The fourth master got up early in the morning, washed and dressed, and then glanced into the scarlet tent again. Covered in green silk, Li was lying on his side facing inward, his thin brocade was retreated below his waist, and his placket was loose and slanted, revealing his white and round fragrant shoulders.

Because of the miscarriage, she always tosses and turns at night, and only fell asleep slightly at dawn, the fourth master couldn't bear to quarrel with her, and gently lifted the curtain to go out, and told the girl Xixiang in the flower hall: "The master is going to Chengde, I don't know when I can go back, the side Fujin is not good yet, you have to stare at her to take medicine." Besides, every other day, I have to ask the imperial doctor to come to the house to check the pulse, do you know? ”

Yuka bent her knees and said respectfully, "The slave obeys." ”

After the fourth master left, Li slept until nearly noon. Fujin's invitation to be there has long been exempted, and the people in the Li family's courtyard are flattered from top to bottom in the house, and they want to give whatever they want, and even Fujin has to look at the color of the Li family. Li had breakfast and dinner, and bird's nest and ginseng set a table, but she just couldn't eat it. There was acid in my stomach, I was swelling under my feet, and my head was dizzy and painful.

She asked, "When did you leave?" ”

Xixiang said respectfully: "I left before dawn in the morning, saying that I was going to Chengde, but I don't know when I will return." Li sighed, nodded, and said, "Prepare paper and ink, and when I have the spirit, I will write a letter to my master." Xixiang responded, turned around and went into the study to grind the ink, spread out the rice paper, pressed it with jade carving, and took off the brush commonly used by Li and put it on the inkstone.

When Li Shi was lying on the kang until the palm lamp, Fang entered the study to pick up the pen and write.

Li is not very literate, and most of the poems he learned were taught by the fourth master. Today, she wrote a Tang poem, saying: One wishes Lang Jun is a thousand years old, the second wishes the concubine is always healthy, and the third wish is like Liang Shangyan, and the years will see each other. Her body was weak, and her pen was a little vain, and she used extremely hard to brush and pounce. After writing the three wishes, like Liang Shangyan, when he was about to write about the years and the years, he suddenly heard a shout from the dark outside the window: "Da Gege fell into the water, Da Gege fell into the water" Li Shi bluffed the tip of the pen to focus on the rice paper, and the ink instantly soaked the back of the paper. The brush fell to the ground, she didn't care about anything else, ran straight out, Xixiang also heard the shout, and hurriedly carried the lantern of the night patrol woman under the corridor, called a few girls and eunuchs, and hurriedly followed.

If you want to talk about falling into the water, there is only a pond in the garden in the house.

Yuka wanted to ask someone, but Li had already gone to the garden in a panic. In recent days, Li Shi has some symptoms of apprehension and neurasthenia, and when he heard that something had happened, the seven souls immediately went to the six spirits. There is very little movement in the garden at night, and there is only one light at a great distance. Tonight, there are no stars and no moon, and it is dark everywhere, if it is not for the urgent search for someone, Xixiang will never dare to go inside.

On the way to the garden, she passed by Niangge's side courtyard, and she was standing in the courtyard pacing idly, when she saw Li coming in a hurry with a group of people, she asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" Li Shi walked forward regardless of it, and the girl behind him replied: "Da Gege fell into the water" Nian Gege was shocked, and he didn't even bring the girl with him, so he followed behind and went to the pool.

The pond is vast, and from a distance, it is so dark that you can't see anything at all.

Nian Gege persuaded: "Have you searched everywhere? Will anyone be yelling? As he spoke, there were a few pops of water from nowhere, and Li shouted loudly: "Xinrou, Xinrou"

Xinrou is the name of Da Gege.

The sound of the fluttering water was louder, and Li said: "Hurry up and find a lantern to illuminate, hurry up and go into the water to save Da Gege" The eunuchs next to him went straight to the pool, Li was in a hurry, and ran into the water with his skirt, the pond embankment was built with fine and smooth pebbles, and Li's feet slipped, and she had already thrown herself into the water without waiting for Xixiang to stop her.

Xixiang was afraid that something would happen to the Li family, and wanted to go down, but was stopped by Nian Gege and said, "Someone on the shore must also take care of it, and I will follow Fang Fujin." Xixiang felt that there were people all around, and she didn't doubt her, so she said: "Thank you Nianggege, slave." ”

Ailian's shoes didn't take off, she followed directly behind Li, and walked deeper step by step, but she didn't want to save Li, but to kill her. Although there were people standing around, it was chaotic, and it was dark, and in a flash, Li disappeared from Xixiang's sight. She hurriedly instructed the two mothers-in-law next to her to go down to the pool to look for someone, but they were nowhere to be found.

