Chang'an Ferry

When Li Shengye received this letter, he felt relieved and at the same time he always felt uncomfortable, but he didn't care about it, but continued to bury it in his work and left it behind.

But Mu Yanying received the invitation from Xiao Jingyue without reading the book for a long time.

"Plum Blossom Feast? What is it?" Mu Yanying held the delicately crafted plum blossoms with a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, and opened the handmade plum blossoms to slowly bloom. "It's so exquisite!"

"We don't know what this plum blossom feast is, so I'll ask now?" Qing Shu raised his hand high, eager to try.

Mu Yanying nodded, "Go and come back quickly"

"Alright" Qing Shu ran quickly.

"Then son, why did you reply?" Qing Niang asked.

"Don't worry, wait for Qingshu to inquire about the news and come back. It's not written here. Will you reply within three days after receiving the invitation?"

Qing Shu inquired about the news very quickly, and came back soon. Seeing that he was running out of breath, Mu Yanying quickly poured him a glass of water, and Qing Shu drank it down.

"This Plum Blossom Banquet is a cultural exchange banquet. The participants are all students from all over the country who came to the Imperial City for reference. Of course, not all of them are the top ranking people in the local rankings. It is usually hosted by the Ministry of Officials." Qing Shu finished in one breath. , sat on the side to rest his breath.

"That's how it is." Although the second son of the Mu family also took the exam, he was still on his way back to the imperial city from the northwest, so no one sent a post to the Mu family. Who would tell him such a thing at such a young age!

"Aunt Qing, is mother in the main courtyard?" Mu Yanying felt that she had to seek her mother's opinion, after all, this was the first time she had received an invitation!

"Ma'am may be in the accounting room now, and at the end of the year, the heads of shops and villages everywhere will send the account books." Qing Niang carefully picked the carbon to make it burn more vigorously.

"Then let's go find mother." Mu Yuying sat up, Qingniang quickly packed up the things at hand, Qing Shu skillfully put the cloak on Mu Yuying, Chu Ping saw Mu Yuying practicing sword in the yard When she went out, she planned to follow him, but Mu Yanying shook her head and told him to stay in the yard, and there would be no danger in her own home.

"Three Sons"

"Three Sons"

"Hmm," Mu Yingying responded one by one, and walked outside the account door, "Are you free, mother?"

Jiang Ning raised his head from the account book and rubbed his neck. Mu Yuying hurried in and pressed Jiang Ning's shoulders, "Mother, Xiao Jingyue, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, sent me an invitation." Qingshu immediately put the invitation on the With Jiang Ning at hand, "I don't know if I will go and ask my mother specifically." At the same time, he also told Jiang Ning the meaning of the plum blossom banquet.

"You can go." Jiang Ning closed the invitation, "but Ah Ying, you have to know that during this period of time, many ministers have written to the emperor to ask him to make a crown prince, and you and the emperor have always been close. If someone asks you at the table, you must pay attention."

"He asked me, but there's nothing I can do, and I don't know who my uncle wants to be the crown prince." Mu Yingying spread her hands.

"It's best not to know." Jiang Ning thought for a while, and then pulled Mu Yingying to the bench to sit down. "You should keep a good distance from the fourth prince, you understand?"

"Ah! But my uncle didn't say anything, and what does it have to do with which of them being the prince has anything to do with me getting closer to Aye?" Mu Yanying thought suspiciously.

Jiang Ning looked at Mu Yanying's confused face, and sighed in his heart, alas, what a child, anyway, the Mu family can protect a child now, "Forget it, it's up to you, but you have to promise mother, no matter what If you hear any news from the emperor, you can't tell anyone, understand?"

"Don't worry! Mother," Mu Yanying nodded.

Jiang Ning tidied up the account books on the table, "I haven't eaten together for a long time, and I will have dinner with my mother today"

Mu Yanying nodded again and again, "Then mother, let's go!"

The Plum Blossom Banquet was held on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it had snowed profusely the day before. Qingniang called Mu Yanying several times before she sat up in a daze, "I don't want to go."

"This can't be done, I've already replied." Qing Niang put clothes on Mu Yanying one by one.

