Zhao Wanning was frightened and overwhelmed.

She has been afraid of snakes since she was a child, especially the cyan snake. Because she was bitten by a green snake when she was young, she became afraid of snakes after that time.

In the last life, the reason why she wanted to push Zhao Chen'an into the water was also because Zhao Chen'an gave her a jewelry box containing a young snake, she was frightened and wanted to leave the pond, but was pulled by Zhao Chen'an and did not let her go, seeing that the snake was spitting red letters and getting closer and closer to herself, Zhao Wanning missed pushing Zhao Chen'an in the struggle.

She is not a wicked person, and she has no intention of harming Zhao Chen'an, let alone putting Zhao Chen'an to death, and pushing her into the water is just an unintentional mistake in a hurry.

Fortunately, the guards passed by and grabbed Zhao Chen'an, who was about to fall into the water.

Zhao Wanning also breathed a sigh of relief, the pool water was cold in late autumn, and if she fell into the water, she might be worried about her life.

That's a human life, after all.

Zhao Wanning is cautious and arrogant, all because of the teachings of the eldest princess. The eldest princess once said that as the lord of a country, you must always remember that royal face is more important than everything. So, in front of outsiders, she couldn't even show her fear.

Seeing that the water snake was getting closer and closer to Zhao Wanning, a bamboo leaf suddenly flew from the shore, like a broken bamboo, piercing the water snake seven inches in one fell swoop, nailing the water snake to the top of the oar.

The cyan snake's body writhed twice, gradually losing its strength, and if it hadn't been nailed to the bamboo leaf, I was afraid that it would have fallen into the water immediately.

Zhao Wanning's tense body relaxed at this time, and the fine sweat on her forehead wet her sideburns.

Zhao Wanning, who came back to his senses, let go of his hand and slid into the water, bringing up a splash.

At this moment, the boat is still some distance from the shore, and without the oars, the boat is difficult to move.

When Zhao Wanning didn't know what to do, he only heard the sound of a heavy object falling into the water.

She followed the sound and saw a person jumping into the pond, passing through the lotus leaves in the field, and walking with difficulty to the boat.

The pool flooded his calves and knees, and the deeper he went, the deeper he went, and soon submerged his waist. The mud at the bottom of the pool was brought out, and the water became muddy, staining his moon-white robes.

However, he didn't realize it, and his eyes walked towards Zhao Wanning resolutely.

It's Pei Yue.

Zhao Wanning's heart skipped a heavy beat. She looked at Pei Yue in a daze, as if there were only two of them left in the world. Realizing that his heart was beating faster, Zhao Wanning hurriedly lowered his head.

"I've seen the county lord."

"I'll take you ashore." Pei Yue showed an embarrassed smile.

When he got closer, Zhao Wanning saw that Pei Yue's exposed skin was red by the small thorns on the lotus leaf petiole, and the side of his face was even bloodshot.

Realizing Zhao Wanning's gaze, Pei Yue hid his hands in his sleeves.

Without waiting for Zhao Wanning to respond, Pei Yue went around to the boat and pushed the boat forward with both hands.

"The lotus leaf petiole is prickly, county lord, you beware of not being scratched." Pei Yue said.

The painting screen and the silver candle hurriedly stretched out their arms and brushed away the lotus leaves in front of them.

Zhao Wanning looked at Pei Yue, who was struggling to move forward in the mud with her sleeves under the scorching sun, she had mixed feelings in her heart, she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

I'm sorry for her is Pei Yue in the previous life, and she has nothing to do with Pei Yue in this life. She should have looked at the two separately. It's just that as soon as she sees Pei Yue's face, she will think of all kinds of entanglements in the previous life.

I shouldn't have said goodbye.

As the feast was about to begin, some sons of the family had already gathered on the shore.

Zhao Wanning went ashore with the support of the painting screen and the silver candle, Pei Yue saw that Zhao Wanning was standing safely in the crowd, so he went ashore, and took the rattan basket containing the lotus canopy on the boat and handed it to the painting screen.

