Chapter 5: The Note in the Cracks
After the old lady came back, she was able to relieve Mu Lingkong's grounding, and she was finally able to walk out of her small courtyard and slowly visit all parts of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After all, I don't know how long I'm going to stay here, but of course I still have to get familiar with the environment.
After walking around the garden pavilion with the winter snow, she sat in the gazebo and looked at the scenery boredly, and couldn't help yawning.
Located in the south of the South Moon Country, although the architecture is exquisite and ingenious, every place is full of paintings, but unfortunately it is tired of looking at it.
Although the Northern Underworld is close to the north, the folk customs are fierce, and the buildings are magnificent and rugged, but the Northern Underworld Palace is the essence of the world, whether it is a small bridge and flowing water in the south, or an exotic spired white tower, the Northern Underworld Palace can be found. So although the Prime Minister's Mansion covers a vast area, it is nothing more than this in her eyes.
However, the weather in the south, although it is autumn, is still warm, neither hot nor comfortable. She was lying on the railing of the gazebo, squinting at the blue transparent sky in the distance.
In the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of an exquisite pavilion, with red tiles and cornices, which was very eye-catching, so he pointed to the pavilion and asked Dongxue, "Where is that?" ”
Dong Xue looked in the direction of her finger, was silent for a while, and said softly: "That's where your biological mother, Aunt Lin, lived before her death!" ”
"Birth mother?" Mu Lingkong muttered, "Can I go over and have a look?" ”
"This ......" Dongxue hesitated for a moment, "Zijin Pavilion has already been sealed by the master, and the door is padlocked, so I'm afraid we won't be able to enter......"
"Locked?"
"Yes, since Aunt Lin died, the master has sealed the Zijin Pavilion, I'm afraid I will see things and think about people!"
Mu Lingkong glanced back at the pavilion again, "I know." ”
When I sat in the pavilion for a while, and was about to go back to read a book, two people came from the white stone path on the side of the pavilion, and one of them was wearing a blue dress, holding a tender yellow shawl, and carrying a small flower basket in his hand, as if he had come from the garden.
Seeing that Mu Lingkong did not dodge or dodge, but walked in with a smile, it was the third sister of "Meng Ruqing", Meng Ruyun.
Meng Ruyun put the flower basket on the stone table of the pavilion, sat down beside Mu Lingkong affectionately, and said with a smile, "I heard that my sister lifted the grounding, and I knew that people like my sister would definitely turn evil into good fortune." ”
Meng Ruyun is not as beautiful as her aunt, but her facial features are very bland, and she can barely be called delicate, but when she smiles, she is very friendly, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.
Mu Lingkong smiled slightly, and did not answer, Meng Ruyun smiled as usual, and then said, "Sister, but I still blame my sister for not going to see you during the grounding period?" It's not a sister, but as a concubine, the order of the housewife is not daring to disobey, first, I am afraid of affecting my aunt, and second, my sister is really incapable, so I can only secretly ask the maid to send some soup......"
"It turns out that the soup brought by Dongxue in the past few days was sent by you, it tastes very good, thank you sister!" Mu Lingkong's face seemed to have eased a lot, and he took Meng Ruyun's hand and said, "My sister should know that my memory has been damaged since I was rescued in the river, although I saw my sister kindly, but I don't remember many things in the past, and I hope my sister can mention more by my side in the future!" ”
"That's nature," Meng Ruyun replied to take her hand.
The two talked in the pavilion for a while, and Mu Lingkong went back to his courtyard first. As soon as I walked around the corner, I couldn't help but rub my arms.
She is the only daughter of her father, there is only one royal brother above, she has never been called a sister or sister, and no one dares to call her, and today it seems that she has finished calling all the previous ten years.
However, the sisters of the Meng family are really strange, one of them seems to be domineering, but they are actually kind-hearted; One is soft and gentle, but quite scheming, and his words are not leaky.
During her time in Mengfu, it is estimated that it will be fun.
Back in Qingshui Courtyard, the maids in the courtyard have changed a batch, all of them are fresh faces, but without exception, I saw that she was full of respect and etiquette.
And there was a girl in Tsing Yi in the room who was dusting with a feather duster, and when she saw her come in, she hurriedly walked close and saluted.
The maid's name is Qingli, she is the little maid who pointed at Dongxue's nose and scolded that day, Mu Lingkong left her behind, and when she mentioned the inner courtyard, she found that although this maid is spicy, she is very clever and neat, and Dongxue, who does things at a glance, can complement each other.
Ever since Qingli knew that Mu Ling Lingkong heard her words scolding Dongxue that day and was mentioned in the inner courtyard again, she had been waiting cautiously and tremblingly. But through getting along in the past few days, she found that the eldest lady was not as irritable as before, and she often beat and scolded her subordinates, so she relaxed a lot, and her lively and talkative temperament was revealed. ”
Mu Lingkong finished reading the "Tanhualang Chronicle" yesterday, so he nodded.
