Chapter 37: Falling into the Pond

  Fell into the pond

  Yin Ruofei was startled and ran forward, Gong Jiu grabbed the back of his waist with one hand, tiptoed on the ground, and flew towards the trees in front, a few bounces and they arrived at the scene.

  Although they arrived relatively quickly, there were already several people standing by the pond at this time. However, no one had a good way to rescue the person splashing in the middle of the pool for the time being.

  "Brother Gong, help save someone!" Yin Ruofei's sharp eyes spotted a person struggling in the pond and quickly asked for help.

  This was naturally not a difficult task for Gong Jiu. He found a long bamboo pole and poked it into the pond, using one hand to press down on the pole and borrow strength, while using the other hand to grab the collar of the person who had fallen into the water and was slowly sinking. With a burst of strength, he flew up onto the shore. At this time, the bamboo pole that had been used as leverage slowly fell over into the pond.

  "How is he?" Yin Ruofei rushed over in a few steps, and the crowd gathered around, more and more people heard the shouting voice and hurried over to rescue, seeing that someone had been lifted up, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Isn't this... the second young lady who came with Mrs. Lin?" Gong Jiu and Yin Ruofei were both inconvenient, so a few slightly knowledgeable women came over to press on the chest of the person who had been choked by water, spitting out the water that had been poured in.

  As soon as he turned over, the girl recognized his identity and covered her mouth in surprise.

  "Lin's residence?" Yin Ruofei was startled in her heart, could it be that she was referring to her aunt's cousin?

  Others also recognized her one after another, and it was Lin Hui'er who had been the center of attention all day. However, at this time, the brocade clothes on her body were already dirty and disheveled, and she only slowly came to after several women pressed down on her abdomen with great force and made her vomit out the water in her stomach.

  "Have this young lady taken to the arbor to rest, and have a few clothes sent over." Yin Ruofei beckoned to a little maid beside her and gave some low instructions.

  Several maidservants helped Lin Hui'er up, and before they could even take a step, they heard someone else rushing over from afar. It turned out that in this short while, the clever and bright little maid had already gone back to report to Young Mistress Lin and Madame He.

  He immediately ran over as soon as he heard that his daughter had fallen into the water tank, and burst into tears when he saw Lin Hui'er's appearance.

  "My poor daughter, how did you fall into the pond? Ah... Autumn Red and Willow Green, you two maidservants, come out here at once!"

  Two weak maidservants knelt on one side, trembling with fear, and were scolded again by Mrs. He. After scolding the maidservant, Mrs. He turned her head to look at Lin Hui'er, and tears of heartache poured out.

  Yin Ruofei's eyes widened, hearing that her aunt was naturally gentle, to put it nicely, she was warm and elegant, but to put it badly, she was timid and easily bullied. Looking at the person in front of her now, whether it was her behavior or appearance, she didn't match up at all.

  As other ladies from neighboring households also came over upon hearing the commotion, Mrs. Kobayashi quickly regained her composure and hastily ushered the person into the parlor to avoid losing face in front of everyone.

  It's just that things have gotten to this point, and everyone more or less knows that something has happened at the mansion, so the ladies and young misses from various families have all found excuses to leave.

  Seeing Kobayashi appear, Yin Ruofei and Gong Jiu retreated from the crowd and entered the nearby He Xiang Garden.

  Because there were many female relatives at home today, it was very inconvenient, so Yin Haicheng directly invited Rong Jingze to He Xiang Garden.

  As for Rong Jingze's intentions, Yin Haicheng was completely bewildered and couldn't figure out the reason. And Rong Jingze's several attempts to probe him indirectly were all dodged by the other party, leaving him even more perplexed.

  Yin Ruofei followed Gongjiu into the house, and Yin Haicheng felt that he had finally grasped something. He thought to himself, "Could this be about finding a study partner for Fei'er?"

  "I've seen the king, I've seen father." Yin Ruofei rushed into the house to pay his respects, but Rong Jingze was apparently somewhat impatient and waved his hand to dispense with the formalities.

  "How so late?" Yong Jingze's words were no longer as careless as before, but instead sounded somewhat angry.

  Yin Ruofei didn't know who the words were directed at, and just as he was about to speak, Gong Jiu made a fist, "Just now someone from the Hou Mansion fell into the lotus pond outside Huaxiang Garden, and I've sent Xiaojie and others to rescue them."

  "Save people?" Rong Jingze lost his smile, "Let's go down to the water first."

  "Returning to Master, it's not her, the one who fell into the water is actually the second young lady of the Lin Manor. She was rescued but has already fainted."

  "Alright, you can withdraw." Rong Jingze waved his hand and let Gong Jiu retreat. He smiled and turned to look at Yin Haicheng, whose face had already turned bright red.

  Yin Ruofei was young and might not have thought of it, but Yin Haicheng, who had experienced so much at his age, had already guessed many reasons why Rong Jingze looked at him after a moment's reflection.

  Today, Fuchu is holding a flower appreciation party, these flowers are naturally meant to be appreciated, and this person is also one of the flowers being appreciated.

  Every time such an activity takes place, it is accompanied by the ladies of various households looking at the young misses. The deeply secluded young misses are usually not allowed to leave the house or even take a step outside, and even if they occasionally go out to burn incense, they would still be lifted eight steps away, making it impossible for anyone to get a close look.

  This is the best place to show off the beauty and talent of the young ladies from various families. The Hou Mansion had also organized such events before, but since Duchess Lin was in poor health, they were extremely rare.

  So many young ladies gathered at Hou Fu, coincidentally arrived with Prince Ze's arrival, and this Prince Ze was famous for his good looks.

