Chapter 18
Liang He looked at Fu Jinwan who was socializing not far away, while he was casually swinging the white jade pendant on his belt in a quiet pavilion.
"Jinchu." A gentle and expectant voice sounded behind Liang He.
Liang He had heard Zhao Fangyu's voice this morning, so when he heard him calling him, he recognized who it was.
"Young Master Zhao." Liang He looked at Zhao Fangyu who was walking in front of him, and sighed in his heart, Fu Jinchu is also liked by people, why is the ending of the rebirth novel still not good?
If Fu Jinchu married Zhao Fangyu, would she be happy?
But I heard that the Zhao family has a lot of rules and they are very strict. The wife and the concubine are not allowed to eat at the same table.
This was what Fu Jinwan had just told her. She was probably reminding herself that although the Second Young Master Zhao was a good woman, it would not be so easy for the old lady of the Zhao family to accept her.
But what does this have to do with her, Liang He?
"Jinchu, I received your letter. You said you were going to Xiangli City to visit your grandparents and your family. You won't be going on this lake cruise."
"Yes. It's my grandfather's 70th birthday, and my uncle wrote to me recently, asking me to go back and visit him. My father agreed."
A few days ago, Liang He received a letter from Liu Hua, saying that her grandparents missed her and wanted to come back to visit her on her grandfather's birthday.
However, Liang He hasn't told Fu Changzheng yet.
"Okay, then I'll send you a few of my men who are good at martial arts and ask you to take them over." Xiangli City is a bit far from the capital. Although there are no bandits or robbers on the road, it is still not very safe.
Moreover, Fu Jinchu had an accident when he was thirteen years old.
After that incident, my grandparents never asked my granddaughter to visit again. But this time, the old woman really missed her, and there hadn't been any bandits causing trouble on the way to Xiangli City in recent years. I heard that they were wiped out by Song Ji.
"No need, my father will arrange it. Besides, if people know about you doing this, they will gossip about you." Liang He refused.
Zhao Fangyu felt that he was too anxious, "I didn't think it through."
"It's okay. Thank you very much for your kindness, Mr. Zhao Er. I appreciate it." Liang He replied gently.
Zhao Fangyu looked at Liang He's face and handed the box in his hand to her.
"This is something I give you." After saying that, he stuffed it into Liang He's hand regardless of Liang He's refusal and left.
Because he knew that when Liang He wrote back saying she would not go boating, he felt that the thing he gave might be rejected, but he also wanted to give it to her.
Liang He was surprised by Zhao Fangyu's actions, but she was also curious about what Zhao Fangyu would give her.
Liang He found a place where no one could see him, sat down, and opened the box.
It was a gardenia hairpin made of silver and looked very delicate. Liang He also saw Zhao Fangyu's intentions.
Presumably, Zhao Fangyu had put in some effort to get to know Fu Jinchu better.
Liang He was putting the hairpin away when she heard a burst of panic.
"An assassin has come in! Someone has gone mad! Someone has gone mad and is killing people!"
A sharp cry rang out repeatedly.
The scene was chaotic. A man in black killed a large number of palace maids and eunuchs. Some young men and women went crazy and picked up vases, wine bottles, cups and other sharp objects to smash at anyone they saw, but they didn't hit the man in black.
Liang He immediately stood up and ran back. He didn't see Fu Jinwan and didn't know if Fu Jinwan was injured.
Liang He carefully avoided the corpse and ran to a rockery. She almost forgot that Fu Jinwan only knew a little bit of Kung Fu, while she didn't know anything at all. She had better hide for now.
The rockery is relatively hidden and not easy to find.
Knowing that they could arrange for someone to break into the palace and kill someone, they had to be 50% sure they could kill someone, right? She didn't want to be a scapegoat.
The system saw Liang He's series of actions and exclaimed: "What a quick reaction..."
Liang He: You’re welcome.
After Liang He hid himself, he didn't make a sound.
After a while, Liang He heard a loud scream, which frightened him.
Why are the guards in this palace not strict at all?
"Bang!" The sound of bottles smashing was heard near the rockery.
"Go, go search and see if anyone is hiding here." A strange voice came into Liang He's ears.
Liang He didn't dare to move. The voice made her feel that her life was struggling on the brink of death.
Liang He only heard the man's footsteps slowly approaching, and wondered where to run if he was discovered.
