Both Mrs. Mu and her daughter are not like luxury, and the decorations in the house are not as rich as those from the Xu family. In fact, even the major noble families in the capital are not as good as those from the Xu family.

The reason is very simple, it is because Xu Da respects his widowed sister-in-law and treats all valuable good things with both hands.

The old lady was naturally clear about the importance of the treasures sent by her second brother, and knew that most of the treasures she sent were priceless and rare. Most of them were sealed in her house for the sake of temporary use by the entire family. In order to prevent them from being stolen by her servants or being sold privately by her children and grandchildren, each piece was registered and a special person was sent to each house for inspection every year. If one piece was lost, she would be furious.

So no one dared to make up those treasures. As for the things Xu Hao pawned, it was the second time. In his early years, he was not favored by the old lady. There were not many rare items in the house. Most of them were small things that the elders gave me during the Chinese New Year. Even so, they always thought about redeeming the things as soon as possible.

At that time, although he knew that an accident was unlikely, Xu Hao carefully chose the pawnshop opened by the Mu family's servant. He didn't know that as soon as the person left, the shopkeeper sent everyone to the Mu family.

All the money transactions of the Mu family were managed by Mu Ningxue alone. When she was only ten years old, she took the family affairs from her mother who was not good at stewarding. Generally speaking, the daughter should not be a housekeeper, but because the first generation head Mu Ying was cautious and did not dare to show off her power, the marriages of her two sons were both married to the daughter of a low-ranking military general.

Among them, Liu, the wife of the eldest son Mu Chun, was honest and honest. She had been serving her father-in-law in Yunnan for a long time with her husband and now accompanied her husband to handle the family affairs in Yunnan. The wife of the second son Mu Sheng, Su, married less than two years ago. She was restricted by the daughter of the subordinate family, and did not dare to compete with Mu Ningxue, the proud daughter of the Mu family. Moreover, she had a mother-in-law and a sister-in-law at home, so it was not her turn to serve the housekeeper for the time being.

Mu Ningxue was full of kindness and didn't have much thoughts. After the box was delivered, she watched it casually and placed it in her house. At that time, Xu Hao specially greeted the manager of the Mu Mansion in order to pawn more money. After Mu Ningxue learned about it, she immediately spoke.

If you don’t take the lead, you don’t know how expensive it is. Mu Ningxue agrees with Xu Hao’s various actions, but in Mrs. Mu’s eyes, she seems a little unemployed and has no ambitions. If you have a long-term ambition, why should you work hard for a mere industry?

Afterwards, Mu Ningxue couldn't return the box to Xu Hao directly, and she didn't say it out. She kept waiting for him to redeem it after making money.

But after Mu Qingshuang went to find her sister, Mrs. Mu quickly invited Xu Hao to sit for tea, hurried back to the house to wash away the powder on her face, and instructed the maids to remove the sushi and change to another table for a good banquet. She also arranged for someone to organize Erya's embroidery room, opened her own warehouse and took out all the good things to put on. Suddenly, the whole Mu family was in chaos.

Seeing this, Xu Hao pulled Mu Ang, who was playing with the jade horse, and went out to sit and wait in the next ear room.

After waiting for a long time, a maid came to invite him. This time, when he walked into the flower hall, the decorations inside completely changed.

When I saw the house, Xu Hao admired Mrs. Mu's taste very much and thought that he was a very rich family. Even if he was not from a high school, after years of wealth and great influence, he was enough to develop a true aristocratic style. There was no trace of magnificent vulgarity in the flower hall. Those who understand can see the depth, but those who don't understand it are just like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, and she can't see the reason.

On one wall, there are two rows of tables and chairs of fragrant nanmu, which are the golden nanmu of later generations, and the natural number of iron pear wood, which is more than three feet long. There are large Han copper flower vases on it and a bright peony flower is inserted. It is leaning against a Zhou-patterned Taotie Cauldron, which is more than six feet high, and there are endless cigarettes.

There are six marble chairs made from Japanese lacquer in the middle, with four marble screens lying across one side, which are completely natural in the mountains and rivers. In the middle, there is a unique white eagle in the world, with a jade seal printed on it. Xu Hao resisted the urge to go, and the eagle's eagle showed the momentum of the kingly heroes, although it was a little abstract and out of shape.

The wall on the left is surrounded by the inscription of Dongpi with the ink bamboo. The rice hanging on the right is faintly embellished by Zhao Danian's distant mountains, and Xu Hao's eyes are green.

The ebony eight immortal table in the middle was decorated with dessert fruits. Xu Hao didn't care about what he had eaten, so he reluctantly withdrew his gaze and looked at the other side. He saw it was an elegant small hall, which seemed to be the small study that Mu Ningxue usually used.

The nanmu partitions on both sides are carved with dragons and phoenixes, hooking the tassels of brocade tents made by the inner palace. In the middle, there are jade signs and jade scrolls, etc. on the Zhujisu table, and a pair of imperial pens, inkstones and inkstones are neatly placed. There are pine pots more than three feet high on the ground next to it, and a parrot in the bird cage hanging above. He was imitating the tongue and called the guest to offer tea, and the guest to offer tea!

On the flower stand behind, there was a thousand-year-old guqin Zixiao. Xu Hao suddenly glanced at the antique Xiao Guan for no reason and quickly coughed lightly to cover it up. In addition, several antiques such as the white jade screen burning gold Zhou Ding were placed in the best position, and it was not ostentatious to show the owner's identity.

Xu Hao suddenly felt the urge to explore the beauty's boudoir, and had no intention of continuing to watch, and waited quietly as Mu Ang sat on the chair.

