Chapter 34 He will definitely save me first.
Shen Qingci was pushed heavily into the water.
Liu Ruolan also fell into the lake along with her.
When Shen Qingci saw Liu Ruolan fall into the water with her, she immediately realized what Liu Ruolan was about to do.
Liu Ruolan is trying to slander her!
Shen Qingci couldn't swim, but almost immediately, driven by her survival instinct, she poked her head out of the lake and shouted loudly at Huo Yunzhan, who was running towards them in terror, "Sister-in-law! I...I can't swim! Why did you push me? Help..."
Before she could finish speaking, Liu Ruolan pulled her down a bit.
As Liu Ruolan watched her head being submerged in the water, a hint of pleasure flashed in her eyes.
Once Shen Qingci floated back to the surface, Liu Ruolan curled the corners of her lips and said, "You think that shouting like that will make him come to save you first?"
“Shen Qingci, let me tell you, even if he heard your screams just now, even if he knew I could swim and you couldn’t, he would still save me first.”
"If you don't believe me, you can try it."
After Liu Ruolan finished speaking, she kicked Shen Qingci hard again, using the force of the kick to fly even further away.
Huo Yunzhan had already jumped into the water very quickly.
Shen Qingci was completely unable to swim and could no longer hold on. She struggled desperately, but she was sinking into the lake at an even faster rate.
She could vaguely see Huo Yunzhan swimming towards her.
She coughed incessantly, choking on the water, and could no longer care about anything else: "Huo Yunzhan, cough cough cough... save me!"
She called out instinctively, only to realize she had mispronounced the name when she noticed Huo Yunzhan stiffen.
But she didn't correct him, she just stared at Huo Yunzhan and said, "I... cough cough cough, I can't swim."
Through the misty water, she saw Huo Yunzhan swimming towards her, but then she heard Liu Ruolan's voice from afar: "Husband! Husband, save me! My leg is cramping, it hurts so much."
Huo Yunzhan almost immediately swam past her and towards Liu Ruolan.
As Shen Qingci floated on the lake, she watched him swim over, embrace Liu Ruolan, and then quickly swim back. She saw it too, and she saw Liu Ruolan give her a victorious smile.
Shen Qingci felt her heart plummet to the bottom of the lake, the biting cold of the water washing over her...
Shen Qingci was eventually pulled ashore by her maid.
When she was pulled ashore, Huo Yunzhan had already carried Liu Ruolan, who had supposedly fainted from choking on water, back to her room and hurriedly summoned the royal physician.
When Shen Qingci was limp and being held in Wan Qing's arms while she cried, her mind was so numb that only one thought remained.
Sure enough, men are all unreliable.
She has to learn to float on water herself.
After Shen Qingci coughed up a puddle of water and calmed down a bit, Wan Qing helped her back to the courtyard.
"Miss, please wait here. I'll go find a doctor."
Wanqing turned and ran away, and Shen Qingci couldn't stop her even if she tried to call out to her.
Sure enough, a short while later, Wanqing returned with a long face: "The physician has been summoned by the main courtyard."
She took a deep breath: "This servant will go outside the mansion to find a doctor! Miss, please wait!"
Shen Qingci wanted to say that apart from a slight pain in her chest from coughing and a feeling of tightness in her chest, she didn't actually have any other discomfort and probably didn't need to call a doctor.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, a series of coughs burst out, making her face almost turn red.
Wanqing's eyes were filled with anger, and she ran even faster.
This time, Wanqing was able to get a doctor very smoothly.
But this doctor...
Shen Qingci was taken aback, feeling that this doctor looked very familiar, much like the Imperial Physician Li whom Chu Jichen had invited to examine her pulse when she was brought to the Regent's Palace by Chu Jichen...
"Physician Li?"
Physician Li nodded to Shen Qingci before whispering, "Madam, please extend your hand so I can take your pulse."
Countless questions flashed through Shen Qingci's mind: Why was Physician Li here?
Did Chu Jichen send him?
So, Chu Jichen already knows about her falling into the water?
As if sensing Shen Qingci's doubts, Physician Li nodded slightly: "It was indeed the Prince who brought me here. His guard picked me up and threw me at the gate of your residence."
"It almost shook my old bones apart."
"..." Shen Qingci couldn't help but rub her forehead. Why did this regent act in such an unconventional way?
"Feel sorry……"
Physician Li laughed and looked at Shen Qingci meaningfully: "I don't blame the prince. He was just... too worried about you."
He placed his hand on Shen Qingci's wrist: "I have never seen Your Highness care about someone so much."
Shen Qingci's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly convinced herself.
Chu Jichen was entrusted by her father and suspected that her father supported him as regent, which incurred the emperor's suspicion and displeasure, ultimately leading to the execution of her entire family.
He must feel guilty towards her father, which is why he takes such good care of her, right?
It's definitely not because I like it.
He and she didn't know each other at all, so how could he like her?
Thinking of this, Shen Qingci felt a little calmer, but soon a vague sense of loss welled up inside her.
"The lady fell into the water, which caused water vapor to enter her lungs, and the dampness and cold pathogens invaded her lungs."
"This is nothing to me..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard hurried footsteps and voices outside.
Almost immediately, Physician Li changed his tone, emphasizing, "Difficult and complicated diseases!"
"Madam has just had a miscarriage, and she is still not clean and weak. Now, she has fallen into the water, and because she cannot swim, she has swallowed a lot of water. The dampness and cold have invaded her internal organs, and her condition... is not good!"
Shen Qingci frowned. Why did Physician Li's words sound different from before?
As she was thinking, she saw Physician Li winking at her frantically.
Immediately, Huo Yunzhan hurriedly walked in from outside the door: "Qingci, are you alright?"
"What did the doctor say just now? That your condition isn't very good?"
He soon spotted Physician Li, and Huo Yunzhan frowned slightly: "Physician Li? What's Physician Li doing here?"
Wanqing, who had been standing silently to the side, seemed to have suddenly realized something and immediately wiped away her tears and said, "When Miss was rescued, she swallowed too much water and almost coughed up blood."
"This servant rushed off to find the royal physician, only to discover..."
Wanqing sobbed, "But she discovered that the Marquis had summoned all the physicians to the main courtyard to treat the Marquis's wife."
"Seeing that Miss's condition was really bad, and having no other choice, I hurriedly left the manor to find a doctor to treat Miss."
"And that's how we ran into Physician Li!"
“When I was at the Regent’s Palace, I saw Physician Li and recognized him. I immediately begged and pleaded to bring him back to the palace.”
Huo Yunzhan then remembered that he had indeed summoned all the physicians of the manor to the main courtyard.
But that was because at the time... Liu Ruolan's condition looked really bad.
Although the physician treated her, Liu Ruolan was actually fine.
Can……
A vague sense of guilt flashed through Huo Yunzhan's heart, and he whispered, "But your sister-in-law said..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Qingci raised her teary eyes: "Sister-in-law, you mean I pushed her down, right? Did she also say that in her haste, she pulled me down with her?"
Huo Yunzhan was taken aback: "How did you know?"
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