Chapter 72: Lou Xiyan Gets Angry (2)

Gao Jin looked embarrassed, glanced at Lou Xiyan without a trace, and then replied cautiously, "Returning to the Emperor, the wooden platform in front of the lotus pond suddenly collapsed. At that time, Miss Qing Ling was performing painting skills and accidentally fell into the water. Now people are being sent to save her."

Before Gao Jin finished speaking, Lou Xiyan had already run wildly toward the lotus pond.

"Xiyan!" Yan Hongtian stared at Lou Xiyan's back. Surprise was not enough to describe his current feelings. Xiyan actually ran wildly without even listening to the words, ignoring his image. He had known him for more than twenty years, when had he ever been so unable to hold his temper?!

Lou Xiyan ran to the center of the Imperial Garden. Many people heard the footsteps and turned their heads to look. Seeing Lou Xiyan, the young ladies of various families saluted one after another. Lou Suxin also looked surprised and asked, "Xiyan, why are you here?" This was the Imperial Garden, the courtyard of the Emperor's harem. He, an outsider, really shouldn't appear here alone.

Panting, Lou Xiyan didn't answer her question, but asked with an irritable tone, "Where is she?"

Lou Suxin was startled. She rarely saw Xiyan's face look so ugly, let alone his tone being so aggressive. After coming back to her senses, she felt unhappy in her heart. Lou Suxin replied coldly, "Still in the water, people have already been sent down to save her."

Before she finished speaking, Lou Xiyan actually ignored the strange looks of the people around him and ran all the way to the side of the lotus pond. Lou Xiwu, who had already panicked, saw him and immediately cried out, "Brother! What should I do? Qing Ling has been down for almost half a stick of incense, and she still hasn't been found!"

Half a stick of incense had passed without her surfacing. Qing'er was probably in great danger. His heart was beating wildly, almost to the point where he couldn't bear it. Lou Xiyan's eyes darkened. He pushed away Lou Xiwu, who was crying in his arms, and rushed directly toward the lotus pond.

Lou Xiwu watched as Lou Xiyan jumped onto the wooden platform that had collapsed more than half and was swaying, and without hesitation, jumped into the pond. All the panic and confusion turned into a scream, "Brother!"

At this time, another dark figure followed Lou Xiyan and jumped into the pond. It was—Mo Bai.

"Xiyan!" Lou Suxin, who had been sitting steadily in the main seat, was also startled and jumped up from her chair. Pointing at the guards beside her, she shouted loudly, "Someone, go down into the water to save people! You must protect Prime Minister Lou!"

Qingfeng, who had been tossed into blue and purple bruises due to the struggle and had long since run out of tears, looked coldly at the chaos in the courtyard. Lou Suxin was roaring, and the guards were jumping into the pond one after another in a panic.

Her hands were tightly clenched into fists. She hated it! Just now, when she cried and begged them to save her sister, how indifferent they were, how they turned a blind eye!

Was Lou Xiyan's life a life, and her sister's life not a life?!

Was the nobility and cheapness of life defined by these powerful people?!

At this moment in the lotus pond, a group of guards had jumped down. The lotus leaves were full of people, and it was a mess. They all swam toward Lou Xiyan, and not a single one was seriously saving people.

Yan Hongtian also walked to the side of the lotus pond. From afar, he had already seen Lou Xiyan jump into the lake. He was not surprised by this. Since Xiyan would be panicked and lose his composure for Qing Ling, jumping into the water to save her was within his expectations. It was just that he hadn't expected Xiyan to value Qing Ling so much at first.

"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor." The people by the lotus pond saw Yan Hongtian and finally came back to their senses, saluting one after another, except for Lou Suxin and Yang Zhilan, who were anxiously staring at the lake surface, Qingfeng, who had a cold and arrogant face, and Lou Xiwu, who had lost her head in panic.

Having no mood to deal with them, Yan Hongtian waved his hand and replied, "Exempt from salute, everyone retreat." Except for the Empress Dowager and several concubines in the palace, the other young ladies and madams of noble families were taken away from the Imperial Garden.

