Ye Shixian's eyes flashed with pride.
However, the next second, she suddenly felt that her hand was empty. Ye Chutang's wrist turned somehow, and he actually broke away from her hand!
not good!
Ye Shixian suddenly panicked and opened her mouth to speak, but it was too late. Her body's center of gravity shifted uncontrollably and she fell into the lake!
Ye Chutang suddenly exclaimed: "Shi Xian, be careful!"
Ye Shixian felt as if her cuffs were being tugged, and a muffled sound came from behind her. However, before she could react, she fell into the lake.
The lake water instantly submerged her!
thump--!
When everyone in the Huxin Pavilion heard the movement, they all looked this way and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh my God! Miss Ye's family fell into the water!"
"Hurry and save people!"
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Ye Shixian struggled wildly in the water, and the lake water poured into her mouth and nose, almost suffocating her - she didn't know how to swim!
Shaoyao finally came to his senses at this time and shouted in a panic.
"Miss!"
…
After a period of chaos and chaos, Ye Shixian was finally rescued by Zhu Xin.
——This personal maid who follows the eldest princess was trained by the eldest princess. Not only can she read and write, but she also has some martial arts and is even proficient in water skills.
At this time, Ye Shixian was soaked all over, the hairpin on her head was gone, her hair was messy, and she looked embarrassed.
It's hot in summer, so I wear very thin clothes. The gauze skirt sticks tightly to my body, revealing my curves.
Seeing this, many of the onlookers' daughters from aristocratic families secretly exchanged glances with a mixture of ridicule and contempt in their eyes.
In any case, it is truly embarrassing to have such a scandal in the eldest princess's mansion.
Fortunately, the people attending the flower banquet today were all female relatives, and the servants were waiting far away. Otherwise, Ye Shixian would really not think about getting married if people saw such a scene.
Lan Yi, another personal maid of the eldest princess, quickly brought a cloak over, put it on Ye Shixian, and asked with concern: "Miss Ye, how are you?"
Ye Shixian was in shock and trembling all over.
The eldest princess also came over at this time. Seeing her like this, she frowned slightly: "Why did you suddenly fall into the water?"
Hearing this sentence, Ye Shixian seemed to have finally regained her consciousness. She searched around the crowd and finally fixed her sight on Ye Chutang. Her eyes turned red and she asked with a choked voice:
"Cousin, I have no enmity with you, why did you deliberately push me into the water?"
As soon as her crying voice fell, the surroundings suddenly fell into dead silence.
Ye Shixian's tears rolled down her face.
Originally, she planned to take the opportunity to push Ye Chutang into the water, but she didn't expect that Ye Chutang somehow avoided it. In a flash of thought, Ye Shixian took advantage of the situation and pushed everything directly onto Ye Chutang!
Anyway, when she did it just now, her back was turned to everyone in the Huxin Pavilion, and no one saw her at all.
Even if Ye Chutang refuted it, no one would believe it - after all, she really fell into the lake!
Ye Chutang was stunned for a moment, a flash of surprise flashed in his dark and gentle eyes, as if he didn't understand why she suddenly said this.
Her lips moved but she stopped talking.
Naturally, Ye Shixian would not give her a chance to argue. She shed more tears and clutched the cloak tightly.
"Cousin, if I have offended you in any way, you can tell me directly, but how could you, how could you--"
Still no one answered.
Ye Shixian finally felt something was wrong: She said so, why didn't these people react at all? They shouldn't treat Ye Chutang——
At this moment, a distinct rhythm of applause sounded.
Snap, snap, snap.
Princess Qinyang said with a look of admiration: "What does it mean to confuse right and wrong? I have really seen it with my own eyes today."
Ye Shixian was confused and had no idea why Princess Qinyang suddenly said that.
For some reason, she felt a little flustered.
Princess Qinyang folded her arms, touched her chin, and then said: "Ye Shixian, everyone saw clearly just now that when you accidentally fell into the lake, your cousin's first reaction was to save you. In order to save you, When you pulled her back, she fell and hit the rocks by the lake, and her elbows were covered in blood. But as soon as you came up, you said she pushed you?"
"Tsk, you are really awesome."
Ye Shixian felt as if someone had hit her hard with a stick, and her mind went blank.
"W-what...?"
She rolled her stiff neck and looked at Ye Chutang again. Only then did she see that her sleeves were torn, and on the exposed left wrist, a layer of skin could be vaguely rubbed off, with blood spots oozing out.
There was still dust on the side, and it looked like it had been rubbed on sharp rocks.
Princess Qinyang continued: "I asked her to bandage it just now, but she refused. She kept guarding by the lake, saying that she wanted to see that you came up safely. In the end, this is how you repaid her?"
The corners of her lips were raised, and there was undisguised ridicule and contempt on her bright and flamboyant face.
"Ye Shixian, whoever has a cousin like you who bites back is really lucky."
Ye Shixian was completely stunned.
How could this happen...how could this happen! ?
The women in the audience also started talking in low voices.
"It's really enlightening! Ye Chutang was kind enough to save her, but she turned around and slandered him! Who is he?"
"That's right! If we hadn't seen it clearly at the Huxin Pavilion, we really wouldn't be able to explain it clearly!"
"If I were Ye Chutang, I really wouldn't be able to swallow this breath..."
"Who wants someone to have a father to support them? Not only did they occupy someone else's house, but they dared to openly bully them, isn't it because they feel that the Ye Chutang siblings have no father or mother, and no one to rely on?"
Ye Shixian was shaking all over, and then she remembered that she seemed to hear a sound before she fell into the lake. She didn't have time to think about it at the time, but now that she thought about it, it was clearly the sound of Ye Chutang falling to his knees.
But - she clearly felt that her sleeve was just slightly pulled, and it was impossible to bring down Ye Chutang! Not to mention the injuries on Ye Chutang's body!
"No, no! That's not the case!"
Ye Shixian's chest felt tight, and there were thousands of words stuck in her throat but she couldn't say them out.
Why are things developing in this direction?
At this time, Ye Chutang suddenly took a step forward.
The surrounding sounds suddenly disappeared. Ye Shixian subconsciously raised her head and looked at that gentle and beautiful face again, feeling extremely unfamiliar.
Ye Chutang stretched out her hand, and a string of ruby beads lay quietly in her palm.
As she moved, her sleeves were slightly pulled up, and there were large bruises from her wrists upwards.
The blood oozing out was extremely bright red, even brighter than the string of ruby beads in his palm.
Everyone could see how badly she was hurt when she was pulled down to her knees just now.
The air seemed to be frozen, and Ye Shixian had never felt that moment so painful.
Ye Chutang whispered: "Shixian, your ruby bead string."
Ye Shixian suddenly shuddered.
(End of chapter)
