Chapter 18: Threat of Falling into Water



The second prince stood beside Jiang Chen, muttering something and pointing at the curtain mysteriously, as if he was telling some unspeakable secret.

Jiang Qingqing was very curious, so she walked forward quickly. When the two realized that someone was coming, they immediately stopped talking.

"Why are you back? Have you finished practicing horse riding?" Jiang Chen took the initiative to speak, trying to change the subject.

Jiang Qingqing looked at the Second Prince's indifferent face, and then looked at Jiang Chen's little action of constantly touching his nose.

It would be strange if these two people had no evil intentions.

"It will take a while to learn to ride a horse, so let's take a break," Jiang Qingqing didn't fall for Jiang Chen's trick. She looked at her two brothers and asked directly, "What were you talking about just now? Is it something interesting? I want to listen to it, too."

Jiang Chen and the Second Prince looked at each other. The Second Prince was always a man of few words, so it was Jiang Chen who spoke in the end.

"Nothing, just a chat between boys. If you are tired, go and have a rest. The palace servants just sent over a few plates of cakes. Go and have a taste."

After saying that, Jiang Chen gave the Second Prince a look and prepared to leave.

Jiang Qingqing would never let Jiang Chen go, "No way, I want to go wherever you want to go!"

Jiang Chen raised his voice without even turning his head, "The boys are going to change clothes, what are you doing there? Stay where you are!"

After saying this, he ran forward without stopping, as if he was afraid that Jiang Qingqing would catch up with him.

The palace servants present saw that the second and third princes were about to get rid of the little princess, and they all stopped to watch this farce between the children.

As the two princes left, the palace servants saw the little princess standing there, all alone. No one was willing to play with her. It was as if she was being isolated and excluded by the princes at that moment, and she looked pitiful.

Jiang Qingqing didn't believe that Jiang Chen was going to change clothes. She was just too lazy to chase him. Her eyes were always sharply tracking Jiang Chen's figure.

Some palace maids couldn't bear to watch, they really felt sorry for the poor little princess, they stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, please go sit under the umbrella. The sun is very strong, don't get dizzy."

Jiang Qingqing nodded, nodded to the palace maid, and sat down on the small stool under the umbrella. Seeing this, the palace maid under the umbrella hurriedly handed her a cup of warm tea.

"Don't be sad, Your Highness. The Second and Third Princes will be back soon."

Perhaps seeing that the little princess was not as lively and active as usual, the palace maid felt distressed and tried to enlighten Jiang Qingqing.

Jiang Qingqing was drinking tea from a teacup, thinking frantically in her head what kind of relationship the Second Prince had with Jiang Chen. How could he be so secretive that even a four-year-old child like her had to be wary of him?

Let’s rule out the first, least likely scenario.

The second prince wants to take Jiang Chen to see the beautiful girl.

Just as the absurd elimination method in her mind was becoming more and more absurd, she suddenly heard a splash sound of someone falling into the water. Jiang Qingqing was so frightened that she couldn't help but recall the sound of her original body falling into the water. It was almost an instinctive reaction of her body, and her body trembled.

Before she could remember to react, the palace servants around her, who reacted very quickly, ran towards the curtain. Among the people in brightly colored palace costumes, a dark and calm color almost stood out.

Xiao Linting had just walked to a remote place to listen to the secret guards' report. When he heard the sound of someone falling into the water, the first person he thought of was Jiang Qingqing, who had fallen into the water not long ago. Almost as a conditioned reflex, he walked towards the curtain.

All kinds of possibilities came to mind. Maybe Jiang Chen took the princess to the pond out of play...

He walked around the curtain and, without even looking, jumped into the pond to fish out the splashing figure.

Jiang Qingqing came over a step late and stood at the edge of the pond watching Xiao Linting go down. Only then did she calm herself down a little and looked around hurriedly.

The second prince looked at the water in horror and astonishment. He took two steps back, as if he was frightened by the momentum of the people coming to rescue him.

This pond was recently dug, and there was a lot of mud around it. Jiang Qingqing could quickly see several messy footprints on the ground. In addition to the one walking towards the pond with the wind, there was also a pair of...

A pair of hands walked out, leaving messy footsteps.

This person must be the culprit!

Thinking of the experience of her original body falling into the water, Jiang Qingqing's face darkened, and she turned around and was about to follow the footprints. She struggled to identify the messy footprints on the ground, and was about to lift the curtain and walk out, when the second prince behind her seemed to come back to his senses and looked at Jiang Qingqing.

He changed his usual introverted personality and waved his hands in panic at Jiang Qingqing, "Royal sister, listen to me, I didn't push Third Brother down, I swear, I really didn't push him!"

Jiang Qingqing frowned and turned around to look at the Second Prince. Seeing how flustered he was, she thought she couldn't ask him anything, so she was about to turn around and continue looking at the footprints on the ground.

The sudden retrograde footprints appeared just as she turned her head!

It was erased!

That person is still around!

Jiang Qingqing's shaking hands gradually clenched. This person was really going too far! He had the guts to destroy the evidence in front of her!

Just as Jiang Qingqing was standing at the edge of the curtain and preparing to get angry about this, Han Qiming suddenly pulled aside the curtain and hurried over, breathing realistically, as if he had just run over from a long distance.

"Did someone fall into the water?!" Han Qiming arrived a step late. He looked panicked and frowned.

But Jiang Qingqing could clearly see the indifference in Han Qiming's eyes, and she quickly lowered her gaze to the mud at Han Qiming's feet. There was mud everywhere around here, but if you walked lightly, you could always avoid the splashes of mud.

——And on the hem of Han Qiming’s plain robe, there were obvious spots of mud.

This mud almost hurt Jiang Qingqing's eyes deeply!

Last time, the original body fell into the water. No matter who was behind the conspiracy, the person who did it was Han Qingyi. This time, the original body’s brother fell into the water. No one mentioned who was behind the conspiracy, but the person who did it this time must be Han Qiming!

The two hostages of the Li State were so bold that they dared to attack the two heirs of the royal family twice in succession on the territory of the Tianqi Palace!

Jiang Qingqing kept all these new and old accounts in mind.

She must pay for this blood feud with blood, not only to repay the pity of her original body who was only four years old, but also to protect Jiang Chen and his sister so that they will no longer suffer from the torture of the Han brothers and sisters!

Fortunately, the pond was not very deep. When Xiao Linting got closer, he found that it was not the person he thought. He then ruthlessly grabbed Jiang Chen by the back of the neck, lifted him up slightly, and then walked towards the shore.

The palace maids took over, some helped, some carried the Second Prince to a safe and flat place, and some went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to call for the imperial physician. The scene suddenly became chaotic.

None of them noticed that one was the dazed Second Prince, and the other was Han Qiming, who had a gloating look in his eyes.


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