Chapter 27 Falling into the Water
"A Ran, you are here. I have been waiting for you."
Jiang Ran was stunned. Just wait? But Princess Le An only had an appointment with her. And she wasn't late.
Forget it, just apologize.
"Princess, please forgive me. I was a bit late because I was a bit sleepy."
"It's okay, it's okay. Stop talking and let's go." The princess waved her hand quickly and pulled her to run towards the boat.
As soon as she sat down, the princess looked her up and down and muttered, "Why are you dressed so plainly? This won't do."
She smiled slyly, "Fortunately, I was prepared."
She waved her hand and ordered the maid to bring her jewelry box over. She picked out a few of the most luxurious hairpins for Jiang Ran to wear, and found some jade pendants and bracelets, which she hung all over her body with jingling sounds.
After finishing her work, the princess leaned back and looked at her work.
Well, I told you that I’m a genius. Even the matchmaker is not as good as me.
Jiang Ran was even more confused.
But as soon as she showed a puzzled look, the princess looked mysterious and confident, looking at her with a silly smile that made her feel a little uneasy.
It wasn't until she saw another boat approaching that she realized what was going on.
The princess came to date Lord Lu, she was just a cover.
Fortunately, the princess thought her disguise was too plain, so she dressed her up.
Well, she's a pretty nice person.
Now she has become a glittering golden cover.
Perhaps because she was too dazzling, another small boat in the distance was also approaching them.
The person standing on the bow and waving was Xu Qingwan.
The princess glanced at her sideways and asked, "Are you familiar with her?"
Jiang Ran asked doubtfully, "Isn't it Miss Xu who was invited by the princess?"
The princess looked surprised, "No."
How could such a smart person like her invite Jiang Ran's rival Xu Qingwan and her former rumored boyfriend Lu Yu?
So why are they here!?
What day is it today? So many people come to the lake! !
Princess Le'an collapsed alone, and no one understood her good intentions.
But for the CP she supports, no matter how difficult the conditions are, she will create them and go for it!
When the princess saw the person following Lu Weiqing, the mental preparation she had just made was broken again.
Why didn't anyone tell her that the post was for the prince of the Marquis's Mansion?
Add to that Jiang Ran’s current blind date, what a Shura field this is!
As soon as Lu Weiqing got on board, he looked as if he had seen through the mastermind behind the scenes.
The princess knew she couldn't hide away, so she stared back with wide eyes.
But in Jiang Ran's opinion, they were just communicating with each other through their eyes.
She became more and more certain of her guess that the princess and Lord Lu had indeed made an appointment.
I don’t know if the princess knows that Lord Lu has a lover besides her.
Seeing the prince following Lu Weiqing onto the boat, Jiang Ran hurried forward to greet him, lest he notice anything. After all, the princess had invested heavily this time, and since she had received benefits, she also had to fulfill her responsibilities.
The princess was confused. No, why was it different from what she expected?
Lu Weiqing, who was standing beside her, had an even more stern expression. He had made up his mind at that moment. Tomorrow, he would let Jiang Ran know what a piece of trash that prince was.
The relationship here has not been sorted out yet, and Xu Qingwan and Lu Yu also got on the boat.
Lu Yu has put in a lot of effort in recent days. He has been always at her beck and call, working hard and never complaining, being able to create romance and endure hardships, and has completely won Xu Qingwan's heart over.
After this incident, Xu Qingwan also figured it out. Although Lu Weiqing was good, she could not compete with the princess. Although Lu Yu was inferior, he was still a member of the Lu family. Would she still worry about not being able to see each other often after getting married?
"Uncle." Lu Yu was severely punished with twenty strokes of the cane. When he met his elders, he still had to greet them respectfully.
"Uncle." For the first time, Xu Qingwan greeted Lu Weiqing openly.
The princess was shocked. Xu Qingwan always sabotaged things secretly, but this time she really changed her temper?
The prince was also stunned. Lu Yu had just broken up with the Jiang family, so how could he be so close to the Prime Minister's Mansion so quickly? Just because he was good-looking? This world is too cruel to ordinary people.
"Yeah." Lu Weiqing rarely responded.
They could get engaged, and he would have one less person to deal with personally. Lu Yu had better really give up, otherwise it wouldn't be something that could be solved with twenty strokes of the cane.
Lu Yu obviously did not give up. He had been secretly following Jiang Ran's movements.
Seeing her getting close to the prince, he became more and more convinced that Jiang Ran was jealous and could not control herself.
Otherwise, what other reason could explain why the Jiang family wanted to form an alliance with the Marquis' Mansion just as he and the Xu family were about to discuss marriage?
Even the Lu family looked down on her, so the Marquis' Mansion? That was simply a pipe dream.
Although he didn't know how Jiang Ran persuaded the prince to cooperate with her in acting, he was sure that all this was not true.
Everyone on the boat has their own ulterior motives.
Only Princess Le'an had a purpose that couldn't be purer - she just wanted to make Jiang Ran and Lu Weiqing spark as soon as possible.
"Hey, this lake looks really deep. Are there any fish? I suddenly want to eat fish."
Her topic started out abruptly, but she didn't care anymore.
Because the transition is even more abrupt.
"Master Lu, Miss Jiang, why don't you go out and help me catch two fish."
The princess gave a wink, and the two palace maids who had already prepared the fishing gear rushed to Lu Weiqing and Jiang Ran respectively.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ran refused.
"It's better not to trouble Lord Lu, the prince will just accompany me." Jiang Ran thought the princess had made a slip of the tongue and pointed to the wrong person, so he corrected her considerately.
"That's right. You all can chat first. I'll go with A'ran." The prince was overjoyed. He was worried that he couldn't find a good opportunity.
The two of them left the cabin one after the other.
Lu Weiqing stared at their backs, following her every move with his eyes.
Rage surged violently against his pulse, and his eardrums pounded, as if someone was shouting in his ears, "Get him away! Kill him!"
His hand clenched the sword tightly, as if in a spasm. He was afraid that he would lose control and let the bastard bleed to death.
Feeling the gaze like an icy arrow, the princess wrapped herself tightly in her cloak and buried her head like a quail.
He was so jealous that he didn't notice that Lu Yu had also been looking at Jiang Ran, greedily tracing her outline with his eyes.
But Xu Qingwan, who was with Lu Yu, did not miss any of this.
It wasn't like she hadn't doubted him. Lately, she'd deliberately mentioned Jiang Ran to him several times, and Lu Yu's responses had been unbearable to hear. So much so that she'd come to believe that Lu Yu had completely let it go.
But now it seems that his solemn promises are not necessarily credible.
After forcing herself to hold back for half a minute, Xu Qingwan took a few steps outward seemingly unintentionally. Seeing Jiang Ran struggling to pull the boom, getting closer and closer to the side of the ship, she even hoped that Jiang Ran would accidentally fall overboard. If the prince could rescue her, their marriage would be a done deal.
The next second, she heard a scream, and Jiang Ran seemed to have really slipped.
Just as she was about to go forward to watch the show, she felt a force pushing her hard. Before she could even scream, she flew out and fell into the water.
Xu Qingwan couldn't swim, and she choked on the water several times in an instant.
When she had the idea of harming others, she never imagined that she would be the one to lose her reputation.
Before she passed out, she vaguely saw a figure swimming towards her.
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