The voice sounded familiar. Xia Tong turned around and saw an arrogant and sarcastic face. Who else could it be but Princess Zhou Man?
Her expression became serious, and she suddenly said in a serious tone: "Please be careful with your words, Princess. The Queen had already determined Miss Shen's innocence that day. Do you think that the Queen is deliberately covering up for her?"
After he finished speaking, everyone else in the pavilion started discussing in low voices, but none of them dared to speak out loud like Zhou Man did.
"Don't try to use the Queen to put pressure on me. Do you really think you are going to be the Crown Princess? You dare to use chicken feathers as a token of authority. Who do you really think you are?" Zhou Man sneered and raised her hand to brush the red hairpin on her temples.
At this moment, Lin Qin over there didn't say a word, they were truly plastic sisters.
Chen Xin on the side suddenly chuckled and glanced at Zhou Man indifferently, "Let's not talk about what kind of person I am, but I know that the Queen and the ladies in the palaces will never talk about others behind their backs, and they don't like those who gossip, because those are the words and actions of rough women in the market."
"You!" Zhou Man glared at Chen Xin viciously.
The noble lady who was on good terms with her behind her also pulled her back in time, shook her head slightly, indicating that it was not appropriate to argue at this time.
"The princess is also a straightforward person, and she has no ill intentions. Please don't blame me, my two sisters."
Along with a voice coming from the crowd, a woman in a peach pink cross-collared long dress was seen standing over there. She had a very gentle oval face, a gentle and elegant temperament, and a faint smile on her face, as if she was acting as a peacemaker. For a moment, others also followed suit.
"Sister Dong is right. The princess has always been outspoken, but she definitely has no other intentions. Miss Shen, please don't take it to heart." Another noble lady from aristocratic family also began to smooth things over.
Xia Tong glanced at the woman with the oval face, who smiled at her in a friendly manner. She immediately turned her eyes away. She didn't expect that the supporting actresses were all innocent. Forget it, she should stay away from the heroine to avoid being implicated.
"Oh, I see the lotus flowers are blooming earlier this year than last year. Look how beautiful they are. Why don't you two sisters come over to admire them together?"
Someone started to change the subject in order to ease the atmosphere. Xia Tong also wanted to stay away from the heroine, so she stood up and walked to the other side.
After all, she was a popular candidate for the Crown Princess. Although everyone was unhappy, they still surrounded her and laughed, "Sister Xia, this dress is made of Shu brocade, right? It's a pity that Yu Defang will not have this kind of material until next year."
"But Sister Xia is still the prettiest. If it were us, we would definitely not look as good in the clothes as you do."
The group of people started chatting instantly, but Lin Qin did not follow. She was particularly quiet today, and her eyes looked a little strange. Thinking of the prince's different treatment of Xia Tong that day, she felt particularly dissatisfied.
The Crown Princess can only be hers!
The lotus in the lake was indeed blooming exceptionally beautifully. Xia Tong felt a little annoyed when her ears were filled with a group of people's false compliments. Seeing that the heroine over there was still sitting there doing her own thing and not saying a word, she was too lazy to deal with these people.
"Look, there's a butterfly!"
Someone shouted, and a group of people rushed forward to watch as if they had never seen the world before. Xia Tong was squeezed a few times. Just as she wanted to step back uncomfortably, she was suddenly pushed from behind by a hand, and she fell into the bottomless lake without any warning.
"ah--"
This sudden change frightened everyone so much that they stepped back in horror, looking at the lake in panic. It was obvious that they had not expected something like this to happen.
“Help…Help…”
Xia Tong was choked by the water several times. All she could see was the rippling lake water. She began to sink unconsciously and couldn't even shout for help.
"master!"
Qing'er was so frightened that she jumped into the water without caring about anything else to save him. When the others came to their senses, they immediately shouted, "Quick! What are you still standing there for? Anyone who can swim, go and save him!"
The pavilion was suddenly in chaos, but no one looked strange. Instead, Shen Xin frowned, looked at the woman who had already sunk, and suddenly stood up and jumped, diving into the water.
