Chapter 2: Strange Places
Nanyue Country, the suburbs of Chasing Cloud City
In the middle of the night, the river shimmered in the turbulent water, and the light of torches in a grove near the moat shone throughout, and the shadows of several people who looked like family members seemed to be searching for something.
A slightly younger man came out of the woods and walked to the bank of the moat, and at first he just poked out his torch and glanced at the water at random, but at the same time as the fire flashed, he suddenly saw the figure under the embankment, his face tightened, and shouted loudly around: "Found it, here are the people!" Big Miss is here! ”
The torches in the woods shook more rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, a dozen or so people rushed out of the woods, the same costumes, and the light of a dozen torches gathered together to illuminate the place, and also let them see the people on the bank of the river clearly. Two men jumped down to examine the man at the bottom of the dam, and then made a gesture upward, and a few others carefully carried the man into a carriage, which gradually moved toward the city with a long neighing of the horses.
Mu Lingkong felt that he had been floating in the cold water for a long time, and when he woke up, his head was still dizzy, his voice was a little hoarse, and his blurred vision looked around.
The pink light gauze curtain hanging in front of the bed, and the strange incense on the pillow, made her wake up instantly. But at this moment, she was weak, and lay quietly on the bed for a while, she barely supported her body, and the cyan ruyi pattern covering her body slid down a little, revealing the snow-white middle coat on her body.
Mu Lingkong stared at the clothes on his body for a long time with an uncertain expression, then lifted the quilt and sat on the edge of the bed, carefully examining the entire room.
This is obviously a woman's boudoir, not far from the mahogany shelf bed, is a dresser inlaid with brass mirrors, a delicately carved jewelry box on the countertop, and a few jade hairpins that have not been cleaned up are placed at random. On the opposite side of the dresser is a three-tiered multi-storey grid with a few books neatly arranged on the shelves. In the middle of the shelf was a snow-white jade-like fine-mouthed kiln bottle, with a few delicate flowers inserted, and Mu Lingkong didn't recognize what flowers were for a while.
At this time, there was a sudden "squeak" sound at the door, and a little maid in green clothes and combs her hair walked in lightly with a tray, put the tray on the small round table, and then looked up at the bed, stunned, and then walked a few steps to open the curtain and pounced on the bedside, "Miss, you finally woke up!" ”
The maid is about fourteen or fifteen years old, her round face is still a little childish, and her face is full of sincere joy at the moment. When he looked down, he saw her stepping on the ground barefoot, and exclaimed again, "Miss, you are still sick, the slave maid will put your shoes on!" ”
Mu Lingkong let her move, and never said a word.
The current situation is too bizarre, she inexplicably appeared in a strange woman's boudoir, and a little maid called her Miss, and it doesn't look like she recognizes the wrong person.
The little maid put on her socks and carefully put on the embroidered shoes, only then did she notice that Mu Lingkong had not said a word from just now to now. She half-crouched down and looked up at her, and asked softly, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Is there anything else that is uncomfortable? ”
Mu Lingkong slowly moved his gaze away from the embroidered shoes, looked at the little maid squatting on the ground, and frowned slightly, "Who are you?" Who am I? How did I end up here? ”
The little maid was shocked when she heard this, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" The slave is your maid Dongxue! Didn't the doctor say that it was just a fall into the water and no other injuries? You, how are you like...... It's like having lost my memory......"
The little maid Dongxue was in a hurry in the room, Mu Lingkong leaned weakly on the bed frame and rubbed her temples, looked at her quietly, and said, "Listen to what you mean, I fell into the water before?" Can you tell me how I got overboard? ”
Dongxue stopped turning in circles and squatted in front of her again, "Miss, Miss, you are Meng Ruqing, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Meng Cheng, you accidentally fell into the water in the moat last night, and the family rescued you, the reason for the fall into the water ...... I don't know ......" She lowered her eyes, obviously a little weak-hearted.
