Fen Ge said, "The Third Young Master has been placed in the private room, and the doctor has just arrived, but has not explained the situation yet."
Zheng Xiu nodded, asked Wang Hanyu to follow her into the inner room, and asked Fen Ge to open the closet and find two sets of hurried dresses.
Fearing that Wang Hanyu would feel uncomfortable, Zheng Xiu gave the main room to her to change clothes, and took the dresses into the inner room to change.
After changing clothes, Bai Zhu had already prepared ginger soup. Zheng Xiu asked them to serve Wang Hanyu first, and she did not have time to drink, so she went to the private room to see Xue Mian first.
Xue Shao was guarding there, and the doctor had just taken Xue Mian's pulse.
Fortunately, Xue Mian just swallowed a few saliva and was a little scared, and he was not seriously injured.
The doctor prescribed medicine to calm the frightened, and Zheng Xiu asked Minghui to go get the medicine.
Xue Mian changed Xue Shao's clothes and sat on the bed wearing only a white silk lining. Before Zheng Xiu could speak, he whispered, "Second Aunt, I was wrong. I shouldn't have run around."
Zheng Xiu said, "Fortunately it was just a false alarm. How did you fall into the water?"
Xue Mian pursed his lips and said, "I, I just saw a lotus in the pond and wanted to pick one out. Who knew the shore was so slippery? I didn't know what I stepped on, and I slipped down..."
Zheng Xiu didn't rush to blame him for being naughty. The flower viewing banquet was organized half a month ago, and the venue was cleaned in advance, for fear that those noble ladies would have something wrong in the Duke of Qing's Mansion. The lotus pond was the focus of special attention. Zheng Xiu had personally inspected it beforehand to ensure that the area around the pond was dry. How could it cause someone to slip?
At this time, Qiu Rui also rushed over from the flower hall.
When Xue Mian fell into the water, the noble ladies had already gone to the flower hall for a banquet, leaving only Xie Yi and Wang Hanyu, who was left alone at the end. Xie Yi was not a talkative person. After Xue Mian rescued her, she said nothing and also went to the flower hall. Therefore, the noble ladies did not know about it.
Although Princess Guihe was worried, she did not show it on her face. She still treated them to a meal and only asked Qiu Rui to rush over.
After learning that Xue Mian was fine, Qiu Rui also breathed a sigh of relief.
Zheng Xiu pulled Qiu Rui aside and repeated what Xue Mian had just said.
Qiu Rui was very smart and understood immediately. She said, "I'll ask someone to look after the lotus pond."
Zheng Xiu meant the same thing. It had been less than two quarters of an hour since the incident.
If the mastermind behind this was not someone in the garden, then there should not have been time to clean up the scene by the lotus pond.
Of course, if it was cleaned up, the person must have stayed in the garden to serve, which would make it easier to investigate.
Qiu Rui said nothing more. She bowed and went back to Changfeng Garden to arrange for personnel.
After taking care of all this, Zheng Xiu belatedly felt the coldness on her body. She asked Bai Zhu to help Xue Mian drink the medicine, and she returned to the main house.
Wang Hanyu was sitting in the house, wearing Zheng Xiu's skirt, waiting for her.
Although she was smaller than Zheng Xiu, she was tall, and the sleeves of Zheng Xiu's skirt looked a little short on her.
Zheng Xiu thanked her first, and then apologized, "My child is naughty, and Miss Wang has to suffer with him."
Wang Hanyu said indifferently, "You are too polite. It's just a simple task. It doesn't matter." Zheng
Xiu really felt that she had troubled her. Not only did she make a grown woman jump into the water, but she also changed into a dress that didn't fit her. Although the dress was not considered rude, she changed her clothes for no reason. Those noble ladies were very sharp-eyed and would definitely notice something was wrong. This matter is still to be verified, and it is not good to let outsiders laugh at it, so Wang Hanyu had better not go to the flower hall to show up in front of people.
Before Zheng Xiu opened her mouth, Wang Hanyu had already said: "I don't like crowds either, so I'll talk to you here, as long as you don't mind my noise."
This is a rare generous and cheerful girl.
Zheng Xiu naturally agreed, and asked Minghui to go to the flower hall to deliver a message, saying that she would not go, and left Wang Hanyu in Haoye Hall to talk with her.
