"Really?" Zi Yan despised Liu'er, "You eat so much every day that you can't break a thicker wicker?"
Liu'er lowered her head: "It's true, Concubine..."
Zi Yan took the thin wicker in her hand, and took a look: "You little bastard, you say you are loyal to me, but you actually have a lot of bad water in your stomach! Don't think I don't know, you and Chuntao is so close, she will have nothing to say to her! Since you can't break thicker willow sticks, I will break your waist!"
With a loud bang sounded in the air, the wicker lashed heavily on Liu'er's back. Fortunately, it was winter and he was wearing a thick cotton jacket, otherwise, Liu'er would have been torn to pieces.
If so, Liu'er also felt a hot pain like never before: "Ouch..." Liu'er jumped and cried, dodging to the side.
"Little bitch, don't go!" Zi Yan chased after her with a willow stick in her hand, "I must beat you to death today!"
Snapped! The wicker was drawn on the vermilion pillars of the veranda, leaving a trace.
"Forgive me, imperial concubine!" Liu'er cried, stepped over her feet and jumped out of the veranda.
There is a small pool beside the willow tree outside the veranda, and the willow plopped into the water, making huge splashes. But Liu'er can't swim, she floats in the water, sometimes her head is above the water surface, and sometimes it is hidden under the water surface.
"Help! Help..." Liu'er yelled while swimming, her wet face full of panic.
The two maids hugged each other in fear: "Too bad, Liu'er can't swim! Concubine, let's call someone to save her, otherwise she will really drown."
The left corner of Ziyan's mouth slightly curled up, and she snorted: "Such a bitch, let's save her even if he dies!"
Seeing that Ziyan was ruthless and refused to save her, the palace maids didn't dare go to the water's edge to pull Liu'er. They were at a loss for a while, and shouted loudly in the corridor: "Help, someone has fallen into the water!"
Zi Yan turned her head to stare at them, and with a snap, she used a willow stick to draw bright red marks on their faces. The two maids felt like their mouths were gone!
"what!"
Zi Yan became furious, pointing at them and yelling: "If you shout again, I will smack your mouths!"
The two maids were so hurt that they didn't dare to cry anymore, they embraced and wept, watching Liu'er helplessly struggle and cry in the water. Soaked in water, even if it can be rescued, it will catch a cold and get sick.
Just when he was in a panic, a group of people came walking, the leader was holding an apricot yellow parasol, followed by a close-fitting eunuch, and a one-handed Lin Hai.
It's Yan Li!
How come it's such a coincidence that he appeared at this time
If he knew that it was her who forced Liu'er into the water, Longyan would be furious and punish her in various ways. If it is light, it will be locked up in confinement, if it is serious, it will be punished by the people of the Punishment Department, and if it is more serious, it will be thrown into the cold palace.
Zi Yan lowered her head and rolled her eyes quickly, like two glass balls rolling in an ice tray. He frowned, thinking about it. He raised the wicker again, put his hand on his waist, viciously.
"Listen to me, you two bastards, if anyone tells the emperor what happened just now, I will really smash your bodies to pieces, do you understand?"
At this time, the maid was already terrified to the extreme, Liu'er said whatever she wanted.
"After a while, the emperor came over and asked why Liu'er got into the water. You just said that she was playful and accidentally fell into it by herself. Do you know?"
The maid nodded like a rattle.
A smile appeared on the corner of Ziyan's mouth: "Okay, you all get up quickly and take the food box away."
"If the emperor asks what to give the queen every day, what should we say?"
Fortunately, there are yokan and roast chicken in the maid's food box today, otherwise it is just cold steamed buns and pickles, and Yan Li will definitely be furious and investigate.
"Whatever is in the food box now, just say what you say."
The maid nodded: "Okay, everything is under the orders of the imperial concubine."
The three of them asked and answered, seeming to forget that there was a dying life outside the veranda.
Yan Li and the ministers were about to go to Fengming Palace, when they overheard a voice calling for help, they rushed over here. Just seeing someone struggling in the water, he took a closer look and it was Zi Yan's maid Liu'er.
And Zi Yan also put on a pose and shouted anxiously beside the pillars in the veranda: "Help, who will save Liu'er!"
Next to Ziyan, there were two court ladies who were also shouting.
Yan Li asked the ministers beside him: "My dear friends, who can swim and save Liu'er?"
The ministers looked at each other, but no one said anything. Not to mention that they are all civil servants, they don't know how to swim, they just know how to swim, who would want to take a dip in the water in such a cold day! It's just a girl and maid, how much is it worth, if it dies, it's like a sheep or a pig.
"Is there no one going down?" Yan Li's long eyes were slightly dissatisfied, and he glanced sharply at the minister.
Lin Hai handed the lacquered wooden box to the eunuch: "Your Majesty, I know a little better, let me go down and save people!"
However, Lin Hai lost one of his hands, and it would be difficult and dangerous to let him go into the water. If it is not handled properly, both of them may die.
A minister suggested: "It's better to find a bamboo pole, stretch it out to the surface of the water, let her cling to the bamboo pole, and pull her up."
"Huh!" Yan Li couldn't help snorting, "If you waited until you found the bamboo pole, Liu'er would have died!" He turned to Lin Hai and said, "Commander Lin, it's not convenient for you to enter the water with one hand, let me do it! "
Let the emperor wear a dragon robe and go into the water to save people? What kind of system is this
The ministers expressed their opposition one after another, and Lin Hai didn't quite agree. Yan Li's back injury has not yet healed, and his body has some minor ailments. It is very cold and watery. If the wound recurs, or if he gets typhoid fever and becomes seriously ill, he will be seriously ill!
But Yan Li didn't care about this, he jumped out of the railing of the veranda long ago, tied up his large dragon robe, jumped up, like a fish, jumped into the water neatly, plopped, and made a huge splash.
The water wasn't too deep, but it didn't reach Yan Li's neck, but it was already fatal to Liu'er, who was short in stature. Yan Li's feet sank deep into the mud, and the water all over his body seemed to be pierced by needles, chilling his bones. He strode with difficulty and approached Liu'er from behind. He stretched out his right hand, hugged her lazily, and picked her up from the water, just like hugging a three-year-old child.
Getting into the water is easy, but getting up is difficult, because the water is covered with mud, and it has just snowed, and the snow has not yet melted, so it is very slippery. Yan Li stepped forward with his left foot, stepped on the mud on the bank, and pulled his right foot out of the water, suddenly his left foot slipped, before Yan Li stepped on his right foot, there was a plop, and he and Liu'er fell into the water together.
The ministers panicked and chirped like a flock of birds, but it was just chirping, no one dared to go to the water's edge to pull Yan Li.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?"
"Your Majesty, leave that girl behind, it's easier for you to come up by yourself."
"Hurry up, any of you will find a bamboo pole and pull the emperor up."
But no one moved.
Lin Hai yelled loudly, tapped his toes, jumped out of the veranda, stood under the willow tree, turned his right hand into a palm, clicked, and forcibly chopped off a three-foot-long willow branch. He dragged the willow branch and passed the thin end into the water, holding the thick end in his right hand.
"Your Majesty, pull on the wicker, and I will pull you up!"