Forty years of the Divine Thunder, May 23rd.

It is advisable to pray for blessings, celebrations, and sacrifices.

As time passes, the National Day has finally arrived, and Shengjing is very lively everywhere.

In this world, there is no Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals, the most important festival of the year is the New Year, the second is the sacrifice ceremony, and the third is the National Day.

On this day, the whole country celebrates, and even the prisoners in prison can improve their food today.

Emperor Yan will hold a National Day banquet in the Tai'an Hall of the Imperial Palace today, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the princes and nobles, will be invited to participate in the banquet.

The invitation to the National Day banquet had been delivered to the Demon King's Mansion two days ago, and it was personally sent by Liu Tong, the chief eunuch, which was not solemn.

Although Su Mu was very reluctant to participate in this kind of easily eye-catching banquet, he was helpless.

If the Confucian Father is here, it doesn't matter if he goes or not; The key is that the Confucian saint is not here now, and as the son of the Confucian saint, of course he has to attend on his behalf.

Su Mu had been cultivating at home since he came back from the Appreciation Pavilion that day, but the Gathering Spirit Array had not yet cooled down, so he could only smash the best spirit stones to supply the Gathering Spirit Array.

In just five days, he had consumed more than fifty top-grade spirit stones, and this consumption made him feel painful.

But in order to cultivate, there is no way to do it.

At present, his cultivation has reached the bottleneck, the twelfth layer of Qi refining is the Great Perfection, and the next step is to build the foundation.

In fact, as long as Su Mu wanted to, he could impact the Mud Pill Palace at any time to build a foundation, but he was not sure now, so he still kept absorbing the aura, the purpose was to polish the vitality in his body to be more majestic and deeper.

After all, the impact on the Mud Pill Palace is quite a dangerous thing, and if one is not done well, there may be no people.

"Childe, it's almost time, if you don't set off now, you may miss the hour."

Zhao Ming came to Su Mu's residence to report to him.

The banquet was held at noon, and now the hour was almost up, the Xu family was ready to go, and Su Mu was still rubbing in the room.

After a while, Su Mu walked out of the room.

But when Zhao Ming saw his appearance, he was stunned, because Su Mu was wearing a very simple, ordinary white Confucian robe, and he didn't bring accessories such as jade.

Even the gorgeous purple and gold crown was replaced with a wooden hairpin, which at first glance looked like an ordinary Confucian student.

"Childe, what are you ...... Dressed like this? ”

Seeing this, Zhao Ming couldn't help but speak, full of doubts.

It's not that Su Mu's dress is not good-looking, his face is there, even if it is such an ordinary dress, he also wears a fairy and elegant taste.

At first glance, it looks like drinking well water in the scorching heat, refreshing and clean, which is unforgettable.

But what I'm going to attend today is the National Day banquet, everyone is dressed up to attend, even his accompanying attendant, he has chosen the best clothes to come out today.

As the son of a Confucian saint, Su Mu's dress is too ordinary.

"What's wrong with this, what's wrong? There is no rule that you can't wear Confucian robes to participate in the National Day banquet. ”

Su Mu asked rhetorically, this was specially picked by him.

In order to look as low-key as possible, he didn't even dare to wear gorgeous clothes, and deliberately chose the most ordinary clothes to change into.

If you can attract less attention, attract less.

Zhao Ming was dumbfounded for a while, and after scratching his head, he didn't say anything, because it was really okay to say it so hard.

"Today's National Day banquet, why don't you go with you?"

Su Mu glanced at the red-haired bird lying on his stomach in the nest in the tree, it was rare for this guy not to shout to go out with him today.

The red-haired bird moved his body and changed to a comfortable position, and said without raising his eyelids when he heard the words: "It's just a National Day banquet, what is there to attend." ”

"This kind of small scene is not worth the Bird Master's attendance, Emperor Yan Lao'er personally came to invite the Bird Master, and I am almost the same."

The words are full of arrogance and contempt.

Zhao Ming rolled his eyes and sneered: "Today, the powerhouse of the Demon Town Division will also participate in the banquet, it is afraid that it will be beheaded as a monster." ”

The red-haired bird was furious: "Fart! How many times have I said it, Master Bird, I am a spirit animal, not a demon! ”

"And what is the Demon Suppression Division, the Bird Master will be afraid of them? Even if they all come, it's not enough for me to stuff my teeth! ”

The red-haired big bird said words such as "Su Changqing has been beaten by me" and "The demon town is not Erer", and the courtyard was filled with happy air inside and outside.

Su Mu didn't listen to it, and left with Zhao Ming.

The carriage had been prepared in front of the gate of the Demon King Mansion, and the Xu family and the housekeeper were waiting beside the carriage.

After Su Mu came over, Xu also noticed what he was wearing, and asked suspiciously: "Mu'er, you have no clothes to wear?" ”

She clearly remembered that she had asked the Imperial Clothes Workshop to customize thirty sets of daily clothes, but Su Mu was wearing the simplest Confucian robe.

"Of course not, it's just that children like to be low-key, and they don't like to be obtrusive."

