Zhao Yiyi took off the earring from her left ear and hid it in her sleeve. Then she removed a small hairpin from her head. After thinking for a while, she finally took off her bracelet.
"Alright, everyone can turn around now."
Mo Qinghuan slowly turned around. With a faint glance back, she noticed the flaw on Zhao Yiyi. However, she just smiled and said nothing.
Zhao Yiyi winked at her mysteriously. "Quick, guess!"
Gu Qinglan was unwilling to be outdone. She stepped forward and blocked half of Mo Qinghuan's body. "I guess it's the hairpin."
Mo Qinghuan smiled. Zhao Yiyi's face immediately fell, looking as if Gu Qinglan had guessed right.
Seeing this, Gu Qinglan lifted her chin and looked at Mo Qinghuan. Just as she was feeling proud, she heard Zhao Yiyi say leisurely, "Sorry, Miss Gu. You guessed wrong."
Gu Qinglan's almond eyes widened instantly. "Impossible. It's either the hairpin or the earring."
Min Feiyan pulled her. "Qinglan, you've already guessed."
Her face changed. Since the farce Gu Qinglan made on the wedding day of General Ningyuan, she had completely changed her opinion of this cousin. She felt that standing with such a person would even make her feel that her status was compromised.
Although Gu Qinglan was pulled by Min Feiyan, she still looked unyielding.
"When was there a written rule that I can't guess again after I've guessed once?"
Mo Qinghuan found it funny and instantly lost interest. So she said bluntly, "There's no such written rule, but you've guessed twice and both are wrong. I guess it's a pearl inside."
Only then did Zhao Yiyi look proud. She knew Mo Qinghuan was so smart that she would surely guess right. Sure enough, she didn't disappoint her.
So she spread out her palm and deliberately showed it in front of Gu Qinglan. "Look clearly. It's a pearl."
Gu Qinglan was unconvinced. She flung her sleeve and shouted, "You two must have colluded!"
Mo Qinghuan's head ached from her shrill voice. "I'm not feeling well. You guys play first."
After nodding as a signal, she backed out.
Walking into the courtyard, she leaned against the low steps in front of the Blue Wave Lake. With her head down, she was admiring the lotuses in the lake.
Suddenly, she seemed to see a black shadow in the lake. When she looked more closely, the black shadow disappeared. She thought she was just seeing things and didn't pay much attention.
But suddenly, the black shadow that had appeared in the lake floated to the surface all of a sudden.
She thought something was wrong in her heart. Before her body could retreat backward, she had already been pulled down by the black shadow.
Dan'er was originally standing beside her. She let out a startled cry. When she came to her senses and wanted to pull Mo Qinghuan, half of Mo Qinghuan's body had already been pulled into the lake.
Dan'er was in a hurry and pulled at her foot, but only took off one shoe.
She threw the shoe away in annoyance and shouted loudly towards the hall, "Your Highness, something's wrong! The Princess Consort has fallen into the water!"
Everyone's attention was suddenly drawn to Dan'er.
Mu Yanming almost instantly put down the wine cup in his hand heavily and strode to the Blue Wave Lake.
But at this time, Mo Qinghuan had already been dragged to the bottom of the lake. Although she could swim, her feet were firmly grabbed by someone. No matter how much she struggled, she couldn't kick away the hand under her.
Then three or five black - clothed men swam towards her and pulled out daggers from their boots.
For a moment, she felt that she might not be able to escape this disaster today.
But those people pulled out their daggers but didn't act. She guessed that these people might not want to leave wounds on her body so as to fake the appearance that she had accidentally fallen into the water and died.
At this time, the surface of the lake had returned to calm. Coupled with the lotus flowers and leaves in the lake blocking the view, it was impossible to see where Mo Qinghuan was for a while.
"Qinghuan! Qinghuan!"
He shouted twice, but there was no response.
He took off his outer cloak and plunged into the lake.
Under the water, Mo Qinghuan had already started to suffocate. She even felt that her consciousness was gradually becoming blurred.
Just when she was about to give up struggling and let herself sink to the bottom of the water, she suddenly felt a strong force holding her up.
But they were blocked by the black - clothed men. Mu Yanming dragged Mo Qinghuan and fought with the black - clothed men.
Seeing that the person was about to be rescued by Mu Yanming, the men took out their daggers and intended to kill them all.
But unexpectedly, even though Mu Yanming was carrying someone, they were no match for him.
After a few rounds, Mu Yanming snatched the daggers from their hands and quickly killed them.
Only then did Mo Qinghuan feel the hand on her ankle loosen. She found that Mu Yanming was breathing air into her mouth.
At this time, the shore was already full of onlookers.
The Queen was standing closest to the lake.
She stretched her head anxiously and looked inside. "Auntie, be careful. Don't get so close."
Gu Qinglan reached out to support her, but was pushed aside by her.
"The Regent jumped into the lake. Why didn't you guards stop him!"
She turned sideways and angrily scolded the guards by the lake.
The guards lowered their heads and said nothing. Suddenly, someone shouted, "The people are coming up."
She quickly looked over and sure enough saw Mu Yanming dragging Mo Qinghuan swimming towards the shore.
Seeing this, the guards quickly stepped forward and stretched out the spears in their hands to pull the people to the shore.
After coming up, Mo Qinghuan fell into a coma because she had held her breath for too long.
Mu Yanming's face was gloomy. He pressed on her chest to make her spit out the water she had swallowed.
After a few presses, she spat out a large mouthful of water. After choking a few times, she opened her eyes.
"Your Majesty the Queen, you'd better give this King an explanation for today's matter. Otherwise, this King will never let it go."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The Queen also looked at Mu Yanming in doubt. What did he mean?
Could it be that someone had intended to murder the Princess Consort of the Regent?
"Someone, prepare a warm room and clean clothes for the Princess Consort of the Regent."
Mu Yanming snorted coldly and tightly hugged Mo Qinghuan in his arms.
She didn't say a word for a long time. Mu Yanming touched her forehead worriedly, but was gently pushed his hand away by her.
"I'm fine."
Her voice was extremely low, but when Mu Yanming heard her speak, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What on earth happened?" The Queen stepped forward and asked.
Mo Qinghuan lowered her eyes. Recalling what had just happened, she still felt scared.
If Mu Yanming had come a little later just now, she might have died again this time.
"Your Majesty the Queen, this King just wants to know why there were black - clothed men ambushing in the lake and why the guards by the lake turned a blind eye when this King's Princess Consort fell into the water?"
His voice was extremely cold and full of anger.
"If this matter cannot be properly explained, then this King will have to solve it by his own means."
Mo Qinghuan squeezed his hand. Seeing that the Queen was so anxious that there was sweat on her forehead, she guessed that today's matter should not have been done by the Queen.
Because she didn't seem to have a reason to kill her. Moreover, Min Feiyan's illness still needed her control.
Thinking like this, she suddenly didn't know who she had offended.
She had actually attracted a disaster of death...