Chapter 22: The Return

After Mengyu and Wu Qianrou left, Lan Yucheng came back to the small thatched hut, and in his memory, there was such a woman, under the willow tree, by the waterhole, carefree, innocent and romantic, laughing and playing on a clear afternoon.

When Mengyu followed her memory and walked back to the place where she hosted the flower banquet with Wu Qianrou, the flower banquet was also coming to an end. Even the princess had already sent someone to look for the two young ladies.

"Miss Lin and Miss Wu are satisfied with the flowers in this concubine's house?" Princess Luo smiled and looked at the two young ladies in front of her who had just returned.

"The princess's flowers are naturally unparalleled in the world." Dream Yu Fu said respectfully. Princess Luo smiled.

Fortunately, Mengyu had already reminded Wu Qianrou to hand over the scroll to the maid brought by the Wu Mansion outside the second gate, otherwise it would definitely become the focus of attention of the audience, and even the princess would inevitably ask about it. Then when the time comes, how can the two of them explain how they met Shizi, and how could Shizi paint a portrait of the ground with his own hands? She has already thought of countermeasures, if someone asks why she has been gone for so long, then say that she found that the hairpin fell off halfway, and turned around to look for it, or she could get lost, anyway, Prince Luo's mansion is so big, they have been wandering around for a long time, and they have never met half a figure, except for the prince of Luo, who seems to be very idle.

After the flower banquet, Lin took Mengyu to get into the carriage of the Lin Mansion, and before leaving, Wu Qianrou was still under the influence of her mother, and came to invite Mengyu to their house to play. In fact, Wu Qianrou was very willing to Mengyu to go to their house, but in front of the public, she was a little embarrassed, and she was afraid that Mengyu would reject her. When Mengyu said yes, she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

on the carriage.

"Dream Whisper has a lot of fun today?" Lin looked amiably at Mengyu who was slightly tired on the little face next to him.

"Well, the princess's flowers are very beautiful, Sister Wu is very talkative, let's talk about it very much." Compared to her nesting in the room every day and getting moldy, she was in a much better mood to go out for a walk like this, of course, if it weren't for the annoying Miss Xie Si, she would definitely be more enjoyable.

"Just now I saw Miss Wu's maid holding a scroll of calligraphy and paintings, I don't know where it came from?" Mengyu secretly glanced at Lin's and found that her expression was still as faint as before, thought about it, and told her that it should be okay, so she replied: "Actually, we met Shizi when we were enjoying the flowers, and Sister Wu seemed to appreciate Shizi's painting very much, so she offered to let Shizi help paint one." I didn't expect Shizi to agree, and the most amazing thing is that he watched the two of us sit there quietly, and then he was able to draw the scene of me and Sister Wu fighting before. Mengyu originally just wanted to simply tell what happened, but when she thought of the painting skills of the prince, she couldn't help but arouse her admiration.

Lin looked at the surprised Mengyu and said, "The prince has a very good reputation outside, and he has such a gentle attitude towards every young lady, so women who want to marry into Prince Luo's mansion and become the princess are even more flocking. Lin's point to the end of the meaning suddenly made Mengyu blush, and said: "Mother said that she laughed, Mengyu didn't mean that, she just admired Shizi's painting skills." Besides, the son of the world is from such a background, how can Mengyu climb it. "Dream Whisper has the strongest ability to accept facts, both in the past and now, and she is very self-aware and never does anything beyond her ability.

"Marrying a prince as a side concubine can still be done in our family's family background."

"No, I'm definitely not going to do anything about a side concubine. In the final analysis, the side concubine is just a concubine, and in front of the main room, she is not inferior. Coming from that kind of society, how can Mengyu accept that her husband has three wives and four concubines, if she has to accept this, then she would rather become the wife of a small family than be everyone's concubine.

"At the beginning, the family, even my father, wanted me to enter the palace to accompany the holy driver, only hoping that I could fly on the branches one day. If it weren't for my mother's efforts to stop me, I'm afraid that it would be difficult for me to marry into the Lin Mansion today. Lin said lightly, as if it was just a story that had nothing to do with her. Mengyu felt that her mother, I was afraid that she also had a story, otherwise, why would she be so calm in the face of anything.

"Mother has now got what she wanted! Why did my mother marry my father? If it weren't for the fact that her mother already had a soft spot for her father before she got married? Mengyu had a gossipy smile on her face, trying to dilute the sadness in the carriage.

