Chapter Seventy-Three: Birthday Gifts
Mu Qingyan slept on Chu Han's bed, and was just awakened by the sound of several maids getting up to clean up their things.
"Miss, I can only sleep on the road again, don't freeze if you wear more!" Pearl put on a thicker robe for Mu Qingyan, and put a thin coat on her and wrapped it tightly.
Mu Qingyan looked at her funny, "Pearl, I'm going to freeze to death?" Do you need to wear these? ”
"It's always right to wear more, the weather is changing from moment to moment, and it may be cold at some point!" Chu Han was also dressed and was walking out.
Sanjiu drove in person, and before dawn, the two big cars went on the official road one after the other.
"Let the people of Yunshang Fang come to tailor tomorrow, I don't know if it's too late!" Chu Han pulled Mu Qingyan's arm and looked at her, and her figure seemed to have grown a little taller.
"Auntie, why is it too late?" Mu Qingyan was sleepy, and didn't listen carefully to what she said.
"On the sixth day of October, King Xiaojing married, and on October 12, the Oriental Fengyue of Qilin Villa was married; After the year, Miss Xuechu of the Yan family proposed to marry, which house are you not allowed to go? Chu Han said warmly.
Mu Qingyan immediately came to his senses, "Who does King Xiaojing marry?" Could it really be Xiao Qingqing? ”
"Who else could it be?" Chu Han looked at her reaction and asked funny.
"Oh my God! He really deserves it, let him go around to attract bees and butterflies, this time he will marry a tigress and go back to have a good show, haha! Mu Qingyan smiled very unkindly.
Chu Han was inexplicably laughed at by her.
"Auntie, which family is Dongfang Fengyue going to marry?" Mu Qingyan smiled enough and asked again.
"The matchmaker made by the eldest princess married Sun Zhenhui, the old lady Zhen's family, and is a third-grade bachelor of Hanlin." Chu Han said.
Mu Qingyan was silent for a moment, thinking to himself: It seems that Dongfang Yin had expected that the old lady had no power or not, and Zhen Hui was quite high with Dongfang Fengchi's identity. The most important thing is that the Taishi is indifferent to fame and fortune and does not buy the accounts of the princes.
At the end of the day, the city gate opened, and the group entered the city and went straight to Shuiyue Villa.
After returning home, Mu Qingyan did not return to Lanyan Pavilion, and went to Mu Zheng's place with Chu Han.
In the pavilion near the lake in Jinlu Temple, Mu Zheng was practicing with a long sword in his hand. When Mu Qingyan arrived, his set of family heirloom swordsmanship would be halfway through.
Mu Qingyan condensed an internal force and hit the plane tree next to him, and a cutting technique with two fingers thick and slightly longer than his arm fell in his hand. She twisted and rose up, and attacked Mu Zheng in mid-air with a family heirloom swordsmanship 'Storm Dust'.
Mu Zheng was old and strong, he didn't panic at all, and caught the incoming sword head-on with a move that had just been completed, and then quickly made another move to 'take precautions' to prevent Mu Qingyan.
Mu Qingyan didn't play his cards at all, a move 'Stone Breaking the Sky' followed by a move 'Spark Burning the Plain' step by step, and the slightest defense did not only blindly attack, the frontal attack was not counted, and the sword net was scattered after the extremely fast change of moves.
The grandfather and grandson fought in one place, fighting to the fullest.
Mu Qinghan came in, but the two still ignored it. He looked at it for a long time and saw that the two of them had no intention of stopping, so he condensed his internal strength and swam into the battle circle, and snatched the weapons in his hands with his bare hands after two virtual moves.
The two men each took a step back, both glaring at him.
"Grandpa, the gift from King Jing's Mansion is here!" Mu Qinghan reversed the long sword and handed it to Tingfeng on the side.
Mu Zheng straightened his robe, looked at Mu Qingyan, and said dissatisfiedly: "The girl went back to the room to change her clothes, and she raised her for more than half a year, why is she still looking like this half-dead ghost?" ”
Mu Qingyan was dug up from the quilt by amber and got into the car directly, with a plain face. She knew that something was wrong, and she also knew the meaning of her grandfather's words, "Yes, I'll go back!" He obediently went out of the pavilion, turned around the verandah and went to his own courtyard.
"Han'er, martial arts have improved again." Although Mu Zheng's face was serious, he still praised Mu Qinghan with satisfaction.
"Grandpa, Yan'er's martial arts are stronger than family traditions, and I don't blame her!" Mu Qinghan said bluntly.
