Chapter 73: Lou Xiyan Gets Angry (3)

Standing by and guarding Qing Ling, Qingfeng looked gratefully at the man who had always been gentle and elegant, but was now coldly terrifying. It was he who saved her sister. Sister hadn't chosen the wrong person. She would find a way to repay this favor to him. As for those who owed them, she would eventually take it back bit by bit!

Lou Suxin's face stiffened, but she didn't say anything. The nanny behind her cleverly took another blanket. This time Lou Suxin didn't drape it over Lou Xiyan herself, but gave the nanny a look, and the nanny respectfully handed the blanket in her hand to Lou Xiyan.

Lou Xiyan wiped the water off his face and body with no expression, and then threw the blanket back to the nanny. Lou Suxin's face became even uglier.

Mo Bai also forced the two eunuchs ashore at this time. Lou Xiyan walked to the shore and whispered something in Mo Bai's ear. Mo Bai nodded knowingly and dived into the water again. No one understood what he was going to do, except for Yang Zhilan, whose face changed slightly at this moment.

Everyone was nervously waiting for the result of the imperial physician's treatment, after all, Zhuo Qing's face was very scary. Lou Xiyan's voice, which was cold enough to freeze, suddenly said, "Someone. Throw those two into the prison."

The Imperial Guards were all stunned. In the palace, only the Emperor could order them to arrest anyone, and they could ignore others. But today, the one who gave the order was Prime Minister Lou, which made them embarrassed. Carefully looking at the Emperor, the Emperor's face remained unchanged, just nodded lightly. The Imperial Guards immediately understood, and four people rushed forward to capture the two eunuchs.

Yang Zhilan's heart jumped. Could it be that Lou Xiyan saw some flaw?! Stepping forward calmly, Yang Zhilan asked with feigned confusion, "Xiyan, what are you doing? Although they were ineffective in saving people, they don't deserve to be imprisoned."

"Ineffective in saving people?" His phoenix eyes narrowed, not hiding the coldness in his eyes, Lou Xiyan replied coldly, "What I saw, however, was attempted murder!"

Never had he seen such a Lou Xiyan. For the first time, he knew that the cold light in his eyes was actually chilling. Yang Zhilan took a deep breath and laughed dryly, "This... this is impossible!"

Turning to look at the two eunuchs, Yang Zhilan deliberately scolded loudly, "You dog slaves, what exactly is going on?"

The two hurriedly knelt down, and one of them opened his mouth to claim injustice, "The servants are wronged! There were too many lotus leaves under the water, and we searched for a long time without finding Miss Qing. After much difficulty, we found her, but Miss Qing had already drowned and fainted. The servants were just supporting the young lady when Prime Minister Lou rushed over and mistakenly thought that the servants were unfavorable to Miss Qing. The servants absolutely had no intention of harming the young lady!"

Yang Zhilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. These two were worthy of being the servants she had carefully cultivated, and their words and actions were quite measured. Turning around, looking lovingly at Zhuo Qing, who was still being desperately treated by the imperial physician, Yang Zhilan sighed, "So that's how it is. I understand Xiyan's anxious mood to save people. This accident was too sudden, and no one wanted to see it. Fortunately, Ling'er has been saved now."

Lou Xiyan did not remain silent as usual, but looked directly at Yang Zhilan and replied coldly, "Does the Empress Dowager mean that I saw it wrong? I am not so dull that I cannot distinguish between saving people and killing people!"

Yang Zhilan was startled. She didn't expect Lou Xiyan to talk back. She was speechless for a moment, but Lou Xiyan didn't intend to let it go. The moment Mo Bai lifted Qing'er out of the water, his heart almost stopped beating, and now he didn't even dare to look at her lying on the ground without any sound, let alone admit that the time waiting for the imperial physician's treatment was enough to drive him crazy.

Fear and heartache stirred up the anger he had rarely exploded in many years, and at this moment, he didn't want to endure it. His eyes swept over the tilted wooden platform, and Lou Xiyan's anger burned directly toward the high-ranking Eastern and Western Empress Dowagers: "The banquet held in the palace should ensure their safety. The wooden platform collapsed for no reason, and someone has already fallen into the flower pond. With a courtyard full of guards and slaves, only four people went down into the water to save people! Such a large lotus pond, why didn't you send more people? Can I assume that this is an intentional murder!"

"Presumptuous!" Lou Suxin's face was extremely bad. Her well-maintained face was all wrinkled because of annoyance at this time, and she scolded sharply, "Lou Xiyan, this is a matter of the inner palace. You, an outsider, how dare you interfere. This matter, perhaps it was just an accident. Even if there is a hidden reason, I will investigate it thoroughly. You are so disrespectful and act on your own, what kind of system is this!"

He was simply rebelling. For the sake of a woman, he was so out of demeanor, which made her very disappointed!

Lou Xiyan bypassed her directly and looked at Yan Hongtian, who had been standing aside, silent and unfathomable, and forced him, "May I ask the Emperor, my wife had an accident in the palace, life or death is unknown, do I not have the right to hold anyone accountable?"

Yan Hongtian nodded solemnly and replied seriously, "Yes." It was rare for Xiyan to get angry once, he should support him more.

Lou Suxin was so angry that her face turned from red to white. Good! They united to defy her! Today she wanted to see how her good nephew, whom she had always carefully cherished, would arrange her faults. Raising her head proudly, Lou Suxin hummed coldly, "Good, who do you want to hold accountable? Is it my responsibility? Or did someone push your wife into the pond?"

Yang Zhilan laughed lowly and hurriedly smoothed things over, "Xiyan, this is just an accident. No one deliberately wanted to harm Ling'er. Don't make your aunt angry."