"You kid, is that what you can ask? At a young age, I'm not afraid of being shy, and when I go back, I will tell the old lady and let her take good care of you, a leather monkey. A rare flush appeared on Lin's face, and he smiled and scolded Mengyu.

"Mother is so stingy, if you don't want to say it, don't say it." Mengyu knew that she was slowly walking into the heart of this stepmother.

Back in the house, the mother and daughter went directly to Xileju to meet the old lady. The old lady took Mengyu's hand and asked carefully about what happened at the flower banquet, and when it came to the poem written by Mengyu, the wife said the princess's praise of Mengyu again, and the old lady couldn't close her mouth with joy: "I know that you are blessed with this child, and you still have such talent, but you have never shown it in front of your grandmother, but I am afraid that tomorrow, the whole of Kyoto will know that the third lady of our Lin Mansion is a talented woman who does not choose to do anything." The more the old lady talked to herself, the happier she became, and continued: "This is good, this is good, the third girl is cured, and her talent is outstanding, and the threshold must be trampled on by the son-in-law who came to the door to propose marriage." ”

Mengyu smiled and coquettishly: "Grandmother is also an old man who is not ashamed, how can there be a reason to boast about her granddaughter like grandmother." ”

"Why not, my third girl is so smart, can't I let the old woman praise it well?" As he spoke, he instructed the peony next to him: "Inform the big kitchen, cook a few more dishes that the third lady likes to eat, and let the master come back and have dinner at the Xile House." Since the three girls have recovered from their illness, they have never used a table, and today, everyone is happy together. ”

The joy of the beginning of the dream language, hearing this, suddenly became a little entangled. She's been here for almost two months. But she has never seen Master Linfu, her father in this life. I never heard anything about him from anyone else. If her father loved her, why was she almost cured of her illness, but he had never seen him visit her. Could it be that in the eyes of this father, her existence is so weak?

"Mother, the daughter-in-law will go down with Mengyu to change her clothes and come to serve her mother again."

"Look at me, I'm so happy that I forgot it, I guess you're tired today, go back and freshen up, just rest and rest first, and when it's time for dinner, I'll have someone to inform you." Today's old lady is already very happy.

"Then the daughter-in-law retired." Lin got up and looked at Mengyu. Mengyu came back to his senses and said to the old lady: "Then Mengyu will go down first." The old lady waved her hand: "Go ahead." ”

Mengyu and the Lin family separated except for Xi Leju, and Mei'er still followed and served her.

Back at the Cherry Blossom Pavilion, Dream Yu was surprised to find that Apricot and Momo had returned. Mengyu asked Mei'er to retreat first, and there were only three of them left in the house.

"Apricot, Peach, please Miss Hello." Seeing that the movements of the two of them asking for peace were so stiff, Mengyu remembered that it was her own playfulness that caused both of them to be punished. "I'm sorry, I hurt you and you've been punished." Mengyu stepped forward to help up the two who were still blessed, but Xing'er took a step back and said, "It's the slaves and maids who didn't serve the good lady and caused the young lady to fall into the water." I'm sorry, but Miss must not say it again, otherwise I'm afraid that the old lady will send me and me out of the house. Mengyu's movements stiffened, and Xiumei frowned slightly: "I will be cautious in my words and deeds in the future, are the injuries of the two of you okay?" ”

After the two got up, Tao'er replied, "It's almost fine, thank you Miss for asking Mrs. Lang Zhong to treat us." Mengyu remembered that she had never seen anyone since she returned home from the water, and that day when she tried on new clothes, her wife came. But she didn't know what punishment the two of them had received, and she didn't mention to her mother that she asked Lang Zhongyi to say, could it be that her mother was kind enough to help her and make these two maids grateful to her? When I saw my mother again, I must thank her a lot.

"Since you are not healed, go back to your house and recuperate. Anyway, I don't have anything to do, and Mei'er cares. ”

"The slave is almost fine, so let's stay in the lady's room and serve the lady." Xing'er looked at Mengyu worriedly and asked.

"No need. The sooner you raise it, the sooner you can go back to the house and serve me, so go back and take care of it. ”

"Miss Xie, slave, is considerate." After saying that, Xing'er and Tao'er didn't force it anymore and exited the room.

Mengyu sat quietly at the coffee table, thinking that she would be going to see her father, whom she had never met, when she was going to have dinner for a while, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried. She thought for a moment and called Mei'er in.