  Young, unmarried, high-ranking and deeply favored by the emperor... these points are enough to drive young girls crazy, even though this prince is only thirteen years old.

  Please invite the king to He Xiang Garden, there is nothing that needs to be concealed. At least with a little inquiry, you can know. However, the location of He Xiang Garden is slightly biased, just to get some peace and quiet, so both inside and outside He Xiang Garden, there are few people coming over.

  This was the case when Rong Jingze came last time, Yin Haicheng had already introduced him when he accompanied him over. As a place where the empress dowager used to live, except for necessary cleaning and repairs, it is not allowed for idle people to enter.

  It's precisely because of this that the young lady fell into the pond outside the Osmanthus Fragrance Garden, which is a matter worthy of deep reflection. For no apparent reason, how could someone, especially a noble maiden, end up here?

  Yin Haicheng's face wasn't red because someone had come over, but because just now Gong Jiu had bluntly pointed out that the Second Miss of the Lin Manor was present, causing him to blush.

  Lin Mansion, the wives and concubines of Yin Hai City all came from the Lin family. The elder and younger ladies of the Lin family were actually close relatives, aunt and niece. He was naturally their uncle-in-law. Now, without mentioning how the young lady of the Lin family fell into the pond, just this intention to spy on Prince Wang was enough to make him lose face completely.

  Yin Haicheng looked at Rong Jingze's ambiguous smile, wanting to speak but stopping several times, trying to explain but having no way to start, his breath stuck in his chest.

  At this time, in the guest house of Ya Ge, Mrs. He was also holding her breath and couldn't come out.

  "What's going on? Why didn't these two girls stay with you?" He's eyes widened in anxiety.

  But she in front of Lin Hui'er just bowed her head and wept, at this time although has changed a clean clothes, only with her before that edge difference far, let Lin Hui'er more is wronged.

  Looking at Lin Hui'er crying and refusing to speak, He Shi was about to explode with anger. She only had this one daughter, who was beautiful and had been expected to marry the second son of the Lin family, but today she had made such a big fool of herself, appearing in front of everyone dripping wet from head to toe. If it were another family that valued propriety, they would probably have sent her to a nunnery by now.

  "Oh my goodness, what's going on? How did you end up falling into the pond?"

  Lin Hui'er finally lifted her head, her tear-swollen eyes gazing at her own mother, "It was... it was someone who pushed me in... waaah..."

  "What?" This sentence not only made He's eyes widen in fright, but also caused the gentle Lin who was beside her to stand up involuntarily.

  "Who pushed you in?" He asked, grasping Lin Hui'er's arm and pursuing the question.

  "I didn't see clearly, she pushed me from behind." Lin Hui'er was pinched by He Shi and couldn't help but let out a low cry.

  "Who told you to go by the pond?"

  "Yes, it's a girl..."

  "Second Aunt, you must take charge of this for us sisters. Something like this has happened in the Hou Mansion, and Hui'er is after all the eldest young master's cousin!" He Shi covered her face with a handkerchief and wept, "Who is this murderer who has harmed my Hui'er?"

  "Alright, alright, stop crying." Little Lin's heart was anxious and uneasy. If it were Lin Hui'er herself who fell into the water, that would be one thing, but she specifically said someone pushed her in.

  This matter is getting out of hand, if it gets out, which family in this manor will dare to come, even the safety of guests cannot be guaranteed.

  "Oh, I remember now, that girl said she was Hongyun and asked her to come call me."

  "What?" Little Lin's face turned green, Hongyun was Ruiying's senior maid, but how could Ruiying harm her own cousin? This matter was getting more and more complicated.

  At the same time, in He Xiang Garden, Yin Hai Cheng was also anxious.

  This scorching prince actually opened his mouth and wanted to live in He Xiang Garden.

  Staying overnight is no problem, but Rong Jingze means staying until he's satisfied.

  One day is fine, Yin Haicheng thought that with twenty-eight guards and the people from the Hou Mansion, nothing bad would happen. But as time went on, things became more difficult to handle, and if something unfortunate were to occur, the entire family would be finished.

  Yin Haicheng was thinking of an excuse to get the hot-tempered Prince Wang back to the palace, but then Rong Shi suddenly suggested that everyone express their opinions in a standing position, and Rong Jingze applauded in agreement.

  Yin Haicheng thought for a moment and agreed. There were four people on the scene, Wang Ye and Rong Shiyuan, master and servant, he and Fei'er father and son, no matter how you think about it, it's a fair match.

  At the moment of nodding, Yin Haicheng felt that something was wrong. Why would this king agree when he clearly knew it was a stalemate? Sure enough, the next moment he saw his own son standing on the opposite side as well.

  Yin Haicheng's nose was almost out of breath, but Zhuo Mo's son had already become someone else's companion reader, and he could only nod his head in agreement. On this side, he promised the king and turned to enter the palace, openly asking the emperor to send more people to protect him, but secretly hoping that the emperor would call the king back.

  Something even more unexpected happened to Yin Haicheng, the Emperor not only didn't understand his hint, but immediately ordered more people to be sent to the Town River Marquis's residence. Moreover, with a very moved expression, he praised Rong Jingze heavily, saying that he went to the Empress Dowager's former residence to experience the Empress Dowager's intention back then.

  Yin Haicheng was stunned and didn't know what kind of intention the Empress Dowager had left in his family's backyard, He Xiang Garden.

  As soon as he returned home, Xiaolin burst into tears and rushed over to him, "Lord Hou, what happened today was not an accident, Hui'er was pushed into the water by someone!"

  Yin Haicheng accidentally dropped the teacup on the ground, and the old lady's case had not been solved yet. Was it that the person in the dark was making another move?

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