Chapter 42 It's Yunxi again!
Yunxi didn't expect the palace maid to hit her without saying a word, but she had practiced martial arts since childhood, and when the wind blew, she grabbed Aunt Xueyu's wrist with her other hand.
She stood up from the poolside, looking annoyed. "You can talk, but why did you have to hit me?"
"You lowly slave, how dare you fight back!" Aunt Xueyu glared at Yunxi and scolded.
Aunt Xueyu had always served Cen Yuwei and was deeply trusted by her. Cen Yuwei was the future Empress of Jing Kingdom, and who would dare to offend the people around her?
Over the years, it can be said that even concubines have to give her some respect when they see her.
What's a little discipline to a palace maid or eunuch? Not to mention someone like Yunxi, a lowly servant, practically an animal. Beating, scolding, or even killing her at will is a trivial matter.
But Yunxi wouldn't listen to her and gradually tightened her grip on her hand.
"You, you shameless hussy, let go! Let go!" Aunt Xueyu cried out in pain, her voice trembling.
"I'll let you go if you promise not to lay a hand on me again," Yunxi said, tightening her grip on Aunt Xueyu's hand without flinching.
Otherwise, we'll have to resort to violence even if we release her later.
Too much trouble.
Yunxi was a trained martial artist; his wrist strength was far beyond what these pampered people could withstand.
"Ah! Let go!" Aunt Xueyu screamed in agony, her face contorted in pain.
"How dare you! Release Aunt Xueyu for me!" Cen Yuwei, who was not far away, could no longer stand it.
"If you release her, are you still going to attack her?" Yunxi just wanted a guarantee.
She wasn't willing to be beaten for no reason.
"You audacious lowly servant, how dare you bargain with the princess!" The palace maid beside Cen Yuwei glared at her.
"Princess, Princess, help me!" Aunt Xueyu cried out for help with a mournful face.
Cen Yuwei frowned and scolded the people around her, "What are you all standing there for? Go and save Aunt Xueyu for me."
The palace maids and eunuchs attending Yunxi rushed towards her one by one.
As it turns out, these people were no match for them.
In a series of swift movements, Yun Xi kicked all of them away.
However, it is naturally difficult to control the force during these movements.
Aunt Xueyu was in unbearable pain and cried out, "Help! Help!"
No matter who Yunxi is, in this palace she is just a lowly ant, whom one can trample and crush at will.
As the master, it was naturally impossible for him to reason with a lowly palace maid like her.
However, one by one, the palace maids and eunuchs were kicked to the ground, and Aunt Xueyu was in so much pain that she almost knelt down.
Cen Yuwei frowned and walked towards Yun Xi, saying, "This is outrageous! Stop it right now!"
She didn't believe that Yunxi would be so audacious.
If Yunxi doesn't get any guarantees, it means these people will still try to harm her.
I wonder what they'll post then.
She was furious about this undeserved disaster and vented her anger on Aunt Xueyu's wrist.
She squeezed Aunt Xueyu's wrist harder and harder, as if you could hear the cracking sound of bones breaking.
"Ahhh! You...you let go first, Princess! Princess! Help!" Aunt Xueyu screamed, her forehead sweating, her face pale, and her lips trembling with pain.
"You have some nerve!" Cen Yuwei stared at Yun Xi, growing more and more disgusted and angry with her. "Stop right now, or you will be severely punished today."
"I said, all I want is one guarantee: can't we just stay out of each other's way?"
Yunxi frowned impatiently.
These people are clearly here to cause her trouble.
"Princess, save me!" Aunt Xueyu couldn't take it anymore, and her whole body twisted into a rope-like shape.
At this moment, the imperial guards on duty arrived from afar.
Hearing the rustling of armor, Cen Yuwei immediately turned around and said, "Guards, seize this lowly slave for this princess!"
Yunxi was annoyed when she saw the Imperial Guards rushing towards her.
It wasn't that she was afraid, but fighting with these people meant it would never end.
If she gets injured while not careful, it will affect her escape from the palace.
