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Mu Yelai was ecstatic in his heart, but his face still showed the composure and calmness of the two generations. He stood up calmly and said, "Yingzhi, Yinghuan, come with me to my mother. I want to ask my mother about the arrangements for the autumn banquet this year. Have you sent out the invitation list?" After saying that, he got up gracefully and walked out of the room.

The Mu family just became a marquis this year and moved from Anxi to Luoyang.In Anxi, the Mu family was originally a royal family. Although they are only enfeoffed as marquises now, their grandeur remains undiminished.

It's a pity that just after arriving in Dazhou, it caught up with the wind and rain in Dazhou, and it was in danger.

However, Lord Mu Hou is an idiot. Although he was awarded the title by the Great Zhou Dynasty, when he saw Emperor Dezhen's death, he did not hesitate to take refuge in Qi Boshi, the most powerful rebel king of Qi. The stubborn little emperor paid attention to it.

As soon as the Mu family settled down in Luoyang, they planned to hold an autumn banquet as they used to do in Anxi.

Because when they were still in Anxi, autumn was the best season.Green and sweet horse grapes, golden cantaloupe, watermelon with thin skin and juicy sweet sand, Korla pear, sweet and crisp jujube, all of them are sweeter and more delicious than these melons and fruits in the Central Plains.

Members of the royal family even held an autumn banquet to have fun with the people, expressing a kind of comfort and condolences to the people under their rule.

Even if they moved to the Central Plains, the nine surnames of Zhaomu were all the same, following the tradition of the autumn feast, and gradually carried it forward.

The nine surnames of Zhaomu moved to Dazhou, and most of them lived in Chang'an.Live in Luoyang.Originally, there was only the Mansion of the Marquis of Anguo.Later, An Guohou's mansion was completely killed by the eldest son of their family, and Luoyang never held an autumn banquet again.

It wasn't until the last year that Mu Hou moved from Anxi, and after communicating with An Zichang, he solemnly planned to have the Mu family hold this year's autumn banquet.

But now people are in a state of panic, there are armies mobilized outside the city from time to time, and not many people are willing to come out for a walk.There are also many families who are loading cars in their own houses, preparing to leave Luoyang and go to the countryside or mountains.Avoid war.

Mu Yelai hurried to Cao's room, his aunt, and asked with a smile, "Mother, I wonder if the autumn banquet post has been sent out?"

Mrs. Cao was worrying about this matter, hugging the lap dog in her arms, and pouted at the Sifang table beside her, "They are all here. I don't know who to invite. I sent people to various mansions to test it out earlier. Not many people are willing to come. Alas," Cao shook his head, "I gave up the throne of Anxi and came to the Central Plains. I don't know what kind of luck it is to meet this time again."

When in Anxi.The Cao family was also once a queen, but in Luoyang.She is just an unpopular Mrs. Hou, and when she thinks about it, she just gets stuck in her heart.

Mu Yelai leaned over, looked carefully at the invitations, and recalled in his memory the mansions that had good relations with Muhou's mansion back then, and those potential mansions that would become masters in the new dynasty in the future. In contrast to the posts, he helped Cao with a few ideas in a soft-spoken manner.

Cao thought about it carefully.Finding it very useful, he pushed the lap dog away with joy.He held Mu Yelai in his arms and kept rubbing it, just like his own lap dog.

Mu Yelai felt a little uncomfortable, but she was the aunt, so she had to endure it.

After Cao's kiss was enough, Mu Yelai said lightly: "Mother, did Xu Sima's residence invite two people less?"

"No?" Cao was puzzled, and moved the invitation from the table for a closer look.

"Mother, you forgot that Xu Sima's house-filling wife brought two daughters to marry the Xu family. She is also a serious and serious Miss Xu. Mother invited Xu Sima's house-filling wife, but not her own daughter. Although there is nothing wrong with the etiquette, but the human relationship is not very good. Why should Mrs. Xu have such a lump in her heart? It's just two more little girls, and she has made face for her, and it shows that our Marquis is magnanimous, comprehensive, and can pass by the way Make a deal or two."

Mrs. Cao nodded when she heard this, hugged Mu Ye and said, "You should be more thoughtful, so let's do it this way. What are the names of the two ladies you brought to Mrs. Xu? Also add two invitations." Said Wan sighed again: "Mother is old, these things are beyond her imagination."

Mu Yelai hurriedly said: "Mother takes care of big things, and these small things should be taken care of by servants. The servants can't think of it. A daughter helps mother think that mother can rest assured that she will not let mother be rude in front of father. of."

The corners of Cao's mouth twitched into a high smile, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes.

Mu Yelai was no longer the ten-year-old spoiled child. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a masked smile on Cao's face. He curled his lips inwardly and stood up from Cao's body. , smiled and curtseyed: "Mother, then I'll ask them to add two invitation cards." They couldn't wait for a moment.

Cao Shi secretly marveled, but only smiled and told her to go quickly.

After Mu Ye came and left, the smile on Cao's face faded.

All the servants in the house have gone out, only a close-knit woman is guarding there.

"Ma'am, this third lady is getting more and more capable."

