Tomorrow morning, the outer noble women will go to the palace to pay New Year's respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress.
Everyone nodded in agreement and dispersed from the Grand Dowager's side.
Returning to the courtyard, Xiqiu saw the silver tree set up there, the door decorated with large red lanterns. Smiling, Xiqiu turned to speak to Fourth Master Xiao but saw he had already strode into the room, so she raised an eyebrow and followed him inside, only to find he had already gone directly into the cleaning room.
She called Chunyan over and asked, "Is everyone doing well? Have the duty rosters for the New Year's period been communicated to everyone?" Chunyan replied, "Everyone had a meal together, and I had a couple of sips of wine." Covering her slightly flushed face, she added, "The duty roster is set. Tomorrow, I and Chunliu are on duty; the day after tomorrow, it's Bihuai and Biwu; and the following day, it's Nanny Cen in Ziyang…"