So she shook off Aunt Xueyu's wrist and tried to run away.
Anyway, the palace is so big, she can hide there for a few days without any problem.
That's what she thought, but just as she was about to dart out, the palace maid lying on the ground desperately grabbed her leg.
"Grab her!" Cen Yuwei said coldly.
Yunxi's movements were thwarted by the command "Let go, let go." Just as she kicked away the palace maid who was holding her, someone else grabbed her other leg.
Aunt Xueyu wailed in pain at her feet.
In an instant, the scene became chaotic and noisy.
The Imperial Guards were getting closer and closer.
In her desperation, Yunxi kicked hard, and Aunt Xueyu, who was lying on the ground, gritted her teeth, rolled over, and hugged her waist.
Yunxi suddenly lost her balance, and in the struggle, she and Aunt Xueyu both fell into the pool.
Cen Yuwei was shocked and instinctively reached out to pull Aunt Xueyu back.
As a result, her outstretched hand was grabbed by Yunxi in the chaos.
"thump"
Three sounds in a row.
All three of them fell into the pool.
"Ahhh, help!" Aunt Xueyu cried out in a panic.
Even the usually composed Cen Yuwei lost her usual calm and composure when she cried out, "Help! Help!"
This frightened the palace maids and eunuchs so much that they lay down on the shore, trying their best to reach out and grab the two men.
But when people are afraid, they struggle even harder.
The more it struggled and thrashed about, the further it drifted from the shore.
The palace maids and eunuchs on the ground were so frightened that they dared not wail anymore. Their faces changed drastically as they shouted, "Quick, save the princess!"
The imperial guards who arrived were also dumbfounded, and they looked at each other and turned away abruptly.
Some people are quick-witted and run off to find something.
The remaining Imperial Guards dared not make any rash moves.
The princess is the future empress, the emperor's woman.
Their clothes were soaked through. If they looked at the water even once, they would be killed without a trace. They didn't even dare to look at it, let alone go into the water to save people.
The pool was already quite deep, and after several autumn rains, the water easily rose above their heads.
Neither Cen Yuwei nor Aunt Xueyu could swim, and as they flailing their arms haphazardly, struggling to rise and fall, Yunxi had already nimbly swam to the shore.
The palace maids and eunuchs on the shore had no time to care about her. They were all terrified and shouted loudly, "Quick, quick, save the princess! She is the future empress. If something happens to her, who among you can bear the responsibility!"
"Help! Save them!"
A eunuch wiped his face with his sleeve and said in a panic, "Quickly save them, or we'll all die!"
The Imperial Guards were in a real bind; they were doomed whether they rescued the enemy or not.
For a moment, the imperial guards leading the group were so anxious that cold sweat poured down their foreheads.
Yunxi, who was leaning against the shore, figured it out.
None of these people can swim.
She glanced back and saw that Cen Yuwei and Aunt Xueyu were clearly struggling to keep up in the murky pool.
Sinking and floating, it seems I'll really drown in a few breaths.
"Waaaaah, I don't want to die yet!"
People on the shore were already weeping.
Yunxi sighed.
These people are just as annoying as Xiao Shenjing.
Just when everyone was in despair, Yunxi suddenly shouted, "All men, turn around!"
As she spoke, she resignedly swam back.
She had no chance of saving both people who were about to drown.
We can only save one person at a time.
Recently, Yunxi didn't think twice before saving Aunt Xueyu.
Meanwhile, the palace maids on the shore pleaded, "Save the princess first! Save the princess first!"
Yunxi ignored her.
Anyone who can swim knows how dangerous it is to rescue a drowning person.
In the fear of death, if someone grabs a piece of driftwood that could save their life, they will hold on to it tightly without any regard for the consequences. They will not cooperate at all. If you are not careful, even the person trying to save them will get entangled and die together in the end.
Yunxi gritted her teeth and grabbed Aunt Xueyu's wildly waving hand, which she immediately gripped tightly.
