General Mo Lin watched Gonggong Zhang's carriage gradually drive away, until it disappeared from sight, then turned his head and led everyone back to his house.

At the moment when he stepped into the door of the general's mansion, he stretched out his hand to support Ye Wanqiu, the third lady who was standing beside him with a big belly and was pregnant for ten months.

"In the past few days, I heard Yan'er say that you have stomach pain from time to time, I'm afraid that you won't have to give birth today, and now I have to go to the palace to participate in the emperor's banquet, which is unshirkable, but I miss you in my heart, how is this good?"

General Mo Lin gently stroked Ye Wanqiu's round belly, frowned slightly, and said softly, The emperor's banquet is set at the time of the unitary hour, and the hour has been announced, and he has to leave at noon.

Although the general's palace is in Chang'an City, there is still a distance from entering the palace, and there are tedious inspections in the palace, so the general has to set off to enter the palace after a little preparation.

"General, don't worry about the concubine, you must rest assured to attend the emperor's feast, there are housekeepers, slaves, slaves and maids at home, and the most important thing is that the two sisters will arrange everything, and they will not let the concubine suffer any grievances, so that the general has any worries."

The woman who was pregnant with Liujia caught a glimpse of the jealous and cold gaze of the second lady Liu Yiyi standing on the other side of the general, and hurriedly blessed her body, and took the opportunity to mention the eldest lady and the second lady.

"It's okay, Mrs. Su, Mrs. Liu, the big and small affairs of the family will be handed over to you for the time being, and I will rest assured that I will hand it over to you before I return home after the banquet, I must protect Wanqiu and the child safely, otherwise I will only ask you!"

Although the first few sentences are light from the general's mouth, the last sentence is sonorous and powerful, and everyone knows the deterrent effect.

"Obey the order, general, the concubine must take care of Sister Zhiqiu." The eldest lady Su Mengli and the second lady Liu Yiyi hurriedly bent their knees and knelt in front of the general, and the housekeepers and slaves around them saw the master kneeling, and then pounced one by one to kneel, and at this time the general was kneeling in front of a black man.

In addition to the two personal servants Yan'er and Yan'er who were supporting the third lady, they looked at each other, kneeling, not kneeling, and simply burying their heads deeply by supporting the third lady.

Ye Wanqiu saw the two sisters kneeling, and hurriedly let go of the cigarette to hold her hand, one hand borrowed the strength of the hand next to her, and the other hand held her waist, bowing slightly, wanting to kneel.

However, his stomach was too big, and he was in a hurry, so anxious that dense beads of sweat oozed from the hair on his forehead and temples, and his little face was red.

Seeing this, General Mo Lin hurriedly put his hands around Ye Wanqiu, and when he saw the situation, he hurriedly retracted his hand, and then knelt down gently.

Yan'er and Huan'er knew in their hearts that although the general had always loved the third lady, as the personal slave of the third lady, the status and treatment were naturally higher than that of the slaves and maids in other houses.

But the eldest lady and the second lady were kneeling at this time, no matter how high their status was, it was not good to make a faux pas in front of the eldest lady and the second lady, kneeling on the ground, Yan'er and Yan'er lowered their heads, glanced at each other, smiled, and then hurriedly lowered their heads.

"Get up, third lady, you take care of it, don't go out on any errands, smoke and smoke, help Mrs. go back to the house to rest." Yan'er and Yan'er hurriedly got up and hugged the third lady.

"Qinglong, Red Tiger, have you all packed up?" General Mo Lin asked the two personal guards beside him, the left dragon's real name is Wei Long, and the right tiger's real name is Xu Hu.

"General Qiyu, everything is in order, and you can leave immediately." The two majestic guards clenched their fists and said.

"General, the concubine will send you out." The third lady Ye Wanqiu blessed her body and wanted to send the general.

"Madam, you just go back to the house and rest, the baby in your belly is important, Mrs. Su, Mrs. Liu don't have to send it again, I will set off here."

After Mo Lin finished speaking, he led Qinglong and Red Tiger, as well as a number of soldiers, out of the gate of the General's Mansion.

When General Mo Lin rode horses to the gate of the Xuanwu Gate of Taiji Palace under the scorching sun, it was already Shen Shi, and the sun was hot on his body, and General Mo Lin and his entourage dismounted one after another.

They were inspected by the palace commander and had their swords confiscated, and there was a rule in the palace that no one was allowed to carry a sword unless they were a royal guard.

The rest of the guards and horses stayed outside the city gate to wait, and General Mo Lin led Qinglong and Chihu to walk to the palace of Daming Palace, and then the little eunuch led them into the side hall of the palace to wait for the emperor's summons.

The major civil and military officials in the side hall were sitting on chairs and sipping high-quality tea, chattering about the affairs of the DPRK and the DPRK, and when they saw General Mo Lin and others coming in, they all got up silently, clenched their fists, and invited him to take a seat.

