auspicious time has come

Chapter 74 The Immortals Invite
Xiao Mu thinks that he is not sure that he can persuade Ji Hengyu——

To be precise, he has always been quite strategizing, once he gets the word Ji Hengyu, he basically bid farewell to the so-called "grasp" word.

But as the coach, he shoulders the life-long happiness of his subordinates, so he can't show his lack of confidence.

So, Xiao Hou came to the outer study room, took two or three steps in the room, and said: "Please come and talk about it, Master Ji."

Yin Hai was slightly startled: "The general intends to invite you like this?"

Xiao Mu considered for a while: "...then I will go to see her?"

"If you can't make it, if the general goes to the door in person, wouldn't it be no different from a threat?"

Xiao Mu thought about it, indeed.

And... Ji Hengyu is not someone who will compromise due to threats.

Therefore, it is not feasible anyway.

Xiao Mu rarely looked at his subordinates with questioning eyes.

"Since ancient times, when discussing relatives, one must be friendly..." Yin Hai said with a smile: "If you don't talk about it, you should invite each other to a banquet. Sit down and talk in detail to show your sincerity?"

Xiao Mu thought for a moment, then nodded: "It makes sense."

Yin Hai said again: "According to previous investigations, it is known that Ji painter was well versed in the way of entertainment when he was in the capital. Appreciating flowers, drinking wine and painting beauties are all his favorites. I heard that the adopted son of Princess Yongyang's mansion is Ji. The painter has cultivated a good skill in brewing wine, and he really puts his heart into it."

"..." Xiao Mu ignored the second half of the sentence, and said, "Then let people prepare good wine—don't use the strong wine in the army to deal with it, it needs to be light and palatable."

Yin Hai readily agreed, and asked again: "Do you need to ask your wife to accompany you?"

Xiao Mu shook his head subconsciously as soon as he heard it: "No need, I will invite you alone."

If the mother is by the side, I'm afraid that the atmosphere at that time will not be discussing marriage for Da Zhu——

Yin Hai suppressed his satisfaction, said "yes", and then stepped back to make arrangements.

However, after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked at his general from head to toe.

Xiao Mu felt uncomfortable when he looked at him: "What?"

"The general rushed back from the barracks, he was dusty all over, didn't he consider going to change?"

Xiao Mu raised his sleeve, took a look, then put his hand behind his back, and said solemnly: "It's not that this Marquis is discussing marriage."

Yin Hai let out an "oh" and nodded: "That's true."

After speaking, he backed out.

Thinking that it was still early, Xiao Mu wanted to sit down behind the desk and deal with some official duties.

However, after looking at the robe on his body, after a while, he finally said: "Have someone change my clothes—"

Without it, it's just etiquette.

Wang Jingyong was taken aback for a moment—didn't the general just say...?
However, just as he answered "Yes", he heard the inconsistency say: "Wait—"

Wang Jingyong looked over.

"No need." Xiao Mu stood up from the desk: "I'm going back to the residence."

Wang Jingyong responded again.

He followed Xiao Mu back to the courtyard, only to hear his general say directly to the servant who came forward: "Prepare hot water, take a bath."

Wang Jingyong: "...?"

……

On the other side, Heng Yu finished writing a family letter from the elders and handed it to Jiji to send it out.

The moment Jiji received the letter, she raised her head and looked up at her girl, only to see that the girl was looking at her with a smile on her face: "Go."

Jiji's nose was a little sore, she nodded and smiled: "Yes, maidservant will go now."

Hengyu looked at the back of the little girl leaving for a while, then got up from behind the desk, walked out of the study, came to the corridor, stretched herself, looked at the gray and blue sky, and said casually: "Night It's going to snow..."

"Miss, do you want to drink?" Cui Huai asked with a smile beside her.

In the scholarly family, even the maid is proficient in some calligraphy and poetry.

"When you mention it like that, I'm overthinking it." Heng Yu smiled and nodded: "Let's warm up a pot at night."

She came to Yingzhou this time, and she was ready to return without success, and she has made such great progress now, which is something worth celebrating.

Then congratulate yourself and have a few drinks.

"By the way, send a pot of wine to Uncle Ping."

As soon as Cuihuai answered, she was about to prepare wine, when she heard a female envoy passing a message to her, saying: "Master Hou is hosting a banquet in the Songfeng Pavilion in the garden, and wants to invite Painter Ji to come."

Hengyu was a little surprised: "Master Hou has returned home?"

"Yes, I just returned to the mansion two hours ago, and I asked someone to prepare a banquet." The female envoy said with a smile on her face, "I wonder if Master Ji is free at night?"

Heng Yu nodded: "Naturally."

Regardless of other things, if the gods invite you, then of course you will go to the appointment.

The female envoy Fushen exited the long corridor to answer, Heng Yu stretched out her hand outside the corridor, and finely divided snow stars fell into her palm.

The sky is getting darker, the snow is getting denser, from snow particles to catkins, and gradually into pieces of goose feathers floating and falling.

Jiji took a purple bamboo umbrella and went out of the front hall with Hengyu.

"You don't have to follow, just wait for me to come back." Heng Yu said to the little girl.

Tonight, it would be inconvenient for Jiji to be around.

Jiji was taken aback for a moment before nodding: "Yes."

She handed the umbrella to the female envoy of the Hou Mansion: "Please take care of my girl, sister."

The maid responded with a smile, held an umbrella for Hengyu, and led her all the way to the Songfeng Pavilion deep in the garden.

Firstly, it is quiet here, and secondly, it is located in the garden, which was originally a place to enjoy the scenery, so the scenery is quite good.

At this time, the lights in the pavilion were already lit, and the surroundings were all white, and the lights emitted rounds of light yellow warm light.

When Hengyu arrived, he saw a dark blue figure standing outside the hall door with his hands behind his back, like a tall and straight cedar tree, waiting for the guests to come.

"Master Hou is waiting here in person, it's really frightening."

Heng Yu walked up the stone steps and smiled at him.

"This is how you treat guests." Xiao Mu's eyes fell on her. The girl was wearing fox fur and a hood, the top of the hat on her shoulders was white, and she had a smiling palm-sized face with a red nose. He said :"come in."

Heng Yu nodded, lightly stomped the snow on the shoes behind him, and then followed him across the threshold.

There is a brazier burning in the room, which is full of warmth.

The maid took off her cloak for her, and hung it on the sandalwood lady picture screen beside her.

The table was set by the window, Heng Yu and Xiao Mu sat cross-legged facing each other, soon a female envoy brought a food box and put out hot meals.

Another female envoy knelt and sat beside a small red clay stove to warm the wine.

The warm aroma of food and wine filled the room, Xiao Mu raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, Heng Yu unceremoniously picked up the pair of chopsticks, and took the first chopstick first - guests should behave like guests .

Seeing her casual demeanor, Xiao Mu had a slight smile in his eyes.

As far as the eye can see, the girl chewed and swallowed the food carefully, her eyes sparkling: "This marinated mutton is very good, very tender."

Xiao Mu was not interested in eating, but it was rare to feel a bit of smoke and fire. He motioned to the maid serving vegetables to help her, and said, "Try this vinegar celery. It's quite authentic compared to the capital."

Heng Yu nodded, trying to put a piece of vinegar parsley into his mouth.

The girl's eating style has the gentleness brought up by a scholarly family since childhood, but she is not shy. As she chews, the crunchy celery makes a soft sound——

A scene that often appeared in dreams suddenly flashed in Xiao Mu's mind.

The little girl was weeping and chewing hard naan bread, like a poor kitten——

(End of this chapter)