Mu Qingen patted Mu Qiuhuang on the shoulder and said with relief: "My family has a son who has just grown up, and he is very happy for his father, such a happy event should be a big deal, and I will prepare a few dishes of wine and food, how about you and me, father and son, have a few drinks?" ”

"Since the father has Yaxing, how dare the child disobey." Mu Qiuhuang said with a smile, and walked out of the study to call someone to prepare wine and food.

After a while, the housekeeper personally carried the food box to the study, Mu Qiuhuang glanced around the study, found that there was no free wine table, and was about to tell the housekeeper to move a wine table in, but saw that Mu Qingen had gathered the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table, and a large blank table was vacated.

Seeing that Mu Qingen retired from the housekeeper, Mu Qiuhuang had no choice but to make the dishes himself, although there were not many dishes, they were exquisite.

There are a total of six side dishes and two pots of wine, the dishes are red oil and ears, pickled cucumbers in sauce, braised yellow beef, cold salad with three shreds, shallots and tofu, plus a plate of peanuts, and the wine is a soft peach blossom brew.

After Mu Qiuhuang picked up the wine jug and filled Mu Qingen's wine glass, he poured himself another glass.

The father and son sat opposite each other, and they felt a lot.

Although father and son have drunk together in the past, it is the first time that only father and son have drunk together, as it is today.

"The child toasts his father."

"Good!"

The father and son took their wine glasses and drank them all in one gulp, and so on three times, and the two of them turned slightly red and laughed.

"You kid, don't drink and eat some food."

Mu Qiuhuang picked up a pickled cucumber and put it in his mouth, chewed it "crunch", and said in appreciation: "The pickled cucumber that has been put aside for a year can still be so crisp and refreshing, and Wu Ma's pickled cucumber craftsmanship is getting better and better." ”

"That's natural, do you know if she taught her this craft by your mother?"

Mu Qingen then picked up a piece of braised beef and put it on the plate for Mu Qiuhuang, and said, "Try this beef again, this braised beef is also your mother's best side dish." ”

Mu Qiuhuang picked up the beef and chewed it, and said, "My mother's cooking is so delicious? ”

"That's nature."

Mu Qingen swallowed the beef in his mouth, took the wine glass and drank it all, looked at the braised beef and pickled cucumber on the table, seemed to fall into memory, his face was gentle, and he said softly: "I was not loved by your grandfather when I was young, so I spent most of my time in the barracks. And your mother knew that I was fond of drinking and had a bad taste, and was worried that the cooking of the soldiers would not suit my taste, so she would often cook some easy-to-save side dishes and secretly send them to the barracks. At that time, alcohol was not allowed in the army, and the happiest thing for me every day was to secretly take out the side dishes prepared for me by your mother and secretly drink some wine after everyone had rested, and I was reluctant to eat more at that time, and I only dared to eat two or three slices of beef and a cucumber with sauce at a time......"

"Do you know why your mother's cucumbers are so crunchy?"

Mu Qingen asked suddenly, without waiting for Mu Qiuhuang to answer, he said to himself: "That's because your mother will put some white sugar every time she pickles cucumbers, I still remember the first time she tried it, but because of the excessive sugar, in the end the cucumbers became bitter, and your mother cried angrily, I was trying to make her happy, I just said that I like to eat cucumbers with a bitter taste, and guess what?" I ate a big jar of pickled cucumbers in one go, and I didn't sleep all night......"

The first time he heard his father talk about the love he had with his mother when he was young, Mu Qiuhuang seemed to have a scene in his mind.

At that time, my father was far from being as fortunate as himself, and was pampered by my father from birth, but he was alienated by his brother, and his father disliked him, and even his grandfather did not want to see him, so he threw him into the barracks.

Although his father is the son of Beiyu, he is still inferior to ordinary people, so he is disheartened and drinks every day, and the only thing that can make him feel a trace of warmth is that his mother still remembers him, and his mother must have a lot of inconvenience as a maidservant, but his mother risked being punished by the housekeeper, and secretly went to the barracks from time to time to send him some side dishes that he cooked.

……

"Maybe that's when my father's heart was captured by this mother, right?"

Mu Qiuhuang secretly thought: "That's why he remembers the process of his mother pickling pickled cucumbers, and he will secretly eat the pickled cucumbers in the jar in order to make his mother happy...... Later, despite everyone's opposition, he married his mother, who was a servant, and even refused the emperor's favor for his mother's second time.

That's why after the death of his mother, he transferred all his love for his mother to himself, so he was favored as soon as he was born, and was made the son of Beiyu, although he was also thrown into the military camp by his father, but the reason why his father was entering the military camp was indeed diametrically opposed, and he entered the military camp not only by the Nine Emperors of the Sword who ranked first among the top ten masters in the world as a disciple, but also even the crazy sword fairy Gu Chenyuan was brought by his father to be his bodyguard......"

