There were so many people around, Xie Xuanchen's tone of begging to sleep with him was righteous, and Mu Mingtang quickly glanced at both sides and said, "I still have something to do, you go to sleep by yourself."
"If you don't accompany me, then I won't sleep. Anyway, I have a headache and can't sleep."
God, Mu Mingtang is speechless to this man. She wanted to rip off this aged and coquettish brownie candy, but she was grabbed by his shoulders. She couldn't pull it, and she couldn't hide it. She could only refuse honestly: "No, I just got up."
"What happened when you just woke up, you can't sleep again after you wake up?"
The maids lowered their eyes and bowed their heads to hold back a smile. Mu Mingtang coughed, and said to them dignifiedly, "I don't need you here, let's go set up the meal."
"Yes."
After the maids retreated, Mu Mingtang immediately shifted his shoulders and glared at Xie Xuanchen angrily: "Sit down, what kind of decency do you have? Let the servants see, where else does the head of the family look like? "
"Whatever they think, I don't need the appearance of the head of the family anyway."
"But I need it." Mu Mingtang said, "Get up, you're affecting my majestic image."
Xie Xuanchen was reluctant to raise his head, but when he raised his head like this, Mu Mingtang realized that his eyes were all red.
Mu Mingtang's heart softened immediately, his tone dropped again and again, and finally he became very gentle: "It's not good to sleep on an empty stomach, should I accompany you to dinner first?"
Xie Xuanchen responded aggrievedly. Although Mu Mingtang had only eaten breakfast, after sitting at the dining table with Xie Xuanchen, he couldn't help but use it. It's almost noon now, after using this meal, lunch will be saved.
After they had eaten, they handed over the table to the servants to clean up, and the two walked to the dormitory. As soon as Xie Xuanchen was next to the bed, he hugged Mu Mingtang naturally and put his chin on her shoulder.
He hugged so smoothly that Mu Mingtang suspected that he was a pillow. Xie Xuanchen leaned on her shoulder, closed his eyes, closed his eyes and rested. After a while, Mu Mingtang yawned quietly.
Mu Mingtang also felt embarrassed, why was she sleepy first
Xie Xuanchen closed his eyes and smiled. He was still leaning on Mu Mingtang's shoulder. When he laughed, his chest vibrated slightly, and Mu Mingtang could clearly feel the subtle ups and downs behind him.
Mu Mingtang was embarrassed and threatened fiercely: "What are you laughing at?"
Xie Xuanchen said in a lazy voice, "Since you are sleepy, let's sleep for a while. Anyway, there is nothing to do today, why don't you sleep with me for a while."
"However, there are still many gift cards piled up outside that have not been dealt with."
Xie Xuanchen immediately opened his eyes and straightened up unconvinced: "Are they more important or me?"
"You are important, you are important." Mu Mingtang had no choice, and decided to perfunctory Xie Xuanchen for a while, and then she would wake up when he fell asleep. Mu Mingtang planned very well, but he didn't expect that after falling asleep on the bed, listening to the even and familiar sound of breathing beside the pillow, he fell asleep without any obstacle.
The two of them slept until the afternoon, and the maids didn't dare to disturb them, but there was a guest from the palace, and they really didn't know how to deal with it.
The maid hesitated at the door of the bedroom, not knowing whether to go in or not. Before they came up with an idea, Xie Xuanchen woke up by himself.
The maids saw a figure sitting up across the screen, and hurriedly knelt down: "My lord."
Xie Xuanchen heard voices at the door in his sleep and woke up soon. He stood up, felt resistance halfway through, turned around, and saw Mu Mingtang pressing down on his sleeve, sleeping extremely peacefully.
Xie Xuanchen immediately stopped, Mu Mingtang pressed a large piece of his sleeve, if he pulled it out, it would easily wake her up. Xie Xuanchen tried it carefully, but in the end he didn't dare to take the risk, but took off his coat and put it on her.
