Yuan Day is one of the most important festivals of the Northern Holy Dynasty, the capital and even the whole world are a faction of festive and peaceful atmosphere, all the vassal countries under the Northern Holy Dynasty have sent envoys to send tribute a few days before the Yuan Day, the officials of the Honglu Temple are also more and more busy, Mu Lingci as the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple is even more busy with his feet on the ground, welcoming the envoys and sending off guests, counting the tributes, almost everything is done by himself.

Counting the days, he hadn't been to the mansion for more than 20 days, Mu Ling stood under the tree, looking at the moon like Lou Yunxiao's eyes when he smiled.

When Lou Xuanyi came to return his robe, he made up his mind to become friends with Lou Xuanyi, and all this was just that he wanted to find a valid reason for him to go to Lou Mansion to meet the person he wanted to see.

Leji leaned against the pillar with his fists clenched, hesitated for a moment and walked over.

"Lang Jun, the Lord has already come to invite you three times."

Mu Lingci's gaze retracted, and all the sorrows were piled up in the corners of his eyes.

When he was nine years old, he watched his mother die of depression, and his father Mu Feng was having fun with the concubines at that time, and the servant women around his mother went to invite Mu Feng to visit his wife three times and twice, but they were all scolded, and she never saw her husband come to see her until his mother ran out of oil.

For a long time after that, Zhongguo Gong saw that Mu Lingci's anger was getting heavier and heavier, so he simply took him to the battlefield with him, teaching him martial arts every day, and he used all his anger to kill the enemy, and that resentment gradually dissipated. Who knew that Mu Feng later desperately stopped Mu Lingci and did not allow him to go to the battlefield again, and Zhongguo Gong also thought that Mu Lingci was the only bloodline of the Mu family, so he agreed to this matter.

I thought that Mu Feng finally found out that he was ready to compensate Mu Lingci, but he didn't expect him to send Mu Lingci to the princess's mansion of the imperial aunt, and he was still happy and happy, and even accepted two more beautiful concubines.

"You go back to the lord, just say that Honglu Temple has been busy with official business recently, and I have rested, let him have something to say tomorrow." Mu Lingci clenched his fists with hatred every time he remembered his helpless and empty eyes when his mother died.

"Cangyuan, I came to see you for my father, and I don't have to let Leji go back to my father for these nonsense." Mu Feng strode over and sat straight on the stone bench placed in the courtyard.

Mu Lingci raised his hand and motioned for Leji to retreat, and he sat opposite Mu Feng, but his body did not face Mu Feng.

"What's the matter with my father?"

"My father heard about you and the three ladies of the Lou family in the cultivation lane recently, and I heard that you and the Lou family are like each other, it is naturally good that you can make good friends, but such a small portal can't match you at all, and you should try to stay away from the Lou family in the future, so as not to displease Princess Changhe."

Mu Feng looked serious, if he hadn't gone out drinking with his colleagues today, he wouldn't have known about these things.

"It's been a long time since this incident, and those people with long tongues love to spread false rumors, and my father doesn't need to listen to those pickled words, and besides, as a court official, he eats food and salary, so naturally he can't turn a blind eye to the lives of innocent people."

Mu Lingci accentuated the last sentence, and there was indifference and anger hidden under those star-like eyes.

Mu Feng coughed, he also knew that he couldn't live with Mu Ling's mother and son. However, over the years, he has always wanted to have another son with the concubines, who knew that he was pregnant with one by one, and everyone said that the deceased mother was punishing Mu Feng, so he gave up this idea.

"Cangyuan, anyway, don't think about marrying that Lou San Niang, Princess Changhe and your childhood sweetheart, they are a good match, it just so happens that Princess Changhe has passed the marriage, and it is time for you to prepare for family affairs."

Mu Lingci stood up when he heard this, and said, "My son's marriage is handled by my stepmother, so I don't have to worry about my father." ”

"You ......"

"It's getting late, and the aunts in my father's room must have been waiting for a long time, so my father should go back." Mu Ling bowed and saluted, but his waist was only slightly tilted.

"That's it, anyway, except for Princess Changhe, I won't recognize anyone as my daughter-in-law!" After that, Mu Feng brushed his sleeves and left.

At this time, in the palace, in a palace with a jade step, Princess Changhe was so angry that she threw things.

"It's really wishful thinking that a small country dares to ask to marry this princess!"

The maids kneeling on both sides lay on the ground motionless and did not dare to move. Just this afternoon, the envoys of the Bolu Kingdom came to see and asked to marry the princess Changhe of the Northern Holy Dynasty in public, but Emperor Shun immediately refused, but the envoys of the Bolu Kingdom threatened that if the princess was not allowed to make peace, then he could only see the high and low on the battlefield.

For a while, all the courtiers were talking about it, and they insisted on their own words.

