Chapter 33 Hug each other!
"The Queen has arrived."
The pearl curtain at the Nine-Curve Bridge rustled softly, and Chu Yangyang followed everyone in bowing.
Chu Yangyang looked up and saw the queen supporting the nanny as they walked around the Nine-Curved Corridor. She nodded slightly with a golden phoenix holding a pearl in her hair. She had a dignified and steady temperament and looked no more than thirty years old.
The Queen looked at the spring scenery in the garden and chuckled softly, "The girls are so dazzling today that even the koi in my garden are so embarrassed that they have to hide under the lotus leaves."
The queen chatted with the ladies for a while, then went to the pavilion to rest.
At this time, the Crown Prince's black python robe and the third prince, King Jing's dark blue brocade robe appeared outside the moon cave door. Beside the Crown Prince stood a gentle and elegant man in a snow-white robe. He was Luo Xifeng, the newly appointed deputy director of the Imperial Hospital.
After the incident at the hunting ground, the prince promoted Luo Xifeng to the position of deputy director of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
"The purple peonies in your mother's garden are in full bloom. I, your son, have come with the judge of Luoyuan to ask for a few flowers for use as medicine." The prince bowed with a smile.
The Third Prince plucked a weeping crabapple and pinned it to the Empress's temple. "Second brother is always offering flowers to others, but I think the Queen Mother is more graceful than a peony."
Chu Yangyang saw Luo Xifeng from afar, and Luo Xifeng also saw her, but he turned his eyes away indifferently, as if he didn't know her.
Shen Mingzhu leaned close to Chu Yangyang's ear and whispered, "Yangyang, wait, I'll give you a surprise. Just wait and see."
Chu Yangyang paused, then turned to Shen Mingzhu and advised, "Mingzhu, King Jing is still here, don't act rashly."
Shen Mingzhu said disdainfully, "It's because Brother Jing Wang is here that I want to do this. Yangyang, you will definitely help me, right?"
Chu Yangyang was about to persuade him, but she heard the Queen gently stroking the crabapple blossoms on her temples and said with a smile, "Everyone, please follow me to the peony garden."
When passing the peony garden, you will pass a nine-curve bridge.
The Queen and her entourage were in front, Luo Xifeng was at the end, and Chu Yangyang and Shen Mingzhu followed closely behind.
Shen Mingzhu deliberately slowed down her pace and walked with Lin Shuyue.
A thin layer of spring water floated on the bluestone slabs of the Nine-Curve Bridge. Shen Mingzhu's embroidered shoes stepped over the slippery moss, and her fingertips quietly reached out to Lin Shuyue's lower back.
Oh no, Shen Mingzhu is about to take action.
Chu Yangyang stretched out her hand to stop her, but saw Lin Shuyueyue's white skirt suddenly fluttering like butterfly wings. Shen Mingzhu's palm brushed against the carved bridge railing, and she stumbled and bumped into the vermilion lacquered pillar.
Lin Shuyue smiled inconspicuously. As expected, what Xiao Renyu said was true. Chu Yangyang and Shen Mingzhu both attacked her.
"Miss Shen, be careful." Lin Shuyue grabbed Shen Mingzhu's wrist with his backhand, and his fingertips accurately pinched the blood clot hidden in her sleeve.
Shen Mingzhu's center of gravity was unstable, and Lin Shuyue pushed her lightly.
"How dare you..." Shen Mingzhu's scream was cut off by the sound of a splash into the water.
At this moment, the people on the Nine-Curve Bridge were in chaos. Chu Yangyang felt a strong force at her waist, slamming into her.
His body was out of control and he fell straight towards the water.
The moment the fishy smell of water hit her face, Chu Yangyang saw the pear blossoms reflected in the water shattering.
Suddenly, she felt a cold jade-like touch around her waist, and the scent of cedar medicine shattered the moisture at the tip of her nose. Luo Xifeng's right hand barely grasped the jade buckle on her waist.
"The princess has stood firm."
Chu Yangyang staggered and fell into his arms.
It was a close call. Who the hell pushed her just now?
