But now is not the time to get angry. All they can do is arrange for the palace servants to take all the noble ladies who have fallen into the water to their palaces for a proper rest.
Back in the Empress's palace, Lu Qiqi took the pulses of the noble ladies who had fallen into the water.
After confirming that there was no danger to their lives, he said to the ladies, "Ladies, please rest assured, they are all fine. The lake water is cold in spring, they can just go back and drink some medicine to warm themselves up."
Upon hearing this, the ladies who were standing beside their daughters thanked Lu Qiqi with tears in their eyes.
"Thank you, Princess Kangle."
"Yes, if it weren't for Princess Kang Le, I don't know what would have happened to my poor daughter!"
Lu Qiqi felt a little guilty upon hearing the words of thanks, and could only vaguely say, "Ladies, please don't worry about it. I just did what I could."
She thought to herself, 'If you knew I was the one who pushed them into the water, you'd probably hate me even more!'
The officials' families, of course, had no idea what she was thinking, and could only offer a few more words of thanks.
After this incident, the Empress hurriedly ordered the imperial physicians to treat the women. To appease the public, she personally paid for and sent many tonics to the women of each household.
For her meritorious service in saving lives, Lu Qiqi was specially rewarded by the Empress with gold and silver jewelry, as well as the phoenix feather gold hairpin that the Empress wore when she was bestowed a title.
Lu Qiqi, who received many rewards after her trip to the palace, was somewhat dazed. She never expected that she would turn misfortune into blessing and have an unexpected joy.
With the Empress's reward, Lu Qiqi was no longer flustered.
In this way, even if those noble ladies regained their senses, they would never dare to reveal the truth and slap the Empress in the face.
A day later, when Li Minjun heard the news while under house arrest, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
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