nucmednet Chapter 14: Lotus Pond Thrills
Chapter 14: Lotus Pond Thrills
A quarter of an hour later, the Queen smiled and exclaimed that the lotus flowers in the rectangular pond in the Imperial Garden had bloomed and the scenery was beautiful. Girls who were interested could follow Princess Guangde to enjoy the scenery.
Yan Qing had originally planned to sit in his seat obediently until the end of the banquet, but he unexpectedly heard this news.
Then, Zhao Shuhan grabbed her hand and said excitedly, "Let's go, let's go. I'm almost bored to death. Let's go out and look at the lotus flowers. I heard that the lotus flowers in the palace are particularly beautiful."
Yan Qingwan shook his head and said, "You go, I won't go."
If she went there, something unexpected might happen.
Zhao Shuhan: “…”
She froze in place, took a close look at Yan Qingwan's expression, turned to Gu Shiruan who was walking towards her and said, "Shiruan, Ah Wan said she won't go, let's 'invite her over' together."
When she said the last three words, she emphasized her tone.
After Gu Shiruan approached, he looked at Yan Qingwan who was sitting upright with a puzzled look, and asked doubtfully: "Ah Wan, are you not feeling well?"
Yan Qingwan's eyes lit up, she nodded, and said in a tender voice: "Yes, yes, you are right."
Zhao Shuhan saw her expression and immediately knew that she was fine.
With his eyes narrowed, he said, "Go or not, if you don't go I will pick out one of the stupid things you did when you were a kid and make it public."
Yan Qingwan: “…”
Ah ba ah ba ah ba····
She looked at Zhao Shuhan helplessly, sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go."
Zhao Shuhan immediately showed an expression that said, "That's not so bad."
Before Yan Qingwan stood up, he thought of something, turned his head to look at Yan Qingge beside him, and whispered: "Qingge, do you want to come with us?"
Hearing this, Yan Qingge glanced at Zhao Shuhan and Gu Shiruan cautiously. After hesitating for a few seconds, he nodded and whispered, "Okay."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Shuhan and Gu Shiruan looked at each other and said nothing.
Neither of them has a illegitimate sister, so there is no question of whether they have a good impression of each other.
Since Yan Qingwan wants to take her with him, then just take her along.
On the way to the lotus pond, Yan Qingwan was thinking in his mind how to deal with special situations if they occurred later. After all, it was written in the novel that such situations were prone to accidents.
Well, it’s okay to think too much. Just act accordingly when the time comes.
The other girls happily surrounded Princess Guangde and headed towards the garden.
It was June.
The lotus flowers in the lotus pond are in different postures and are blooming one after another.
The blooming flowers sway gently in the breeze, like lotus flowers emerging from the water, gorgeous and lovely.
Young girls dressed in their best clothes stood by the lotus pond, gathered in groups of three or four, admiring the lotus flowers and chatting with people they knew.
Yan Qingwan and his group of four arrived late. Along the way, Zhao Shuhan was like a sparrow, chirping as clear as a silver bell.
When they saw the lotus flowers blooming in the lotus pond, Zhao Shuhan couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah Wan, Shi Ruan, these lotus flowers are really as the rumors say."
At this moment, Zeng Yulan and her group of four or five people who were standing not far away turned their heads to look.
Next to Zeng Yulan, a girl in a pink skirt frowned slightly, curled her lips slightly, and sneered, saying, "You haven't even seen lotus flowers before? You're really making a fuss."
Yan Qingwan, who was beside Zhao Shuhan, heard this and thought, oh, the real show is about to begin.
That is, if what she says later makes the other person angry, she shouldn't be held responsible, right?
She has been feeling suffocated since she came to this ancient time.
Forget it, no matter what she does, the most important thing is to be happy.
So, she took advantage of Zhao Shuhan's lack of words to calmly turn her head and glance at him, then calmly retorted: "Oh, who did I think it was? Isn't this a biting dog following behind him? Why, the owner didn't say anything, and you, the dog, jumped out and started barking impatiently?"
Her voice was neither too loud nor too low, just enough for the people opposite to hear it clearly, yet not enough to be heard far away.
When the woman heard what he said, she became so angry that her face turned blue, her lips trembled but she couldn't utter a complete sentence.
The people around her looked at Yan Qingwan and the others with anger, and for a moment they couldn't think of anything nice to say in response.
Yan Qingwan naturally didn't care about the reactions of the remaining few people. She still looked at the woman opposite with a smile on her face and continued, "Remember, if you are not as skilled as others, don't show off. Remember to open your eyes wide when you go out next time, so as not to bite people everywhere again."
After saying that, she turned around and said to the people around her, "This place is not clean anymore. Let's go to the other side and take a look."
Zhao Shuhan, Gu Shiruan and Yan Qingge nodded in agreement.
The four of them walked half a circle around the lotus pond and then stood on the opposite side.
Seeing this, the woman whose face was red and neck was thick from anger just now said to Zeng Yulan aggrievedly: "Miss Zeng, look at them, they are really..."
What is the truth? She was speechless for a moment, and didn't know how to describe the anger and dissatisfaction in her heart.
The other girl standing next to Zeng Yulan, who was wearing a turquoise dress, glanced at her and said sarcastically, "Why, you are not as skilled as others outside, and as soon as the others leave, you start to complain."
Hearing this, Mu Fangwan glared at her with eyes wide open and said, "What does this have to do with you? You didn't even help Miss Zeng just now, but now you're complaining."
