Someone on the water pavilion pushed a man out: "Second son Chen, although this Shanglian has been read out, the rules of archery still cannot be abolished, and the arrows are still shot by you, so as not to say that we have stolen your limelight." ”

Someone next to him quipped: "The second son of Chen has already become a relative, and he knows where this arrow will fall without shooting." ”

Everyone laughed even more, and Chen Er was pushed in front of him with some embarrassment.

He was born in a businessman, and he was not qualified to participate in the lotus banquet, but this time he accompanied his wife back to his parents' house and came with his father-in-law.

So although he has a good pair, he still has no status in the eyes of everyone, and he can be laughed at will.

The bow and arrow were stuffed into Chen's second-hand side, the arrow had been removed, and the top was wrapped with a written couplet.

He put on the bow and wound it, but he didn't move, and his expression seemed a little hesitant.

"Shoot quickly, Second Prince Chen can't shoot arrows? Do we need to help you? ”

There was another burst of laughter on the water pavilion.

Chen Er pulled the string in a panic, and the arrow flew in the direction that everyone expected.

But he was nervous or something, and although the arrow landed on the boat that everyone was looking at, it did not land at the feet of the man who had expected it, but on the side of a woman in a light pink dress who radiated a soft luster in the sun.

"Appeal ......"

Everyone booed, but the boos were very short, and they were attracted by the pink woman.

Mengbao looked at the feather arrow at his feet and frowned secretly.

She was originally standing in the back, covering half of her body with Shen Yurong's figure from the angle of the cabin, and was talking to Shen Yujin on another boat next to her, but she was startled by this sudden arrow, and shook twice before stabilizing her body.

The men on the water pavilion whispered to each other and understood her identity, and then someone stood up and said with a smile: "I don't know if the young lady may answer?" ”

The red note was already full of excitement when the feather arrow landed here, picked up the arrow and handed it to Mengbao, looking at her expectantly.

Miss has read a lot of books in the past few months, and she will definitely be able to answer them, and she will scare them to death! Angry at those who used to laugh at Miss!

She looked up at Mengbao, and saw her calm expression and confident face, and felt more and more that her young lady was successful in her studies and was able to make a splash!

"I can't."

Yes, Miss can answer, can ......

What the? No?

The red note thought that he had misheard it for a moment, and looked at the woman in front of him with lightly opened lips in disbelief.

The woman's face did not change, and she said the word "can't" with great confidence and without shame, as if this was a normal thing.

"I'm sorry."

Meng Bao said with a smile, frank and open, not afraid of the eyes of the people around him.

Ordinary women will reluctantly answer even if they don't answer well, and if they can't answer, they will at least discuss one or two with the people around them, and barely deal with one. She was so outspoken, she didn't even want to make a gesture of discussion, and replied directly: "No." ”

What should have been a somewhat shameful thing makes people feel like it should be.

Shen Yujin on the boat next door snorted and laughed, and with this laughter, everyone around him also came back to their senses.

Chen Er on the water pavilion scratched his head in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I originally ...... I originally wanted to ......"

"Yes, yes, it was originally going to be shot at the young grandmother of the Chen family, but the arrow missed, missed."

Someone broke the siege.

More people chimed in, saying that she wasn't meant to answer.

Xi'er, who was standing at the bow of the boat and accompanied Su Mengwan and the woman in the pink dress, came over and said that Grandma Chen asked her to take the arrow.

Only then did Meng Bao realize that the woman who was on the same boat as him was Zheng Sumei, the fifth lady of the Zheng family, that is, the one who finally married Chen Er.

She looked up at the woman carefully, and saw that the woman was looking at herself with a smile on her eyebrows, bright eyes and teeth.

It turns out that Su Mengwan's posture just now is because of this, no wonder she wants to put on a posture to defend herself, but she is really worried, or does she want to worry too much?

She smiled and handed the arrow to Xi'er, who took the arrow and bent into the cabin, walked through it to the bow of the boat, and handed it to Zheng Sumei.

Zheng Sumei took off the paper on the arrow and put it away, didn't open it to look at it, and read casually: "The book is in the Hanmo Hanlin Book." [Note 1]

After the words, there was another uproar in the audience.

can deal with such a pair casually, this is definitely a real talent.

Naturally, because the two are husband and wife, there are also people who whisper to themselves that they have discussed, but this qiē does not seem to be seen by Zheng Sumei, who has only her husband in her eyes from beginning to end, Chen Ergongzi, who is standing on the water pavilion.

Chen Er looked at his wife, her eyes were also full of affection, but when she turned around, she seemed to glance at the direction of Mengbao unintentionally, but saw that she was smiling and talking to others, her expression was calm, and she didn't pay attention to this at all.

Other arrows came and went in the water pavilion and the boat in the lake, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time.

Mengbao and Shen Yujin said a few more words, felt a movement in the bow of the boat, and saw that Zheng Sumei had returned to the cabin, so they were also about to turn around, and Shen Yurong followed.

Shen Yujing, who was on the same boat with Shen Yujin, told him from a distance: "Sister-in-law, be careful, don't fall, the pool water is very cold." ”

Mengbao walked steadily, naturally she wouldn't fall, but she still nodded and thanked her for the reminder.

She took a few steps forward, but noticed that the red note beside her looked a little wrong, and stopped to look at her a little.

"You ......"

