Yu Dong had been on full alert for a long time. What happened just now seemed very ordinary, but in his eyes, there were many unusual things. However, since the young lady had not given any orders, he just followed her orders.
Now that the young lady had spoken, there was no point in being polite. She came over, grabbed the maid, and pushed her onto the platform in front, saying, "Go clean up first."
He didn't look big, but his strength was beyond that of an ordinary maid. With a little effort, he pushed the maid from the princess's mansion directly onto the platform.
As soon as Yudong loosened his grip, he saw the maid who had just stepped onto the platform suddenly lost her balance and rushed to the fence outside with a scream.
The force of her rush was so great that the low fence could not stop her at all. She just slipped over and fell down with a scream.
There was a loud "splash" sound in the lake, and water splashed everywhere.
There were a few young ladies chatting by the water downstairs. When they were talking excitedly, a person suddenly fell from above, and the splashing water soaked their faces and bodies.
Then someone screamed: "Someone fell into the water, someone fell into the water, help!"
Princess Xiangrong stood up suddenly. She was not sitting by the window and was not splashed, but she was also frightened. Looking at Liu Jingyu and other young ladies who were also frightened and pale, Princess Xiangrong reacted quickly and ordered a maid beside her, "Quick, send someone to rescue them."
No matter which lady fell from above, it is always not good for something to happen in one's own house.
She heard a loud noise upstairs just now, and she sent people around her to ask about it, but no one has found out yet, and something happened again upstairs.
The maids in the princess's mansion reacted quickly and turned outside to find maids and servants who could swim.
This is the inner courtyard. We can't go and ask the servants or the people from the outer courtyard for help.
But diagonally opposite the lake is the outer courtyard, which is actually not far away. I heard that there are male guests in the outer courtyard today. If the people over there see what is happening here, it will be even worse.
"I'll go up and take a look." Princess Xiangrong said with a frown after the old woman left.
"I'll go up with you." Liu Jingyu also stood up and said softly and concernedly.
Several other ladies also expressed their desire to follow.
Princess Xiangrong could no longer care about other people at this time, and went to the second floor with a few maids. Until now, she didn't know which family's young lady was in trouble, and she just hoped that it was not the ones she thought, otherwise this would be a really big deal.
Next to the stairs on the second floor, a large chair was lying there, still not moved and just thrown there. But because it was not at the stairs, it did not block the way up from below.
The maid in the princess's mansion was standing there trembling with a pale face.
"What happened?" Princess Xiangrong came up and looked around. She saw the other two young ladies standing there trembling, and asked anxiously.
She had looked around downstairs before, but didn't see the fourth young lady from Minister Qu's house. This one's features were too obvious, mainly because she was wearing a long veil around her eyes, but there was no such thing upstairs at that time. She couldn't help but secretly tighten her handkerchief and her face tightened.
If it was just this person's current identity, Princess Xiangrong would certainly not care, but it was said that this person was the one favored by Prince Yun. If something really happened, not to mention her, even her mother might be implicated.
"Lose…
...fell down..." A young lady stammered when asked, her face pale and it was obvious that she was extremely frightened.
Princess Xiangrong hurried forward and saw a maid standing on the platform in panic, holding the low fence outside the platform with one hand.
Looking at the appearance of this maid, she somewhat resembled the one who had followed Miss Qu Si before. Princess Xiangrong felt her head buzzing for a moment.
She had other intentions in inviting this Fourth Miss Qu this time. Although she was also testing whether this Fourth Miss Qu was the same as the rumors, when she saw the jade fan that was said to be from the Prince of Yun's Mansion, Princess Xiangrong had already figured it out. Even if this Fourth Miss Qu was of no use, it would be better not to offend her.
Although she knew that the prince would not really fall in love with a woman with eye disease, she would be the one around Prince Yun in the future, and the only one the prince had agreed to. No matter what the reason was, Princess Xiangrong felt that it was better to be safe, no matter whether it was useful or not, it was better to use it than not.
Maybe it will be useful
Seeing the maid beside Qu Moying coming forward in panic, he hurriedly held the maid's hand and tried to get on the platform, but his sleeve was grabbed by Liu Jingyu, "Princess, please wait a moment, the water stains above may be very slippery."
Liu Jingyu pointed at the water marks on the platform and said, "Leaning against the rockery, there was a misty stream flowing down. There were indeed some water marks, but they were only nearby."
"It'll be okay. I'll be careful." Princess Xiangrong said. She looked anxiously at the situation below, not knowing whether the people in the mansion had rescued the person.
"Princess, you'd better be careful." Liu Jingyu did not let go and held Princess Xiangrong to prevent her from passing, his concern evident in his words.
