Yan Ran and Yan Yao, under the leadership of the maidservants of the Hou Mansion, visited the garden of the Hou Mansion.

When I walked to the garden, I saw several girls fluttering butterflies on the lawn.

Zhen Yu was also among them, and when she saw Yan Ran, she ran over happily: "Sister Yan!" ”

Shang Yingying followed, Yan Yao and her looked at each other with disgust, the two snorted coldly at each other, and no one paid attention to anyone.

Zhen Zhen's hot little face was flushed, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Yan Ran took out a handkerchief to help her wipe her sweat, and said angrily: "Look at you, you're all sweating, and you're going to catch a cold if you blow the wind carefully." ”

When the maidservant heard this, she proposed: "A few girls, there is a gazebo not far ahead, why don't you go and rest and cool off!" ”

Zhen Yu happily responded: "Okay! ”

A few people turned a corner, and sure enough, they saw a gazebo.

It's just that there are already a lot of people standing or sitting inside, and the person sitting in the center like a moon is Cui Jingshi.

Yan Ran paused.

Zhen Yu also said: "Sister Yan, there are a lot of people over there, let's go elsewhere!" ”

When the maidservant saw this, she proposed: "Girl, go further down, there is a small building in the middle of the lake, although there is no roof to shade the sun, but because of the water, it is also very cool. ”

Zhen Yu looked at Yan Ran, Yan Ran nodded, and motioned for the maid to continue to lead the way.

Yan Yao stopped and complained: "After walking such a long way, I haven't had a place to rest, I'm going to be tired to death!" Go ahead, I'll go back! ”

Shang Yingying glanced at Yan Yao with disdain, and said disdainfully: "Hypocrisy." ”

Yan Yao suddenly lost her breath, she was about to have a seizure, but she saw Qingxuan trotting all the way over and saying something in Yan Ran's ear.

Yan Ran was slightly surprised, but also a little happy, and said in a low voice: "Cousin Yan? ”

After she finished speaking, as if she was afraid of being heard, she quickly closed her voice and glanced at her a few times.

Qingxuan whispered a few more words to Yan Ran, and Yan Ran's lips provoked a hint of a vague smile.

Yan Ran raised her head and followed Yan Yao's words: "Yao'er is right, not only do you have to walk a little longer, but the small building in the middle of the lake can't take advantage of the cold, so it's better to go back to the house to cool down." ”

Zhen Yu listened to Yan Ran, so he followed her and walked back, followed by Shang Yingying.

Yan Yao didn't expect Yan Ran to listen to her words for the first time, and she had the heart to make up for it, but she was afraid that her behavior would arouse suspicion, so she could only follow behind with a heavy heart.

As soon as the group walked to the location of the garden, Yan Ran suddenly stroked her wrist and exclaimed, "Where is my bracelet?" ”

Xian Luo said: "The bracelet that the girl wore today is a little looser, maybe it fell somewhere." But when she came back, the slave saw that the bracelet was still there! ”

Yan Ran said helplessly: "Then let's go along the way to find it." ”

Zhen Yu hurriedly said: "Sister Yan, I'll accompany you to find it." ”

Yan Ran said: "You are sweating, go and change your clothes, don't delay the time of the banquet, I will come when I go." ”

Zhen Yu nodded obediently, and then called Shang Yingying to leave together.

Yan Yao stood still and didn't move, looking at Yan Ran's back thoughtfully.

Yan Ran inadvertently blurted out the sentence "Cousin Yan", and now she deliberately avoided everyone under the pretext of looking for a bracelet, which made Yan Yao feel more and more that her behavior was abnormal.

Could it be that she is going to see Wen Chengyan?

Yan Yao thought about it, turned around and was about to follow, but was stopped by the maidservant Chenshuang.

Dusty Frost persuaded: "Girl, Madame has repeatedly told you to stay away from the eldest girl today, let's not go over!" ”

Yan Yao bit her lip, very entangled.

Since that day at the banquet, Wen Chengyan made a fool of himself in public, and later said that he was not sick, and many days have passed.

Yan Yao took Wen to visit the Dingguo Mansion several times, but she didn't see Wen Chengyan.

Of course, Yan Yao would not look at Wen Chengyan's jokes like others, she was sincerely worried about whether he was seriously ill and worried.

Yan Yao fought for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "I only look at it from a distance, not near it." ”

Yan Yao quietly followed Yan Ran and came all the way to the small building in the middle of the lake.

Yan Yao saw from a distance that there was a man standing near the water on the water platform built in the middle of the lake.

He was dressed in a crescent white carved silk brocade robe, and his hair was inlaid with gold and jade crowns, which was exactly what Wen Chengyan usually attire!

Yan Ran walked over and stood beside him, the two of them talking and laughing.

Yan Yao gritted her teeth secretly, she didn't know what was wrong, the person who originally appeared here shouldn't be Wen Chengyan.

Yan Yao remembered that in the past, they intended to design Yan Ran's drunken loss of honor at the eldest princess's banquet, and they also intended to design Yan Ran's affair with Wen Rong'an in the academy, but she avoided it every time, and there seemed to be Wen Chengyan's shadow in it.

Perhaps, it was Wen Chengyan who helped Yan Ran escape one catastrophe after another, and this time it was the same, right?

Thinking of this, a monstrous fire of jealousy surged in Yan Yao's heart.

Now that things have changed, she can't afford to let things continue as planned.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a fulfillment for them?

Yan Yao lost her mind because of jealousy, and ran into Yan Ran regardless of it.

