Chapter 3: Overboard
This is a viewing lake planted with lotus flowers, the water on the shore is also very deep, several ladies by the lake did not notice that Xie Shurou lost her balance, only heard a "poof", Xie Shurou planted, several young ladies by the lake were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly called for help, Miss Xie San, Miss Wen and Miss Wang were very surprised, their faces were so frightened that their faces turned white, and the maids and women who were nearby ran over, and immediately there were servants who were good at water and went into the water.
Everyone was almost stunned, only Mu Hongsheng, the little girl from Anguo Gong's family, squatted down very quickly, reached out to grab the lake stone decorated by the lake, and leaned out in the direction of Xie Shurou's struggle.
The maid who came with An Guogong's house was so frightened that she hurriedly hugged her young lady's waist, but Mu Hongsheng didn't look back, she stared straight in the direction of Xie Shurou, and still tried to lean out, as if she wanted to grab Xie Shurou's shawl floating on the water and pull her up.
And Xie Shurou in the water, after struggling twice, did not move, and sank straight as if unconscious, leaving only the tulle of the flowing fairy skirt floating on the water, which frightened the grandmother of the Xie family and screamed to save people.
The servant who rescued the person plunged headlong into the water, swimming quickly in the direction of Xie Shurou, fortunately, Xie Shurou, who was sinking straight at this time, seemed to have a reaction again, struggling and rising again, Gu Yilan saw that her hair was wet and wet all over her face, and she was spitting water in her mouth, but she still tried to open her eyes, paddled the water, and also stretched out her hand in the direction of Mu Hongsheng's hand, trying to get close to the shore and grab Mu Hongsheng's hand to save herself.
But Xie Shurou's struggle only lasted for a moment, and she quickly sank straight to the surface of the water again, leaving only one hand on the water, still trying to stretch out in the direction of Mu Hongsheng. Seeing Xie Shurou sinking again, screaming by the lake, Miss Xie San cried at that time. Mu Hongshang was in a hurry, she simply let go of her other hand that grabbed Hu Shi, knelt on the ground, stretched out both hands, and tried to lean forward.
The maid of the Guogong Mansion was so frightened that she cried, her face was full of tears, she firmly hugged her young lady's waist, and while pulling Mu Hongshang back, she screamed incoherently: "Miss! Miss! No way! ”
Gu Yilan was also a little panicked, she didn't remember if the last time she saw Xie Shurou falling into the water was as dangerous as this time, the person had already sunk twice, how could the servants not rescue Miss Xie yet, I am afraid it would be bad to delay for a while.
Fortunately, at this time, two more servants went into the water, and several of them plunged towards the sinking position of Xie Shurou, and soon they all came out of the water with Xie Shurou and swam towards the shore.
Seeing Xie Shurou being rescued, Gu Yilan's hand clutching the handkerchief was slightly released. She knew that Xie Shurou would be fine, but seeing that the situation was so dangerous, she couldn't help but be a little nervous, now that it's okay, the people have come up, Gu Yilan breathed a sigh of relief, and slightly tilted her head to look at Wen Meiqing, who was holding Miss Wang tightly by the lake.
Alas! Gu Yilan looked at Wen Meiqing with some sympathy, she could see clearly that Xie Shurou fell by herself, and it had nothing to do with Wen Meiqing. Thinking about what was going to happen later, Gu Yilan couldn't help but sigh, Wen Meiqing could really be regarded as a disaster.
But what happened next surprised and confused Gu Yilan. The lake did quickly make a commotion, but it was not Xie Shurou and Wen Meiqing. Xie Shurou was already unconscious when she was fished up, and was carried into the wing room near the water pavilion, and Grandma Xie took the daughter of the Xie family to the wing room crying all the way and walked cleanly.
Wen Meiqing and Miss Wang were also frightened enough, because they were standing by the lake, and the princess personally summoned them to the water pavilion for questioning, and quickly left the lake, and the ladies of the Wen family and the Wang family also followed to the side of the water pavilion, and the rest of the lake were irrelevant people.
However, although the Xie family and the Wen family were gone, there was still a commotion by the lake. Duchess An Guo walked over with a white face, stretched out her hand and slapped Mu Hongsheng's shoulder hard.
Duchess An Guo is the daughter of the clan, is a serious jade plate of the county lord, grew up in the palace since childhood, and was personally raised by the empress dowager a few days ago, and the etiquette rules are naturally the best. She has been married to the Anguo Mansion for nearly 20 years, graceful and generous, gentle and virtuous, after marrying into the Guogong Mansion, she presides over the middle feed like an ordinary family wife, respects her mother-in-law, takes care of her husband and children, and can be called a noble girl in Beijing, and many families are like the Duchess of Anguo to raise their daughters.
How could such a standard lady lose her rules outside, for so many years, no one has ever seen Duchess An Guo lose her temper in public, let alone reach out and beat her daughter like a village woman in front of half of the capital's noblewomen.
Duchess An Guo stretched out her hand and slapped the ladies and ladies who were still on the lakeside and had not yet left, and also stunned Mu Hongsheng, she had never seen her mother so gaffe, and she was suddenly a little afraid, her face was timid, and she shouted: "Mother......"
Duchess An Guo didn't say a word, her face seemed to be even more ugly, and she stared at Mu Hongsheng, but she didn't stretch out her hand to hit anyone again. But the more the Duchess didn't speak, the more afraid Mu Hongshang became, she stretched out her hand and wanted to pull the cuffs of her mother, but the Duchess turned around and avoided it.
The mother and daughter froze here like this, only twelve years old Mu Hongshang was a little confused, she didn't understand at all, why the always gentle mother would suddenly have such a big temper, even if she was naughty and made her mother angry, her mother would only be gentle and gentle, at most she would be punished for copying scriptures and accepting her temperament, and she had never reached out to beat her like today, and stared at her like this without speaking.
Mu Hongshang was only twelve years old, and she was the only girl in the generation of the Guogong Mansion, the old lady was very pampered on weekdays, where she had been wronged, she didn't know where she was wrong, she was afraid and anxious, she felt embarrassed when she was beaten in public, her mouth was flat, and she wanted to cry.
"Don't cry!" Seeing Mu Hongsheng's eyes filled with tears and the corners of her mouth turned downward, Mrs. An Guo seemed to be even more angry, and asked in a deep tone, "Do you know what's wrong?" ”
I just don't know how to be wronged! Mu Hongsheng had tears in her eyes, she seemed to be afraid that the tears would fall, her eyes widened, and she looked at her mother for a moment, with a stubborn look, refusing to open her mouth to admit her mistake, and the mother and daughter froze here like this.
Fortunately, Mrs. Zuo Xiang on the side reacted quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to show a smile: "What is Mrs. Guogong doing, the red dress is still young, children of this age are always naughty, don't worry, no one will care about her." ”
When Gu Yilan heard Mrs. Zuo Xiang's words, her eyebrows raised slightly. Mrs. Li of Prime Minister Zuo's family is really exquisite, why Duchess An Guo is angry and hasn't made it clear, she first suspected that Mu Hongshang was related to Miss Xie's falling into the water, and made up for it in advance......