There is a Xuanyang Lane on the east side of the capital, most of the people living in this lane are dignitaries or high-ranking clansmen, but there is a mansion among the many Zhulou Biwa is particularly solemn, ordinary people will think that it is the small palace of the royal clan when they see it, and this is the residence of the founding general Zhongguo Gong Mu Yichuan.

"Cangyuan, for my father, I also hope that you will extend the heirs for the Mu family earlier, if you don't go to this birthday banquet, then your father will go on a hunger strike from now on, you can do it."

I saw that in the Zhongguo Mansion, a man who was more than half a hundred years old and looked good walked forward against the cold wind.

And the little Langjun beside him was seven feet tall, with sword eyebrows and sideburns, a high nose, thin lips, and no expression on his cold face, but he responded lightly as he walked forward: "If my father wants to force him to die, I'm afraid that when my grandfather comes back, you will be beaten again." ”

"Tsk, you kid is crushing me with your grandfather again. Your father and I are also Yinqing Guanglu doctors, can't we save some face for our father! ”

The middle-aged man's name is Mu Feng, and he is the second son of Zhongguogong.

Mu Yichuan, the prince of Zhongguo, made great achievements for Emperor Shun's country, and his eldest son and third son died on the battlefield and sacrificed their lives for the country. Emperor Shun was grateful for the loyalty of the Mu family, so he personally named Mu Yichuan as the Duke of Zhongguo, and gave the largest mansion in the capital to the Mu family.

Mu Feng, as the second son of the Mu family, is the most cowardly and incompetent one, and the only greatest contribution he made to the Mu family was to give birth to the only seedling, Mu Lingci.

Mu Ling sighed, stopped and turned to look at Mu Feng, who was panting, "Father, don't worry, Mrs. Chengguo will go to pay her respects on her birthday, and Honglu Temple still has official business, so I will leave first." ”

Mu Feng wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at Mu Ling's back as he left, and felt a little lonely in his heart.

This Mu Lingci lost his mother since he was a child, Mu Feng in order to avoid laziness and to cling to the royal family, so he sent the young Mu Lingci to the princess's mansion to raise her, the imperial aunt was young and widowed, and had no children under her knees, so she regarded Mu Lingci as her own and adopted him as a righteous son.

Fortunately, Mu Lingci did not inherit his father's mediocrity, at the age of ten he went to the battlefield with the Duke of Zhongguo, and at the age of thirteen, he could take off the head of the enemy general by skill, which can be described as a young hero, and he has a handsome and extraordinary appearance, and many nobles in the capital are fascinated by him.

It's just that Mu Feng was worried that his only seedling would unfortunately die on the battlefield like his eldest brother and third brother, so he searched for death and life in the mansion, which forced Mu Ling to abandon Wu Congwen and take his career, but Mu Lingci also formed a knot because of this matter.

The north wind was raging, like a group of wolves roaring and galloping, blowing past people and blowing their faces painfully, and it was indeed a rare sunny day on the day of Mrs. Chengguo's birthday banquet.

A group of ladies and ladies arrived in their own carriages, and the party was bigger than the other, as if they were the protagonists of today.

In the carriage of the Lou family, Lou Yunxue was pulling the silk silk with both hands, eager to tear the silk to pieces. She looked at Lou Yunxiao, who was wearing a light red and white lotus-patterned full-breasted skirt in front of her, angry and puzzled.

Obviously, Lou Yunxiao's dress has been cut to pieces, why is there another one, this one is even more beautiful than the one that has been cut.

"Why is the fifth sister looking at me like this?" Lou Yunxiao noticed Lou Yunxue's expression and asked deliberately.

Lou Yunxue was taken aback by this sudden inquiry, and then returned to normal, "It's nothing, it's just that I took a few more glances at the bright skirt of the third sister, such a good dress must have been given by the eldest brother." ”

Lou Yunxue was full of jealousy, she just couldn't see that Lou Yunxiao was being kind to her.

Lou Yunxiao looked at Lou Yunxue playfully but ignored her.

