Lu Qiaohui's performance surprised Su Muling and Xiao Wenxuan, such an arrogant and domineering woman has become so humble and polite unusually, which makes people have to guard against it.

The two came to the pavilion and sat down, and after a while, someone brought fruit and refreshments, and from time to time, a passing lady of the family came to greet him.

Xiao Wenxuan rarely appears on this kind of occasion, the last time was in the mighty Hou a few months ago, this time it was in the Lu Mansion, and he was accompanied by Su Muling alone, which could not help but make everyone extremely curious about Su Muling, what kind of character could make King Ning Jun so careful?

When I got closer, I saw Na Su Muling, dressed in a blue gauze and a pomegranate skirt, and the skirt was embroidered with white lilies. The thick long hair is all coiled up, a rare emerald hosta is inserted obliquely on it, the slender jade neck, the fair face, a pair of clear big eyes, and the pink red lips are even more beautiful than the hibiscus in the pool.

Su Muling knew that in everyone's hearts, he held a small ivory fan that was cool to the bones and shook it unhurriedly, and calmly dealt with the people who came, which was really not comparable to ordinary women.

A wave of people asked for peace passed, and Su Muling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still nervous in her heart, for fear of embarrassing Xiao Wenxuan.

Xiao Wenxuan smiled when he saw her: "Don't care about these people, let's go to the lake, shall we?" ”

Su Muling got up and saw a familiar figure flashing not far away.

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Wenxuan turned around and saw her stunned and asked.

"It's nothing, let's go." After speaking, he smiled at him, and walked side by side with him with a small ivory fan in his hand, followed by Wuying and Pomegranate from afar.

The artificial lake in the backyard of Lu Shangshu's house is indeed well repaired. The lake is wide, the water hibiscus is curling with pavilions, and the green leaves and red flowers cover most of the pool, and small pleasure boats slowly move among them. There are children and young ladies of the family sitting on the boat, and it is really a good place to talk about love.

Walking around, Su Muling suddenly asked, "How much money does a Shangshu have in a year?" ”

"Huh?" Xiao Wenxuan didn't expect her to ask this question, and then said: "Shangshu is a second grade, and the monthly salary is sixty-one stones." ”

"Sixty-one stones? Hum! A month's money is not enough for my pocket money, and I can repair this luxurious back garden, which shows that the means of greedy ink are not ordinary. ”

Thinking that ordinary people could only barely fill their stomachs after a year of hard work, Su Muling was indignant.

Xiao Wenxuan smiled, which dynasty and which generation of officials are really honest?

"I don't have many officials, but the Ming Dynasty does not prohibit officials from doing business, so the vast majority of officials have real estate and shops at home, or what do they use to feed such a large family?"

"They had the money to build this time-consuming and laborious garden, but when the disaster came, they didn't pull out a dime, and maybe they had to make another fortune from the relief money allocated by the imperial court. The wholesale moldy grain in Bingzhou is not necessarily made in the rain, maybe it can't be used when it is shipped out of the capital, the capital is hundreds of kilometers away from Bingzhou, what happens on the road is naturally what they say. ”

“……”

Xiao Wenxuan stopped and looked at Su Muling in surprise, he didn't expect Su Muling to have such a sharp eye as a little woman.

Indeed, she has a point. Transporting grain from the capital to Bingzhou, it is not raining all the way, and the grain is covered with a rain cloth, how can it be moldy and rotten in just ten days? Looks like it's going to have to be checked.

"Ling'er, if you are a man, you will definitely be able to be reused by the emperor if you have such a heart." Xiao Wenxuan praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Thanks to me, if I don't deal with such corrupt officials every day, I'm afraid that I will be killed by someone in a few days after I live for a few days." Su Muling smiled.

"Miss Su is famous, who dares to harm you?"

A man in a wheelchair, pushed by a man in a power suit, walked out from behind the rockery.

"The Three Princes."

Xiao Wenxuan bowed, and Su Muling also gave a big gift.

"Get up, you don't have to be formal outside."

The third prince glanced at Su Muling and smiled at Xiao Wenxuan.

