"Does the wise empress not want me to play around with you?"
Chu Xin bit her lip, still a little disappointed. She was still isolated and neglected even though she had done nothing. This feeling was really uncomfortable.
"No, sister, don't think too much." Chu Shu smiled and shook her head.
"Concubine Mother really doesn't care about these things. In fact, when my sister was not out of the cold palace, life was not easy for Concubine Mother and I. No matter how we tried to please the princess and Concubine Zheng, it was useless. On the contrary, we were always on the receiving end. So now we simply don't It’s great, I just feel so happy to be with my sister!”
Chu Shu smiled and squeezed Chu Xin's hand. People's hearts in the harem were unpredictable. She and the other sisters were also relatively cold, but she was the only one who could talk to Chu Xin.
"Um!"
Chu Xin felt relieved and grinned.
As long as you pass the test of being a good empress, you can only talk to Chu Shu in this harem. The other princesses are all surrounding Chu Yi, vying to please Chu Yi.
"Sister, look, there is a lotus pond in front of you. Although it is not the season when the lotus flowers are in full bloom yet, does my sister know how beautiful this lotus pond will be when the lotus flowers are in full bloom?"
Chu Shu had already spotted the lotus pond from afar, and now that she was walking to the edge of the pond, she thought of the scene of the lotus blooming again, and couldn't help but tell Chu Xin about the beautiful scenery.
"Then I will go with my sister to see the lotus blossoms!"
Chu Xin smiled and couldn't help but cast a few glances at the lotus pond as she got closer, imagining that the garden was full of lotus flowers in this huge pond.
The two little girls were holding hands and walking by the lotus pond. Suddenly a figure appeared behind them and pushed hard towards Chu Shu.
Chu Shu felt herself falling and let go of her hand. Chu Xin stayed on the shore, leaving Chu Shu to fall down by herself.
"Sister Shu!"
Chu Xin was startled. Just now she felt that Chu Shu suddenly held her hand and almost fell into the pool, but suddenly she let go and she couldn't stand still, and she fell heavily.
I quickly looked around and found no one, not even palace people walking around. This was very wrong.
"Sister, save me!"
Chu Shu fell into the pool and fluttered vigorously. Just now, there was a black figure behind her and pushed her. She immediately made a decision and let go, without falling down with Chu Xin.
Chu Shu was usually a pampered princess who didn't know how to swim. When she fell into the pool, she could only flutter vigorously. She felt that the cold water poured in through her mouth and nostrils, and she almost couldn't breathe.
"Someone, come quickly!"
Chu Xin was so anxious that she could only shout around, but she didn't know why there wasn't a palace person around. Normally, she could always see palace people walking around on the road, but now her son was alone. Can't even see it!
Seeing that Chu Shu's breath was getting weaker and weaker as she fluttered in the water, Chu Xin jumped in without caring about anything.
"Sister Shu," Chu Xin grabbed Chu Shu's hand, "Don't be afraid, I know a little water, and you won't sink if I drag you!"
"elder sister…"
Chu Shu felt her hand being held tightly in a daze, and a lot of water was poured into her mouth and nose. She couldn't even cough out, and felt that she would not be able to breathe soon!
In fact, why did Chu Xin jump down? At that moment, she was willing to let go, just because she didn't want to take Chu Xin into the lotus pond with her.
In fact, she probably guessed who the black shadow belonged to, and she also guessed who would let someone push her into the water. Who else could do such a thing?
"Don't be afraid, I won't let you sink!"
Chu Xin held Chu Shu's hand tightly, and used her other hand to paddle the water hard on the ruler to prevent herself from sinking.
But the ice-cold water chilled people to the bone. I didn’t know how much water was poured into my mouth, and my eyes hurt so much that I couldn’t open them.
"What's going on? What happened!"
Just now, a sound attracted the guards who wanted to go south to come over. They saw someone flapping in the lotus pond and jumped down to save them. When they saw it was the two princesses, they were really surprised and scared.
They were patrolling here just now, and suddenly they heard a strange sound. They quickly looked for the place where the sound went and checked carefully, and found that it was just a kitten.
When I came over at this moment, I found that the two princesses had fallen into the lotus pond. I immediately jumped down and rescued the two princesses. If something happened to the princesses who fell into the lotus pond, then the guards like them really couldn't afford it. ah!
"cough…"
Chu Shu coughed up a large mouthful of water and wiped the water on her face. For a moment, she really felt like she was going to die in the lotus pond!
The suffocating feeling of being choked by water is still vivid in my mind. I cover my beating heart and take a few deep breaths. This feeling of being able to breathe is really great.
Next to her, Chu Xin was also coughing, but her condition was much better than that of Chu Shu. Over the years, she had often suffered in the cold palace. She just soaked in the pool for a while, which was not a big deal.
"Sister, thank you..."
Chu Shu collapsed weakly on the ground and looked at Chu Xin with gratitude on her face.
She just let go of her hand, just because she didn't want Chu Xin to fall down too. In fact, she didn't expect Chu Xin to jump down.
But she didn't expect that just when she was about to suffocate, it was Chu Xin who held her hand tightly and dragged her to the surface to breathe.
If it weren't for Chu Xin, maybe she would really drown there, right?
