I don’t know how long it took before Xie Shangshan was rescued. Her face was ashen from the water and her belly was bulging. Fortunately, the woman who rescued her ashore also had some experience. After struggling for nearly a cup of tea, Xie Shangshan vomited the water. Opened his eyes.
Princess Ge breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, she couldn't care less about Xie Shangshan driving his servants to harm Xie Yun. She asked anxiously: "Are you feeling better?"
Xie Shangshan moved his eyes, looked at everyone, and let out a scream.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! I want to go back to the palace! There is a ghost here! There is a ghost in the lake!!"
She was so weak that she couldn't stand up at all. She screamed and crawled on the ground, her eyes full of fear.
Just now, a water ghost grabbed her ankle and dragged her to the bottom of the lake. Xie Shangshan was extremely frightened. The last time he faced a death threat at such a close distance was when he was chased by Qi Ye.
Xie Shangshan cried and wanted to go back. Princess Ge wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't get close at all.
She held the roots of the tree and threw stones at those who tried to get close to her, crying and shouting:
"You all get out! Stay away from this princess! I want my mother-in-law! I want my royal brother! There are water ghosts in this lake! I want my father to do it! I want to fill this lake!!"
Princess Ge had no choice but to call in Xie Xi. Xie Xi was so quick that he had someone sneak attack from behind and knock out Xie Shangshan.
Xie Xi: "Send her back to the palace first and tell the imperial concubine the truth about what happened here."
Princess Ge glanced at the palace maid over there, "What about her?"
"I'm going to report to my mother. This person belongs to the palace, so we should handle it according to the rules of the palace."
Xie Xi squeezed his wife's hand reassuringly, and after arranging everything, Princess Ge asked someone to send the guests away. Ji Shu wanted to leave with him, but was stopped from behind.
"The County Master, stay here! You are still wet, why don't you change your clothes here and have a cup of tea before leaving."
"Then I'll disturb the princess."
Ji Shu glanced at the calm lake and responded.
Xie Xi: "It's windy right now, and it's easy to catch a cold if you're wet. Let's go to the warm room next to the study to dry off."
"Okay, I'll ask someone to bring a new set of clothes and send them over."
Princess Ge led Ji Shu to the Nuan Pavilion next to the study. Xie Xi couldn't be here, so he sent the two of them to the study nearby.
Princess Ge told the maid, "Bring me some tea!"
Ji Shu stood by the heater and warmed his cold hands. After a while, the maid brought tea, and Princess Ge invited her to sit down and drink tea to warm up.
Ji Shu took the tea cup. The tea cup was not the common white porcelain, but a pair of clear glass bowls. Although impurities could be seen in them, they were mostly covered by the patterns, making them look grand and delicate.
This kind of glazed bowl is very expensive, and there are a few pairs in the Wu Dingbo Mansion, but they are basically not used. They have to be grand in the Runan Prince's Mansion.
Ji Shu held the tea bowl and blew on it. Just as she was about to drink, the clear bottom of the bowl revealed a hem of clothes on the beam. She was stunned, blinked, and the hem of clothes was slowly withdrawn.
Princess Ge saw Ji Shu suddenly stunned and asked worriedly: "What's wrong?"
Ji Shu's mind was racing. She covered her stomach with one hand and leaned forward, spilling the tea in her hand on the ground.
She bit her lower lip hard, making her lips look unnaturally white, and said weakly in a hoarse voice:
"I've been in Kwai Shui these past few days, and I suddenly have unbearable abdominal pain. It's really rude."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Come on, light the fire a little brighter."
Princess Ge hurriedly asked someone to remove the tea, supported her and said softly: "I asked them to boil some brown sugar and ginger water again. The heat will relieve the pain."
Ji Shu watched the maid carrying the glass bowl out, then looked away and said gently: "Thank you, Princess."
"You and I are considered acquainted, so we don't need to call you that in private. My maiden name is Mingzhu, and I'm older than you, so you can call me sister. I'll call you Shu'er?"
"Okay, Sister Ge."
