Chapter 55: The Threat Is Coming
Su Muge didn't want to go to the dinner, but for the sake of the Zhao family, she still decided to go.
However, the Zhao family was reluctant to attend, Su Muge knew that she was afraid that An and Su Lun would be angry, after all, Su Lun had told her that her status was too low, and if she appeared in front of people, it would make him lose face.
Su Muge asked Hongmei and the others to retreat and sit down in front of the Zhao family.
"Mother, do you want to hide for the rest of your life?"
Zhao didn't dare to look at Su Muge, in fact, she knew what Su Muge wanted to say.
Su Wenmo will always grow up one day, and she can't let others never know who her son's mother is.
But......
Just like Su Lun said, her status is so low, I'm afraid that speaking out will only make others laugh at her two children.
Su Muge knew what she was thinking at a glance, but she didn't plan to give her a chance to back down, people must always learn to become stronger.
"Mother, if you don't want to, I won't force you, but I hope that in the future, when I choose a husband and a brother, you can make decisions for us."
Hearing this, Zhao was shocked, and looked at Su Muge at a loss, who doesn't want to personally check the child's future.
After a moment of silence, Zhao's expression gradually became firm, and he looked at Su Muge and nodded. "Mother's good Mumu, mother will go with you."
Su Muge smiled with relief and asked Hongmei and the others to come in to dress up the Zhao family.
When the sun set, the people in the front yard came to inform them that the reception party was about to begin.
"I didn't expect the master to send someone to call our lady and miss." Yueru was surprised, and at this moment she felt that Su Muge had taken the risk to find Su Lun, and this risk was not in vain.
Soon, Su Muge helped Zhao to the front yard.
Su Muge never expected that there were so many people in the front yard welcoming house.
Needless to say, Xiahou Kun, who was sitting at the top, even Meng Changde's father and son, who had not seen him for a while, were also there, and some officials under Su Lun and the children of the famous families of Shunyang Mansion in the capital also came.
As soon as Su Muge and Zhao walked in, they felt that several pairs of eyes fell on her, and she stepped forward to salute without moving, because her hair covered half of her face, and Xiahou Kun didn't pay much attention to it.
The Chu folk style is open, but men and women will not sit at the same table at such a small banquet, and the position of the female dependents will be separated from the male seats by a screen.
Su Muge walked to the women's seat and found that there were three or four tables of people inside, it seems that the charm of these two princes is really not small.
As the owner of the Su Mansion, Su Muge and the others naturally want to be at the An family's table.
An was talking to a few good officials, and when he saw Su Muge and them coming over, the smile on his face froze.
Noticing An's gaze, many people looked at Su Muge's mother and daughter.
Zhao's heart instantly became apprehensive, after following Su Lun for so many years, it was the first time she had faced such a scene!
"Mother, don't be afraid, it's just for people to look at twice, and we won't lose a piece of meat." Su Muge's voice was low and soft, and he clenched Zhao's hand again, and the tension in Zhao's heart eased slightly.
"These two are ......," some of the ladies who came to Su Mansion for the first time wondered.
Su Jingwen, who was talking to a few good sisters, saw that Su Muge was coming, and her eyes instantly widened.
"You useless minions, can any lowly person attend this banquet? If you collide with the second prince, what should you be guilty of!? ”
Su Jingwen's voice was not loud, but it was enough for the ladies present to hear it clearly.
An's didn't want Su Jingwen to fall into the reputation of a sister in front of people, so he smiled and said: "Wen'er must not be rude, and she will not apologize to your eldest sister!" After speaking, he turned to Zhao. I thought that my sister would not come if she was unwell, so I quickly showed the eldest lady and the eldest lady. ”
An Shi seems to be polite, but in fact, she is showing everyone that the position of the hostess of Su Mansion can only be her An's!
Last time, Su Jingwen suffered a loss here at Su Muge, and this time she won't be so stupid.
"Thank you, ma'am." Su Muge didn't care about the scrutinizing or disdainful gazes of those people, and helped Zhao to sit down.
"Humph!"
Su Jingwen didn't dare to make another mistake when she received An's eye warning, and thinking that the second prince was only separated from them by a wall, she didn't want Su Muge to attract the attention of the second prince because of this.
Su Lun saw that the guests were coming, so he asked the maid to prepare for the banquet.
"Master, there's a Lord Xia outside the door......"
Before Su Lun could speak, the butler hurriedly came to his side and whispered.
Su Lun was stunned when he heard this, when they returned to Shunyang Mansion, King Jin separated from them, how could he come to Su Mansion at this time?
Regardless of whether it was true or not, Su Lun didn't dare to delay and was ready to get up to greet him, who knew that before the person stood up, a slender and straight figure appeared outside the welcoming room.
Xiahou Kun looked at Xiahou Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.
Su Lun was startled and hurriedly stepped forward. "See, see Lord Xia."
Even Xiahou Kun called Xiahou Mo "Lord Xia", of course, Su Lun could only pretend to be stupid and continue to call like this.
The people present couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Su Lun's frightened appearance, those who were lower than Su Lun's official rank had already risen and knelt down, and the rest of the family clans also stood up, but they didn't immediately make a big salute, but looked at Xiahou Mo who walked in.
