This afternoon, except for Mrs. Han and Han Jiqi, no one knew what kind of conversation they had.

But the entire Han family could find that since this day, the third young master, who had been cheerful in the past, seemed to be suddenly wrapped in a gloomy atmosphere, and the whole person became gloomy.

Mrs. Han was naturally distressed when she saw her son like this, but since she already knew that it was impossible for him and Feng Zhige, she naturally couldn't watch her son fall deeper and deeper, so even if she was distressed by her son's changes, she could only endure it.

I just hope that after a while to know the reason, the cold season will slowly cheer up.

Mrs. Han thought so.

In this way, after another period of time, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was also the seventy-second birthday of Old Man Han.

Old Man Han's birthday is August 15.

In the past 20 years, every birthday, it is always the time when the old man Han is most depressed.

This is the season of family reunion, but there is one less person every year, and that person is still his favorite daughter, so it's no wonder that Old Man Han is in a low mood.

And this year, seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the Han family who don't know the inside story are cautious one by one, for fear that they will touch the sadness of the old man Han again.

But seeing that the days are getting closer and closer, the face of the old man Han does not see the gloomy color of the previous years, on the contrary, as the birthday is approaching day by day, the mood of the old man Han is getting better and better.

It's as if there's something happy.

However, what kind of happy event does Old Man Han attach importance to his daughter, which can make him forget the pain of losing his daughter for a while, but become so happy?

The Han family breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they speculated about the old man Han's thoughts.

Of course, before the mystery is revealed, no one can guess what Old Man Han is happy about.

Old Man Han's abnormality is not only reflected in the mood of approaching his birthday, but also reflected in his sudden announcement in early August that this year's birthday will be a big one.

This decision made many Han clan people feel a little confused.

It's not a strange thing to have a birthday. But it is usually like this when it is a whole birthday, and the old man Han only invited relatives and friends to set up a few tables on his seventieth birthday, why did he suddenly decide to do it this time?

Of course, although many people don't know why. But no one will object to Old Man Han's decision.

Therefore, as soon as the time entered August, the news that Old Man Han was going to hold a birthday banquet had already spread.

Since this day, the antique shops such as the Treasure Pavilion and the Treasure House in the capital have suddenly become lively. With the status of the Han family, and the fact that the Han family rarely holds this kind of banquet in a big way, it was Mrs. Han's fiftieth birthday last time, if it didn't happen to run into Feng Zhige, I'm afraid it would just be a simple table at home.

Therefore, others are usually worried that they have no chance to have a relationship with the Han family, and now the old man Han finally relented to hold a birthday banquet and distributed invitations to various families in the capital.

Although no one thinks that characters like Old Man Han will be bought by a mere birthday gift, as long as they do what they like. Is it hard to guarantee that Old Man Han will have a good impression of them because of this?

The old man Han has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and his preferences are naturally quite elegant, and he has always liked calligraphy and painting the most, so during this period of time, good calligraphy and painting works in the capital can be said to be difficult to find one word and one painting.

The Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion naturally also received an invitation from the Han family, because Mrs. Han has been extremely enthusiastic about Feng Zhige for a while, so neither Mu Qingwan nor Feng Mingxiang had any surprises about this, but they were a little embarrassed about what kind of birthday gift to prepare.

Originally, Feng Mingxiang was also going to go to find some calligraphy and painting works, but Feng Zhige stopped him before he gave up.

In the midst of the busyness and anticipation of many people, the moon was full one night after another, and August 15 came as scheduled.

Old Man Han's birthday banquet was not held in the Han family's ancestral house. But in a garden not far from the ancestral house of the Han family, I heard that it was because the old man Han liked this garden.

Although this garden is the property of the Han family, it is really unnoticeable in ordinary times, and it is the clansman of the Han family. If it weren't for the fact that Old Man Han had pointed out that he would hold this birthday banquet here, I am afraid that he would not have remembered that there was such a house.

In order to hold this birthday banquet, this garden has also been renovated, and the red silk hung in the garden for more joy does give people a new feeling.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for thousands of families to reunite.

On this day. People are supposed to be with their families and celebrate reunion with the full moon.

However, in this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, because of the birthday banquet of the old man Han, all the people in the capital who have some status, the lord and the lady of the family led the children of the family to the garden of the Han family.

It was not yet noon, and there was already a lively scene of traffic outside the garden, and there were many vehicles coming and going, even if it was a month in the past, the vehicles passing by here were also more than a day today, but fortunately, the location of this garden was extremely open all around, which did not affect the traffic.

When Feng Zhige and Mu Qingwan came all the way to the outside of the garden under the escort of Feng Mingxiang, the garden was already very noisy because of the large number of people.

The descendants of the Han family had obviously been instructed in advance, and as soon as they saw Feng Zhige and Mu Qingwan get out of the carriage, Mama Wu, who had already been guarding the door, greeted her with a smile.

Mu Qingwan now also knows Mama Wu's status in the Han family, so she was personally greeted by Mama Wu, and she was a little flattered for a while, and it wasn't until a while later that she could talk and laugh freely.

