noffsinger Chapter 118 Life-saving grace
Chapter 118 Life-saving grace
After Xiao Haizhou pushed Zhao Mianmian into the water, he didn't wait for anyone to call for help, but jumped into the Imperial Lake in two or three steps.
When they saw Xiao Haizhou jumping into the Imperial Lake, Madam Liu and the Second Miss looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
As a result, when she turned around, she saw Zhao Mianmian, who was rescued by Xiao Haizhou and entered the palace for the first time. They were both stunned on the spot, with an expression of disbelief and surprise flashing across their faces -
When did the three-year-old Miss He fall into the water? ! !
"Sister, sister!! Mother, hurry up and save sister, she is still in the water!"
The second young lady of the Liu family was the first to react. She quickly grabbed Liu Xu's clothes and called out anxiously.
But when Mrs. Liu saw Xiao Haizhou coming out of the lake carrying Zhao Mianmian, she did not immediately rush to the shore where Liu Xiner had "fallen". Instead, she gritted her teeth and rushed towards the direction of Xiao Haizhou and Zhao Mianmian.
After Xiao Haizhou fished Zhao Mianmian out, attentive palace maids immediately surrounded him, some handing her handkerchiefs, some putting on coats.
In addition, Madam He, Qin Shuyu, and several ladies who were familiar with the He family also came over and surrounded Xiao Haizhou and Zhao Mianmian in three layers.
Liu Xu couldn't get close to the two of them at all, so she could only stand five steps away, pushing the crowd and crying on tiptoe:
"Ouch~ Wrong, wrong, we rescued the wrong person!! Our Xin Jie'er is still in the water!"
"Is there anyone who can save our Xin Jieer? Someone come quickly! Someone come~~~"
"Master Xiao, you have already gone into the water and rescued the young lady, why don't you do a good deed and fish our sister Xin out as well!!"
"If you don't come up again, our Xin Jie'er will die!!!"
"If this Xin Jie'er is gone, how can I and our Lao Liu survive~~~"
Liu Xiner's father, Liu Chongguan, was a third-rank official in charge of the water conservancy and canal facilities in the prefectures and counties under him.
It was not a particularly important position originally, but after the Huaihe River flood incident, the Ministry of Works submitted a memorial, saying that Liu Chongguan should be sent to Huainan to repair the canal and control the water.
Xiao Haizhou read the memorial, and the young emperor approved it. The procedures of the Ministry of Personnel were almost ready, and he could take office as soon as the Winter Solstice Banquet was over.
As luck would have it, this happened at the Winter Solstice Banquet.
When Liu Xu mentioned Liu Chongguan, Xiao Haizhou frowned.
He was originally thinking about who in the Ministry of Works could replace Liu Chongguan to go to Huainan once this matter became a problem.
As a result, when I looked down, I saw Zhao Mianmian's angry little face.
Zhao Mianmian drank several mouthfuls of muddy water in the Imperial Lake. While being laughed at by the audience in the live broadcast room, she spit out the mung bean cakes that were swollen by the muddy water with the help of the palace maid.
[Hahahahahaha, a hero saves the beauty, who just said that Xiao Dad wants to be a hero and save the beauty? ]
[Oh, our anchor is also very cute! Besides, she is only three years old, and she has a good foundation. She will definitely be a stunning beauty when she grows up.
Maybe Xiao Haizhou saw the anchor's potential in appearance and wanted to play a development game? 】
[This is so funny, a development game? ? Are you serious? ? Xiao Haizhou must be in his twenties, by the time the anchor grows up, he will be half buried in the ground! ]
[That’s right, this is not a “hero saving a beautiful woman”, it should be called “hero saving a son”!! ]
[Hahahaha, a hero saving his son! Damn it, I’m going to die of laughter in the anchor’s live broadcast room sooner or later! ! ]
[But then again, Father Xiao is Father, and this tactic of surrounding Wei to save Zhao is really brilliant! ! The eldest daughter of the Liu family jumped into the lake in vain. ]
[Nonsense, don't you even look at who the other party is. If it was so easy to plot against Xiao Haizhou, the regent Taifu that day would have been replaced long ago, so how could it be Liu Xin'er's turn to shamelessly stick to him here? ? ]
[Tsk tsk, sympathize with Liu Xiner for a second. ]
[Haha, I sympathize with Liu Xin'er for one second +1. ]
[Sympathize with Liu Xin'er for one second +2. ]
[No, are you serious? ? You would rather praise Xiao Dad, sympathize with Liu Xiner, than comfort our anchor? ? ]
【What to comfort her? 】
【? ? ? 】
[The anchor just fell into the water. ]
[Oh. Since the host is in such a miserable state today, I will give her two props as gifts.]
