In this situation in the DPRK and China, the women in the Anguo Mansion are so anxious that their eyes are red. In the entire capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the emperor, the one who is most concerned about the changes in the situation in the north is the Mu family.

Since An Guogong's performance entered Beijing and was urgently sent to the palace, Mrs. Mu has not slept steadily. She sent people to the palace gate every day to inquire about the news, but for several days to no avail.

Old Madam Mu was visibly thin, and she couldn't sleep day and night, making her face gray, her already gray hair seemed to be more mottled, and her black hair became less and less, and the whole person was like a cloth towel wrung out of water, dry, and extremely bad.

Mrs. Mu is no better, Duchess Anguo's deep black blue can't be covered now, and the second lady Mu, whose two sons are in the north, has white hair on both sideburns, and Mrs. Mu San and Mrs. Mu are also more yellow and thinner than the other, and their faces are extremely ugly.

Even the young daughter-in-law Gu Yilan looked very haggard, because she was worried about her husband, she didn't sleep well for several days and nights, and her eyes were sunken.

"No, you can't wait like this." A few days later, Mrs. Mu finally couldn't hold her breath anymore: "I still have to think of a way." ”

"But right now, they are all in the north, there is no one in the court, and no one can help us say a word." Mrs. Mu frowned: "Could it be that you want to ask your mother to ask for a request to see the emperor?" ”

"Go! Why not! Mrs. Mu replied: "Although our family is in Beijing, except for children and women, the old and young women and children who can't do anything in the family, I can't wait like this." The boss is in the north, the situation is sad day by day, and if you don't want to think of a way, will it really be delayed until the day when the Rongdi people call? With insufficient money and food in his hands and not enough soldiers, even if our General Mu has the ability, he will not be able to defend the northern border on his own. ”

"Mother, please order, I will accompany you into the palace to ask the emperor." Second Mrs. Mu suddenly took a deep breath and stood up: "Xianggong is gone, I am left with Zhengyi and Tsing Yi, they are guarding the northern border, and I can't take care of this mother, so I can only stay in Beijing and watch from afar." But I also want to try to protect them and try to get better conditions for them. If I can help, I'm going to do my best, even if it's for my life. ”

"Daughter-in-law Sun," Old Madam Mu turned her head to look at Gu Yilan, "I want you to go back to your mother's house." ”

"Grandmother rest assured!" Gu Yilan immediately understood what Old Madam Mu meant, she immediately stood up and nodded firmly at Old Madam Mu: "Daughter-in-law Sun must do her best." ”

"And Hongsheng," Old Madam Mu turned her head to look at Mu Hongsheng again: "Give Miss Xie Si a post, and let her help you come up with ideas." Lord Xie Xiang was willing to help us last time, and this time you also came to the door to beg for a look, whether it succeeds or not, at least do it. ”

"Okay." Mu Hongshang nodded: "I'll let Sister Lotus Ye run by herself later." ”

"And Ling Yi," Mrs. Mu turned her head to look at Mu Lingyi again: "You go to Jiang Shilang's house in the Ministry of War, and help me hand me an invitation, I want to invite him to come to the house for dinner." ”

Mu Lingyi nodded and was just about to agree, but Mu Hongsheng suddenly said, "Grandmother, will I go with Jinyi with the fifth brother?" Let's go and give an invitation to Jiang Shilang together. ”

"Don't go to the red dress." Mrs. Mu San shook her head: "They are all fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, and they will be married in a few days, so don't show up casually." There are a lot of idle and boring people in Beijing, and they have to gossip on weekdays. Why don't you let Mr. Sun go with you? ”

Although Mrs. Mu's worries were still reasonable, Old Madam Mu hesitated slightly, and actually nodded decisively in agreement.

"Mr. Sun has been working hard for the affairs of the north in the past two days, and the children can do this little thing, don't trouble him." Mrs. Mu said: "Besides, our Anguo Mansion never talks about those false rules and gossip, let them go, anyway, Hongshang will not marry in the capital in the future, is it difficult to stop the mouths of others, it is difficult for yourself, this is not putting the cart before the horse!" At this time, who can take care of so much. Now it's us asking for help, and naturally the more sincere the better. ””

"Master Jiang is a good official, in the affairs of the northern border, he has repeatedly helped our family, and I am very grateful to our family. If nothing else, just because he was willing to wear filial piety for Chengfang before, I am willing to treat him as my own family. You think like this, since it is your own family, the children come to the door to invite together, it is supposed to be, such an attitude can express our family's gratitude to him. ”

Old Madam Mu's words were straightforward, and Mrs. Mu San thought about it for a while, and felt that she was reasonable, so she nodded and said, "What Mother said is very true. It's me thinking too much. ”

"The third brother and sister are also worried about the red clothes." Duchess An Guo shook her head: "Where is the mistake?" It's just that the mother is more thoughtful. ”

Mu Lingyi saw that the elders had reached a consensus, and immediately stood up: "Then the invitation will be written by the grandmother's pen, right?" Jinyi and I will go to change our clothes first, and Hongyi will hurry up and write a post to Miss Xie Si, and we will go to you in a while. ”

"Wait." Old Madam Mu waved her hand: "Hongsheng, before you go out, go to Master Huiming first, and ask if you can trouble him to find the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple." ”

"Grandmother, is it possible that she also wants to find someone to do things?" The youngest Mu Jinyi obviously didn't react.

"Don't underestimate the monk's connections." Mrs. Mu replied: "There is no tradition of worshipping Buddha in our family, but most of the big families in Beijing believe in Buddhism. Go ahead, as soon as you talk to Master Huiming, he should be able to understand. If he refuses to go, do not force him. ”

"I see." Mu Hongshang nodded and turned to leave. Mu Lingyi, Mu Jinyi and Gu Yilan also left one after another, went back to change their clothes and prepared to go out.

Duchess An Guo also stood up: "Mother, I'll go open the treasury and prepare some decent gifts for my nephew and daughter-in-law." It's always bad to come to the door and ask for someone, empty-handed. ”

"Don't go," Mrs. Mu waved her hand: "Let your younger brothers and sisters get busy, they will take care of it." Pack up and go back to your parents' house. Although your brother is an idle county king, he should have a few friends in the court, I want you to ask him for help, see if you can find a few more people to help us talk, the current trend of the court is not in our favor, even if there is one more courtier to help us speak. Your brothers and sisters' maiden families are far away, and no one is an official in the court, and at present, in addition to the granddaughter-in-law's maiden family, there is only Prince Li's mansion. ”