Chapter 300 Ancient Times - Falling into the Water (End)

Chapter 300 Ancient Times - Falling into the Water (End)

"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 without hesitation. 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 gulps 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. If she saw someone in trouble, she would go to rescue them.

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 had seen it wrong, rubbed his eyes, and realized that he was not seeing it wrong!

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 moment, other noble ladies also came ashore one after another. Seeing this scene, they felt relieved that they were almost going to marry 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 fiercely, "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 fallen in love with the Third Prince ever 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.

He actually directed and acted in the drama himself and framed his own sister.

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 my stepmother, have always been partial to me. You gave me whatever I wanted. If I didn't want to study, I wouldn't study. On the contrary, you were strict with Xu Lingyun and made her suffer. Why can I 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.

If the little girl Xu Jinhuan doesn’t understand, how could they not 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 flushed. 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, "Sister, you are my only daughter, and she wants you to be happy, so I didn't force you. But I didn't expect you were wrong."

Xu Jinhuan sneered.

Zhao Fanghua's face turned very ugly, and she even wanted to kill someone. After this banquet, her reputation in Kyoto changed 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.

Other noble ladies also fell into the water and were seen by the poor scholar.

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 appeared by 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 plot, but she didn't expect it to fail so miserably! In the end...

Jingzhao Yin found Xu Lingyun through the poor scholar and sent people to arrest her.

Xu Lingyun cried, "Mom, save me. I don't want to go. I don't want to go to jail."

If she had a criminal record,

Not to mention the third prince, even an ordinary official's family would not want her.

"Please, can you please be lenient and conduct the interrogation at Xu's house? If you bring my daughter to Jingzhao Yin, her reputation will be ruined. How can she get married in the future?" Zhao Fanghua looked at the bailiff and pleaded bitterly.

The bailiff shook his head: "Madam, there is no precedent for this."

Zhao Fanghua winked at the maid beside her, and the maid handed a bulging purse to the yamen runner.

The yamen runner accepted it calmly and reminded: "Madam, you can ask Princess Ronghua for help."

Zhao Fanghua frowned slightly. Princess Ronghua was of proud character and she couldn't just meet her whenever she wanted.

"Mother, save me, I don't want to go to Jingzhao Yin, I'm scared, wuwuwu..." Xu Lingyun's eyes were red and tears fell.

When Xu Jinhuan heard that Jingzhao Yin's men were coming, he hurried over to watch the fun. Seeing Xu Lingyun crying like a pear blossom in the rain, he quickly comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. If you are innocent, Jingzhao Yin will not wrongly accuse you and will clear your name."

Xu Lingyun suddenly raised her head and looked at Xu Jinhuan with resentment. If it wasn't for the conspiracy against her, she wouldn't be facing such a situation.

She threatened: "Sister, if you are still willing to acknowledge me as your sister, why don't you ask the Third Prince for help? Ask him to save me. I really don't want to go in.

If you are willing to save me, I will obey you in everything from now on, and I will give you everything, okay?"

Seeing Xu Jinhuan silent, Xu Lingyun hated him so much, but her eyes were tearful. "Sister, just think of it as a plea from you, my sister."

Zhao Fanghua also said, "Huanhuan, your sister is still young and doesn't understand things. I will teach her well in the future."

Seeing that Xu Jinhuan was unmoved, she threatened: "Besides, sisters are a family, and if one rises, all rise, and if one falls, all fall. If your sister goes to jail, your reputation will not be good either."

"I don't care. My reputation isn't that good anyway under your guidance." Xu Jinhuan spread his hands, not caring at all.

Zhao Fanghua was confused. What did she mean? She ended up losing more than she gained?

Her face darkened, and she threatened again: "Your father doesn't want you to be a cold-blooded person."

Xu Jinhuan sneered: "You reap what you sow. He is a cold-blooded person. How can he expect me to be a kind person?"

Zhao Fanghua took a deep breath. She knew that her stepdaughter could not be persuaded and was waiting to see Lingyun make a fool of herself. She said disappointedly, "I really misjudged you."

Xu Jinhuan waved his hand and said indifferently: "Don't overestimate yourself. Your opinion is not important to me at all."

"Can we go now?" The bailiff urged, noting that it was getting late.

"Mother... Mother... save me!" Xu Lingyun was taken away unwillingly.

Zhao Fanghua glared at Xu Jinhuan fiercely, then turned around and told the maid to pass the invitation to Princess Ronghua. She only had this one daughter!

But after waiting for a long time, there was no reply. She was almost in despair and urged Xu Wenchang to think of a solution.

Xu Wenchang was also worried. He rubbed his brows and said, "Didn't I tell you to keep a close eye on Lingyun and stop her from doing bad things? What do you think?"

When Concubine Xian sent someone to the palace and said that she wanted to appoint Jinhuan as the third prince's concubine, Lingyun's face looked strange.