For Mu Mu, she left Tianshan with Li Hongxiu in the spring and came to Fengyun City. Later, she was imprisoned by Ye Zhiqiu in the academy to study, write and play the piano.
Ye Zhiqiu spent almost a year teaching her how to integrate into the world until she gave birth to Li Xiaoxue.
Mu Mu felt that she couldn't stay for a day at first, and kept shouting to go back to Tianshan to find her brother, until Xiaoqing found Li Ye on the mountain and told her that no one could go to that place unless they could fly.
Mu Mu naturally believed Xiao Qing's words, and had no choice but to continue to stay in Fengyun City.
However, Ye Zhiqiu also relaxed his control on her. Now she is either studying in the academy every day or helping out with Xiao Qing in the Red Sleeve Restaurant.
The so-called help means staying in Li Hongxiu's room on the fourth floor to learn the piano, occasionally coming down to hang out, and waving his fists to intimidate anyone who makes trouble.
Everyone in the city knew that there was another little tiger coming to Fengyun City, who was even more powerful than the young lady from the General's Mansion back then.
Mumu was four years old when she left Tianshan, and is now almost five years old.
Although Bai Susu left her, which made Mu Mu sad for a long time, it was not until she and Li Hongxiu came to the city that they gradually got used to the life here.
In her words, it's so nice to be in the city. There is no master forcing her to practice every day. There is everything in the city. The only fun she and Xiao Qing have is to search for snacks on the street and keep buying new skirts.
It wasn't until Ye Zhiqiu warned her that she would not be allowed to leave the academy gate again if she wanted to buy clothes, that she became more honest.
In the afternoon of that day, Ye Zhiqiu was holding Li Xiaoxue while breastfeeding in the flower hall. He looked at Mu Mu and Xiao Qing who were sitting next to them eating melon seeds and said, "Mu Mu, there is a spring banquet in the City Lord's Mansion this afternoon. My husband and I are taking care of my sister at home. You and Xiaoqing go for us."
Mu Mu said "Oh!" and looked at Xiao Qing in confusion. Xiao Qing blinked at her.
Mu Mu tilted her head and thought, looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said, "Mom, is there something delicious to eat somewhere?"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled, put Li Xiaoxue into the cradle, walked over and touched her hair and said, "Of course there is delicious food. Sister Hongxiu will come to pick you up later."
"Don't talk nonsense wherever you go, especially if someone asks you where you are from, etc. Xiaoqing, look at Mumu. If anyone asks, ask them to come to the academy to find me."
Mu Munui leaned on Ye Zhiqiu and pouted and said, "Don't worry, mother, who dares to ask me if I'm so fierce."
"What a mess, remember you are a girl, not a little tiger." Ye Zhiqiu untied her braids and combed her hair again.
Xiao Qing covered her mouth and said softly: "Madam, don't worry, I will watch Mu Mu and prevent her from talking nonsense."
"Fortunately, Xiaoqing is following you, otherwise how could I dare to let you out?" Ye Zhiqiu looked at Mu Mu and felt a headache.
Mu Mu lowered her head and played with her fingers, mumbling, "Don't worry, mother. When my sister grows up, I will take her out to play too."
Ye Zhiqiu braided Mu Mu's braid again, patted her and said, "This is okay. With you taking care of her, I guess no one in the city would dare to bully you."
"That's for sure. Apart from my brother, who can beat me here?" Mu Mu waved her little fist.
"Okay, remember that you are a lady in the city lord's mansion later. You must behave accordingly when walking and eating. Don't embarrass your brother." Ye Zhiqiu felt that only Li Ye could suppress Mumu.
He pulled Mumu into the house and changed her into a red cotton-padded jacket with gold trim. She looked particularly happy.
Xiao Qing also went into the house and changed into a newly bought small blue lace cotton-padded jacket. The two of them stood together like two elves who had fallen into the mortal world.
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Li Hongxiu didn't enter the academy until the end of the Shen Dynasty. While pulling Mu Mu to run out, Ye Zhiqiu said: "The business in the restaurant is so good today, and we haven't finished our work until now. Who asked you to give birth to a child and you can't help..."
Before Ye Zhiqiu could react, the three of them disappeared.
The gentleman sat in the car and looked at the three people running towards him. He cleared his throat and said, "We're not in a hurry to eat. It doesn't matter if we arrive a little later."
Li Hongxiu carried Mu Mu into the carriage, then turned around and pulled Qingqing in. She turned around and looked at her husband and said, "It's not good to go too late. It's easy to lose etiquette."
The gentleman smiled and said nothing. Mu Mu and Xiao Qing met with their husband.
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When the four of them arrived in front of the city lord's mansion, it was already You hour, and lanterns had already been hung in the mansion. Before the group entered the garden, they heard the sound of silk and bamboo coming from inside.
