527 Huanxi (second watch)_2

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor sat down in the main hall, both having much to say to Gu Jiao.

The elder Sacrificial Official silently went to the kitchen to make brown sugar glutinous rice cakes.

Xiao Hen planned to go and help his teacher, but was mercilessly rejected by the elder Sacrificial Official.

Didn't he have any idea how much his cooking skills weighed?

"Ahen, come over and help with the couplets," said the Yao Family, smiling.

"Okay," Xiao Hen walked out, carrying a bucket of paste, and took the young boys of the family to the door to paste the couplets.

The Empress Dowager did not bring up the matters of the battlefield; those could be discussed after the New Year. She talked about the issues in the village.

The eunuchs and guards she sent to Qingquan Village had met Xue Ningxiang, and the simultaneous marriage proposals for Xue Ningxiang by Zhou Erzhuang and the head of Tianxiang Academy had caused a massive stir in the adjacent eight or ten villages.