The adopted daughter returns with a new face

Mu Rongchen's heart was stirred, and he looked at Lan Rufeng beside him again. When he saw him smiling at him, he suddenly became confused as to whether she was Liang Ziyu.

"I like this gift from Master Lan very much. Please put the painting away. I will examine it carefully when the time comes." The Queen Mother smiled and asked someone to take the painting away. Chen Xue also walked back to his seat and sat down.

Chen Siyao and Feng Qingwu both looked at Lan Rufeng with admiration. Even though he was not good-looking, the talent he displayed made them even more attracted to him.

Lan Rufeng's paintings are made with modern new techniques, one stroke at a time, and naturally they are not the result of the ancients picking up the pen and painting casually. Her purpose is to dispel the suspicion of Mu Rongchen and the Liang family towards her.

That's why she worked hard for several days to prepare, and her shoulders and hands were sore from painting. Liang Ziyu couldn't paint this picture with her level. The way Mu Rongchen looked at her was the best proof, proving that her painting disturbed his heart.

"The envoys from various countries greet you..." The voice of a palace servant was heard outside the imperial garden. In the blink of an eye, six men and three women dressed in strange costumes appeared in everyone's sight.

Lan Rufeng saw three men and women dressed like southerners, the women were pretty and the men were handsome. There were three people dressed like grassland people, the men were tall and handsome, and the women were tall and beautiful.

There were three others who were dressed like modern Xinjiang people. The men were tall and slender with extraordinary looks, and the woman had a lively face and was a rare beauty.

"The Yuqing Kingdom, the Dongming Kingdom, and the Beili Kingdom respectfully wish the Queen Mother a long life, good fortune and happiness." The envoys of the three countries came together to wish the Queen Mother a happy birthday and present her with gifts.

"Thank you all for coming from afar to celebrate my birthday. Please take a seat." The Queen Mother smiled and motioned for everyone to sit down.

After everyone sat down, the emperor signaled Zhao An to start the banquet. He first toasted a glass of wine to the princes, princesses and envoys of various countries. Everyone also raised their glasses to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday. The birthday banquet officially began and singing and dancing began.

The Three Kingdoms princesses looked at Mu Rongchen and Lan Rufeng through the singing and dancing. They all came for Prince Rong's appearance. Unexpectedly, the young man in blue beside him, who was wearing a half mask and the half of his face that was exposed was also a handsome man. He should be Lan Rufeng.

The daughters of the ministers in the court naturally set their sights on the position of Rong Prince's wife and the position of concubine because Liang Ziyu was murdered and Liang Zihan died of poisoning. Although they also wanted to marry Prince Mo at the beginning, now that Prince Mo was leaving Beijing, they naturally chose to give up, and countless eyes were staring at Mu Rongchen.

The Queen Mother remained calm as she watched the eyes on her son. Liang Ziyu was not dead, and Zi Han was poisoned to death. Now Liang Ziyu became the youngest daughter of the King of Nan'an. This marriage that was not abolished back then naturally could not be abolished.

After the singing and dancing ended, the Crown Prince of Yuqing, Damuzhen, said, "Your Majesty, I am here on my father's orders to form an alliance with your country and establish a lasting friendship of peace."

"Mutual marriage..." Mu Liangyu looked at her father and mother nervously when she heard it. She was the only royal princess of the right age, so she didn't want to marry a northern barbarian.

Lan Rufeng's eyes passed through Mu Liangyu and fell on Damuzhen. The Yuqing Kingdom lost to Mu Rongchen three years ago, so they must be unwilling to accept it. They are probably not here to form an alliance, but to cause trouble.

"Prince Damu, the Southern Kingdom is on good terms with other countries, and marriage can ease relations among them. But I do not think that marriage can maintain peace permanently. Peace is based on the premise of peaceful development among countries, not wantonly disrupting other countries' borders and invading other countries' territories." Mu Rongchen's cold voice sounded.

Lan Rufeng was a little surprised to hear that Mu Rongchen did not agree to the marriage, and smiled and raised his glass to him. This scene fell into the eyes of the emperor and the others. Was it approval or something else? The emperor asked with a smile: "Master Lan, do you agree with Prince Rong's words?"

"Did we bring this fire upon her?" Lan Rufeng was speechless. He turned around and looked at the emperor and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I agree with Prince Rong's point of view. Peace gained with women is not a long-term strategy after all. Peaceful development is the best choice. The victims of war are always the people."

