Chapter 21: The Third Son
The performance of the banquet is still going on, and the ladies of each family are using their own skills.
If you watch it for a long time, you will have some visual fatigue. Mu Chumeng, who was completely relaxed, knocked on the melon seeds a little boringly, and chatted with Mu Chumeng beside her from time to time.
After the performance round, there was another remark by the host, to the effect that the results of the competition still needed time to be discussed, so let these young masters and ladies go out to visit this Gongliang Mansion at will.
Hearing that she could go out and walk around, Mu Chumeng suddenly came to her senses, and pulled Mu Chuning to go out.
Mu Chuning, who was allowed to be dragged away by Mu Chumeng, only smiled helplessly, her sister was still so impatient.
The two walked along the path of the house, and many young ladies on the way were discussing in groups who would be rewarded this time.
"I think the eldest lady of the Situ family, Situ Luanyan's flying yarn dance is good."
"The second miss of the Mu family can dance, but she is younger."
"I think the pipa song of Yin Qingzhu, the eldest lady of the Yin family, is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."
Mu Chuning listened to what they said, and was a little curious about what Mu Chumeng would think.
Seeing that Mu Chumeng just pulled herself and walked forward silently, her eyes were still full of novelty, looking left and right at the surrounding scenery.
I think this little girl must not have listened to the words of those young ladies, and only thought about where it was more fun.
Mu Chumeng is still young after all, how can she have the heart to think deeply, only today's performance can give her father a long face.
"Sister, look, there's a peach blossom forest!" Mu Chumeng suddenly stopped and said to Mu Chuning.
Looking in the direction of Mu Chumeng's finger, he saw several peach trees full of peach blossoms.
The sisters walked towards the peach tree, and when they got closer, they found that the peach blossom had withered a little, thinking that it was the end of April, and the season of peach blossoms had long passed.
"Why does this flower look a little wilted?" Mu Chumeng touched the pink petals and regretted it.
"Originally, the flowers bloomed for a short time, how can they not wither now?"
Hearing this voice, Mu Chuning and Mu Chumeng were both startled at the same time, how could there be one more voice from the two of them in this place, or a man's voice!
Mu Chumeng was so frightened that she hurriedly ran to Mu Chuning's side, grabbing Mu Chuning's sleeve timidly.
"Who are you and why are you hiding there?" Mu Chuning said in a cold voice, and Xingyan stared vigilantly in the direction where the voice came from.
I heard the man snort and laugh, and then there was a sound of objects falling to the ground, and a figure slowly walked out of a stone wall.
"I originally thought that this place was clean and I could sleep, but I didn't expect to be yelled at by the two of you like this, and I was much more awake."
The man said in a mocking tone as he walked, and did not stop until he reached the peach tree.
The man was dressed in azure plain clothes and looked at Mu Chuning with a playful expression.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Who are you?"
Seeing that this person didn't answer and asked, Mu Chuning immediately reacted, didn't they meet a young master of which family?
Seeing that Mu Chuning was silent, and looked at himself with hostility, the man had no choice but to lose.
"Don't stare at me like that, I'm not a bad person." I saw that the Mu Chuning sisters were still staring straight at themselves, and they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed......
"This is my family, my name is Gongliangxun, and I am the third oldest in the family."
As soon as these words came out, Mu Chuning was stunned for a moment, it turned out that this was the third son of the Gongliang family.
Thinking of his rude behavior towards this Gongliangxun just now because he didn't know it, he secretly scolded himself for being stupid, how could he not guess this layer.
"The little woman doesn't know that this is the third son of Gongliang, I just offended a lot, please forgive me."
After all, this is the Gongliang Mansion, and Mu Chuning doesn't know what these three sons are, so it's better not to offend him.
Gongliang found that Mu Chuning had changed his hostile state just now, and calmly apologized to himself.
I can't help but marvel at how natural this little girl has become to even change her face.
"It's all right, now you can always tell who you are, right?"
"I ......"
"The third son of Gongliang is the third son of Gongliang!"
As soon as Mu Chuning spoke, she was interrupted by a group of young ladies behind her who happened to pass by and screamed when they saw Gongliang Xun.
As a group of girls rushed up, Mu Chuning hurriedly pulled Mu Chumeng aside to avoid being embraced by this group of.
"Sister, how come these people all know that third son?" Mu Chumeng asked with some curiosity.
If they hadn't met it today, it would have been difficult for them to know what these three sons looked like.
"I guess I've heard about it a long time ago." Mu Chuning looked at Gongliangxun with an embarrassed face as if she was watching the excitement.
Ignoring Gongliangxun, who was surrounded by the group, Mu Chuning took Mu Chumeng to the other side.
"First Lemon!"
was walking, Mu Chumeng, who was suddenly called, stopped, and Mu Chuning also stopped and looked at the source of the sound.
Seeing Yin Xiangzhu happily waving to this side, Mu Chumeng looked at Mu Chuning, and saw that she nodded before walking towards Yin Xiangzhu.
"Xiangzhu, what are you doing here?"
"My sister said it was very clean and there was a pool of clear water to watch, so she stopped here."