The girl in the emerald dress, Xia Yanying, snorted coldly upon hearing this, and said with a sneer, "You are really showing off now. Just now when I was here, I didn't see how you behaved. Besides, why should I help you? It has nothing to do with me."
After saying that, he looked at her provocatively.
Mu Fangwan pointed at her angrily: "You..."
Zeng Yulan, who was standing in the middle, glanced at the two of them, frowned, and scolded them impatiently: "What are you arguing about? You are such useless people."
Then, she waved to the palace maid in the distance. When she came closer, she quickly stuffed something into her arms, then leaned close to the maid's ear and whispered a few words.
Upon hearing this, the palace maid first felt the value of the thing in her arms. After confirming that it was quite expensive, she nodded and turned to leave.
Just when no one noticed, the girl behind Mu Fangwan, who was wearing a moon-white stand-up collar gown, had a hint of sarcasm flashing in the depths of her beautiful eyes.
Then she quickly covered it up and returned to her silent and expressionless self.
opposite.
Yan Qingwan and a few others stood by the pond, quietly admiring the lotus flowers in the pond.
Zhao Shuhan turned his head to look at the people opposite him, then retracted his gaze and said to Yan Qingwan with a cheerful smile, "Ah Wan, you were really amazing just now. You made Mu Fangwan speechless and made her face red and her neck thick with anger."
Yan Qingwan hummed calmly, her eyes fixed on the reactions of the people opposite her.
When he saw Zeng Yulan whispering with a palace maid, he knew something was wrong.
She quickly withdrew her gaze and observed the situation around the lotus pond. Her heart sank.
At this moment, a group of noble ladies not far away, led by Princess Guangde, slowly walked towards this side.
Everyone looked at each other, and Yan Qingwan realized that it might be inappropriate for her to ask Zhao Shuhan and others to leave now.
Princess Guangde, who was standing opposite, looked at Yan Qingwan for a few more times, and a hint of unknown meaning flashed in her eyes. Then she smiled and said, "Miss Yan, is the scenery here particularly better?"
Yan Qingwan smiled slightly, and said in a clear voice: "The scenery in the palace is naturally impeccable, every place is so beautiful that it makes people linger."
Princess Guangde couldn't help but chuckle when she heard this, and continued, "You are quite eloquent."
Yan Qingwan smiled but said nothing.
As the crowd gradually approached, I could hear the girls chattering all around, as if several birds were singing in my ears.
Yan Qingwan and his companions were pushed to the edge of the pond without them noticing.
The crowd was densely packed together, just like a night market in the evening.
Yan Qingwan could smell all kinds of incense scents in his nostrils, and these scents intertwined together to form a strong aroma.
This made her very uncomfortable, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose with her hands and coughed several times.
After finally recovering and opening his eyes, Yan Qingwan suddenly heard a scream from the crowd.
Then she saw the girls around her being squeezed and swaying left and right, like flowers in the wind.
Zhao Shuhan, who was standing next to her, let out a scream and was about to be pushed into the lotus pond!
Yan Qingwan was startled and quickly reached out to grab her, while he used all his strength to steady himself, fearing that he would fall into the water.
However, at this moment, Yan Qingwan felt someone pushing her waist.
She felt something was wrong, but she reacted quickly and stretched out her free left hand. Before the other person could retract his hand, she quickly grabbed his wrist and threw him into the lotus pond.
She reacted quickly and dodged to the side, hugged Zhao Shuhan, and rolled into the crowd. Several girls fell down immediately, and screams rang out one after another.
At this time, no one noticed that a palace maid lowered her head, walked through the crowd, and disappeared around the corner.
Accompanied by two "screams" and "plops" that no one noticed, the girl who pushed the person not only fell into the lotus pond, but also splashed water everywhere, causing the dresses of several girls standing by the pond and the skirt worn by Yan Qingwan, who was at the outermost edge, to be affected.
Yan Qingwan stood up, pulled up Zhao Shuhan who was below, then turned to look at the lotus pond, only to find that the one who fell into the pond was the young lady of the Mu family who had been speechless by her before.
At this time, she was soaked all over, struggling desperately in the water, gurgling bubbles, and slapping the water with her hands, splashing water.
He kept shouting "Help, help!" His voice was full of fear and despair.
He looked so miserable and miserable, which made people feel sorry for him.
The people who had just stood up by the pool couldn't help but panic when they saw this scene!
Princess Guangde was the first to react. Surprise flashed across her eyes, and she hurriedly called out to the palace maids not far away, "If anyone can swim, go down and save them. What are you standing there for?"
Hearing Princess Guangde's cry, the palace maids who had been standing there in a daze came to their senses as if awakened from a dream. They all took action and ran towards the pool. For a moment, only the sound of people falling into the water could be heard.
After the people were rescued, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Princess Guangde arranged everything in an orderly manner. Miss Mu was sent to her palace by her maids, and someone was sent to invite the imperial physician.
After finishing her work, she finally had time to look at Yan Qingwan and the others whose skirts were quite wet.
Then she comforted him, "You were also frightened. Follow the palace maids to the side hall to change your clothes first."
After Yan Qingwan and the others thanked Princess Guangde, they followed the maid to the side hall.
What made her helpless was that the clothes of Zhao Shuhan, Gu Shiruan and Yan Qingge were all fine, so this time she was the only one left to go with a few girls she was not very familiar with.
After changing clothes and leaving the house, I found that the maid who was waiting at the door had disappeared.
Yan Qingwan knew something was wrong and cursed God.