"No, I'm sick." Mu Yanying wanted to fall back, but Qingniang grabbed her hand, "Don't say such unlucky words in the early morning" and waved at Qingshu, who immediately came in with hot water, "My lord ,gargle"

"Master, wash your face"

After washing, Qing Niang took a comb and helped comb her hair well, "My lord, you can't drag on any longer, get up quickly"

"It's snowing a lot!" Mu Yanying squeezed the cloak tightly so that the fluffy hair on the edge pressed against her cheeks, and her breath formed a puff of white smoke, "Why do you choose this time to do it? Can't you have a peach blossom next year when you will take the exam Banquet?"

"My lord, there are also peach blossom feasts," Qing Shu added.

"What? Really?" Mu Yanying remembered that her brother didn't participate in any activities at that time.

"That's right! I also gave it to the Second Young Master at the time, but the Second Young Master didn't go because he wasn't interested!" Qing Shu read his thoughts from Mu Yanying's expression.

In this regard, Mu Yanying nodded, "That's okay, then I won't go to the peach blossom feast next year." It's better to go farming for fun!

Although Mu Yuying got up late, but the weather was too cold, these students who took the exam all got up late, so Mu Yuying came not only not too late but also early.

The Mu family controlled almost half of the troops of the Jin Dynasty and won the trust of the emperor. Of course, Mu Yingying was brought up by the emperor, so when Mu Yingying came, Xiao Jingyue came out in person, but Mu Yingying was not that arrogant. Temperament, before anyone came out, Mu Yanying came in and said hello next to each other. Naturally, this was not because Mu Yingying was so enthusiastic, but because it was too cold outside to come in to get warm.

The person who mainly organized the plum blossom banquet this time was Xiao Jingyue. His father was Minister of the Ministry of Officials and he had to take the exam this time, so he took over the important task logically.

"Mr. Mu, sit here." Xiao Jingyue naturally knew that Mu Yuying was not in good health when she was a child and didn't know how she is now, so she led Mu Yingying to sit near the stove. Mu Yingying was very satisfied with this arrangement .

"Thank you, Young Master Xiao" standing next to the heater, the curtain rolled up, just saw the blossoming red plum blossoms in the garden outside, the cold wind blowing in and being warmed by the warmth of the room, only the faint fragrance of plum blossoms remained, so you can participate in such activities more often, Mu Yiying I thought about it.

"It's too common to call you son and son, how about calling each other by name, anyway, we are so familiar," Xiao Jingyue said. Originally, Xiao Jingyue had always been the companion of several princes, because some of them had been delayed until now to take the exam. So during the South Study Room, I often met Mu Yanying, but the age difference between the two of them was several years and they didn't talk much.

"Yeah, Jingyue" Mu Yanying chewed in her mouth before shouting, she must be too familiar all of a sudden!

"I'm Yang Yunze, I wonder if Yan Ying still remembers me?"

"Naturally, I know you. You are a child of the Minister of Criminal Justice. I heard that you have recently published a book, which is about the adaptation of some cases of the Ministry of Criminal Justice over the years. My second brother thinks it is very well written, and I have always wanted your inscription. "Mu Yanying remembered that in the letter Mu Dingyang sent some time ago, she kept telling her something.

"Really? It's a great honor. I have always admired Mr. Mu. I heard that he is now in Sichuan and has done a lot of practical things for the local people." Yang Yunze's eyes almost burst into laughter.

"Then if that's the case, can you inscribe a word?" Mu Yanying reached out to Qingshu, thinking that Yang Yunze would definitely come today, so she specially brought the book with her. Seeing this, Xiao Jingyue hurriedly asked his servants to bring a pen and ink, and Yang Yunze immediately picked up the pen and wrote Put the name on it, "I don't know when Yan Ying will send this book to Mr. Mu Er, I still want to write a letter to him"

"In a few days, you can give me the letter"

"Okay, thank you very much." Yang Yunze pulled up his sleeves and saluted, and Mu Yanying also quickly returned the salute.

"Congratulations to Dingyang for getting Yunze's handwriting." Jing Chuhong's father is Jing Wenyang, Minister of the Ministry of War. Before he became Minister of the Ministry of War, he worked under Mu Zhan. The relationship between the two has always been good.