Speaking of this, Mu Chumeng noticed Yin Qingzhu, who was standing not far from Yin Xiangzhu, and saluted politely.
Yin Qingzhu nodded lightly in response when he saw it, and turned his head to see Mu Chuning walking towards him.
Mu Chumeng and Yin Xiangzhu, two classmates, must have been chatting non-stop when they met, and Mu Chuning, who was a few years older than them, couldn't interject the topic, so they simply came over to Yin Qingzhu's side.
"These two sisters seem to be very good on weekdays."
"yes."
Yin Qingzhu quietly observed Mu Chuning with her head sideways, and saw that she was looking at Mu Chumeng's side, with a doting smile on the corner of her mouth.
Suddenly, Mu Chuning turned around and met Yin Qingzhu's eyes.
"Why do you keep looking at me?" Mu Chuning wondered.
Seeing this, Yin Qingzhu hurriedly opened his eyes, thinking about how to speak.
"Actually, I really want to get to know you."
"Know me?"
Seeing Yin Qingzhu's embarrassed look, Mu Chuning pointed at herself in confusion.
"I've met you before, and I've wanted to talk to you at that time, but it's already time to leave, so I didn't have time."
"So you just passed by me and wanted to talk to me about this?"
"Yes."
Mu Chuning was a little embarrassed to hear this explanation, it turned out that everything before was because of this reason, and she thought that when she had no opinion to offend and cause discomfort to others.
Since you just want to make friends, it's naturally easy to do.
"I also want to make you a friend, since this is the case, can I call you Qingzhu in the future?" Mu Chuning said generously.
"Okay, of course, then can I call you Chu Ning?"
"Yes."
Yin Qingzhu saw Mu Chuning's face full of joy when he saw Mu Chuning agreeing so readily, and smiled softly.
Looking at the pool of water in front of her, Mu Chuning's first thought in her heart was that this pool of water was not much bigger than the small pool of Mo Huai's house.
It's just that the water in this pond doesn't look like a lotus flower, and there are a few swimming carp in the water except for moss.
"Chu Ning has seen the third son of this Gongliang Mansion?" Yin Qingzhu looked at the pool of water and asked slowly.
"Yes."
"When?"
"Just now."
Hearing Mu Chuning say that he had just met, Yin Qingzhu's eyes trembled slightly, and a trace of loss flowed through his eyes.
I didn't even notice him near here, if I had found out earlier, I would have seen him.
Half loud, I didn't see Yin Qingzhu have the meaning of taking the next word. Mu Chuning turned her head to look at Yin Qingzhu, as if she was thinking about something and came up with a trance.
This is very similar to the way she usually looks at things habitually, Mu Chuning couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Mu Chuning's laughter made Yin Qingzhu retract his thoughts, and looked at Mu Chuning who was smiling happily strangely.
"What's the matter, what are you laughing at?"
"The way you looked just now is very similar to what I usually look like when I was in a daze."
"Does Chu Ning usually go out of his mind often?"
"I don't think so, but everybody says so."
After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, it turned out that they had so much in common.
Mu Chumeng and Yin Xiangzhu chatted while playing with the water in the pool, and the two stood on the edge of the pool and stretched out their hands to paddle the water wantonly.
The small fish in the pool swam curiously from time to time to take a look, and were scared away by the waves caused by the two paddling the water.
Then a servant came up to them and told them that the results of the show had come out, and told them to return to the banquet hall now.
As the little servant walked on the way back to the banquet hall, Mu Chuning also deliberately glanced at the place where Gongliangxun had just been besieged by a group of young ladies, and it was empty at this time.
I think they all received the news, and they all went back to the banquet hall one after another.
When I returned to the banquet hall, I had just taken my seat when the voice of the person who wanted to announce the best performer of the time rang.
Everyone present was guessing in their hearts about the person they were optimistic about, and the atmosphere suddenly felt a sense of urgency, and everyone was curious about who that person would be.
"After discussion, the best performances in this event are Situ Luanyan, the eldest lady of the Situ family, and Yin Qingzhu, the eldest lady of the Yin family."
As soon as the results came out, there was an uproar at the bottom, everyone knew that there was only one reward mentioned earlier, how to divide the two winners?
There was a lot of discussion around, and Yin Qingzhu was a little stunned, he was so lucky to be selected.
And Situ Luanyan, who was sitting on the other side, looked like she already knew that she could win, and her face was very proud.
"Everyone, be quiet!" With the voice of Gongliangwei, the bottom gradually returned to calm.
"This reward is to be taken out by me, a little boy Gongliangxun, for a day of play, because these two young ladies are equally good, so it is difficult for me to distinguish the highs and lows, so I simply let the children choose by themselves." Gong Liangwei explained.
Such an obvious meaning makes those young ladies who have not been rewarded can't help but feel jealous, and some are silently envious.
Feeling the jealous eyes around Yin Qingzhu, Mu Chuning looked at Yin Qingzhu with some worry.
I saw that Yin Qingzhu didn't seem to have eased up, sitting there in a daze without moving......
I guess I was shocked by this sudden gift......