Chapter 71

The Royal study is on a huge long table, which is piled high on a stack of memorials. The celebration is coming, and there are more and more things to be played in each department. He is so anxious to let suling recover gold, which is also in urgent need of silver in the Treasury. Although without the gold, the dome could also hold a huge celebration, but it would be better if the stolen silver could be recovered.

After reading the last Memorial in his hand, Yan Hongtian finally looked at the building Xiyan, who was sitting beside and enjoying tea. He was half busy. When he got to leisure, his face turned black. Yan Hongtian snorted: "what are the preparations for the celebration?"

Putting down the tea, Lou Xiyan smiled faintly, ignoring Yan Hongtian's cold face, and calmly replied: "it's very smooth. The household department and the work department have done a good job in mobilizing and preparing for the celebration. This year, it will be more grand than three years ago. However, when envoys from all over the world gather, merchants from all over the world will also go to Beijing for pilgrimage. The population in the capital will be mixed. The ministers will discuss the deployment of troops with the Ministry of punishment and the Ministry of military affairs as soon as possible to ensure that there will be no trouble at that time. "

"Well, you can decide these things! Prepare as soon as possible. " Things about Lou Xiyan must be not enough. It's not chaotic. He looks orderly and unhurried. Yan Hongtian has no reason to be angry, even though he has been like this for so many years!

"Yes." Lou Xiyan agrees, but he can deal with everything.

Yan Hongtian frowns gently. He is not always so cheerful. Is it true that people are happy and have a good spirit? Staring at Lou Xiyan, Yan Hongtian asked earnestly, "you really want to marry Qingling as the right wife, and you are not going to take a concubine?"

Lou Xiyan smiled and nodded back, "well."

"She's worth it?" In fact, sometimes it's not about women, it's about balancing interests. He doesn't even remember how many women in the harem look like them, but behind them they represent a family, a force, and political marriage is important for a man's career!

For a green spirit, sunset really willing to make such a big sacrifice?!

Lou Xiyan understood what he meant, but he just smiled and said calmly, "I think it's worth it."

Since these days, he has been busy taming the little wild cat of Qingfeng. It seems that he missed a lot of good plays. Looking out of the window at the warm summer sun and the colorful flowers, Yan Hongtian saw a bit of cunning in his eyes. He said with a smile, "in the imperial garden today, all the talented and beautiful families in the capital have arrived. Do you want to choose again?"

Lou Xiyan still gentle way back: "thank the emperor, I don't need to choose again."

After walking down the Dragon chair, Yan Hongtian went to the side of the building sunset and asked again, "really not?"

Slightly bow to salute, Lou Xiyan said directly: "I'm respectful to the emperor."

Yan Hongtian deliberately shook his head sadly, walked out of the door and said, "well, I heard that ling'er is here. I haven't seen her for a long time. I miss her."

Lou Xiyan's back is stiff. He has been busy leaving early and returning late these days. He doesn't know what she is doing. Is she really here? If you really think of the color in Yan Hongtian's eyes just now, Lou Xiyan gives a low sigh and says, "I'd better go with the emperor."

Yan Hongtian is in a good mood and laughs, or let Qingling marry Xiyan. He has a chip to make fun of Xiyan. Who makes Xiyan seem to be able to handle everything freely and easily? People can't be perfect!

"Ah -"

when louxi dance, which was playing in front of the wooden platform, heard the sound of the collapse of the wooden platform, subconsciously cried out. When she raised her head, she saw Qingling fall down the lotus pond.

"Qingling!" After a few steps forward, Lou Xiwu could not swim or walk on the wooden platform which was already askew. He could only stare at the thick water with lotus leaves anxiously and shouted: "help! Qingling, she fell into the lotus pond! "

A group of women in the garden just heard the sound of collapse. When they looked back, they saw Lou Xiwu standing in front of the wooden platform, stretching her neck and staring at the lake, shouting anxiously.

Listen to her cry, Qingfeng looks at the nearby wooden platform in a panic, where there is the shadow of Qingling.

"Sister!" The heart suddenly mentioned the throat eye, the green maple pulls up the skirt to want to run toward the lake. All of a sudden, her arms were tightly held by several maids standing beside the Empress Dowager. She was not allowed to walk around. She said nervously and with concern: "you are the golden body, so you should be careful. You can't go!"

"Let go!" Qingfeng desperately struggles, ignoring the pain on her arm. Her eyes are wet with tears because of her panic and worry. She has no lady's demeanor, and desperately struggles to cry: "get out of my way! My sister can't swim. Let go! Let go! "

Yang Zhilan's eyes crossed with a few inaudible sneers. It's best if you can't swim, even if you can! Pretending to be angry, Yang Zhilan pointed to several eunuchs nearby and shouted, "what are you doing? Help people!"

"Yes." Four eunuchs ran to the lake and jumped into the pool.

Lou Su frowns with a little annoyance. What will a good wooden platform collapse?! Seeing that someone had gone down to save someone, she didn't say anything, just sat on the main seat coldly and looked at the flower bed in front of her.