Like a dying person struggling in their death throes, Yunxi trembled for a moment in pain, then was suddenly pulled into the water and forced to swallow a mouthful of murky pool water.
Sand and mud immediately got into her eyes, and she convulsed in pain for a moment.
Before she could even catch her breath from the sharp pain, she gritted her teeth, grabbed Aunt Xueyu's hand, and dragged her toward the shore.
Aunt Xueyu clung tightly to Yunxi's arm and wrapped her legs around Yunxi's waist.
This severely restricted Yunxi's actions.
The palace maids on the shore cried out, trembling, "Quickly save the princess! She's the Empress!"
"Save the princess, or we'll all die!"
Yunxi was in a sorry state, and after several falls, she was almost out of breath.
Aunt Xueyu clung to her relentlessly, as if she were pulling on a rock.
Those who have never saved someone from drowning will never know what Yunxi is facing now.
At this moment, Cen Yuwei's hand stopped waving and slowly sank downwards.
The hair was floating in the water, with only the top of the head visible.
Fortunately, the Imperial Guards somehow managed to find a long bamboo pole.
A palace maid who didn't want to die grabbed a bamboo pole and jumped down, catching Cen Yuwei, whose head was already the only part of her body that could be seen.
As a group of imperial guards pulled hard on the bamboo poles, Yunxi finally carried Aunt Xueyu to the shore.
After finally climbing ashore, Aunt Xueyu immediately spat out the water.
Seeing that she was alright, Yunxi was exhausted and just wanted to rest and catch her breath when she heard the palace maid's heart-wrenching cries, "Princess, Princess, wake up, Princess!"
Cen Yuwei's face was deathly pale, as if she had stopped breathing.
As the future empress, if anything were to happen to her, everyone here would be buried with her.
Yunxi sighed and had no choice but to get up.
My godmother was born in a small town in Jiangnan, so when she took her out to play in the summer, she also taught her to swim.
Unfortunately, someone fell into the water and was rescued. Her godmother then taught her how to save drowning people.
"Make way," Yunxi said, panting as she pushed aside a group of people.
A group of palace maids and eunuchs glared at her angrily.
The resentment was so strong that it seemed even as a ghost, she would not be spared.
Yunxi was utterly exhausted. "Are you piling people up like this so that they won't die fast enough? Get them moving!"
The palace servants clearly regarded her as an enemy, and asked warily, "What do you want to do!"
"Save people? You want to die? I don't want to die!" Yunxi said impatiently, shoving the people aside without saying anything more.
He knelt down and immediately went to check on Cen Yuwei's condition.
"How dare you! What are you doing, taking off your clothes?" A palace maid exclaimed in shock.
Yunxi really has no point in talking nonsense.
With a calm expression, he followed his godmother's instructions step by step.
"Cough cough," Cen Yuwei, who was unconscious, finally spat out a mouthful of water.
Yunxi's arms went limp, and she was so exhausted that she almost collapsed.
But no one paid her any attention. The delighted palace maids pushed her aside, and if she hadn't been quick-witted and steadied herself, she would have been pushed into the pool again.
After a group of palace maids and eunuchs took Cen Yuwei and Aunt Xueyu away, Yunxi was left alone sitting in the mud by the pond.
She lay there for a while before belatedly realizing the stinging pain in her neck.
Subconsciously, Yunxi raised her hand and touched a wisp of skin hanging on her fingertip. The pain made her grimace, and a trace of bright red blood appeared on her fingertip.
Thinking back to what just happened, it's most likely that he was scratched by Aunt Xueyu's fingernails while rescuing people.
I don't know how deep the wound was, but she tore off all the skin.
What bad luck!
Yunxi cursed in a very bad mood.
The culprit behind all of this is that bastard Xiao Shenjing.
She now only hopes that his wedding with Cen Yuwei can take place as scheduled.
That way, she can escape this troublesome place quickly.
Only by thinking and comforting herself in this way could she restrain herself from doing anything impulsive.
Yunxi returned covered in mud, giving the head aunt a real fright.
She was given special permission to take a bath at this moment.
