"Ahead of the times? Is it so exaggerated? Mu Qiuhuang said in surprise.

"Of course there is ......"

……

After Mu Qiuhuang laughed with Su Xiaoxin for a while, he began to close his eyes and take a nap in the carriage.

Mu Qiuhuang got up early in the morning, and tonight must have been a sleepless night, so take advantage of this time to take a break.

The direction of the carriage is not to go back to the inn, but to the palace, although the feast only begins in the unitary time, but according to the rules, these people who go to the banquet must enter the palace before the time of Shen, this is the banquet of the Son of Heaven, the people who go to the banquet are all courtiers, so that the Son of Heaven waits for a long time is not the way of the ministers...... If Mu Qiuhuang went to the Taishi Mansion and then returned to the inn, the time would be a little rushed, so he dispersed with Ling Hujie in advance, let him lead the soldiers to take the first step, and the two made an appointment to meet at the palace gate. The reason why Ling Hujie will bring soldiers into the palace with him this time is also out of tradition, if it is the usual Shangri Festival, it is nothing more than to hold a grand banquet in the palace, His Majesty the Emperor will take the civil and military officials to eat and have fun, and then go to the imperial city to light fireworks and folk music. However, after the new emperor ascended the throne and ordered the children of the princes to enter Beijing, there were some small differences in the banquet, and these traditions remained unchanged, and a martial arts test would be added after the banquet. On the other hand, this martial arts test is also to pull in the relationship between the royal family and the princes, and the princes will compete with each other, and then His Majesty the Emperor will take out gifts to reward the winners. However, the children of the princes have been pampered for a long time, and their fists and feet have no eyes, if they really hurt the children of a certain family, they will lose the purpose of this martial arts test, so the people who really compete in the competition will not be the children of the princes of each family, but the servants of the family they each carry.

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"Childe, it's time to get to the palace gate." Su Xiaoxiao gently shook Mu Qiuhuang's arm to wake him up.

"Oh? So fast. Mu Qiuhuang raised his head and said with sleepy eyes: "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"Childe has been asleep for almost an hour." Su Xiaoxiao replied.

Mu Qiuhuang just lifted the curtain, and a coldness poured in, stimulated by this coldness, Mu Qiuhuang was also instantly sleepy, and felt a hundred times more energetic.

The heavy snow outside is still falling, and the snowflakes flying in the sky have shrouded the entire Fengling City, and the ground outside the imperial city is also white, only the road leading to the noon gate at the palace gate is trampled by the wheels and horses' hooves that enter the palace for the banquet.

Mu Qiuhuang just got off the carriage and was shivered by the cold air, looked around, and saw countless warriors wearing the golden armor of the Imperial Forest Army standing at the gate of the palace and on the city wall.

Seeing Mu Qiuhuang get out of the carriage, Ling Hu Jian hurriedly led the Beiyu sergeants to surround him, and today the Beiyu sergeants are all wearing shiny armor, with straight knives hanging on their waists, and they all look energetic and fully armed, but Ling Huyu is just wearing an ordinary brocade robe and does not carry his big axe...... But it's normal, after all, Ling Hu Ji is going to accompany Mu Qiuhuang into the palace for a banquet, so it is naturally inconvenient to carry weapons, and his people are for the later martial arts test, and they are not qualified to enter the Golden Palace.

Ling Hu Ji took a burden and handed it to Mu Qiuhuang, and said respectfully: "Young master, let's change clothes first, the other princes' children have already taken the lead in entering the palace." ”

Mu Qiuhuang took the burden, pointed to the Imperial Forest Army in the distance, and asked Linghu Jie, "How are they compared to my Beiyu Army?" ”

After glancing in the direction of Mu Qiuhuang's finger, Ling Hu Ji retracted his gaze and said lightly: "The Imperial Forest Army built by Xiahou Xuanba naturally has its merits, but it is just ...... The real elite soldiers are not trained, but killed on the battlefield. ”

Mu Qiuhuang smiled slightly when he heard this, patted Ling Hujian on the shoulder and said, "You are very right, but don't forget that this group of people has already followed Xiahou Xuanba to defeat the Dongche Army, and they are no longer fledglings." ”

After Mu Qiuhuang finished speaking, he got into the carriage and changed his clothes, Ling Hu Ji looked at the group of Royal Forest Army again, and muttered in a low voice: "That's also Xiahou Xuanba's power, let's talk about it...... The Dongche Army is nothing remarkable, right? ”

By the time Mu Qiuhuang got down from the carriage, he had changed a lot, this time he was really wearing a purple and gold crown on his head, stepping on cloud climbing boots, wearing a fish and dragon suit, and wearing a jade belt around his waist...... And he was wearing a gold silk soft armor inside the fish and dragon suit, and a pure black mink cape outside.