Xian Luo had already noticed the sound behind her, but she remained silent, and it wasn't until Yan Yao approached that she suddenly pulled Yan Ran aside.

Yan Yao threw herself into the air, felt her feet slip again, and hit the railing.

She wanted to hold on to the railing to stabilize her body, but the railing broke in response, and she threw herself into the water.

Wen gloated, originally waiting to see Yan Ran's jokes.

Who knows, she saw Yan Ran standing in front of the crowd, looking panicked, but the fan in her hand shook gently, and it was clearly a leisurely appearance!

Wen's heart was shocked, since Yan Ran did not fall into the water, who was in the water?

She hurriedly looked into the water, only to see Li Qian swimming towards the shore with Yan Yao in his arms.

Yan Yao's face turned pale with fright, her eyes were closed, and she hugged Li Qian with her hands and feet.

Wen suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and the sky was spinning for a while, and he almost fainted.

"Madame!"

Huaxiu and others hurriedly supported Wen's.

Wen forced his composure and stumbled over.

As soon as Li Qian came ashore, Wen pushed him away, snatched Yan Yao from his arms, pointed at him and scolded: "Vulgar erection! How dare you touch my daughter? ”

Everyone was relieved that the person who fell into the water was finally saved, but instead of being grateful to Li Qian for saving her daughter, Wen scolded her, what is the reason?

Yan Ran walked over, looked at Wen condescendingly, and reminded coldly: "Mother, if it weren't for Li Qian's rescue, Yao'er would have drowned." ”

"You......"

Wen looked up and saw Yan Ran, his eyes were red with anger, and he slashed at her fiercely, almost scolding her.

But the contemptuous or disgusted gaze projected around made Wen a spirit, and he immediately came to his senses and came back to his senses.

Wen softened his complexion, barely squeezed out a bitter smile, and explained to himself: "Yao'er fell into the water, but it frightened me, and I began to talk nonsense!" ”

Although concern is chaos, everyone can understand Wen's confusion because her daughter fell into the water, but her first reaction was to scold the life-saving benefactor and anger at the eldest daughter, which shows her ingratitude and narrow-minded temperament.

Now, no matter what she says, she can't save her selfish and cold image in everyone's hearts.

Yan Yao gradually eased up at this time, and only then did she see that the man who was the same as Wen Chengyan's usual outfit and had a skin-to-skin relationship with her was not Wen Chengyan at all, but Li Qian!

Yan Yao was greatly stimulated, screamed, and fainted.

Chen hurriedly said: "Quick, come on!" Send Miss Yan to the wing, and go to the doctor! ”

If this happens, the banquet can only be stopped.

Chen is confessing to the ladies and promises to invite everyone to the house another day.

Yan Ran said suddenly: "Madam, the little girl thinks that the incident of her sister falling into the water is a deliberate murder. ”

Chen was taken aback: "What? How is this possible? ”

Yan Ran spread out her palm, only to see two transparent glass beads in her palm.

She said slowly: "There are such transparent glass beads scattered on the countertop of the small building in the middle of the lake, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all. I think the sister must have stepped on the bead before she lost her balance and crashed into the railing. And the fence around it was so unstrong that it broke when it was touched, which caused the sister to fall into the water. Dare to ask, could there be such a coincidence? ”

When Chen heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly called the housekeeper and ordered: "Go to the small building in the middle of the lake to check." ”

The ladies and girls who were about to say goodbye and leave also stopped one after another to pay attention to the follow-up development.

The girls got together and naturally chatted.

"It's good that we didn't go to the small building in the middle of the lake, otherwise we might have fallen into the water!"

"yes, I was looking at the beautiful scenery and wanted to go over and see it. Fortunately, there was a servant girl to guide the way, saying that there was another pavilion to enjoy the shade, so I didn't go over. ”

"When I passed, there was no place to sit in the gazebo, and I wanted to go to the small building in the middle of the lake. But the servant girl refused to lead the way, and I came back in a fit of rage. Now it seems that she saved me unintentionally. ”

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Yan Ran listened to the girls' discussions, and keenly captured the subtle difference between the maidservants who led the way and did not let the people next to them go to the small building in the middle of the lake, but let them pass.

Perhaps, the problem lies with the maidservant who leads the way.

Yan Ran immediately raised this question.

Chen Shi said angrily: "Who are the maids who guide the way for all the girls, call me all!" ”

Soon, the maidservants gathered together and stood in two rows in the courtyard.

Under the identification of the other girls and Yan Ran, two maidservants came out of the ranks.

When Chen saw these two maidservants, the anger on his face turned to surprise, and he did not speak immediately.

Yan Ranzheng felt strange, and only heard the housekeeper report that the fence was in disrepair and could not bear the weight, and there was no trace of man-made damage.

Chen Shi was obviously relieved, and explained to Yan Ran with a smile: "These two maids are new to the mansion, and they don't know much about the situation in the mansion. It is understandable that one person failed to lead the way because he did not recognize the way, and the other person led the way, but did not know that the fence was in disrepair. Miss Yan may have thought too much, and Miss Yan's fall into the water was indeed an accident. ”

Yan Ran was stunned for a moment, and before Chen began to interrogate everything, he exonerated the maidservant and determined that the falling into the water was an accident.

The change in her attitude before and after is inevitably suspicious.

Yan Ran also wanted to ask, that is, everything else was an accident, so how to explain the glass beads.

Wen suddenly appeared and said, "Ran'er, Madame has investigated this matter and made it clear that it was an accident, so don't be rude and pestering again." ”