In the evening, Yuan Muqing sat at the table and waited for Yuan Yi to go home to eat together, and in the afternoon, she was idle and had nothing to do, she was busy in the kitchen, making some of Yuan Yi's favorite meals, Yuan Muqing had no mother when she was young, and her father was a general, and she raised her daughter who was not worse than ordinary officials and nobles, or even better.

Although Yuan Yi was ruthless on the battlefield, but in front of his daughter, he was just a father who asked questions and asked questions, and even in Yuan Muqing's impression, his father was an ordinary person, she had never seen his father's ruthless appearance, she thought that maybe her father deliberately did not let him see it, this was already a kind of protection from her father.

The housekeeper Uncle Zhang came in and recalled Mu Qing's memories. Zhang Bo Shili: "Miss, the master is back." Yuan Muqing got up and ordered the maids to start serving.

Yuan Yi walked in, with an angular face, giving people awe and unconsciously obedient, if the difference between Yuan Yi and ordinary generals is the corner of the eyebrows, the feeling of neatness and not rudeness between gestures, unlike other generals who come and go in a hurry, Yuan Yi always makes people feel unfathomable and never impulsive.

Although her father went home as usual, the feeling of looking at her the moment she entered the door made Mu Qing feel that her father had something on his mind, Yuan Muqing didn't say anything, she didn't ask, just waited for Yuan Yi to speak. Yuan Yi sighed softly while cleaning his hands with the handkerchief handed by his daughter,

"I don't know who will hand me the handkerchief after you get married, and how my father should face this empty mansion."

With his father's unprovoked emotion, Yuan Muqing had a hunch that the things in his father's heart must be related to his life's events.

"Then it's better for Daddy to recruit a husband for Mu Qing to come to the door, so that Mu Qing can stay in the house all the time."

Yuan Muqing is only in front of her father, she doesn't have a little bit of a beautiful appearance, she can't do those etiquette gestures, it's just that in front of her father, she just wants to be a stupid daughter. Yuan Yi smiled and tapped his daughter's forehead with his finger, and then began to eat.

After eating, Yuan Yi drank tea with his daughter as usual and talked for a while.

"Qing'er, you have to follow your father to the banquet tomorrow, and you will try on new clothes later."

Yuan Muqing knew in her heart that every year at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, her father would help her push it off, but this year she brought herself, I am afraid that there is an edict in the palace, deliberately reminding her father to bring her daughter to participate, and what she is worried about is finally coming.

Speaking of which, Yuan Muqing rarely participates in any banquets of officials and daughters, his father is a military general, although he is a general, he rarely interacts with Wenchen, and the daughters of military generals rarely hold any flower viewing parties with vassals and elegance, and Yuan Muqing has become a more mysterious person in the circle of female dependents, and it can be said that there is no sense of existence. This is also the reason why Su Shuiyan did not recognize her.

Yuan Yi looked at his daughter's fleeting puzzled expression and said softly

"Originally, my father also wanted you to stay at home for a few more years, but there was news from the palace that I must bring my daughter to the banquet, and the emperor really wants to interfere in your marriage."

Although Yuan Muqing had already guessed eight or nine points, once the conjecture was confirmed, he still felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart. In fact, she already knew that her father had 100,000 iron horses in his hands, and he was careful in every move, and who was married was a hidden danger of turmoil in the court, and as her father's daughter, she would inevitably be sacrificed to the happiness of a woman's life.

"Yes, my daughter knows."

Yuan Yi looked at such a calm daughter, his heart was sour, he had been fighting horses all his life, there were more and more soldiers and horses in his hands, and there were more and more things that he couldn't help himself, he hoped that his daughter would make trouble with him, just like ordinary girls, but the daughter he raised knew that her temperament was very much like himself. Mu Qing looked at his father worriedly, tried his best to smile, and comforted Yuan Yidao

"Dad, I'm fine, I know what to do."

Didn't try on clothes, Yuan Muqing fell asleep directly, she had to be mentally healthy to deal with tomorrow night, compared to those gorgeous clothes and jewelry, she still felt that it was better to enjoy the bed that she slept in less and less, even if the wind and rain were coming, she had to wait for tomorrow night to worry about it.

It takes a day to prepare for the banquet in the palace, although the banquet is in the evening, but during the day Mu Qing is not idle for a moment, one by one the dresses on the body, those bulky jewelry, shining with the golden light that the world is addicted to.

Such cumbersome costumes made her distracted, and she couldn't help but feel that it would be better for her floating begonia brocade to be lighter in the future, and the gold and silver jewelry should also be as light and thin as possible.

Although Mu Qing refused half of the jewelry, she still felt so tired at the moment, except for the necessary jewelry, she didn't wear the extra one, she only picked out some delicate but not exaggerated jewelry, she didn't want to attract more attention at the banquet.

Under the principle of not losing face but not letting his father lose face, Yuan Muqing finally walked out of his room, Yuan Yi was waiting for his daughter in front of the carriage, looking at the generous daughter in front of him, although he was slightly powdered, but he was still very outstanding, very much like his wife's appearance, those eyes were the most similar, Yuan Yi looked at his daughter, and his heart was full of emotion. The carriage moved slowly, along the street, straight in the direction of the palace gate.

