Compared to me, Gu Yanyue is truly inferior in every way, and she's been so nonchalant about the palaces Yuwen Ran gifted her. If Yuwen Ran had gifted me this Yusheng Pavilion, I'd probably jump up and down, maybe even jump straight to the sky.
Gu Yanyue and Liu Yanyan stopped in front of the small lake surrounding Yusheng Pavilion. She was confident that this was the best place for plum blossoms to bloom in the entire palace. Furthermore, even if one were to stand here and admire plum blossoms elsewhere, this was the best vantage point.
Liu Yanyan was stunned. She hadn't expected Gu Yanyue to answer her question. But her eyes flashed, and she quickly came up with a new plan. A hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, and a cold smile played on her lips. Then she walked towards the lake, intending to pass by Gu Yanyue.
But for some unknown reason, Liu Yanyan's body suddenly fell into the lake beside her, causing the palace maids they brought with them to scream in surprise, as they were unable to react to this sudden incident.
Just as Liu Yanyan was about to fall into the lake, Gu Yanyue suddenly reached out and grabbed her, helping her to stand firmly on her feet.
Somehow, Liu Yanyan suddenly changed directions with Gu Yanyue. Gu Yanyue lost his balance and was almost pushed into the lake by Liu Yanyan.
But Gu Yanyue was not a pushover either. She grabbed Liu Yanyan, used her body to gain a foothold, and then kicked her into the lake with a clean and neat kick.
Liu Yanyan didn't know that even in this state, Gu Yanyue could still kick her into the water. In addition, the ground was slippery today, so Gu Yanyue didn't need to use any effort to kick Liu Yanyan and she slipped and fell into the lake.
Gu Yanyue still kept raising his foot to kick someone. It looked like after Gu Yanyue pulled Liu Yanyan out of the water when she was about to fall, for some reason, Gu Yanyue kicked her down again.
The palace maids around Gu Yanyue were naturally delighted. As early as yesterday when they followed Gu Yanyue to attend the Lantern Festival banquet, they had a bad impression of Liu Yanyan.
It’s bad that I have been blacklisted by all the palace maids and eunuchs in Fengqi Palace.
"Someone come quickly, go down and save Concubine Liu!" Xiaokui, the personal maid serving Liu Yanyan, was the first one to react.
She shouted to the palace maids who quickly ran over after seeing Liu Yanyan fall into the water. However, the palace maids who were responsible for cleaning in Yusheng Pavilion were all unable to swim. After hearing Xiaokui's shouting, they could only run outside the Yusheng Pavilion one by one to call for help.
For a moment, the palace maids who ran over to Yusheng Pavilion after hearing the sound of Liu Yanyan falling into the water were stunned where they were, and no one was willing to lend a helping hand to Liu Yanyan.
The palace maids who came with Liu Yanyan had no choice but to break off a few medium-sized branches from the flower bed nearby and stretch them into the lake, intending to pull Liu Yanyan out of the lake. However, the clothes Liu Yanyan was wearing became heavy due to being soaked with water, and the branches were not thick enough to bear the weight of Liu Yanyan.
It was pulled off in a short while, and Yanyan sank even deeper due to the reaction force of the broken branch.
Just as Liu Yanyan was about to sink completely, "Get out of my way!" Following a calm command, a moon-white figure walked out from behind the crowd. Not long after, the moon-white figure passed the crowd and jumped straight into the water, paddling hard towards Liu Yanyan.
"What are you all standing there for? Why don't you hurry down and help!" Seeing that someone had already gone down to rescue Liu Yanyan, Gu Yanyue turned and said to the eunuch who had just arrived. After all, it was Liu Yanyan who fell into the water because of her kick. If Liu Yanyan really drowned after falling into the water, then she could not avoid responsibility.
Compared to Gu Yanyue, the maids who entered the palace with Liu Yanyan were obviously much more anxious. Especially when they saw Liu Yanyan fall into the lake with their own eyes, and the maids and eunuchs who rushed over stood still on the shore, they became angry and pointed at the person in the lake and whispered, "The one in there is the Empress Liu, whom His Majesty just appointed. If anything happens to her, can you bear the consequences? So why don't you hurry down to help? What are you all doing standing there?"
"No need!" The man who had hurried over following the moon-white man suddenly spoke up when he heard Gu Yanyue about to send someone down to rescue Liu Yanyan, and stopped them. "My master is an excellent swimmer. If he goes down, it proves that he is sure to rescue Concubine Liu. Please ask the Queen to have the palace maids find a blanket. After all, Concubine Liu is a woman. In such a cold weather, a single drop of water will be enough for her to drink."
Gu Yanyue didn't rush to ask the maid to bring a blanket to Liu Yanyan. Instead, she stopped the visitor and asked in a deep voice, "Excuse me, who is your master?"
The visitor bowed fully to Gu Yanyue and replied, "In reply to the Empress, my master is the Minister of Rites—Zhou Xuan. He happened to be in the palace today to discuss something with Your Majesty and passed by the Yusheng Pavilion. Upon hearing a palace maid calling for help, he hurried in and jumped into the water to save her. However, due to the urgency of the matter, I did offend the Empress and Concubine Liu. I beg the Empress and Concubine Liu to forgive me."
Seeing that the man honestly explained his identity, why he entered the palace, and why he passed by the entrance of Yusheng Pavilion, Gu Yanyue personally helped Zhou Xuanye's servant up from the ground and smiled lightly, "How could I possibly blame Master Zhou? If Master Zhou hadn't appeared, I'm afraid we would still be staring at each other in bewilderment, unable to figure out what to do, and finally watching Concubine Liu drown in the lake."
As she spoke, Gu Yanyue turned to the maidservant serving Liu Yanyan and said, "Go to the room in Yusheng Pavilion and get two blankets. Also, prepare a suitable set of clothes for Lord Zhou. We can't let Lord Zhou meet His Majesty in wet clothes in the freezing snow."
Before the maidservants serving Liu Yanyan could make a move, Zhou Xuanye's attendant pointed to the lake and said to Gu Yanyue, "Look, Queen! My master has returned from swimming with Concubine Liu."
Gu Yanyue looked in the direction Zhou Xuanye's attendant pointed, and saw that Zhou Xuan had almost reached the shore with Liu Yanyan. She hurriedly ordered the palace maid who was still standing there in a daze, "Didn't you hear what I just said? Hurry and go to the room and get me a blanket."
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