Chapter 97 Full Moon Banquet
With gentle breezes blowing and bright sunshine spreading, the capital of Southern Yan in May is now picturesque.
The curtain of the carriage was slightly lifted, revealing half of a plain silk skirt embroidered with a few pale pink roses, which swayed gently with the movement.
The woman, with a figure as slender as a willow, was wearing a moon-white skirt. Her black hair was loosely tied into a bun and pinned with a jade hairpin. A few strands of hair hung down on her cheeks, making her skin look as white as jade.
Qin Mingzhu raised her eyes and smiled softly, her eyes flowing like autumn water, her eyebrows lightly drawn like distant ink, without much makeup, but she had an elegant air, just like a magnolia blooming after the rain.
Yan Fengxiao, who originally wanted to go back home directly, stopped, then turned around and walked straight towards the picturesque figure.
"Mingzhu, why are you here?"
Qin Mingzhu didn't say anything, but handed him something that she had prepared in her sleeve.
"This is an invitation. Your son will hold a full-moon banquet tomorrow. I wanted to go to the Governor's Mansion to look for you, but you weren't there. I happened to have nothing to do today, so I'm waiting here for you to leave the palace."
Yan Fengxiao's phoenix eyes flickered slightly.
He could tell that Qin Mingzhu was waiting for him here on purpose, and even came to deliver the invitation to him personally.
Although the invitation is simple in workmanship, it is very delicate and beautiful, and you can tell at first glance that it was made with great care.
Even the words on it were painted with ground gold powder, and are very valuable.
"Tomorrow? Okay."
The reason why Qin Mingzhu came to see him off in person was that she heard that the envoys from the northern border had been looking for trouble with Yan Fengxiao. Today all the envoys entered the palace together. She also learned about this from her father's friends and was worried that Yan Fengxiao would suffer.
"Commander-in-Chief, did you encounter any trouble in the court today?"
Yan Fengxiao slowly shook his head: "I haven't encountered it."
When Qin Mingzhu heard this, she sighed slightly in her heart.
She understood that he definitely didn't want her to worry, so he kept even such a big thing from her. Even if his life in the court was difficult, he was unwilling to reveal everything to her...
She bit her lip and said, "I know you may feel that neither the Qin family nor I can help you, but having one more person to share the burden will always make things easier for you."
Yan Fengxiao suddenly curved his eyes, and his pupils, like cold ponds, looked at her with a burning gaze. The corners of his eyes were slightly raised, and there was a sharpness between his eyebrows.
He opened his thin lips and said, "It's not that I won't tell you, but I really don't have it."
Qin Mingzhu blinked her eyes and said, "The envoy from the northern border..."
"They are all hung at the Meridian Gate. I'll take you there to see..."
Qin Mingzhu: “…”
Good heavens, she really worried for nothing!
Although I still have some doubts in my heart.
However, Yan Fengxiao directly pulled her back towards the palace gate.
The elderly driver pretended not to see anything.
After all, the Qin family treats people well, with high monthly wages and occasional bonuses.
Qin Mingzhu followed Yan Fengxiao to the gate of the palace and saw many gate guards looking at her with somewhat unnatural expressions.
However, those people did not say anything to stop her, and she followed Yan Fengxiao into the palace.
In an open space not far from the palace gate, a row of human figures were hanging on newly built wooden stakes not far away.
These people were tied up and hung on wooden stakes. Although they were not dead yet, their faces were as pale as paper and they looked very miserable.
Qin Mingzhu certainly recognized several of them.
"Are these... envoys from the Northern Frontier?"
"Um."
Yan Fengxiao raised his eyes slightly and narrowed them.
These people are not dead yet, and he is thinking about how to make them die quickly.
It is only May now, and it is impossible to let these people die of sunburn. Even the sun at noon is not that hot. However, the order to hang them here was given by the emperor, and no one will take care of their food and drink.
If a person does not eat or drink, how long will it take for him to die?
Qin Mingzhu glanced at those people and sighed slightly: "The emperor is truly wise and powerful, worthy of being a wise ruler."
Yan Fengxiao raised his eyebrows, "A wise ruler?"
He curled his fingers hidden in his sleeves.
When the Emperor of Southern Yan was young, he was very ambitious and intended to unify the world. However, he encountered some setbacks when he was fighting in the Western Desert. As he grew older, he gradually focused his attention and wanted to steadily create a prosperous era for Southern Yan.
It's a pity that for him, he is a good emperor, but not a...
"certainly."
Qin Mingzhu turned to look at him and said with a smile: "Because he stands on your side, the governor, he is a wise ruler."
Yan Fengxiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
"If the Emperor handed me over to the Northern Frontier State today..."
When Qin Mingzhu heard this, the smile on her face slowly disappeared and she became extremely serious and solemn.
"Then the emperor is a tyrant. Since he is a tyrant, then we should replace him with someone else..."
She would spend her entire life, risk everything, to overthrow the dynasty and bring Yan Fengxiao back...
This is not impossible. As long as she is willing to take the risk, all the wealth accumulated by the Qin family over the generations can be used at a critical moment, which is enough to cause huge chaos in the situation and cause the economic lifeline of a country to collapse.
Yan Fengxiao, the powerful official who now controls a large number of troops, subconsciously looked around.
After making sure that no one was around, he said, "Mingzhu, be careful with your words."
Qin Mingzhu leaned close to his ear cautiously: "There's no one around. I just checked before telling you. Governor, don't worry..."
This is the imperial palace after all, so we must be careful.
She's not brainless...
After watching the Northern Frontier envoys hanging on a pole like salted fish, Yan Fengxiao personally sent Qin Mingzhu back to the Qin Mansion.
He did not tell everyone right away that he was about to leave the capital to go to the northern border to fight, even though it would soon become known to everyone and he could not hide it.
But that will have to wait until after my son's full moon banquet...
The next day, the Qin Mansion, which was usually a bit deserted, became lively.
After all, the Qin family has lived in the capital for many years. Whether it was Mrs. Qin's business acquaintances or some of General Qin's former friends, they all came as scheduled after receiving the invitation.
Even Mrs. Qin's adopted brother, who originally lived in Huaiyang City, came to the banquet with his family. The Qin family rarely holds a happy event in recent years, and there were quite a few people who came to join in the fun this time.
Qin Mingzhu dressed up early and accompanied her mother to entertain guests in the yard.
Because of his mobility problems, General Qin stayed in the house to accompany his little grandson.
There were guests coming and going outside the door, most of them were smiling and bringing gifts to congratulate.
However, a carriage suddenly stopped outside the Qin family's door. The carriage was quite gorgeous and exquisite. It was obvious that the person sitting inside was of extraordinary status, which attracted many people to stop and look sideways.
Even Mrs. Qin's face looked solemn.
Because with her keen eyesight, she could tell that the carriage was quite valuable, and that it came with ill intentions...
She asked Qin Mingzhu to hide behind her and went forward alone.
"I wonder which distinguished guest has come here."
Just as she finished asking, a servant came out, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and helped a figure out from inside.
She was a young woman, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, elegantly dressed, with a delicate makeup. She was beautiful, but there was a hint of arrogance between her eyebrows.
After seeing Madam Qin, she said calmly: "After all, this child is my aunt's grandson. I came here on behalf of the Zhao family to visit and offer congratulatory gifts."
Qin Mingzhu had already recognized the person who spoke.
She is the granddaughter of Taifu Zhao, the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, Zhao Chunyu...
How could she not know him?
Zhao Chunyu is the cousin of the Yan family and a good sister of Yan Qingjiao. In her previous life, she often visited the Yan family...
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