"What are you talking about, so happy?" Miao Ci came out from behind and said "Hey" happily when she saw Mu Yanying, "Finally I'm not the youngest!"

"What do you mean? Him?" Mu Yanying asked Qingshu in a low voice. Qingshu deliberately made up for the trivial matters in the imperial city in the past few days. Get together with people you know well. Besides, these are the children of court officials. Naturally, they are very familiar with each other. It's just that the young master is always in the palace, and they have no chance to get acquainted. So I want to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with the young master. And this young master the youngest of them all.”

"I see." Mu Yanying nodded.

"A few days ago, I heard from Jing Yue and the others that the third son of the Mu family is very handsome. I still don't believe it. When I saw him today, he is indeed so." Miao Ci sat down next to Mu Yanying unceremoniously, "I am older than you, so you will be fine in the future." You can come and play with us!"

"Okay!"

"My lord, the guests are here." The little boy who was guarding the door ran in, Xiao Jingyue and the others stood up and straightened their clothes, "Ying Ying, we will be excused first."

Xiao Jingyue and the others are hosting the Plum Blossom Banquet, so naturally they have to go out to greet the candidates from various places. In fact, this is also very beneficial. Maybe one of them will be a senior member of the party in the future. Networks are always more precious than money resource.

"If you are interested, you can also go together." Jing Chuhong said, the Jing family and the Mu family share the same spirit, and naturally hope that Mu Yingying can go out for a walk and get to know more people.

Mu Yanying shook her head, "Thank you Brother Jing, but I can't blow too much wind in winter, so I can only enjoy the scenery outside the window in this room."

"That's fine, if there is a need to call the boy outside." Jing Chuhong didn't force himself, he cupped his hands and went out without forgetting to close the door.

Qing Shu stepped forward and opened the window even more. Xiao Jingyue and the others worked very properly, knowing that Mu Yanying was not in good health, they arranged for him a room with the best view, sitting inside and looking out the window, he could see the scene in the garden.

Almost all the invited students came here, because it started to snow again, Xiao Jingyue led everyone to the warming pavilion, where they could see the scenery of the garden again.

Mu Yanying adjusted her sitting posture, just in time to see the scene in the warm pavilion.

There were no more than 20 people invited this time, and they were all the elites among the elites who had been admitted from all over the world.

"Who do you think is sitting inside?" A person was a little curious and asked the people around him in a low voice. The person shook his head and said something in a low voice. People also looked over curiously.

Fortunately, there was a curtain blocking it, so Mu Yanying picked up a cup of hot tea and asked Qing Shu, "Shall I go out and talk to them?"

"Young master's idea?"

"Sit here! I don't want to move!" Mu Yanying moved her fingers, "Close the window over there, it's a bit cold"

"Yes" Qing Shu quickly got up and closed the window, Mu Yanying suddenly felt much warmer.

The person who was curious about Mu Yanying was naturally not alone, "I don't know which young master is sitting in it." Anyway, it can't be those noble people, how can they have so much free time.

"It's the young master of the Mu family. Because of his poor health, he purposely stayed inside." Xiao Jingyue explained, and then called the little boy, "Go and ask Mr. Mu, will this be better?"

As soon as Xiao Tong finished speaking, Mu Yanying had no choice but to stand up, Xiao Jingyue was reminding himself that he still had to go out and show his face, so as not to be discussed by others.

The man was blushing and only thought that everyone was outside. He didn't expect that those who could be inside were naturally not ordinary people, and the others were not in good health. "I'm just curious."

"Curiosity, that young master has a good temper. If you change someone else, you'll be on the blacklist." Xiao Jingyue reminded that the plum blossom feast didn't come without the emperor's disguise. If you are curious about everything, something big will happen.

The man quickly stood up and bowed to Mu Yuying, "I'm being rude, please don't blame me, my lord."

"It's okay, everyone has curiosity, you don't have to worry about it," Mu Yanying said with a smile.

The man cupped his hands again, "Thank you, sir," and returned to his seat to sit down.