When Mu Ye saw the expressions of the mother and son, his heart couldn't help but feel a little slack. It seemed that this political marriage had not had a good effect. If Mu Lanxin really got married, she still didn't know what would happen.

Just when Mu Ye was not optimistic about the marriage, Wen Zhongyong announced the beginning of the engagement ceremony. As the musicians sounded, Mu Lanxin slowly walked into the venue with her father's company. Today was her happiest day. She had dreamed countless times to become the queen of the Great Yong Kingdom, and today this dream was finally realized. Although this was just an engagement ceremony, it was not far from her ascending to the throne of the queen. As long as they became an adult, she could fulfill her cottage with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. At that time, she would be in the world and become the first person in the harem.

Just as Mulanxin was dreaming of her queen, Mu Junchen had already brought her to the Crown Prince. At this time, Wen Qi reluctantly smiled, a Shiyi loudly announced the beginning of the engagement ceremony.

The next step was to exchange love tokens with each other, then pay homage to both parents, and after all the procedures were passed, the teacher announced the ceremony of the engagement ceremony again.

With the end of the engagement ceremony, all the guests who came to attend the ceremony were invited to a hall to prepare for dinner. Mu Ye, as the third-level senior guest, was also fortunate to be invited to attend the lunch. As for those in the second and first-level people, the Imperial Guards were politely invited out of the Royal Garden by the Imperial Guards.

When Mu Ye was arranged to eat outside the hall, he realized that only wealthy families and officials were qualified to enter the hall for dining, while businessmen like him and people without officials were arranged to eat outside the hall.

However, Mu Ye didn't care about these false names. Fortunately, the banquet outside the hall was not shabby. Dozens of dishes were placed on a table. Mu Ye calculated in his mind that the wine and dishes on this table alone were worth dozens of taels of silver, and Wen Zhongyong was not a stingy person.

At the same time, Mu Ye observed the others at the same table with him. There were eight people sitting in the table, which was a standard eight-person seat. Moreover, Mu Ye was the youngest among the eight people present, and most of the others were adults in their thirties and forties, and they seemed to know each other.

Mu Ye did not take the initiative to talk to them, but instead pricked his ears to listen to what they said while eating wine and food. At this time, one of the merchants named Yu said, "Brother Gu, we haven't met for a few days. Today, I will give you a cup of wine in this royal day."

"Brother Yu, you are polite. I have been busy with business matters during this period, but I have ignored the drinking and chatting with you all. Here, Gu will give you a drink first and treat it as a pity to all the bosses."

Seeing that Boss Gu was so polite, the others picked up the wine glasses and drank it against him. Since Mu Ye was not very familiar with these people, he focused on eating.

Just as he was working hard to eat, the boss surnamed Gu turned his head and said to him: "This little brother is so nervous. I don't know where he is making a fortune?"

When Mu Ye heard someone talking to him, he had to put down his chopsticks and replied: "I am a wanderer who just arrived in the Eastern Capital. My home is in the northern border. I heard that Duke Mu's daughter was engaged today, so I came to congratulate you and ask for advice from you, seniors."

Mu Ye did not say what he did, because he didn't know the business here. He was afraid that he would make many mistakes, so he simply called himself a traveler.

When the people here heard Mu Ye's words, they immediately lost interest in him. They just thought Mu Ye was a playboy who came out to play. Seeing that everyone was not paying attention to him, Mu Ye was happy to be quiet, so he started to eat and drink again.

At this time, one of the merchants said, "Everyone, why didn't you see the Xiahou family attending the ceremony today? Is it true that the old patriarch of Xiahou Bo is really in a hurry?"

When Mu Ye heard someone mention the Xiahou family, he immediately raised his ears. At this time, another businessman immediately replied: "The old patriarch Xiahou Bo has been sick for several months and has not seen any improvement. I think the Xiahou family will sooner or later change the patriarch."

"Well, what Boss Chen said makes sense. Xiahou's family didn't even come to participate in important occasions like today. It seems that something might have happened to the old patriarch of Xiahou Bo."

"Yes, the Xiahou family is in our Dongdu City, and it is impossible for His Majesty to not give them invitations on days like today. I can only say that something might have happened to the Xiahou family, otherwise they would not have sent people here. And once the old patriarch Xiahou Bo really returns to heaven, the court will be in a big change."

"Well, there will be another wealthy family like the Mu family in the Dongdu City in the future. Haven't you seen the officials who came here today come for the Mu family? I think when the Xiahou family was in charge of the government affairs, those officials also flattered the Xiahou family. Now the Xiahou family is setting, so these officials can only find another big tree to rely on, and the Mu family is their best choice."

"Isn't there still a Yin family? Taishi Yin is also an important figure in the court, and Taishi Yin also serves as the Grand Secretary in the Taixue Prefecture. Many local officials were promoted by him, so I think the Yin family is also good. No matter what, the Yin family is also from our East Realm, but unlike the Mu family, who are just an outsider."

At this moment, Mu Ye deeply felt that the people in the East Realm were really xenophobic. Even if his father became the Minister of the Son of the Son, they did not take it too seriously, as if it had nothing to do with them.

At this time, the boss named Gu said: "Since the head of the Mu family became the chief minister, our commercial tax has been added to two levels. Do he really think our business is so easy to do? After my batch of goods was shipped from the south last month, I lost nearly three levels of profit. In addition, the commercial tax on these two levels means that I have done it in vain this month, and I have paid a lot of labor costs."

"Yes, since this Duke Mu came, our businessmen have not had such a good life. I also heard that even the shops opened by aristocratic families have been added to the commercial tax of two floors. Now many officials are preparing to impeach this Duke Mu who makes money, hoping that he can reduce the burden on our businessmen."

"Hmph, I think he is not the source of being the chief minister at all. Does he think our Dongdu City is his northern territory? I think it would be better to let him retreat to the northern territory and give this position of the chief minister to Taishi Yin. I believe Taishi Yin will never do anything like him."

After hearing these businessmen's words, Mu Ye couldn't help but smile and shook his head with a wry smile. His father was originally a military general, but he wanted to be the chief minister. Isn't this intention to put himself on fire? At the same time, Mu Ye didn't believe that increasing the business tax was the idea of ​​his father. It was like Wen Zhongyong's work, but his father took the blame for him. It seems that his father is not a material for being a civil servant. The open and secret struggles in the court are a hundred times more dangerous than the battle on the battlefield. How could a novice like his father be the opponent of these old foxes?

However, another thing attracted Mu Ye's attention, that is, whether Xiahou Bo, the old patriarch of the Xiahou family, was a real or a fake disease. Since he came to Dongdu City, he has never heard anyone talk about the Xiahou family. If it weren't for attending the engagement ceremony today, Mu Ye would have almost forgotten about the Xiahou family.
Chapter completed!