It is precisely because Mo Lin is the founding general that the Tang Dynasty is in the opening period, and the emperor attaches great importance to the generals, so the civil and military officials have deep respect for General Mo Lin.

General Mo Lin and the others also returned the salute with their fists and sat on the upper seat, the personal guards Qinglong and Chihu stood behind them, and the little eunuch in the palace immediately filled General Mo Lin's teacup with tea.

"Yo, General Mo, you can hurry early, I just arrived on the front foot, you have already sat down leisurely, tasting high-quality tea, and you are not waiting for my little brother."

General Mo Lin didn't need to raise his head, just listening to the sound knew who the owner of this sound was like a huge thunder, and had a thick and loud voice, he got up slowly and unhurriedly, and looked at the four strong men who walked in from the door with a faint gaze.

The leader is a rugged military general with a height of eight feet, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, sword eyebrows and cold eyes, a leopard's head and ringed eyes, and a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers.

"It turned out to be General Li Tong, who was disrespectful and rude." General Mo Lin hugged his fists, saying that he was rude, but he did not move a step forward to greet him.

To say that although they are also generals of the Tang Dynasty, Mo Lin looks down on this General Li Tong from the bottom of his heart and hates that iron is not steel, and he has been defeated in many battles, and he is still arrogant and has no self-knowledge.

Speaking of this General Li Tong, it is a long story, although he has been defeated many times in the war, but after Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he was lucky to be promoted to the rank and knight, in the final analysis, because he stood in the right position when the Xuanwumen mutiny.

Li Tong is the cousin of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the uncle of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and when Tang Gaozu Li Yuan rebelled, he led some people to raise troops to respond to Li Yuan, and he was also the only foreign Li clan relative who responded to him when Tang Gaozu raised troops, so this credit was counted among the founding fathers.

Later, in the battle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Li Tong did not hesitate to stand on the side of his second nephew. Later, Tang Taizong Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Revolution and seized the throne, and Li Tong could be regarded as a good person.

Although Li Tong was not directly involved, he participated in the plot the night before yesterday, drinking with Tang Taizong Li Shimin until dawn, or he sent someone to escort Tang Taizong Li Shimin back to his mansion, so he was looked at by Tang Taizong Li Shimin.

Later, after Tang Taizong succeeded to the throne, he was entrusted with an important task, hoping that he could have a distinguished record, so that he would be promoted and crowned in the future, not because he was a relative of the Li family, but a thousand calculations are better than ten thousand, this is a dou who can't be supported at all.

When Tang Taizong first asked him to fight Yu Wenhua, Li Tong was the first time to fight, this enemy was very weak, Tang Taizong felt that he should practice his hands, but Li Tong had been fighting with his soldiers for a month, and Yu Wenhua's city did not look like it was going to be broken at all. On the contrary, Dou Jiande seized the opportunity, and he took the city of Yu Wenhua in two days.

Later, he fought with Dou Jiande, and as soon as Li Tong heard about Dou Jiande's name, he didn't even defend the city and ran back directly. He ran to Li Ji's place, and Dou Jiande chased after him, broke the city where they were, and then arrested the two together. Dou Jiande was not a very excessive person, he didn't kill him when he was arrested, and later released Li Tong.

Another time, in the battle of encircling and suppressing Liu Heimin, General Li Tong was defeated with one blow, and he actually fled with his cronies in person, losing two-thirds of his soldiers, horses and military supplies.

If General Mo Lin didn't lead the troops to defeat Liu Heimin and wipe his buttocks, I don't know how many Tang Dynasty soldiers he could sacrifice, it was really "a general is incompetent, tired of thousands of troops." ”

"I heard that not long ago, General Mo Lin was awarded the title of Hussar General, and the official rank was promoted to the first rank, which is really gratifying." General Li Tong walked straight to the seat next to General Mo Lin and sat down.

Seeing this, the eunuch holding the teapot hurriedly filled General Li Tong with tea, and the three major generals behind him also took their seats.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, General Li, as the founding father, was also promoted to the general of the auxiliary country, and the three Linglang were also knighted, it is really young and promising, I heard that Liu Heimin is about to move again recently, and the emperor has to send you to send troops to encircle and suppress again, if you return triumphantly, the emperor will have to look at you differently."

Although General Mo Lin spoke to Li Tong, his eyes didn't look at him, he held up the teacup with the palm of his left hand, and touched the pattern on the porcelain tea set with the thumb of his right hand, but there was no protrusion, as if he was born to be printed inside, this teacup must be of the highest quality porcelain.

Open the lid of the cup, the tea leaves in the teacup are flat, smooth and straight, the color is tender and green, the aroma is fresh and tender, the taste is fresh and sweet, the bottom of the leaves is delicate and delicate, and the color, fragrance, taste and shape of the tea are all in one.

At a glance, I knew that it was Longjing, and I tasted a small sip of tea, and it was really a special Longjing, with a mellow taste, full of color and fragrance, smelling extremely fragrant, and the best tea in the palace.