Mu Qiuhuang looked at the warmth in his father's heart, and sincerely felt the greatness of his parents' love.

"What kind of person is my mother?" Mu Qiuhuang asked.

"She! She is a very beautiful woman with an extremely gentle personality......"

Mu Qiuhuang saw that Mu Qingen was caught in memories, so he didn't bother anymore, and quietly filled the cup in front of Mu Qingen for him, and said in his heart: "I don't have any impression of this mother, but I can be so old after passing away, and I still make my murderous father recall with a gentle face, presumably my mother must have been a strange woman back then." ”

"How did my mother die?" Mu Qiuhuang pondered for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask this question that had been bothering her for a long time.

Although he heard that his mother died of illness shortly after he was born, Mu Qiuhuang always felt that his mother's cause was not so simple.

You must know that Mu Qingen was the second in line at that time, not the eldest son, not to mention that Mu Qingen was not favored by his grandfather, so Mu Qingen's chance of becoming the Marquis of Beiyu was not great, not to mention that Mu Qiuhuang had the impression that he had never met his uncle and uncle.

Hearing Mu Qiuhuang ask about the cause of his mother's death, Mu Qingen's body was obviously shocked, and his eyes looked at Mu Qiuhuang for a long time, and a trace of pain and anger obviously appeared in his eyes, and finally Mu Qingen said, "That's it, if you want to know, I'll tell you." ”

Mu Qingen sighed, picked up the wine jug on the table and drank it all, because he was choked because he drank too quickly, and the wine also wet Mu Qingen's clothes, but Mu Qingen didn't mind.

Seeing Mu Qingen behaving like this, Mu Qiuhuang couldn't bear to force it, and opened his mouth to persuade: "If my father has something unspeakable, don't say it."

"Humph! Since I dare to do it, then I dare to say, I Mu Qingen has been living my life, why not be afraid of people's words. ”

Mu Qingen sighed and said slowly: "At that time, I was not liked by your grandfather and was put in the barracks, but I was quite convinced by the soldiers in the army, in the twenty-fourth year of Long Qian, I went to the grassland and made great contributions, that is, at that time, Emperor Long Qian wanted to give marriage, but I have long been in love with your mother, so I naturally refused." I openly resisted the decree, which naturally caused your grandfather's dissatisfaction, but Emperor Long Qian admired me quite a lot, so for a while, your grandfather was not good at treating me?

I was afraid that they would hurt your mother, so I smuggled your mother to the barracks, and that's when your mother became pregnant with you...... Later, my prestige in the army became stronger and stronger, and Emperor Long Qian also secretly sent me a message...... When your uncle learned about this, he speculated and felt uneasy, thinking that I was interested in the position of the Marquis of Beiyu, so he moved to get rid of me......"

"Humph! The two of them were blinded by the power at that time, how could they see that this was the purpose of Emperor Long Qian, who seemed to value me, just to provoke discord between our brothers...... But what do they two idiots know? And your grandfather was too old and deaf at the time to let them do what they wanted......"

To this day, Mu Qingen recalls this past, and her heart is still extremely angry.

"In my heart, let alone the position of the Marquis of Beiyu, what if it is the position of the emperor? In my heart, as long as I can stay with your mother, even if it is coarse tea and light rice, I am willing to ......"

"What did their mother's death do with them?" Mu Qiuhuang asked, also very sad in his heart.

"Yes, at that time, my power in the army was far from being comparable to that of your uncle, so they were worried that they would not be able to take me, so they raised your mind and your mother, and wanted to threaten me with you and your mother, but your mother saw that the situation was not right, and entrusted you to Wu's mother......"

When Mu Qingen said this, his eyes were a little confused, and suddenly his voice became angry: "Damn, they all deserve to die...... What about killing a brother and killing a brother? I would have known that this would be the case, and I would rather bear this notoriety sooner rather than have them all killed......"

Mu Qingen was already crazy at this time, picked up the wine jug in front of Mu Qiuhuang and drank it again.

"Killing my brother and killing my brother?"

Mu Qiuhuang only learned the origin of his father's name "Mu Maniac" at this time.

Mu Qiuhuang looked at Mu Qingen with distressed eyes, and said in her heart: Although my father did this to avenge my mother, I guess my father has been unable to let go of his heart for so many years?

"Father."

Mu Qiuhuang stepped forward and hugged Mu Qingen gently, and said, "If my mother knew about it, she would probably be proud to have chosen you for this life."

After a long time, Mu Qingen's emotions gradually calmed down, and he said to Mu Qiuhuang word by word: "Huang'er, remember that no matter what decision you make in the future, your father will support you." ”