A short while later, a laugh came. The two maids lifted up the emerald green bead curtains. Mrs. Mu slowly walked in with Mu Qingshuang's hand, while Mu Qingshuang's hand was holding Hongye's hand.

Later, the elder sister Xu Qinglian walked in with a smile. Xu Hao's heart beat for no reason, and then she saw Mu Ningxue, who was blushing and browsing, came over with her brows. She had no jewelry on her body. She was very light, but she felt more elegant.

As soon as he saw Xu Hao, Mu Ningxue returned to normal in an instant and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for a long time, please have tea."

Zhiyan beside her smiled and handed it over with a cup of pine and roe tea with osmanthus dotted. Xu Hao smiled faintly, got up and took it with one hand, and drank it all in one gulp without looking at it.

Hongye immediately raised his head proudly and said to Mu Qingshuang: "I just said that my brother will not lose his composure. What, you lost."

Mu Qingshuang said boredly: "Your brother is such a beautiful person, so your elder brother is indifferent. Humph! Could it be the father-in-law who came from the palace?"

Mrs. Mu hurriedly scolded: "Tong Yan Wuji, if you, the brother of the Xu family, lose your composure at the first sight of a beauty, how could you let him enter the inner house?"

Xu Hao, who smiled bitterly in his heart, simply pretended not to hear it. When Yu Jiaren was right in front of her, she didn't want to speak with great effort. She reached out and asked Mrs. Mu to sit down, habitually waited for her elder sister to walk to the table, helped her move the chair back, and then served the proud Hongye to sit down smoothly.

This was a habit developed by later generations. Mrs. Mu looked at this scene in surprise, but she didn't say anything. Mu Ningxue looked at the reactions of Xu Qinglian and Xu Hongye, looking like she was used to it. She knew that these were things Xu Hao often did. She secretly said that he was the most considerate of his daughter's family, and it seemed that she was indeed well-deserved.

More than a dozen maids came in one after another, holding copper basins and spittoons in their hands. Xu Hao, who felt troublesome, was patient and reached out to wash it carefully in the clear water. He took the white scarf from another maid and wiped his hand. He waved his hand to not drink the fragrant tea for rinsing his mouth. The maid nodded gently and turned around with a wooden plate.

Mu Qingshuang seemed to notice something, stared at Xu Hao, slowly spitting the fragrant tea in her mouth into the spittoon, straightening her body, but asking Hongye beside her: "Do your brother don't like these rules at home?"

"I don't like it." Hongye, who turned around, reached out to take another new white scarf from the maid's hand and gently wiped the corner of her mouth. "My brother is most tired of these red tape. He usually cleanses his hands and rinses his mouth and comes to eat. Later, except for the elders, we all follow before the meal. Who is patient and is served by others all day long? Unfortunately, my mother said she should wait for the maids to serve her, so that she will save herself from getting used to it after getting married."

Mrs. Mu liked Hongye very much and chuckled when she heard this, "Tell me the truth, our family has always been very simple to eat. I am afraid of being slow to treat you guests. Others don't know that my ancestors have not passed down so many rules. In addition to the fact that the whole family is still more particular when eating together, on weekdays, I and Ningxue and I often make some porridge and side dishes by myself, and invite all the girls to eat together. This person tastes particularly delicious if there are too many people."

Hongye looked at Mrs. Mu and suddenly said, "I like Mrs.

Mrs. Mu was happy, and she was too lonely recently. She smiled and said, "I like you, too, and I will call you aunt in the future. Why don't I recognize you as my goddaughter? Call me godmother."

"No." Mu Qingshuang was a little annoyed when she heard this, her eyes rolled, and she raised her hand and pointed at Xu Hao without being outdone, "I want to go to his house and let his mother beg me to be my goddaughter."

Xu Hao suddenly laughed, but he didn't expect that the second girl of the Mu family was still such a childlike and simple girl. He smiled and said, "Welcome at any time. Otherwise, if the wife and Ningxue come to my house as a guest, grandmother, she hasn't seen a guest for a long time, she will definitely be very happy."

Mrs. Mu thought about it and looked at her daughter with a light expression, and said with a smile: "I will definitely visit you in the future. By the way, I admire the old lady of the Duke of Wei. I met one after another in my early years. It's a pity that there was no chance to visit her for many years. Who doesn't know that Duke of Wei is very filial to his sister-in-law?"

Xu Hao nodded with a smile. After his uncle was dismissed, the uncle and three brothers in the mansion came to kowtow to the old lady and apologize to explain the reasons. It turned out that Xu Yaozu had privately defected to Lan Yu with his mansion. Xu Da was very angry when he learned about it. He had a premonition that something might happen to Lan Yu, but it was inconvenient to notify him. It happened that the court was going to take back the fiefdom, so he took the opportunity to let the eldest son cut off the supply of money, and used this warning first and also made a pre-processing move.

The whole family didn't say anything after hearing this. After so many years of ups and downs, they knew that there must be an emperor hidden in the family, and no one dared to make it clear. At that time, the mansion did not dare to act rashly, and any abnormal movement would make the emperor suspicious. On the contrary, everything in their family was natural, and the whole process was reasonable, and the emperor would not be suspicious even if he knew it.

This is why it is better to be with the king than to be with the tiger. It is naturally a good thing for the family to be as reconciled as before, but it is still facing unexpected risks at any time as Xu Da is alive.

Xu Hao had a premonition that Zhu Yuanzhang would never attack the most prestigious heroes, but kept it to preserve it all the time, hoping to create an eternal story between the king and the ministers.

As a god-like prediction, Xu Da has been hiding his strength for so many years and has long lost his power and posed no threat to the Zhu family. However, because of Zhu Yuanzhang's character, he may soon end his life with a glass of poisonous wine the moment before the first emperor was about to die.
Chapter completed!