Mu Yu hurriedly assured her, and Changxiu said cautiously: "I should have come to bid farewell to the Hou Ye, I heard that the emperor gave the mansion to Young Master Ning." Since Young Master Ning has a place to live, he won't go back to the Hou Mansion if he thinks about it. ”

Farewell...... Mu Yu couldn't help but wonder, if this was true, did it mean that Big Brother Xie didn't have a grudge against her father, not only would he not destroy the Hou Mansion in the future, but even the possibility of deliberately making trouble was very small?

If that's the case, that's great! Mu Yu couldn't help but smile reassuringly when he thought about it.

Changxiu raised her eyes slightly, and when she saw her expression, she couldn't help but tug the corners of her lips.

The two didn't talk for a while, and it happened that Qionglan picked the flower branch and came back, Mu Yu didn't want to delay any longer, gave the flower branch to Changxiu, and walked back to Qinchun Garden in a good mood.

……

Six years passed in a hurry.

It is the spring of March, and a peach blossom in the Luanping Marquis Mansion is blooming enchantingly.

From a distance, it seems that light pink clouds are stuck in the air, mixed with a hint of green. When I got closer, I realized that the green was originally tender sepals and new leaf buds.

Not far from the peach tree, on the corridor to the upper room, came a slender figure, snow-white skin girl, peach-pink pipa sleeve placket small jacket pinched the thin waist as if not a hand, under the orchid dark veil horse face skirt, walking can see the faint golden light flowing on the skirt.

"Miss, Madame is still waiting for you!"

Mu Yu, who had grown into a girl, looked back at Qionglan and smiled, and said playfully: "Don't be afraid, my mother knows that I love this peach blossom the most, and it is the time of flowering, so I have to appreciate it on the way." ”

Qionglan smiled helplessly, and could only let her go slowly.

It took a lot of effort to come to the upper room, but Shen Mei really didn't blame, just sneered, "Silly girl, I must have gone to see the peach blossoms again!" ”

"Mother-" Mu Yu hugged her mother's arm and coquettishly.

Shen Mei had no choice but to pat her hand and motioned for her to sit down, and then said, "But in a few months, you will have to perform the courtesy, and you must no longer be like a child." ”

Mu Yu laughed at Mimi, pretending not to hear the second half of the sentence, "It's still early!" ”

"This kind of thing is prepared early, and our rumors and etiquette must not be sloppy, it must be grand." Shen Mei said and couldn't help sighing, "After the ceremony, it's time for the rumor to get married." ”

Mu Yu covered his face and said embarrassedly, "I'm still young!" ”

Shen Mei nodded at her with a smile, "It's not small." Come, tell my mother in private, what does Yu'er think of your uncle's second cousin? ”

The Shen family has two sons and a daughter, following the style of the old man Shen, a military general, the eldest is now in the Gyeonggi camp to protect the safety of the capital, and the second is fighting bravely at the border pass. Shen Mei is the youngest child and the only daughter of the Shen family, so she is very loved by her parents.

Loving the house and Wu, the Shen family is naturally close to Mu Yu.

Mrs. Shen especially likes her granddaughter, and always says that she was well raised by her mother, well-behaved and sensible, clever and playful, so she has long intended to let her marry back to the Shen family.

Shen Mei knew his mother's intentions, and felt that this was not bad, after all, all the sons and daughters of the Shen family were outstanding, especially the two sons of the eldest brother's family.

The eldest nephew followed his father to learn martial arts, and now he is fighting against foreign enemies under the command of his second brother. These two nephews are considered to be outliers in the family, since childhood. gave up martial arts, but to everyone's surprise, he actually learned very well. Since he was a child, he got the blue eyes of Confucianism in the academy and accepted him as a disciple. Although the six products are nothing, Hanlin is a noble official. Most of the elders of the current dynasty are from the Hanlin Academy.

It can be seen that this child is really talented and learned.

Shen Mei thought about it for a while, and when she saw Mu Yu pursing her lips and saying nothing, she thought she was too shy, so she said, "What else to be embarrassed to say to my mother." Find you a husband, that's the man you will live a lifetime in the future, so naturally you have to like it. ”

After a pause, she turned to talk about her second nephew, "You know what your second cousin's temperament is, he has always taken the most care of you." His appearance is the best among the boys in the family, and he is worthy of you. As for the age, it's a little older than you, but it's only hurt when a man is older. It seems that the third cousin of your second uncle's family is about the same age as you, but that kid has a tight skin, and he has not been qualitated so far, which is not suitable. After thinking about it with your grandmother, I still think that your second cousin is the most suitable. You tell me? ”

Mu Yu was pampered by Shen Mei on the tip of her heart, and when she married to another family, she was also worried that her child would be wronged, so she was willing to let her daughter marry into the Shen family.

But for Mu Yu, this is definitely bad news.

Although the cousins of the Shen family are all very good, she has always regarded them as brothers, and she has not thought about them at all. Now that she suddenly said that she would marry her brother, she naturally couldn't accept it.

