Zhongli couldn't force Gan Qiongying to stay, and he was quite angry at her words. After Gan Qiongying's carriage drove away, he beckoned to the back, and his two subordinates immediately came forward.

"Has Li Hua returned to his residence?" Zhongli Zhengzhen was in a bad mood because he hadn't finished his business.

One of the two subordinates stepped forward, his footsteps so light they were almost silent, clearly indicating he was a skilled martial artist.

He was Zhongli Zhengzhen's most trusted subordinate, named Song Ci.

Song Ci said in a low voice, "Your Highness, we have already returned to the Prince Consort's residence."

Zhongli Zhengzhen looked in the direction Gan Qiongying had left with a gloomy expression and said to Song Ci, "Duanrong's behavior is strange. You follow her personally and make sure you find out what's going on with her."

"Yes!" Song Ci's face was half-masked, so his appearance could not be seen. Only his pale lips and the exposed hair and skin were pale.

He quickly flew away, appearing even more agile than Gan Qiongying's two shadow guards.

Meanwhile, Gan Qiongying, who was now completely satisfied with getting back the pendant worth a thousand gold pieces, leaned back in the carriage, looking at the jade ring over and over again.

It's clear and translucent, and warm to the touch; it's definitely a good product.

However, she didn't forget her main task. In order to avoid suffering, she had to go through with her storyline tonight.

So she asked Yinyue, "Where is Princess Xue'e's carriage?"

“They’re right behind us,” Yinyue said. “Following us from a distance, their intentions are unclear. The only attendants they’ve brought with them are Princess Xue’e’s personal entourage.”

“Princess,” Yin Yue said, recalling Gan Qiongying’s past behavior and trying to guess her meaning, “should we stop her and give her a warning and a lesson?”

Gan Qiongying smiled at her new "little lackey" and said mysteriously, "She won't learn her lesson just by being verbally reprimanded; she's very resentful."

"If you dare to steal my man, you'd better be dead!"

Gan Qiongying perfectly captured Princess Duanrong's arrogant and unruly nature. "Let's do something exciting today."

After she finished speaking, she beckoned to Yinyue with her finger, signaling her to step forward, and then mysteriously told her some things.

Yin Yue's eyes widened, seemingly in disagreement, but Gan Qiongying, with a crazed expression, caressed the jade pendant and said, "The Third Prince has already softened his heart towards me. Only in this way will he not suspect that I am deliberately making trouble for Wen Xueling. Just do as I say!"

The Huishui River flows through Yindu, encircling the city. Gan Qiongying had to cross several bridges to meet Zhongli Zhengzhen.

Some are stone bridges, and some are wooden bridges.

Although Gan Qiongying was still heartbroken before she arrived, it was her first time going out since she transmigrated, and it was all very new and exciting. She looked out the window of the carriage through the gap in the soft curtain.

She remembered a wooden bridge located at the entrance to the main urban area. The railings were low, and the Huishui River, which flowed to this point, could no longer be called a river but only an irrigation canal.

Because of concerns for the safety of the city's residents, the canal was specially narrowed and reinforced with a lining.

It was only waist-deep.

As a result, Wen Xueling's carriage, which was following far behind, soon noticed that Princess Duanrong's carriage was slowing down and even stopping.

The attendant asked Wen Xueling, "Princess, Princess Duanrong has stopped. Should we take a detour?"

Wen Xueling bit her lip, her face also looking rather pale. She thought of how she had just seen Zhongli Zhengzhen, who had always been indifferent to Duanrong, actually showing her intimacy.

Wen Xueling looked down on Duanrong's seductive manner and felt that women should not be so unrestrained. She always avoided her sharp edge, but that did not mean that she, the dignified Princess of Jingxi, was really afraid of a princess who was not of legitimate status!

In her father's letter, she was advised to avoid confrontation, which Wen Xueling always heeded. But tonight, the thought of the Jin Chuan hostage's attitude towards Duan Rong troubled her.

So she said, "Don't worry about it, let's go. No matter how glamorous or wicked she may be, she can't possibly stop my carriage and take my life, can she?"

So Wen Xueling's carriage slowly overtook Gan Qiongying's carriage, and then—after they crossed the wooden bridge, Gan Qiongying's horses suddenly became startled.

The carriage, in a state of utter chaos, hurtled rapidly toward Wen Xueling's carriage frame.

With a loud bang, the horse pulling Wen Xueling's chariot was also startled.

The riverside railings had been in disrepair for years. During the violent collision of the carriage, both horses, pulling the carriage, flared their nostrils in terror and then pulled the carriage into the river, one after the other.

Two consecutive "plop" sounds as water fell into the river startled the frogs in the night.

As the cries of the lone one echoed, urgent calls for help from both sides also rang out.

Although Gan Qiongying was prepared, the sudden entry into the water still startled her quite a bit.

But she soon laughed, because the water was shallow and the attendants she had with her were all experts, so there was no way she could be in any danger.

Even the horse is fine; it just drank some water.

The water level had just reached the carriage, and apart from feeling a little cold, the slight ache in her heart disappeared.

This part of the story should be over!

She's so smart!

In this way, the plot of Princess Duanrong being vicious and jealous and pushing Princess Xue'e Wen Xueling into the water is changed to Princess Duanrong's carriage being startled and accidentally taking Princess Xue'e's carriage into the river!

While the plot cannot be avoided, it can be changed, and there is a lot of room for maneuver!

She can follow the storyline in a different way, and her mother will no longer have to worry about her dying a tragic death like in the original story!