Mu Lingkong sighed secretly, knowing that this little maid was not telling the truth, otherwise which deep boudoir lady would run to the moat in the middle of the night. But she didn't ask much, she stood up and moved her muscles, "Is there anything to eat?" I am hungry! ”
Dongxue hurriedly stood up, "Yes, some of them, Miss, you wait, the slave will serve it to you immediately!" When I walked to the round table, I remembered that I had just brought a bowl of medicine, and it was already a little cold when I touched the edge of the bowl, "Miss, this medicine is cold, the slave will boil it again for you!" ”
When Mu Lingkong heard the word "medicine", he felt that his mouth was already bitter, "No need, just bring me some food, and the medicine will not be used!" ”
"Hey!" The little maid was obedient, and after a while, she came in with two dishes and one soup on a tray, and only after setting them on the table did she invite Mu Lingkong to come over.
The dishes are all typical southern food, light and fine, a plate of golden silk rolls, a plate of vinegared fish, and a bowl of sweet soup.
Seeing that she was only looking silently, not moving her chopsticks, Dong Xue said with some trepidation, "Miss, there are only these dishes left in the kitchen, you can only put them down!" ”
Mu Lingkong glanced up at her, grabbed a chopstick fish and ate it carefully on the plate. Although she is not used to eating in the south, she is not very picky about what she eats. It was the little girl who was about to cry that surprised her a little.
After soaking in the water for so long, Mu Lingkong has not recovered yet. After eating, he went back to bed and lay down, not even paying attention to when Dongxue closed the door and went out.
When she woke up again, it was daylight the next day.
Dongxue quietly came in to look at it a few times, and saw that she hadn't woken up, so she waited on the side. Seeing that she was awake at this time, she immediately brought water to clean her face, and then squatted down to put on her shoes.
Mu Lingkong wiped her face with a cloth towel, only to find a place that she had always felt was not quite right, she only saw Dongxue alone when the maids came and went, it stands to reason that as the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, not to mention the people in the outer courtyard, there should never be only one maid serving in the inner courtyard.
Thinking of this, she asked, "Are you the only maid in this courtyard?" ”
Dongxue's movements paused, "No, no, it's just that Miss, you have always felt that it is more appropriate for the slave and maid to serve closely, so only let the slave and maid enter the house to serve." After saying this, she never dared to look her eyes.
Mu Lingkong raised his eyebrows, "Really?" Serve me and dress up! ”
Dong Xue hurriedly took her to the carved wardrobe in the compartment, opened the cabinet door, and said with a smile, "Miss, you liked beautiful dresses the most before, these are what you usually like, maybe you can think of something when you see these!" ”
Mu Lingkong looked at the cabinet full of colorful dresses, and twitched the corner of his mouth, "Really?" ”
After looking through it, I barely found a pale yellow hundred butterfly group flower pick gold thread skirt, tied my clothes under the service of winter snow, and looked left and right to see the right size.
Then sit down in front of the brass mirror and let Dongxue coil her hair.
The woman's face reflected in the mirror is as beautiful as a peach and plum. On a small melon seed face, the distant mountain eyebrows are like daisies, a pair of apricot eyes are rippling, like a pool of spring water, under the delicate nose, the red lips are born with a smile. The best thing is a tear mole in the corner of the left eye, which is affectionate and seems to be ruthless.
Dongxue combed her with a simple ingot bun, decorated it with a circle of lustrous pearls around it, and picked out a tender yellow flower from the makeup box to decorate it on her forehead, without other superfluous headdresses, which looked very simple and generous.
As soon as she was about to open her mouth to praise, Dong Xue whispered, "Miss, the slave maid is not good at craftsmanship, and she can't get out the flying fairy bun you like, please don't blame it!" ”
Glancing at the timid expression on Dong Xue's face in the mirror, Mu Lingkong couldn't help laughing, she was really a stupid girl, she knew that she was "amnesia" now, and she didn't remember anything before, but she wanted to mention her shortcomings.
Pressing the pearl hairpin on her head tightly, she looked back and praised, "It's good," and then quipped, "Didn't I treat you badly before?" You seem to be scared of me! ”
Hearing this, Dong Xue waved her hand and shook her head, "No, no, miss, you are the benefactor of the slave, and everything you do is the right thing!" The slave did not dare to complain. ”
That's not good!
Mu Lingkong felt that she needed to have a deeper understanding of this young lady, after all, she couldn't leave now, she had to stay here for a while, and during this time here, she would have to play the role of the prime minister's eldest daughter, Meng Ruoqing.