Chapter 70
Chapter 70
She didn't come here for the polo match, nor was she interested in watching it. She stood on the shed and glanced around to appreciate the surrounding scenery.
From time to time, noble ladies from various families came here under various pretexts, but in fact they were all aimed at her, wanting to see with their own eyes what this "ugly girl" who had been talked about by the capital for a month or two looked like.
She responded with polite and kind smiles all over her face. Although some ladies spoke poorly, and even saw her not only ugly but beautiful, unhappy and sour, she cleverly conveyed the connotation.
After about half of the polo match, she caught a glimpse of the Hang's house under the shed to follow Xun Lan and Mrs. Zhao Si's servants back, so she excused herself a bit unwell and spoke to Mujiamujun and the two ladies who came over to talk. Apologize and leave.
A few steps away from the shed, the maid stepped forward and reported: "Miss Zhao Si went to Yanyuan, Xiao Qi said that Xun Erlang also went to Yanyuan, and met a group of familiar gentlemen drinking in the water pavilion."
Xiaoqi is a servant who follows Xun Erlang.
"Then let's go to Yanyuan to join in the fun." She said with a smile.
Originally, I planned to let Xun Erlang come over. Firstly, I was disgusted by Mu Jia, who coveted his cousin's fiancé, and secondly, I wanted to find out what happened between Mrs. Zhao and Xun Erlang. It is best to take this opportunity to repair Xun Erlang. .But he didn't think about Xun Erlang, who ran faster than a rabbit after knowing that she was Mu Yue.
Are you guilty of being a thief?
There is no doubt that Mrs. Zhao likes Xun Erlang. If Xun Erlang also likes Mrs. Zhao, what happened to the offense and rudeness at the beginning?Why did things go so far as to beat people up?
With doubts, she left the polo field and went directly to Yanyuan.
Mrs. Zhao Si went to Yanyuan, obviously aiming at Xun Erlang, as for what she was going to do, it was hard to guess.
Under the guidance of Xiaoqi, she went to the water pavilion.
Going around a bush, she saw a lavender figure on the water platform leading to the water pavilion on the lake, and she immediately stopped in her tracks.
"Isn't that Miss Zhao Si?" Wei'er whispered.
Mrs. Zhao Si was standing by the waterside platform, just looking at the people in the opposite water pavilion across the lake more than ten feet away, her eyes were bewildered, and her expression was stunned. If there were not a few maidservants standing behind her, she would really doubt him I have suicidal thoughts.
There were about seven or eight gentlemen in the water pavilion, and they couldn't hear what they were saying, but they could hear the occasional laughter.
Some of them couldn't see their faces from a distance, and from the color of their clothes, they roughly judged that the gentleman with his back to the lake was Xun Lan.
Mrs. Zhao Si stood still and didn't move. She hesitated and walked over.
"Fourth lady." She smiled and called softly.
Miss Zhao looked back and saw her, she was startled, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and said, "Why is Second Lady here?" Her smile was still pure and innocent, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks.
"The polo match was a bit noisy, so I came here to relax, and I happened to meet Fourth Lady." She glanced at the lake and said with a smile, "It's still quiet and pleasant here."
"Every spring day in Yanyuan, there are many tourists, and there are banquets or parties in the pavilions and terraces. You can see that even the boats on the lake are full of people, so it's a little quieter here."
Tang Xiaoshi looked around, the reason why it is quiet here is because there are people gathering in the opposite water pavilion, others are too embarrassed to come here, right?
She agreed with a polite smile: "Indeed, the scenery here is nice."
"There are a lot of swimming fish." Mrs. Zhao reached out her hand to give her a hand, and took another step towards the edge of the water platform, pointing to the swimming fish path in the middle water, "Look how happy they are swimming."
She poked her head slightly to look, and saw a group of small fish gathered together, as if they were fighting for something.
She suddenly became interested, and saw a long branch on the wooden platform on the other side of Si Niangzi, she let go of Si Niangzhao's hand, and was about to pick it up, but she hadn't walked around behind Si Niangzi, Si Niangzi suddenly said "ah!" screamed, and the man fell into the water.
She subconsciously reached out to grab it, but it was empty.