He changed into a black long coat again and strode out. The maids understood what he meant and did not dare to speak at the door of the dormitory, and they followed Xie Xuanchen to the tip of the room before stopping.
Xie Xuanchen sat on the sandalwood armchair and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Reporting to the lord, Zhu Yang Hong, the deputy envoy of the privy council, wished the lord to bring the whole family to greet the lord for the New Year."
"It's him?" Xie Xuanchen was both expected and a little surprised when he heard the name.
He thought that wishing Yang Hong would come to the door later. I didn't expect it to come on the first day.
Xie Xuanchen said: "Invite them to come in. Let them go to Qingxintang, don't disturb the princess behind."
"Yes."
Mu Mingtang slept soundly and woke up suddenly. She was still stunned when she got up. Following her movements, a piece of clothing slipped off her shoulders. Mu Mingtang picked it up and looked at it. Isn't it Xie Xuanchen's.
The clothes are there, but the people are gone. Where has he gone
Mu Mingtang quickly put on his shoes and went to the ground. When the maids outside heard the voice, they all walked into the hall.
"Princess, you are awake."
"Where's your lord?"
"Privy Council Lord Zhu and his family come to pay New Year's greetings to the lord, and the lord and Lord Zhu have gone to Qingxintang."
After hearing the reaction for a long time, Mu Mingtang understood what happened: "Is the Zhu family coming to pay New Year's greetings? When did it happen?"
"Just now, about a quarter of an hour ago."
After being here for so long, Mu Mingtang was embarrassed and awkward, and couldn't help complaining: "There are guests here, why no one calls me?"
The maid Nuonuo replied: "The lord will not let the slaves disturb the princess' lunch break."
It was Xie Xuanchen again, and Mu Mingtang gritted his teeth a bit when he heard it: "He does this again. There are guests coming to pay New Year's greetings. Since he knows about it, he will leave like this secretly?"
The maids looked at each other and dared not answer. Mu Mingtang didn't say this to the maid. She hurriedly had her hair straightened, changed her coat, and went to Qingxintang.
Mu Mingtang walked to Qingxintang, and the maid at the door saw her and quickly said hello: "Princess."
A voice was heard inside, and the speaking stopped instantly. Xie Xuanchen left Zhu's family behind and walked to the door by himself: "Don't let them wake you up, why did you wake up so quickly?"
Mrs. Zhu and others knew that Mu Mingtang was here, so they all stood up and looked at the door. Everyone in the Zhu family was sitting in another room, separated from the door by a floor-to-ceiling hood. After Mu Mingtang entered the door, he whispered to Xie Xuanchen through gritted teeth: "You secretly got up again, knowing that the family could not hear. Someone is coming, why don't you tell me?"
Xie Xuanchen was dissatisfied and said, "What is secretly? You slept well, and I can wake you up for a little thing?"
Zhu Yanghong, Mrs. Zhu and others were already looking at them. Mu Mingtang couldn't say more, so he could only stare at Xie Xuanchen and plan to go back and settle accounts with him.
Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen approached, wishing the family to see Mu Mingtang come in, and say hello again: "I have seen the princess, the princess is happy in the new year."
Zhu Yuqing and several of her sisters also stepped forward to salute: "My little girl greets the princess."
Seeing that there are so many juniors, Mu Mingtang became more and more embarrassed. She said with a smile, "I wish my lord I wish my wife don't have to be too polite, please get up quickly. These are the daughters of your husband, Lord Zhu. Sure enough, there are no dogs, and the daughters of your father and daughter are all dragons and phoenixes."
After Mrs. Zhu was modest, the host and guests took their seats. Mu Mingtang had to explain why he was late. He endured the embarrassment and said, "I was just taking a nap, and I didn't know that several people were visiting, so I was late. It's really rude."
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he felt hopeless. Since the Zhu family came to pay New Year's greetings, it was absolutely impossible to choose an inconvenient time. It is now Shi Shi, she is still sleeping at this hour, and it is easy for people to misunderstand.
