There is a word "Yun" in this palace. It was built by Emperor Yunqi for Empress Yun. They were young and in love. Who knows how many tender days they spent here? But the rumor that Emperor Yunqi favored Empress Yun almost exclusively first spread from here, making the women inside and outside the palace both envious and jealous.
Legend has it that it took 100,000 workers a year to build the artificial lake, and it took another year to renovate the Baoyun Hall. Surrounding the Baoyun Hall are several small palaces, where the palace people lived.
It is also a rare place of elegance.
The artificial lake leads to Baoyun Temple. There is no land route, so boats are used for round trip. It is quite charming among the lotus fields!
Two groups of people from Qunfang Pavilion had already been sent away by small boats, and the rest were waiting for the boat.
Not far away, the Juyi Pavilion was where the men were, and Xiangting was not far away. If you look closely, you can make out some vague figures. An Qingran saw several familiar figures at a glance, including Lian Muhan and Dongfang Jin!
The two of them are easy to recognize, as they look like conjoined twins and are indistinguishable.
At the same time, she also saw Dongfang Ye and Dongfang Yan. When they were together, to use An Qingran's words, they were in cahoots with each other and had similar tastes.
Dongfang Ruoxue only took a glance, then looked at the water with a slightly amended expression and sighed, "Perhaps this Bixin Lake should be renamed..."
An Qingran and Lou Wanyue looked at each other and asked, "What name should we change to?"
"Yixin Lake! The Emperor and Empress Yixin Lake!" She sighed deeply.
Seeing this, An Qingran was amused: "The princess does have a poetic temperament. If I were to recall it, I wouldn't know what to call it. Maybe something like Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies!"
Dongfang Ruoxue burst out laughing. Just as she was about to say something, she heard the clear laughter of Qin Xiangning and An Yanran. This attracted everyone in the Juyi Pavilion to look over here. Then she heard An Ranyue's voice: "Look, the boat is coming. Let's go over there quickly..."
She pulled the other two people to the Qunfang Pavilion. Everyone looked towards the lake and saw a fleet of small boats coming over, and another fleet of boats heading towards the Juyi Pavilion.
The eunuch on the shore took the rope and secured the boat.
But he looked at An Ranyue, An Yanran and the others and said, "Ladies, please wait a moment. There is a list of names on this ship. They are Miss Dongfang, the princess of Shouwang Mansion, Miss Lou, the daughter of Prime Minister Mansion, Miss An Qingran, the legitimate daughter of General Mansion, Miss Qin, the daughter of Dingyuan Marquis..."
Following his voice, the expressions of An Ranyue and An Yanran changed several times. It was just a broken ship, but it made such a clear distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children and their status?
But they didn't dare to say anything here. They just swallowed their anger and watched the four daughters get on the boat.
An Qingran and Dongfang Ruoxue sat on one side, and the other two sat on the other side. The duckweed and water plants in the lake were almost within reach, and the withered lotus pods were everywhere. An Qingran admired the beautiful scenery and imagined how comfortable and tender it would be for the emperor and the empress to row a boat on the lake.
She didn't know if she was lucky enough to have a man who would love a woman with all his heart.
The wind from the lake brought with it the scent of water and the fragrance of autumn dew, which made An Qingran half-narrow her beautiful eyes and twitch the corners of her mouth. She looked even more beautiful like this, which made people feel distressed.
But the look coming from the opposite side was not so polite.
There was even a hint of resentment in her eyes. When An Qingran became alert, she found that the other person was Qin Xiangning. However, when she looked at the other person, Qin Xiangning's eyes swept past her and Dongfang Ruoxue, as if she was looking at the sky in the distance, or even more as if she was looking at the lotus leaves behind them!
An Qingran thought that she might be too sensitive. Maybe that was what she meant. She asked herself that she had never offended Miss Qin, so why was she so angry with her?
The only reason she could think of was the prince?
But is this reason correct?
She wasn't sure.
Besides, nothing happened between him and the prince. It seems that rumors are really deadly!
An Qingran didn't know how to handle her relationship with the prince. No matter what, he was her lifesaver, and of course she was also his lifesaver. So, the relationship between her and him was really complicated!
Looking again, Qin Xiangning's sight had fallen on Dongfang Ruoxue. Dongfang Ruoxue was attracted by the beautiful scenery of the lake and did not see her, while An Qingran was caught by her. However, Qin Xiangning did not seem to be shy about it, and her expression towards Dongfang Ruoxue was not very kind. An Qingran was thinking in her heart, had Dongfang Ruoxue offended her at some point?
What's wrong with this woman?
An Qingran was puzzled. Could something have happened between them that she didn't know about?
Come to think of it, it's possible. I was very ignorant before and didn't understand everyone's affairs.
Lou Wanyue didn't see anything except the fact that the water and the sky were one color. She had her own feelings, that this lake should really be called Love Lake.
Everyone looking at the lake had their thoughts surge.
Just as An Qingran was stunned, Dongfang Ruoxue beside her suddenly screamed and fell backwards. An Qingran rushed over, but just as she reached Dongfang Ruoxue's hand, the boat under her feet shook violently. Before An Qingran could figure out what was going on, she and Dongfang Ruoxue fell into the lake together...
She can't swim!
When An Qingran fell into the water, she saw only a green cloud rushing towards her, and then she was surrounded by thick black-green and cold air. Water suddenly choked her mouth and nose. She was usually quite calm, but now she was completely panicked. This panic caused her to choke on water again. For the first time, she felt that she was so close to death...
The two daughters fell into the water, and the boatman was stunned. Qin Xiangning shouted for help and stretched out her hand to hook them, but in the squeeze, she also knocked the boatman into the water. The boatman who wanted to save people didn't really understand the situation, but he knew that if anything happened to these two people, his head would be gone, so he swam desperately from the other side of the boat. Lou Wanyue on the boat was so anxious that she almost fainted. She wanted to jump in, but she couldn't swim, and going in would only cause trouble. She just hoped that the boatman would swim over quickly, but in the blink of an eye, the two people who were struggling just now disappeared...
Why is this so?
Lou Wanyue pulled Qin Xiangning and asked, "Where are they? Where are they?"
Qin Xiangning pretended to be panicked: "They all sank... They all sank just now! What should I do, Miss Lou, hurry up and save them!"
She shouted this but was laughing in her heart. Just now, she just kicked the side of Dongfang Ruoxue's boat while An Qingran wasn't paying attention. Dongfang Ruoxue and An Qingran, who were distracted by something they were thinking about, didn't notice it. This was simply God helping her.
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