Divine Doctor: Daughter of the First Wife Chapter 224: Don’t bring it upon yourself
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"Miss Third! Miss Third, where are you?" Mei Xiang took the cloak back, but she couldn't find Xiang Rong. She remembered that Xiangrong was waiting by the bridge when she left. Why was she missing when she came back?
Meixiang stood on the small bridge and looked down. She scanned every possible place but still found nothing.
She thought that Xiang Rong might be too cold, so she couldn't wait to go back. The two of them took a different path and didn't meet each other, so they hurried back.
But when I returned to the room, I discovered that Xiangrong had not come back at all!
Meixiang was now anxious, but she didn’t dare to say anything, so she could only go back and search again, but still found nothing.
The little girl was so tired that she was out of breath, but finally she still had some sense. After thinking for a while, she went to Tongshengxuan to look for her again. When I walked to the small moon gate in Liuyuan, I saw the girl keeping watch, and I quickly asked: "Did you see the third lady coming this way?"
The girl got the order and was quite polite to the people in An's courtyard. When she asked, she shook her head and replied: "No, no one has been here all night. What's wrong? Why is it so big? Come here in the middle of the night to find the third lady?"
Mei Xiang stamped her feet anxiously, "No, I have to go back and tell Aunt An that the third lady is missing!" After saying that, she turned around and ran away.
An Shiben was still dreaming, and when she was woken up, she was still wondering if she was dreaming. She vaguely saw Mei Xiang crying, and couldn't help but ask: "Why don't you stay by the third lady's side at night?" , why are you crying here?"
Meixiang cried too much and couldn't speak completely. She could only tell An's personal maid Ping'er: "Meixiang just said that the third lady is missing."
"What?" Anshi was shocked and immediately got off the bed. While getting dressed, she asked Mei Xiang, "What's going on? Please tell me!"
Mei Xiang told the story again, carefully, and by the end, the three of them had already left the yard and headed towards the artificial lake.
"I didn't dare to scream too loudly for fear of being heard by others. Maybe I didn't look carefully enough. Aunt, please look for me again!"
An was so angry and anxious that she couldn't help but pinch Mei Xiang and said angrily: "If you can't even look down on me, why do you keep a girl like you?"
Mei Xiang knew that she was wrong, so she didn't dare to quibble. She just kept saying: "As long as the third lady is fine, Mei Xiang is at my aunt's disposal."
Ping'er then advised An: "Auntie, don't worry, finding the third lady is the most important thing right now, let's go faster!"
The three of them almost jogged to the bridge, but at night the artificial lake was quiet, and there was not even a single figure anywhere.
The more Anshi searched, the more desperate she became. In the end, she simply sat down by the lake, looked at the quiet water, and felt the urge to jump in. If Ping'er hadn't noticed something was wrong with her in time and caught her, she would have fallen into the water.
At this time, I heard Mei Xiang shouting not far away: "Come and see!"
The two of them were nervous and quickly got up and ran there. When they arrived, they saw Mei Xiang pointing to a place by the lake, her face turned pale with fright, and she said tremblingly: "Look at this stone, has it been stepped on?"
When she said this, Anshi and Ping'er also looked at it. Sure enough, a half-sized stone had obviously been stepped on, and the brand-new stone stubble was exposed, which was shocking to see.
"Ping'er." An suddenly calmed down. Although her body was still trembling a little, she was no longer as panicked as before, "Go and notify the old lady, just say...Miss Third fell into the water, please help the old lady. ”
"Yes." Ping'er responded and strode towards Shuya Garden.
The news that the third lady fell into the water soon spread throughout the entire mansion. Except for the housekeeper He Zhong and the servants in the mansion, the first one the masters rushed over was Chen Yu.
I saw her rushing to the lake, only glanced at Anshi, and then turned her gaze to the lake again. He stared blankly for a while, and then asked Yi Lin beside him in a low voice: "How deep do you think the lake is?"
Yilin replied: "My slave has heard from Butler He before that the largest man-made lake in the mansion is nine feet deep."
"Nine feet." A smile appeared on Shen Yu's lips, "The water is nine feet deep. If the little man Xiang Rong falls in, he will definitely drown, right?"
Yilin was stunned. In his impression, the third lady had always been a silent person. She seemed to have no direct conflict with the eldest lady. Why would the eldest lady say such a thing?
On the other side, He Zhong has sent servants with good water skills to jump into the lake to find people.
There is an outlet at the bottom of the artificial lake in Feng Mansion. The water is alive and has not frozen even in the harsh winter. But the water is so cold that anyone who jumps in will choke. No matter how good the water is, it can't stand the cold.
The servants climbed up again not long after they jumped down. Their lips were blue from the cold and their limbs were stiff.
Chen Yu took two steps forward, his Bodhisattva face appeared again, and he looked at the people entering the water and said, "It's too cold under the water. They are human beings too and will freeze to death."
The servants looked at Chen Yu gratefully, as if this eldest lady was the Guanyin who came to the rescue. No one has ever cared about their life and death, only the eldest lady does. Although it is just a word, but in the hearts of these servants, even on such a winter night, they will feel warm.
However, this kind of gratitude had just begun, when Anshi said loudly: "Go get the soju! You, as long as you carefully search and rescue the third lady in the lake, I will reward you with fifty taels of silver each!"
Under great rewards there must be brave men. With An's words, those people who were originally moved by Chen Yu's words were immediately shocked. Without saying a word, they turned their heads and plunged into the water again. inside.