Today's birthday banquet of the Han family is obviously different from other people's families, generally when encountering this kind of occasion, the host family will take the male and female guests to different places to settle down, after all, men and women are different, and it is also when there are many people in this kind of situation.

But Mama Wu didn't mention this stubble at all, and after receiving Feng Zhige and a few people, she led them all the way inside, without mentioning that she wanted to let Feng Mingxiang take her elsewhere.

Mu Qingwan and Feng Mingxiang thought that Mama Wu had forgotten at first, but then they went all the way and saw other people with the same doubts, so they pressed the confusion in their hearts.

When Mu Qingwan secretly wondered in their hearts, they didn't know that Mama Wu was also shocked in her heart.

Mama Wu has always had questions about Mrs. Han's unusual treatment of Feng Zhige, but she has followed Mrs. Han for many years, and she also knows that there are some things that she should not ask, so although she is curious, she has never opened her mouth to inquire.

can think of Mrs. Han's instructions to her today. Mama Wu couldn't suppress the weird feeling in her heart.

Old man Han has never held a birthday banquet for so many years, and since Han Su went more than 20 years ago, he didn't even have a birthday, and this time he finally let go of this birthday banquet. On such an important occasion, for Mama Wu's confidant, Mrs. Han did not tell her to contribute to this birthday banquet, but asked her to stay by the side of the eldest girl of the Weiyuan Houfu today, and to take care of this eldest girl of the Feng family.

Even Mama Wu has a good impression of Feng Zhige in her heart. But he still didn't understand the deep meaning of Mrs. Han's command.

Even if it is really as rumored outside, Mrs. Han intends to marry the Marquis of Weiyuan, she can't be guilty of holding this eldest girl like this, how can a future mother-in-law treat her future daughter-in-law so carelessly.

Besides, judging from Mama Wu's understanding of Mrs. Han's side for so many years, Mrs. Han has no such plan in her heart.

In this case, why did Mrs. Han look at this eldest girl of the Feng family so differently?

Mama Wu just wanted to break her head, but she didn't come up with the mystery.

However, Mrs. Han's orders to Mama Wu have never been carried out without discount, so even though there are many doubts in her heart. During the period of time after that, Mama Wu treated Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige with the most respectful attitude, which made Mu Qingwan feel puzzled again.

Several people had their own thoughts, and after a while, they came to the large garden where the banquet was held.

The most special thing about this garden of the Han family is that it covers a wide area, and now it is autumn, compared to summer, the weather is much cooler, even if the banquet is placed in this garden, there is a cool breeze that blows from time to time, but it is not hot. On the contrary, it is quite refreshing.

When Feng Zhige and a few people arrived, there were already many people in the garden, and it can be seen that the Han family led the guests to sit in the banquet, showing a lively scene.

The male and female guests of this birthday banquet were not arranged in two places. Only the left and right sides were divided into tables, and the men were seated on the left, and the women were seated on the right.

Everyone was a little surprised by the Han family's strange arrangement, but no one raised any objections, just wondering if Old Man Han had any deep meaning in it.

And when Mama Wu ordered someone to take Feng Mingxiang to the left and sit down. When he personally led Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige to the banquet, almost all the female guests who had already sat down looked at Mu Qingwan's mother and daughter in unison.

As a confidant and grandmother beside Mrs. Han, Mama Wu's reputation outside is not small, not to mention that she is usually outside, but it is the ladies and ladies of distinguished status who greet Mama Wu with a smile when they see her, even in the Han Mansion, even in front of the master, she has a bit of face, but now, Mama Wu personally led Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige to sit down.

Today's Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige are not as unknown to anyone as they did when they first entered the capital.

Of course, what made these female guests even more sideways was the position where Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige were sitting.

At the end of this garden, a platform about half a meter high was built, on which were placed two Taishi chairs carefully carved from golden silk nanwood, and it was obvious that this was the place where the old man Han sat and received everyone's birthday greetings.

And under this table, dozens of tables are placed on the left and right.

At this time, there were a lot of male and female guests who had already sat down, and on the first table under the table on the male guest's side were Ning Guogong, Cheng Engong and others, but on the female guest on the right, Duchess Ning Guo and Duchess Chengen were arranged at the second table.

The first table was always vacant.

Because of this strange arrangement, the female guest has been secretly speculating about who the Han family arranged to sit at this first table, and some people even wondered if the emperor learned that Old Man Han held a birthday banquet, so he specially sent a noble person in the palace to celebrate Old Man Han's birthday.

With the status of the old man Han in the emperor's mind, this is not impossible.

But no one expected that the nobles in the palace didn't see it, but saw Mama Wu bring the lady of the Marquis of Weiyuan and the eldest girl to the table.

It's not that the door of the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion is unsightly, in fact, the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion was also a moment when the old Marquis Weiyuan was alive, if it wasn't for the incident of Zhao Youjun later, I am afraid that the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion will continue to be beautiful.

But there are not so many ifs in this world, and the current fact is that the current Weiyuan Marquis Mansion does have a declining appearance.