Shaoyan, I heard a neighing sound of horses outside the car, the carriage slowly settled, Lou Yunxue glanced at Lou Yunxiao and got off the carriage with her skirt, Lou Yunxiao didn't fight with her, and got out of the carriage after her.

The carriage behind them also stopped, and Lou Yunshuang led Chun'er down from it and walked towards Lou Yunxiao, and the sisters walked into the Taishi Mansion side by side.

However, Fu Yuewei did not go with them, she came to the Taishi Mansion early in the morning to celebrate her birthday, also to leave a good impression in front of these official wives.

At noon, all the ladies and gentlemen of all families have basically arrived, and the birthday banquet officially begins. There are two seats for men and women in the Taishi Mansion, and the middle is separated by a screen. On the main seat, the women's seat is Mrs. Chengguo, and the men's seat is the imperial master.

The Taishi Mansion is magnificent, even the dishes and chopsticks are forged with silverware, and the drinking side is made of fine jade. Lou Yunxiao felt extravagant just looking at these decorations and pavilions, but thinking about the status of the Taishi family in the current dynasty that Brother Ah and she talked about, she felt that it was reasonable to use these.

Mrs. Chengguo has gray temples, looking at everyone with kind eyebrows, she is the first lady of the dynasty, and the grandmother of the current queen, with a high status, even if she sits there and doesn't speak, the people below don't dare to be too presumptuous.

Lou Yunxiao sat at the last seat, she looked at Mrs. Chengguo from a distance, and saw for the first time how dignified and dignified a woman with high status was. She looked at the little ladies who were dressed up and showed off, and she was puzzled, she was just participating in the birthday banquet, why did she dress up as if she was going to the draft.

She was thinking about it when she suddenly heard a sharp and piercing voice coming from outside the table, "Princess Changhe has arrived!" ”

Everyone looked over, only to see a woman dressed in bright yellow peony patterns walked in with a smile, so bright and lovely, the steps on the bun rattled the bell, this dress looked a little mature, but her face was a little childish, and she didn't look like she was just in time.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chengguo, who had been sitting upright, slowly got up with the support of the servant woman, and saluted Princess Changhe, who was walking towards her, "The princess is here, and the old body feels honored." ”

"The old lady doesn't have to be polite." Princess Changhe didn't mean to help Mrs. Chengguo, but just sat at the front of the women's seat.

Everyone seemed to be surprised by Princess Changhe's behavior, and Mrs. Chengguo only smiled lightly and sat back with the support of the servant.

The next thing is to give birthday gifts to the prefectures, naturally, this gift is not to give as much as you want to give, it is to be given according to the official quality, so that it will not be too showy or rude, and it will save you from the crime of bribery.

Lou Yunxiao only learned from the flattering words of those officials and relatives today that not everyone can be called Mrs., and only those who are worthy of these two words are worthy of it.

Mrs. Chengguo looked at everyone who came to present the gift with that amiable appearance, although she was old, she was still deaf and clear-sighted, and her speech and demeanor did not lose everyone's demeanor, and she really could be called "Mrs.".

After sitting for a long time, Lou Yunxiao found that this kind of banquet was the most boring, in order to maintain the demeanor of a noble girl, she could only eat in small bites, the roasted hump on the table looked very delicious, but it was cut into too large pieces, and Lou Yunxiao could only look at it with a blank eye.

The ladies all looked out of the table from time to time, as if they were waiting for someone. One by one, they didn't know how many catties of incense powder they threw on their bodies, which made Lou Yunxiao dizzy and nauseous, and she gradually lost her appetite when she looked at the food on this table.

Just when Lou Yunxiao felt bored and was about to urinate, a servant woman hurriedly walked through the crowd, knelt beside Mrs. Chengguo and whispered a few words.

After a moment, Mrs. Chengguo raised her eyes and glanced at the flattering and courteous officials surrounding her, "Ladies, sit down, and the old man will give you a drink." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials and relatives sat back obediently, and Mrs. Chengguo's hands like dead wood held a gold-inlaid beast head agate cup, bowed slightly to everyone, and then raised their heads and drank it all, and everyone also raised their heads to echo.