With a "plop", there was a splash of water, and the person was already submerged in the water.
She was shocked, her heart tightened, and she yelled "Miss Zhao Si" twice towards the lake.
The maidservant of the Zhao family hurried over, threw herself on the edge of the water platform, and shouted in horror: "My lady."
Mrs. Zhao Sister poked her head out of the water, screamed "Help me" in fear, and sank her head back into the water.
"Miss Mu Er, how can you push my wife, she doesn't know how to swim." The maid angrily blamed her.
"I..." Tang Xiaoshi couldn't explain, looking at Mrs. Zhao Si who was thrashing and struggling in the water, suddenly a flash of light flashed in her mind. How could this plot be so like a vicious female partner who deliberately framed the heroine?
Mrs. Zhao Si appeared again and called out "Help" twice eagerly, but was submerged in the water again.
The gentlemen in the water pavilion looked over after hearing the sound.
She cursed "Damn" mentally, and jumped into the lake. Wei'er and the others behind her were also surprised and called "Mrs."
The lake water in March was freezing cold, she poked her head out of the water and took a few breaths of cold air, then immediately swam to Miss Zhao Si and picked her up.
Miss Zhao Si seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, grabbed her, hugged her, dragged her, kicked her legs and feet indiscriminately under the water, and pulled her into the lake.
She tried her best to swim up, but the opponent's slapping hands and kicking legs indiscriminately made her always be pressed down, unable to show her head.
After a burst of confusion and panic in her mind, she immediately grabbed the other party's fluttering hands and hugged the other party's waist, but was pressed down by the other party.
This time she fully realized that it was a big mistake for her to go into the water to save people, but it was too late at this moment.
She was just about to give up, when suddenly her right leg was cramped and unable to move due to the cold, and she also panicked.
At that moment, someone swam towards the shore and from the direction of the Jiuqu Bridge.
She couldn't see the other person clearly when she was submerged in the water. The cold, suffocation and panic made her a little fuzzy. It was not until she was picked up by someone and gasped for a few breaths that she came out of the water, and she slowly came back to see the person holding her. It's Xun Erlang.
He dragged her vigorously to swim towards the wooden platform, and blamed her in his mouth: "You can save people without knowing how to swim!"
Back on the wooden platform, she flinched and grabbed her cramp right leg, Miss Zhao Si was also rescued by Xiao Qi who followed her, she lay in the arms of the maidservant, huddled into a ball, trembling all over, her face pale.The maid shook off her cloak to cover her drenched figure.
Wei'er also took the cloak and put it on her, and cried, "My lady, you're going to scare the slaves to death."
She slowed down for a while before her legs got better, and she also had a little strength in her body. She shook her head slightly and said weakly: "I'm fine."
Tilting his head, he saw Xun Erlang slumped on the wooden platform, covering his shoulders, frowning deeply, his face contorted, as if in pain.
All the gentlemen in the pavilion rushed over and immediately asked about her and Mrs. Zhao Si.
The maidservant next to Mrs. Zhao Si began to cry and accused her: "Mrs. Mu, why did our wife offend you? You want to push our wife into the water, so that you hurt our wife?"
Everyone stared at her in unison, firstly they were surprised that the beautiful woman in front of them turned out to be an "ugly girl" who had been passed down in the capital for a month or two, and secondly they were curious about the reason behind this, that she actually went to harm others.
Someone reacted quickly and immediately thought of the friction between Xun Erlang and Zhao Shizi last year, and immediately turned to Xun Lan, making guesses.
Wei'er retorted angrily: "Obviously Mrs. Zhao Si fell into the water by herself, why blame my wife? And your lady hasn't spoken yet, why are you making decisions for your lady?"
The maid opened her mouth, but didn't make another sound, and helped Si Niang Zhao rub her cold hands.
Miss Zhao's head was lowered, she was frightened and flustered and hadn't recovered yet, her eyes were empty and wandering.
Tang Xiaoshi looked at her, thinking of her falling into the water and her behavior in the water, she was full of anger.There is such a femme heart behind a pure and harmless face.He was actually plotted against by her.
She asked bluntly, "Did I push you?"