The gentleman looked at Li Hongxiu and said, "You didn't bring the piano today. Will City Lord Xia be angry?"
"If it doesn't work, let Mu Mu go up. The city lord's palace should have a piano, right?" Li Hongxiu held Mu Mu's hand with a proud look on his face.
Mu Mu, who was being pulled by Li Hongxiu, stretched out her little head and looked around, as curious as if she had entered Fengyun City for the first time.
Some of Li Hongxiu's people were about to take their husband to sit down. Tang Qiuyu ran over, took Li Hongxiu's hand and said, "The master of the palace has arranged the seats. The general and his wife have already sat down, so she and the husband are left."
The husband and Tang Qiuyu nodded and said it was troublesome, and Li Hongxiu took Mu Mu and Xiaoqing around the corridor and came to General Lin Yueru's table.
Lin Yueru watched her husband and Li Hongxiu holding Mu Mu, and happily stood up and asked a few people to sit down. The general and his husband greeted each other, and everyone sat down together.
Tang Qiuyu looked at Mu Mu and Xiao Qing and asked in surprise: "Why haven't we met these two little girls before? Which little princess are they?"
Li Hongxiu pulled Mu Mu and said with a smile: "This is our baby, the sister of that boy Li Ye, and the eldest daughter of Ye Zhiqiu. This is Mu Mu's good friend Xiaoqing."
"She and her husband were at home taking care of their children and it was inconvenient for them to go out, so they asked Mu Mu and Xiao Qing to attend on their behalf."
Tang Qiuyu looked at Mu Mu and Xiao Qing carefully, pulled Xia Wutong over and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is my apprentice Xia Wutong, you can play together."
Mu Mu looked at Xia Wutong with her big eyes. Xiaoqing was more generous and said softly: "You are welcome to come to the academy to play with Mu Mu and me."
Looking at the porcelain doll-like Xiao Qing and the cute Mu Mu, Xia Wutong was also very happy. After all, the three of them were not very different in age, and they were all girls who were easy to get close to.
The general looked at his husband and Li Hongxiu and said, "Which one of you will perform a song today? I have been waiting for two years."
The gentleman smiled and said nothing. Li Hongxiu pointed at Mu Mu and said, "There is an apprentice here, so why don't the master do it himself?"
In the octagonal pavilion in the middle of the garden, the city lord, his wife and several accompanying officials sat at the master's seat.
This year's banquet did not invite guests to perform on the stage. We only invited entertainers from Fengyun City and guests from the city lord's palace to perform a few silk and bamboo songs and dances. The guests who came all had their own opportunities and were talking loudly. For a while, the whole garden was filled with The lively atmosphere is different from the cold nights when early spring has not yet arrived and late winter has not yet lingered.
The fire on the table is burning slowly, wanting to warm the guests every winter night.
In less than a moment, Mumu and Xia Wutong were having a heated fight. Only Xiaoqing sat quietly next to Li Hongxiuyou, picking up some peanuts and peeling them in her hands.
The purpose of City Lord Xia's early spring banquet was for Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong, but Tang Qiuyu refused to sit at the host's table in order to get close to Li Hongxiu and her husband. City Lord Xia had no choice but to obey her.
But before he went to toast him, he came first to the table where Tang Qiuyu was present. Looking at the general, his wife, his husband and Li Hongxiu, the city lord said with emotion: "Without you two playing a song, this banquet would be much deserted."
Li Hongxiu said with a smile: "We are all old, and young people will laugh at us if we stand any higher." After speaking, he raised his glass.
The general's wife also stood up and raised the cup in her hand. Lin Yueru said softly: "That's fine. It's simple and easy for everyone. Just be careful."
Tang Qiuyu stood up and raised the harvest cup without saying a word. She and Xia Wutong have different identities. Standing here is a guest who is more noble than the host.
Mu Mu pulled Xiaoqing to stand up, and also held up half a glass of fruit wine. She looked at the city lord and said, "Hello, city lord! My mother is taking care of her sister at home and it is not convenient for her to come out. She asked me to attend on her behalf."
The city lord was stunned, looking at this cute little girl, and couldn't remember whose young lady she was.
Li Hongxiu looked at the stunned city lord and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten Li Ye who wrote you a poem? This is her sister Mu Mu. Ye Zhiqiu just gave birth to a daughter not long ago and it is inconvenient to go out."
The city lord suddenly realized, looked at Mu Mu and said, "I didn't expect Li Ye to have a lovely sister, that's great! It's just that the little guy isn't here, and I can't catch him today to fulfill my wish."
After speaking, he raised his glasses and drank with everyone.
Mu Mu looked at the city lord and said in a childish voice: "My brother is practicing in the mountains and can't come. I know you want poems, so I won't let me bring them to you."
The general, Ye Zhiqiu, his husband, and Li Hongxiu were all stunned, wondering when Li Ye had written a poem to the city lord. Only Xiaoqing pursed her lips and smiled.
