All the changes in Empress Zhao's expression fell on Mu Yunge's eyes, her phoenix eyes drooped, covering up all the stunned and suspicious in her eyes, she knelt respectfully, waiting for Empress Zhao's question.

Empress Zhao was just distracted for a moment, quickly adjusted her emotions, motioned for Mu Yunge to get up, and asked with a smile: "This is the young lady of the new Chamber of Commerce leader?" It's really Peugeot, I don't know if it's okay? ”

"Back to the queen's mother, it is the little girl. The little girl is just 14 this year, and she has never been in time, so she is not in a hurry to get married. Xiao blessed his body uprightly, and said with a smile: "The meaning of the concubine and the husband is to keep her for a few more years." This child suffered a lot when she was a child, and we really feel sorry for her, and we are reluctant to marry early. Thank you for your care! ”

She was originally the daughter of the Xiao family, and she has learned etiquette very well since she was a child, and this answer is neither humble nor arrogant, and the etiquette is thorough, which makes Queen Zhao look at her differently: I thought she was a businessman's wife, and she must not be on the stage, but she didn't expect it to be worse than those ladies in Beijing, and she looked at Xiao a few more times for a while.

Xiao Shi half-lowered his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't see much bloated when he was pregnant with Liujia, and his appearance was also extremely beautiful and soft, so he couldn't help nodding secretly.

Concubine De sat on the lower side, and when she heard Queen Zhao ask about Mu Yunge, she also looked up at the girl in front of her.

The seat was full of precious, this merchant's face sank like water, and she didn't see a trace of nervousness and shyness, she was slightly surprised in her heart, and after thinking for a while, she turned her head to look at Queen Zhao with a smile: "The queen cares about Miss Mu so much, it must be that she meets the eyes of the mother, why don't you have a banquet later, and the mother allows her to sit next to the concubine?" ”

Empress Zhao smiled slightly: "It's rare for Miss Mu to enter the palace, I'm just afraid that I'm a little nervous, and I won't leave my mother's side for half a step, so forget it." ”

Concubine De sighed in frustration: "Okay, the concubine is too worried." ”

From beginning to end, Xiao and Mu Yunge stood with a smile, ignoring the secret competition between the two palace maidens.

Empress Zhao was interrupted by Concubine De like this, and she couldn't let Mu Yunge accompany her, so she had to order the inner supervisor to take Xiao and Mu Yunge to Rongying Hall first.

The mother and daughter followed the inner eunuch, and they didn't dare to say anything full of bellies, so they had to whisper something inconsequential, until they arrived at Rongying Palace, and the inner eunuch received the reward and turned to leave, Xiao Shi let out a long breath, with a worried face: "Why does the queen mother care about your marriage for no reason?" Is it ......?"

Mu Yunge didn't know whether this was what Empress Zhao meant or Emperor Wu meant. If it is Empress Zhao's intention, it is very likely that Empress Zhao is enveloping the Mu family for the three princes, and wants to give the three princes a strong boost to the Mu family; If it is the meaning of Emperor Wu, then it is worth scrutinizing.

At the time of the national crisis, if Emperor Wu cares about her marriage at this time, there are no more than three possibilities:

The first is to envelop Mu Zhizhao, in order to show royal pardon, so that the leader of the Chamber of Commerce will pour out his family property and contribute more to the military salary and silver of the Great Wei, after all, although the Mu family has been an official, but it was originally a businessman, and many people in the family look down on it. The second one is more dangerous, Emperor Wu is not worried about the Mu family, so he wants to keep her daughter, the leader of the Chamber of Commerce, in the palm of his hand, so as to achieve the effect of deterring the Mu family; There is another ......

Thinking of the last possibility, Mu Yunge took a light breath, and his face had changed.

Don't...... Emperor Wu actually followed the example of the previous dynasty and acted peacefully?

No matter which possibility it is, it is not a good thing for her and for the Mu family!

"How?" Seeing her expression change slightly, Xiao Shi hurriedly asked, "Yun Ge, have you thought of any possibility?" ”

Mu Yunge nodded, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw the two ladies in front of him coming hand in hand, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Mother, go back to the house and discuss with your father, someone is coming." ”

Mu Yunge had seen it, the last time at Mrs. Chen's banquet, these two people rushed from Beijing to congratulate, she still remembered the faces of these two people.

One is the wife of Li Congde, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the wife of Xie Lin, the general of Fuyuan, Wen, both of whom are friends of the Xiao family who grew up together.

Emperor Wu invited merchants to a banquet, and in order to show his kindness, he also invited some important ministers of the court as accompaniment, and the wives and daughters of these courtiers also entered the palace, and it was not unusual to see the two.

When the two approached, they blessed themselves dignifiedly: "Yun Ge has seen Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xie!" ”

Both of them were a little surprised, pursed their lips and said with a smile: "Miss Mu actually remembers me, you are really smart, Qingwan, you are a blessed one!" As he spoke, his eyes fell on Xiao's stomach, revealing full envy.

