Fight the Giants

  Chapter 148 What does it mean

  The post-sealing ceremony ended, and the third emperor of the Wei Dynasty held a banquet in Fengtian Hall to entertain all officials and wives.

  Mu Yan sat under Cheng's head, expressionless.

  He entered the palace before dawn, and stood outside the hall for several hours, so hungry that his chest was stuck to his back, he had no energy to socialize. He didn't even want to look up at the magnificent palace with carved beams and painted buildings.

  It doesn't matter whether it's hot or cold, Gong'e puts the dishes on the table, and he eats them with chopsticks. It was only after the belly was padded that it slowed down. Pick up an extra chopstick when you see what you like, and don't look at what you don't like.

  Different from the other sons and daughters of Emperor Xungui, others smiled, held the table, and joked with the neighbors from time to time. He sat upright without tilting his head, and he should eat and drink.

  Silly, so much food, let you eat for free, don’t you want it? Can the chef in your house be better than the imperial chef?

   Hungry and go home to eat?

   Does it cost money to buy in the government?

  Emperor Yongkang sits on the throne, yes, the new emperor has already set a year name, named "Yongkang", and the new year name will be used only at Zhengdan next year, and now the old dynasty name is still used.

  Emperor Yongkang was toasting and nodding with all the officials, celebrating and having fun together, when he saw a maverick young man in the crowd, eating by himself. Although he has been eating, his gestures are quite pleasing to the eye, and then he looks at his face, which is clear and dazzling.

  Which family is this boy from?

  The chief **** beside him also followed the eyes of Emperor Yongkang, and the emperor tilted his head, hurried over, and said in a low voice, "It's from Xipinghou's residence."

  Xiping Hou Mansion?

  The whole family of the Xipinghou Mansion is in Yunnan, and only Mrs. Xipinghou is guarding the ancestral house in the capital. This boy? Mrs. Hou next to her is wearing a royal attire, and this young man is not wearing a princely attire, who is it?

  The **** beside him has already figured out the identity of the boy.

   leaned forward again: "Mu Yan, the eldest son of Mrs. Hou's Cheng family, but has been adopted to the previous Lord Hou."

  Emperor Yongkang nodded invisibly. The Marquis of Xiping has been replaced, so the prince will naturally also be replaced.

  Mu Sheng, it seems that you haven't asked to be crowned son yet?

  Emperor Yongkang changed his mind and nodded to the **** beside him. The **** walked towards Mu Yan.

  A minister who had been watching Yongkang Emperor's movements naturally also saw this scene, and his eyes followed the past with concealment. Which one is that? A woman with a boy?

   "Cao Min Mu Yan has seen His Majesty."

  Mu Yan bowed down to Emperor Yongkang who was seated above him. The Cheng family below watched nervously, not knowing why the emperor summoned Yan'er.

   Grassroots? They whispered to each other, asking about Mu Yan's identity.

"Pingshen. You are Mu Yan. I heard that you are young and intelligent. Your grandfather loves you very much. He carried you to Yunnan, raised you personally, and adopted you to your uncle. I have high hopes for you. Now that you are back in the capital, how can you still return?" adapt?"

   "Returning to Your Majesty, Caomin was born in the capital. Caomin's grandfather, like Caomin, always misses the capital."

   It turned out to be from Xiping Hou’s family.

   Adopted to uncle? Madam Hou next to her, don't you have to call her aunt? The mother-in-law became an aunt, and as the eldest son, the position of the eldest son is gone? Tut tut.

  Many women also cast their eyes on Cheng, showing sympathy.

  First, she followed her mother-in-law to stay at the ancestral house in the capital. After her husband succeeded to the throne, her mother-in-law went to Yunnan and left her alone in Beijing. Not to mention, the son was also adopted out. Men can't see above, and their own sons are also adopted by others.

  Xincheng Hou's wife, Mrs. Wu, also entered the palace with her mother-in-law Wang. Although she doesn't have a royal dress, she is looked down upon by all the wives. But she is Mrs. Hou after all, so she will look at Cheng Shi with a hint of sympathy and disdain.

  Large banquets and small banquets in the capital, Mrs. Cheng could not be seen coming out to socialize. I guess I'm dead. The man couldn't catch it, and the son was lost. You grab at least one head. Tut tut.

