"Then I have to ask your good brother." Mu Yan didn't even look at Mu Xi.
He only turned aside the Duke of Guizhou next to him, and then looked at everyone in the hall.
"I didn't expect anything to be cut out of that stone. It collapsed at first and was considered a waste stone. But then it got bigger again... Those who lived frugally in the capital in the past few years should have received their share.
I didn’t receive it, so the food and clothing in the house were all supported by my biological mother’s dowry. After I came back, the Duke of Guo gave me money. I was grateful in my heart and thought about how to express my filial piety..."
Duke Qian couldn't help being moved and looked at Mu Yan with a smile.
Mu Zhan was gritting his teeth.
When you talk about frugality, you didn't send a sample to the capital. But how can you be so poor that you have to frugally? Those private soldiers raised in Zhuangzi have been eating glutinous rice bran for these years?
He didn't expect Mu Yan to say such things, which surprised him.
Then I heard Mu Yan say: "I really didn't expect the imperial green. I haven't paid filial piety to the Duke in recent years. I thought that he liked reading in the early years, and I wanted to carve a literary mountain and a sea of poems."
I gave it to him as a gift, but I never thought that my eldest brother would make the decision for me. That’s good, it saves me having to look around for a longevity gift. Here, I would like to say thank you to my eldest brother.”
He bowed his hands towards Mu Zhan.
Well……
The eyes of everyone in the hall flickered and they were silent.
Mu Zhan felt like he was being tricked by Mu Yan again.
He wanted to give the piece of imperial green to his father as a gift? Even the dogs outside didn't believe it. But his father... saw his father staring at him. Did he believe his lies? Mu Zhan's heart skipped a beat.
To suffer.
Mu Xi was dumbfounded. This prince could actually tell lies better than him?
When he came back to his senses and saw his eldest brother's expression of confusion, he wanted to retort to Mu Yan, but when he saw his old father glare at him, he was startled and swallowed his words.
Mu Ang is really going to be mad at this stupid son.
Originally, his two younger sons were asked to come to the council hall to listen to matters, just to let them practice and practice, and they were counting on their three adult sons. Unexpectedly, the two younger sons, Muzuo Muyou, have performed well these days, but it is the eldest son who
Getting stupider and stupider.
Why didn't he think he was so stupid before? He was so stupid that he wanted to throw him out.
Among all the officials and officials in the hall, who couldn't tell that the eldest son had manipulated the prince?
I secretly made another note of the eldest son's actions. However, the prince suffered such a big loss and didn't know how to deal with the eldest son.
Looking at the prince with outstanding ability, I feel happy for myself and the people of Yunnan. The prince is the best successor.
But looking at these two brothers, they look like they are trying to fight each other, and they feel uneasy. Who doesn't want to live a peaceful life in peace and quiet?
The Duke of Guizhou swept his two sons back and forth, and suddenly said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. This year, the prince will work hard at various health stations."
Uh... everyone in the hall looked at Duke Qian one after another, and then all went to see the eldest son as well.
As expected, the eldest son looked in disbelief.
"Father, wasn't it me who went to work in the army in previous years?" Mu Zhan couldn't help but feel angry.
The relationship between the labor force and the army is very important. If he cannot go in person this year, it will directly affect his status in the army. I can't help but feel a little anxious.
Before Mu Yan came back, he had thought that Mu Yan might go to work in the army this year, but in previous years several cousins from the third room would also go with him. He originally thought that even if his father asked Mu Yan to go, he would not be missing.
He has been working in the army for many years, and the army officers are more familiar with him than Mu Yan. If everyone only listens to his orders and not to Mu Yan, this is what he wants to see.
But my father only let Mu Yan go alone this year!
"You have other arrangements." Duke Qian said calmly.
"Father!"
"That's it."
"Yes. Mu Yan respectfully respects the order of the Duke of Guizhou." Mu Yan cupped his hands towards the Duke of Guizhou and said calmly. His face was neither happy nor worried, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking in his heart.
