Chapter 186: Falling Into The Lake
The Fifth Princess glared sharply at her, “You lowly servant, when this princess is speaking, where do you get to interject? Get out.”
Wan Bi’s face also fell.
Although she was not a princess or master in the palace, because she worked by the Empress’s side, everyone in the palace, no matter who, would give her some face.
This was the first time she had been slapped in the face so directly.
“Fifth Princess, please watch your words. I am someone by the Empress’s side. You scolding this servant like this is not slapping the Empress’s face.”
The Fifth Princess had always been accustomed to being arrogant and domineering, and a servant dared to talk back to her. In anger, she raised her hand and slapped directly.
But just as she was about to slap Wan Bi’s face, Jiang Ruanxi grabbed her hand.
“Fifth Princess, why get angry? She is just fulfilling her duties.”
After speaking, she said to Wan Bi beside her, “Aunt Wan Bi, you go down first. I think the Fifth Princess has something to say to me. After we finish talking, I’ll come find you.”
Wan Bi feared she would be harmed and looked at her with some worry.
“It’s fine. You go wait for me not far away first.”
Seeing her insist, Wan Bi said nothing more and directly went to wait not far away.
“Fifth Princess, using the difficulty of a palace maid to make things difficult for me, risking offending the Empress, isn’t that a bit unwise?”
Jiang Ruanxi had also seen through it.
The Fifth Princess probably knew that she had been outside earlier and heard the dirty things she and Young Master Su were doing inside, so she used this to make things difficult for her.
“You are quite clever, but offending the Empress is not a big deal.” The Fifth Princess looked unconcerned, raised her hand and pinched her face hard, “It’s just this vixen face of yours that seduced the Crown Prince, and you seduced other men too, right?”
Jiang Ruanxi frowned tightly, did not struggle, stared straight into her eyes, and said with a smile at the corner of her mouth, “Fifth Princess, do you have some misunderstanding about me?”
She smiled beautifully, making it even harder for people to look away.
Thinking of Young Master Su’s reaction not long ago, her eyes blazed with anger, “It’s this vixen face of yours that made him infatuated with you too. You dare to seduce my man, go die.”
After speaking, before Jiang Ruanxi could react, she felt her body being pushed hard by someone and fell into the lake beside her.
It was already early winter now, with whistling cold winds, and the water was bone-chilling.
Jiang Ruanxi felt like her body had fallen into ice water, and reflexively shouted for help.
But this was a secluded place, with few people around here, and Wan Bi was also blocked by the Fifth Princess’s people.
She could only anxiously watch.
Jiang Ruanxi originally could not swim, and after falling in, she swallowed a mouthful of water, feeling her five viscera and six bowels all chilled through.
Struggling, she quickly sank down.
The Fifth Princess watched arrogantly as she sank, feeling greatly satisfied.
A figure flashed in the nearby shadows. Just as he was about to jump down to save her, the Fifth Princess’s expression changed drastically, and she threatened, “Stop. If you dare jump down, I’ll kill you.”
The black shadow paused for a few seconds. Before he could react, a white figure from the side had already jumped into the lake.
The black shadow exclaimed, “Crown Prince.”
The movement here was big, quickly attracting everyone’s attention.
When Wei Chang pulled Jiang Ruanxi up, Jiang Ruanxi was already unconscious.
Wei Chang was so scared that his face paled, and the hand holding her body trembled slightly.
The Fifth Princess stepped forward, looked at the mole near her eyebrow, and muttered to herself at the corner of her mouth, “She went into the water, how is her mole still here? Consider yourself lucky.”
Her voice was a bit loud, not only did Young Master Su hear it, but even the Empress who had just arrived heard it, as well as Miss Ling and He Sheng. Everyone forgot to pay attention to Jiang Ruanxi’s injuries and turned their gazes to the mole near her eyebrow.
Wei Chang turned his head, coldly sweeping a glance at the curious people. The crowd felt a chill down their spines and retreated one after another.
They somewhat regretted their curiosity. If they provoked Wei Chang, their families would be in trouble.
Wei Chang’s final gaze fell on the Fifth Princess, his voice like carrying a sharp blade, “You’d better pray she’s fine in the end. If anything happens to her, you won’t live either.”
Faced with this blatant threat, the Fifth Princess fearfully retreated a step.
“Summon the imperial physician.”
Wei Chang’s entire aura was coldly frightening, his voice like ice.
Realizing that she had just been scared by this short-lived ghost, the Fifth Princess was infinitely angry inside and stepped forward to mock, “So pretentious. Isn’t it just falling into the water? It’s just that Miss Ling is more pretentious.”
“Ah…”
Before the Fifth Princess could finish speaking, she was directly kicked into the water by Wei Chang.
The eunuchs and palace maids were greatly shocked and all wanted to go down to save the Fifth Princess. Wei Chang directly swept them a threatening glance, “Whoever goes down, I’ll chop your heads off when you come up.”
They no longer dared to move.
But while they were weighing the pros and cons, the black shadow on the side jumped into the water and saved the Fifth Princess who was already close to drowning.
Wei Chang’s eyes were like sharp swords, staring deadly at that figure, as if the next second he would step forward and tear that person to pieces.
The surrounding noblewomen and noble ladies had never seen such a formation and were scared silent.
“The Emperor arrives.”
Just as everyone thought Wei Chang would mercilessly kill the person in front of him, the eunuch’s voice rang out. Soon, a man in bright yellow clothes arrived surrounded by attendants.
The Fifth Princess had slowly woken up by now. Seeing that it was Young Master Su who saved her, she immediately hugged him and burst into tears.
“What happened?” The Emperor’s cold and majestic voice rang out.
The Fifth Princess seemed to have found her backbone and looked at the Emperor with tearful eyes.
“Father Emperor, the Crown Prince kicked me into the lake with one foot. You must uphold justice for me.”
The Fifth Princess reacted first, naturally playing the villain who complains first.
Anyway, everyone had seen the Crown Prince push her into the lake.
Seeing the Fifth Princess drenched, the Emperor’s demeanor clearly changed, and his gaze coldly turned to Wei Chang, “Is what she said true?”
Wei Chang just stared at the Fifth Princess. The Fifth Princess felt her hair stand on end from the stare, immediately stood up with a crying voice, “Father Emperor, look, he’s still threatening me right now. Father Emperor, you must uphold justice for me.”
“The Fifth Princess really has a clever mouth.” Wei Chang said coldly.
“Father Emperor, your son is afraid.”
The Fifth Princess, with her wet clothes, hugged the Emperor’s hand, looking wronged.
At this scene, the Emperor’s heart immediately favored the Fifth Princess. Just as he was about to vent his anger at Wei Chang, Jiang Ruanxi in his arms coughed twice and woke up.
“Xi” Realizing something, he stopped and changed his words, “You’re awake. Are you alright?”
Wei Chang asked with a face full of worry.
The others did not notice his initial form of address.
Jiang Ruanxi shook her head slightly. After feeling a bit better, she looked toward the Emperor.