A thin sweet and slightly spicy cold wine entered the throat, and it was a little cold at first, but after entering the stomach, it felt hot and warmed the stomach, and the body warmed up all of a sudden.

Lou Yunxiao recalled that her adoptive parents forbade her to drink alcohol in the past, and she was very rebellious at that time, so she asked a junior brother to help her buy a bottle of liquor, but the wine was spicy and choked, and she only took one sip and never drank it again.

But today's wine is really delicious, with a sweet aftertaste that warms her body and heart, so she can't help but take a few more sips.

Suddenly, a group of little ladies suddenly became restless, what was reserved and dignified, and what noble women's manners were thrown out of the clouds, and they all looked at Lang Jun who was striding forward like a wolf.

I saw Mu Lingci wearing an ink-colored robe, wearing a green fox fur collar robe, and walked in with his head held high, followed by two burly guards, and the two of them carried a large object together, which was covered with a red cloth, mysterious and mysterious.

The little ladies couldn't wait to gouge out their eyeballs and put them on Mu Lingci's body, Lou Yunxiao realized that they were all here for this Mu family Xiaolangjun.

It's no wonder that this Mu Xiaolangjun looks really heroic, and it is normal for little girls to fall in love. But she hasn't seen any handsome patients, so she won't be like this group of uninformed little ladies.

"Mu Shaoqing is really dignified, no matter when and where, he is such a celestial appearance, and I don't know who will be blessed to marry Mu Shaoqing in the future." A little lady looked at him blankly and said with a on her face.

The little ladies around couldn't help but hide their faces and laugh when they heard this, and one of them even sneered: "Anyway, I can't look down on you, who in the whole capital doesn't know that Princess Changhe and Mu Shaoqing's childhood sweetheart, just because you are also worthy of competing with Princess Changhe?" ”

It was Qiao Nanyi, the second daughter of the military department, who had always been good friends with Princess Changhe, and she had always been unpopular with the princess.

When all the little ladies heard this, they stopped talking, and sure enough, as soon as Mu Ling resigned, Princess Changhe's eyes straightened, and her expression became gentle. Looking at Mu Lingci walking forward step by step, her face turned red.

"Cangyuan, you're here." Princess Changhe changed her appearance with her eyes above the top and became cowardly.

"Meet Princess Changhe." Mu Ling bowed and bowed, his tone was cold, and he didn't even look at her, but instead looked at Mrs. Chengguo, "Cangyuan congratulates the old lady on her birthday on behalf of my grandfather and father, and I am here to present a congratulatory gift. ”

Princess Changhe was splashed with cold water in public, but her eyes still couldn't help but look at him, a while ago, she specially invited Mu Lingci to give her a gift, but he didn't appreciate it, she looked forward to it all day, and it didn't take two more eyes to see him today.

Mrs. Chengguo suddenly smiled, "Cangyuan doesn't need to be polite. ”

Mu Lingci turned sideways, grabbed the corner of the red cloth on the object, and showed the whole picture of the congratulatory gift with a wave of his long arm. I saw a red coral with a smooth texture and bright red color on top of the blue pine and cypress pattern.

Everyone present, including the men's seat, was unconsciously attracted by this red coral through the looming screen.

"This is a Persian tribute treasure, a plant is worth a thousand taels of gold, although Mu Shaoqing is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, these tribute treasures are commonplace, but all the provinces are in accordance with the regulations to offer gifts, and I prefer Shaoqing to offer such a heavy gift, is it possible that Ningzhou Liang Wei's bribery is not enough to alert Mu Shaoqing?"

It was Qiao Hongshi, the father of Jonanyi, who spoke.

Mu Lingci lowered his eyes, and in the face of Qiao Hongshi's accusation, he still said with an unchanged face: "Qiao Shangshu, Fang Cai has already made it clear that this congratulatory gift is offered by a certain person for the Duke of Zhongguo and his father, and this thing is in line with etiquette even if it is valuable." Qiao Shangshu is so righteous and righteous, I don't know if he is dissatisfied with our Mu family? Or is he too old to understand what others are saying? Qiao Shangshu, please be cautious! ”