"I agree with what Master Lan said, but marriage can also increase cultural exchanges between countries and promote better peaceful development." Ouyang Mingtai, the Crown Prince of Dongming Kingdom, said with a smile.

"I agree with what Prince Ouyang said. If different countries cannot understand each other's languages, if they can intermarry, they can learn from each other's languages ​​and cultures, which will further promote the process of peaceful development." Bai Chuchao, the prince of Beili Kingdom, also agreed.

"Your Majesty, what the princes of various countries said all have their reasons. Since ancient times, marriage has been for the sake of greater peace. It is naturally good to be able to marry each other." Chu Jingguo, the Prime Minister of Chu, said.

When Mu Liangyu heard what Prime Minister Chu said, she was so angry that she clenched her hands in her sleeves. Chu Jingguo actually wanted her to marry.

"Your Majesty, I have long heard that Prince Rong is an extraordinary and heroic man. After seeing him today, I find that he is indeed so. I want to marry him. I hope Your Majesty will grant my wish." Damulingyu told the emperor directly that she wanted to marry Mu Rongchen.

"Princess Lingyu, I already have a fiancée. If you marry me, you can only be my concubine. I'm afraid that will be unfair to Princess Lingyu." Mu Rongchen refused decisively.

"He has a fiancée..." Everyone present knew who Mu Rongchen was talking about. Lan Rufeng, the little girl of the Lan family. He actually wanted to marry that ugly girl whose life and death was unknown? The purpose was just to contain the Nan'an Palace.

Lin Ruyan and her son were as clear as a mirror and remained silent.

"Today is the Queen Mother's birthday. I wonder who is Prince Rong's fiancée?" Damu Lingyu asked knowingly.

"She was naughty and ran out to play." Mu Rongchen replied indifferently, his eyes passing over Lan Rufeng beside him.

"What's with that look in his eyes? Isn't that a sinister guy?" Lan Rufeng cursed inwardly as she looked at Mu Rongchen who glanced at her, and subconsciously lowered her head to glance at her chest.

"Is the fiancée of Prince Rong so playful? This is the first time I have met her." Damuling's words were full of sarcasm.

The emperor was not happy with Damu Lingyu's sarcasm towards his brother and said, "Princess Lingyu, Prince Rong does have a fiancée, but she is not in the capital for some reason."

"Your Majesty, how did I hear that Prince Rong's fiancée was killed by Concubine Liang three years ago? Logically speaking, this person should have died without any marriage, which doesn't make sense?" Bai Chuchao questioned the emperor out loud, using a dead person as a shield.

"Prince Bai, Feng'er is not dead." Lan Ruyun retorted unhappily. He would not allow anyone to say that Feng'er was dead. Even if the royal family wanted to use the marriage contract to restrain Nan'an, he did not want to hear others say that his sister was dead.

"Please forgive me, Prince Lan. I also heard some rumors when I came to the capital." Bai Chuchao explained.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that three years ago, there was a sign of a red moon cannibalizing people in the South Country. Although I have not seen this with my own eyes, the Moro Country once said that this red moon cannibalizing people existed. Prince Rong's fiancée happened to have an accident at this time." Bai Chuling looked at Mu Rongchen with a hint of meaning.

"Not really..." Lan Rufeng said with a smile: "Everyone, I have also heard about this. In fact, this red moon does not eat people. This red moon is called a total lunar eclipse, which is just a celestial phenomenon."

"Your Majesty, I have only heard of the moon being eaten by the heavenly dog, but have never heard of a total lunar eclipse. Young Master Lan is so knowledgeable and talented, why not let him tell everyone what a total lunar eclipse is?" Feng Qingyue asked the emperor as soon as she got the chance.

"Mr. Lan, then why don't you tell us what a total lunar eclipse is? Let us all broaden our horizons." The emperor gave the order.

"Your Majesty, I dare not say that I have learned something new. This total lunar eclipse is just because sunlight is a mixture of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. When sunlight passes through the earth's atmosphere, it is refracted into the shadow behind the earth. They will be scattered and absorbed by extremely tiny atmospheric molecules in the atmosphere.

For example, the wavelengths of light such as yellow, green, blue, and purple are relatively short, and are greatly affected by scattering in the atmosphere. Most of them are scattered in all directions. The wavelength of red light is relatively long, and can penetrate through the atmosphere and refract onto the moon hiding behind the shadow of the earth. Therefore, during a total lunar eclipse, the moon you see is red. "Lan Rufeng had to explain modern astronomical research to everyone.