Chapter 200 Ancient Times - Falling into Water (1)

Chapter 200 Ancient Times - Falling into Water (1)

Xu Wenchang's family was poor and he could not support his studies, so he turned to Meng Linlang, the daughter of a merchant. Relying on Meng Linlang's dowry, he was able to move from a scholar to a juren and then to the top scholar.

It's just that Meng Linlang was unlucky. She only served as the top scholar's wife for a few months before she died of a cold, leaving behind a three-year-old daughter, who was the original owner.

In order to take care of the original owner, Xu Wenchang married his younger cousin Zhao Fanghua. Zhao Fanghua was gentle and kind, and treated the original owner very well.

Even after giving birth to her son Xu Haoran and daughter Xu Lingyun, she did not change her attitude towards the original owner. She gave the original owner whatever she wanted, and did not allow the original owner to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting if she did not want to. She spoiled the original owner very much.

The original owner gradually developed a willful character, so that no one came to marry her when she reached the age of 15. Zhao Fanghua comforted the original owner by saying that those people had shortsightedness and did not see the good side of the original owner.

Unexpectedly, one year later, the virtuous concubine in the palace came with the news that she wanted to take the original owner as the concubine of the third prince, because before entering the palace, the virtuous concubine was a close friend of the original owner's biological mother Meng Linlang.

The original owner agreed without hesitation. The third prince might very well ascend to the throne, and then she could at least be made a concubine. If she gave birth to another good son, she might even be able to become the empress dowager.

From then on, Xu Wenchang paid more and more attention to the original owner, and even hired several maids to train the original owner. Xu Ling was very jealous and often said sour words to the original owner, saying that the third prince was a royal noble, handsome and elegant, and far from being worthy of ordinary people. She asked the original owner to be more sensible and go to the palace to tell Concubine Xian that she did not want to marry the third prince.

The original owner was not smart but not stupid. She refused to agree and scolded Xu Lingyun for being sour grapes.

Xu Lingyun was so angry that when she thought about her future not being as good as Xu Jinhuan's, she became furious and began to think badly.

At a banquet, she secretly asked a maid to push the original owner into the water, and arranged for a poor scholar to jump into the water to save the original owner.

In public, the original owner got wet and was hugged by the man. She lost her reputation and had no choice but to marry this poor scholar.

When the virtuous concubine in the palace learned about it, she sighed and said, "It is fate that makes people play tricks on us."

Then he changed his son's concubine.

The poor scholar had a widowed mother with a very fierce personality. After the original owner got married, she confronted the widowed mother, but the poor scholar was unreasonable and only helped his mother.

The original owner was very depressed in this family. Once she found out that her mother-in-law took jewelry from her dressing table, she became furious and started fighting with her mother-in-law.

They even started fighting as they quarreled. When the poor scholar came back, he saw the original owner bullying his mother, so he started fighting with him. No matter how stubborn the original owner was, he could not beat a grown man physically.

She was beaten so badly that she lost her baby, which she had just conceived. Her body was damaged and she could no longer have children.

When the poor scholar heard this, he picked up the pen without hesitation and wrote a divorce letter, but the original owner disagreed. She suffered such a great loss, why should she just leave like that? She wanted revenge. But before the original owner could do so, the poor scholar poisoned her to death.

Zhao Fanghua sent the poor scholar to jail, took back the original owner's dowry, added a part of it, and then sent Xu Lingyun off with a grand wedding. She married Xu Lingyun to the third prince as a concubine and earned a reputation as a good stepmother.

Finally, the third prince ascended the throne, Xu Lingyun became a royal concubine, gave birth to a son, and finally became the empress dowager, thus fulfilling the original owner's dream.

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"Sister, I want to take a walk in the garden. Can you come with me?" The original owner's stepsister Xu Lingyun said with a sweet smile.

Xu Jinhuan raised his eyebrows, "Okay!"

Xu Lingyun laughed, her laugh was meaningful, and she thought, Sister, don't blame me, if you want to blame someone, it's just your bad luck...

The two came to the garden, and with every step they took, there was a new scene, with pavilions and waterside terraces, the scenery was very pleasant.

Before they knew it, they were at the lakeside, and Xu Lingyun reached out her hand...

Xu Jinhuan dodged and kicked Xu Lingyun directly. With a splash, Xu Lingyun fell headfirst into the lake. She slapped the water and kept shouting for help.

Xu Lingyun's maid Tinglan was stunned. She looked at Xu Lingyun splashing in the lake and jumped anxiously, "Miss, how could you push the second young lady into the lake? The second young lady can't swim."

"Then you go down and save her too." Xu Jinhuan simply kicked her.

This girl often speaks ill of the original owner outside, and she even exaggerates the situation.

Tinglan drank several sips of water and shouted for help anxiously.

Unfortunately, no one heard it. In order to make her plan succeed, Xu Lingyun took Xu Jinhuan to a remote place.

Unexpectedly, it ended up hurting herself, and Xu Lingyun felt like she was about to die.

"Hurry up and save your second young lady!" Xu Jinhuan said gloatingly on the shore.

Tinglan: "Gudong..."

She wanted to save him, but she was not good at floating in water!

The two people kept struggling in the water, shouting for help at the top of their lungs.

Finally, someone heard it. It turned out to be a few noble ladies, one of whom was the daughter of Concubine Xian, Princess Ronghua.

Princess Ronghua covered her mouth with her hands in surprise, "What happened?"

Xu Lingyun, who was almost out of strength, had a look of anticipation in her eyes, "Save, save me..."

The poor scholar is coming!

She doesn't want to be saved by a poor scholar!

Princess Ronghua ordered the maidservant beside her to save the man, but for some reason, she felt a pain in her calf and lost her balance, falling towards the lake.