Qingli just turned around to leave, but Mu Lingkong called out to her again, "Wait, you and Dongxue will move the bookcase for me first!" ”
The bookcase is facing the carved floor cover, but Mu Lingkong is used to the bookcase facing the window, not only the light is good, but you can also look at the scenery outside the window if you have nothing to do.
So the two little maids turned the bookcase in a different direction, and pushed the carved window open, and Qingli went out, while Dongxue waited on the side.
Mu Lingkong sat down behind the bookcase, and some of the calligraphy written by Meng Ruqing before were spread out on the desk, she was ready to copy it, and she felt as if she had stepped on something, and when she looked down, a paper ball rolled into a column was lying quietly under the bookcase.
She only glanced at it, then bent down to pick it up and unfold it carefully. After reading the content on the paper at a glance and ten lines, his brows furrowed slightly.
She has been copying Meng Ruqing's handwriting for the past few days, and she can see at a glance that the handwriting on the paper is hers, but this is the content...... She looked at it again.
"Sister Mengjuan, seeing the words is like meeting, recently Ruqing has encountered a very tricky and difficult to solve matter, can you let Sister Ruqing come here to ...... a little"
What to do? The paper was not finished, and it seemed that someone had suddenly come in, and she hurriedly rolled up the letter and stuffed it into a corner of the bookcase. Today they moved the bookcase and fell out by mistake.
Mu Lingkong put away the letterhead and finished copying today's ten notes before stopping. Taking a sip of the tea sent by Dong Xue, she asked as if unintentionally, "Dong Xue, do I have a good friend named ...... Mengjuan? ”
Dongxue was a little surprised, "Miss, why did you mention Miss Mengjuan, did you remember something?" ”
Mu Lingkong held his forehead and said vaguely: "I seem to dream that I have a good relationship with a woman named Mengjuan, and I call her Sister Mengjuan in my dream......"
"Yes," Dong Xue nodded, "Miss and Miss Mengjuan met in a private school, and the relationship has always been very good, even if Miss Mengjuan's father was transferred to Jiangnan later, you often exchanged letters." ”
Mu Lingkong's eyes flashed, Jiangnan? Meng Ruqing is actually going to Jiangnan?!
"Gangnam is a good place, have I been there before?"
Dongxue shook her head, "Miss has never been far away, and the farthest place she goes to is the royal hunt that she goes to Broken Cloud Mountain every year with the master." ”
Mu Lingkong gently rubbed the white jade paperweight on the bookcase, and secretly speculated in his heart, what happened to make Meng Ruqing dare not stay at home, and to go all the way to Jiangnan, and what made her suddenly elope in a hurry?
"Dongxue, bring me some snacks."
"Yes," Dongxue replied and went out.
When she came back, she was followed by Mama Zhang, followed by a few maids with red lacquer trays.
Mu Lingkong sat behind the desk, waiting for Mama Zhang to salute before calmly walking out, "Why is Mama here, but what does Grandmother command?" ”
Mama Zhang looked Mu Lingkong up and down for a while, and said with a smile, "The eldest lady looks good today, it seems that her body is getting better, and the old lady can rest assured now." ”
"It's not good to make my grandmother worried."
Mama Zhang shook her head, "The old lady asked me to come over, because in a few days, the house will go to Qiuyue Lake to enjoy the moon and eat crabs, let me send some jewelry and hairpin rings, and the embroidery lady in the house will come over to make new clothes for the young lady." ”
Mu Lingkong paced in front of the row of maids holding trays, and lifted the red silk cloth covered on the tray one by one, only to see beads, earrings, bracelets, rings and other things placed in turn, each of which had more than 20 styles to choose from, either rich, exquisite, or elegant, but they were all styles worn by young daughters.
Mu Lingkong picked out one or two pieces of jewelry in each tray and said to Mama Zhang, "Please go back and tell your grandmother, Ruqing thank you grandmother, these jewelry are very beautiful." She thanked her sincerely, although she was not the real Meng Ruqing, but she could feel the old lady's real concern.
She thought of Meng Ruyue and Meng Ruyun again, "Are you giving these jewelry to your sisters?" ”
Mama Zhang motioned to the maids to cover the red silk cloth and replied, "The second and third ladies have their own wives and late aunts to worry about, and the old lady only cares about the eldest lady!" ”
Mu Lingkong watched Mama Zhang walk out of the courtyard gate with a group of maids, and then asked Dongxue in detail, "Is there anything unusual about the moon viewing in Qiuyue Lake?" It is also necessary to tailor new clothes and wear new hairpin ring jewelry. ”
Winter Snow Road, "Mid-Autumn Festival in the Autumn Moon Lake to enjoy the moon, the full moon reflected in the lake water, extremely beautiful, and later gradually become a custom." Every Mid-Autumn Festival, each prefecture charters a boat painting boat in Qiuyue Lake, and brings everyone in the mansion to gather in Qiuyue Lake, while admiring the moon, while eating crabs caught in the lake. ”
When all the provinces gather, isn't it the time when the ladies of each family are richer than the beautiful? No wonder you want to dress up!