Lou Xiyan's cold eyes raised, looking at Yang Zhilan, who was full of kindness, and forced coldly, "What if it's not an accident?"

Yang Zhilan's heart jumped. Today's Lou Xiyan was like a different person. She always felt that Lou Xiyan seemed to know something, but how was this possible? He had just arrived. Just as she was uneasy, Mo Bai, who had dived into the water for a long time, finally surfaced, holding a bundle of rope in his hand. Throwing the rope ashore, Mo Bai climbed up immediately. His pale skin and sky-blue pupils immediately made him the focus of everyone, and low whispers would be heard from time to time.

Mo Bai's cold face had no expression, and he walked straight to Lou Xiyan, saying in a low voice, "Master, there are twelve piles under the water of the wooden platform. Each pile has a cut deliberately cut off more than half, and each pile's notch is tied with a hemp rope. The two piles near the position where the Madam fell have broken, and the hemp rope should have been taken back when the wooden piles were pulled and broken. The other ropes are still there. No matter where the Madam was standing at that time, the wooden platform under her feet would collapse."

The voice was not high, but after he finished speaking, there was silence on the shore, followed by whispering discussions.

"Does anyone still say it's an accident?" Lou Xiyan picked up a hemp rope on the ground, his sharp phoenix eyes swept over everyone, and no one could see what he was thinking, and no one dared to answer.

Yang Zhilan cursed secretly, damn it! Originally, the whole wooden platform could be pulled down, and the hemp rope could be taken back, but this would not look like an accident of disrepair. She originally planned that after Qing Ling drowned, the eunuchs who went down to save people would take back the hemp rope tied to the piles. In this way, there would be no evidence, and no one would know. But after all the calculations, she didn't calculate that Lou Xiyan would come, and would jump into the water, and even more didn't expect him to be so sharp, immediately asking people to go down into the water to check the wooden piles. It seemed that this time she had to find a scapegoat!

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was still surprised, Yang Zhilan was already angry, "Unreasonable, such a thing actually happened in the palace. Sister, this time we must investigate thoroughly!"

Lou Suxin frowned again. It was not an accident after all. Even so, she still felt that her authority had been challenged, and her face was still unhappy.

How could Lou Xiyan let this matter become a case of the inner palace's self-investigation? That would only be solved by a random scapegoat. Looking at Yan Hongtian, Lou Xiyan said coldly, "I think although this matter happened in the inner palace, the young ladies present are all daughters of famous families and descendants of famous families. Today's palace banquet is precisely to select candidates to represent Qiongyue to perform at the celebration. This case concerns the celebration, and it is no longer just a matter of the inner palace. It should be tried by the Ministry of Justice instead of bothering the two Empress Dowagers!"

"Granted." Yan Hongtian had also vaguely felt the strangeness of this matter. If this matter was not handed over to the Ministry of Justice to investigate, Xiyan would absolutely not let it go! "Someone, take the four people who went down into the water first into the prison, let the Imperial Guards guard, seal the Imperial Garden, and this case will be tried by the Ministry of Justice."

"Yes."

"Vomit..." The person lying on the ground finally had a reaction, and a mouthful of water was vomited out. Zhuo Qing coughed fiercely. Seeing that she finally moved, the tears in Qingfeng's eyes couldn't help but flow out, but this time it was because of happiness: "Sister!"

Lou Xiyan heard the coughing sound and hurriedly rushed over, half-kneeling beside her, tightly holding her hand, Lou Xiyan said anxiously, "Ling'er! Can you hear me, right?" He was eager for her affirmation, affirmation that she was still alive!

Zhuo Qing's consciousness was still blurred, her chest was burning with pain, she couldn't breathe, as if she was being pressed by something. She wanted to open her eyes, but was powerless. Vaguely, she could hear the noisy sounds around her, but they were all buzzing. Listening carefully, she seemed to hear Xiyan's voice, but it didn't look like it. He always spoke gently and slowly, and wouldn't shout like this. Her brain was chaotic, but she still nodded subconsciously.

Seeing her nod as lightly as possible, Lou Xiyan's heart, which had always been hanging, finally let go. Holding her in his arms, Lou Xiyan asked, "How is she now?"

Qing Ling woke up, and the imperial physician was the happiest. Their lives were finally saved, "Miss Qing drowned for a long time, but now she has finally recovered. However, it is still possible to leave behind diseases such as phlegm-heat blocking the lungs or external cold and internal dryness, and she still needs to be carefully adjusted and maintained."

Wrapping the two blankets tightly around Zhuo Qing, Lou Xiyan said to the imperial physician beside him, "You will prescribe a few doses of medicine later, and send the prescription and medicinal materials to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Yes."

Yang Zhilan greeted her, looked at Zhuo Qing, who was still unconscious in Lou Xiyan's arms, and said with heartache, "Xiyan, Ling'er is unconscious now, it is not suitable for long-distance travel. Let her rest in Xixia Palace. When she wakes up and her body is better adjusted, it will be better for you to take her back to the mansion, right?"

Qing Ling actually didn't die. If she woke up and said it was the eunuch who let her drown, wouldn't it be troublesome. If she could be left behind, see how she said it when she woke up, and then decide whether to deal with those ineffective things first.

Picking her up by the waist, Lou Xiyan replied coldly, "No need. Xiwu, let's go."

He would never let Qing'er be in danger again. This was the last time, and the only time!

"Oh." Lou Xiwu followed behind Lou Xiyan, not daring to look back. It was scary! Just now, her aunt's face was terrifyingly black, but she still wanted to say, brother was too... too handsome today!

She could see it, Qing Ling was going to be her sister-in-law, but this time brother was furious, and aunt was probably crazy with anger. She shouldn't come into the palace to be a cannon fodder recently.

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