When Princess Changhe heard this, she was so angry that she fell for an afternoon, and looking at the white jade porcelain bottle in her hand, she slammed to the ground, and the splashed broken porcelain pieces cut the face of the maid on the side, and the maid could only endure the pain and let the blood flow all over her cheeks.

"Come on, drag this broken maid down and send her to the cold palace to serve."

The maid raised her head in horror and looked at Princess Changhe, the wound on her face was still bleeding out, "No, don't, princess. ”

The people in the cold palace are all ruthless or crazy women, and most of the palace maids who go to serve that group of women will not live for more than a year, as long as they enter that place, they don't have to think about coming out.

But Princess Changhe never looked at her twice, but just let the two fathers-in-law drag the maid down, and for her, life has always been worthless.

Half an hour later, a man in an ink-colored brocade robe appeared in front of the door of the palace, and his unruly eyes swept around, and finally landed on Princess Changhe.

"Changhe, I've come to see you for my brother."

"Ninth brother, what are you doing?" Princess Changhe shook off her sore hand, flicked her sleeves and sat down in her chair.

"Naturally, I'm here to see the future Princess Boru." The Nine Emperor Prince looked at her playfully and sat down on the chair beside her.

"Li Shiche, you are still not my own brother, I am like this, you are still angry with me! It's just that my father doesn't hurt me, and even you don't hurt me? Princess Changhe pouted and said resentfully.

The Nine Emperors waved his hand, motioned for the maids to retreat, and as the palace door closed, he said to Princess Changhe mysteriously: "You and I are my mother, how can I not love you." Don't you just don't want to marry Boluguo? There is a way for my brother. ”

When Princess Changhe heard this, her tightened facial features relaxed, and she said angrily: "Father doesn't want to make a big move, maybe now that he has allowed the envoy's courtship, what can the imperial brother do, is it possible that the imperial brother will attack Bolu on behalf of Changhe?" When I was a child, my father invited a bachelor of martial arts for you and the prince, and the prince was already successful in only two months, but what about you, either pretending to be sick or skipping class, but you were so angry that your mother was sick for several days. ”

"I'm not good at dancing knives and guns, but some people are born to be generals, if he goes out, what kind of climate can the little Bolu country become." The Nine Emperors looked at Princess Changhe and smiled evilly.

"Brother Huang is saying, Cangyuan?" Princess Changhe's dark eyes rolled, "But how could Uncle Mu agree, I'm afraid you forgot how Uncle Mu cried, made trouble and hanged himself back then." ”

"That old thing Mu Feng is bent on letting his son climb high branches, and now that you are a princess to be married in the entire imperial court, he must be more anxious than you at the moment."

The Nine Emperors then told Princess Changhe all about his plans.

He calculated that Mu Feng was a mercenary guy, so he specially asked Mu Feng to drink and have fun today, and deliberately revealed the gossip between Lou Yunxiao and Mu Lingci.

In this way, Mu Feng was worried about losing the princess's high branch, and he was afraid that Mu Lingci would really be hooked by this lady of this small portal, even if he didn't want Mu Lingci to regain his uniform, he had to agree, and he couldn't let others rob him of this credit in vain.

And Mu Lingci was already angry about abandoning martial arts and literature back then, and he would definitely not refuse to take advantage of this matter to return to the battlefield. So once Mu Ling's resignation for Princess Changhe is confirmed, the world will think that the Zhongguo Mansion has taken refuge in the Nine Emperors.

This plan will be able to get such a big backer as the Zhongguo Mansion without much effort, and it will be much easier for the Nine Emperor Princes to bring down the crown prince at that time.

"It's still the ninth brother who is thoughtful, if you want to talk about strategy, the prince is definitely not the opponent of the ninth brother, if it is not for the prince to be the queen's concubine, how can he live in the East Palace and be awarded the position of prince. Speaking of which, the ninth brother is more suitable to be the prince. The gloom on Princess Changhe's face was swept away, and her heart was much happier.

Two days later, it was the first day, and on this day, each family cleaned the house spotlessly, and hung up the red lanterns.

The sky is getting dark, the moon is shrouded, and everyone in the capital is happily preparing for the family banquet, and the same is true of the mansion.

Lou Yunxiao led Chun'er to the back hall, respectfully saluted Lou Qihuai and Fu Yuewei and sat down, and when she sat down, she found that Aunt Cheng also made a rare appearance today, but she looked thinner, and now she is also a circle of black green.

Lou Xuanyi sent Zhengde to inform him that his arm was injured and it was still inconvenient to eat, so Lou's father asked him to bring some of his favorite dishes to Zhengde to take back to Fuguangxuan.

The backroom was furnished in a warm and cozy setting, but the family sat at the same table and had nothing to say to each other.

After dinner, Lou Yunxiao asked Wuwu to send Chun'er back to Canglan Zhai first, and he carried a red lantern and took some snacks to Aunt Cheng's Graceful Pavilion.