Behind the screen, Su Muge, whose body stiffened slightly after hearing the words "Lord Xia", looked at the screen in a daze.
Xiahou Mo, what is he doing in Su Mansion as a prince who guards Yanxia Pass!
In a daze, Su Muge felt a sharp gaze fall on her, and she saw that all the women around her were attracted by the screen, and no one would look at her at this time!
"Mu Mu, what's wrong with you?" The Zhao family, who was sitting next to Su Muge, immediately noticed that something was not right with his daughter.
Su Muge came back to his senses, and his expression returned to ease and said, "It's nothing, maybe I'm a little hungry." ”
Zhao looked at her thin little face with some distress and said, "Bear with me, the banquet will start in a while." ”
Su Muge smiled, but the Zhao family is now a lot more relaxed.
"Get up." Xiahou Mo's expression was indifferent, and he walked directly to the position of Xiahou Kun's head and sat down.
Originally, Xiahou Kun was his brother, so it was nothing to sit like this.
"Why is Lord Xia here again?"
Xiahou Mo sat down in his robe, poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all. "Chores are done."
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, they are all guessing the identity of this Lord Xia, and they dare to be so disrespectful to the second prince, and they don't look like they are being held accountable!
"Today, thanks to Lord Su for setting up this banquet for all of you, the main hall is just touching the light of your lords." Zhou County has just been flooded, and Shunyang Mansion has set up a banquet for Xiahou Kun to catch the wind and wash the dust, if it reaches the emperor's ears, it will inevitably be unpleasant.
Therefore, Xiahou Kun can only push the name of this banquet to other officials, which means that he is just a person who comes to eat, and the banquet or anything is none of his business.
Su Lun didn't understand what Xiahou Kun meant. "Yes, yes, feast."
At the beginning of the banquet, the maids rushed in with delicious food.
Su Muge picked up the chopsticks and ate them after the meal was served, you must know that Xiahou Mo will come and she will not show up if she is killed!
There were several tables of people, and Su Muge was able to eat hard, and the thoughts of the other ladies had already flown to the men's area on the other side of the screen.
Listening to this voice, it seems that there is another adult with a high official position, and I don't know how old he is, whether he is married or not, even An is curious.
The first time Zhao went to such a scene, where could he eat anything, and he took care of Su Muge and ate a lot.
Su Muge ate so absentmindedly, he accidentally ate too much!
"Hmm!"
Drinking the tea on the side, Su Muge felt a little uncomfortable.
"What's wrong, Mu Mu?"
"It's nothing, I'll go to the clean room, if my mother finds it boring, let Sister Meihua send you back first."
Zhao nodded. "Okay."
Su Muge got up and walked out of the guest house.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Yueru, who was guarding outside, saw Su Muge come out and hurriedly greeted her.
"It's nothing, you go to dinner with other maids, I just go to the clean room, you don't have to follow."
Yueru saw that there was indeed nothing wrong with Su Muge, so she didn't insist.
Su Muge walked all the way to the small garden of Su Mansion and felt more comfortable, she really ate too much.
"Miss Su, what a coincidence." Su Muge was just about to find a place to cool off, when a familiar voice sounded behind him.
Su Muge looked back, but it was not Meng Xiuwen who gave her five hundred taels of silver tickets.
Meng Xiuwen wore a light blue robe today, the jade belt around his waist was lightly tied to make his body stand tall, and the white jade crown on his black hair was even more lustrous against the background of the moonlight.
"It turned out to be Master Meng."
Meng Xiuwen drank two glasses of wine at the banquet and felt a little stuffy and went out for a walk, but he didn't expect to meet Su Muge, and he was a little inexplicably happy in his heart.
"Meng wants to thank Miss Su."
Su Muge raised his eyebrows, and said unconcernedly: "What is there to thank, your five hundred taels of silver tickets are already very sincere." ”
Meng Xiuwen choked, thinking that Su Muge was angry that he actually used silver to "humiliate" her.
If Su Muge knew what he was thinking, he would definitely shout to make your "humiliation" more violent!
"Miss Su, Meng really doesn't mean anything else."
Su Muge nodded. "I know, I didn't mean anything you mean, did you? Meng Gongzi, don't think nonsense, I've been out for a while, it's time to go back, and say goodbye. ”
"Miss Su, you ......"
Meng Xiuwen was a little anxious when he saw that Su Muge was leaving, but he didn't know what to say!
Su Muge's footsteps paused slightly, and he turned to look at him. "Is there anything else to do with Meng Gongzi?"
Meng Xiuwen hummed his lips, but the education he had received over the years made him unable to say the words in his heart.
"Meng Mou......"
Su Muge looked at him gradually becoming embarrassed and a little funny. Seeing that he was not very old like this, Su Muge suddenly had a sense that he was flirting with the young man.
"It's okay, then it's really goodbye."
Meng Xiuwen clenched his fists as he looked at the back of her leaving, and the loss in his eyes couldn't be suppressed.
Su Muge was in a rather happy mood and walked around the corridor to go back, but as soon as he walked out of the moon arch, he hit a hard "wall......