"She's single-minded!" Mu Zheng blew his beard and glared away.
Mu Qinghan shook his head helplessly at his back and followed him to the hall. Chu Han personally supervised the breakfast, and the three of them ate it at the same table.
After the hour, several close families sent the giver and handed over the gift list.
Mu Qinghan and Chu Han received them in person in the main hall and thanked them one by one.
Mu Qingyan changed her clothes, put on good makeup and came to Jinlu Courtyard with a few maids, and the magpie made tea and waited for her to come.
"Sister Mandarin Duck, bring the chessboard!" Mu Qingyan shouted as soon as he entered the door, and the sleeves of his clothes had been rolled up half a circle, "Today I want to kill my grandfather without leaving a piece of armor!" ”
Mu Zheng has passed two rounds of tea at this time, and if the stinky girl doesn't come again, he is afraid that he will go and yell at people in person, "It's slow to change clothes." ”
Mu Qingyan took the teacup handed by the magpie, and just took two sips, and the mandarin duck came with a chessboard. Mu Qingyan took it, and Amber and Magpie hurriedly packed up the things on the table so that she could have a place to put the chessboard.
"Today is my birthday, if I win, what will you give me?" Mu Qingyan asked cheekily.
Mu Zheng glared angrily, "Did you win less from me?" Anyway, what do you like this time? ”
Mu Qingyan was not reserved at all, and laughed. "Those who know me, old man Mu also!"
Mu Zheng flexed his fingers and flicked them at the door of her head.
Mu Qingyan dodged calmly, still grinning, "Let's talk about it first, don't bring Laipi, don't drive martial arts!" ”
Linglong stood behind Mu Qingyan and opened her mouth wide and forgot to close it, one hand instinctively covered her forehead, and secretly thought in her heart: It turns out that Miss likes to play her brain, she learned it from the old owner, no wonder!
The two set up a chessboard to fight.
Mu Zheng is completely everyone's temperament, attacking and defending, going and returning, just like on the battlefield many years ago, the majesty is undiminished.
Mu Qingyan's chess style is completely different, looking chaotic, but at a critical moment, he rises everywhere, echoing inside and out. It's up to you, and you're tired of coping with it, and it's not going to stop you.
A game of chess finally ended with a complete victory caused by Mu Qingyan's sparks, and Mu Zheng was so angry that he almost lifted the chessboard, and said angrily: "You are a villain!" ”
"Then you don't care, anyway, today I won again!" Mu Qingyan said arrogantly.
"Humph! Win the moment and lose the pattern! Mu Zheng was still angry.
Mu Qingyan didn't care at all, and said faintly: "If you go to the battlefield one day, you can only occupy the mountain as the king if you win, and if you lose the pattern, you can only be slaughtered by others!" I can't promise to be above board every time, but my ultimate goal is that I must be the only winner! ”
Mu Zheng looked at her in a daze for a long time, his eyes were hot, and his heart was surging: she was completely different from Han'er, Han'er was a big husband in the end, he wanted to open and close everything widely, and he would rather lose than lose his bearing. Sure enough, she is more suitable for the battlefield and more suitable for the unpredictable heart.
I don't know if I'm happy or lost, a good lady has been raised by him like this, where is there still a little bit of husband and child's heart, holding the book of war all day long, shouting and killing. But he was also a little happy, what other men can't do, his precious granddaughter is better than others.
Chu Han walked to the inner room, and Mu Qinghan followed behind.
"Go and invite King Jing and Dongfang Yin to come over, I will treat each other with good wine!" Mu Zheng commanded towards Mu Qinghan.
Before the words fell, someone outside the hall answered, "No need to please, the two of us have arrived, bring out all the good wine, don't get drunk today, haha!" Dongfang Yin took the conversation with one foot in the door and one foot outside the door.
Chu Han took the lead, Mu Qinghan and Mu Qingyan took two steps behind her, and the three of them greeted the two honored guests in unison.
"Get up, you and I don't have to be formalized in the future!" Chu Jing also laughed loudly, "Smoke girl, come and see what good things this king has brought to you!" ”
Mu Qingyan smiled and took a few steps forward to take a big box in Chu Jing's hand, and said with a smile Yan Yan said while dismantling it, "The things sent by Grandpa Jing must be difficult to find in the world!" Inside the box were two small white porcelain jars, and when they opened them, they immediately exclaimed, "Sure enough!" ”
Chu Jing looked at her with a smile, and several people stepped forward to take a look, only to see two porcelain jars each containing a jar of chess pieces, one black and one white. Stretched out his hand and twisted one, the black hand was slightly cool, and the white was delicate and warm.
