Chapter 17 Tea?

"Oh no! The Crown Prince's wife fell into the water!"

"Someone come quickly! The Second Young Master's wife can't swim!"

"Help! The Crown Prince's wife and the Second Young Master's wife fell into the water!"

At this time, the maids standing above saw this and started shouting.

Xu Qingyan could swim. After she fell into the water, she floated in it like a fish in water, and even turned back to look at Xu Qingyue.

Xu Qingyue really couldn't swim. After falling into the lake, she struggled desperately in the water for a few times and gradually sank.

Xu Qingyan naturally would not save someone who deliberately pushed her into the water, so she quickly swam to the side, and then slowly swam towards the shore.

"If the heroine dies like this, will the world collapse? Oh... forget it, I'm not a soft persimmon. So what if she is the heroine, I will never condone her to do bad things! If it collapses, maybe I can go back to my original world! The only regret is that I may never see the prince again!" Xu Qingyan said to Xu Qingyue, and suddenly felt a little regretful.

But before she could swim to the shore, she heard a "splash" sound and an nimble figure jumped into the lake and pulled Xu Qingyue out.

Xu Qingyan saw this scene and said with emotion: "She is worthy of being the heroine. I was wondering how she could die so easily."

"Xu Qingyan, why did you want to harm Qingyue for no reason?" After Pei Jingyuan rescued Xu Qingyue to the shore, he angrily accused Xu Qingyan.

"Tell me, which eye of yours saw that I was the one who harmed her? Don't lie with your eyes open, show me the evidence!" Xu Qingyan looked at Pei Jingyuan speechlessly when she heard his question.

Pei Jingyuan pointed at the maid behind him and said, "They said that you were the one who dragged Qingyue down. We already have the witness. What other evidence do you need?"

Xu Qingyue had just choked on the water several times in the lake. She looked at Xu Qingyan weakly and said pitifully, "Sister, why did you pull me down? Do you really want me to die? Do you hate me for making you marry the young master?"

When Xu Qingyan heard what Xu Qingyue said, she said coldly in her heart: [Ha! At this time, Xu Qingyue actually wants to sow discord and spread rumors that she doesn't want to marry the young master. ]

Xu Qingyan did not miss Xu Qingyue's gossiping look, so she sneered and said, "If your maid is considered evidence, then my maid is also evidence. Come on... Ziyan, Danyan, you two can tell us who pushed who. Let him listen carefully."

Zi Yan and Dan Yan were the maids Pei Jingchuan arranged to serve her, so they were naturally truthful. They told her everything they knew without missing a word, without any exaggeration: "Second Young Master, it was the Second Young Master's wife who first stretched out her leg to trip the Crown Prince's wife, and then stretched out her hand to push the Crown Prince's wife. When the Crown Prince's wife was about to fall into the water, she accidentally grabbed the Second Young Master's wife's leg, causing the two of them to fall in together!"

"You...you keep talking nonsense!" Pei Jingyuan was so angry that he clenched his back teeth.

"What your maid said is true, and my maid is just talking nonsense. Why are you so overbearing?" Xu Qingyan said with her hands on her hips unconvinced.

"You..." Pei Jingyuan was so angry at Xu Qingyan's words that he gritted his teeth.

Xu Qingyue's eyes darkened, and she said to Xu Qingyan in a sarcastic tone, "Sister, you can swim, so it's okay if you fall down. But I can't swim. If my husband hadn't shown up in time, I'm afraid I would have died here today."

This is definitely saying that Xu Qingyan deliberately caused her to fall into the water. A person who can swim will definitely not be afraid, so she fell into the water on purpose.

Just at this moment, other maids and servants passed by, and Xu Qingyue said this in order for them to hear it, so that the news that Xu Qingyan caused her to fall into the water would spread throughout the Duke's Mansion in no time.

After hearing what Xu Qingyan said, she would not let her plot succeed, so she said loudly: "Yes, I can swim. If I didn't, I would have drowned by now. After all, you have the Second Young Master to save you, but no one paid attention to me just now. If I hadn't had a miserable life when I was a child and learned to swim, I would have drowned by now!"

Xu Qingyan thought, isn't it just tea? Who doesn't know how to make it? Let's see who is better at making tea.

As soon as Xu Qingyan said this, the direction of the situation that had just been misled by Xu Qingyue was instantly reversed.

After hearing what Xu Qingyan said, everyone felt that Xu Qingyue certainly didn't expect Xu Qingyan to swim, and thought that she would surely die after falling into the water. If they also fell into the water, they would clear themselves of suspicion.

Xu Qingyue was so angry at Xu Qingyan's words that she gritted her teeth. She didn't expect Xu Qingyan to be so eloquent. When she saw the strange looks from everyone, she just wanted to escape from there.

"Husband, I'm not feeling well. I might have caught a cold. Please find a doctor to see me!" Xu Qingyue was afraid that Xu Qingyan would be pissed to death if she stayed any longer, so she said to Pei Jingyuan aggrievedly.

Pei Jingyuan was also very angry about Xu Qingyan's behavior, and the two of them left in disgrace.

Not long after, this matter naturally reached Pei Jingchuan's ears. When he learned that Xu Qingyan was not in trouble, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Pei Jingchuan had someone investigate the marriage exchange and got the result. It was indeed arranged by the Xu Mansion, and Xu Qingyan was indeed the original daughter of Lord Xu. His half-brother and Xu Qingyue were really playing a good trick, and he was almost fooled by them. He was now sure that his half-brother was not that simple, and began to guard against him.

When the Duke's wife learned about this, she was extremely glad that her son had married Xu Qingyan. She now felt that this daughter-in-law was a lucky star.

——A few days later——

The Duke's wife took Xu Qingyan, Pei Jinyu and others to attend the banquet.

"Mother, where are we going for the banquet today?" This was Xu Qingyan's first time attending a banquet, and she was a little excited. She was riding in the same carriage with the Duke's wife and Pei Jinyu.

"The princess is hosting a banquet today. Let's go to the princess's mansion now." The Duke's wife said with a smile.

When Xu Qingyan found out that the banquet was held by the princess's mansion, she was surprised for a moment and couldn't help thinking: [Princess? Is she the wife of the Marquis of Anyang? It seems that she died at today's banquet. After her death, the Marquis of Anyang was in a daze all day. It was not until he met a woman who looked very similar to the princess that he woke up from his dream. However, who would have thought that the woman was a spy of the enemy, and the Marquis of Anyang was harmed by the woman! ]

"What? The princess will die today?" When the Duke's wife heard Xu Qingyan's thoughts, she was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat.

The Duke's wife tried hard to calm herself down. The princess was her best friend, so how could she prevent anything from happening to her?

So, the Duke's wife looked at Xu Qingyan and said, "Qingyan, don't be nervous when you go to the princess's mansion. The princess is a very nice person and won't put on airs."

Xu Qingyan smiled and nodded, "Mother, from what you said, the princess is really good!"

But Xu Qingyan sighed in her heart: [Good people don't live long! By the way, my mother seems to be a good sister of the princess. If the princess dies, she will be sad for a long time. And that Xu Qingyue was stabbed by a sword today to save the princess, so she got the favor of Anyang Hou. Xu Qingyue is so bad, I can't let her succeed, I have to find a way to save the princess.]

After hearing Xu Qingyan's voice, the Duke's wife hurriedly held Xu Qingyan's hand and said, "Qingyan, the princess is kind and loving to the people. It is a blessing for the people to have such a princess!"

The Duke's wife prayed in her heart: Qingyan, you must find a way to save the princess.