Chapter 123 - 118: The Unemotional Emperor
"She fell into the water."
"Something terrible has happened, Lady Rong Jieyu has fallen into the water."
The entire imperial garden immediately descended into chaos. Lady Rong Jieyu was currently the object of great favor, and if anything happened to her, none of the palace attendants serving nearby would escape the Emperor’s wrath.
"Splash!"
"Splash!"
The eunuchs dove into the water one after another like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Meanwhile, Li Wan in the lake was also in a dire situation. She had thought that those women only intended to push her into the water, and since she could swim, she figured the cool water temperature was the only concern. She even planned on turning the situation around to frame them. However, she did not expect someone to be stationed in the water to grab her ankle and pull her toward the deeper sections. Caught off guard, she had already swallowed several mouthfuls of cold water.
In the end, Lady Rong Jieyu was rescued, but when she was pulled out, she was barely breathing, and the child in her womb had been lost. Ye Qiu flew into a tremendous rage that night, and none of the concubines present were allowed to leave. Everything had to wait until Lady Rong Jieyu awoke before any decisions could be made.
Li Yanlan, observing Ye Qiu’s flickering expression under the lantern light, felt something was amiss. His Majesty seemed to be in a state of great anger, but she had the sense that something was not right. It was clear that Lady Rong Jieyu’s fall into the water was orchestrated, yet His Majesty did not interrogate anyone, merely confining them all within Ganlu Palace, as if waiting for Lady Rong Jieyu to wake up and decide everything herself.