In order to prevent herself from falling, she quickly grabbed the leader of the Qionghua group who was closest to her, and the leader of the Qionghua group grabbed Miss Li who was closest to her.

Then, with one pull, a long line of noble ladies and their maids were carried into the lake.

Just like dumplings being cooked in the pot, the sound of "plopping" never stops.

Xu Lingyun was stunned. I asked you to save me, not to come down in person.

In order not to stand out, Xu Jinhuan also jumped into the lake. She was a good swimmer and was as comfortable as a little fish in the lake. Whenever she saw someone in trouble, she would go to help.

But the lake was still very busy, everyone was splashing around and making a lot of splashes.

The maidservant and servant girl who could float were busy rescuing people and did not notice a man who looked like a scholar coming out from the northwest corner. However, his clothes were shabby and he was obviously a poor scholar.

The poor scholar was stunned when he saw so many girls in the lake. The man didn’t say so much!

He suspected that he was too sleepy, so he rubbed his eyes and realized that he was not seeing things!

So who should he save? Never mind, just save the most beautiful one!

Princess Ronghua then discovered that an ugly man was swimming towards her with a happy look on his face. She shouted angrily: "How dare you..."

Seeing this, the maid who was saving her kicked the poor scholar.

Xu Jinhuan also came forward and kicked the poor scholar, sending him to Xu Lingyun's side.

Xu Lingyun looked horrified: Help! She didn't want to marry a poor scholar.

She tried hard to swim away, but she couldn't swim, and being able to float on the water without sinking was her greatest ability.

She couldn't swim, so the poor scholar held her in his arms, in full view of everyone.

She burst into tears, as if the poor scholar was not saving her but killing her.

Qiong Qiu Sheng was very happy in his heart. He would gain something no matter which noble lady present had physical contact with him.

At this time, other noble ladies also swam ashore one after another. Seeing this scene, they felt relieved that they almost married this man.

The maids and servants of Duke Dingguo's mansion brought many noble ladies to change their clothes and came to the hall. The host of the banquet, Lady Dingguo, asked what was going on.

Xu Lingyun cried bitterly, her voice choking as she said, "It was my sister who pushed me into the water on purpose."

Zhao Fanghua looked at Xu Jinhuan with sharp eyes, "Huan'er, how could you do this? Lingyun is your biological sister!"

Xu Jinhuan also felt wronged, "Xu Lingyun deliberately framed me because she liked the Third Prince, and Concubine Xian asked me to be the Third Prince's concubine."

The hall suddenly became quiet, except for Xu Lingyun, whose face flushed red and who shouted sharply, "I didn't."

"Do you dare to swear to heaven? If you have any thoughts about the third prince, you will have no descendants and will be unhappy for the rest of your life." Xu Jinhuan raised his eyebrows.

Xu Lingyun's fingers clenched her clothes tightly, and her fingertips turned white.

She didn't dare.

She has liked the Third Prince since he saved her in the temple last year.

What qualifications did Xu Jinhuan have to become his concubine?

She didn't say anything, everything was clear, and the way people looked at her changed from sympathy to contempt.

Zhao Fanghua saw that the situation was not good for her daughter, and her expression changed immediately. She looked at Xu Jinhuan with disappointment, "How could you think so much about your sister? I know you have been jealous of your sister since you were a child, and you always want to take your sister's things, but you can't throw dirty water on her!"

Xu Jinhuan snorted coldly and said, "Why should I be jealous of her? Since childhood, you, as a stepmother, have always favored me. You gave me whatever I wanted, and I didn't have to study if I didn't want to. On the contrary, you strictly disciplined Xu Lingyun and made her suffer. Why should we be jealous of her? I can't even sympathize with her enough."

This time.

Everyone looked at Zhao Fanghua with a strange look in their eyes.

How can they be sure that the little girl Xu Jinhuan doesn’t understand?

How is this biased?

It's clearly flattery.

Zhao Fanghua is really scheming. Not only did she harm the girl, but she also made the girl grateful to her and gained a reputation as a good stepmother.

In full view.

Zhao Fanghua's face turned red. She didn't expect that the stepdaughter she had always thought of as shallow and ignorant would expose her true face.

It seems like he is playing the pig to eat the tiger!

She forced a smile and said, "You are my only daughter. She wants you to be happy, so I don't want to force you."

Xu Jinhuan sneered.

Zhao Fanghua's face turned very ugly, and he even wanted to kill someone.

She could all imagine that after this banquet, her reputation in Kyoto would change from a good stepmother to a notorious vicious stepmother.

Not to mention that her daughter was saved by a poor scholar, and her reputation was ruined, making it even more difficult for her to marry a good man in the future.

"Okay, let's leave this matter at that. You should handle the internal affairs of your Xu family yourselves." Lady Dingguo waved her hand and said.

He then fell in love with other noble ladies, who also fell into the water and were also seen by men.

What to do in the future?

The other noble ladies obviously thought of it as well, and they all came to Princess Ronghua to ask for help.

Princess Ronghua said impatiently, "What's the use of seeing it? If someone thinks your reputation is ruined because you fell into the water and wants to marry you off to a poor man, just come to me and I'll make the decision for you."

As the emperor's most beloved daughter, she still has this right.

The ladies all expressed their gratitude.

Princess Ronghua raised her head and said to the wife of Duke Dingguo, "I suspect that the scholar showed up at the lake on purpose. There may be a conspiracy. I will send him to Jingzhao Yin for investigation."

Lady Dingguo: "Then I'll trouble you, Princess."

Xu Lingyun trembled and hurriedly asked Zhao Fanghua for help.

Zhao Fanghua was also very anxious.

She also knew about her daughter's plan, but she didn't expect it to fail so miserably!