Su Mu explained, it can be regarded as telling the truth.

The housekeeper Zhao Fulai was relieved when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh: "The son has such a character, he will become a great weapon in the future!" ”

Xu didn't dwell too much on this topic, anyway, in her eyes, whatever her son wore looked equally good.

After the mother and son got into the car, Zhao Ming drove the carriage pulled by eight strange beasts and galloped towards the imperial city.

……

Today's National Day banquet can be attended by hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, as well as nobles with knighthood status, or celebrities and Confucians.

Carriages of all kinds stopped outside the royal city, and everyone had to be invited to enter, and they had to verify their identities and check them one by one.

After all, the people who participated in the banquet today were all extraordinary, and Emperor Yan would also attend in person, so safety must be in place.

Zhao Ming drove the carriage to a stop outside the imperial city, and immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The Son of Heaven drives nine, and the saint drives eight.

This is a unique honor other than the emperor, and it is quite eye-catching everywhere you go.

"Look, that's the carriage of the Confucian family."

"Today's National Day banquet, the eldest son of the Confucian saint will definitely attend, right? I haven't seen him yet. ”

"I have been studying in the mansion for sixteen years, and I am really curious about what kind of Confucianism and Taoism this eldest son of Confucianism has reached."

"But I heard that he doesn't seem to have cultivated Confucianism, if he cultivates Confucianism, why did he set up a spiritual array at home some time ago?"

"The son of the Confucian saint doesn't follow the Confucian path, and he won't go to the military path or something, right?"

"People naturally have the idea of having a family, what are we speculating about here, will the son of the Confucian saint still be a mediocre person?"

……

The crowd around them whispered.

Soon Xu and Su Mu stepped out of the carriage together, and many eyes gathered.

Everyone was looking at Su Mu beside the Xu family.

Although Su Mu showed his face at the Yashan Poetry Meeting that day, many people still hadn't seen him, and today was the first time he appeared on a major occasion in the real sense.

"Shepherd, let's go."

Xu Shi pulled Su Mu and said, holding his head slightly high, with an unstoppable smile on the corner of his mouth, and his heart was full of pride.

After so many years, she can finally let her son appear in front of everyone's eyes openly and tell everyone that this is her son!

Su Mu looked at his mother Xu's expression, his mood was slightly complicated, although he was crossing, but Xu's love for him was sincere.

The Taixuan Gate is the main entrance and exit to and from the Imperial Palace.

All attendees must also pass an identity check here today before they can enter the palace.

Su Mu originally wanted to line up to be inspected in an orderly manner, but the head of the guard in charge of the inspection immediately trotted over.

"Mrs. Xu, Master Su, the two of you can enter the palace directly, and there is no need to queue up here."

The leader of the Praetorian Guards bowed slightly, his expression respectful.

The family members of the Confucian saints who attended the banquet still had to be checked?

What are you kidding, if the commander knows about it, he will have to peel off his skin, and he will not be able to live if he is ignorant in the palace.

Xu smiled at him, and then led Su Mu over the long line and directly entered the palace through the gate.

The guards in charge of inspection and duty turned a blind eye to this and let them go.

"The name of Confucianism is awesome."

Seeing this, Su Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It's not been a short time since he crossed over, although he wished that the Confucian Holy Father would finish his calf early, but he did enjoy all the privileges of being a Confucian saint's son.

Just enter Yashan Academy and say hello, and the dean and Daru will come to greet you in person; wanted to set up a gathering spirit array, and a greeting Momen giant came directly to help, and no matter how big the turmoil was, no one came to hold him accountable.

Even on such an important occasion as the National Day banquet, everyone is lining up in a proper manner, and he can go in directly.

The privileges represented behind these things are not necessarily even available to the crown prince!

Seeing that Su Mu and Xu went in without queuing, a noble child who was struggling in line suddenly became anxious.

"Why don't they have to check and queue? I'm against it! You're doing it differently! ”

This noble kid is only eighteen or nineteen years old, and at a glance, he knows that he is the kind of gentleman, and he can't even recognize the carriage of the Demon King's Mansion.

When the other officials and nobles in line heard this, they all looked at him with the eyes of fools, and none of the guards paid any attention to him.

"Evil obstacles! Shut up yet! ”

"That's the family of the Confucian saint!"

The father of this aristocratic son turned blue and white for a while, and directly slapped his son hard.

Then the team didn't line up, and dragged his son away in embarrassment, which really couldn't afford to lose face.

Seeing this, the others looked at each other with sympathy, thinking that if their own son was so stupid, it would be better not to give birth.

……

The banquet was held in the Tai'an Temple.

The Tai'an Hall is a place where kings give banquets, and all large banquets or celebrations will be held here.

The whole palace is built with great grandeur and splendor, showing the dignity and luxury of the royal family.

The banquet is divided into two sides, and the seats are mixed according to their status.

At the end of the banquet on both sides is the dragon chair where the emperor sits, and the positions of the concubines and princesses.

Su Mu and Xu's positions were not on the lower sides, but sat at the same table with the princes and princesses.