much. She could only help her pack up, then held an umbrella and hurriedly accompanied her to the main courtyard.

Early in the morning of the next day, before daybreak, shops on the street had already opened one after another, and people came out in groups of three or four with tools to sweep the snow.

Today is New Year's Eve, and the New Year will come after that. There must be many people going out shopping and buying New Year's goods.

It snowed heavily last night. If the snow is not cleared away, the carriages will compact it and it will be slippery for pedestrians to walk on.

People were sweeping the snow and wishing each other a happy new year. Amidst the laughter, a figure lying on the ground in front of a paper-making shop moved his fingers.

"Hey, why is there someone here?"

A kind passerby went forward to check what was going on, and was shocked when he turned the man over.

The man had disheveled hair and scars all over his face. Not only was his leg broken, but he was covered in wounds all over his body. It was truly scary to look at.

"Let's go quickly. It's New Year's Day and it's unlucky." The person traveling with the kind-hearted man felt that New Year's Day was unlucky and pulled his companion away with disgust on his face.

The companion also felt that it was unlucky, but the man was so pitiful that he couldn't bear it and bought two buns and threw them at the other person's feet.

As the sun rose in the east, the remaining snow on the street melted into water. At this moment, the street was already steaming with people coming and going. Everywhere was filled with the festive atmosphere of the New Year and was extremely lively.

Everyone was wearing new clothes and there was a festive atmosphere everywhere.

Mei Susu was pulled out of bed by Xuanyuan Che early in the morning and put on the bright red new clothes that Xuanyuan Che had prepared for her.

On the top was a wide-sleeved robe with a stand-up collar and plum blossom brocade, and outside was a small gold-forged jacket with gold and red plum blossom patterns. The neck was made of thick rabbit fur, which made Mei Susu's fair face look even smoother and more cute.

The lower body is a red horse-faced robe stepping on gold plum blossoms, with cloud patterns made of gold thread. When it moves, it shines with golden light, dazzling and moving.

Even the embroidered shoes on her feet were thoughtfully made by Xuanyuan Che with plum blossom brocade embroidery. The uppers were outlined with cloud patterns with pearls, and the toes were dotted with a ball of rabbit fur. When the embroidered shoes were exposed from under the skirt, one could see the ball of white fur on top, which was really adorable.

Yueya was also very clever and skillful. She dressed her hair, put on a plum blossom hairpin, and tied her hair with a hairband made of white rabbit fur, with a few red ribbons hanging down.

They dressed Mei Susu up to look like the Fuwa doll that opens the door and brings blessings, cheerful, lively and lovable.

"Cheche, today is not New Year's Eve, don't we have to stay in the palace?"

Sitting in the carriage, Mei Susu opened the window a little, looked at the red wall that was rapidly receding, and asked Xuanyuan Che in confusion.

Xuanyuan Che wanted to take her out of the palace, but today was New Year's Eve and the emperor was going to host a banquet tonight, so the palace should be very busy.

As the crown prince, how could he have the leisure to go out of the palace for fun?

Xuanyuan Che leaned over to close the window, then pulled her into his arms, pinched the two balls of hair on her head, and said with a smile, "The streets are lively today, so I'll take Susu to have a look. Doesn't Susu like to eat delicious food? Shangjingxuan has a limited edition lotus cake today, which is only available one day a year, so I'll take Susu to try it."

There was excitement to watch and hibiscus cake to eat, so Mei Susu was immediately happy and even began to look forward to it. From time to time, she would ask Xuanyuan Che whether he had arrived and how long it would take.

Xuanyuan Che smiled without saying anything, only occasionally responding to her, "It's almost done."

After walking for a while, the carriage suddenly stopped. Mei Susu was still excited thinking that they had arrived, but she heard a noise outside.

She immediately opened the window to look, but she saw that the place was crowded with people, who seemed to be watching some excitement.

Zhuiying came to the window and said, "Master, please change the route."

Xuanyuan Che chuckled: "No need, I and Susu are here to watch the fun today."

Xuanyuan Che put a thick cloak on Mei Susu, then carried her out of the carriage.

The road ahead was completely blocked, and occasionally one could hear words like "bold and unruly people" and "our Cao family".

Mei Susu was puzzled. Why was it the Cao family again? Was it the Cao family she was thinking of?

"Cheche, there are too many people here. We can't get through."

Mei Susu jumped a few times, trying to see what was going on inside, but she couldn't see anything else, as she only saw a sea of ​​heads.

Xuanyuan Che took her hand and walked straight past the crowd into the restaurant next door.

There was already a group of people upstairs, all leaning against the windows to watch the fun.

Xuanyuan Che looked up, then gave the shopkeeper a silver ingot: "Shopkeeper, find us a quiet room where we can watch the fun."

The shopkeeper took one look at the silver ingot in his hand, and saw that Xuanyuan Che and Mei Susu were well dressed and had extraordinary temperament. He immediately knew that they were people he could not afford to offend, so he nodded and bowed and went to make arrangements.

As the saying goes: Money makes the world go round, and it is absolutely true.

After they received the money, the shop owner arranged a private room for them in the blink of an eye and led them upstairs very warmly.

"Sir, if you need anything, please call me anytime. I'm downstairs."

Xuanyuan Che waved his hand to signal him to leave, and the shop owner immediately left the room with a smile and considerately closed the door.