"King Ningjun's vision is really good."

"The Three Princes have won the prize."

"Second brother was released, you know?" The third prince looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

"Got it. The second prince has been locked up for so long, and he has also suffered a lot. ”

"You don't hate him?"

The corners of Xiao Wenxuan's lips curled: "It's been so long, I'm not a person who holds grudges." ”

"That's good, in the end, we're still brothers, and we will drink together one day." After speaking, he didn't wait for Xiao Wenxuan to answer, and walked away on his own.

"What's so weird about these three princes?" When the third prince walked away, Su Muling looked at the surroundings and said in a low voice.

"He has been frail and sickly since he was a child, he can't walk on one leg, and he always thinks more than others in his heart."

"What is the relationship between him and Master Lu's family? How did you come here? ”

"The mother of the third prince is Concubine Zhen. The back seat of the harem is empty, and the emperor has not been established after the death of Queen Wang, and Concubine Zhen can be said to be the head of the harem. The Zhen family is the founding father of the country and several generations of old ministers. If the third prince is a good one, with the intelligence of the three princes and the power of the Zhen family behind him, the prince is none other than him.

Lord Lu is a distant relative of the Zhen family, and he also took advantage of the Zhen family's momentum to climb to the position of Shangshu. With this opportunity for the third prince to give him a long face, he will not miss it. ”

"It's really complicated, it's still a comfortable life for the little people."

"So in the previous years, I rarely returned to Beijing, because I didn't want to participate in their open and secret battles."

At this time, they walked to the side of a bamboo building in Hunan. In the bamboo building, a group of talented men and women were improvizing poems, and they paused to watch for a while.

The sun was blazing under the sun, and Xiao Wenxuan saw two cruise ships not far away.

"It's getting hot now, shall we go on a boat?"

Su Muling was tired after walking for half a day, so he got on the boat with his support. The cruise ship was not big, Su Muling and Xiao Wenxuan sat in the cabin, and Wuying and Pomegranate stayed on the shore.

The girl who supported the boat was skillful, and she avoided a few times lightly and skillfully, and then asked the boat to sail leisurely into the lake. There are seasonal melons and fruits on the cabin table, and there is also chrysanthemum tea that is cool in the summer.

Drinking tea, the eyes are full of hibiscus from the shop, the breeze blows, and the nose is faintly fragrant with flowers, which makes people linger.

When the two were intoxicated in the sea of flowers, another boat came from the side, and Lu Qiaohui appeared on the bow of the boat, leaning on the railing and looking at them with a smile.

When the two boats approached, Lu Qiaohui smiled at Xiao Wenxuan and called out coquettishly: "Lord Wang, Miss Su can make it easy for me to find it." ”

Su Muling didn't know what she meant, so she got up and asked politely, "Miss Lu is looking for us, is there something wrong?" ”

"It's not a big deal, I heard that the prince and Miss Su are on the boat, I am afraid that the melons and fruits on the ship will not be fresh for a long time, so I specially selected fresh ones and sent them over to the prince and Miss Su."

"Miss Lu is thoughtful, but don't bother, we'll go back right away."

Xiao Wenxuan lightly rejected her kindness.

"Whoa! How do you call it trouble? The prince is a distinguished guest who can't usually be invited, and he can't be too entertained. ”

Lu Qiaohui spoke softly, but Su Muling felt that she was holding back some bad ideas.

"Youan?"

Su Muling turned her back to Lu Qiaohui and glanced at Xiao Wenxuan, wanting him to stop her from approaching. Xiao Wenxuan understood, held Su Muling's shoulder, and he refused again:

"Miss Lu, the water is very deep here, let's go back to the shore and talk about it." After Xiao Wenxuan finished speaking, the girl who ordered the boat to dock.

