The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 173 Full Moon Wine

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the beginning of spring next year. The day after celebrating Daiyu's sixteenth birthday, Mu Xu received an invitation from Liu Xianglian, inviting them to go to the house the day after tomorrow to eat his son's full moon wine.

Mu Xu took the post back to the back house, found Daiyu who was sitting in front of the combing table taking off her makeup, and asked with a smile, "The queen invited you into the palace today, what's new?"

Daiyu gave Mu Xu a good-looking look in the mirror, "What are you thinking about all day, the rules in the palace are strict, there is nothing new, and the queen called me just to talk."

Since Mu Xu persuaded Tu Zhen for Empress Cao, the most honorable couple in the world had a long and frank talk. Empress Cao, who knew her problem, changed her strategy when getting along with Tu Zhen in private. With his favor, the relationship between the emperor and empress gets better day by day.

Knowing from the emperor's husband that the two were able to resolve the misunderstanding because of Mu Xu, Empress Cao was naturally very grateful to Mu Xu.But even though she is a queen, she can't meet foreign ministers at will, so she transferred all her gratitude to Mu Xu to Daiyu, and in the days that followed, she often called Daiyu into the palace to gossip. It also became a handkerchief.

"There is nothing new, but there is one thing you are interested in." Daiyu suddenly remembered something.

"Quickly tell me." Mu Xu became interested when she heard her say this.

"The Queen told me that Aunt Seven entered the palace a few days ago to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, and asked about the general election in the second half of the year..."

Before Daiyu could finish speaking, Mu Xu interrupted her, "No way, is Aunt Seven going to give uncle a little?"

"I haven't finished my sentence yet, what are you in a hurry for? Aunt Seven is for Cousin Rui's marriage. She wants to find a concubine for her cousin from among the best girls in the general election."

After listening to Daiyu's explanation, Mu Xu shook his head and laughed, "My aunt showed my cousin so many photos before, but he didn't like any of them. It seems that my aunt is really anxious now, and she doesn't plan to care about his feelings anymore. "

Daiyu also nodded in agreement with his words, then pointed to the invitation in his hand and asked, "What are you holding?"

Mu Xu told about Liu Xianglian inviting them to drink full moon wine, and Daiyu couldn't help but said, "Second sister gave birth last month, I went to visit her and found that she is very different from before, and her life is very happy. An Yi. She also told me to thank you, saying that if it weren't for you, she might still be suffering in Rongguo Mansion."

"And this matter, then why didn't you thank me, that's not okay, you have to make it up to me in private."

Daiyu saw in the mirror that Zijuan who combed her hair was pursing her lips and snickering, and immediately said angrily, "Why do you talk about everything, you see that Zijuan is laughing at you."

Zijuan immediately shook her head and denied it when she heard the words, "I didn't laugh, it must be Shizi Concubine, you read it wrong."

After chatting and laughing with Daiyu's master and servant for a while, Mu Xu got up and went out to instruct Yang An, ordering him to prepare some full moon gifts for Liu Xianglian's son in the future.

On the third day, Mu Xu and Daiyu went to Liu's house in person. When they arrived at the gate of Liu's house, Liu Xianglian was already here to welcome today's guests, and watched Daiyu's carriage enter the back house. Mu Xu cupped his hands at Liu Xianglian. , "Congratulations to brother Liu for making jade."

Liu Xianglian saluted without much smile on her face, and made a gesture of invitation, "Your Majesty, you are welcome, please come in quickly, all the guests have arrived."

Mu Xu was a little strange, and felt that Liu Xianglian seemed a little unhappy, but he didn't want to ask in detail, so he just followed him inside and asked, "Who is here today?"

Liu Xianglian replied, "The Supreme Emperor's filial piety period has not yet passed, and it is not easy to deal with it, so I invited people from the Yue family, and some friends like Ziying and Han Qi."

While talking, the two came to the flower hall in the front yard. Seeing Mu Xu coming, the people inside stood up to greet them. Mu Xu greeted everyone with a smile, and then sat at the head with Jia Lian at Liu Xianglian's kind invitation.

When Mu Xu first came in, he saw Jia Baoyu was there, so he couldn't help but ask Jia Lian. Jia Lian smiled bitterly and said, "He was brought by our old lady. I dare not take him to someone else's house as a guest. Isn't that for him?" Can't you please yourself!"