At this time, the servants in the Grand Tutor's Mansion were the most anxious. If something happened to the Fourth Young Lady of the Xiahou Mansion, they, the servants who served her, would probably be buried with her.
At one point, many people jumped into the water, and the pavilion became extremely noisy. Everyone was so panicked that they didn't dare to approach the lake, for fear of falling in as well.
At this moment, Lin Qin suddenly stood up, glanced at the group of people with anger, and said in a cold voice: "How could Sister Tong fall into the water for no reason? Someone must have deliberately murdered her. Who was standing behind her before?"
After these words were spoken, the faces of the people who had just stood behind Xia Tong changed, and no one spoke for a moment. If they were charged with the crime of murdering someone from Xiahou Mansion, it would be a serious matter.
Xia Tong didn't know how much water she drank, she just felt her head getting more and more dizzy until someone suddenly grabbed her arm. When she was dazed, she suddenly heard a voice in her ear, and even her breathing became much smoother.
Chen Xin and Qing'er pulled the person with great effort, and finally pulled her up when they reached the shore. However, seeing that Xia Tong had not woken up yet, they did not care that their clothes were still wet, and immediately squatted down, folded their hands, pressed on her abdomen and squeezed hard.
"What are you doing!" Lin Qin's face changed, as if he thought she was harming someone.
Shen Xin didn't even glance at her, and continued to squeeze Xia Tong's abdomen hard, even though he was completely wet.
A strand of wet hair stuck to her fair forehead. As a few traces of water flowed from the corners of the woman's mouth, her eyes slowly opened, and her sight was filled with faces with different expressions, some concerned, some suspicious, some nervous, and some curious.
"Hurry up and take Miss Xia back to her room to rest, and make her a bowl of ginger soup." Miss Dong immediately said anxiously.
After these words were spoken, several servants in the Grand Tutor's Mansion helped the man away as if they had just woken up from a dream, and they were all trembling with fear for the possibility of getting themselves implicated.
Xia Ning, who had been silent the whole time, also stood up and looked at the people who were closest to Xia Tong with a sharp look. "My Xiahou Mansion will investigate today's incident thoroughly."
After saying that, he quickly left with the dazed Xia Min. When something like this happened, she must tell her mother first, so as not to ruin the relationship between the Xiahou Mansion and the Taishi Mansion.
After she left, the rest of the people were a little scared. One of them was the first to speak up: "I was standing next to Sister Xia before, so I certainly couldn't do it. But the person who did this was really vicious. I don't know how Sister Xia offended her. She actually wanted to put someone to death. She is really vicious."
After he finished speaking, the others also began to distance themselves from the incident and indignantly condemned the person who did it. The pavilion was very noisy for a while.
Looking at this group of clowns, Shen Xin chuckled and then asked someone from the Grand Tutor's Mansion to take her downstairs to change her clothes.
And just after she left, there was a pair of cold eyes in the pavilion, sweeping in the direction she left, which was frightening.
Xia Tong returned to the clean room and immediately changed into clean clothes brought by the servants. She curled up in the quilt and sneezed several times before she came to her senses. However, her face was still pale and her wet hair was sticking to her back with water droplets flowing out.
The servants of the Grand Tutor's Mansion said that their eldest lady would be here soon. It is not difficult to imagine that they will have to try to smooth things over in the end. Xia Tong did not expect that the heroine was so poisonous that even a cannon fodder like her would get into trouble. However, she was saved in the end. It can be seen that the heroine is different from those scheming female supporting roles.
At this moment, she was still a little frightened and felt that she really had a grudge against water. However, thinking about the scene at that time, she actually didn't know who pushed her from behind. But the person who wanted to kill her must have a direct conflict of interest with her. It's just that there were so many people at the time and the other party took such a desperate risk, so things must not be that simple.
"Why does the room smell so good?" She curled up in bed, moved her nose, and began to look around.
The servant in the room also bowed his head slightly, and while packing up her old clothes, he said respectfully: "It is sandalwood fragrance, which is most suitable for calming the mind."
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