"Hahahaha, I saw you." A female voice sounded. Liang He felt that the voice was a little creepy, but she didn't dare to move. Who knew if she was trying to blackmail her.
"Ah!" Liang He cried out in pain from the fall.
The man was not surprised to hear that there was still someone in the rockery. He thought it was enough to leave it to the woman and left.
Liang He was grabbed by the woman's robe. The woman was very strong and Liang He fell down immediately. The box in his hand was thrown to the shore of the lake.
"I told you I saw you, but you still don't believe me?" The woman's clothes were covered in blood, and there were several scars on her arms. Her voice was very strange. Liang He didn't know why it was strange. It seemed like it was not her own voice.
The woman approached Liang He, staring at her with a knife in her hand. Thinking that Liang He could not escape, she relaxed her guard, then slowly squatted down, raised the knife in her hand, and stabbed Liang He's leg with force.
Seeing this, Liang He panicked and used her hands to support herself, using the force to push herself back. As the knife stabbed down, Liang He spread her legs, and the knife pierced the middle of her skirt. Then Liang He quickly reacted, sat on the ground and quickly moved backwards, then pulled hard, separating the skirt from the knife.
The skirt was torn to pieces, revealing the shoes and white pants underneath. Liang He took advantage of her inaction and ran to the lake and picked up the box.
Fortunately, she was wearing a gauze skirt today, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to spread her legs and the knife would have directly pierced her legs.
Liang He picked up the box. She had nothing in her hands, and the box might be useful when necessary.
The woman probably didn't expect that Liang He would escape from her knife. She roared angrily, picked up the knife and walked towards Liang He.
Liang He looked around and saw that there were paths to take, but she knew she could not defeat the woman, as she was incredibly strong.
There is only a large lake at the back and another small pavilion opposite.
Liang He looked at the woman walking towards him, ran to the lake without hesitation and jumped in.
When the woman learned of Liang He's intention, she ran over, but she was a step too late.
Liang He originally wanted to throw away the box in her hand, but it was not a gift for her, and it was not hers. She didn't know whether to throw it away or not?
But life is important. She threw it away.
System: Uh...
When the box was about to leave Liang He's hands, she picked it up. Although she couldn't climb walls, her swimming skills were top-notch! Saving a person was no problem, let alone a box.
System: You can put the hairpin in your hair.
Liang He: Then I have to use my hands to open the box, and then I will sink, right?
She didn't dare. Although she wouldn't die, she had heard that people in the palace often killed people and threw bodies into wells or lakes. If she saw a dismembered body in the lake, it would be terrifying.
Liang He didn't think much about it. After swimming for a long time, her strength was almost exhausted. Finally, she reached the pavilion. Liang He threw the box up first, then used all her strength to grab the railing. The lowest point of the railing was an arm's length away from Liang He. She stretched out her hand to reach the bottom of the railing.
Liang He pushed hard to push up, but after trying several times, she failed and almost kicked one of her shoes off.
Then she thought it might be because of her shoes, so she grabbed the railing with one hand, took off her shoes and socks, threw her shoes over, and tried several more times.
He was already very tired after swimming here. His body was already a little weak. In addition, Liang He himself had not exercised in recent days, so he had no strength now.
Liang He grabbed the railing and soaked in the water for a while. He was afraid that the woman would not give up and would come over with a knife to kill her. He did not dare to stay there for too long and pushed hard to push up again.
Just as she was about to try to climb up, she threw something so loud that someone heard it. Liang He heard footsteps, and when she looked up, she vaguely saw the edge of a white dress. Liang He stopped climbing and swam to the other side.
The will to survive always inspires a person's potential. Liang He swam over with all her might, not wanting to make too much splashing water. Her instinct told her that this woman was an enemy, not a friend.
Then, the woman looked at the waves on the lake where Liang He left and threw the vase in her hand into the lake, because she thought Liang He was holding her breath in the lake.
The woman hadn't heard any sound for a long time, so she walked into the pavilion and saw Liang He below trying to go around the railing of the bridge on the other side.
Seeing this, the woman ran to the wooden bridge leading to the pavilion and stared at Liang He.
Liang He also noticed that the woman was staring at her. As long as she swam forward, the woman would follow her.
Liang He: Woohoo, system, I’m almost out of strength.
System: Hey, come on! Come on! I'm cheering you on, you'll soon have enough strength.
Liang He: Shut up.
Liang He and the woman were in a stalemate. Liang He felt like she was going crazy. She gasped, "Can you...can you...let me go up?"
