As he was speaking, Zhou Xuan had already swam back to the shore with Liu Yanyan. Liu Yanyan had already fallen into a coma when Zhou Xuan went down. Zhou Xuan had no choice but to ask the people on the shore to help and send Liu Yanyan back to the shore, and then he went ashore himself.
"Empress!" Xiao Kui saw that Liu Yanyan was finally rescued, and was about to go forward to see how Liu Yanyan was doing, but was stopped by the servant who received Zhou Xuan's eye signal.
The attendant explained to Xiao Kui, "Please wait a moment before going over."
Zhou Xuan was also soaked but unaware of it. He laid Liu Yanyan flat on the shore, then pressed her abdomen with both hands, trying to force out the lake water that she had just choked on.
After trying for a long time, Liu Yanyan still couldn't spit out the water she had just sucked in from the lake. Zhou Xuan was so anxious that he couldn't help but increase the speed of his hands.
"Cough..." A cough was heard, and then Liu Yanyan woke up from the lake water she had just choked on. Zhou Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Yanyan spit out the water and wake up. He took the blanket handed to him by the palace maid and tightly wrapped it around the disheveled Liu Yanyan.
"Hurry up and help Concubine Liu return to Yanxi Palace!" The empress dowager, who had rushed over after hearing the accident, saw this scene and immediately asked the palace maids to help Concubine Liu Yanyan return to Yanxi Palace.
Zhou Xuan also brushed away the hand that was about to come over to support Liu Yanyan, picked up Liu Yanyan himself, and said, "Excuse me, Madam Liu."
Facing the palace maid who was so frightened by the situation that she was stunned, he said with a gloomy face: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you lead the way quickly?"
"Yes!" The frightened palace maid hurriedly bowed to Zhou Xuan, and then led Zhou Xuan towards Yanxi Palace.
"What happened?" The Queen Mother looked at Gu Yanyue angrily. Liu Yanyan fell into the water in winter for no reason. It must be related to Gu Yanyue.
"To answer the Queen Mother, it was Concubine Liu who accidentally fell into the lake." The palace maid serving Gu Yanyue stepped forward and told the "truth", but no one present believed it except the people in Gu Yanyue's palace.
Xiao Kui was so angry that she didn't care about etiquette or bullying. She just knew that she had to tell the Queen Mother the truth while she was still there, otherwise Gu Yanyue would spread the rumor that Liu Yanyan fell down by herself before she woke up. Then when Liu Yanyan woke up and accused Gu Yanyue of pushing her down, no one would believe her.
Xiao Kui pointed directly at the maidservant serving Gu Yanyue and started to argue with her, "You're talking nonsense! Everyone present saw it clearly. It was the Empress who pushed Concubine Liu down! ! ! If you can't use your eyes, why not just blind them? That way you won't have to lie with your eyes open in the future."
When the Queen Mother heard that it was Gu Yanyue who pushed Liu Yanyan down, her brows furrowed.
"What on earth is going on?" The Queen Mother walked up to Gu Yanyue, her face darkening as she sternly demanded, "Queen, tell me, was it you who reached out and pushed Yanyan down?"
Gu Yanyue did not answer, but asked: "Mother, if I say there is another hidden story behind this matter, will you believe me?"
"I only know that you nearly killed Yanyan just now!" the Queen Mother said angrily. "I didn't know you were so jealous that you even dared to push the emperor's concubines into the water. What will you do from now on? Are you going to go straight into the palaces of those concubines with a knife or a sword and kill them all, so that you will be the only one in the emperor's harem?"
When she thinks about this incident now, the Empress Dowager's heart still can't calm down for a long time.
It was a rare day without heavy snow, so she wanted to go out and enjoy the plum blossoms.
Unexpectedly, I arrived at Yusheng Pavilion while walking, but when I was about to go back to Cixi Palace, I heard a palace maid asking for help, saying that Liu Yanyan fell into the water and needed someone to save her.
When the Queen Mother heard that it was Liu Yanyan who fell into the water, she dared not delay and immediately asked Li Ma to help her into the Yusheng Pavilion. As soon as she came in, she saw the moment when Liu Yanyan was rescued.
Seeing Liu Yanyan finally spit out a few mouthfuls of water thanks to Zhou Xuanye's efforts and gradually waking up from her coma, the Queen Mother finally let go of her worries.
After all, if something really happened to Liu Yanyan, where would she find another such obedient chess piece? The reason she liked Liu Yanyan so much was because if you told her to go east, she would never go west, and if you told her to go west, she would never go north.
Although her intelligence and strategy are questionable and she only wants to become Yuwen Ran's queen, the good thing about her is that she is obedient, which earns her the empress dowager's special attention.
Gu Yanyue knew that the Queen Mother would never believe what she said, so she didn't continue to beat around the bush with her. She just said lightly, "Since the Queen Mother doesn't believe me, let's go to Yanxi Palace and wait. When Concubine Liu wakes up, we can ask her what happened."
The Queen Mother naturally agreed to what Gu Yanyue said. Xiao Kui had just reassured her in her ear that Liu Yanyan was definitely pushed into the water by Gu Yanyue herself. She also said that if the Queen Mother didn't believe it, she could find a palace maid to show her how Gu Yanyue pushed Liu Yanyan into the water.
The Queen Mother waved her hand and didn't ask them to demonstrate. Instead, she sent someone to the Imperial Study to invite Yu Wenran over. She told Xiao Kui and another palace maid to demonstrate to Yu Wenran how Gu Yanyue had pushed Liu Yanyan into the water after he arrived.
After this, Yuwen Ran will be able to see clearly what kind of jealous person his partner is.
But what surprised the Queen Mother was that after Yuwen Ran watched the two palace maids' demonstration, she just said "Oh" indifferently and then asked, "So?"
"Your Majesty! As the head of the harem, the Empress should set an example, not compete with other women for your favor. She even pushed a concubine into the water in such cold weather. If it weren't for the chance visit of Lord Zhou, the Minister of Revenue, passing by Yusheng Pavilion, Concubine Liu would have drowned in the lake. How will Your Majesty explain this to the Zhenbei Marquisate then?"
The questions the Queen Mother asked were all sharp, and at the end she turned her stern gaze towards Gu Yanyue, causing her to take a few steps back.
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