Wang Hanyu really didn't like that kind of social occasions with a lot of people, but she was relieved.
As she relaxed, she talked more and smiled at Zheng Xiu, "I saw you enter the water just now. You are a pretty good swimmer."
Zheng Xiu drank the hot ginger soup in one gulp and said, "I am still not as good as Miss Wang. I really let you down just now. If I hadn't let the kid at home drink a lot of water,
who knows." Wang Hanyu smiled playfully, "I have liked playing by the small lake at home since I was a child. My mother beat me so many times for this. Later, my father said that since I like it, just let me learn how to swim, anyway I won't drown myself."
Zheng Xiu was also amused by her and laughed, "Your father is really interesting."
Wang Hanyu waved her hands, "What's interesting, my mother always said that my father is a rough man, and that I was used by my father, not like a girl, but like a tomboy." Because of this, her mother rarely let her go out to socialize, fearing that she would embarrass herself outside and get a bad reputation, which would make it difficult to talk about marriage. But her mother was also very happy, because her eldest sister married the prince of Xin, and she wanted to marry her into a royal family. Otherwise, her marriage would not have been settled until she was fifteen. Today, when she came to the flower viewing banquet, she saw that those noble ladies looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. Except for Xie Yi, the guest, she was the oldest.
Seeing that the porcelain bowl of ginger soup in front of her was only half full, Zheng Xiu reached out and touched her hand. Feeling that her hand was a little cold, she asked Bai Zhu to bring another bowl of ginger soup. Wang
Hanyu didn't like the taste of ginger. The first half bowl was to wait for it to cool down a little, so the taste was not so strong. She pinched her nose and swallowed it with great difficulty. At this time, facing the new bowl of steaming ginger soup, she said with a bitter face: "Please don't let me drink it, I'm really not cold."
Zheng Xiu insisted: "Drink a little more, this stuff should be drunk while it's hot, and it will be fine after sweating. If you really get sick, I will feel sorry."
Wang Hanyu frowned, "It's this weather, I'm in good health, I won't get sick." Although she said so, she still obediently closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, picked up the ginger soup and gulped it down.
Her behavior was very unlike those delicate noble ladies - she had to tuck her lips several times when eating a cake, which was a bit indecent. Zheng Xiu liked her temper very much. If Wang Hanyu and Xue Mian were not of the same generation, she would have wanted her to stop calling her "you" so distantly and call her sisters instead.
Wang Hanyu also had a good impression of Zheng Xiu. Firstly, they were of similar age, and secondly, Zheng Xiu did not look down on her because she was ignorant. Her attitude towards her was still gentle, and it was also obvious that she was not just pretending to be polite.
Seeing that it was time for lunch, Zheng Xiu asked Bai Zhu to go to the main kitchen to get the food.
The cooking skills of the main kitchen were naturally not comparable to those of the chef in Princess Guihe's small kitchen.
Wang Hanyu didn't care about this. Zheng Xiu paid close attention to her at the dinner table and saw that she ate a lot and didn't complain about anything, so she felt relieved.
The flower viewing banquet was held after the luncheon.
After the banquet, Princess Guihe and a group of noble ladies drank tea together, talked for a while, and then asked people to see them off.
When they all left, it was already afternoon.
Zheng Xiu had been talking to Wang Hanyu for half an afternoon, and she didn't know how many cups of tea they had changed.
Wang Hanyu was really a talkative person. She couldn't stop talking to Zheng Xiu about her family's interesting stories. Zheng Xiu also liked to listen to those interesting stories about parents, and from time to time she would talk about the naughty things of the children at home. The two of them were really very similar.
Before leaving, Wang Hanyu was still reluctant to leave. She was locked up at home by her mother, and she rarely went out to socialize and had almost no friends. Although there were sisters in the family, the eldest sister who was closest to her had been married for many years, and the younger sisters were all younger sisters, and she could not play with them. Now it was rare to have someone like Zheng Xiu who was of the same age as her, not arrogant, and willing to listen to her chatter, so she naturally valued her very much.
Zheng Xiu sent her to the gate, and before getting on the carriage, she said: "If you feel bored at home, let someone send a message to my house, and I will definitely come to chat with you to relieve your boredom."
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