"Mrs. Xu Sima, I have waited for you all." Mu Yelai smiled and stepped forward to salute, while deliberately looking behind Fang Wu Niang, "There are not four ladies in the Sima Mansion, why are there only two here?"

Du Hengshuang glanced at Mu Yelai in surprise.

Her skin color is snow-white, her eye sockets are slightly sunken, but her eyes are deep and dark, her nose is straight, and her lips are well-defined. They are more generous than girls from the Central Plains, but plump and soft, and have a unique charm.

He is also very tall, only a little shorter than himself.

The Mu family migrated from Anxi, and the women in the family must have a somewhat exotic style.

Du Hengshuang looked carefully while listening to Fang Wu Niang's greetings with the young lady, "Our second young lady and fourth young lady happened to be infected with the wind and cold. They couldn't get up and couldn't come to the banquet. I hope Mu Hou and his wife Haihan are here." He asked again.

: "Excuse me, are you...?"

Mu Yelai smiled coquettishly and made an elegant gesture, "I am the daughter of Lord Mu, the third in line. My family calls me Yelai, so please call me Yelai, Madam."

It turned out to be the third young lady of the Mu family.

Du Hengshuang nodded secretly in her heart. She had heard Fang Wu Niang say some things about the Mu family, and knew that this third young lady was a special one among the concubines of the Mu family. She was originally the daughter of the second wife's grandmother, but she was recorded in the name of her aunt and daughter.

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She is pampered. No wonder she doesn't look like a common concubine in her movements, but her eyes are always a little evasive when she looks at people. When you look over, her eyes slip away again, looking as if nothing has happened.

Mu Yelai felt Du Hengshuang's scrutinizing eyes constantly falling on her, and her heart shuddered. He did not dare to look at her secretly from the corner of his eyes, and smiled as he led the female members of the Xu family into the second door.

When you come to the central hall of Muhou Mansion, you will see a huge picture of a white tiger descending from the mountain. It is majestic and majestic, and a fierce look comes to your face.

"The Muhou family deserves to be from the royal family of Anxi. Look at the grandeur of this central hall. Where is the Marquis' Mansion, let's just call it the Prince's Mansion. I don't think it can compare to the grandeur of this place." Everyone said polite words while taking their seats.

Mrs. Mu Hou's wife, Cao, was sitting in the upper seat, constantly greeting the guests who came in. Next to her stood her own eldest daughter, Mu Yege, welcoming the guests with her.

Seeing Mu Yelai walking in with Fang Wu Niang, followed by two girls with outstanding looks, Cao narrowed her eyes. The smile on her face became more dignified.

"Mrs. Mu Hou is well." Fang Wu Niang nodded and saluted.

When Mrs. Cao heard that she was Xu Sima's house-filling wife, she hurriedly stood up and responded, "Madam, that's very polite of you. Please take a seat quickly."

Apart from the Cao family, Fang Wu Niang's status was considered to be one of the best here, so she took the first seat without any hesitation.

After everyone finished talking here, the mother-in-law came over and invited everyone to the banquet.

The table for the autumn banquet was placed in the back garden of Muhou Mansion.

There is a square piece of green grass in the middle, separated by several screens as tall as one person. Men sit on the left and women sit on the right.

To the left and right of the screen, countless seasonal melons and fruits are placed on long tables. Golden sliced ​​cantaloupe, bright red sandy watermelon stuck with a small silver pick, and large peeled pears. Each one is neatly arranged.

The ground code is on the silver tray. There are also bright green grapes, green and white Japanese melons, purple-red jujubes, and bright red apples, all with the unique Anxi flavor.

Du Hengxue loves to eat fruits the most. Seeing this long table, she smiled from ear to ear.

Du Hengshuang laughed softly and said: "These things are cold, don't eat too much, or you may hurt your spleen and stomach."

Du Hengxue looked away sheepishly, sitting between Fang Wu Niang and Du Hengshuang, watching the adults mingling with each other honestly. She ate a few pieces of rouge roasted goose, then put down her chopsticks and stopped eating.

Besides, who comes to the autumn feast and doesn’t have enough to eat?

After drinking for three rounds, Mrs. Muhou stood up and said with a smile: "Our custom in Anxi is that during the autumn banquet, we have to watch the good boys and girls compete in archery. Whoever can shoot the most apples will be the champion of the autumn banquet!"

"What good fortune does the number one scholar at this autumn banquet have?"

"Lots? There are plenty of them. In addition to the thousand taels of gold provided by the Muhou Mansion, there are other benefits. The number one scholar at the Autumn Banquet will generally have a smooth life, marry a happy wife, and be full of children and grandchildren!"

Some of the people here are not participating in the autumn banquet of the Nine Surnames of Zhaomu for the first time. These people still remember the autumn banquet at the Anguo Hou Mansion.

Hearing this, some people curled their lips and muttered disdainfully: "It's just nonsense. Back then, Marquis Anguo was also the number one scholar at the Autumn Banquet. Look at him now. Not to mention his body and head, how can he have a house full of children and grandchildren?"

?——The entire An family has only one son left, and this son is also a murderer who killed his king and his father..."

"You don't want your life? That boy is now King Qi's vanguard general. As long as Hedong County is captured, the last elite troops of Da Zhou will be wiped out, and Da Zhou... will no longer exist. By then, you

If you keep talking too much, I don't think you can save your head." Someone next to her warned her in a low voice.

Du Hengshuang, who was sitting nearby, heard this and glanced at them quickly.

