So, during this period of time, the mother and daughter have been busy with this matter. When Shui Chunhua heard that she would have a chance to meet the emperor, she dressed up carefully, hoping to take this opportunity to make the emperor look at her more.
However, they never expected that today's confrontation in front of the emperor would be disrupted by Leng Yu's appearance. Otherwise, according to Concubine Chang's plan, Luo Lan would have been imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment by now, and the mother and daughter could at least get back half of the silver.
As soon as Liu's mother and daughter entered the room, Shui Chunhua slammed the things in her hands onto the table, angrily fanned Ah Shan in front of her eyes with her handkerchief, stamped her feet and cursed:
"If I had known that man was so handsome, I would have become the princess. Why would I let Shui Luolan get away with it?"
While fiddling with the fine fabrics she had just bought, Liu said triumphantly:
"Ah! That prince was a dying man back then, otherwise how could Shui Luolan have gotten such a good deal? But who would have thought that he could come back to life and be entrusted with such an important position by the emperor? This is something I never could have guessed. But on the bright side, we have got the silver, and we can get more in the future. Won't our lives be better? I can find a good family for you to marry into in the future, and then we mother and daughter can enjoy a peaceful and happy life!"
Shui Chunhua had no intention of listening to the second half of her words. She suddenly came over quickly and asked mysteriously:
"Mom, do you think that Shui Luolan is real or fake?"
Hearing her ask this, Liu frowned and pursed her lips. As her eyes moved back and forth, she tutted her lips and said:
"If you say she's fake, you say she looks exactly like that dead girl, even her movements and expressions are the same. But if you say she's real, she can't possibly have so many things, so I can't explain it clearly."
"Then she's fake."
Shui Chunhua was tearing the handkerchief in her hand while muttering with a pursed mouth,
"She must be a seductress, otherwise how could she have bewitched Prince Yu so much? She even dared to act so arrogantly with the Emperor for her."
While Liu was tidying up the things on the table, she picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into her mouth. She whimpered as she half swallowed it.
"Don't be so unconvinced. I heard that it was that damned girl who saved the dying prince. I'm really curious about this. How could she know any medical skills? She can't do anything except picking grass for pigs. How did she become a miracle doctor after arriving at Prince Yu's mansion? I heard she even opened a clinic. This is really strange."
Hearing her muttering like this, Shui Chunhua suddenly looked at her as if she had suddenly realized something, and said mysteriously while covering her mouth:
"Mom, do you think she might have encountered a divine being by the Wei River and received enlightenment? Did you notice? When she came back that day, her body and hair were wet, but she didn't die. The river was so deep, how could someone fall in and not die? This is so strange..."
Shui Chunhua seemed to have discovered some huge secret. She turned around a few times with a handkerchief wrapped around her hand, her eyes moving back and forth as if she was thinking about something.
Liu came over and pulled her, staring at her with wide eyes, and said with a suspicious look on her face:
"Don't talk nonsense! Even if a god wants to enlighten someone, he won't enlighten someone as unlucky as her. I think she's possessed by a demon, and she'll be exposed sooner or later."
Shui Chunhua, however, rolled her eyes in disagreement. In the instant her white pupils paused, she seemed to have thought of something and said:
"Mom, go and cook first. Dabao will probably be back soon. I'll go to the village entrance to greet him."
After saying that, she turned around and trotted out the door. Liu could only sigh in self-pity and muttered softly,
"This child is fat and plump, and doesn't look like her mother at all."
After saying this, she found an apron, put it on, and walked towards the kitchen.
Shui Youcai was sitting in the woodshed, mending his worn sweatshirt in the sunlight coming in through the window. Spring had arrived and summer was not far away. The days were getting warmer, and this sweatshirt would come in handy when the seasons changed.
Living in this woodshed, he often thought of the moment he brought Luo Lan home. At that time, because he and Liu had been married for many years without having children, Liu was still quite fond of Luo Lan. However, not long after she came to this family, Liu unexpectedly became pregnant and gave birth to two children, Chunhua and Dabao...
After that, Luo Lan's good days were over...
Thinking of Luo Lan's frail figure on the day he left, Shui Youcai slapped himself in the face countless times.
How could he be so cowardly? For so many years, he knew what Luo Lan was living like at home, but in order to keep the family going, he dared not say anything and could only turn a blind eye.
Whenever he thought of this, he could only breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, he really wanted to go to Prince Yu's Mansion to see Luo Lan, but he didn't have the courage. He felt that he was sorry for Luo Lan and he didn't have the face to see her.
While he was lost in thought, the needle in his hand suddenly pierced his finger, and a sharp pain came over him. He quickly put his finger in his mouth. At the same time, a shout came from outside.
"Mother Chunhua, Youcai, come out quickly, something happened, something happened."
Hearing this, Shui Youcai hurriedly threw down the old sweatshirt in his hand and rushed out the door as fast as he could. Liu, who was cooking in the house, heard the shouting and ran out. She wiped her hands with her apron and asked:
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
The man who came was a middle-aged man. He pointed at the door and shouted breathlessly:
"Hurry... hurry to the river and check. Chunhua... Chunhua has fallen into the water."
Hearing this, Shui Youcai didn't dare to think too much and rushed out of the door. Liu shouted, "Chunhua, why did you fall into the water?" and ran towards the river.
When they ran to the river, Shui Chunhua had already been rescued. She was lying on the ground, unconscious.
When everyone saw Shui Youcai and Liu coming over, they all started talking at once:
"Why is this child still so depressed? Mother Chunhua, did you scold her?"
Liu hurriedly sat on the ground, pulled Shui Chunhua into her arms, and cried out while shouting:
"Chunhua, why did you fall into the water? You were fine when you left home just now, so why did you come here? Who hurt you?"
Hearing what Liu said, several women watching curled their lips, and one of them said:
"Mother Chunhua, please don't accuse a good person. We were washing clothes by the river and saw her walk into the river. We asked her about it, but she ignored us and even turned around and glared at us."
Several other women nodded in agreement.
"Yes, she glared at us. We all saw it. We thought she was going to take advantage of the situation. Who would have thought that this child would be so desperate?"
"Yeah, is there something wrong at home? I heard that you went to identify Luo Lan yesterday? Maybe she was upset because you failed?"
This sentence made Shui Youcai, who was standing aside, glare at Liu fiercely. He clenched his fists and asked angrily:
"What's going on?"
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