There was a person dressed as a married woman in the carriage, one could not see her age. She laughed and raised her hand to pat behind the iron puppet. The speed noticeably slowed down. She took down a musical instrument and put it on her lap, playing it with ease on the rocky road.

A leisurely "Plum Blossom in Three Movements" rang out all the way along with the travel.

It was currently New Year's Eve, the second year that followed the new calendar.

This time, Shen Yi happened to be stationed in Jiangnan for inspection. However, as he could not return home for New Year's Eve, he took his wife and daughter here, too; the whole family went to Jiangnan "Hometown" to pay a new year's visit.

"Hometown" was also known as "Gu Garden". It was the Jiangnan private quarters that Gu Yun exchanged for with the Fenghuo tickets purchased by the Marquis of Order at that time. It was really not a good deal if one thought about it, because after exchanging for a garden, it had to be shared with the Taishang Huang by half, and the person that held authority in the house also changed to the other person.

But either way, Marshal Gu had been lavish when it came to his private property, and it was not a day or two for not knowing how to count. He must have suffered a lot.

Shen Yi and his party arrived at the Hometown in the evening.

The garden was surrounded by mountains and water. If one looked at it from a distance, they could see the rows of steam lamps inside. Probably because of New Year's Eve, the lamps had been replaced with red covers. The light was warm and beautiful.

There was no road to the private quarter's main entrance. Visitors must pass through a winding floating corridor on the water, the vehicles and horses had to be arranged elsewhere. In the corridor was a guest pavilion, a wind shielding curtain had been hung, with a burning steam brazier on the inside, the overflowing smoke spread out on the river, appearing as if it was riding on a cloud.

Seeing this, Shen Yi's soldiers handed over the name card. Before they had finished the report, someone in the pavilion lifted the curtain to welcome him and said with a smile, "I haven't finished drinking a cup of tea, yet everyone is already here."

Shen Yi fixed his eyes on it, startled, and quickly turned over and dismounted. The person who came out of the pavilion had hair like ink satin, standing with his hands together; it was the Taishang Huang himself. No matter how bold Shen Yi was, he did not dare to let the Taishang Huang wait for him. He hurried forward to see him, but before his waist was bent down, Chang Geng impatiently waved his hand at him and called his little daughter, Shen Yan, to come closer.