When Wang Yun heard Si Zi refer to her as her mother, she felt ashamed and wanted to disappear. However, she was just an old and faded palace maid. If she couldn't save up some money before leaving the palace, she would have no choice but to beg for food after being expelled.

"This servant knows her crime. This servant will hand over the embezzled money now, and then go back to the palace to find Steward Zhang to receive her punishment!"

"Forget about this little bit of money, keep it for your retirement!"

"I only want to tell you one thing today: if you want to make money, just tell me. I can point you in a path that will be enough for you to earn for a lifetime. There's absolutely no need to do this kind of thing in secret!"

"Besides, don't you feel ashamed for ruining my aunt's reputation like this?"

"This servant...this servant is so ashamed and remorseful that I beg Your Highness to grant me death..."

"If you have any shame, then die on your own. Why should I be the one to order your death?"

"I……"

Wang Yun was a prominent figure in the palace. Hearing Li Jue say this, and considering that what she had done was indeed disgraceful, she felt so ashamed that she wanted to disappear into the ground.

There is clearly no fissure in the ground here, only the shimmering Qujiang Pool.

After a slight hesitation, Wang Yun suddenly stood up from the ground and leaped towards Qujiang Pool.

When Si Zi saw Wang Yun jump into the water to commit suicide, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.

"Help! Someone, quickly save her..."

Just as the Hundred Cavalry Commander was about to jump into the water to save the person, Li Jue stopped him.

"No rush, let's wait a bit longer!"

"Nephew, what are you waiting for? If you wait any longer, Aunt Wang will drown, waaaaah..."

"Wait for her to call for help!"

"If she doesn't cry for help, how can I face saving her!"

Li Jue did not receive Wang Yun's cries for help; instead, he only heard a series of bubbling sounds.

"Not bad, he has some backbone!"

"Someone, pull her out!"

"promise!"

Two centurions leaped into the water and pulled Wang Yun out. However, Wang Yun was clearly exhaling more than inhaling, and water was constantly gushing from her mouth and nose; it was clear she didn't have long to live.

Seeing this, Si Zi burst into tears and went forward to beat Li Jue repeatedly.

"It's all your fault!"

"If you hadn't teased Aunt Wang, she wouldn't have jumped into the river and committed suicide, sob sob sob..."

"Auntie, do you still want to save her?"

"think……"

"Then get out of the way!"

"oh……"

After Sizi dodged, Li Jue stepped forward to take first aid measures for Wang Yun.

He first pressed on Wang Yun's stomach to squeeze out the water from her abdomen, and then performed CPR on her.

He pressed on her chest for a while, but Wang Yun still didn't wake up, which made him a little panicked.

Just as he was hesitating about whether to give Wang Yun CPR, he suddenly saw Xue Yong sneaking around looking in their direction, so he immediately called Xue Yong over.

"Get over here!"

"well!"

"What are your orders, sir?"

"Watch me... take a deep breath like this, and then exhale through her mouth..."

"call……"

"Have you learned it?"

"What's so difficult about that? All you need is a mouth!"

When Li Jue saw Xue Yong say this, he immediately pointed to Wang Yun on the ground.

"good!"

"Try the same thing I just did, and give her breathing..."

"ah?"

"My lord, men and women should not touch each other..."

"Stop giving me that nonsense. If you don't do it, I'll have your brother beat you to death!"

"I……"

"I'll give you an extra two strings of cash as a bonus this month!"

"I'll do it!"

Enticed by the generous reward, Xue Yong disregarded all propriety and shame, and began blowing on Wang Yun. It wasn't until he blew on her more than a dozen times that Wang Yun finally woke up.

When Wang Yun opened her eyes again, she saw a man pressed his face against hers, about to do something indecent to her. Enraged, she slapped him across the face.

"lecher!"

"How could you hit someone!"

"I'm going to beat you up, you scoundrel!"

"You don't appreciate kindness!"

"I'm saving you on His Highness's orders!"

"Help me?"

"Do you think I'm stupid? Who saves someone mouth-to-mouth? You've ruined their reputation, waaaaah..."

Li Jue had no interest in their messy affairs. Seeing that the person had been rescued, he immediately led Xiao Yu away from the place.

Xiao Yu, however, was still quite pleased with himself. He never expected that his ten-year-old disciple would actually save someone who had attempted suicide by jumping into the water!

"Eldest grandson, from which school or sect did you learn the method you used to save people?"

"oh?"

"I figured it out myself..."

"Self-enlightenment?"

"Mr. Xiao, you may not know this, but I have a senior brother..."

"May I ask Your Highness's senior brother's name?"

"My senior brother, Sun Simiao!"

"What?"

"The Divine Physician Sun is actually your senior brother?"

"yes!"

"I have such a powerful senior brother, it's normal for him to know some methods of saving people, right?"

"normal!"

Upon hearing that Li Jue was Sun Simiao's junior brother, Xiao Yu immediately stopped worrying about rescuing people and instead offered several suggestions on how Li Jue would handle the palace maids.

"Your Highness, you were too harsh in your treatment of the palace maid. If word gets out, you may be given a reputation for being mean."

"mean?"

How am I being harsh?

"Your Highness, you've driven someone to suicide. Aren't you being cruel?"

"Mr. Xiao, what is the appropriate course of action for me?"

Xiao Yu answered without hesitation.

"He should be handed over to the relevant officials to determine his punishment or reward!"

Li Jue knew that doing so was the right thing to do, but Si Zi had already said that she would take the execution of that palace maid very seriously, so Li Jue made an exception for her.

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