Princess Xiangrong brought a lot of people with her, and Liu Jingyu also had a lot of people. Neither of them went up to the platform. The people around them blocked the entrance to the platform together with them, and no one went up for a while.
It looked dangerous up there, so no one dared to go up at this time. Although there was no water on one side, someone sharp-eyed saw a water mark that slid from the platform to the fence. It looked like the person who fell into the water went up there and accidentally fell down.
"What happened?" Such a voice suddenly came from behind everyone. Everyone turned around in shock and saw the curtain on the other side of the pavilion. Qu Moying came out with Yuchun and looked at the people in front of them in shock.
There was no view over there, nor a windowsill. It was just an ordinary window with a curtain hanging in front. When people came in, they didn't notice this side, and naturally they didn't notice that there was someone behind it.
"Miss Qu Si?" Seeing the well-behaved Qu Moying, Princess Xiangrong's voice rose unconsciously.
Liu Jingyu's hand holding Princess Xiangrong's trembled, and the sleeve slowly fell down from her fingertips. Her eyes were cold and she looked at Qu Moying with suspicion. She never expected that the person in front of her would be Qu Moying. She immediately panicked and glanced at the maid from the princess's mansion who was standing at the stairs, her face became fierce.
The maid kept trembling and didn't dare to raise her head.
"Miss, someone fell down." Yu Dong was holding the fence and standing carefully on the platform. When he heard Qu Moying's voice, he hurriedly turned around and pointed down and said to Qu Moying.
"Miss Qu Si, what are you doing there? There doesn't seem to be anything interesting to see there." Liu Jingyu's words almost came out from between his teeth.
"I'll take a break." Qu Moying frowned and glanced at Yan Yujiao who was standing next to Liu Jingyu. This person's fingers were tightly clenched on the handkerchief in her hand, and her head was slightly lowered, as if she was not looking at anyone. But from the angle from which Qu Moying looked, he saw that this person's face was tense, as if she was very nervous.
"Take a break? Someone just fell down and there was such a big noise, but Fourth Miss Qu was still able to take a break." Liu Jingyu said unhappily.
"Then according to County Lord Jingyu's meaning, I must care about it?" Qu Moying said lightly, with a somewhat cold expression.
The two young ladies standing on the side looked at them vigilantly, but they held hands and said nothing. Others were not clear about the situation just now, but they two saw it clearly. After the cleaning maid fell down, Miss Qu Si left and went behind the window.
No one is stupid. They didn't pay attention before, but now they think about it, the maid clearly did it on purpose. The cause of this incident was related to County Lord Jingyu's tea.
And now the Lady of Jingyu County is questioning Fourth Miss Qu, and it seems like there is something wrong.
"I just think it's very strange that Fourth Miss Qu is here, and I'm worried about her safety!" Liu Jingyu knew that he was a little anxious and had said too much. The expression on his face softened and he explained with a smile.
"Thank you, Lord Jingyu, for your concern. Lord Jingyu has always been a kind person." Qu Moying bowed to Liu Jingyu sideways, but did not explain any more.
But the meaning of these words made Princess Xiangrong next to her look at Liu Jingyu again.
Yan Yujiao squeezed the handkerchief hard again, thinking of what happened last time, when she almost lost her life, and she felt filled with resentment.
On the surface, I couldn't cause trouble to Liu Jingyu about this matter. Today, when I arrived at Princess Changyu's mansion, Liu Jingyu behaved as usual and was very affectionate to me. But in the course of her conversation, she would mention Qu Moying from time to time. If I didn't know the truth of the matter, I would have wanted to confront Qu Moying directly after being provoked by her.
Even if they are not right, they will still make trouble for Qu Moying.
Isn't Liu Jingyu always kind-hearted and extremely dignified? It's others who do wrong, what does it have to do with her
Qu Moying's words almost hit Yan Yujiao's heart. She was originally hesitant, but she immediately became determined, and a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes.
"Miss Fourth Qu, you are too polite. I'm glad that Fourth Miss Qu is okay. Princess Xiangrong and I thought it was Fourth Miss Qu just now, but we didn't know who fell." Liu Jingyu had calmed down by now. He smiled slightly and turned his eyes to the other two ladies with concern, as if his conversation with Qu Moying just now was indeed a genuine concern.
The other two ladies looked at each other, hesitated and shook their heads.
A brave lady said: "Yes... it's a..."
"Miss, the person down there... That person hasn't been rescued yet, what should we do?" Yu Dong suddenly pointed down and screamed.
Among the people upstairs, she was the only one closest to the area below and could see clearly. After hearing what she said, everyone's attention turned to that area, and some people even squeezed forward involuntarily.
At this critical moment, I suddenly heard someone screaming, and saw someone falling heavily...