Back at Cuihuang Courtyard, Mu Yan told Huo Xi about the matter.
"Working in the army? Are you going to work in various states and counties?" Huo Xi was stunned.
Since the existence of the army, it has been a tradition to labor the army. Either the emperor would come in person, or he would send a general or his cronies to the military camp to appease the army.
It is to consolidate the imperial power, to comfort, to reward, and to encourage. The morale of the army is related to the combat capability, but also to the stability of the throne, and to the future generations.
There are many forms of condolences, and the time is not necessarily fixed, either before the war or after the war, or at any time in peacetime. Before the war, the labor force is to boost morale, while after the war, the labor force is mostly a reward for enfeoffment. The peacetime labor force is mostly to review the results of the army's training.
The troops guarding the border were so high that the emperor was far away, and the emperor could not come to work in person. Most of the troops were guarded by generals. Like the army in Dian, every year before the Spring Festival, the head of Mu's mansion would be appointed by the head of the Mu family, or the head of the family would appoint Mu.
The children of the government went to the military camp to reward and express condolences.
In previous years, it was either the Duke of Guizhou, the third master Mu Ang, or the young masters such as Mu Zhan and Mu Jun.
"Are you going alone this year?"
"I will take Mu Jun with me."
"But it won't be long before the Spring Festival. Can you come back?"
"When I get back, I will first select a few important guard stations. The rest will wait until the next year. Moreover, I just took this opportunity to go to the guard station to pick out my personal guards."
"Don't let Li Yikaner do this?"
"I will choose it myself, which will win over people's hearts more. Don't worry, I will come back to celebrate the New Year with you."
This year is the first year that Xi'er has been away from the capital, away from her relatives, and away from her son. She is celebrating the New Year in Yunnan. He will definitely come back to accompany her and not make her feel lonely.
He reached out and hugged Huo Xi tightly.
"I have to leave in the afternoon. Just wait for me at the house. I'll be back soon. Remember to take more people with you when you go out."
"Okay. You should be careful about everything." "Yes, I will."
Mu Yan left and went to work in various military stations. Huo Xi was a little bored.
Following Duan's instructions, Mrs. Che often brought Mu Lin to see her or accompany her to various banquets.
When Huo Xi, the crown prince's wife, arrived in Dian, there were many people who wanted to make friends with her. The ladies and ladies from the Sansi Mansion would send greetings from time to time. There were also other official family members, ladies and ladies from various chieftains' mansions, and the city officials.
Wives from other wealthy families here.
Huo Xi would also select some people and invite them into the house to talk. Or he would take Che and Mu Zhong's wife Niu to attend some banquets outside.
Wushi was the only one who went with them.
"She doesn't like Han people's poetry reciting, playing and singing fighting songs. She prefers to shoot archery and horse racing with the ladies of the chieftain's family." Mrs. Che explained to Huo Xi.
Huo Xi smiled and said, "I don't like these either. Last time, the lady from Chengxuanzheng's family forced me to compose a winter poem, and I finally managed to piece it together. Then Miss Du asked me to play the piano again...
...My head is as big as a bucket. If you ask me to show you how to use an abacus, I can fly it. I can also show her how to operate both hands at the same time and show it to her as an afterimage, so as to open her eyes.
"
"Hahaha……"
Mr. Che and Mr. Niu covered their mouths with handkerchiefs, trembling with laughter.
"I didn't expect my second sister-in-law to be so funny." It's so funny.
Mrs. Niu didn't have much contact with Huo Xi. Her husband, Mu Zhong, was neither the eldest son nor the legitimate son, and his aunt was not favored now, so the couple lived like invisible people in the house.
Seeing that Huo Xi didn't have any airs, Niu let him go.
He smiled and said: "I don't like playing lyrics and composing music either. Although I read a few books when I was young, I really can't do painting and poetry. I don't go there often."
Thinking that they didn't have much savings in this house, they pursed their lips and looked at Huo Xi hesitantly: "Second sister-in-law, can you teach me how to manage the shop?"