"Gao Jin, summon the Imperial Physician!" There had been no news of finding anyone in the pond for a long time. If Qing Ling couldn't swim, she should have drowned by now. Xiyan cared about her so much, if he found a corpse later, he didn't know what he would...

"Yes." Gao Jin took the order and hurried to the Imperial Hospital. Looking at the attitude of the Emperor and the Prime Minister toward Miss Qing, if she couldn't be saved, he didn't know how many people would be implicated.

Qingfeng's face was full of tear stains, and her beautiful eyes were filled with undisguised despair and hatred. It was this pair of eyes always filled with hatred that made him seem to take an interest in her. She was like a little beast, as if as long as he gave her a chance, she would definitely pounce and bite. He liked to tame such pets.

Seeing the sleeves that were pulled up during the struggle, and the blue and purple bruises on her wrists, Yan Hongtian's brows frowned involuntarily. He waved his hand at the palace maid who was holding her and said coldly, "Let her go."

The palace maids didn't dare to disobey and hurriedly let go.

As soon as they let go, Qingfeng wanted to rush toward the crooked wooden platform. She had just raised her foot when her waist was forcefully intercepted by a pair of powerful hands, and a domineering voice sounded in her ear at the same time, "So many people can't save Qing Ling, it's useless for you to go down, just wait obediently."

Qingfeng glared at the wicked man beside her. Her foot stepped fiercely on his foot, but unfortunately, Yan Hongtian seemed to feel nothing. The hand on her waist only tightened, and she could barely breathe.

"Ling'er!" After jumping into the lake, Lou Xiyan realized that the situation on the water surface was more complicated than he had expected. He was surrounded by wide and large lotus leaves. Not to mention finding someone, he couldn't even see the situation around him. But also because of the lotus leaves all over the pond, Lou Xiyan had a little hope. Even if Qing'er couldn't swim, she should be able to hold on for a while by grabbing the lotus leaves. Maybe she hadn't drowned!

"Ling'er!" Calling her name even louder, Lou Xiyan hoped she could hear it and give him a response.

Another group of guards jumped into the lake, and there was a commotion all around. Forced, Lou Xiyan could only shout loudly, "Dive to the bottom of the lake to find her, quick!"

"Yes." Most of the guards obeyed and dived into the water. Unfortunately, the lotus leaves blocked the sunlight, and there were flower stems and lotus stalks under the water. Basically, they couldn't see anything beyond half a zhang.

Several guards who were relatively close to Lou Xiyan crowded around, and one of them even offered to curry favor, "Prime Minister Lou, we will definitely search for Miss Qing with all our strength. You should go ashore first, the water is too cold, it will hurt your body..."

"Get out." Time passed second by second, and Lou Xiyan's heart became more and more panicked. He had never felt such panic to the point of being unable to control himself. He could feel that she was beside him, but he couldn't find her. Powerlessness, anxiety, and terror had made him lose his usual good cultivation. He just wanted to find her quickly and take her away from this pool of cold lake water.

Mo Bai also swam to his side. Lou Xiyan grabbed Mo Bai's shoulder and said anxiously, "Mo Bai, where is she?"

At this time, Lou Xiyan's originally fair face looked even paler, and the panic in his eyes was something Mo Bai had never seen before. His master, in his memory, was never panicked no matter what happened. The importance of Qing Ling in his heart was best proven this time.

Mo Bai closed his eyes lightly and meditated for a moment. Lou Xiyan could feel the unusual movement of the water flow around him. Mo Bai had supernatural powers, which he had known since the moment he followed him. Usually, he didn't want Mo Bai to show his ability to control water and wind. The color of his eyes had already made him unable to integrate into ordinary people. If his identity as having supernatural powers was exposed, the world would treat him as a monster even more. But at this moment, how glad he was that he had taken him in back then. If Mo Bai couldn't find Qing'er, no one would be able to find her.

After a while, Mo Bai finally opened his eyes. His originally sky-blue pupils were lighter at this time, almost close to white, flashing with blue light from time to time, looking a bit terrifying. Fortunately, the lotus leaves blocked the sight of others. Mo Bai pointed to the front left and said, "Over there."