At this time, Li's lungs were filled with muddy water, and he was dragged and pressed under the water by Ailian.

She remembered that she was about to marry Da Gege Xinrou, her reliance on her son Hongshi, and the fourth master who was far away in Chengde and the unfinished letter on the table was so short, her throat was filled with mud and sand, she quickly lost consciousness, and a dark curtain pounced on her, enveloping her, netting her, making her give up resistance and lose her last consciousness.

She always thought that she would grow old with the fourth master, after all, he loved her so much.

With his love, what else is there to be afraid of in this world?

She never thought she would die in the cold and cold pool.

The guards of the Prince's Mansion slowly gathered around, and the palace lamps were held high around them, illuminating the water surface sparkling. Ai Lian slapped the water with her last strength, and then fell to the bottom of the pool little by little. But soon, she was rescued by the guards.

In terms of timing, Ai Lian grasped it very well.

This matter was earth-shattering, and Fu Jin led Da Gege to hurry over and asked, "What's the matter?" Li's body was carried by the eunuch, and Yuka cried blindly. Da Gege's legs were weak, tears spurted out, and his liver and intestines were broken in pain. And Ailian, who did not lose her breath, just fainted, and was given an injection by the rescued Dr. Bai, and soon woke up.

Fu Jin sent a letter to the fourth master overnight.

The fourth master had been waiting in front of Concubine De's couch all night, and the next day at breakfast, he saw a letter from the house, thinking that it was Li's pen and ink, and he couldn't wait to spread it out and see it, but he didn't want to, but it was bad news. As if in a dream, I was in a trance for a while, only to feel a pain in my chest, a fishy throat, and a mouthful of blood to spit out. Fourteen had never seen the fourth master weak and helpless, and he was also shocked when he hurriedly snatched the letter and read it.

Seeing the fourth master stumbling out, Fourteen was afraid that something would happen to him, so he followed behind.

The fourth master seemed to have lost his soul, his body swayed, he was dazzled by everything, his mind was full of Li's voice and appearance, a dignified seven-foot man, the incomparably noble Prince Yong actually sat on the ground, wept and cried bitterly. Fourteen didn't want people to see the appearance of the fourth master's disgrace, so he hurriedly asked the eunuchs to form a circle with their backs to each other. He also sat on the ground with the fourth master, but he didn't know how to comfort him, thinking that if the person who had an accident today was Weiwei, would he be as dignified as the fourth master.

The incident of the Li family falling into the water soon reached the ears of Concubine De, who knew that the fourth master had always cherished the Li family, and also knew that someone must have made trouble from it. She was very annoyed, if she didn't want the fourth master and the fourteenth to show their faces in front of Kangxi, she wouldn't have pretended to be sick and let her two sons come all the way to the palace to serve. So he simply said that he was well and let his two sons go back together.

Sifujin was worried, on the day Li fell into the water, she happened to announce the big Gege question. The reason is that at noon, an adult from the criminal department sent his mother-in-law to kiss, and Sifujin wanted to ask Da Gege's meaning. After saying a few words, someone outside lied that Da Gege had fallen into the water, so anxious that Li threw himself into the pool desperately, and then died.

People up and down the house, inside and outside, are secretly suspicious of Sifujin. Sifu Jin didn't understand it at first, but later heard Xixiang say that it was Nian Gege who followed behind the Li family, so she didn't go into the pool, and Sifu Jin suddenly realized. But she couldn't say anything, the child in Li's womb was indeed instructed by her to do it, and she really couldn't guarantee that Nian Gege would bite her back. If the matter is poked out, not only will Fujin's position not be guaranteed, but I am afraid that he will be sent to the government by the fourth master for conviction.

She can only act as if she doesn't know what to do, and she doesn't say anything.

Ai Lian lay on the bed with peace of mind, opened her eyes and looked at the top of the tent, and the feeling of Li grabbing her legs was still there, which made her tremble in horror and break out in a cold sweat. The white doctor and the girl who served thought it was a disease of deficiency and cold, so they didn't pay attention to it. The fourth master quickly returned to the palace, after all, he is a man, and he is a prince, no matter how sad and sad he is in his heart, he maintains the calm and composure he should have on his face. The scene of the fourth master crying like a child in the Chengde Palace, the fourteenth has ordered everyone present not to spread it.

The relationship between the two brothers has gradually warmed up because of the grief they have experienced together.

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