Mrs. Zhao shrank slightly, as if she had been shocked again, her expression was confused, but she didn't say a word.
The maidservant of Zhao's family spoke again: "My wife was frightened just now, and she caught a cold again. Second lady Mu, don't scare my wife anymore."
She glared at the speaking maid, who immediately stopped talking.
She still stared at the other party, waiting for the other party's answer.
Mrs. Zhao Si leaned against the arms of the two maidservants, looking at her with eyes full of fear, like a little lady who has been frightened and full of grievances.
She was most uncomfortable with this kind of behavior.
At this time, a gentleman stepped forward to persuade: "I think the maidservant has lost her eyes, and she was so desperate to protect the master. The fourth lady Zhao was frightened, and the second lady Mu also fell into the water. Let's go back first. Don't get cold."
Tang Xiaoshi glanced coldly at the lord, it was obviously for mediation, but secretly for helping Mrs. Zhao Si.Years ago, there was Xun Erlang who offended Mrs. Zhao Fourth because of her intentions, and later Xun Erlang escaped from marriage because of her ugly appearance, and now Mrs. Zhao fell into the water in front of her again.The connection of these few things made it easy for others to guess that she was jealous of Mrs. Zhao Si and thus harmed her.
With so many gentlemen here today, if you don't explain the matter clearly, if it spreads in the future, it is likely that she pushed the other party into the water, and her reputation is not as easy to prove her innocence as an "ugly girl".
"Let's go back after clarifying the matter, and don't waste this moment." She sneered, and stood up with Wei'er's arm, "In case I become an 'evil girl' from an 'ugly girl' again."
Turning around, he said to Mrs. Zhao: "Ms. Zhao has been slowing down for so long, hasn't she recovered?"
Mrs. Zhao Si still looked at her in fear and did not answer.
She rolled her eyes and said, "If Mrs. Zhao Si doesn't say anything, then I'll tell you everything."
She squinted at Xun Erlang who was still sitting on the ground with a painful expression on his face, then glanced at the seven or eight gentlemen next to him, and said coldly: "I know that if I say that I have no grudges with Mrs. Zhao, there is no reason Pushing her into the water, someone will definitely say that Xun Erlang loves you and at the same time escaped marriage because of my ugly appearance, so I am jealous. I think Miss Zhao Si also had the same thoughts just now?"
"That's really underestimating me, Mu Yue. I won't be jealous of any woman, let alone jealous. Whether it's a lady who takes the initiative to seduce you, or a man who takes the initiative to rush over, I will only count the mistake on her. On Lang Jun's head."
"Besides, if I really wanted to harm you, I wouldn't do it in a place where so many gentlemen are drinking in the pavilion next to it. Obviously, it would be impossible to do so. If I really wanted to harm you, why would I jump into the water Save you? It's unnecessary? I almost drowned in such a cold lake."
She sneered coldly: "By the way, I also want to say, Mrs. Zhao Si, you pushed me down in the water with great strength, and you didn't seem to be ignorant of water. You are so clear-headed in the water, but you are frightened when you land on the shore? Pretending to be weak and pitiful indeed attracts sympathy and love from gentlemen, but if your heart is not clean, you only get sympathy and love.”
"It's not you who was frightened today, but me. I was almost drowned by you in this Yanyuan Lake, and I will remember you." She said coldly.
Miss Zhao Si's expression changed, and the panic and fear in her eyes was tinged with anger.
She looked at it with disgust.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" the maidservant of the Zhao family immediately reprimanded.
She ignored it.
Seeing this, the other gentlemen didn't know what to say, after all, the matter between the two ladies was still a dishonorable matter.The fourth lady Zhao looked really pitiful and sympathetic, but what the second lady Mu said was also very reasonable.I don't know what to do for a while.
At this time, Xun Erlang stood up and walked over, and said to Tang Xiaoshi: "The lake is cool, you are soaked, don't really suffer from the cold, go back first!" He told Xiao Qi who had just dived to save someone, "Go and inform you Lord of the family." He asked Wei'er, "Do you have clean clothes, help your wife to change."
Tang Xiaoshi looked at him in surprise when she heard the words, only then did she notice that the shirt on his left shoulder was smudged with blood mixed with water.
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