Lin Xuan raised the corner of her mouth and complained in her heart, since Xie Shizhu could not give Yan Chou what he wanted, then she would take over and bring warmth to Yan Chou.
As Yan Chou gradually approached the stone bridge, Lin Xuan suddenly stood up from the ground, looked up at Xie Shizhu, and without giving Xie Shizhu a chance to react, she grabbed Xie Shizhu's hand.
The next second, with a terrified scream, he fell headfirst into the stream below.
Xie Shizhu: "..." What a cheesy routine, this is all she had left over.
However, even this low-level trick made Yan Chou notice this face that was somewhat similar to Xie Shizhu.
When Lin Xuan fell into the water, the eunuch jumped in to save her. Lin Xuan's sickly facial features and appearance made Yan Chou look at her a few more times.
In addition, her considerate and generous appearance made Yan Chou think that it would be great if Xie Shizhu was like that.
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Yan Chou seemed to have noticed the movement ahead and took a long step towards the stone bridge.
When Xie Shizhu saw Yan Chou approaching her, she wanted to jump into the water without hesitation. The man put his long arms around her shoulders in time and pulled her tightly, restraining her body.
A trace of panic flashed across Yan Chou's narrow, phoenix-like eyes. He pursed his thin lips tightly and spoke in a very low voice, as if gritting his teeth: "Xie Shizhu, what do you want to do?"
Xie Shizhu struggled for a moment, "A palace maid fell into the water, and I was trying to save her. What else can I do?"
Yan Chou narrowed his eyes slightly, "Just a palace maid, a worthless life."
As soon as the words fell, Xie Shizhu's eyes were filled with astonishment. He bit his lower lip and raised his hand to slap Yan Chou's face.
The eunuch standing behind Yan Chou was so frightened by the crisp sound of the slap that he trembled all over and quickly knelt on the ground.
The system froze, then tremblingly said, "Host, do you not want to live anymore?"
The cold light in Yan Chou's eyes was about to burst out, and his slender fingers grabbed the woman's wrist and tightened quickly.
Xie Shizhu's fingers turned pale and blue, and he frowned in pain, his eyes still staring at Yan Chou with resentment, "Worthy life? In your heart, I am just as worthless as she is."
Faced with the woman's questioning, Yan Chou was slightly startled, and the fingertips that were holding her hand slowly loosened.
Xie Shizhu used all her strength to push Yan Chou away. Her chin, which had been hurt by Yan Chou last night, seemed to sting. She subconsciously touched her chin and looked at Yan Chou with extremely desolate eyes: "You might as well have strangled me to death last night, so that I could go to see my parents on the Yellow Springs Road."
Yan Chou's fingers hidden under his sleeves trembled slightly. He did not intend to hurt Xie Shizhu, but he could not control himself when he heard that Xie Shizhu was going to have a private meeting with Yan Xiuran.
But he is the head of state and will not apologize for his actions.
Yan Chou turned his back and caught a glimpse of the palace maid still struggling in the water from the corner of his eye. He withdrew his gaze indifferently, flicked his sleeves and said, "Fuyun, send the queen back to Jin'an Palace and call the imperial physician."
The eunuch nodded and replied tremblingly, "Yes."
Yan Chou quickly returned the same way he came, his tall, bright yellow figure getting farther and farther away until it disappeared.
Lin Xuan was still struggling in the water, her clothes were soaked and cold, but Yan Chou didn't even look at her and just left.
She finally couldn't stand the cold, so she swam to the shore, sat down and tried to breathe air.
On the stone bridge, Xie Shizhu had an angry face and ignored Fu Yun's embarrassment and told him to get out.
Fuyun wiped the sweat from his forehead. He couldn't afford to offend her, so he had to leave.
After the people left, Xie Shizhu stood on the bridge, looking down at the woman panting on the shore, with a playful look in her eyes. After a few seconds, she asked anxiously, "Are you okay? It rained yesterday, and this stone bridge is really slippery. I'm sorry I couldn't hold your hand."
Lin Xuan's body stiffened, and she felt a little guilty. After all, she had just deliberately taken Xie Shizhu's hand and pushed her away.
But Xie Shizhu thought that she slipped accidentally and subconsciously wanted to grab something.
When she raised her head and looked at Xie Shizhu, the woman's face was full of worry, as if she hadn't noticed anything.
Lin Xuan snorted in her heart, how stupid! It wouldn't be long before a woman like this would be squeezed out by her.
"Nothing," Lin Xuan said with a smile, "I'm sorry to have worried you, Queen."
Xie Shizhu breathed a sigh of relief, and his frown relaxed.
A palace maid from Jin'an Palace came running over. Her face was pale. After seeing that the queen was safe and sound, she quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Queen, the imperial physician has arrived in the palace..."
Before leaving, Xie Shizhu glanced at the woman shivering in the cold sitting on the shore, shifted his gaze, and raised an eyebrow: "Let's go."
On the way, Xie Shizhu finally asked the system: "Now do you know why Lin Xuan replaced the original owner?"
The system pondered for a moment: [She seems to have deliberately let Yan Chou notice her, with a purpose to harm you, but you have no grudge against her...]
The system froze for a moment, then suddenly realized: [Lin Xuan intentionally wanted Yan Chou to notice her, rather than letting things take their own course as planned. She did this because she knew Yan Chou couldn't get his love. Lin Xuan actually knew all this... Could it be... she was also a time traveler?]
Xie Shizhu raised his eyebrows: "Yes, that's right."
System: [Then this mission will be difficult.]
Xie Shizhu smiled but said nothing.
When she was about to reach Jin'an Palace, two men passed by her. One of the men was just as the original owner remembered, with beautiful features and gentle temperament. When he passed by Xie Shizhu, he paused.
He quickly stuffed the prepared paper into Xie Shizhu's sleeve. Xie Shizhu was startled and took the thing from his hand.
After a while, Yan Xiuran pretended nothing happened and passed by Xie Shizhu with his friend.
Xie Shizhu returned to Jin'an Palace, sent the palace maid away, took out the note from his sleeve, slowly spread it out, and saw a few lines of words on it: There will be a birthday banquet for the Queen Mother tomorrow, I will wait for you at the South Gate, take you to escape from Yan Chou, wait for me.
Xie Shizhu stared at the words for a moment, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
In the original owner's story, she and Yan Xiuran liked each other, and Yan Xiuran promised a few days ago to take Xie Shizhu away from Xihe at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.
However, Yan Chou didn't know why he knew this.
He left early during the birthday banquet and waited at the South Gate with several guards, and finally caught the two who were about to elope.
In a rage, she imprisoned Xie Shizhu in the cold palace.
She was just a princess of a fallen country, helpless in Xihe, with no one to support her, and could only endure this pain.
Yan Xiu Ran was under the protection of the Empress Dowager and was only confined to the palace for a few days before being released again. He was not affected at all.
From then on, she spent two years in the harem, and in the end, she drank poison and died.
But what about Yan Xiu Ran? In the end, he got the beauty and sat on the throne of emperor. He seemed to have forgotten that there was a woman who was trapped in the cold palace, unable to live or die because of his promise.
The imperial physician outside the palace requested to see him. Xie Shizhu hurriedly put the note back into his sleeve and said calmly, "Come in."
Within the time it took for a stick of incense to stick, the imperial physician had finished diagnosing Xie Shizhu, and after paying his respects, he hurriedly left the hall.
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