The woman seemed not to understand what she said, and stared at Liang He fiercely with a fierce look.
Just as Liang He and her continued to be in a stalemate, the woman was suddenly knocked unconscious.
Liang He was ecstatic when he saw the arm in dark red clothes stretched out.
"Song Ji, why did you come just now?" Liang He felt that if she continued to soak in this lake, she would sink and join the corpses at the bottom of the lake.
Song Ji realized that something was wrong when he came out of the Imperial Study. He looked at the mad people and suspected that they were from the Anxiang Sect. They had drugged the drinks, and some of them had become very strong and were beating and killing people indiscriminately.
When the guards arrived, most of the people who had fallen ill had been subdued, and the man in black had also been caught, but many people were still not found, including Liang He.
Song Ji couldn't help but worry about Liang He, thinking that she was a delicate and fragile person who could easily get into trouble. While searching for someone, Song Ji saw the woman in white staring into the lake, and felt something was wrong. He then sneaked over and knocked her unconscious.
When he heard a familiar voice with a sobbing tone and saw Liang He's pitiful and frightened appearance, Song Ji unconsciously felt some pity for Liang He. Thinking that Liang He was very scared, he gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I'll pull you up."
Song Ji stretched out his hands, held Liang He's hand with one hand, and found that Liang He's hand was extremely cold. With the other hand, he held Liang He's arm, and Liang He stepped onto the railing and came up.
Song Ji looked at Liang He, whose clothes were soaked through. He could vaguely make out the color of her clothes underneath. The hem of her skirt was still tattered, and she had no shoes or socks on, revealing a pair of flawless white feet. Seeing her miserable appearance, Song Ji's first reaction was, "Are you hurt?" He glanced at the woman on the ground.
He didn't know that there was a hint of urgency and anger in his tone.
"I wasn't hurt. But when she stabbed me with the knife, my skirt was torn, and she was very strong, so I couldn't escape and jumped into the lake." Liang He didn't tell the truth. Fu Jinchu couldn't swim. If she said she could swim, wouldn't it be exposed?
The woman in white can only take the blame for that woman.
"Why did you take off your shoes? Don't you know that women's feet should not be exposed? Why are you so careless?" Song Ji was angry that the woman made Liang He take off her shoes. If he hadn't come to find her this time, then if another man came and saw her, wouldn't she have to marry that man?
Thinking of this, Song Ji felt inexplicably depressed.
When Liang He heard this, he felt his feet get cold, so he ran over to put on his shoes. Before putting on his shoes, Liang He glanced at Song Ji, who looked at the pair of white and tender little feet and quickly turned his head away.
Song Ji watched Liang He run over, put on his shoes, then walk over and pick up the box on the ground.
He didn't seem to have seen her bring the box in before?
"I wanted to climb up, but it was difficult to put on my shoes, so I took them off." Liang He was secretly happy when he heard Song Ji's angry tone, but when they met, he pretended to be frightened by his tone and explained in a low voice.
"You can't take off your shoes casually, you know that as a woman, you can't take off your shoes barefoot.
If a man saw it, that would be… bad.” Song Ji looked at the pitiful appearance of the woman in front of him and suddenly couldn’t bear to preach.
Besides, he was the one who saw the girl's feet, not another man, so it didn't seem like a bad thing.
"I understand. I had no choice." The soft voice once again reached Song Ji's ears.
Liang He shuddered again. Seeing this, Song Ji untied his belt and handed Liang He his dark red robe, which also had a black robe underneath.
When Song Ji untied his belt, Liang He kept staring at his waist. Song Ji followed Liang He's gaze and realized she was looking at his waist, so he quickly fastened his belt. Liang He saw Song Ji's ears turn red.
"How can you, a girl, stare at... a man's waist? You, as a girl... shouldn't you be ashamed?" Song Ji was stared at and became incoherent.
Liang He heard Song Ji's stammering words, but still looked at him straight and laughed out loud.
The laughter was not loud, but Song Ji could hear it clearly. Liang He's eyebrows were seductive with a smile, and there were tears on her face, and some tears were still on the corners of her eyes. Song Ji felt that Liang He was full of desire at this moment, and suddenly remembered her appearance in his heart, engraved in his heart.
"Put on your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold, and don't be laughed at by others." Song Ji was a little flustered when his eyes were stared at.
In fact, what Song Ji wanted to say was, don’t let others see it.
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