In fact, Zhuoqing fell into the water with no panic or danger as they imagined. Because she can swim and was a member of the school swimming team when she was studying, she was in a bit of a panic except when the wooden platform collapsed.

The most serious collapse of the wooden platform was the place under her feet. After she fell down, she was washed under the standing wooden platform by the water. The heavy skirt on her body became heavier after being soaked. The board on her head had been pressing her all the time. She was dissatisfied with the lotus leaves. Zhuo Qing had difficulty in swinging her arms.

She could hear Lou Xiwu shouting to find someone to save her. She also wanted to respond that she was actually very good. However, the situation around her was so bad that a piece of saliva would be poured into her mouth. Zhuo Qing had to find a way out first.

With her feet to keep balance, Zhuo Qing quickly unties her belt and takes off the outermost skirt, which makes her feel a lot easier. All the way groping forward, suddenly her foot didn't know what to kick, and gave her a fierce stab. She grinned and pulled out the lotus leaf to squint. It could be seen that it was a stake that was hit at the bottom of the water to support the wooden platform.

Zhuo Qing thought for a while, took a deep breath, and dived. The underwater vision is very poor. She can only barely see the stake about as thick as the mouth of the bowl. The rest can only be touched. One side of the fracture mouth of the wood pile is relatively flat, and the other side is the normal wood thorn produced by the wood fracture.

After holding for too long, Zhuoqing surfaced and breathed heavily. After the breath was stable, her expression was no longer as relaxed as before. It's not surprising that this kind of stake will collapse when it's soaked in water all the year round. But just now she touched the crack. As far as the touch is concerned, it's definitely not that kind of rotten and soft wood. How can it be said that it collapsed? Or is this incident not an accident, but an artificial arrangement?!

Zhuo Qing wants to continue to check other stakes, but she hears a few sounds of falling into the water not far away. She pulls out the lotus leaf and looks out. It's several eunuchs dressed up to go into the water.

Zhuo Qing thought about it, but decided to give up for the time being. Her skirt and hair often wrap around her feet, which is really not suitable for diving. Let's go ashore first, or Lou Xiwu and Qingfeng will worry about her.

Poke lotus leaf, Zhuo Qing slowly swim to the outside, finally out of the bottom of the wooden platform, several eunuchs also saw her.

Two of them swam to her at once. They swam very fast. The water quality of these people should not be bad. Zhuo Qinggang wanted to say that she could swim and could come forward by herself. The two men had already swam to her side, and one of them had put up one of her arms, but they were not trying to save her ashore, they were pressing her head and into the water.

Suddenly, Zhuoqing's hair was pulled by death. The cool water of the lake overflowed her eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Zhuoqing's brain was very clear at the moment. Today, everything is a conspiracy. It's a conspiracy to let her perform. It's a conspiracy to let the wooden platform collapse. Those who save her in name are the killers sent by the behind the scenes. It is self-evident who is behind it.

Damn it!

She doesn't want to die here!

Zhuo Qing tried hard to pedal upward, but the water quality of the two men was excellent, and their strength was also great. The hands holding her shoulder and head were like two iron tongs, which did not give her a chance to get out of the water at all.

No way! In this way, she will surely drown. Zhuo Qing, once clenched her teeth, simply stopped pedaling, raised her feet, and kicked them to their stomachs. No matter what part of the kick was, she raised her hand over her head and grabbed at the place she thought was their head.

The two holding Zhuoqing did not expect that she would resist. They were stabbed in the eyes, nose and waist by her nails several times. They had to free up one hand and hold Zhuoqing's waving hand. Therefore, according to Zhuoqing's strength, it was relieved. Zhuo Qing stepped on their waist and pushed up to the top, finally breaking out of the water and breathing heavily.

She hasn't slowed down, and the two people come back. Zhuoqing wants to ask for help, and their hands reach into her arms again. But Zhuo Qing had to dive into the water at once. At this time, she could hear the anxious voice of Lou Xi's dance coming from the shore from afar: "have you found anyone?"

The thick lotus leaf is a natural barrier. Through the broken wooden platform, people on the bank can't see what happened in the clear water at all. The lotus leaf makes Zhuoqing difficult to move underwater. In order to avoid being caught by two people again, she can only drill underwater. But not far away from her, the eunuch in charge of protecting said loudly to the bank, "there are too many lotus leaves under the water, and no one can be found!"

The two eunuchs followed her closely. They obviously saw that Zhuo Qing could swim and was more cautious and ruthless.

They hold her down again. Zhuo Qing struggles with all her strength. She has been pressed into the water several times for help. Her physical strength is not enough. No one can find that she can only die in the lotus pond today!

The suffocation and choking of drowning made her heart and lungs as sad as to explode. Gradually, she felt that her body was getting more and more tired and powerless. Yan Hongtian was in a good mood, and Lou Xiyan also recovered his usual calm and leisurely attitude. They walked towards the direction of the imperial garden. From a distance, the imperial garden, which should have been singing and dancing softly, singing and smelling with ink, is now in a disorderly circle, only to see a group of people surrounded by the lotus pool, and they don't know what they are doing. Yan Hongtian's height on the opposite side