The moon shines on the deep river at night, and the lake is shimmering with light. Silver wind chimes hang on the carved beams of the ship's pillars. When the night wind blows, the glazed plates hit each other and make a clear sound.
Gu Shuyi slowly walked onto their boat with the help of the maid. His skin was fair under the moonlight, and he wore jade earrings on his delicate fair earlobes. He has a clear and shallow smile that fits everywhere. He has a slim figure and a soft-spoken voice. He has an aura of nobility that comes from the inside out, which doesn't make him feel uncomfortable.
She didn't recognize the man in front of her, and out of courtesy, she felt she should apologize.
When Gu Shuyi got closer, he realized that this man was so good-looking, like a piece of flawless jade, so noble and beautiful that he couldn't hold himself back.
The man smelled faintly of alcohol, and his eyebrows seemed to be slightly smoky.
After a long time, Gu Shuyi heard him say: "It doesn't matter."
Gu Shuyi was stunned. This man's voice was so pleasant.
Fortunately, the light on the boat was not very good, so her face was not noticed getting redder and redder.
She knelt down and saluted the man in front of her, "Thank you."
Gu Shuyi was reluctant to leave. She wanted to ask the man's name, but the girl's shyness prevented her from asking.
The maid couldn't help but urge, "Miss, it's time to go back."
Gu Shuyi's feet were rooted and she could not move forward. She squeezed the handkerchief tightly and her eyes wandered over him many times.
He wore a black brocade straight dress, a wide belt embroidered with cloud patterns around his waist, and a piece of half-moon white jade of excellent quality hanging on it. Looking at her clothes, she must be very sexy.
Gu Shuyi couldn't hold it back. Before the man left, he blushed and asked, "How dare I ask the young master's name?"
Zhao Shi stopped and turned around, looking at her calmly with his dark pupils.
Gu Shuyi's cheeks heated up under the gaze. She put aside her shyness and smiled at him calmly, "Meeting by chance is also a kind of fate. If you don't want to tell me, I won't force you to do it." "
Zhao Shi pursed his lips and still didn't speak. Seeing her smile, he easily became distracted. He thought for a long time, but the words had not yet been spoken.
Suddenly a little girl on the other side of the cruise ship screamed loudly, "Hurry up! Someone has fallen into the water!"
Zhao Shi had a bad intuition and looked in the direction of the sound. He only saw a familiar skirt swaying and falling, a gauze skirt as thin as clear mist, fleeting.
Zhao Shi's expression changed drastically, his pupils shrank, and without even thinking, he ran in that direction.
He only heard the sound of water, and someone jumped into the water to save him before Zhao Shi could.
The bead fell into the water accidentally. To be precise, it was not accidental. Instead, someone pushed her on the back while she was leaning most of her body to look towards the shore.
She splashed in the water several times, and some lake water was poured down her throat, almost choking her to death.
The lake water was bone-chillingly cold, and her entire face turned pale.
When Zhu thought she was going to drown in this lake, there was an extra pair of hands on her waist. She raised her wet eyelids and heard the man holding her waist whispering a few words in her ear, "excuse me."
The pearl was fished out of the water by Song Huaiqing. Zhao Shi's face darkened, his expression could not be more ugly, and he was unhappy.
The other men on the boat consciously avoided looking and did not look over there.
Song Huaiqing's clothes were also soaked. He glanced at Zhao Shi and explained: "It's an emergency, no offense intended."
Zhao Shi held Fuzhu in his arms, wrapped her body tightly with a blanket, and strode into the compartment of the cabin, "Get hot water and a set of clean clothes."
Zhu was so cold that she shivered in his arms, her lips turned white, and her soaked clothes felt uncomfortable against her body.
Zhao Shi tightened his face and stretched out his hand towards her to unbutton her clothes.
Zhu refused to let him take it off, "I myself ."
Zhao Shi's face was as gloomy as water, and he pinched the buttons of her clothes with his fingers, and without saying a word, he took off all the wet clothes from her body.