The wound on my neck hurts even more when it gets hot.
The pain from direct stimulation of flesh and blood can make one's teeth chatter and scalp tingle.
Yunxi trembled in pain, turning all her anger and resentment into disgust for Xiao Shenjing.
She finished washing while gritting her teeth and cursing.
When she returned to the Fifth Institute of Gandong, she filled a basin with clean water and finally saw a five-finger scratch on her neck.
It was covered in blood, with several pieces of flesh hanging there, about to fall off.
No wonder my neck hurts whenever I touch it.
Yunxi pursed her lips.
Fortunately, she still had a lot of the extra medicine she had taken last time.
He kept gasping for breath in pain as he looked at the basin of water, and finally applied some ointment.
So poor she didn't even have a handkerchief, she could only tear off a piece of her undergarment and wrap it around her wound.
Autumn clothes typically have high collars, so once she put on an outer garment, her injury wasn't noticeable.
When the eunuch rushed in to report, Xiao Shenjing was discussing the handling of Nanjing with several ministers.
Nanjing was previously controlled by the fake empress dowager. Although it has now been purged in a bloody purge, the ministers were still arguing fiercely about whether to behead and exterminate the families that had supported the fake regime or to show mercy.
Fu Shun came in around this time.
Seeing his unpleasant expression, Xiao Shenjing raised an eyebrow.
"Your Majesty, Princess Yong'an has fallen into the water and is still unconscious."
"Why did you fall into the water?" Xiao Shenjing frowned deeply.
The ministers, who had been arguing, immediately fell silent.
They all turned to look at Xiao Shenjing.
"I heard from the eunuch that it was because," Fu Shun glanced at Xiao Shenjing, stepped closer, and said in a low voice, "that she was dragged down by Miss Yunxi."
It's Yunxi again!
Xiao Shenjing's face turned ashen. He stood up and said to the ministers, "This matter will be discussed again next time."
Once outside the East Warm Pavilion, he asked the young eunuch who had come to report, "Did you call the imperial physician? Are you injured?"
The eunuch immediately replied, "The imperial physician has been summoned. Apart from being unconscious, the princess does not appear to have any external injuries."
Xiao Shenjing nodded and strode towards Chengqian Palace.
He didn't even ask a single question about Yunxi's condition.
Because he knew that Yunxi not only knew how to swim, but she also had a strong vitality and a nature that would never suffer a loss.
Chengqian Palace.
Cen Yuwei lay pale on the bed, her breath so weak it seemed she might stop breathing at any moment.
When Xiao Shenjing arrived, the imperial physician also rushed over with his medicine chest.
Xiao Shenjing slowly stood up from the bed.
He glanced at the people in the room and began to calculate, "Tell me what happened today."
The palace maids and eunuchs trembled and knelt down in unison.
Staring at the bowed heads filling the room, Xiao Shenjing spoke in a cold and harsh tone.
“Speak! If he dares to lie even a single word, I will make him wish he were dead.”
The head maid here took the initiative to kowtow and recounted everything that had happened that day.
"The princess has been suffering from insomnia recently, so she decided to go to the temple to worship Buddha today. After leaving the temple, she wanted to take a walk, but she saw a vegetable garden where the weeds were taller than the vegetables. She wanted to call a palace maid to discipline her, but she did not expect that the palace maid was Yunxi. Yunxi was very disrespectful and indifferent in her words. When Aunt Xueyu reprimanded her, she did not know her mistake and instead resisted. The servants tried to save Aunt Xueyu, but she kicked them away fiercely. When Aunt Xueyu was in pain, the princess felt sorry for her and took a few steps forward to try to persuade Yunxi to let go, but she did not listen at all."
When Yunxi saw the Imperial Guards arriving, she tried to run away out of fear of punishment. In the end, Aunt Xueyu was caused to fall into the water by her, and she also dragged the princess, who was trying to save her, into the water as well.
"Have you fabricated any lies?" Xiao Shenjing narrowed his eyes, staring at the palace maid at his feet, interrupting her.