After thinking about it, he said: "Mother, I treat my cousins as if they were my own brothers, and I haven't changed my mind since I was a child." How can this brother be a husband? ”

Shen Mei was stunned for a moment, and when she saw that she really thought so, she couldn't help frowning, "That's it, then let my mother think about it again." ”

Mu Yu nodded hurriedly, it was to think about it, near. It is not good to marry.

Because of this, she didn't stay in the upper room for a long time, and soon came out to prepare to return to Qinchun Garden.

It's just that when passing by the peach tree, Mu Yu couldn't help but admire it for a while, until she inadvertently saw Changxiu from a distance, and she was surprised: "Why do I look at Changxiu's figure as if something is wrong?" ”

In the past few years, every time she sees Changxiu, she likes to talk to her, so she is quite close. In the first two years, Changxiu married the steward in the front yard, and she also gave a congratulatory gift. Changxiu came over and kowtowed to her and thanked her.

Biyue behind her covered her lips and smiled: "Miss, Changxiu is pregnant, it seems that she has been four or five months, she was wearing winter clothes before, and it was not easy to see, but now she has changed into a thin shirt, and it is revealed." ”

Mu Yu suddenly laughed, "I see." It seems that it won't be long before we can see Chang Xiusheng's little doll. ”

Time flies so fast, I want to see Changxiu for the first time, she is still a little girl, and I don't want to be a mother now.

Thinking of Changxiu, she couldn't help but think of Xie Chongning.

Speaking of which, although he hasn't seen him for several years, Mu Yu still knows a little about what he has done along the way.

This is all thanks to Changxiu's love of gossip, because her man is the steward of the outer courtyard, so she can always hear the news from the outside. Xie Chongning is the one who went out of the Hou Mansion in the end, so these stewards can't help but pay more attention.

Changxiu knew, and Mu Yu naturally knew.

It is said that Xie Chongning left Guozijian as early as the age of sixteen and entered Dali Temple to officially become an official.

It took him four years to rise from the Dali Temple of the sixth grade to the Dali Temple of the third grade, which is not unpleasant and amazing. Changxiu said that he was extremely powerful, overturning many unjust, false and wrongful cases, and many people called him "Xie Qingtian".

However, he seems to have been ostracized because of his harsh methods in judging the case and was not accepted by other officials. I heard that even the imperial history has participated in him many times, but Xie Chongning is the emperor's confidant and is very valued, so no matter what others say, the emperor still tries his best to ensure that he sits firmly in the position of Dali Siqing.

All in all, he is no longer the same as the Xie Chongning who stayed in the Hou Mansion in the past.

In Mu Yu's eyes, they were already strangers.

What she was most pleased with was that he had never troubled the Hou Mansion, and he didn't hold a grudge when he thought about it, so what she did in the past could be regarded as a good result.

……

Shen Mei learned that Mu Yu didn't want to marry her nephew, and she didn't want to force her, but she was about to get married, and the family affairs would definitely be opened, and now she had to choose a new candidate. Therefore, she would take Mu Yu to the banquet from time to time, and walk around with the nobles and eunuchs in the capital.

Mu Yu in order to completely dispel the mother near. The idea of intermarriage, naturally, is not disputed.

On this day, her mother sent her maid to go to the upper room.

Mu Yu pondered that he was afraid that there would be a banquet from another family that would take her there. Secretly sighed, quickly cheered up, and went with Biyue.

It was only when she arrived at the upper room and listened to Shen Meiyi that she realized that she had guessed wrong.

"This is not an ordinary banquet, but a palace banquet."

Mu Yu was stunned, and couldn't help but say: "Palace banquet? Is there something going on? "Otherwise, if it's not a festival, there is no reason for the palace to suddenly hold a banquet.

"It's not like that." Shen Mei said helplessly, "This is a banquet held by the queen, and it is specified that the young female dependents of the family will be brought with her, and I heard that it is to choose the princess of Anping County for the king of Anping County." ”

"Is it very favored by the emperor, that King of Anping?" Mu Yu asked curiously.

Shen Mei smiled and nodded, and spoke to her in detail.

This King of Anping County is the only son of the emperor's brother, and the emperor's brother died very early because of his weak health, leaving only this single seedling. The emperor has a good relationship with his brother, so he also takes good care of this nephew.

This is not just in time for the king of Anping County to reach his age, and it is time to choose the princess of the county, so the queen held a banquet in the name of a flower-viewing banquet, and invited the daughters of the noble families of the officials in Beijing to enter the palace, suggesting that all girls of the right age should go with their elders.

The expression on Mu Yanyan's face was very indescribable, this was not much different from the emperor's draft, and he was really favored.

She asked a little worriedly: "Could it be that the Anping County Mansion has taken a fancy to which girl, so he wants to make a family appointment?" ”

Shen Mei glanced at her, suddenly sneered, poked her eyebrows, and said with a teasing smile: "Don't worry, I can't look down on you." The old lady in the county king's mansion is not easy-going, and with your stupid appearance, it must not be to people's wishes. ”

They were just going through the motions, and Shen Mei didn't worry that her daughter would be favored from the beginning. But from the bottom of her heart, she still thinks that the spoiled King of Anping County is not worthy of her ballad!