Before she finished speaking, Shen Yurong, who was following her, suddenly shook her figure, and the entire boat was shaken by her.

"Be careful!"

Mengbao reached out to help, Shen Yurong grabbed her hand in a panic, and she had already grasped it steadily, but when she heard a snort, the dress that was tight on her body suddenly cracked.

"Ah......h

She screamed and tried to hold on to her shirt, but this action pulled back Mengbao's hand that held her, and her whole body fell backwards uncontrollably.

There was a huge splash on the surface of the lake, and the young men and women who were reciting the poems were startled and exclaimed.

And at the same time that Shen Yurong fell into the water, another person also jumped into the water with a pop, and his movements were not dragged into the water, and he did not hesitate for a moment.

"Sister-in-law!"

"Young lady!"

More exclamations rang out, and a great movement startled the ladies and ladies who were resting in the gazebo in the distance.

"What's wrong?"

The old lady asked.

The little maid who went outside to check the situation hurriedly replied: "It seems that someone has fallen into the water." ”

Drowning?

Many ladies and wives in the pavilion brought their children today, and when they heard this, they could still sit still, so they hurriedly lifted their skirts and walked out.

Mengbao only felt that the lake water was cold, accompanied by Shen Yurong's panicked slapping, which drove the soil at the bottom of the lake, and the smell of fishy was gusting to his nose.

"The water is not deep, don't move!"

She held her up to the surface as she struggled to reach the side of the boat.

The distance between them and the side of the ship was actually not far, but Shen Yurong struggled so hard that she couldn't use her strength, and she couldn't touch the distance she could reach as soon as she stretched out her hand.

Fortunately, several boat girls who were familiar with the water also jumped down and pushed her and Shen Yurong together, so they tightly grabbed the side of the boat and didn't dare to let go.

"Rong'er, Rong'er!"

Li's sharp screams came from the lake, as if he was about to come to Shen Yurong's side through the lake.

Mengbao had no time to care, and pushed Shen Yurong to let her climb onto the boat.

Shen Yurong's face turned blue, her lips and teeth bumped together, but she shook her head desperately, preferring to soak in the lake water rather than get on the boat.

A few boat ladies were in a hurry, and they wanted to push her up directly, but she reacted more and more violently, and almost shook off the red notes and Xi'er who were half-kneeling on the boat and stretched out their hands to pull them.

"You hold her and don't let her sink, I'll go up first."

Mengbao said decisively, climbed up neatly, walked to the cabin in two steps and pulled out the thin blanket padded in the cabin.

"Come up."

She said while wrapping Shen Yurong in a thin blanket.

Shen Yurong glanced at the thin blanket, and then crawled towards the boat with difficulty.

After such a toss, there are no more young people in the water pavilion who talk and chant poetry, and there is no more laughter and laughter of women in the lake.

The men were invited to the front yard to listen to the play, and the women were also taken back to the flower hall, the most popular Yuxi Pond in previous years was deserted, but the lotus flowers in the pond were still gently swaying in the wind, opening freely and comfortably, as if this place had been so quiet from beginning to end, there was no previous liveliness, there was no panic, nothing happened, quiet and peaceful.

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The ladies and ladies of the various provinces in the flower hall gathered together in twos and threes, bowing their heads and whispering.

"What the hell just happened? How did you fall into the water? The lotus banquet has been held for so many years, but there has never been a fall into the water. ”

"yes, why did you fall two at the same time?"

"Not at the same time, I heard that the sixth girl didn't stand firmly, and the young lady jumped down in order to save her."

"Really? But a little maid is also worthy of her ......"

"Where is a concubine, now it's a concubine." Someone interrupted with a laugh.

"Snort, what a concubine, how can a serious concubine get on the boat and fall into the water when she gets on the boat, and others who are tired have to save her!"

"I heard that the young lady is wearing a lot of bright moon silk on the clothes she is wearing today, and she is willing to jump in to save people."

"So it's not for show, it's really a rescue?"

"Isn't it really saved? Who is willing to use the moon silk to pretend, are you willing to change you? ”

Not far away, Shen Yujing gently stroked the lotus petals in the water tank, and listened quietly to the conversations of the people around him.

"The young lady is really willing."

Cui Ping, who was following her, also whispered.

"Such a good dress, I'm afraid that this time I fell into the water, and I won't be able to wear it in the future."

Shen Yujing smiled slightly: "It's just a piece of clothing, what's there to be reluctant to." ”

"That's not an ordinary dress, it's embroidered with Bright Moon Silk Lady."

"In our eyes, the Bright Moon Silk is like a treasure, but in her eyes, it may not be nothing." Shen Yuqing seemed to be muttering to herself.

"How can it be nothing, Jeonbuk Ancheng can't find a few clothes embroidered with Kyaukyue silk, the young lady is gone, it's not like she can make another one if she wants to, Yunnifang is not sure when the next time she receives Kyaukyue silk......"

Cui Ping said without a word, Shen Yujing smiled and stopped answering, but continued to stroke the lotus flowers in the water tank.

Bright Moon Silk? Very good stuff indeed.

But if there is something better and more important in comparison, what is the Bright Moon Silk?

Such as prestige, such as reputation......

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[Note 1] "Painting a lotus monk painting, the book is in the Hanmo Hanlin book": This pair is found from the Internet and is not original.

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