Su Xiaoxiao grabbed the curtain and said to Mu Qiuhuang: "Childe is really handsome and dashing today. ”

"Isn't Childe and I handsome, chic and suave on weekdays?" Mu Qiuhuang turned around and smiled slightly when she heard this, and then said a few words to Su Xiaoxiao, and asked her to go back to the inn in the carriage first.

After seeing Su Xiaoxiao leave, Mu Qiuhuang took the reins from Linghu Ji's hand and turned over on the horse, and said softly: "Enter the palace." ”

Then he rushed out first, and Ling Hu Ji led the Beiyu sergeant to follow closely behind, and he still resisted the "Fire Phoenix Flag" embroidered with the Beiyu totem on his shoulder.

When passing by the gate of the palace, Mu Qiuhuang and the others also slowed down their horses, and the Imperial Forest Army did not stop them after seeing the flag, and gave way to a passage from a distance. In fact, if Mu Qiuhuang's current title and official position are not enough to enjoy the qualifications to ride a car and ride a horse in the imperial city, the reason why he can be like this now is mainly because Ling Hu Ji is carrying that banner.

After entering the palace wall, Mu Qiuhuang and the others took about a cup of tea, and after passing through a square, they saw a glorious hall in the distance. It is said that this hall was built by the founding emperor of the Great You, even after more than 500 years of rain and wind, it is still magnificent and magnificent, and it looks brilliant.

In winter, it always gets dark early, especially because of the heavy snow today, so although there is still some time before the unitary time, the sky is getting darker.

When there was still some distance from the entrance of the main hall, Mu Qiuhuang and the others were stopped by the palace attendants, and after Mu Qiuhuang and Ling Hujie were searched, there were palace attendants in front of them to guide the way, as for the other Beiyu sergeants, they were not checked, and were directly taken away by other chamberlains.

There were not many people in the Golden Palace at this time, and Mu Qiuhuang found that in addition to the children of the princes who had met him at the banquet of Tianxiangju, only Yan Kun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was known to him, and although some other officials did not know each other, according to their official uniforms, their positions were not as high as that, and there were only one or two higher than Yan Kun's official positions. However, this situation is normal, generally speaking, at this kind of banquet, the more powerful and powerful the bigwigs, the more they will appear at the latest, no need to guess, Mu Qiuhuang knows that Xiahou Xuanba and Xiahou Wenyuan will definitely not be here.

However, what Mu Qiuhuang didn't expect was that when he walked into the Golden Palace, he actually attracted the attention of many people, and as soon as his front foot stepped into the steps, it caused a sound of tsk and ear-to-ear.

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand it, after all, among the children of the princes who entered Beijing this time, only he and Ji Yan are the princes.

It's just that what makes him feel strange is that he has looked around several times, but he hasn't seen Ji Yan's figure for a long time.

After nodding and greeting Yan Kun, Mu Qiuhuang was ready to find a free place to sit down and rest with Ling Huji, at this time he didn't want to talk to those princes' children, after all, everyone had just met together and encountered assassins a few days ago...... Originally, the relationship between the princes was jealous of the little emperor, and if he was too intimate at this time, it would inevitably cause criticism.

But even though he thought so, he couldn't stop other people's thoughts. Just when he and Ling Huyi had just sat down and untied their cloaks, Wu Bi'an from Nanzhao Houfu, Yun Xiao from Yunjiu Houfu, Ximen Dingding from Pingjin Houfu, and Su Ruoyun from Wei Qihou's Mansion gathered together, and Liu Yiyong and Ram Tian also walked over to this side after glancing at each other...... Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help sighing, looked at the chatters around him, and said in his heart: "Come on, this yellow mud is smeared into the crotch of his pants - it's not but is." ”

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, this scene is easy to be tired and misunderstood, and the princes' children are headed by him. Mu Qiuhuang looked at that group of people, and couldn't figure out how they could unite and deliberately pit themselves? It's just that seeing that the matter is decided, Mu Qiuhuang is no longer hypocritical, and stood up and took the lead in greeting everyone.

"Mu Qiuhuang, why are you always the last to arrive? This was the case last time at the banquet at Tianxiangju, why is it still like this today? Simon Dingding said.