The two people seemed to realize that someone was looking at them, so they stopped talking and raised their glasses to taste the fine wine from Muhou Mansion.

Several servants came over, moved away the valerian screen in the middle of the lawn, and moved the long table to the edge of the lawn, leaving the entire center of the lawn empty.

On the southernmost side of the grassland, a long white curtain was pulled up. Then eight archery targets were inserted into the white curtain one foot away to the north. The arrow targets were further north, about one foot away.

Instead, there were four tou kettles with small mouths and large bodies.

Du Hengshuang watched with interest, wondering what trick they were going to perform.

Mu Yelai endured it for a long time before he felt that the time had come. He came over with a plate of sliced ​​cantaloupe and watermelon with small silver picks, placed it in front of Du Hengxue and Du Hengshuang, and said with a smile: "I saw this little lady staring at it all the time.

The table over there was occupied, and I thought it would be inconvenient for you to pick it up, so I brought it to you personally."

Du Hengxue was really overjoyed, thanked her repeatedly, and then couldn't wait to eat a piece of cantaloupe. When she was so happy, she squeaked and narrowed her eyes, like a greedy little cat.

When Du Hengshuang saw it, he couldn't bear to blame her. He took out a handkerchief and put it on Du Hengxue's chest to prevent the juice from dripping on the clothes he had just changed today.

Mu Ye was amazed when he saw it.

This kind of deep sisterly love is definitely not something to be faked for outsiders to see.

But later on, why did the two sisters become strangers to each other? Especially this sister...

Before the death of Du Hengxue in the previous life, she had posted several times to the Xiao family, saying she wanted to visit, but Du Hengshuang ignored her without any trace.

Until Du Hengxue disappeared later, Du Hengshuang never went to Du Hengxue's husband's house to express condolences.

Why did these two sisters turn against each other?

Mu Yelai held up his chin and sat across from Du Hengshuang and Du Hengxue, his scrutinizing eyes turning back and forth between Du Hengshuang and Du Hengxue.

"Miss Mu San, thank you for your kindness." Du Hengshuang said with a smile, and there was a sense of alienation in his voice.

Du Hengxue nodded repeatedly, "Miss Mu San, your melons and fruits are really delicious. They are very different from those sold in the market outside, and they are also different from those sold in our Zhuangzi."

Mu Yelai said proudly: "That's natural. The fruits for our family's autumn feast are all transported thousands of miles from Anxi. They are better than the fruits from the Central Plains!"

Du Hengxue boasted in surprise: "Really? Then you are really lucky." After that, he said childishly: "If I were you, I would never move to the Central Plains. Even for these fruits, I would not be willing to part with them."

After saying that, he chuckled.

Over at the male guests' table, Xu Yanbang heard Du Hengxue's laughter. His eyes moved over and refused to leave for a long time.

Du Hengshuang noticed that Xu Yanbang was looking at Du Hengxue, and felt slightly unhappy. He moved his stool to the side, blocking Xu Yanbang's view.

Xu Yanbang snorted and said to his eldest brother Xu Yanhui, "That sister is really hateful."

Xu Yanhui took a look. He smiled and said nothing, and said to the young master next to him: "There will be an archery competition later. Will you participate?"

The young man said with a bitter face: "Can I say no? If I had known that if I had come to this banquet, I would have shot arrows, even if I were killed, I wouldn't have come! Isn't it good to eat wine and lie down at home? Why do you want to come here to make trouble?"

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An Zichang wore a beautiful Sichuan brocade robe with red dahlias embroidered on the blue background. He leaned leisurely on the bed with a glass of amber wine in his hand. He lingered for a long time without drinking a drop.

He was naturally handsome, and he was dressed so eye-catchingly that he actually made the girls at the women's banquet look at him one after another.

An Zichang didn't care, and occasionally gave him a faint smile in return, which made everyone at the table over there exclaim. From time to time, a girl blushed, holding her cheeks in her hands and exclaiming, "It's too hot."

Seeing An Zichang like this, many young masters and young masters had already taken the initiative to stay two feet away from him, so as not to be looked down upon by him.

Someone here is complaining in a low voice, and a white cloth curtain is ready there.

I saw four Anxi girls, wearing tights and pants, standing gracefully in front of the white cloth curtain with their arms stretched out.

Each of them has an apple on the top of their head and on their outstretched arms.

Bang!

As the gong sounded, Lord Mu stood in the middle and announced loudly, "The autumn banquet archery competition has officially begun!"

Then he announced the method for today's autumn banquet competition.

It turns out that there are three rounds of competition.

In the first round, there is a competition of arrow cluster throwing. Use the tail of the arrow instead of the arrowhead to throw the pot. The young masters present draw lots and divide them into eight groups. In each group, whoever throws more arrows at one time will win and enter the second round.

wheel.

In the second round, the archery targets are tested. Each person shoots four arrows at the four targets to see who can shoot the most accurately. The four people who shoot the most and most accurately will enter the final round.

In the third round, shoot the apples on the heads and arms of the four Anxi girls. If you are not confident about your archery skills, you can declare a waiver and give up the game. Otherwise, it is always bad to hurt the master's servants.

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Du Hengshuang found the third round of competition interesting and became very interested.

The men started to draw lots and group them in a noisy manner, and suddenly they heard someone reporting loudly: "The second son of the King of Qi, Qi Yi, has arrived! Xiao Shi of Chang'an has arrived!"

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