"You are also blessed, I heard that the second son of Li was engaged at the beginning of this year, I don't know which daughter it is, but has the marriage date been agreed?" It was still early to leave the banquet, Xiao Shi walked side by side with Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xie, walking around the small courtyard behind the palace, "Don't forget to hand me an invitation card when you arrive." When the eldest son got married, I was far away in Jinling, dragging a family and couldn't come, so I apologized, and I hope you don't be surprised. ”

Mrs. Li laughed and joked: "How can I blame you?" I want to blame Uncle Xiao for marrying you so far. ”

"You didn't come, but the gift from the trustee was so heavy that we were all ashamed," Mrs. Xie said with a smile: "She is a woman who has gotten into the eyes of money, how dare you say that you are not?" ”

Mrs. Li was so angry that she pushed Mrs. Xie: "Go and go, who is in the eye of money, you don't arrange me here!" ”

Xiao seemed to have returned to his time as a girl, playing and playing with his friends, carefree, and squinting at his daughter following with a heavy heart, he couldn't help but sigh.

Yun Ge's friends are all in Jinling, and she is inevitably lonely in this capital......

Thinking about it, she beckoned to Mu Yunge, Yunge took two steps forward and walked to her side, and Xiao asked, "But you're bored?" ”

"It's fine." Mu Yunge said frankly: "In the past, I could see acquaintances at every banquet, but I didn't know anyone in the capital, and I couldn't find a place to play. ”

She also knew that she was here, and Xiao Shi inevitably took care of her emotions, so she said: "Mother doesn't have to worry about her daughter, her daughter can take care of herself." The daughter was about to go to the side hall for a walk, and when she heard that the ladies of the family were all over there, the daughter also wanted to go over to see if there were any new things. ”

Xiao Shi was still not at ease: "You are the first time to come to this palace, the rules can't be messed up!" ”

Mrs. Li smiled on the side: "Children have children's play, you, just worry about it." Yun Ge, this kid has learned etiquette from you, how can you break any rules, you can rest assured. Yunge, go quickly! ”

Mrs. Xie said: "My daughter is also in the side hall, you won't be bored." ”

"Then Yunge will go first." Mu Yunge saluted again, and waited for the three elders to go first before going to the side hall.

Sure enough, there have been a lot of young ladies in the side hall, they have grown up in the capital since childhood, they are all familiar with each other, they get together to talk in twos and threes, and no one can intervene. Most of the merchants' boudoir ladies are a little different from these daughters of the family in terms of bearing, and it is easy to distinguish that the daughters of the merchants who arrived first feel excluded, and naturally they still get along with girls of the same class, and they have become a group of their own in less than a moment.

Mu Yunge swept around, and his eyes fell on a girl who was sitting alone in the corner of the side hall.

This girl is beautiful, dressed in plain clothes, and her generosity proves that she should be born into a family. At this time, she sat alone at the table, her dark eyes as dark as night, completely oblivious to the atmosphere around her.

Mu Yunge thought for a moment, and then walked in her direction.

The girl seemed to feel that someone was watching her, and suddenly looked back at Mu Yunge, her eyes were like electricity, sharp as a knife, but she returned to normal with one turn.

Mu Yunge walked up to her, and she just asked lightly: "Something?" ”

"There are no seats in other places, I see that this place is empty, so I ......" Mu Yunge smiled and saluted, explaining his intention.

The girl was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then she looked around, and as Mu Yunge said, all the other places were already full of people, and the only empty seats were at the entrance of the hall, and the sun was really shining directly at this time, and the ladies were reluctant to sit there, for fear of tanning their delicate skin.

"Sit down." The girl agreed.

Mu Yunge thanked her, straightened her clothes, and sat down upright. The girl's eyes kept falling on her, and when she saw this, she showed appreciation, obviously very satisfied with her etiquette.

When Mu Yunge sat down, she lowered her head and stopped looking at Mu Yunge. Mu Yunge's ears are very good, and when he saw her mouth lightly, he heard her whispering: "I can't imagine that there are still people who dare to sit next to me now, this capital is really getting weirder and weirder." ”

Mu Yunge was stunned for a moment, and before she understood what she meant, she suddenly turned her head again, looked Mu Yunge up and down, and then asked, "You are new to the capital, I haven't seen you at the palace banquet before." ”

"Yes," Mu Yunge smiled faintly: "I am a merchant girl, I moved to Kyoto in accordance with the order, and entered the palace by His Majesty's grace, this is the first time I have met with all the young ladies." ”

"No wonder......" she nodded: "I'll just say, there is anyone in this capital who is not afraid of losing his head and dares to sit with me." ”

Mu Yunge's heart was even more suspicious, and after a quick search in his mind, he suddenly remembered something, and was secretly surprised.

Just as he was about to ask a question, there was a sudden commotion behind him, so loud that both of them were disturbed, and they looked back together.

I saw a few more people coming to the side hall, and the people who walked in the front were held high by the stars and the moon, and the delicate makeup became more and more flamboyant, and the corners of the smiling mouth seemed to be unable to see anything.

It is Zhao Yan, the precious granddaughter of the Da Sima family!

As soon as she entered the door, a daughter immediately got up and gave up her seat, vying to pay her respects. Zhao Yan has always been accustomed to their actions, nodded slightly as a greeting, looked around, and quickly fell on Mu Yunge's table, her pupils shrank slightly, and she strode towards this side.

Mu Yunge stood up, but the girl didn't move, but sneered and said, "I forgot, there is always a scum like her on this occasion." ”

"Nangong Jin, I haven't seen you for a few months, you don't know me? Northwest suffering, but you are frozen stupid? Zhao Yan didn't hear the girl's words, she walked to Mu Yunge's side arrogantly, and ignored Mu Yunge, so she challenged Nangong Jin.

Digression: The military posture of the afternoon really made me drunk and dreamed of death, not born or dead~~ Seventeen has become Mu Qi, and the legs and waist are not their own~