Seeing that it was Ximen Dingding who was the first to speak, Mu Qiuhuang was also relieved, he knew that this group of people didn't deliberately want to pit themselves, the reason why they came over was to see the excitement, when he was in Tianxiangju, Ximen Dingding showed his IQ, and Wu Bi'an, Yun Xiao, Su Ruoyun, and the three of them were a nest of snakes and rats, and the four of them should not have this brain...... It's just that when he saw Ram Tianzhu and Liu Yiyong also coming over, Mu Qiuhuang was a little puzzled, I don't know what happened to the two of them coming? After all, Liu Yiyong had an agreement with him in private, and Ram Tian was definitely not stupid in his opinion, so the two of them shouldn't have come here to join in the fun, right? …… Thinking of this, Mu Qiuhuang also smiled and said, "How can I be the last?" Isn't Brother Ji still waiting to arrive among our eight children? ”

Although Mu Qiuhuang was answering Ximen Dingding, what he was looking at in his eyes was Liu Yiyong and Ram Tianzhu.

Just before the two of them could reply, they heard Xi'an Dingding continue: "Ji Yan came early, earlier than me?" ”

Seeing this, Ram Tian added that "Ji Gongzi came with me, but as soon as he entered the palace, he was called to meet His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Call to meet the little emperor......" Mu Qiuhuang thought for a moment, and suddenly his heart moved.

Early this morning, when he went to visit Situ Buqi and expressed his doubts, Situ Buqi told him that the answer would be revealed tonight.

At first, he was a little puzzled by Situ Buqi's words, but when he heard that the little emperor asked Ji Yan to go to the audience, he suddenly had some eyebrows in his heart.

Just before he could think about it, he saw Ji Yan walking in from outside the door, after Ji Yan entered the door, he did not go to everyone, but found a place to sit alone, and the other princes' children also returned to their original places when they saw this.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of officials rushed in, and seeing the court clothes of these officials, Mu Qiuhuang finally paid attention to it, because there were several first-class officials in it.

Seeing this, Ling Hu Jian also explained to Mu Qiuhuang in a low voice: "The one who walks in the front is the top boss of Yan Kun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites~Sun Jin, and the middle-aged man who is parallel to him is the Yinguang Qinglu Doctor~ Zhou Rucai, and the small-eyed official who looks like a big belly in the back is the empire's God of Wealth, the Hubu Shangshu Qian Wujing, it is said that he used to be called Qian Wujing, and the name Qian Wuwu was changed after becoming the head of the Household Department, he hoped that the money and silver of the Household Department would be inexhaustible, so it was called Qian Endless, The middle-aged man who looks thin and skinny, harmless to people and animals, and is a little bookish, but he is known as the "ghost sees sorrow" of the criminal department Shangshu ~ Lou Guanlan, the leopard head and eyes look powerful is the military department Shangshu ~ Zuo Quandi, and then over there, the one who looks sharp-beaked monkey cheeks is malnourished is the Ministry of Industry Shangshu ~ Gong loses the base ......"

Mu Qiuhuang didn't expect that in just this short period of time, in addition to the general of Zhenguo ~ Xiahou Xuanba, and his brother who was the prime minister of the dynasty ~ Xiahou Wenyuan had not yet arrived, all the other officials who could occupy one acre and three points of land in this court had already arrived.

At this moment, another elegant official in his thirties walked in, this time without Ling Huji's introduction, Mu Qiuhuang already knew who he was? Because the moment he walked in, the originally noisy Golden Palace was instantly quiet, and all the officials looked at the door in unison, bowed in unison and said, "I've seen the Prime Minister." ”

Yes, he is the younger brother of Xiahou Xuanba, the general of Zhenguo, and the prime minister of the current dynasty of the head of civil officials ~ Xiahou Wenyuan.

I have to say that Xiahou Wenyuan was born with a mysterious temperament, even if he stood there and didn't speak, he could easily attract everyone's attention, how to say? It's like being in a conference room, and even if he's sitting in the last row, he's going to be the first thing you notice when you come in...... After exchanging a few words of greetings with the hundred officials, Xiahou Wenyuan looked at the princes' children and smiled peacefully. I don't know why? Although he was looking at everyone, Mu Qiuhuang always felt that he was only looking at himself in his eyes just now. Sure enough, just as he retracted his gaze, he quietly glanced at Mu Qiuhuang again. Because Mu Qiuhuang has been paying attention to him, the two happened to be looking at each other this time, and Xiahou actually gestured at Mu Qiuhuang's chin, although Mu Qiuhuang didn't know what he meant, he also smiled and nodded in return.

After Xiahou Wenyuan arrived, Mu Qiuhuang knew that the banquet was about to start.

During the day, he also clearly learned that Situ Buqi would not come to the palace for a banquet tonight, although the little emperor also sent someone to invite Situ Buqi, but he was rejected by Situ Buqi because he was not qualified to go to the Golden Palace......

And abandoning Situ Buqi, who is nominally Xiahou Wenyuan's senior brother, in the Manchu Dynasty, only Xiahou Xuanba in his clan is qualified to be later than him.

Sure enough, without letting everyone wait any longer, they heard a eunuch shouting, "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

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