Chapter 57
The wet Yi Luoyue was trembling all over, and subconsciously grabbed Gong Yuchen's clothes, her nails almost digging into his flesh.
"Be good, it's okay, I'm here." Gong Yuchen hugged her waist tightly, and his low voice made her feel a lot more at ease.
"Xiaoyue, come here quickly." Gong Yu looked at Xiaoyue, who was good at swimming, and asked her to come over quickly.
"Here they come." Seeing Gong Yuchen and Yi Luoyue about to go ashore, Xiao Yueer quickly swam over.
Gong Yuchen was also soaked at this moment, and his white brocade robe was still dripping with water, but he didn't care. He held Yi Luoyue in his arms and walked quickly ashore.
"Cough, cough, cough." Yi Luoyue drank several mouthfuls of pool water and coughed violently. When she returned to the shore, the autumn wind blew past, and her body trembled slightly.
"Luo Yue, how are you?" Gong Yuchen patted her back anxiously and wiped away the tears she left from choking and coughing. After a long time, her breathing became smoother.
Her head felt dizzy, and she didn't know if she had fallen into the water or caught a cold. Yi Luoyue lowered her head and saw that her white and blue skirt was completely wet and stuck to her skin, revealing her half-naked body in front of Gong Yuchen. Fortunately, no one came over here yet.
She immediately crossed her arms over her chest, feeling so ashamed and angry that she wanted to crawl into the ground. She was at a loss and could only hold on to his sleeve tightly.
Gong Yuchen quickly took off his white silk coat and put it on her. Although the coat was also wet, it could at least cover her slender figure that was exposed by her wet clothes.
Gong Yuchen was really frightened just now. He wrapped her tightly in his arms as if he had found her again. He hugged her soft and boneless body and couldn't help feeling hot.
"Are you okay? I'll take you back first." He looked at her in his arms with fiery eyes.
"Thank you. Don't worry about me for now. Your clothes are all wet. Where's Xiaoyue?"
"Auntie, I'm here. Are you okay?" Xiaoyueer got up from the water and came to them.
"Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm a good swimmer." Xiaoyue waved her hands repeatedly.
"That's great." She pulled Gong Yuchen's coat tighter to prevent her private parts from leaking out.
"Princess! Are you okay?" Bai Die ran over from the other side of the plank road.
"I'm fine."
Seeing this, Bai Die immediately handed over the cloak she had in her hand.
"Let's go back home first."
Gong Yuxian, who followed him ashore, looked at Yi Luoyue in Gong Yuchen's arms with a sullen expression, a glint of ruthlessness in his eyes. "Damn it!" This bastard Gong Yuchen had messed things up again. He cursed him inwardly for meddling in his affairs, but he had to feign concern on his face.
"Your Highness, are you okay?" He walked forward and asked with pretended concern.
"It has nothing to do with you, get away from me." Gong Yuchen glanced at Gong Yuxian coldly, clenched his fists tightly, and his tone was full of sarcasm and a hint of murderous anger.
"Luo Yue! Are you okay?" King Cheng Yi Luohui, who received the news, also rushed over.
"Second brother, I'm fine, just a little cold."
Princess Wenjin also ran over at this moment, with a false guilty expression on her face.
"Princess, are you okay? I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I slipped and accidentally bumped into you, causing you to fall into the water. Please don't blame me."
"County Lady Wenjin, what exactly happened just now? Why did Luo Yue suddenly fall into the water?" Yi Luohui looked at her with a cold tone.
"I...I just accidentally bumped into Her Highness the Princess, so...that's why Her Highness the Princess fell into the water. But I didn't mean to do that."
"Accidentally?" Gong Yuchen sneered and looked at County Master Wenjin with sharp eyes.
"As a lady of the royal family, your words and actions are always expected to be dignified and proper. How could you be so careless? I think you did it on purpose."
"Princess Wenjin, the path is so narrow, why did you have to squeeze in next to the princess? What's the reason?" Bai Die was furious. If Princess Wenjin hadn't stood in her way, how could she have let the princess fall into the water? She felt that Princess Wenjin's actions just now didn't seem accidental, but she had no evidence.
"I didn't! Gong Yuchen, you can't slander me!" Frightened by Gong Yuchen's eyes, Wen Jin's face turned pale and he hurriedly defended himself.
Gong Yuxian interrupted their conversation with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
"Gong Yuchen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want. It was an unintentional mistake on the part of County Master Wenjin. Why are you being so aggressive?"
"Gong Yuxian, I'm asking you a question, is it your turn to interrupt?" Gong Yuchen turned to look at Gong Yuxian with cold eyes, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
"Gong Yuchen." Yi Luoyue reached out and pulled him, shaking her head.
"Bai Die, it's done." Yi Luoyue looked at Wen Jin and stopped Bai Die from continuing. She knew in her heart that Wen Jin had done it on purpose, but now she had no evidence and she couldn't expose Wen Jin in public.
"Princess!"
"Okay!" Looking at Yi Luoyue's pale little face, Gong Yuchen suppressed the anger in his heart. She was frightened today, and he couldn't get angry.
"Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. Let's go back home first. You and Xiaoyue are all wet. We can talk about any problems later, okay?" Yi Luoyue looked at Gong Yuchen pitifully.
Gong Yuchen took a deep breath.
"Prince Cheng, Luo Yue and Xiao Yue'er just fell into the water and are weak. I will take them back to the palace to rest first. As for the reason for falling into the water, I will investigate it thoroughly after she feels better."
"Second brother, today's chrysanthemum viewing banquet has spoiled everyone's mood. I'm very sorry. We will go back first today." Yi Luoyue also hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
"Luo Yue, what are you talking about! It's Second Brother's fault. You should go back quickly. Second Brother will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
Gong Yuchen glanced at Yi Luohui and decided that now was not the time to assign blame.
"Okay, since Luo Yue said so, I won't pursue it for now." Gong Yuchen held Yi Luo Yue's arms tightly and glanced at Gong Yuxian sharply.
"I will investigate today's incident thoroughly. Whoever dares to harm Luo Yue, no matter who it is, I will not let them off lightly! Xiao Yue'er, let's go back to the mansion." He tightened the cloak around Yi Luo Yue, picked her up horizontally, and walked out of the mansion.
Gong Yuxian looked at their departing backs and snorted coldly, "In that case, then you'd better die soon!"
Princess Wenjin stood there with a pale face. Today's events did not go as planned, and she didn't know how the wise king would blame her next.
"Bai Die, go back to the princess's mansion later and get a set of clothes for the princess."
Bai Die glanced at Yi Luoyue, and Yi Luoyue nodded.
"Go ahead! Just bring the clothes over later.
"Yes." Bai Die responded knowingly.
When the carriages from the two mansions returned to the mansion, Gong Yuchen gave instructions to the two girls.
"Xiaoyue, take the princess to the hot spring in the back to soak in and get rid of the cold."
"Aren't you going to change your clothes?" Yi Luoyue asked Gong Yuchen, who was also wet.
"I have something to tell Liefeng, you guys go ahead."
"You should go in and change into dry clothes quickly. It's not good to catch a cold." Yi Luoyue urged him in a low voice.
"I understand. Go ahead." After watching the adult and the child leave, Gong Yuchen led Liefeng to the study first.
"Liefeng, today I asked you to keep an eye on Gong Yuxian, what did you find?
"Your Highness, what happened today should not be an accident."
"explain!"
"After Gong Yuxian's lunch, he lingered near the plank road over the flower pond, as if waiting for something. Furthermore, when the princess asked them to step onto the plank road, he was ready to go into the water."
With a "bang", Gong Yuchen slapped the table, causing the tea sets on it to jump.
He is really tired of living! He even wants to get his hands on his woman! It seems that if he is not taught a lesson, he will lose his way!
"Did you see clearly how Luo Yue and Xiao Yue'er fell into the water?"
"The princess looked like she was accidentally knocked down by County Lady Wenjin, but in my opinion, if she hadn't used so much force on her hands, the princess would at most have been unsteady on her feet, but she would never have fallen."
"What about Xiaoyue?"
"Daddy, I was pushed into the water!"
Xiaoyue came to complain in a hurry, with her half-wet hair spread out behind her in a mess. She pulled his sleeve and complained directly. She had just washed herself a little and changed into clean clothes, then ran to find Gong Yuchen, not caring that her hair stuck to her back and wet the fabric of her clothes.
"Pushed? What happened to you on the plank road?"
"It was that ugly Lady Wenjin. She said there were beautiful chrysanthemums across the flower pond, so we walked along the plank road across the flower pond to see the chrysanthemums. Along the way, that woman was like an old hen! She kept chirping, and it made my ears hurt." She complained, rubbing her ears hard with one hand.
"Then she walked over to my aunt and me and fell down, bumping into my aunt, who fell into the water. Then I tried to hold her back, but someone pushed me from behind, and I fell into the water too.
"Yes, Your Highness. I saw it too. When the princess was about to fall, Miss Yue'er tried to pull her back, but Princess Tianya's maid took advantage of the chaos and pushed her, causing her to fall into the water as well."
Gong Yuchen clenched his fists, his eyes sharp and cold. But when he saw Xiaoyue'er looking downcast, she yawned loudly beside him. The child had worked hard today, and his eyes softened a little.
"Bai Shuang, take Xiao Yue'er back to rest first. Wake her up for dinner. Also, dry her hair."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Miss, let's go."
"Dad, Auntie is still in the hot spring! Sister Baidie's clothes haven't been brought over yet." Xiaoyue reminded him.
"Go and have some rest. When you wake up, Auntie will have dinner with us."
"Oh, okay. I'll be going first then, Daddy."
"Your Highness, Gong Yuxian went to see the virtuous king last night. This chrysanthemum viewing banquet is probably a trap set by them. Their purpose is probably to make Gong Yuxian have physical contact with the princess, so as to force the princess to make him her husband."
"He's not worthy of it!" This time, it was not only their fault! But it happened in King Cheng's palace! If he didn't get angry, did he think he was easy to bully? Gong Yuchen raised his eyebrows and said expressionlessly.
"Strong wind."
"I'm here."
"you go......"
"This...I understand." It seems that they have really pissed off His Highness this time.
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