CHAPTER XXII

Mu Nancheng in the dream seems to know that all this is just an illusion, so he is also a little unscrupulous. She stretched out her hand to hold Gao Shibai's hand, but before she could touch it, everything in front of her disappeared into a paleness.

Mu Nancheng got up from the bed with some tears in her eyes, she turned her head to look out the window, and found that it was not completely dark, and it didn't seem to be long.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door. Mu Nanju was slightly frightened, then gently cleared his throat and said, "Who is it?" ”

"Yun Jian, it's me."

Mu Nanju was a little incredulous when he heard this voice that should have appeared in his dream. Uncle Nine, why is he here? Mu Nanju hurriedly put on a piece of clothing and then opened the door.

Mu Nancheng looked at Gao Shibai, who was standing with his back to the door, and was stunned for a second, and asked, "Uncle Jiu, why are you here?" ”

Gao Shibai never looked back, and said: "The emperor set up a banquet and called the Gao family into the palace, and I came to call you to go." ”

"So suddenly?" Mu Nancheng was a little caught off guard and a little overwhelmed. She asked with some hesitation: "I have never shown myself as a member of the Gao family in all these years, why did you summon me to the palace tonight?" ”

Gao Shibai had his back to her all the time, so Mu Nanju couldn't see the expression on Gao Shibai's face. He just replied blandly, "You'll know then." ”

"Uncle Nine......" Mu Nancheng was a little uneasy.

Gao Shibai turned his head and glanced at her expressionlessly, and said word by word: "Hurry up and clean up, everyone is waiting for you." ”

Mu Nancheng looked at Gao Shibai, who seemed to be about to draw a distance from himself, full of doubts, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't make a sound. She finally just nodded silently, and then slowly closed her door.

Gao Shibai watched Zhu Men close in front of his eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief slightly.

How should he face the cloud note today? is obviously determined to keep her distance, but why is it that he is even more sad when he looks at her sad appearance.

But he clearly knew that he didn't want Yun Jian to enter the palace.

After Mu Nan Tang put it on, he opened the box a little slowly. She looked at the almost unused rouge in it, wondering if it was going to come in handy today. She nodded her lips for herself, then looked at herself in the bronze mirror and smiled bitterly, then turned around and opened the door and followed Gao Shibai into the palace.

On the way to the palace, she sat alone in the sedan chair, thinking about everything in her dream and what had just happened, sighing that the world was cold, and the two were still strangers after all.

She didn't blame him, and she didn't blame anyone.

Che Man listened in front of the palace gate, and a maid who had never seen it before helped Mu Nan Tang down from the chariot, and then followed his father and Gao Shibai to the deep palace.

Although it was the first time that Mu Nancheng had entered the palace, she didn't look around, and it may be said that she was not curious at all.

She didn't even realize who she was going to meet.

It wasn't until she sat down in a bit of a trance that she came back to her senses. She looked at the carved beams and paintings in the hall, and the dancing girls in the hall, and realized that she had really entered the palace.

Doesn't that mean you're going to meet that person?

Before she could think of a reasonable explanation, the hall suddenly fell silent, and a man slowly walked out from the back of the hall and sat on the imperial chair.

Mu Nancheng bowed as everyone knelt, and she tried to lower her head as low as possible to reduce her already negligible presence.

Hu Lu Sanrin still saw Mu Nan Tang at a glance, he raised his lips and smiled, and then said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat." Tonight, I set up a banquet to entertain the ministers of the Gao family, just to reward the Gao family for their hard work for so many years. Please treat it as a family feast, and there is no need to be polite. ”

After thanking the ministers, they sat back and waited for the three rafters to say when they would move the chopsticks.

Hu Lu Sanrin naturally knew what everyone was thinking, and he explained: "My seventh and ninth brothers are still on the way, please wait for a while." ”

Mu Nancheng was a little flustered after hearing this, although she didn't show it, but Gao Shibai, who had been looking at herself, could definitely see it. Mu Nancheng always felt a little depressed when he looked at Qi Xun who came with him, so he awkwardly looked away, but he met his gaze with Yue Beihuai, who happened to walk into the hall.

Yue Beihuai looked at Mu Nantang, who was actually here, and was stunned for a second, and then quickly returned to nature.

Everyone sat down again and saluted the Seventh and Ninth Princes, and then they actually sat down.

Yue Xiaojiu hadn't seen Mu Nanju yet, but when Mu Nanju returned to his seat, he saw her appearance at a glance. As soon as he opened his mouth to ask her why she was here, he was pulled by Yue Beihuai's sleeve.

"Ninth brother, salute the imperial brother first."

Yue Xiaojiu instantly understood that his seventh brother didn't want to make trouble.

Mu Nancheng looked at Yue Beihuai, who was sitting next to her, pinching her sleeves a little nervously, and she couldn't help but suspect that today's position arrangement must be deliberate.

Yuebei Huai also glanced at Mu Nan Tang more when he was seated.

Unexpectedly, this woman really has a lot of things to hide from him. When he sat down, he saw Gao Shibai opposite him, and suddenly felt shocked, as if everything was completely right.

Today is a banquet to entertain the Gao family, so Mu Nancheng must be a member of the Gao family, the biggest possibility is that she is the daughter of the Gao family that the world has never seen, then the man she said in her mouth who gave her Lantian jade is General Gao Shibai Gao.

That's why Gao Shibai looked at him with that kind of look in the main hall that day.

After Yue Beihuai figured things out, instead of feeling better, he was even more panicked.

How can that woman like her ninth uncle, and still be so affectionate for him, is it worth it?

Hu Lu Sanrent, who had long been aware of everything, looked at the seventh brother with a black face and was in a good mood, he could finally respond to him, can he not be happy.

He still thought that his seventh brother was not messy enough, so he said: "Prime Minister, I'm a little bored drinking alone, I don't know what Aiqing thinks." ”

Who is Gao Ji, he immediately understood the thoughts of the three rafters of Hu Lu, so he said: "Weichen has the courage to introduce the eldest daughter Yun Jian to the emperor to cheer His Highness. ”

As soon as Gao Ji's words came out, the faces of the three people sitting stiffened.

Mu Nan looked at his father in disbelief, did he just use himself as a tool at will? But the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so she could only stand up and slowly walk towards the three rafters of Hu Lu with her head down.

Even though she is used to seeing scenes of life and death, she still can't breathe when she looks at the emperor who looks more beautiful than herself. He smiled and looked at himself as if he was a fairy sucking souls, and she was nothing more than a sheep.

Hu Lu Sanrin looked at Mu Nan Tang standing in front of him, and wanted to trick his seventh brother even more. He directly reached out and pulled Mu Nancheng into his arms, and then picked her chin.