  Queen Xu also looked at Cheng.

  As the lord of the Sixth Palace, she still knew about the nobles in the capital.

  The Xipinghou Mansion has a special status, and she knows it very well. The first generation Xiping Hou Mu Ying was still the adopted son of the Taizu, and was close to the royal family. Mu Ying's second daughter married her third younger brother to increase her longevity.

  She is the sister-in-law of the Mu family, and the Mu family is the sister-in-law of the Cheng family. In this way, she and the Cheng family are still somewhat related.

   But Mrs. Cheng has not yet handed over the sign to the palace to meet.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Emperor Yongkang say to Mu Yan: "Your grandfather is the first adopted son of Taizu, and he is very fond of Taizu and Empress Gao. When I was young, I also liked to follow this elder brother. He is older than us. Many, for us brothers, very brotherly demeanor..."

  Emperor Yongkang told Mu Yan a few words about the past.

   Fingers tapped on the armrest of the dragon seat, and he looked at the young man standing with downcast eyes and hands at the bottom of the steps.

   After thinking for a while, he said, "Seeing you is like seeing your grandfather. I will give you a word, um, just 'bin'. I hope you will uphold your grandfather's ambition, be both civil and military, and be a pillar of the country."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the words."

  Emperor Yongkang nodded: "I will entitle you again, experience in the Chinese military governor's mansion, after you have completed your studies in the Imperial College, come to work for the court."

  Mu Yan was stunned for a moment, before kneeling on the ground: "Thank you Lord Long En, long live, long live, long live."

   After entering the palace and eating a banquet, you will be granted a seal, can you eat your salary? Are four products? Mu Yan's eyes moved.

  After the banquet, Emperor Yongkang returned to Kunning Palace with Empress Xu.

  Emperor Yongkang was looking through today's list of gifts, and Empress Xu was waiting for tea: "Your Majesty, why did you give the boy in Xipinghou's mansion today a letter and a seal?"

  Emperor Yongkang paused his hand while flipping through the list of gifts, then searched for Marquis Xiping, took a closer look at the listed gifts, and laughed.

   nodded: "This gift is quite heavy, isn't it worth a shadow seal?"

  Hou Xu leaned her head over and looked at the gift list.

She also smiled: "I heard that the Cheng family stayed in the capital to guard the ancestral house, and the gate would never leave the second door. If it wasn't for an occasion like today, she would usually not go out to socialize. I'm afraid the upstarts in the capital have forgotten that there is A Xiping Hou Mansion."

Emperor Yongkang flipped through the gift list: "My righteous brother chose Mu Bin to be Mu Chun's adoptive son. He probably thought that the Marquis position could be passed on to Yuan's wife's lineage. He never thought that Mu Chun would die early, but my good nephew unexpectedly Passed the position of Marquis to Mu Sheng. Now Mu Bin's status is only embarrassing."

   "Your Majesty is sympathetic to that child?"

  Emperor Yongkang smiled.

  Empress Xu glanced at him, and didn't shy away: "Your Majesty wants to use Mu Bin to contain Mu Sheng? He's just a brat."

"Although he is young now, he will not grow up yet? The Mu family in Yunnan is the only big one, and the princes and grandchildren of the feudal country are not granted fiefdoms, nor are they allowed to raise an army. His Mu family is a combination of military and government. The people in Yunnan only know the Mu family. I don't know about the royal family."

  Empress Xu was silent: "Your Majesty did this today to support Mu Bin?"

   "Mu Bin was originally Mu Chun's eldest son."

   "But now he has to be called Aunt Cheng and Uncle Mu Sheng. I'm afraid it's against the rules."

   "The rules are not set by me? Xipinghou's heir apparent is nothing more than a word from me."

   "Isn't this asking them to kill each other?"

  Emperor Yongkang was expressionless: "If Mu Sheng knew the rules, he would not have reached that point."

  Here, the emperor and empress in the Kunning Palace are talking, while Zhang Guifei in the Zhongcui Palace in the east is also talking about family life with her mother, Wang.

Happy Children's Day! The seventy-seventh day of the customs seal is finally unsealed! It's so hard, I'm about to cry~

  (end of this chapter)