Zhao Mianmian looked at the system prompts that floated past her and the total number of gold coins that moved slightly. She wished she could jump into the public screen and strangle her fans to death.
Although it was unfortunate to be used as a gun by Xiao Haizhou, Zhao Mianmian was not a fool. She certainly knew who was the father in the garden that she could not afford to offend.
So Zhao Mianmian dared not say anything about Xiao Haizhou's "evil deeds" and could only glare at the man in front of her fiercely, wishing she could glare a hole in him.
However, Zhao Mianmian knew that Xiao Haizhou dragged her into the water in order to avoid being blamed by Liu Xiner.
But what she didn't know was that this man's bottom line was much lower than she thought.
Zhao Mianmian only saw Xiao Haizhou curling up the corners of his mouth and smiling faintly. Before he could even leave a message to the audience in the live broadcast room, his eyes went dark and he fainted.
After Zhao Mianmian fainted, everyone attending the Winter Solstice Banquet saw Xiao Haizhou, contrary to his usual behavior, holding the young lady of the He family in his arms, and ordering people to lead the way in an "anxious" tone.
"Hurry, the person has fainted. I'm afraid he choked on the water. He's going to die."
"Go get the imperial physician and go directly to the Summer Palace."
After saying these two sentences, Xiao Haizhou took Zhao Mianmian and left the Imperial Garden without looking back.
Leaving behind a garden of stunned ladies.
And the one who was struggling in the water until he had almost no breath left...Liu Xiner!
**
The Summer Palace is brightly lit from dusk till midnight.
It was not until the moment before the palace gate was locked that Xiao Haizhou nodded and let the people go back.
Zhao Mianmian was first hit on the forehead, then on the back of the head. Before leaving the palace, she was forced to drink a stomachful of medicine. She was so angry that she was shaking all over and could hardly speak.
After leaving the palace and getting on the He family's carriage, Zhao Mianmian became angrier and angrier the more she thought about it.
Finally, she couldn't help it and burst into tears in front of Madam He and Qin Shuyu.
"Grandma, that person hit me with a stone!!"
Zhao Mianmian complained aggrievedly.
She originally thought that it would be a good idea to use the identities of He Zhaoxian and He Jianxing to cause trouble for that man.
Unexpectedly, Madam He and Qin Shuyu looked at each other, as if they knew something, and tried to persuade Zhao Mianmian:
"Oh, our sister Mian was frightened today."
"It's all thanks to Lord Xiao today, otherwise Sister Mian wouldn't have been able to get out of the lake so easily."
"Yes, yes, it is true."
"After we go back, my wife will make some ginger tea to soothe the cold and calm the mind. I'm sure Sister Mian will get better soon after drinking it."
Zhao Mianmian: “???”
Zhao Mianmian pointed at the bruise on her forehead in disbelief and stressed, "Grandma, aunt, Mianmian was pushed into the water!!"
Old Madam He lowered her eyelids and said nothing.
Qin Shuyu had no choice but to twitch his lips and pretend to be surprised and continue to coax Zhao Mianmian:
"Hey, how did Sister Mian get that scar on her forehead? Did she hit it on a rock when she fell into the water?"
"Oh, then I have to thank Master Xiao even more. If it weren't for him, Sister Mian would have been injured and fallen into the water. Who knows what would have gone wrong..."
Zhao Mianmian didn't quite believe what she heard:
"what???"
Finally, He Xulan couldn't bear it anymore. She pointed at the two small boxes piled high in the corner of the carriage and whispered in Zhao Mianmian's ear in a low voice:
"Forget it, sister."
"That was a reward from the Queen Mother. I'm giving it to you as a thank you... er, compensation... oh no, a meeting gift."
Zhao Mianmian didn't know what was in the box, but when she looked over, system prompts kept popping up on the public screen of the live broadcast room:
【Gold Coin+200】
【Gold Coin+150】
【Gold Coin+500】
【Gold Coin+1000】
……
Zhao Mianmian glanced at the total number of gold coins that kept rising, gritted her teeth, and swallowed back the anger that was rolling to her mouth.
"Okay, Mianmian remembered it wrong."
"Thank you very much, Sir Xiao, for saving my life!"