On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family began to prepare for travel early. The housekeeper Meng Ze was busy before and after, and his feet did not touch the ground. It is necessary to prepare a carriage for travel, a building boat to swim in the lake, and a strong martial arts guardian to accompany the boat. He didn't have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and he received the news that the master had rushed back today, and the person was already at the post station ten miles away, so he hurriedly arranged for the family to go to the city gate to greet him.

And in the Qingshui Courtyard, it is quiet and peaceful.

Mu Lingkong sat at the table drinking tea, and Dongxue and Qingli stood on both sides with a dress.

"Miss, this flower-sprinkled smoke skirt is worn on you, it must be elegant and beautiful, you can try it!"

Qingli was not to be outdone, "Miss, you should try this, the silver-patterned embroidered pleated skirt must be very beautiful in the moonlight!" ”

"But Miss used to like pink dresses the most."

Qingli secretly rolled her eyes, and secretly thought, Miss has obviously changed her preferences now, and the dresses she usually wears prefer skirts with gold or silver thread embroidered with dark lines, and pink dresses have never been touched.

Sure enough, Mu Lingkong chose the skirt in Qingli's hand. The cyan dress looks beautiful and elegant, but the skirt is embroidered with silver threads, which is eye-catching and not tacky.

Qingli skillfully combed Mu Lingkong with a stunning bun, and a delicate step shook down from the sideburns, and the fine tassels hanging down from the step shook slightly in the eyes, and a pair of apricot eyes lined with more brilliance.

At the end of the Shen period, the young ladies and ladies of each courtyard intermittently went out of the mansion and got into the carriage waiting at the door.

Mu Lingkong's carriage was behind Meng Ruyue. At that time, Meng Ruyue did not enter the carriage, but leaned on the side of the carriage as if waiting for something. Until she saw Meng Ruqing come out, she glanced her up and down, snorted lightly and entered her carriage.

At this moment, Mu Lingkong also finished looking at Meng Ruyue. It can be seen that she has also been carefully dressed today, with black hair coiled into a fallen horse bun, beaded hairpins inserted in the bun, and a gorgeous gold silk Ruyi skirt on her body, which makes her bright facial features beautiful and open.

So she praised from the bottom of her heart, "The second sister is very beautiful today!" ”

Meng Ruyue in the carriage was stunned for a moment, and lifted the curtain to see Mu Lingkong, but unfortunately she had already walked to her carriage with the two maids.

When the old lady and the eldest lady arrived one after another, the convoy of the Meng Mansion swayed towards Qiuyue Lake.

Qiuyue Lake is the largest lake in the city of chasing clouds, with a moat on the outside and a lake in the palace on the inside, the lake is surging and very magnificent.

When the people of the Meng Mansion arrived at the lake, the boat of the Meng Mansion was already waiting by the lake. In front of the boat stood a number of housekeepers, the first one of whom was wearing a black straight-lined robe, wearing a crown of hair of the same color, who was not confused but his eyes were blazing, his face was white, and he was an elegant middle-aged man.

When he saw the convoy arrive, he waited on the side early, and personally helped the old lady get out of the carriage, "Mother is fine, my son has not returned home for a long time, and my mother is worried!" ”

It turned out to be Meng Huai'an, the prime minister of Nanyue.

The old lady looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "It is the blessing of the Meng family to run errands for the emperor, you just have to do things well, and the family doesn't have to worry." ”

The eldest lady and the late aunt on the side stepped forward to salute in turn, Meng Huai'an nodded lightly, looked past them, looked at the three daughters and the first child who slowly walked over to greet the salute, looked at a few people one by one, and finally fixed his eyes on Mu Lingkong, squinting slightly.

Mu Lingkong's heart jumped, he couldn't tell what he felt, he just felt that this gaze was very strange and very uncomfortable.

The old lady followed Meng Huai'an's gaze, broke the silence and said, "Qing girl already knows that she is wrong, and I have also taught her a lesson, so this matter is over!" ”

Meng Huai'an nodded, and helped the old lady to lead a group of people into the boat.

There are three floors in the building of the Meng Mansion, the first floor is the hall, the second floor is the private room, and the third floor is the place to rest. At this time, the people of the Meng Mansion gathered on the first floor, and the old lady sat on the top and asked Meng Huai'an about the trivial matters of this errand. The wives and concubines and children of the next head were all listening.

"My son went to Huainan Road first, and after dealing with the things there, he went to Jiangnan Road, knowing that the Qing girl had always longed for Jiangnan, so he hurried back to the capital, and wanted to take her over to play, who knew that she actually eloped for me!"

The topic was talking, and then she went back to Mu Lingkong, she had to lower her head, pretending that I was guilty and I was repentant. Xindao, "It's Jiangnan again, it seems that Meng Ruqing eloped in a hurry because she was going to be taken to Jiangnan, but didn't she want to go to Jiangnan from the beginning?" ”

Fortunately, the topic didn't stay on her for too long, and Meng Huaian turned to the school's only son, Meng Yu's homework.

