Hearing that Lady Hou was angry, Lin Ruoyan's heart sank.
Although Lady Hou held an imperial title, in the eyes of her servants, she was always gentle, refined, dignified, and virtuous.
Now, with her roar, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation. The servants all sprang into action, those who could swim and those who couldn't, all trying to find a way to plunge into the pool.
Instantly, the entire garden was in complete chaos and looked quite messy.
Because Ange'er fell into the water closer to the edge of the pond, the bamboo pole that Lin Ruoyan threw down landed right near Ange'er.
He suddenly looked up and saw the life-saving bamboo pole in front of him. He raised one arm to hook the bamboo pole and used the other arm to propel himself towards the edge of the pool.
Seeing him swim closer to the edge of the pool, Lin Ruoyan's eyes welled up with warmth, and she happily knelt down and scooped up Ange'er.
"Angel, quick, take your mother's hand."
"Mother, save me! Huff... huff..."
Ange'er, panting heavily, clung to Lin Ruoyan's hand and climbed up.
Seeing that the man was rescued, Lin Ruoyan pulled him into her arms and comforted him, "It's alright! It's alright!"
Seeing that An'ge'er was saved, Lady Hou's eyes showed a relieved smile, and she instructed, "Quickly! Take An'ge'er downstairs to change into dry clothes!"
Before Anger could catch his breath, the servants carried him to the side room.
From the center of the pool, the voices of servants could be heard from time to time. Lin Ruoyan came to her senses and realized that Chen Jinlin was still in the water.
Lady Hou stood by the lotus pond, constantly gazing towards the center, her heart filled with unease.
"Oh dear! I hope nothing bad happens to this child."
"Madam Hou, Lin-ge'er is lucky, he'll be alright."
"Ruoyan, why hasn't he come up yet? Did he sink? I heard that a water monster often appears in the middle of the pool, could it be... ouch, boohoo."
Lady Hou looked tense, and large beads of sweat kept pouring from her forehead, soaking her outer garment.
She paced back and forth by the lotus pond, her hand holding a handkerchief constantly rubbing against her chest, as if she were experiencing some heart discomfort.
Seeing the Lady Hou's extremely anxious appearance, Lin Ruoyan felt guilty and slowly walked to her side, gently comforting her.
"Don't worry, Madam Hou. So many people went down to save Lin Ge'er, he will be fine."
In the vast pool, the servants displayed their unique skills, splashing and swimming towards the water, all in search of the Fifth Young Master, Lin Ge'er.
Suddenly, Lin Ruoyan noticed a familiar figure splashing in the water near the artificial hill.
The servants were about several dozen meters away from the artificial hill. Lin Ruoyan didn't have time to think and ran towards the artificial hill with a bamboo pole.
When Lady Hou saw her running away with the bamboo pole, she was overjoyed and followed her, lifting her heavy skirt.
"Brother Lin, he's here! Quick! Grab the bamboo pole!"
Chen Jinlin was thrashing about in the water when he suddenly heard Lin Ruoyan's voice, and a complex light flashed in his eyes.
As soon as Madam Hou arrived at the foot of the artificial hill, she saw Chen Jinlin haphazardly climbing up the bamboo poles.
Out of fear, Chen Jinlin's face was contorted in a grimace, his features obscured, and from afar, one could hear him shouting, "Help!"
The bamboo pole was slippery because it had been wetted, and Chen Jinlin was too nervous, so no matter how he climbed, he stayed in the same place. Lin Ruoyan's slender body gradually lost control of the bamboo pole.
Seeing this, Lady Hou quickly ran behind Lin Ruoyan to help her hold onto the bamboo pole, and shouted hoarsely towards Chen Jinlin in the water.
"Brother Lin, don't panic, your aunt is here to save you! Hang in there!"
Upon hearing the voice of Madam Hou, Chen Jinlin composed himself and mustered all his strength to climb the bamboo pole.
Upon learning that the Fifth Young Master had been rescued, the servants who were still frantically searching for him in the water all swam towards the nearest shore.
When Chen Jinlin came ashore, his face was ashen and he was extremely exhausted. He fell asleep shortly afterward.
Upon seeing this, Lady Hou immediately sent someone with the Marquis's invitation to invite the imperial physician to examine the two young masters.
The Marquis's name was renowned in the palace, and the imperial physician rushed over immediately upon receiving the invitation.
"How are you? Are the two young masters alright?"
"Madam, rest assured, Young Master An has only caught a slight cold and will be fine after drinking some herbal medicine. As for the Fifth Young Master, he has blood stasis, and I will prescribe some medicine to improve his blood circulation for him later. He will recover in a couple of days."
Upon hearing this, Lady Hou's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and she said gently, "Thank you for your trouble, Physician Yang."
"You're too kind, Madam! If there's nothing else, I must return to the palace first."
"Someone, escort Physician Yang out."
Afterwards, to express her apology, Lin Ruoyan volunteered to stay and take care of the two young masters.
The troublesome matters in the main courtyard have been resolved, but the Luoying Palace is in turmoil due to the madam Zhang's machinations.
It's truly one wave after another.
In the main hall of Luoying Palace, Madam Zhang, the First Lady, sat arrogantly and gleefully, directing the servants around her.
"Madam, all of Gu Qianluo's belongings, which belong to her second husband, have been thrown out!"
A servant rushed in to report.
Upon hearing this, Madam Zhang raised her eyebrows and slowly stood up and walked out of the house.
Upon seeing the six large boxes of luxurious and exquisite clothing and jewelry laid out on the ground, a flicker of jealousy rose in his eyes. With a wave of his hand and a blank expression, he said...
"This, this, and these, pawn them all! So as not to pollute the atmosphere of the Marquis's mansion."
The servant was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.
Although he was just a servant and had never seen any rare treasures, the things in this box did not look like ordinary jewelry.
Seeing the servant's hesitant expression, Zhang's eyes flashed with disgust, and she angrily rebuked him.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and take these to the pawnshop!"
“But Madam, according to the account book, there are three boxes of clothes and two boxes of jewelry, all gifts from General Chen. Only one box belongs to Gu Qianluo herself.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang hesitated for a moment, then said coldly,
"Then put these five boxes into the public treasury, and pawn this one box at any shop right away!"
Upon hearing this, the servant quickly picked up the box and walked outside.
Of the old servants in Luoying Palace, six were from the Marquis's residence, and four were brought by Gu Qianluo from the Gu residence.
Except for Xiao Cui, who was summoned by the old lady, all the other servants in Luoying Palace had been sold off by the steward in charge of personnel.
Xiao Cui had just returned from outside when she saw a pile of things thrown outside the garden of Luoying Palace.
They happened to bump into the servant of Baixiangju who was about to go out to sell Gu Qianluo's treasures.
Her eyes suddenly blazed with anger. She clenched her fists and strode angrily toward the man, shouting,
"What are you doing? This is my wife's dowry! Let go of her right now!"
The servant raised an eyebrow and glared at Xiao Cui with disdain.
"Hehe, Miss Cui, I think you're barely able to protect yourself! How come you still have time to bother with that shameless bamboo?"
With a "smack," Xiao Cui hooked her embroidered leg and kicked the servant heavily in the face.
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