Zhao Pan listened and was displeased: "Mother, during the New Year, isn't it normal for Big Brother to stay at home?"
Zhao Douan clapped his hands to brush away the snow powder, revealing a bitter smile on his face.
Originally, he thought, even if the Empress were to act, she should keep him at the palace tonight for appearances' sake.
But the result was Zhenbao saying, "Tomorrow morning, there will be ancestral worship in the palace," and staying in the palace would be inappropriate... The newly promoted Crown Prince's Junior Guardian returned home alone.
On second thought, it seemed normal; letting those ministers know that, on the eve of ancestral worship, the Empress and the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian were inappropriately close in the palace would be almost like giving ammunition to the enemy.
"During the New Year, it's best to stay at home."
Zhao Douan said casually, and he drew his sword, writing the name "Zhuang Xiaocheng" in large characters on the ugly snowman.