Ji Shu smiled obediently. She was so good-looking and her innocent appearance made Ge Mingzhu's heart soften. She stood up and said:
"You sit here for a while, and I'll urge them to bring the clothes quickly! It's windy outside, so don't go out for now."
Ji Shu responded and sent her to the door, and the maid closed the door from the outside.
Ji Shu suppressed his smile and returned to the room. He raised his eyes to look at Liang, lowered his voice and called tentatively: "General? Is that you?"
She looked around the room from various angles, but there was no one on the beam. To her surprise, someone gently rubbed her head from behind.
"General!"
Ji Shu looked back and saw that it was indeed Qi Ye. She smiled and then asked suspiciously, "Why is the general at the Runan Palace?"
Qi Ye: "Come to investigate something. It's not a clear path."
"The general knows I'm here. Did the general do what happened by the lake just now?"
Ji Shu had long felt that something was wrong. If Xie Shangshan had fallen into the water by herself, she would have tumbled at least twice, but at that time she seemed to have been dragged directly into the lake by someone. When she woke up, she went crazy and said there was a water ghost, which confirmed this.
Qi Ye nodded. In fact, his matter had already been done. When he was about to leave, he bumped into Xie Shangshan who was attacking Ji Shu. Among the people who came with him was a boy who was very good at water, so Qi Ye asked him to do it. About this.
He narrowed his eyes, with a sinister look in his eyes, and said calmly: "If there is no one else, it would be better to just drown."
Ji Shu put her head on his chest and said warmly: "Thank you, General."
Qi Ye tucked the broken hair at her temples behind her ears and gently let her lean on him. He suddenly lifted up her wide sleeves and checked her elbows.
The skin on Ji Shu's arm hit by the stone was not broken, but there was a large bruise, which looked very scary.
Qi Ye pursed his thin lips into a thin line and rubbed them for her with a dull face. Ji Shu felt guilty and hesitated:
"It doesn't hurt..."
"You don't feel any pain, so don't worry about me feeling distressed. You can continue to hurt yourself to save unimportant people next time. Anyway, I will get used to the pain sooner or later."
His statement was obviously very calm, but it was like a feather tickling Ji Shu's heart. She gently shook Qi Ye's hand and promised in a hurry: "There will definitely be no next time."
Qi Ye was indifferent and even lowered his eyes not to look at her. Ji Shu was so anxious that he pressed her face against his face and coaxed: "It's true!"
"..."
Qi Ye persisted for a long time and then became frustrated. He held the side of Ji Shu's face with one hand, leaned over and kissed her lips.
"I'll ask someone to deliver medicine to you later, and ask Xitao to help you rub the congestion away before applying the medicine."
"Um!"
Ji Shu held his hand and changed the subject: "So what is the general doing in the Runan Palace?"
Qi Ye shortened the story and told her. In short, it was the spy he found in Yan'an Mansion who was inciting public outrage. The tattoo on his body was the symbol of Xie Xi. He suspected that he was one of Xie Xi's people, so he came to test it. Test.
Ji Shu was curious: "How did you test it?"
Qi Ye said calmly: "I nailed the human skin tattoo to the head of his bed."
"..."
Ji Shu couldn't imagine how King Runan felt when he woke up and saw that thing.
Regardless of whether he did it or not, anyone who wakes up and finds a piece of dried human skin on their bedside would be shocked.
"So is he the King of Runan?"
"no."
Qi Ye answered affirmatively. He had never suspected Xie Xi early on, but after testing, he confirmed that it was not him.
This old unlucky guy was plotted again. Even Xie Xi himself didn't know who leaked his seal. In the past few days, he had been looking for people to come to the house to discuss. It was official business on the surface, but in fact it was... Looking for this leaker.
He made too much noise, which played into Qi Ye's plan. If the man behind the scenes believed that he was suspicious of Xie Xi, it would be easier to find the real spy.
While the two were talking, the outer door opened with a bang.
Ge Mingzhu's voice came: "Shu'er, the clothes are here!"