It's all nonsense in front of fifty taels of silver. They do menial work for Feng Mansion, and their wages for a month are only twenty taels. Fifty taels is two years' wages, so why bother?
Thus, the search and rescue work for Xiang Rong has really begun.
When the old lady came, what she saw was a group of servants who knew how to swim in the lake, swimming around in the lake, and there were also people with better water skills who dived directly to look for them.
The old lady nodded, "The Feng family needs slaves like this."
He Zhong wiped his sweat a little guiltily, thinking to himself that if Aunt An hadn't promised the money, who would be able to find it like this!
Unfortunately, search and rescue work at night in ancient times was too difficult. Without lights, what could be seen clearly with only moonlight? A group of people searched for it in the water for a long time, but couldn't find anything.
Someone couldn't stand the cold and climbed ashore to take a sip of wine. After a while, he immediately dived into the water again. After all this effort, the old lady became anxious.
"Anshi, come here." The old lady was sitting on a soft chair and had difficulty moving, so she could only call Anshi to her side, "Let me ask you, why do you want Rong to run out in the middle of the night? Why are you not watching? A bit?"
Ms. An was almost crazy with anxiety. She didn't bother to tell the old lady this. She didn't have a good temper at the moment, so she just replied casually: "She can't sleep and wants to see the second lady." After that, We have to walk back to the lake again.
The old lady was so angry that she yelled: "Stop!"
An was startled and stood there.
"How brave are you all? How dare you show your face to me? An, are you crazy?"
Anshi turned around suddenly and stared at the old lady with a pair of angry eyes that she had never seen before, making the old lady tremble in fear - "What are you doing?"
"Old lady." Anshi opened her mouth and asked her very puzzledly: "Your granddaughter fell into the water. You don't care whether she lives or dies. At this time, when you want to find out whether I am right or wrong, what is the point? Why? Even though the third lady is a concubine, she is also your granddaughter. Don’t you feel sorry for her?"
"Why don't I feel bad?" The old lady was trembling with anger: "Aren't we all looking for you? No matter how anxious I am, can I jump down and look for you together? You guys stayed up in the middle of the night and ran out, something happened. The fuss has made the whole house uneasy, and now you are still questioning me?"
"I didn't question the old lady, I just felt sorry for the third lady." It's really chilling to be born in such a family.
"Auntie, I've discovered something!" Before the old lady could speak again, Mei Xiang suddenly shouted loudly, "Auntie, look, these are the third lady's shoes!"
An hurriedly ran over and saw Mei Xiang holding a dripping shoe in her hand. The pink brocade shoe was made by herself for Xiang Rong when winter just entered this year.
Originally, there was still a glimmer of hope, thinking that Xiang Rong might not have fallen into the water, but when she saw the shoes, An's last hope was shattered.
The tense nerves collapsed in an instant, his legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground with a plop.
Ping'er was so frightened that he rushed to pounce, but at this moment, another servant emerged from the water and shouted loudly: "Look, does this veil belong to the third lady?"
Everyone turned to look again. Mei Xiang was most familiar with Xiangrong's things, and she recognized the veil at a glance. It was exactly the one Xiangrong was holding in his hand when he came out tonight.
"My daughter——" An collapsed and cried loudly.
The people in the water gradually came ashore. Even if there was a heavy reward, their physical strength was reaching its limit.
Chen Yu quickly ordered: "Hurry and get the blanket." He also received everyone's gratitude.
There was a servant who was relatively strong and could barely stand up to reply to his masters. He said to the old lady: "I'm afraid it sank too deep. The lake is too big and it's dark at night. I really can't find it." Arrived."
The old lady nodded, "It is indeed difficult." Looking at Anshi who collapsed and cried, she remembered what she said that Xiangrong was also her granddaughter, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "You guys, please slow down. I'll search again later."
The old lady has already spoken. What else can the servants say? They can only nod and helplessly get warm.
At this time, Fendai was standing in front of Han's bed in Han's yard, shaking her vigorously: "Get up quickly! Something happened to Xiangrong. Everyone went over to see how you could still sleep. Get it?"
Ah Ju cautiously said to Fendai, "My aunt has been sleeping very deeply in the past few days, and she is a little lazier than usual."
Fendai didn't understand what this meant, so she didn't think much about it. She still shook Han, and her voice became louder: "Get up! Get up quickly -"
The last sound rang directly into Han's ears. The person who was "sleeping" on the couch could no longer pretend and woke up in a daze. "Miss Fourth? Why are you here?" She asked while looking outside, "Is it dawn yet?"
"Why are you so bright!" Fendai rolled her eyes in anger, "I've been calling you for a long time, why don't you wake up?"
Han stretched his waist and said helplessly: "Don't you always say that I am pregnant? Pregnant people are sleepy. This is normal for me."
"Really?" Fendai didn't understand.
Han nodded, "It was the same when I was pregnant with you."
Fendai's eyes lit up, "So, is it true?"
"I'm not a doctor." Mrs. Han thought for a while and then said: "Let's wait for a few days and wait for the pulse to be stable before inviting the doctor to come and have a look. The days are still short now, so don't worry about the failure. Accurate."
"Yes, yes, yes." Fendai nodded repeatedly, "Don't be afraid of being late, the accurate name is the real thing. Okay, you just lie down, I will go by myself."
"Well, then be careful, the lake is dangerous, don't get too close."
"Huh?" Ms. Han was fine even if she didn't ask, but Fendai sensed something was wrong with this request, "By the lake? How did you know I was going to the lake?"