He was afraid that Mu Xu would not believe him, so he explained in a low voice, "Baoyu is eighteen years old, but he is still like a child, and he doesn't know how to avoid suspicion. When he entered Liu's house just now, he insisted on going to the back house with the old lady. He Xianglian and the others spent a long time persuading him, which made everyone very unhappy."

Mu Xu suddenly realized, and wondered why Liu Xianglian had that expression just now. In fact, he didn't know Jia Baoyu's real thoughts, otherwise he would have been furious.

Although Jia Baoyu was used to going in and out of the back house in Rongguo Mansion, he was not completely rude. Today he insisted on accompanying Jia Mu to Liu's house, and his purpose was not pure.Since Daiyu moved out of Rongguo Mansion, the two have never met each other again. Jia Baoyu knew that Daiyu would definitely come to congratulate the Spring Festival today, so he begged Mother Jia to bring him with him, hoping to see Daiyu again. .

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Liu's house, Jia Lian and others dragged him into the front hall, and even Jia's mother didn't speak for him. Now that he saw Mu Xu coming, Jia Baoyu felt even more uncomfortable. He just hid in the corner alone. Thinking about taking a look at Daiyu no matter what.

There was still some time before noon, so Liu Xianglian didn't invite everyone to the table, but just talked with the guests. Of course, a large part of his attention was on Jia Baoyu.

The female family members in the back house naturally don't know what's going on in the front yard, they will all gather around Yingchun, teasing the children.Mother Jia held the baby in swaddling clothes and asked Yingchun with a smile on her face, "Did you name my great-grandson?"

Yingchun looked lovingly at her son who was sleeping soundly, and said shyly, "Returning to the old lady, the husband said that he only likes to dance with swords and swords, and he can't come up with any elegant names, so he only named the child a small name. Zhuang Zhuang. The old lady just came today, why don't you give him a name, so that the child can be blessed by you."

Hearing Yingchun's words, Jia's mother was very surprised, because in her impression, Yingchun, the granddaughter, had always been a dull-tempered person, and she didn't dare to say anything even when she was bullied by her servants. She didn't expect to say such a thing .She couldn't help feeling very emotional, feeling that she didn't understand Yingchun at all, and at the same time felt very comforted, she thought for a while, and finally shook her head and said, "I'm old, my brain is not working well, and I can't think of a good name for a while, Why don't you let Yu'er pick it up?"

As soon as Mother Jia said this, everyone turned their attention to Daiyu, but Daiyu hurriedly waved her hands away, "No, no, the name of the child is chosen by the older generation and parents, so I dare not do it for you. "

Yingchun felt that Jia Mu's suggestion was very good, she knew that Daiyu was very knowledgeable and not condescending to men, so she persuaded, "It's okay, sister, don't be humble, you are the child's aunt, it doesn't matter to give him a name. "

Tanchun and Xichun on the side also booed, asking Daiyu to think of a name quickly, Daiyu had to think for a moment, and said, "How about calling it Chaozong?"

"Chaozong, Liu Chaozong." Yingchun said it twice silently, and nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, I'll call it Liu Chaozong, it's a very good name!"

Jia Mu asked Daiyu with a smile, "What is the origin of this name?"

Daiyu glanced at the crowd, and explained with a smile, "There is a cloud in the Book of Songs, the waves and flowing water, and the dynasty is in the sea. Flying falcons, flying and stopping."

"Hey, I haven't read any poems or scriptures. You can just tell me what the name means!" Wang Xifeng interrupted with a headache. When she said this, everyone in the room couldn't help laughing.

Fortunately, Tanchun picked up the conversation and explained her confusion, "Second sister-in-law, these few words are from the chapter "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Mian Shui", implying high spirits and tolerance."

After hearing Tanchun's words, several people thought the name was good, and Yingchun sent someone to the front yard to tell Liu Xianglian about Daiyu's name for her son.

After the full moon banquet, after seeing off the guests one by one, Liu Xianglian returned to the back house, teased for a while, and then complained to Yingchun, "I used to think that Baoyu was simple-minded and innocent, but today I am really happy." Seeing it, there is no one who is eighteen or nineteen breaking into other people's houses, if he succeeds, I will not have the face to go out to meet people in the future."

(End of this chapter)