"We are sisters. There is no need to apologize. I should have saved you. What's more, you let go of your hand at that time because you didn't want me to fall. How can I live up to this friendship?"
Chu Xin wiped the water on her face with her soaked sleeves. It was still a bit cold at the moment. Their clothes were all soaked and stuck to their bodies. The cold wind made them tremble all over.
"Princess, please forgive me. It was my servant who came too late to save the princess and made her stay in the water for so long. Princess, please forgive me!"
The guards all knelt on the ground to apologize. If they had been late, the two princesses would have drowned in the lotus pond, and their lives would not have been saved.
"Where did you go just now? Why didn't you stay by the lotus pond!"
Chu Shu asked sharply, while she and Chu Xin helped each other up.
"Replying to the princess, this servant was attracted by the sound of the wild cat just now, so that's why he didn't stay here."
The guards lowered their heads guiltily. In fact, what happened just now was very strange. They were just staying here well, but there was a strange sound out of nowhere.
It was precisely because I heard the strange noise that I left the lotus pond. I left here without thinking. Unexpectedly, the two princesses fell into it in just a short while.
"Sister Shu, you and I should go back to Zhongcui Palace first, change your wet clothes, and let my mother make some soup. You are weak and may get cold if you fall into the water this time."
Chu Xin was shivering from the cold, and the delicate Chu Shu was not much better. It was useless to struggle here at this moment. The most important thing was to go back and change clothes and drink a bowl of ginger soup.
"good."
Chu Shu gritted her teeth and nodded. There was no point in blaming the guards here. It was precisely because she knew who the murderer was that she gritted her teeth in anger, because there was really nothing she could do.
"What's going on? Why are both of us soaked?"
Xie Ruling was asking Mingyu and the others to put bowls of food on the table. Knowing that Chu Xin was learning the rules with the princesses at Funing Store, it was time to come back.
Seeing that the two little girls were soaked, Xie Ruling hurriedly asked someone to prepare hot water and ginger soup.
"Mom, the two of us have fallen into the lotus pond. First let Sister Shu change into clean clothes. My sister is fragile and I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it!"
Chu Xin said anxiously that it was good that she was big, but Chu Shu was weaker and kept sneezing at the moment.
"Mingyu, hurry up and take Princess Shu down to prepare hot water for a good soak, and then change into clean clothes. Mingruo, hurry up and prepare some ginger soup."
Xie Ruling quickly ordered the people around her, seeing that Chu Shu's condition seemed a little bad. After being soaked in cold water for so long, the delicate princess couldn't bear it.
"yes!"
Mingyu quickly took Chu Shu down.
"Please tell me clearly what happened!"
Xie Ruling sadly pulled Chu Xin to the inner hall, took off her cold and wet clothes, and wrapped a soft towel around her body.
"I didn't see it clearly either. Sister Shu told me on the way that someone pushed her down." Xie Ruling wrapped the soft blanket tightly around her body.
"Sister Shu let go of my hand when she fell, but she didn't know how to swim. Seeing that she was about to sink, I jumped in too. I knew a little bit of water, so I held her hand and tried my best to float. When I got out of the water, the guards came over when I couldn't hold on any longer."
After saying that, she coughed hard a few times. Although her physical condition was better, she was still a little serious after being soaked in the cold water for so long.
"Have you ever seen clearly who pushed you? The guards were not guarding the edge of the lotus pond, but where did they go?"
Xie Ruling felt extremely distressed. She had been soaking in the lotus pond for so long in this cold weather, and she still didn't know how much she would suffer.
"The guards said they were attracted by a wild cat, so they stopped guarding the lotus pond. By the time they came over, we had already been splashing around in the pond for a long time."
Chu Xin wrapped herself tightly in the blanket and drank three cups of hot tea in one breath before she felt much better. In fact, she vaguely guessed who did this.
"From now on, you have to let Mingyu follow you all the time. You and Princess Shu need to be more careful. Those people are used to being aloof and can do anything."
Xie Ruling wiped Chu Xin's hair with a towel. When she sent Chu Xin out in the morning, she personally inserted a gold hairpin into Chu Xin's bun. Now her hair is wet and the gold hairpin is also there. It probably fell into the lotus pond.
"Did mother guess who did it?"
Chu Xin looked up at Xie Ruling, feeling aggrieved and angry.
Chu Shu said that she saw a dark shadow behind her and pushed her down. It seemed that it was mainly directed at her. It must have been because Chu Shu did not try to please Chu Yi during her break, so she was angered. ?
"Stop talking, take good care of yourself first."
Xie Ruling shook her head helplessly and hugged Chu Xin, who was wrapped in a blanket.
After Chu Xin dried herself, she changed into clean clothes. When she went out, she saw that Chu Shu had also packed up and changed into her own skirt.
"What do you think, sister?"
Chu Xin asked worriedly, seeing that Chu Shu's face looked very bad. It seemed that she would be sick after being soaked in cold water for so long. How should she explain to the good empress when she goes back?
"Thank you, sister. Allow me to say, thank you, sister."
Chu Shu held Chu Xin's hand and refused to let go. Just now, it was Chu Xin who held her hand and brought her to the surface at the critical moment of life and death.
This life-and-death friendship really touched her heart a lot. The moment Chu Xin also jumped down, she suddenly felt that it was worthwhile to shake off Chu Xin's hand when she was about to fall.
