Chapter 377

Chapter 377 – Fish In Troubled Water

Chapter 377 Fish in Troubled Water

Yu Dong, who was standing at the periphery, reacted quickly when he heard the scream. He hurriedly moved to the side and happened to avoid the people.

Two people slipped past him. One of them pulled the other, and the two people fell heavily from the platform into the water.

Prefectural Princess Xiangrong’s hand was still reaching out, and her eyes were a little dull. Just now, Liu Jingyu and her maid slipped past her and then fell together into the water below.

“Someone, hurry and save them!” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong retracted her hand and did not dare to stay on the second floor any longer. She turned around and walked down.

There was nothing on the platform and she could not go over to take a look. When did the platform become so slippery?

It could be considered a coincidence if one person fell into the water, but what if two persons suffered the same?

What Prefectural Princess Xiangrong wanted to do now was to take everyone away so that no one else would fall down later.

Prefectural Princess Xiangrong went down to command people to rescue the people in the water. The others did not dare to stay any longer on the second floor at this time. They walked downstairs one by one. Qu Moying was still walking at the end. When she reached the stairs, she looked at the maid of Grand Princess Mansion. Then, she held Yu Chun’s hand and slowly walked down.

Previously, after the maid fell into the water, people were busy saving her. Right now, they were pulling the maid towards the bank. Who would have expected that two more persons fell from above. Hearing people calling out to County Lady Jingyu, even more maids and old maids jumped down.

In a short while, both of them were saved.

Prefectural Princess Xiangrong had already asked someone to prepare a blanket and wrap it around Liu Jingyu.

Liu Jingyu was rescued immediately after she fell into the water. Compared with the maid who had been in the water for a long time and was still unconscious, she was in a much better state.

“County Lady Jingyu, how are you feeling?” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong hurried forward, still in shock.

“Who… pushed me just now?” Liu Jingyu said hatefully. Her beautiful face was a little ferocious. Her hair was wet and water kept falling onto the ground. Her face was livid.

“Did someone push you just now?” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong asked in surprise. She glanced at the few young ladies beside her. These young ladies were also around her and Liu Jingyu just now, right?

The situation was so chaotic that no one could remember who did it or if anyone really did it.

“Are you sure about it? There were too many people at that time. So, someone might have accidentally bumped into you,” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong said again.

Liu Jingyu almost gnashed her teeth as she looked at the young ladies. She vaguely remembered that it was one of them who pushed her. Back then, she was just subconsciously looking at the screaming maid, but she suddenly felt a fierce push on her back. She couldn’t help but be pushed out, and one of her feet stepped on the platform.

The maid Hai Tang beside Liu Jingyu reacted quickly and grabbed her. However, because Liu Jingyu was slipping out too quickly, the maid could not stop her momentum. Finally, the two fell into the lake together.

“Someone did it on purpose.” Liu Jingyu said hatefully, and her eyes looked quite malicious as she examined the young ladies one by one.

Many people were shocked by her undisguised coldness. They looked at County Lady Jingyu, who was usually gentle and polite. Was this really the same County Lady they used to know?

“County Lady!” Hai Tang noticed the change in everyone’s expression and hurriedly pulled at Liu Jingyu’s sleeve.

Liu Jingyu took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart. She knew that this was not the time to be angry.

“Prefectural Princess, is there a place to change clothes?”

“Yes, quickly change your clothes before coming back to investigate this matter.” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong hurriedly said as he instructed an old maid who was behind her to bring Liu Jingyu to change her clothes.

As for the mansion’s maid who fell into the water, she had also been treated and recovered by now.

However, after this maid recovered, she trembled continuously. For a moment, she could not give a useful account of what had happened. Therefore, Prefectural Princess Xiangrong also had someone bring the maid down to change her clothes.

“Prefectural Princess!” Qu Moying stepped forward and bowed to Prefectural Princess Xiangrong. “Can I talk with you for a while?”

Prefectural Princess Xiangrong hesitated for a moment, but she still nodded. She led Qu Moying away from the crowd and sat down in a pavilion on the side.

“What is it, Fourth Lady Qu?”

“Prefectural Princess Xiangrong, is someone trying to harm me today?” Qu Moying looked at Prefectural Princess Xiangrong calmly.

“Someone is trying to harm you? What do you mean?” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong said unhappily.

“Just now, when I was on the second floor, that maid smashed the teacup in front of me, causing the pastries and teacups in front of me to fall to the ground. Then, she asked me to go to the platform. If I did go to the platform at that time, the one who fell into the water at that time would definitely be me. I wonder why the platform of your mansion is so oily?”

Qu Moying said, “I deliberately hid to the side to see the reactions of everyone. I just wanted to see who framed me like this.”

Her words were uttered in an extremely honest manner, and her expression was calm. Although her figure was a little thinner than that of an ordinary young lady, she was extremely graceful. She did not have the slightest intention of showing the white feather when facing Prefectural Princess Xiangrong.

“Who…did you suspect?” Prefectural Princess Xiangrong frowned. She also had some doubts just now. This was also the reason why she brought the ladies downstairs.

If there was really something up there, anyone who went to the platform might have an accident.

People fell one after another into the water, and it happened in the same place. There were probably many people who were suspicious now.

In this case, there was a strong reason for everyone to suspect the Grand Princess Mansion!

“I don’t know. The cause of this matter is the teacup that was smashed. As for the rest, I can’t connect the dots for a while. That’s why I want to talk to Your Highness. Perhaps you will discover something unusual.” Qu Moying answered indifferently.

Her voice was very low. It could even be said that there was not a trace of anger in her gentle tone. However, when Prefectural Princess Xiangrong heard those words, she felt like hearing a thunder. She looked at Qu Moying in a daze. Her heart thumped as she thought about the teacup incident.

