Time Travel and Love

Chapter 504 Staying New Year’s Eve

Chu Qingmeng was curious, "This chef has great skills. He can make tofu like this."

"...Well, do you still like it?" What Mo Liujin didn't tell her was that this Eight Treasures Tofu was not made of real tofu, but was made from hundreds of bird brains topped with a broth made from eight kinds of delicious ingredients. This dish is a must-have during every festival.

It's just that he had been stationed at the frontier for many years and was used to eating simple meals, so after returning to Beijing, he still ate simply. Qing Meng didn't care much about food, so the general's mansion had never been extravagant in food.

Chu Qingmeng shook his head. "You know me, I don't have high requirements for food. As long as it suits my taste, it's fine."

Actually, in Chu Qingmeng's opinion, a couple dining together with sixteen dishes was considered a luxury. However, it was obviously a very common thing for the princes and nobles who had been living in luxury since childhood.

Halfway through the banquet, the singing and dancing stopped, and it was time for the unmarried girls to perform.

The first one is naturally Mo Liufang's daughter. She is his only daughter. Although she is a concubine's daughter, the Mo family really lacks daughters, so he has always treated her like a treasure.

"Grandpa and grandma, Jingyan is here to show you her skills." Mo Jingyan danced, her sleeves swaying gracefully like the gentle swaying of a lotus leaf.

"Jingyan has grown up now, and looks a bit like your aunt." Mo Liuchen said with a smile.

Mo Jingyan bowed and slowly withdrew. Next came Mo Jingshu, the youngest and only daughter of Mo Liuchen's family. A melody slowly emerged from the guqin.

Mo Liuteng had the most wives and concubines, as well as the most sons and daughters. Among his five daughters, except for the eldest daughter Mo Jingyuan and the second daughter Mo Jingyan who were already married, the remaining three were all concubines. The three of them danced together, and the banquet was coming to an end.

After the banquet was over, everyone went upstairs to celebrate the New Year's Eve. Mo Liufang's generation remained, along with Mo Chenfeng and his wife, in the central hall, chatting and staying up. The younger women went to the flower hall on the right, while the men went to the side hall on the left.

After all, it was just a stay-up, so there weren't many rules. Everyone sat wherever they pleased, and the servants brought out a large selection of dried goods and fruits. The Banquet Hall was built very high, and from the second floor one could overlook the entire Rong Prince's Mansion.

As they were chatting, fireworks exploded outside. The servants pushed open the partition doors and windows, and everyone sitting in the hall could see it.

At first they were just ordinary fireworks, green, blue and red, but then it changed. The fireworks in the sky suddenly exploded into a huge nine-tailed fox, which was looking back, running, jumping, or playing, in various shapes. Chu Qingmeng widened his eyes. It was the first time he had seen such a thing.

"Hmm?" Chen Siyu asked in confusion, "When did something like this with patterns appear?"

Mu Lingxue covered her mouth with her handkerchief and chuckled softly, "Someone paid a large sum of money to have me customize these patterned fireworks, saying it was a surprise for his wife."

In previous years, Mu Lingxue provided the fireworks in the mansion, but this year someone suddenly paid for it.

Mo Chenfeng looked at Mo Liujin. The only person who could do such a stupid thing was his love-brained third son.

"...Cough..." Mo Liujin coughed dryly, "Look, fireworks..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, sister-in-law, is my third brother feeling embarrassed?" Lin Yue joked with a smile, also wanting to make Mo Liufang understand the gap between him and Mo Liujin.

Mo Liufang looked normal. When he saw the gentle smile on Chu Qingmeng's face, he quickly looked away and continued to look out the window, wishing her peace and happiness for the rest of her life.

"Puff." Chu Qingmeng laughed, "Sister-in-law, you always tease my Ah Jin. How could he, a grown man, be embarrassed?"

"Bang," "bang," "bang," the sound of fireworks continued outside, and everyone in the house had a look of joy on their faces.

"Bang!" A bunch of fireworks, bigger and brighter than the nine-tailed fox's, exploded into the sky.

"May my son Qianhe live a happy and healthy life." More than a dozen fireworks rose in the sky above Prince Rong's mansion.

Mo Liujin held his forehead with his hand. Why did he still want to go with him?!

Chu Qingmeng looked at the words reflected in the sky, and the smile on his face became even more intense.

"Where did this come from?" Everyone was curious, because there was indeed no one named "Qian He" in the mansion.

Mu Lingxue shook her head, indicating she didn't know. "It was ordered by a servant. I guess it's from a nearby young lady whose nickname is 'Qianhe'."

The fireworks continued to be set off for an hour. At midnight, the sound of the fireworks stopped and bells rang out all over the capital, a long and distant sound.

Mo Liujin and the others stood up and knelt down to kowtow to Mo Chenfeng and his wife, "May father and mother have a long and healthy life."

After they stood up, the grandchildren came over in groups to pay their respects. The fireworks quieted down for only a quarter of an hour before re-starting. The sound of firecrackers also began to blare intermittently.

The younger children of the Ze generation ran to the courtyard of Yansui Hall to play with small firecrackers, and some of them were fighting and playing together.

The young men of the Jiang generation in the side hall were also talking at once, and no one knew what they were saying. From time to time, they let out bursts of mockery and sighs.

In the flower hall, the ladies chatted with each other, occasionally bursting into laughter. For a moment, the entire banquet hall was bustling with activity.