Chapter 45: Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet (1)

Bai Qi rushed out, and no one present expected him to make such a move.

"Hu Zhao, interrogating Bai Zhi, you go to Uncle Mu Qi, come with him, and pay attention to prevent her from committing suicide."

Bai Zhi is a dead soldier, and once this kind of person fails in his mission, suicide is a matter of nine times out of ten.

Bai Qi is dead, and he has no relatives, Mu Qingwan can only order him to be buried thickly, but the person is dead, what is the use of these?

In order to prevent Bai Zhi from waking up and committing suicide, someone has arranged for someone to search her body, and even her mouth has been checked, because she is afraid that there is poison hidden between her teeth.

It's just that before the interrogation came, Bai Zhi died. It was killed by someone, and it was fatal with one blow.

After Mu Qingwan heard it, she was silent for a long time.

Mu Qingwan thinks that she has been practicing martial arts for more than five years, and she has been working diligently, and her current strength belongs to half of the masters, not to mention Ji Xiang Ruyi and Hu Zhao, who are more talented than herself in martial arts. But the four of them are not Bai Zhi's opponents, which shows that Bai Zhi is not an ordinary dead man. The other party dispatched such a master, and it also cost a lot of money.

It's just that Mu Qingwan didn't know who the person behind Bai Zhi was and what his purpose was. Moreover, such an enemy is so terrifying, hiding in the shadows like a time bomb, and it can give a fatal blow at any moment.

There have been so many things recently, and Han Xiangyuan's actions have been very big, and several groups of people have been changed before and after, and the number of nursing homes has doubled. Because he had already reported to the old marquis, the housekeeper also turned a blind eye, not to mention that the housekeeper himself wanted to please Mu Erye's family very much.

The atmosphere in Mu Qingwan's courtyard was unprecedentedly low, but no matter what happened, life still had to go on.

Fortunately, Mu Lan's spirit improved.

Two days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet finally arrived.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet was just in time for the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother, and Emperor Jianye waved his hand and decided to entertain hundreds of officials. Except for special circumstances, such as wars or local garrison generals, all officials and female dependents above the fourth rank participated.

Mu Erye, as the Taishou of Pingcheng and the fourth rank official, although he is the last rank, he is also among the banquets.

For such a thing as banqueting hundreds of officials, what men see is politics, career and future. But as for women, it is good to say that it is marriage, but it is not not a marriage.

Many ladies and ladies began to prepare early, clothing, jewelry, rouge gouache...... Even if the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet is approaching, the enthusiasm has increased instead of decreasing.

Mu Qingwan informed Linlangge to step up stocking and took the opportunity to make a lot of money. Of course, there are always people who are red-eyed, and many knockoffs have also risen, and there are no trademarks or anything like that in these years, and even if there is, it is useless, after all, in the face of power, everything is a floating cloud. Mu Qingwan has been operating slowly in the past few years, and has already had her own fixed set of models, from handicraft masters, purchase channels, etc., which cannot be completed overnight, so it is useless for others to be greedy. Of course, there are also people who have found another way, such as Li Ying, who has directly moved a lot of modern things, and it is up to them to see if they are good or not, but they have also opened up the market by virtue of their novelty. Of course, that's all for later.

Marquis Anping is one of the four marquis, although Uncle Mu is not among the four officials, but there will also be female dependents in attendance.

An Shi is not qualified, like some banquets in previous years, An Shi smashed a few cups angrily, until he was comforted by the close Zhao Mama for a while.

On behalf of the Hou Mansion, it was Xiao An's family, as well as Mu Qingyin and Mu Qingjia, who were not qualified as a concubine at this time, so Mu Qingrou took the maids around her to get angry and punished several maids.

"Second aunt."

Mu Qingyin sent someone to Hanxiangyuan to deliver a letter a day in advance, telling Mrs. Mu that they could go together at that time. Sure enough, I was waiting for Mrs. Mu in the living room early in the morning.

It's just that Mu Qingyin was the only one to say hello, and Xiao An's face was uncomfortable, after all, Uncle Mu's official position was too low to participate, but Second Master Mu was among the driving schools, and his face was not good-looking. Mu Qingjia had a different face, unwilling to deal with Mrs. Mu and Mu Qingwan.

"Yo, my brother and sister are really early and late, I knew we would squint for a while and then come over."

Participating in the palace banquet is about to set off before dawn, after all, such a big scene is very strict. It's just that Mrs. Mu and Mu Qingwan had already come over in advance according to the agreed time, but they didn't expect that the people in the big house were already waiting. Obviously, Mrs. Mu and Mu Qingwan almost watched Xiao An's people enter the living room, but it was just the time before and after, and Xiao An's words were deliberately provocative.

"I've kept my sister-in-law waiting."

Mrs. Mu disdained to be angry with Xiao An because of this matter, and responded slightly apologetically.

“……”

Xiao Anshi felt that a punch had hit the cotton, and his heart was blocked.

"The second aunt has arrived, so let's go."

Mu Qingyin saw that Xiao An's appearance that he couldn't get on the stage, so he took over the topic, and didn't want Xiao An's to continue to mess around, so he took over the topic.

Today's Mu Qingyin is wearing a cyan dress, which further sets off her dusty temperament. Of course, it is also produced by Linlang Pavilion.

The owners of the big house and the second room each had a carriage, and the rest of the maids were crowded and sat in the same carriage.

When entering the palace to participate in the palace banquet, the maids brought are all required. Mrs. Mu brought a, and Mu Qingwan brought Su Mei. In fact, Su Mei, the people given by her grandfather and grandmother, Mu Qingwan didn't believe it, but she was more emotionally inclined to auspiciousness and wishfulness, after all, the three of them had experienced a lot together, and Su Mei still needed to run in. It's just that this time is a palace banquet after all, and the appearance of Jixiang and Ruyi is different from that of the Central Plains after all, and bringing them into the palace may cause some trouble.

Perhaps with Mu Qingyin's participation, the rest of the road went relatively smoothly, and Xiao An's did not continue to be a demon.

It's just that the carriage of the Anping Hou Mansion is not like the second room's own carriage, and it has been treated with shock absorption, and I am used to sitting in my own comfortable carriage, and now I am sitting in the carriage of the Anping Hou Mansion, and it is not very comfortable to sit along the way. But Mu Qingwan didn't care about these.

The carriage began to go smoothly, but when it was still a long way from the palace gate, it could no longer walk. Participating in the palace banquet needs to go through strict inspection, but there are too many people attending the palace banquet, and everyone is concentrated at this time, so the progress is relatively slow.

No, Mu Qingwan could only wait in the carriage with Mrs. Mu. When she got up early in the morning, Mu Qingwan was also a little sleepy, squinting and napping.

"Mianmian, wake up, we're here."

Mrs. Mu looked at her sleepy-eyed daughter amusedly, and shook her head helplessly and dotingly.

After entering the palace gate, he could no longer take the carriage, Mu Qingwan rubbed his eyes, and regained his clarity in a moment. Then he got out of the carriage with Mrs. Mu.

There were more rules in the palace than imagined, and after getting off the carriage, all the ladies and ladies walked along the designated road in the direction of the banquet, and everyone walked quietly, and when they met acquaintances, they all just nodded their heads, and few people stopped to communicate and talk.