He was in a mess, the clothes on his body were no longer visible, and his hair that had been combed meticulously was scattered. His face and body were covered with wounds from small spines on the petioles, and it was as if he had just rolled out of the mud before getting up.

He did come out of the mud.

"Yuanqing, are you okay?" A man dressed in fancy clothes leaned up and asked.

Pei Yue shook his head.

"Lord Qinghe, I don't know if the Eldest Princess's Mansion is convenient for my friend to freshen up, his appearance is really insulting." The man turned his head and arched his hand towards Zhao Wanning.

Pei Yue's current appearance is completely to save Zhao Wanning, and she naturally will not refuse.

Zhao Wanning saluted Pei Yue and said slowly: "Wanning thanked Gongzi for saving his life. I also asked my handmaid to go with me to rest. ”

She lowered her head again and instructed the painting screen: "You take Pei Gongzi to the water pavilion, and let someone send some hot water over to facilitate Pei Gongzi to freshen up." ”

The painting screen nodded, and when he turned around to leave, he was stopped by Zhao Wanning again.

Zhao Wanning whispered: "That set of dark purple Nine Sky Cloud Crane pattern cocoon silk has not been thrown away, right?" You go and pick it up and give it to Pei Gongzi. ”

The picture screen responds and leads the way ahead.

Pei Yue saluted everyone and left with the painting screen.

The excitement here finally attracted the attention of the ladies in the flower hall.

Zhao Chenan came slowly with the female dependents.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Chen'an moved lightly and walked quickly to Zhao Wanning's side: "How can you be so embarrassed?" ”

Zhao Wanning didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Zhao Chen'an just saw that many sons of the family were gathered here, and wanted to brush up on their sense of existence, how could she let Zhao Wanning stand in the crowd to attract attention.

Zhao Wanning was right, Zhao Chenan really thought so.

She pretended to take Zhao Wanning's hand and said, "Sister, the banquet is about to start, do you want to go back and freshen up first?" ”

"No need." Zhao Wanning withdrew her hand from Zhao Chen'an's hand and smiled: "I think I'm fine now, I don't need to dress up again." ”

Zhao Chen'an was choked and looked a little embarrassed, but she quickly adjusted her expression, took Zhao Wanning's hand again and said, "It's good if my sister likes it." Then let's go to the flower hall, the feast will begin soon. ”

"You go first, I have something to do." Zhao Wanning withdrew his hand again.

"Sister has anything else to do, sister can help you." Zhao Chenan said cheekily, she was afraid that she would miss any opportunities after returning to the flower hall, after all, these sons of the family on the shore are all young talents in the dynasty, if Zhao Wanning is allowed to pick a powerful one, and take advantage of the situation to fly on the branch and become a phoenix, wouldn't it be to press her again.

Zhao Wanning didn't know these hooks in her heart. She just wanted to find the person who killed the water snake with bamboo leaves to save her from Shekou, but the situation was urgent, and she didn't see who the bamboo leaves came from. After all, it was the person who saved her, and she should thank her face-to-face, not to mention that the bamboo leaf was originally fragile, but it could pierce the snake body with the momentum of breaking the bamboo, presumably it was injected with internal force, then this person's martial arts must not be weak, if you can worship him as a teacher to learn martial arts, it will be more convenient to walk in all directions in the future.

Zhao Wanning ignored Zhao Chen'an beside him, and said with a gentle smile: "Just now on the boat, a water snake climbed up the oar, fortunately the master helped, I don't know which master it is?" The grace of saving lives should be reciprocated by springs. Please also ask the benefactor to show up. ”

Sons, look at me, I look at you, they were invited to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, the eldest princess has not yet arrived, there are no elders present, it is inconvenient to go to the flower hall to share a room with the female dependents. Fortunately, the eldest princess's mansion had set up a resting place under the shade of this tree on the shore, and they gathered here to talk.