"Isn't it? I'm only ten years old, so I'm busy showing off." Mrs. Cao muttered in her heart, but she said indifferently: "They are all daughters of the Mu family, what can't be done? - Go, call the young miss Come here. She's 16 years old, and she doesn't know how to worry about her own marriage. She knows how to ride a horse and shoot arrows all day long, and she doesn't need to enlist in the army..."

The old woman hurriedly answered yes, and went out to invite the young lady Mu Yege over.

Mu Yege is the eldest daughter of the Cao family. If she were in Anxi, she would be the princess.It's a pity that when she came to Luoyang, she was just a young lady from Muhou's mansion.

Cao shi felt sorry for her in his heart, but on the surface he was stricter than anyone else.

"After three days, the autumn banquet will be held. It is also an opportunity for the aristocratic families in Luoyang to get to know you. You must prepare well, do you hear me?" Cao said sternly.

Singer Mu Ye held a horsewhip in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's not easy to be my husband-in-law. - First win the horsewhip in my hand." Then, he flicked his right wrist lightly, and swung the long whip He went out and smashed a pastel flower vase on the opposite side of Duobao Pavilion.

Zhaomu's nine surnames all practice martial arts, and both men and women can practice Kung Fu.

The Cao family was also born with the nine surnames Zhaomu.He was very pleased with Mu Yege's appearance, and nodded with a smile, "This is the home of our girl named Zhao Mujiu. Don't be like those small families who want to tie a man to your waistband. What the hell..."

Mu Yege laughed loudly, revealing a row of snow-white teeth, matched with her thick eyebrows and big eyes, fair skin and black hair, she had a kind of beauty that was different from the Central Plains girls.

Mrs. Cao pulled her over.He said to her in detail: "Your father and I both have a crush on An Zichang, the eldest son of An Guohou. When the autumn banquet is held, I will arrange for him to talk with you. You can study it yourself, okay?"

Mu Yege, who has always been forthright, heard the news, and suddenly shivered. "An... elder brother is a person who wants to do great things..."

"What's the matter with doing big things? You have to start a family and start a business if you want to do big things. Besides, I have always looked down on An Guohou's appearance. An Zi can often kill that wolf-hearted man with a single knife, which shows that he is a man with a sense of responsibility. Not to mention He said that he would kill the king himself, and wait until the new dynasty is established. He cannot escape with a hereditary title. If he is lucky, he may be crowned king..." Cao Shi and Mu Yege showed yearning expressions together.

And An Zichang himself.At this time, he was sitting in the study of Sima Xu Shao in Luoyang, opening with him the secret letter sent from King Qi Boshi.

"King Qi can't wait any longer. He will attack Chang'an before the end of the year." Xu Shao said in a low voice.

The door of the study room was tightly closed, and there were people waiting in ambush, front, back, left, right, and even on the roof.

An Zichang let out a "huh".He raised the amber goblet and drank the wine inside.Doesn't seem to care.

"You should also plan for yourself. King Qi appointed you as the vanguard generalissimo because he made up his mind to praise you as the number one general of the new dynasty. You are still young, and you should not be too obsessed with fame and fortune. You have to take your time and lay a good foundation, otherwise, the foundation will be too shallow, and sooner or later someone will uproot it.” For Xu Shao, these words were already very unpretentious.All he had to say was, beware of King Qi's "killing the cunning rabbit and hiding the good bow".

An Zichang sneered, leaned back on the seat, covered his forehead with his arm, half closed his slender phoenix eyes, and uttered a sentence from his thin red lips, "Uncle, you need to be famous early. You didn't Have you heard that saying?"

"But the position of vanguard generalissimo sounds nice, but it is actually the commander who goes to battle to kill the enemy, not the one who strategizes." Xu Shao was very worried, "You have settled down, and you are the only one."

An Zichang lowered his arms, his expression darkened.

"Oh, it's also Princess Chaoyang who is too cruel. If she saves your cousin An Zichan's life, you will have a brother to help you anyway." Xu Shao shook his head, sighed as he looked at King Qi's letter.

An Guohou's branch is the eldest family, and Princess Chaoyang is married to An Guohou's younger brother, and belongs to the second house of An's family. It was originally not in Luoyang, but in Jiangdu.

An Zichang killed Emperor Dezhen, the father of Princess Chaoyang five years ago, and then killed everyone in An Guohou's mansion.

Princess Chaoyang got the news in Jiangdu, and vowed to be at odds with An Zichang, and sent countless killers to hunt him down, but of course they all failed.And Jiangdu has just been occupied by the rebel Dou Zhang, who captured all the people in Jiangdu Princess Mansion and An's Second House.

Dou Zhang originally wanted to avenge Emperor Dezhen, saying that Anzi often killed the emperor and wanted to implicate the nine clans. An Zichang's uncles were all beheaded.

And because An Zichan was the biological son of Princess Chaoyang and the grandson of Emperor Dezhen, Dou Zhang pretended to let them go.

As a result, Duke Chaoyang said sternly: "He is a member of the anti-thief family, just take him away." He handed over his ten-year-old son, An Zichan, to Dou Zhang, and allowed Dou Zhang to insult and harm his son, and then watched helplessly. kill.

An Zichang remained silent for a long time, "I'm most sorry for this cousin.—Princess Chaoyang is out to take revenge on me, because I killed her father—that dog emperor."

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