Mu Qinghan smiled and bent down to thank Chu Jing, "Prince Jing is used to smoking, and he is really willing to do this kind of matchless chess!" ”
"Willing to be willing, this girl is quite good at chess, worthy of this chess!" Chu Jing did not hide his appreciation for Mu Qingyan's chess skills.
"It's just a matchless chess, a smoke girl, and the old man also has a birthday gift for you, let's take a look!" Dongfang Yin is not left behind.
Mu Qingyan put down the chess box, looked at Dongfang Yin with bright eyes, and asked crisply, "What good things did Grandpa Dongfang bring?" ”
Dongfang Yin pulled out something from his sleeve, two feet in number, and his whole body was purple.
Mu Zheng's eyes darkened.
Mu Qingyan squinted her eyes, but she still cheered, took the purple jade flute handed over by Dongfang Yin with both hands, and thanked her crisply: "Thank you, Grandpa Dongfang!" ”
"This is a token that your Dongfang grandfather never left when he was young, I don't know how many people in the world covet it, you are so blessed!" Chu Jing raised his eyebrows and said in a vigilant voice.
Mu Qinghan also frowned silently.
"I really think this thing should have changed hands a long time ago, but there is no suitable person!" Dongfang Yin hid what was on his mind and stopped Chu Jing's speculation.
Chu Han looked at Mu Zheng.
Mu Zheng nodded invisibly.
"Magpie, let's go and see how Aunt Fu's lunch is going?" Chu Han broke the deadlock, "Han'er, go over to the house to invite a few old ladies!" ”
"Auntie, I've already asked someone to invite you!" Mu Qinghan replied.
A little guy came in, "Little Miss, there's a guest here!" ”
"Please!" Mu Qinghan was about to go out to greet him as he spoke.
The little guy hurriedly said again: "The young owner of the village is the little county lord of the Jingwang Mansion and the eldest lady of the Thrush Villa!" ”
Mu Qingyan gave Amber the purple jade flute in his hand, "Two grandfathers, Ling'er is here, I'll go out to greet her first!" ”
"Ling'er, that girl came quickly!" Chu Jing smiled.
Dongfang Yin also smiled, "Since the little sister is here, go out and be naughty!" ”
Mu Qingyan walked out of Jinlu Courtyard, welcomed Chu Ling and Yan Xuechu in, and went to the main hall to meet the three elders, and got permission to go to Lanyan Pavilion together and gossip.
She didn't know that after she left, Mu Zheng's face turned blue and she lost her temper.
"Dongfang Yin, what are you asking for?" Mu Zheng was not polite at all, and his voice was cold. These two people have been together since they were young, and they already know each other's tempers and bottom lines.
Dongfang Yin hesitated for a moment, and even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that although the purple jade flute was a family heirloom of the Dongfang family, it was given by the emperor. He singled out such a congratulatory gift today, and its meaning is self-evident. "Mu Zheng, there are some things you might as well ask the children, if you are in love, why bother?"
"Today's smoke is ignorant, and the right to accept your family heirloom as a birthday gift, and you will return it to Qilin Villa before sunrise tomorrow. Mu Zheng is not dead, and the oath has never been forgotten. In the past 20 years, you have worked hard and made great achievements, and Mu Zheng admires! Mu Zheng got up and bowed to the ground. The words were not left with a thin face, and the words that should have been said had been exhausted, and at this time, Dongfang Yin was afraid that if he said one more word, he would have to turn his face.
Dongfang Yin seemed to have expected such a result, and he was not surprised at all, so he only wrinkled his eyebrows and said nothing.
Chu Jing sighed beside him, but he was helpless.
"Mu Zheng, the loess is about to be buried in your neck, you still have this stubborn temper, this king will be angry with you sooner or later, alas!" Chu Jing diverted the topic, sat down where Mu Qingyan was sitting just now, stared at the chessboard on the table, and shouted: "I'll just say that this girl's chess skills are good, Dongfang Yin, you don't believe it, let's take a look!" ”
Chu Han came in, "Three old men, new tea has been placed in the side hall, please move and eat tea!" She hadn't heard what the three had just said, but she felt that the atmosphere in the inner room was wrong.
The three of them moved to the side hall, and Chu Han served tea with his own hands.