Today, she was also very surprised when Liu Jingyu took out the tea leaves, but she did not take it to heart. Although it was a bit against the rules, the relationship between the two of them had always been good. Therefore, as long as it could make the young ladies present happy, she wouldn’t mind. So, she asked the maids to make another cup of tea for everyone.

However, Liu Jingyu had never been such a competitive person eager to excel others.

Later, when they were upstairs, she could also feel that Liu Jingyu was intentionally picking on this Fourth Lady Qu. In the previous jade fan incident, although Prefectural Princess Xiangrong had doubts, Liu Jingyu made quite a convincing explanation, so Prefectural Princess Xiangrong did not care so much about her real intention.

But when they were upstairs, Prefectural Princess Xiangrong clearly felt that Liu Jingyu was a little out of control after hearing her harsh words against Qu Moying.

Therefore, she was now sure that Liu Jingyu really did not like Qu Moying. Liu Jingyu must be hating Qu Moying for a long time. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have lost control of her temper in public, right?

If Liu Jingyu was the mastermind, some things could be easily explained.

Liu Jingyu had a pretty good relationship with her. In the past, the two of them would also interact with each other, and Liu Jingyu came to the Grand Princess Mansion quite often. Therefore, Liu Jingyu’s maids were also familiar with the mansion’s maids. If Liu Jingyu wanted to secretly play some tricks against Qu Moying, it was actually not that difficult, right?

After thinking this through, Prefectural Princess Xiangrong was able to connect all the dots and she was keenly aware of what was unusual about Liu Jingyu today. When they took seats earlier, she had originally brought Liu Jingyu to sit at the table by the window from which that maid fell into the water. However, Liu Jingyu said that she wanted to talk to her, so she chose a relatively quiet place, which was a little far from the window. As a result, no water was splashed onto the two of them when the maid fell into the water. They were perfectly safe and unaffected.

After the two of them sat there, it was actually not quiet at all. The other young ladies gathered around them, chatting and laughing. The so-called quiet place was simply non-existent.

Today, Prefectural Princess Xiangrong was the master, so it was impossible for her to really ignore the other guests and focus on Liu Jingyu alone. Liu Jingyu was well aware of the meaning of her request for a private talk in a private place.

Since it was impossible for them to be really have a private talk in a quiet place. Therefore, the reason Liu Jingyu gave was a lot more far-fetched, and it appeared more like an excuse to cover up her scheme.

“Prefectural Princess, you can interrogate the maids in your mansion. Just now, the maid at the stairs used the chair to draw away my maids. If something happened to me at that time, my maids would not be able to save me. That chair would block the entrance of the stairs. Even if someone heard the sound and came over, they would not be able to offer any help for a while.”

Qu Moying added.

Prefectural Princess Xiangrong was silent. She understood the meaning of Qu Moying’s words. The Grand Princess Mansion couldn’t stay out of today’s incident. After a long while, she nodded to Qu Moying, “Fourth Lady Qu, please wait a moment. I will be back soon.”

She had to ask about this matter clearly.

Qu Moying nodded with a smile. After Prefectural Princess Xiangrong left, she sat down by the fence.

“Miss, Miss Yan is here.” Yu Dong looked outside the pavilion and saw that Yan Yujiao was walking towards them hesitantly. He hurriedly reminded Qu Moying.

“She won’t come over.” Qu Moying shook her head.

Yu Dong didn’t believe it. When she saw Yan Yujiao approaching, he wanted to remind Qu Moying again, but when he saw that Miss Yan actually turned around and left before she was near the pavilion, he was very surprised.

“Miss, Miss Yan walked away!”

“At this time, it is inconvenient for her to say anything to me.” Qu Moying glanced at Yan Yujiao’s back and said slowly.

She had already become the focus of attention after this incident. If Yan Yujiao wanted to stay out of trouble, she should stay away from her. Thinking of Yan Yujiao’s expression just now, Qu Moying curled the corners of her lips silently. Liu Jingyu probably never thought that she herself would be the one who fell into the water today.

“What happened?” Zhao Qingxuan asked the lad servant who ran over. The commotion over there was not small. When the first person fell into the water, he had been alerted. He had specially sent the lad servant over to take a look. Zhao Qingxuan knew that his younger sister was receiving guests there today.

However, just now, he saw another two persons fall into the water. At such a distance, he didn’t know who they were, but it was not a good thing to have people fall into the water one after another in the mansion.

Zhao Qingxuan was really worried about his sister, so he specially sent someone to check what had happened.

“It was said that County Lady Jingyu fell into the lake.” The lad servant ran back and forth in a hurry, and his forehead was covered with sweat. After wiping the sweat with his sleeve, he gasped for breath and reported.

Pei Luo’an, who was sitting there with a chess piece in his hand, paused for a moment. Then, he slowly placed it on the board in a composed manner and picked up another chess piece. This was an endgame that he had specially devised for Zhao Qingxuan.

“How did she fall into the water?” Zhao Qingxuan glanced at Pei Luo’an, his expression becoming serious. He knew the Crown Prince had heard their conversation.

“I am not sure about the details. It seemed that County Lady Jingyu wanted to go upstairs and see what happened after someone fell into the lake, but she herself accidentally slipped down. A maid tried to hold her back but failed, and the two of them fell into the lake together. Fortunately, some people were already busy saving the previous person. They immediately saved County Lady Jingyu. She was only slightly frightened. There was nothing else.”

The lad servant was a clever person. When he asked about the incident, he heard that County Lady Jingyu fell into the lake. He knew that his master would definitely look into the matter, so he told the cause and effect of the matter. Of course, this reason was also given from the view of the Grand Princess Mansion, saying that County Lady Jingyu fell into the lake by accident.