It's just that they didn't see the boat in the pond, and they didn't see the water snake. It was Pei Yue who suddenly rushed over and jumped into the pond, and they found the flat boat in the pond.

Could it be Pei Yue?

Zhao Wanning immediately denied this idea, Pei Yue is a weak scholar, he has no power to restrain the chicken, where does he have so much strength.

But who would it be if it wasn't him?

A man dressed in ink-colored trim suddenly stood up: "In Xia Lu Chunzhi, I have seen the county lord. ”

Surname Lu? The Rite Waiter's Family?

Zhao Wanning returned the salute quietly.

"Fang Cai is below," Lu Chunzhi said with a smile: "The effort of raising your hands is not enough to worry about." ”

"It turned out to be a benefactor." Zhao Wanning took two steps forward and saluted and thanked him seriously: "Thank you Lu Gongzi for saving me." ”

Lu Chunzhi hurriedly returned the salute, and wanted to help Zhao Wanning but was subject to the number of gifts that men and women did not give and accept, so he hurriedly said: "County Lord, you don't have to care, it's good that you don't disturb the County Lord." ”

Zhao Wanning blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "The gift cannot be abolished, thank the benefactor." ”

The vignette was quickly revealed.

"The eldest princess has arrived—"

"Celestia arrives—"

When everyone heard the sound, they moved to the flower hall.

Zhao Wanning muttered in her heart: Why is the eldest princess here?

In the flower hall, the female dependents are on the right and the male dependents are on the left.

The eldest princess and the eldest princess are seated first.

"See the eldest princess, the eldest princess." After the salute, everyone sat down in turn.

Zhao Chen'an sat first under the eldest princess's seat, which should have been Zhao Wanning's position.

Zhao Wanning was too lazy to argue with her, so she casually glanced around and found a vacant seat and was about to pass, but the silver candle grabbed her.

"County Lord—" Silver Candle whispered, "You are the County Lord, how can you sit in such a corner?" ”

Zhao Wanning was about to speak when she was interrupted by the eldest princess: "Wanning, come to me." It's been a long time since you, my sister, and I haven't seen each other. ”

Zhao Wanning looked up with some surprise, the maidservant behind the eldest princess had already come down to invite her, and Zhao Wanning followed and sat with the eldest princess.

The eldest princess on the side was also very pleased to see their sisterhood: "Wangshu, you haven't come to see your aunt for a few days." ”

The eldest princess Zhao Wangshu said with a dignified smile: "A few days ago, I occasionally felt a cold, and I was afraid of bringing out the sickness, so I closed my door to recuperate in the princess's mansion. Now that I am getting better, I heard that the lotus flowers are blooming in my aunt's house and that there is a hundred flowers banquet, so I want to come to the door to ask for a cup of sake. ”

"I didn't discuss it with my aunt beforehand, and I hope my aunt won't be surprised."

The eldest princess smiled kindly: "How come, you come to see your aunt, it's too late for your aunt to be happy, you have to talk to your aunt today." ”

The eldest princess happily agreed, and her gaze swept to Zhao Chen'an, who was lower, with a trace of disgust on her face, and soon disappeared again.

Zhao Chenan was half angry at the moment, originally wanted to snatch Zhao Wanning's position and let her sit in the corner, but who knew that it was self-defeating, she actually sat on the top and sat at the same table with the eldest princess.

The eldest princess looked at Zhao Chen'an with a blank face, she was so unruly, she sat in Wanning's position at the banquet, she was so ignorant, didn't she say that the deceased wanted to say that my eldest princess's mansion was not distinguished from inferiority.

It seems that it is necessary to discipline Zhao Chen'an well.

The eldest princess looked sideways at Zhao Wanning, who was chatting happily with the eldest princess, and then she was relieved.

Fortunately, the eldest princess saved the scene in time, otherwise Wanning would have lost face in public, how should she deal with herself.