Chapter 138
Halfway through the banquet, Huo An wanted to go to the bathroom. Luo Chaoyan was worried about him going alone with the eunuch leading the way, so she had to accompany him.
The young eunuch took them to a quiet room.
Luo Chaoyan asked her father-in-law to take Huo An in, and she waited for him on the steps outside the door.
She looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she stretched her hands and looked at the lotus flowers blooming on the lake not far away. She couldn't help feeling a little lazy. It would be so comfortable if we could set up a cool bed here to rest.
But she couldn't feel comfortable for long, because a father-in-law and a little boy came over from a distance.
The eunuch pointed at the little boy and said, "What are you holding in your hand? Give it to me!"
The little boy pursed his lips and said nothing, his face full of unwillingness.
The eunuch was obviously irritated by his appearance. He pulled his sleeves and tried to step forward to snatch what he was holding.
"Give me!"
"No!" The little boy pushed her angrily when he saw that he was trying to snatch it.
The father-in-law didn't expect that he would dare to push her, and he stumbled a few steps without paying attention.
"Oh, you paparazzi, you dare to push me."
As he said this, he walked up to him angrily, pulled the clothes off his back, and while beating him, he tried to snatch the things in his hand.
The little boy also became angry and opened his mouth to bite the old man's hand.
"ah!"
The eunuch cried out in pain and loosened his hands that were pulling his clothes.
Seeing this, the little boy tried to run away.
But the eunuch reacted quickly. He ran ahead of him in a few seconds and then approached him with a gloomy face.
The little boy stepped back in panic.
Seeing that he would retreat to the lake if he continued, Luo Chaoyan couldn't help but frown. Although I didn't know who the little boy was and didn't want to cause trouble, I still couldn't just watch him get hurt.
"stop!"
The little boy and his father-in-law turned to look at Luo Chaoyan at the same time.
Luo Chaoyan walked up to the little boy, raised her eyes to look at the eunuch, and said, "Which palace is the eunuch from? I wonder what mistake this child made to make the eunuch so angry?"
The eunuch found her unfamiliar, but seeing that she was dressed elegantly, he thought she was the wife of an official.
He bowed to her and said, "Madam, I am a servant of the East Palace. This boy is a sneaky and cunning person. Not only did he steal my master's things, but he was also disrespectful to my master. I am just following orders."
The implication was that she should stop interfering.
The little boy seemed to have found someone to rely on. He held Luo Chaoyan's hand tightly and said, "This dog slave is talking nonsense. He is clearly trying to take my things."
Luo Chaoyan saw the guilty look on the eunuch's face for a moment, and then looked at the little boy's expression. He didn't look like he was lying. I started to have some guesses in my mind.
"Eunuch, I wonder what your master has lost?"
The eunuch's eyes flickered, and he said, "I don't know what it is, but I saw him take something from the master and run away."
Luo Chaoyan smiled and said, "Eunuch, maybe there is some misunderstanding. How about this? I will talk to the Crown Princess and ask someone to see what was lost to see if it was something in his hands. If it wasn't, it would be bad to wrongly accuse someone."
The eunuch was stunned when he heard this and said, "No need to mobilize so many troops. We have already found the person, just let him return."
The child shook his head and looked at Luo Chaoyan, pleading, "No, he lied to you, I didn't take it."
Luo Chaoyan looked troubled and said, "Eunuch, the Queen has always been kind, and the Crown Princess has also learned from her. I don't think she will wrongly accuse anyone. Why don't we go to the Queen and have a say?"
The eunuch was startled when he heard this and said hurriedly, "The Empress is admiring the lotus with the officials and their wives right now, so we shouldn't disturb them."
"Perhaps I saw it wrong. I will go back and look for it again."
After saying this, he bowed to Luo Chaoyan and hurried away.
When the man left, she looked at the little boy and asked, "Whose child are you from?"
The little boy looked at her, pursed his lips, bowed to her, and said, "Thank you!"
"My name is Gao Che."
Without waiting for her reaction, he turned and left.
Gao Che?
Looking at the little boy's back as he left, Luo Chaoyan was a little dazed.
Is he the son of King Xian who was rumored to have rebelled and failed?
I heard that King Xian was very much favored by the old emperor in the past, but I don't know why he later rebelled and committed suicide after his defeat. The old emperor still took the father-son relationship into consideration and did not kill all of his descendants, but it was obvious that they were not valued, so his life must not have been very good. Otherwise, I wouldn't let a slave bully me.
She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the danger approaching.
Suddenly she felt a shadow in front of her eyes. When she tried to turn her head, she was pushed hard.
She was pushed forward without any preparation and was about to fall into the lake. She hurriedly grabbed the fence beside her and tried to steady herself, but she heard a "pop". Maybe she was unlucky, as the wood of the fence was broken, and she lost her balance again.
Oh my God, you did this on purpose! Does she just have a problem with water in her life?
When she raised her eyes, she seemed to see Xie Min's smug smiling face.
Just when she thought she was about to fall into the lake, someone grabbed her.
With a "splash", she saw a splash of water in front of her eyes and a fat body fell into the lake.
"ah!"
"Help!"
“Ahem!”
After Huo Rui pulled Luo Chaoyan up, he saw her pale face and said angrily, "How could you be so careless, woman? You almost got yourself into trouble."
He originally wanted to come here to relieve himself, but he didn't expect to see a fat woman acting stealthily. He followed her curiously and saw that she was trying to push his mother into the water. Thinking of her dying appearance when she fell into the water before, he panicked and hurried forward to grab her, and kicked the fat woman out of anger.
Xie Min didn't expect that there was someone in such a remote place, and he didn't expect that he would launch a sneak attack. He fell directly into the lake without any preparation.
Luo Chaoyan glanced at Xie Min who was still struggling in the water, without any sympathy in her heart. When she saw Huo An and the young eunuch coming out of the purification room, she quickly lay down on the ground and pretended to faint. Before fainting, she blinked at Huo Rui.
Huo Rui immediately understood what she meant.
"Mother! Are you okay?"
When Huo An and the young eunuch came out, they saw Xie Min in the water and Luo Chaoyan lying on the ground, and were immediately shocked.
The young eunuch hurriedly shouted: "Someone fell into the water!"
She shouted as she ran towards the banquet.
When Huo An saw Luo Chaoyan lying motionless on the ground, he thought something had happened to him and burst into tears.
He fell to the ground sadly and kept shaking Luo Chaoyan, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Don't scare An An!"
Seeing that no one came, Luo Chaoyan quickly winked at him. If he continued to shake her so hard, she might fall apart.
At this time, the young eunuch came over with his men.
When everyone came over, they saw Xie Min struggling in the lake, while the young lady of the Huo family fainted on the ground.
For a moment, no one knew what was happening.
The nanny in charge hurriedly sent someone down to fish Xie Min out, and then sent someone to report to the Queen. Then she walked up to Luo Chaoyan and asked with concern, "What happened to Madam Huo?"
"Woo woo...Mother! Don't scare An An!" Although Huo An didn't know what was wrong with his mother, he still cooperated.
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