Meng Yu is only 12 years old, but he is very smart and studious, Meng Huai'an only asked a few questions, and he answered them all fluently, making Meng Huai'an nod frequently, and the eldest lady sitting on the side, with an uncontrollable smile on her face, looked at her son's eyes full of love.

Aunt Wan sat on the side, with a faint smile on her face, but there was no trace of a smile in her charming eyes.

After gossiping for a while, the housekeeper came to report that the banquet upstairs had been arranged, and everyone got up and went upstairs, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet began.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the crabs in the lake are full of yellow paste fat, and they are freshly fished out, which is very delicious. Mu Lingkong was eating happily, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the housekeeper Meng Ze leaning into Meng Huai'an's ear and saying something, Meng Huai'an put down his chopsticks and said, "The emperor has a banquet, let's go to the door to greet you!" ”

When everyone arrived at the door of the hall, they saw a small boat swaying and rowing over, and when they got closer, they saw that the eunuch chief in front of the emperor was standing in front of the emperor, Gao Gonggong, followed by two little eunuchs.

Before the Gao Gonggong ship arrived, the voice came first, "The slave is happy to Lord Meng, Your Majesty has given you a banquet, this is the first one today!" ”

Meng Huai'an hurriedly led everyone on the boat to kneel down and shouted, "Long live!" ”

In previous years, His Majesty the Emperor of Nanyue Kingdom, the Mid-Autumn Festival was either a big banquet in the palace and the ministers were wantonly organized, or the concubines and princesses were taken to the palace to hold a family banquet.

When everyone returned to the second floor again, there were a few more plates of imperial dishes on the table, and there was a little more glory and pride between talking and laughing.

Not long after, the ministers of the DPRK and China came to hear the news, and in the midst of the staggered fundraising, Mu Lingkong secretly withdrew and came to the stern.

Unexpectedly, there was already a person standing at the stern of the boat, with a swaying posture and a ruyi skirt. Hearing the movement, she turned her head, and it turned out to be Meng Ruyue.

Seeing Mu Lingkong, she frowned, "Why are you here?" ”

Mu Lingkong walked up to her and looked at the sparkling water together, "I'm amnesia now, can't you be nice to me?" I don't even remember anything before! ”

Meng Ruyue pursed her lips, "If you don't remember, it doesn't mean you haven't done it!" ”

"You really hate me so much!" She stared at Meng Ruyue seriously.

Meng Ruyue wanted to sneer again, but when she turned her head, she met her round apricot eyes, and she couldn't speak inexplicably.

She silently looked at the lake again, and saw a beautiful painting boat passing by not far away, she pointed to Mu Lingkong, "Na, that is the painting boat of His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Mu Lingkong looked in the direction of her finger, and saw a painting boat brightly lit, the sound of silk music was endless, and the slender figure of the woman dancing inside could be vaguely seen. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, the hull of the boat suddenly shook violently, and the two of them both pounced on the guardrail at the bow of the boat, and then Meng Ruyue watched Mu Lingkong uncontrollably cross the guardrail and plant to the bottom of the bottomless lake.

No one knows how deep the lake is, but there are many people who drown in it every year. She only hesitated for a moment, then jumped off the bow of the boat and swam towards the place where Mu Ling fell into the water.

The lake water in the autumn night was cold, and the gorgeous clothes on her body were a lot heavier after absorbing water, Meng Ruyue checked underwater a few times but didn't find any trace of Mu Lingkong, at this moment, her right leg suddenly became sore, and she actually cramped! She panicked, choked on a mouthful of water between her nose instantly, and her body gradually sank to the bottom of the lake.

It's over, is it possible that in order to save someone like Meng Ruqing, who hates him, he is going to die in this lake?

Suddenly, her right hand was grabbed, and an irresistible force dragged her to the surface. When the two of them rushed out of the water drenched, she touched the water on her face and saw that the person who saved her was actually Mu Lingkong.

Jiading, who had already noticed that something was wrong, drove a small boat down to salvage the two, and when the two were lying on the deck, Meng Ruyue spoke, "What, why are you?" ”

Mu Lingkong rolled his eyes, "Why can't it be me." I swam to the stern of the boat, and when I got on the side of the boat, I saw you jumping under the water, why, you want to save me! ”

"Then why are you ......" Before she could finish speaking, she fainted as soon as she closed her eyes.

Mu Lingkong also lay weakly beside her, and his hands and feet were weak.

This accident was caused by a certain adult's boat crashing into the boat of the Meng province. The shipwright of the adult family took advantage of the fact that the master was having a banquet upstairs, stole the wine from the kitchen and got drunk, while the other boatmen were inexperienced, and actually crashed straight into the building ship of the Meng Mansion from the ship. Fortunately, the building ship in Mengfu is very strong and there are no other losses.