With her thin skin and red face, she huddled under the quilt, and her body gradually warmed up. She did not look at Zhao Shi, and remained silent in a daze, as if he did not exist.
The maid gave her the clothes she had prepared, placed them on the table, and then quietly left, not daring to disturb the two men.
Zhao Shi looked at her coldly and asked, "Why are you running around?"
He was counting the mandarin ducks on the pillow and quilt. If he made a mistake, he would start counting again without paying attention to what he said.
When the man suddenly pinched her chin, she realized that he was talking to her just now.
"I didn't run around, I just wanted to see if the fireworks were going on."
"And then he fell into the water?"
"Hmm. I didn't stand firm."
Zhu didn't want to tell him that she was pushed down by someone. She had her back to the person at the time, and she didn't know who was responsible. Mentioning things without evidence is like making excuses for yourself.
Zhao Shi stared into her eyes, and he sneered. The pain in his smile flashed, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Don't you want to take this opportunity to seek death and a living?"
Jumping into a lake to commit suicide was something she could do. She used to hold a knife to her neck and force him to let her go.
Zhu was so dumbfounded that he actually thought she committed suicide by jumping into the lake? She wouldn't do such a stupid thing. Besides, why should she die? I haven’t lived enough in this life.
"I didn't, don't slander me."
Zhao Shi leaned down and lowered his head. His eyelashes were long and thick. He looked at her quietly and said, "You are the best."
After saying that, Zhao Shi placed the dress that the maid had brought in in front of her and said calmly: "Go and soak in the hot water to get rid of the cold."
Zhu hummed, and then whispered: "You go out first."
Zhao Shi turned around and said, "I'll wait for you outside."
The cruise ship has sailed back to the pier, and Song Huaiqing has changed into a new set of clean clothes. He is standing on the pier with his hands behind his back, his eyes are in the distance, and his expression is difficult to distinguish in the night.
The concubine stood tremblingly beside him, biting her lips and teeth to hold back the cries that were about to burst out, her fingernails pinching her palms into bruises. She was so scared that she knelt down with a plop.
After a long while, Song Huaiqing turned sideways, looked at her condescendingly, and smiled, "Get up."
She didn't dare.
She was also obsessed just now, thinking that she would not be discovered, so she pushed the girl with His Highness the Prince.
She was a maid in Song Huaiqing's grandmother's house. Because she was good-looking and well-served, she was sent to Song Huaiqing's yard by the old lady. It didn't take long for her to climb onto him as she wished. bed.
She was not the only one who was favored by the eldest young master, but she was the most favored one. It was this extra favor that went to her head.
The eldest young master just looked at her a few more times. She felt that her position was in jeopardy, so he impulsively pushed her into the water.
Song Huaiqing looked at her trembling body indifferently, "What are you afraid of? Did I say I blame you?"
Although he smiled, he looked at her coldly, "It's okay for a woman to be cruel, she's quite cute."
After saying this, Song Huaiqing asked him to send her back.
Song Huaiqing knew that the women in his hospital were not economical lamps. He always turned a blind eye and regarded all their conspiracies as a joke.
But now, he was not even interested in watching the joke anymore, and suddenly felt it was boring.
When Zhu was pushed down by her, Song Huaiqing was standing beside them. He was a bystander watching the show.
Song Huaiqing also said that his young wife was very jealous. When she pushed the pearl into the lake, he found it quite interesting.
However, seeing how pitiful Zhu Zhu was, he didn't know why he jumped in to save her.
The slender waist that touched her through the fabric was indeed... somewhat unforgettable.
Before long, Zhao Shi had walked up to him, and the two stood together in silence.
Song Huaiqing closed the folding fan in his hand and asked with a smile: "Prince, don't you blame me for being nosy?"
Zhao Shi looked at the lake without saying a word.
Song Huaiqing didn't seem to have anything else on his mind, as if he really just came to the rescue out of fear of his own life.
"You are not nosy."