The city lord was surprised and said overjoyed: "As long as it is written by him, I will reward you heavily. Get it quickly."
Mu Mu glanced at Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing turned her back knowingly and handed a scroll to Mu Mu.
Mu Mu asked Xiaoqing to help, and the two carefully unfolded the scroll. They saw that the scroll had been framed, and a poem jumped out on the paper.
Xia Wutong read softly:
The fragrance of red lotus root lingers in the jade mat of autumn.
He undressed Luo Shang lightly and boarded the orchid boat alone.
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book?
When the wild goose returns, the moon is full on the west tower.
Li Hongxiu Feng glared, looked at Mu Mu and said, "This kid Li Ye is so shameless. He just wrote to the Lord of the City. He forgot about me. It's a pity that I cared about him so much on the mountain."
Tang Qiuyu and Lin Yueru read it several times, trying to find the charm in the words.
The city lord was overjoyed. He came over and touched Mumu's head and said happily: "Your brother is good. I will reward you heavily in a while."
Mu Mu pointed to the upper right corner of the scroll and said, "There is also a seal carved by my brother himself. It cannot be faked."
Everyone noticed the red seal in the upper right corner, and saw the words "Tianshan Snow Moon Night" engraved on it.
Xia Wutong imitated softly: "On a snowy moonlit night in Tianshan Mountain, what a beautiful seal."
Tang Qiuyu smiled and said: "Well, not bad! The writing is beautiful and the calligraphy is beautiful. It is a good seal! If the city chief dislikes it, you can transfer it to me."
The city lord quickly said: "This is not easy to give up. I have been waiting for two years. I can ask him to write another one for you." After that, he quickly put away the scroll. I was afraid that Tang Qiuyu would get the better of me.
Li Hongxiu was full of dissatisfaction and nitpicking, shouting: "Aren't the two sentences this boy wrote that year very good? They were beautiful and artistic. Why would he write such an unreasonable poem this year? Xiaoqing, you What was he doing when he went up there?"
Xiaoqing tilted her head and thought for a while, then replied softly: "When I went up, he seemed to be copying scriptures or making up bamboo hats. It was nothing at first. Then I read the letter you asked me to bring up. When the letter came from Fenghuang Mountain, he just sat there weeping and dazed like a fool, and then he wrote this poem and said he didn’t care, just this one.”
Li Hongxiu was stunned upon hearing this and was speechless for a long time.
Lin Yueru finally knew the reason why Li Ye wrote this poem. Li quietly sat down against the general and took out a silk scarf to wipe his eyes.
After Xiaoqing finished speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Tang Qiuyu: "We just heard from Madam yesterday that Mr. brought this letter. Mr. Please bring the reply written by Li Ye back to Zhongyu. Forward to recipient."
Li Ye didn't tell her the story of Shangguan Wushuang, and naturally neither did his wife.
Tang Qiuyu took the letter, sighed softly, looked at the Wutong beside him, and thought that the love between them has been deep, and you can't break it up.
The city lord understood what he wanted, drank another drink with a few people, took the scroll and left happily.
The general patted Lin Yueru's back gently and comforted her in a low voice.
The gentleman lowered his head and said nothing. He always felt something was wrong. After thinking for a long time, he realized that the lower half of the fern was missing. It seemed that his apprentice was used to being lazy. He picked up a chopstick of green vegetables and put it in his mouth to chew.
Li Hongxiu is a smart man. Looking at his man's appearance, he knows there is a story.
At that moment, she acted coquettishly and took her husband's hand and said, "I always feel like I'm not done yet. Is there anything else you're hiding from me? Tell me quickly while everyone is here."
Tang Qiuyu is also a careful woman. Thinking about it carefully, something is wrong. She also opened her eyes and looked at her husband.
Lin Yueru and the general were even more curious. The general couldn't help but said, "Is there any story in this? You can't hide it from an old friend."
Mu Mu and Xiao Qing had just started learning poetry, so naturally they didn't understand what the others were saying, so they just whispered to Wu Tong.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, the husband sighed helplessly, knocked on the table and said: "What's the story? I'm just angry that this guy is getting more and more outrageous. He actually only wrote half of a good poem and then handed it over." It’s over.”
Then he looked at Mu Mu and said, "Master and Madam asked you to study hard. This poem written by Ye'er is in his study. Have you read it carefully?"
Mu Mu and Xiao Qing shook their heads.
Tang Qiuyu, Xia Wutong and Ye Zhiqiu opened their eyes wide and looked at Mr.
The gentleman looked at the few people with a smile, thinking that this was his apprentice after all, and he could actually manipulate people with half-fern poems. He stopped teasing a few people and said softly:
The flowers float and the water flows.
One kind of lovesickness, two places of idle sorrow.
There is no way to eliminate this feeling,
Only under the brow, but our hearts.
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