Chapter Twenty-Three: Waves on the Ground
This meal was a somewhat simple picnic, but it made the old man satisfied, and the old man smiled and reached into his arms to take something out.
Stuff? What is it. It's not going to be a baby, where is there a baby to carry around so casually. Thinking of the old man's previous unreliability, Mu Qingwan no longer had any hope, just wishing that it wasn't something strange.
"Old man, let's clean up this place first, so as not to spoil the scenery here."
Mu Qingwan was not idle, so she cleaned up the traces of the scene with Ji Xiang Ruyi, and then began to pack up the old man's bamboo basket, intending to leave first.
It's just that Mu Qingwan's ears suddenly moved, and she heard the footsteps of someone hurrying towards this side in the distance, and there was more than one person, about seven or eight people. Mu Qingwan pretended to be nothing, but gave Jixiang a look.
"Grandfather!"
The shrill girl's voice soon sounded, and an imposing girl rushed in front of several people, glaring at Mu Qingwan.
"Grandfather, who is she? How do you spend time with outsiders? β
Hearing the footsteps of someone coming, Mu Qingwan originally wanted to leave quietly, but who knew that she was still too naΓ―ve, and the trouble still bumped into herself.
"You, how do you speak?"
The old man was very unhappy with the girl's questioning, and said with a straight face.
"Grandfather, my father said that you are recuperating, how can you run away with irrelevant people? What if something goes wrong...... Is your granddaughter just worried about you? β
The girl named Yan'er stomped her feet in a hurry, and she felt shameless because of the old man's impatience with her, so she transferred it to Mu Qingwan and glared at Mu Qingwan hatefully.
Mu Qingwan was helpless, so she had to look at the person.
A large group of people who came were all young boys and girls. There are also a few familiar faces inside, Cheng Feng and Cheng Ke are among them, and there are actually Mu Qingjia and Mu Qingrou, standing next to them is Jiang Ruohan from the Auxiliary General's Mansion, right? Although more than half a year has passed, Mu Qingwan still remembers her, and Mu Qingwan doesn't know the remaining young ladies.
"Sun Zi Chengfeng has seen his grandfather, but it's just Qingwan's sister, why are you here?"
Cheng Feng stepped forward to look at Mu Qingwan, his tone was a little serious, not as gentle as before.
Mu Qingwan is not stupid, things are so coincidental, if you want to say that there is nothing strange in it, Mu Qingwan doesn't believe it, it seems that it can't be good today.
But since the other party gives him a cold face, he won't catch up.
"Back to the world's words, Qingwan Xiangju was fascinated for a while, accidentally got lost, and happened to meet this old, old county prince, so he dared to ask the old county king for directions."
Mu Qingwan took a sense of proportion, her tone was detached, and she replied without saying anything or humble.
"Who believes your nonsense! Grandfather is obviously recuperating, how did he end up in such a remote place, you say, who are you and what are your intentions? β
Yan'er raised her hand and pointed at Mu Qingwan, her tone aggressive.
Looking at the other party's posture, Mu Qingwan remembered Princess Chengjun, whose personalities are very similar, they are all a little impulsive, freewheeling and even a little difficult for strong people. It's just that Princess Chengjun has many years of life experience, and she is not so public. Mu Qingwan began to wonder, how could her mother play with such a person when she was young?
"This young lady misunderstood, Qingwan really has nothing else to do, she really just asks for directions."
"Bold, the county lord asks you! Asking for directions? Enjoy the chrysanthemum feast well, how did you come to the bamboo forest? Who doesn't know that the bamboo forest is the forbidden place of the county king's mansion! Don't you tell me, what are your plans? β
Yan'er ignored it and sharply accused Mu Qingwan.
"Grandfather, you say, how did you get here? Is it her, she brought you here? β
Yan'er didn't wait for Mu Qingwan to reply, so she pointed at Mu Qingwan and asked the old county king.
"I, I don't know. Hey, it's dawn, it's dawn and I should go back to sleep, sleep, sleep......"
The old county king, who was obviously awake and normal just now, suddenly became incoherent. Such a situation was beyond Mu Qingwan's expectations, and things began to get a little weird. It's just that the top priority now is to find a way to get out.
Mu Qingwan smiled bitterly, is intuition sometimes inaccurate? But in my heart, I began to wonder how to deal with the current situation.
"Sister Qingwan, you tell the truth, I promise I won't embarrass you?"
Cheng Feng changed his tone and induced Mu Qingwan to speak.
It's just that Mu Qingwan is not a child after all, the other party's coaxing tone made her suddenly feel very disgusted, she used to think that Cheng Feng was very similar to her brother Mu Chen's personality, now think about it, where is it like? It's a 108,000-mile difference.
"Seventh sister, why did you come here? You're still telling the truth to Feng Shizi and the county lord of Yan, right? Who in the capital doesn't know, the old county king is old, and his brain is confused from time to time, you brought him here, you should always make it clear? β
Mu Qingrou looked at Mu Qingrou who was speaking and didn't make a sound, it stands to reason that it is unruly for a maid to speak, but none of the people present made a statement, probably because they were used as guns.
Mu Qingrou persuaded Mu Qingwan in a coquettish voice, and the handkerchief half-covered her mouth, covering the gloating expression on her face.
"Heh, Qingjia, this is your legendary second uncle's daughter? Sure enough, it was stuffed back, and it couldn't be put on the table. β
Jiang Ruohan looked at Mu Qingwan with disdain on her face. Mu Qingjia didn't squeak, but the disdainful expression on his face said it all.
The current situation is one-sided, and even the old county king, who has the most right to speak, is inexplicably confused, and Mu Qingwan is in a situation of isolation and helplessness.
"Big brother, will there be any misunderstanding, Sister Qingwan is not such a person."
It was Cheng Ke who spoke, and he was a little anxious to persuade Cheng Feng to think about it again.
"Second brother, how can you help outsiders speak."
Yan'er looked at Cheng Ke in disbelief.
"Second brother, now is not the time to talk about this, ask clearly first."
Cheng Feng also disagreed.
"Big brother!"
Cheng Ke was a little anxious, and his face flushed.
"Second son, you have a good heart, and you can't see others being wronged, but ah, some people know people and don't know their hearts, so don't interfere."
Jiang Ruohan accosted and admonished Cheng Ke not to meddle in his affairs.
"Hehe, who said I'm the only one?"
Mu Qingwan smiled sweetly, and this reaction made everyone present stunned.
Anyone else? How can it be?
"Where there are others, don't make a fool of yourself here! Don't delay any longer, why don't you explain it quickly? β
Yan'er didn't believe what Mu Qingwan said.
"Qingwan, why did you come here, you said don't run so far."
Mrs. Mu's voice suddenly came, like a heavenly sound, and this shout made everyone present turn their eyes to the direction from which the voice came.