After speaking, Mo Bai dived into the lake water. Lou Xiyan hurriedly swam in the direction he pointed. Pushing aside the layers of lotus leaves, Lou Xiyan could see two people dressed as eunuchs not far away, who were constantly pressing something into the water, and the sound of splashing water was very clear.

This direction was exactly the direction Mo Bai pointed. Lou Xiyan was startled and immediately shouted, "What are you doing?!"

Because Zhuo Qing kept diving to the bottom of the water, they had been entangled all the way and had swum very far from the shore. The two didn't expect that someone would discover them under the cover of layers of lotus leaves. Hearing the low roar, the two paused. The woman they were holding had already fainted and was no longer resisting. The two looked at each other and let go of the hands holding Zhuo Qing's shoulders at the same time. Feeling the woman slowly descending, the two secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Turning back to face Lou Xiyan's gloomy eyes, the two were about to answer, but felt an extremely strong water flow surging up from under them. A white, transparent, blue-eyed man broke through the water, and what he held in his hand was the woman they had just thrown to the bottom of the water.

The two eunuchs stared in disbelief. Was this a human? How could he appear from the bottom of the water so silently, and actually happen to save the person they had pressed into the water.

Lou Xiyan hurriedly greeted him. The two hurriedly put away their panicked expressions and pretended to be calm, saying, "This servant just heard a cry for help here, and rushed over but didn't see anyone."

Lou Xiyan had already seen the terrified expressions they had when they first saw Zhuo Qing. It was just that at this time, he was in no mood to argue with them. He greeted Mo Bai and took over the unconscious Zhuo Qing from Mo Bai's arms, tightly encircling her waist and fixing her in his arms. However, his heart was not settled, but rather surrounded by greater fear. At this time, Zhuo Qing's body was even colder than the lake water, her eyes were tightly closed, her teeth were tightly clenched, and her originally rosy lips were now dark purple due to suffocation for too long.

"Ling'er! Wake up! Ling'er, can you hear me?" Patting her cheeks, Zhuo Qing had no response. Lou Xiyan's eyes darkened, and he said to Mo Bai behind him, "Take them ashore."

After speaking, Lou Xiyan supported Zhuo Qing's shoulders and brought her toward the shore.

Returning to the shore, Lou Xiyan supported Zhuo Qing's body and sent her up. Lou Xiwu, who had been waiting anxiously on the shore, hurriedly ran up and dragged Zhuo Qing's hands to pull her up.

Seeing that Lou Xiyan had found her, Qingfeng struggled like crazy again. This time Yan Hongtian didn't make things difficult for her and soon let go.

Qingfeng rushed to the shore and pulled Zhuo Qing up with Lou Xiwu. But seeing Zhuo Qing's dark purple lips and blue face, Lou Xiwu was so scared that she fell to the side, while Qingfeng hugged her sister, whose body was cold, and kept calling, "Sister! Sister, wake up!"

She had already lost her parents, she couldn't lose her sister again!

At this time, Lou Xiyan also went ashore. Lou Suxin, who had been waiting anxiously on the shore, immediately greeted him. The nanny behind her held two thick blankets in her hand. Lou Suxin took the blankets, draped them over his shoulders with heartache, and said anxiously, "Xiyan, put it on quickly, don't catch a cold!"

And at this time, Zhuo Qing, who was lying on the ground, was only wearing a simple thin skirt, soaked through, and her clothes were all stuck to her body. The cold body temperature stung Qingfeng's heart. Secretly gritting her teeth, Qingfeng untied her belt and was about to take off her own clothes to cover her sister, when a hand that was equally cold grabbed her wrist. Qingfeng raised her head. Lou Xiyan had already gently picked up Zhuo Qing, pulled off the blanket on his body, spread one on the ground, and covered her with one.

"Imperial Physician." Lou Xiyan called coldly.

Four imperial physicians who had run over in small steps crowded around, taking her pulse and pressing her abdomen. At this time, they couldn't care about the taboo between men and women. When they came, Head Eunuch Gao specifically told them that the one who fell into the water today was the Prime Minister's wife. If there was the slightest mistake, their lives might not be saved!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 73 =====