"My life is at stake. No matter how cruel I am, I can't bear to see your beloved die in front of me."
Zhao Shi looked at him with a strange look. He knew that Song Huaiqing might not have that kind of thoughts about Xiuzhu, but the scene of him holding Xiuzhu ashore still stung his eyes.
Song Huaiqing patted him on the shoulder and said, "I have countless beautiful concubines in my family, so you don't want to be jealous of them all."
After saying this, Song Huaiqing excused himself because it was late and went back home early.
Zhao Shi knew that he was trying to save her, but his heart still felt sour. He rubbed his brows and forced himself to forget what he saw.
When he returned to the guest room, Fuzhu had already changed his clothes, and his hair, which was still dripping with water just now, was half dry. As beautiful and clean as a hibiscus.
Zhao Shi waved to her, "Go back."
Zhu slowly walked to him and was held by his hand firmly. The man asked her warmly as he walked, "Don't you want some water?"
Zhu shook his head, "No ."
When she was a child, she slipped and fell into a pool. She developed a high fever and almost burned out her brain. From then on, her mother never allowed her to go to deep water again.
Zhao Shi remembered that she liked to play by the water. He heard from the people below that she went rowing on the lake in the courtyard a few days ago. She was really brave.
Zhao Shi grabbed her hand and walked out of the cabin.
The coachman waited at the pier all night. The coachman thought that His Royal Highness the Prince and Miss Fuzhu were going to spend the night on a cruise ship. When he was confused, he saw two people walking this way, and he quickly patted his face to wake himself up.
Zhu didn't mean any harm. She asked curiously: "Your Highness, aren't you going back to the palace tonight?"
Zhao Shi looked cold, "Where do you want me to go back?"
Zhu couldn't answer, and it was hard for her to say, "I hope you stay in the palace all the time."
Zhao Shi didn't expect to hear anything he liked from her, so he held her waist and put her into the carriage.
A soft voice came from his body and entered his ears.
"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you."
Zhao Shi turned around silently and looked at the girl not far away who was looking at him with a red face.
Gu Shuyi smiled shyly, with two shallow dimples at the corners of her mouth. She mustered up the courage to take two more steps forward, "My surname is Gu."
The moonlight shone on her snow-white and delicate face, making her eyebrows and eyes very gentle.
She stood in the moonlight, pursed her lips slightly, and gave him a sincere smile, "My name is Gu Shuyi. If we still have a chance to meet, sir, can I tell you your name?" For me.”
Although her behavior was rude, it was rare for Gu Shuyi to see a man who suited her eyes so well and she wanted to take advantage of it.
Zhao Shi still didn't listen carefully to what she said, and what he was still thinking about was - .
The way he looks when he smiles is similar, the stature and posture are also similar, and the tone of voice is also similar.
The only thing that is different is their family background.
In the aristocratic family with the surname Gu, only Gu Xuelin, the Minister of Civil Affairs, seemed to be Gu Xuelin's granddaughter.
Zhao Shi did not answer directly. Before getting on the carriage, he ordered the guards to send them back.
Zhu, who was sitting in the carriage, took this scene into her eyes. She didn't feel anything else. This beautiful girl couldn't hide her thoughts at all. She could tell at a glance. Tao likes him.
She speaks politely, is gentle and soft, looks very talented and knowledgeable, and dares to tell herself her name, so her family background must be good. Zhao Shi should be satisfied, these two are a good match.
Zhao Shi opened the car curtain and saw that she was still eating cakes carelessly, and he was naturally angry.
Zhu swallowed the last mouthful of sweet rice cake and almost choked herself.
Zhao Shi handed her a cup of tea without saying a word, and Huozhu took two sips of the tea before he came back to life.
She glanced sideways at his gloomy face, and kindly pushed her beloved pastry in front of him, "Are you hungry? This one is delicious."
Zhao Shi looked at her with eyes as deep as the sea, twitching the corners of his mouth, laughing in his heart, she had the nerve to please him with the pastries he prepared