Everyone may not believe it, but in fact she is a very hardworking person, she just sleeps with Xie Xuanchen. As a result, this person woke up at the time, and got up secretly, which made her late.
Thinking of this, Mu Mingtang glared at Xie Xuanchen again.
Everyone in the Zhu family noticed Mu Mingtang's eyes, and no one dared to speak for a while. Xie Xuanchen spoke very calmly and said, "It's okay, I slept for a while after I came back from Chao He, and took her to accompany me. As a result, I didn't call her when I came out just now, and she was getting angry with me."
Zhu Yanghong didn't expect that there was such a tortuous inside story, and he couldn't help but sigh that young people are so fiery, and they are so pretentious at noon. There was also an unmarried daughter at the scene, Zhu Yang Hong was embarrassed to ask more, and said, "It was a misfortune that we came and disturbed the prince and princess."
Mu Mingtang quickly opened up the topic and asked, "I just interrupted everyone's conversation, I'm really sorry. What were the Lord Zhu and Wang Ye talking about just now?"
"I'm talking about the Privy Council." Xie Xuanchen turned around and explained to Mu Mingtang, "I wish Yang Hong to return to Beijing this time and be transferred to the Privy Council."
It turned out to be a privy deputy! Now the three powers are separated, the three divisions are in charge of finance, the Zhongshumen are in charge of government affairs, and the Privy Council is in charge of the military. However, although the Privy Council exclusively manages military power, all the officials in it are literati. It is already a very rare exception to wish Yang Hong to be promoted to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.
Mu Mingtang immediately said, "Congratulations to your promotion."
Zhu Yanghong was humble again and again, and Xie Xuanchen told Zhu Yanghong some things about the Privy Council, but they were all superficial and didn't talk much.
Now is not the place to talk, both inside and outside are the eyes of the emperor, and the conversation is deep, it is not a good thing for Zhu Yang Hong and Xie Xuanchen.
Slowly, the topic still turns to the short direction of parents, which is the safest topic. Mu Mingtang remembered Zhu Yuqing. This time, Mrs. Zhu brought three other prostitutes, and she was a little jealous. Mrs. Zhu turned back and gestured to her daughter, saying, "Yuqing, don't hurry up and greet the princess."
Zhu Yuqing stepped forward alone under the envious eyes of the sisters and saluted Mu Mingtang. After Mu Mingtang asked a few words, the remaining three concubine daughters formed a row, and they all greeted Mu Mingtang.
Mu Mingtang noticed that when the girls saluted, although Wanfu's movements were uniform, there were a lot of small movements. Some of the clothes obviously took a lot of thought, some deliberately showed their own rules, and some looked naive... In short, it was quite lively.
And they did this just to make Mu Mingtang look at them more. If this can attract Mu Mingtang's attention, it will be a shortcut to soaring into the sky.
Mu Mingtang tutted in his heart, but said nothing on the surface, smiled and asked the girls to get up, and each gave a greeting. No matter how the concubines and concubines of the Zhu family compare to her, Mu Mingtang must treat them equally here. The purses that the girls got all looked the same on the outside, and the concubine’s one was an example, while the one from the first daughter, Zhu Yuqing, was more expensive.
The young girls were very happy when they received the greeting. Among the girls, Mu Mingtang obviously treated Zhu Yuqing differently, which made Mrs. Zhu very happy.
Mu Mingtang looked at the hidden undercurrent among the sisters of the Zhu family and felt emotional. In fact, she is not much different from these girls, but she is already married, and even these sisters seem to be far away from her. With the self-consciousness of a married woman, Mu Mingtang asked about the marriages of these girls: "I wish the little ladies in the family have their own merits, and they make people like them. I wonder if a few young ladies are engaged?"
