Chapter 595: Reborn Girl vs. Book-Traveling Girl 16
Xiao Tao thought her mistress wanted to go to the Lakeside Pavilion but had some concerns, so she kindly suggested, "Miss, I think the scenery here is beautiful and quiet. How about we go to the Lakeside Pavilion and sit there?"
Just then, Zheng Yunxi saw a pavilion where the rockery connected to the lake.
Half of the pavilion extends onto the lake, and half is on the shore. The entire pavilion is just hidden by the hanging willow branches.
If the wind hadn't blown the willow branches, it would have been hard to detect its existence.
Zheng Yunxi pointed to that place and said to Xiaotao, "Let's go there. It's quiet and we won't be disturbed by others. We can also rest there for a while."
Xiaotao nodded and followed Zheng Yunxi towards the pavilion beside the rockery.
In fact, Xiaotao is helpless. The young lady has been particularly fond of sleeping in recently, especially during the day. After paying her respects, she must take a nap.
Although the young lady didn't like to get up early before, she became energetic after paying her respects.
But now I still cheat every day just to get some sleep.
Today, when I came to the Princess's Mansion, the young lady didn't get a nap. It seems she was sleepy.
Alas...you should take care of your own lady. If she falls asleep later, you'd better pay more attention to your surroundings to avoid being seen by others and being impolite.
Zheng Yunxi was also helpless. After drawing the Qi into his body, he was still an ordinary person in essence. He could not reach the foundation-building stage in this world and still had to eat and sleep.
She goes out every night to find a place to practice, so she naturally needs to catch up on sleep during the day.
At first, Xiao Tao thought she was sick, so she quickly reported it to the Marquis' wife and asked a doctor to come and see her.
Fortunately, the doctor said that she was just sleepy and there was no other problem. Xiao Tao was relieved and no longer stopped Zheng Yunxi from catching up on her sleep. Now she could still help cover for her.
Otherwise, this maid will definitely get herself sick from worry.
After Zheng Yunxi and Xiaotao arrived at the pavilion, she sat down on the stone bench, propped up her chin with one hand and said to Xiaotao:
"Xiao Tao, I want to take a nap. Remember to call me if someone comes."
Xiao Tao nodded and replied, "Miss, please go to sleep. I will keep an eye on you."
However, things did not go as Zheng Yunxi wished, allowing her to catch up on her sleep.
She had just fallen asleep for a while when she heard a commotion from the shore to the Nine-Curve Bridge.
She vaguely heard the crowd walking towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and thought that it should be quiet now, so she decided to go back to sleep.
But before she could fall asleep, something happened at the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
First there was a muffled "thump" sound, and then a young girl's voice split, and she cried out loudly:
"Miss, my young lady fell into the water, please help! Someone fell into the water, please help!"
The pavilion in the middle of the lake was instantly thrown into chaos, with screams and shouts coming one after another.
Zheng Yunxi closed his eyes and pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly.
It’s bad enough that I can’t eat the real fish in the lake, but it’s so difficult to even eat the fish in the lake in my dream!
This is the second time. Every time I’m about to put the fish into my mouth, I’m interrupted by this damn noise.
She sighed heavily and slowly opened her eyes like a lazy cat.
In ancient novels, something always seems to go wrong at flower-viewing banquets.
Zheng Yunxi pondered secretly, wondering whether the unlucky ones this time were the Zheng sisters or the young ladies from another family.
Seeing that her young lady had woken up, Xiao Tao hurried forward and said softly:
"Miss, you're awake! Someone fell into the water over there. Looking at her clothes, she looks a bit like our second young lady. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Zheng Yunxi yawned, his voice sounding a bit lazy.
"I won't go over there yet. Let's see what happens first."
Xiao Tao nodded obediently. She always believed in what her mistress said. If her mistress said she didn't want to go, she must have her reasons.
Speaking of which, at the Lakeside Pavilion, it was not only Zheng Xingyao who fell into the water, but also Song Shuyi, the daughter of the Minister of Rites.
Earlier, in the calligraphy and painting area, Zheng Xingyao enthusiastically recited a Tang Dynasty poem, which instantly won praise from the young ladies present.
Zheng Xingyao blushed and quickly explained, "Sisters, please stop praising me. I didn't write this poem. I just happened to see it in a poetry collection and thought it was quite suitable for today's scene, so I couldn't help but read it out and share it with everyone."
When they heard that the poem was not written by her, the enthusiasm of the other ladies dropped a lot.
However, there are still a few young ladies who think that Zheng Xingyao is honest and sincere, has noble character, and is worthy of close friendship, and Song Shuyi thinks so especially.
The sisters with similar interests gathered together to chat about calligraphy and painting for a while. At the suggestion of the maid, they decided to go to the pavilion in the center of the lake.
Not long after arriving at the pavilion in the middle of the lake, several young ladies were standing by the pavilion watching the fish in the lake.
Suddenly, Zheng Xingyao felt a strong force coming from behind, causing her to lose her balance in an instant.
Before falling into the water, she waved her hands wildly in the air and happened to grab Song Shuyi who was standing next to her, and the two fell into the lake together.
When the young ladies in the pavilion in the middle of the lake saw this scene, they immediately became chaotic and shouted for help. Some of them wanted to stay away from the lake for fear of being affected, and the situation became chaotic.
No one noticed how Zheng Xingyao fell into the lake.
The maid who pushed Zheng Xingyao into the water, after succeeding, quickly went to the opposite direction of where Zheng Xingyao fell into the water, jumped into the lake, dived to the bottom of the lake, and disappeared in an instant.
The ladies' attention was all attracted by the two people falling into the water. When they heard the sound of people falling into the water, they turned around and saw nothing, so they thought they had heard it wrong.
They didn't even notice that the maid who brought them to the pavilion in the middle of the lake had jumped into the lake and slipped away.
After the people at the pavilion in the middle of the lake shouted that someone had fallen into the water, a small boat came over from the artificial waterway made of rockery near the direction where Zheng Xingyao and the others had fallen into the water.
At the bow stood a man in casual clothes, and everyone present recognized him as the prince at a glance.
Everyone hurriedly bowed and greeted him. The prince waved his hand and said anxiously, "Don't worry about these empty formalities. Human lives are at stake."
He didn't bother to look back at the boatman, and his voice was filled with anxiety.
"Row faster, the two ladies are right ahead."
People who don't know the truth would really think that this is a good prince who cares about human lives and is not bound by formalities.
As soon as Zheng Yunxi saw the prince appear, he knew that Zheng Xingyao must have fallen into the water at the prince's order.
After all, it is not easy for these officials' families to bribe the servants of the Princess's Mansion and push the young ladies who came to the flower-viewing banquet into the affair.
What's more, the prince's arrival was such a coincidence.
The prince was indeed well prepared, and the boat soon arrived next to Zheng Xingyao and Song Shuyi.
The places where the two people fell into the water were not far from each other. When the boat approached, one was on the left side and the other was on the right side.
The prince made a prompt decision and asked the guards around him to pull Song Shuyi on the left onto the boat, while he reached out and grabbed Zheng Xingyao's arm on the right and pulled her up.
At this moment, a cry of surprise came from the pavilion in the middle of the lake and the shore at the same time.
Although the shore was a little far away, they were so surprised that they could hear each other's surprised voices.
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