She glanced at the crowd and saw that it was her.
"Doctor Luo is very skilled." The prince clapped his hands and laughed, "I didn't expect Doctor Luo to know some martial arts."
“Help!”
At this time, everyone's attention was once again attracted by Shen Mingzhu in the pool.
The koi fish in the pond were startled and scattered like broken jade. Shen Mingzhu's pale face was immersed in the pool. Under her wet skirt, blood-red ripples gradually appeared, like a crushed lily of the valley, slowly blooming.
Someone shouted, "Why is there blood under Miss Shen's body?"
"Could it be..."
"What is it?"
The female voice that answered lowered its voice, but the voice still penetrated the entire Imperial Garden, "Could it be that Miss Shen is having her period? This blood is that..."
As soon as the words fell, everyone covered their mouths and laughed.
Shen Mingzhu also heard the laughter from the shore. Her face suddenly turned red. She covered her face with her hands and stood up.
The water in the pool was not deep, only reaching Shen Mingzhu's waist.
The Queen's phoenix eyes swept across the chaotic scene in the waterside pavilion, "Hurry up and save them!"
A palace maid reacted and quickly jumped into the pool to help Shen Mingzhu out.
The moment she stepped onto the shore, everyone's eyes turned to the back of her skirt.
Sure enough, there was blood on the buttocks.
Lin Shuyue raised the corner of her mouth and exchanged glances with Xiao Renyu secretly.
However, Xiao Renyu angrily turned his gaze towards Chu Yangyang and Luo Xifeng again.
Chu Yangyang was still in Luo Xifeng's arms, with Luo Xifeng's hand resting on Chu Yangyang's waist. An apricot-colored shawl was wrapped around his snow-white wide sleeves, as if spring snow was wrapping around a trembling pear blossom.
"Doctor Luo and the princess are truly in love even at their old age." Some noble lady whispered in a low voice, and everyone then realized that Chu Yangyang was in Luo Xifeng's arms.
The sunlight weaves a fine golden web on the bluestone slabs.
Xiao Renyu loosened the wrinkled handkerchief.
The water from the pool was still dripping from the hem of Shen Mingzhu's skirt, but no one paid any attention to the scarlet spot.
It seems that no one wants to get close to someone who has brought shame upon himself.
Chu Yangyang's ears felt so hot that she wanted to move away. Luo Xifeng's fingertips unconsciously brushed against the hair on the back of her neck, startling both of them and making them tremble slightly.
To others, this subtle movement looked like the shy throbbing of a lover.
"They are truly a perfect match." The Queen smiled and fiddled with the Buddhist beads on her wrist. Suddenly, the spring scenery in the garden became a backdrop for the couple.
Only Xiao Renyu, whose eyes were about to spit fire with jealousy, suddenly lowered his head, not wanting to be discovered.
Perhaps because she was being ignored, Shen Mingzhu became anxious when she saw that King Jing was so cold and unwilling to even look at her.
She knelt down suddenly, "Empress, please help me!"
The Queen was affected by this and frowned as she asked, "Miss Shen, you accidentally fell into my koi pond and disturbed the spring viewing party. Why are you still complaining?"
Shen Mingzhu pointed at Lin Shuyue angrily, "This servant was not accidental. Lin Shuyue pushed me into the pool."
Lin Shuyue sneered, "Miss Shen, please don't open your mouth. What evidence do you have to prove that I pushed you?"
"I……"
Shen Mingzhu was suddenly speechless. She had clearly wanted to push Lin Shuyue, but was ambushed instead. If someone saw it, wouldn't her little trick be exposed?
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Chu Yangyang looking at her indifferently. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, "I have a witness who can prove that it was Lin Shuyue who pushed me."
The Queen nodded and said, "Just tell me. If you accuse others without reason, I will not forgive you."
Shen Mingzhu ignored her wet clothes and quickly walked up to Chu Yangyang, grabbed her wrist and lifted it up. "Yangyang was right next to us. She saw everything. It was Lin Shuyue who pushed me."
Suddenly she became the target of public criticism, and everyone's scorching eyes were directed at her.
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