Hearing Mu Mingtang's words, the movements of the girls were obviously startled, and Mrs. Zhu unconsciously became serious: "No. We lived in Yazhou with the general before, when they were still young, I want to keep them more. For a few years, I was not willing to kiss them. Now that I am in the capital, I can see that these girls are all grown up, and I can’t keep them anymore. I am thinking about this. My concubine has just arrived in the capital, and I don’t know a few families. It's not as well-informed as the princess. If the princess doesn't dislike the trouble, the concubine wants to ask the princess for a favor. If there is a man of the right age, the princess will pay more attention to them."
Mu Mingtang naturally smiled and agreed. Hearing Mu Mingtang's promise, the young ladies of the Zhu family, regardless of their descendants, showed expectant and shy expressions.
Mu Mingtang, a married woman, looked at these shy little daughters and sighed with emotion. Has she been with Xie Xuanchen for a long time, and she is becoming more and more outdated. Perhaps, she had to move around more with the young people.
Mu Mingtang thought like this, and said: "I've been lazy since I got married, and I don't go out to socialize. I don't really know what you young girls like. It's better to wait for the garden party in the capital to be held after the spring, and I will take you with me. Go to the garden party for a walk. There will be many daughters of officials and officials, and you will meet some handkerchiefs. Maybe marriage will come."
Nowadays, with the rise of Neo-Confucianism, the rules for women are becoming more and more strict. Unmarried women must be accompanied by brothers when they go out. Although these garden parties and flower viewing parties are nominally held for women, each young lady brought her own brothers and cousins. In the end, it turned into a great occasion for young people to look at each other.
After Mu Mingtang spoke, several girls in the Zhu family were all excited. Although Mu Mingtang said that he seldom went out to socialize, King An's status in the capital seemed to be very delicate, but the skinny camel was bigger than a horse. Tang's status is here, and the posts that can be sent to her will not be bad.
In the past, Mu Mingtang just pushed it all away and didn't go out. As long as she wanted to, there were invitations in the concierge for her to choose.
The blind date resources that Mu Mingtang has access to are far higher than those of Zhu's family, who came from a military general and just arrived. This is undoubtedly good news, and it can be said to be the biggest harvest of this New Year's greeting. Although Mrs. Zhu thought about asking Mu Mingtang to introduce someone to her daughter before going out, she never expected that Mu Mingtang would be so affectionate when she opened her mouth.
As a mother, Mrs. Zhu would be more at ease to let her see her son-in-law in person than to be introduced by someone.
Zhu Yuqing is the daughter of the first daughter, so she has a shallow mind and expresses her surprise directly. Mrs. Zhu coughed, and Zhu Yuqing reluctantly restrained her expression. Mrs. Zhu glared at Zhu Yuqing with hatred, and then thanked Mu Mingtang with a smile on her face: "Thank you, wangfei. The little girl is naughty. Thanks to the wangfei, the concubine is very grateful."
Mu Mingtang also smiled politely: "I wish Mrs. You are polite."
When the female relatives spoke, Xie Xuanchen, Zhu Yanghong, and a few Langjun sat by the side. Seeing that the female relatives were talking happily and laughing, the men couldn't get in, but they looked lively.
In particular, I wish Yang Hong knew that Mu Mingtang's move was to choose sons-in-law for his daughters, which is no trivial matter. I wish Yang Hong solemnly thank Mu Mingtang: "At the end of the day, I would like to thank Princess An."
"I wish the adults to get up quickly, I should thank you for helping Xiangyang back then."
Zhu Yanghong said: "The last general does not dare to take credit. The thief who made troubles in Xiangyang was killed by the king, and it was the king's order to inform the last to rescue him. The peace of Xiangyang is probably the credit of the king, and the last general just made up for the leak of the king. ."
At this time, Xie Xuanchen answered: "Your credit is yours, you don't need to refuse. Besides, even if I have merit, I have accepted the thank you gift, and it will be boring to hold on to it any longer."
Thank you? Wishing Yang Hong an instant realization, he was really speechless for a while. He couldn't help but sigh again, today's young people.
Can you be more restrained in front of so many people