New Year's Eve Palace Banquet

Everything was ready. All that remained was to wait for the New Year's Eve banquet three days later.

Jiang Nuan was delighted, because this would be her first New Year's Eve with her family, the first when she would no longer feel alone.

Over this time, Jiang Nuan had finally filled out a little. Her cheeks had grown plumper, and even her complexion had become fairer.

Now, dressed in a bright red padded jacket, in high spirits and smiling constantly, she looked like a New Year picture doll that had stepped out of a painting and into the real world.

Her hair was tied into two buns adorned with tassels, which swayed as she walked.

"Brother Chengze, Fourth Brother, hurry up!"

Jiang Nuan skipped ahead, then looked back at Jiang Chengze and Jiang Yehua and urged them on.

As she moved, the sachet hanging at her waist slipped in and out of view.

The stitching on this sachet was terribly awkward. The embroidered creature looked like both a cat and a lion; only the character for "king" on its forehead offered a clue as to what it was.

It looked utterly out of place with Jiang Nuan's exquisite outfit today.

Xiao Xiao had embroidered this sachet for Jiang Nuan herself. She had originally wanted to make her an outfit, but after ruining several batches of material, Xiao Xiao finally accepted that she had no talent for it.

In the end, she could only settle for the next best thing and make a sachet.

Then she discovered that sachets were not her strong suit either. She could take a spear onto the battlefield, but wielding a needle and thread truly was asking too much of her.

She regretted giving Jiang Nuan the sachet the moment she handed it over, because it