Seeing that the two were not allowed to approach, Lu Qiaohui was anxious, and shouted while letting the girl stick to it:

"Don't be in a hurry to leave, Qiao Hui still has something to say to Miss Su. Miss Su, I was rude to you last time in the Mighty Mansion, I knew I was wrong, and I learned a lesson. I hope Miss Su can forgive me a lot. I heard that Miss Su went to Bingzhou for disaster relief without fear of hardships and dangers, which is really admirable, I would like to recognize Miss Su as sisters, I wonder if Miss Su appreciates her face? ”

Lu Qiaohui was so low and small that Su Muling was surprised, she scraped her face with a knife with her eye, and she couldn't see through her final intentions, but people depreciated themselves like this and sued her for peace Su Muling couldn't help but give face.

She barely squeezed out a smirk on her face, and shirked it in embarrassment: "Miss Lu is serious, the past is in the past, Miss Lu doesn't have to take it to heart." As for the sisters...... Forget it, I don't have a sisterhood, and I don't get along well with my own sisters, so I'm afraid that I will blow Miss Lu's kindness again. ”

"Since Miss Su refuses, forget it. Then I'll go back, I wish the prince and Miss Su a great time. Turn around! "After saying that, the girl went back.

Lu Qiaohui stopped pestering, and Su Muling and Xiao Wenxuan both breathed a sigh of relief. But as soon as he turned around, he heard "plop!" behind him! ", and then I heard the girl shouting: "Come on, the young lady has fallen into the water......"

The two rushed to the bow of the boat, saw Lu Qiaohui in the water, waved their hands, slapped the water desperately, and gradually sank after drinking a few sips of lake water.

Su Muling clung to the railing of the boat, staring straight at the lake with a pair of big eyes.

……

A figure jumped into the water, swam to Lu Qiaohui's side like a fish, lifted her up from the water, and sent her to the boat with the help of the girl.

When Lu Qiaohui woke up, she was lying on the couch in the Water Pavilion, her clothes had been changed, and on the side were the restless Lord Lu and his wife, as well as a few young ladies from the family.

"Okay, I'm finally awake, but I'm scared to death."

When Mrs. Lu saw her wake up, she hurriedly stepped forward to take her hand, and she was distressed.

Lu Qiaohui glanced at the room, and Su Muling was not seen among the many young ladies. Secretly happy in her heart: she must have known that the general trend had gone home and cried secretly.

Lu Qiaohui's fall into the water was arranged by her in advance. She used the excuse of sending fruit to Xiao Wenxuan and let the girl approach his pleasure boat.

She wanted to get closer, wait for Xiao Wenxuan to pick up her fruit, and then find a chance to fall into the water. But Xiao Wenxuan didn't give her a chance. So she lowered her value and set up a relationship with Su Muling, and when she felt that the distance between the two boats was close enough, she pretended to be unstable and planted herself in the water.

Lu Qiaohui gave an order to the girl who was holding the boat in advance: she fell into the water, and no one was allowed to save her. Although there were several boats in the lake at that time, only Xiao Wenxuan was the closest to her, so she calculated that Xiao Wenxuan would not sit idly by when she saw her fall into the water.

To save people, it is natural to have a skin-to-skin relationship. There are people around the shore, these people are her witnesses, Xiao Wenxuan touched her body, and it was difficult for her not to marry her.

This is why there will be people who frequently fall into the water in various gatherings of the family, and they have achieved a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks who are not favored by others.

When men and women of appropriate age reach the age of marriage discussion, it is inevitable that there will be those who are friendly but opposed by their families. Many men/women who are not recognized by their families come up with endless tricks in order to be with their loved ones, and saving people from falling into the water is one of them.

The woman fell into the water and was rescued by the man she liked. Although the Ming Dynasty said that the folk customs were open, it was eternal for men and women to give and receive kisses. Therefore, even the most opposed families can only agree to the relationship between the two.

Xiao Wenxuan didn't look down on Lu Qiaohui, and the emperor rejected Lord Lu's request for marriage, Lu Qiaohui wanted to climb up to Xiao Wenxuan, and came up with the idea of falling into the water.

Sure enough, things went in the direction that Lu Qiaohui expected. She was proud in her heart, but her face was like a frightened bird, grabbing Mrs. Lu's sleeve and sobbing:

"Mother, my daughter almost couldn't see you, thanks to King Ningjun's timely rescue, she picked up a life."