With the current status of the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion in the capital, no matter how seniority is discussed, it will not be Mu Qingwan's turn to sit at the first table with Feng Zhige.

The capital is that people fight for a breath, and the Buddha fights for a pillar of incense.

This Xuangui family in Beijing, except for the generations of friends. Who's family is not you stepping on me, I stumbled on you, so what these noble ladies have always cared about the most is their own face.

It's just a matter of seating. But in the eyes of the ladies sitting at the second table, it means that in the eyes of the Han family, these people are actually not as good as a Weiyuan Marquis Mansion who is now a little down?

At the second table sat the Duchess of Ning Guo, the Duchess of Cheng'en, the Duchess of An Guo and the ladies of the same level as them, many of these ladies were a generation older than Mu Qingwan, but after some comparison, they found that they were inferior. Even the one who is more broad-minded has no good face to look at at this time.

The others are okay, after all, they are in the Han family, even if they are a little unhappy in their hearts, they just press it in their hearts for the sake of looking good on face, but Duchess Wang of Chengen and Duchess Zhou Yuran of Anguo did not hide their dissatisfaction at all.

Even if these two people are a family, their temperaments naturally have their similarities.

Zhou Yuran's previous calculations about the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion had failed, and he was somewhat influenced by Zhao Youjun, so he naturally didn't have much of a good reputation for the people of the Marquis of Weiyuan's Mansion.

And the Duchess of Cheng'en, Wang. This person was originally a peasant woman who couldn't read big words, and since she became this Duchess Chengen by the light of the Queen Mother, she has always regarded herself as a real noble lady, and because she has a background that is not as good as others, she cares very much about what other people think of her.

At this time, seeing Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige sitting on top of themselves and others, the two of them were angry in their hearts, but this time was arranged by the Han family, and the two of them didn't have the courage to find trouble with the Han family to spoil the atmosphere of the old man Han's birthday banquet. Those two pairs of carefully depicted eyes seemed to be able to breathe fire and nail them to the backs of Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige.

If their gaze could really be turned into substance, I am afraid that many small holes would have already burned out on the backs of Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige.

It's also a shame that Mu Qingwan is not sensitive to the gaze of others, otherwise she should be restless.

As for Feng Zhige, how could she react because of the dissatisfaction of these two people.

Today's birthday banquet was originally after she discussed it with her father and brother. Thinking that soon after, she would be able to enter and leave the Han family openly as the daughter of the Han family, even if Feng Zhige had always been indifferent, she couldn't help but be excited at this time.

After all, compared to the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion, compared to Fenglin. The Han family is the home that has really been recognized by her, and the old man Han is the father who is truly accepted by her.

In the previous life, the old man Han was treated with care and care for 30 years in exchange for her recognition, and now she can call the old man Han a "father" again, how can she not be excited?

While everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, the tables in the garden were almost full.

This is the first time that the old man Han has held a birthday banquet in decades, the old man Han is the first assistant of the cabinet of the DPRK and the central government, not to mention the high power, but also very valued and respected by the emperor, and even for the birthday banquet of the old man Han, the emperor also deliberately took a day off to set aside time for the officials of the DPRK and China to attend the birthday banquet, even if it was just for this point, even those who disagreed with the Han family in the DPRK and the central government, in order to look good, they had to come to congratulate.

Therefore, all those who have a little status in the court have gathered in this garden this time.

Although the garden covers a wide area, and there are enough thirty or forty tables, it is still too little compared to so many officials and female dependents in the capital.

If it weren't for the officials and their dependents below the fifth grade who were arranged to sit in another courtyard, I was afraid that this garden would be crowded.

The Han family has never been procrastinating, seeing that the hour is almost noon, and the visitors in the garden are also seated one by one, everyone saw the figure of the old man Han appeared on the platform, followed by the old man Han, is now the head of the Han family, the eldest lord of the Han family, Han Ling and Mrs. Han, behind the two, there are their three sons and two daughters-in-law.

The second old man, Han Ye, was in office in Guangdong, but he couldn't come back this time.

Probably because people are in good spirits on happy occasions, the old man Han wore a dark red straight jacket with a cluster pattern today, and his gray hair was combed without any mess, and his old face in the past was even more red at this time, and even the wrinkles seemed to have stretched a lot.

At first glance, it looks like ten years younger.

The powerful people of the DPRK and China who were sitting close to each other couldn't help but glance at each other when they saw this.

Although the old man Han is still serving as the secretary of the ministry and the head of the cabinet, because of his advanced age, he is actually not in charge of things for a long time, and only when it is difficult for several other cabinet elders in the cabinet to make a decision, the old man Han will open his mouth to make a decision.

This time, Old Man Han suddenly held an unusually big birthday banquet, these courtiers originally thought that even if it wasn't for Old Man Han's dissatisfaction with his weakening influence in the court, but at least there were other reasons they couldn't guess, but now it seems that Old Man Han is really happy for his birthday.

Could it be that simple, is it really that simple?

At this moment, everyone saw the old man Han with a red face raising his hand to make a downward posture, and the garden, which was still talking to each other, suddenly quieted down. (To be continued.) )