The palace maid trembled with fear and prostrated herself at Xiao Shenjing's feet, saying, "Your Majesty, even if I had ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to deceive you. Every word I've said is true."
Xiao Shenjing knew she wasn't lying.
Because this is indeed something Yunxi is capable of doing.
She's incredibly audacious and reckless.
As Cen Yuwei slowly opened her eyes, Xiao Shenjing frowned and said, "Go and bring Yunxi to me."
Seemingly thinking that Yunxi would definitely not cooperate, he turned around and stared at Dao Yi, saying, "Bring him to me no matter what."
Regardless, those four words were so heavy that even Dao Yi was taken aback.
This means that if Miss Yunxi dares to resist, he can even forcibly bring her here, without caring whether he will hurt her.
Yunxi had just closed her eyes for a moment, intending to get a good night's sleep.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I heard a loud 'bang' and the door was kicked open.
The commotion startled the aunt in charge, who hurriedly came out of the house.
Upon seeing the group of Imperial Guards with unfriendly expressions, she immediately asked with a smile, "Commander Dao, what's going on?"
"Is Miss Yunxi here?" Dao Yi asked.
"Yes, yes, I just got back," the head maid replied.
"Bring her out," Dao Yi said to the palace maid behind him.
Yunxi didn't expect Dao Yi to arrive so quickly.
She hadn't done anything wrong, so she had no intention of running away.
Besides, when facing someone like Xiao Shenjing, if you don't have absolute confidence in escaping far away, hiding now will only provoke him.
When the two palace maids entered, Yunxi had already sat up from the kang (a heated brick bed).
The two men, with stern faces, said, "Miss Yunxi, please."
The two men stood on either side of her, as if they were preventing her from escaping and were ready to attack at any moment.
Sure enough, as soon as she took a step, two palace maids reached out and tried to grab Yunxi's left and right arms.
Yunxi wouldn't give her such an opportunity. She easily dodged it, her face showing displeasure. "Don't do anything, I can walk by myself."
"Dao Yi, has the princess woken up?" Yun Xi asked as she lifted the curtain.
The familiar tone of his voice startled the head maid standing nearby.
Recalling the rumors in the palace, could it be that Yunxi and Commander Dao are indeed having an affair?
"He's awake." Dao nodded.
"Then Princess Yong'an isn't dead, is she?" Yunxi asked again.
She had no guilt about falling into the water and didn't think much of it.
Dao Yi shook his head.
Staying alive would save a lot of trouble.
Thinking this way, Yunxi felt much more at ease.
She casually asked, "What did Xiao Shenjing want me to do?"
After realizing who the name belonged to, the head maid almost stumbled.
She stared in fear at Yunxi's retreating figure.
How dare a lowly slave address the emperor by his name?
Dao Yi couldn't help but glance at Yun Xi.
After looking away, I glanced at it again.
Don't make it too obvious that you want to say something but are holding back.
Yunxi had obviously noticed this as well, and said, "What are you doing? Why are you hesitating like this? Just say what you want to say."
Dao Yi realized that His Majesty was clearly angry when he thought about His Majesty's attitude just now.
Do you remember the last time Princess Yong'an suffered a minor injury, which angered His Majesty, who then banished Miss Yunxi to the status of a slave?
This time, however, the princess was almost put in mortal danger. An ordinary palace maid would have already had her family wiped out and her clan exterminated, and would have deserved to be torn to pieces.
Dao Yi had known Yun Xi for so many years and admired her personality, so naturally he didn't want her to lose her life.
Yunxi clearly did not think she had done anything wrong at this moment.
This attitude is like adding oil to a blazing fire; in the end, she will be the one who suffers the most.
So Dao Yi lowered his voice and reminded her, "Miss Yunxi, you must not go against His Majesty this time."
"Huh?" Yunxi didn't understand.
What did she do wrong that made Xiao Shenjing angry again?
Was he angry because she didn't obediently offer her face to be hit?
She hasn't even confronted him, the culprit, yet, so what right does he have to?
What a scoundrel!
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