Enter the palace gate, walk straight along Suzaku Street, turn the Chengqing Hall is the banquet, at this time the lanterns are colorful, and there is a platform, it is a place for dancing and music.

Although it was the first time for Mu Qing to participate in this kind of palace banquet, he only secretly looked here, not daring to look around, but he didn't know that when she was observing her surroundings, a pair of eyes were also looking at her without a trace.

As his father sat on the left side of the main seat, Mu Qing sat in a seat behind his father, which also made Mu Qing breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking sideways, on the right hand side is the main seat, and on the left hand side is a row of children of Mu Qing's generation, the father's row is all military generals, and the minister of civil and military affairs sits opposite side, so it seems that Mu Qing has only one daughter here, and the rest of the generals are actually bringing their sons to the meeting.

After a while, the ministers sat down, the Son of Heaven also sat down, Mu Qing followed the crowd to give a salute, she secretly glanced at the emperor with curiosity, she was so young, but with a royal bearing, the woman sitting next to the main seat must be the queen mother, gorgeous clothes, calm and noble between the eyebrows, people can't help but be in awe.

The Son of Heaven ascended the throne at the age of ten, the Queen Mother was in power, and last year the Queen Mother no longer interfered in the court under the strong advice of the ministers, but the emperor was completely in charge of political affairs and could not be realized immediately, and the political views between a young emperor and a still powerful Queen Mother were always not as harmonious as said in the play.

Halfway through the banquet, everyone began to chat, the Yuan family's father and daughter sat opposite the two sons of the Lu family, Lu Cheng was nine years older than Yuan Yi, and he was highly respected, in Mu Qing's eyes, Lu Cheng was a gentle and elegant old Confucian student. She hid in the eyes of everyone and looked over, at this time, the son of the Lu family was talking to each other, and suddenly Lu Qingping smiled, the person sitting next to him should be his eldest brother Lu Qingfeng, the same sword eyebrows and starry eyes, but there is something on Lu Qingfeng that makes people feel stable.

Although he didn't have a smile on his face, his eyes seemed to be lit up by something, and the crystal flashed, attracting Mu Qing's attention, and suddenly the bright eyes mismatched Mu Qing's line of sight, Yuan Muqing realized after a long time that these eyes were also looking at him, and he also smiled, lowered his head, and no longer looked around. Looking at the man opposite so blatantly, he felt funny abruptly, if he was looked at by someone with a heart, he would definitely say that the general's daughter didn't know how to measure.

Yuan Muqing felt abrupt and lowered his head, but he didn't know that Lu Qingping, who was on the other side, looked at the two people "eyebrows" and laughed at his eldest brother in a low voice, he was so impertinent, and called the eldest brother rude.

Lu Qing, who was called the eldest brother, fought back against his younger brother lightly: "Miss Su doesn't know about the paper gold fang." ”

The paper gold workshop is a place that Lu Qingping has recently secretly built for those dignitaries to have fun, but on the surface it is just a song and dance workshop, and secretly the Lu family can use it to collect news. Because the girls in the paper gold workshop are all the best in the Beijing song and dance workshop, they are in the limelight for a while. The nobles who went in and out of the paper gold workshop all lingered and spent a lot of money, but after all, the matter of this song and dance workshop was a disgraceful business, and it involved so many girls, if Su Shuiyan knew, it was estimated that she would have to make a fuss for a while.

Sure enough, Lu Qingfeng's level of counterattack is beyond Lu Qingping's reach, Lu Qingping knows that although his eldest brother's face is cold, ordinary people dare not get close, let alone laugh, but he understands his eldest brother's hardships, knows that he will one day take on a big responsibility, and the burden on his shoulders is heavy, and he can do what he likes today and do business behind his back, which is also the freedom that the eldest brother can give him as a younger brother. Because of the Lu family, Lu Qingfeng has borne too much, and others only say that he is cold-blooded and ruthless.

Yuan Muqing didn't pay attention to the things on the other side, and suddenly felt that someone behind her touched her gently, and when she turned around, it turned out to be a girl from the Su family.

"I didn't say hello last time, Miss Yuan, forgive me" Su Shuiyan didn't say where she met last time, and Yuan Muqing also felt that her deliberately vague words were protecting her, and she couldn't help but be grateful in her heart.

"No, no." Yuan Muqing smiled and waved his hand, trying his best to show his friendliness.

"I just saw that the brother of the Lu family was looking at you, and I looked along his line of sight, and you wanted to come to say hello."

Brother of the Lu family? In addition to Su Shuiyan's fiancé, that is Lu Qingfeng, the eldest son of the Lu family, as expected, with such a bearing, he is really one of the best Lu Qingfeng in Beijing.

Su Shuiyan said that she was here to say hello, and she returned to her seat without bothering, and Yuan Muqing didn't dare to look any more, and when she looked at the opposite side, she only looked in the direction of Su Shuiyan.