Volume 1 Chapter 32 The Eighth Prince Falls into the Water

  These past few days, Shangguan Qing'er had nothing better to do and wandered around randomly, but she did hear a lot of interesting stories about the palace from those palace maids.

  The palace maids in the imperial palace, usually have nothing to do with chewing tongue roots, so they actually know a lot of things. And the most interesting thing is that it is said that there is a young Taifu in this imperial palace who has a lot of love, although he is serious at ordinary times, but he knows how to give students extracurricular time, let them do some practical exercises.

  Today Xia Jinxuan sat by the lake fishing, which is one of the tasks for extracurricular activities.

  It is said that the old lady Fu strongly opposed such teaching, thinking that it was misleading and not suitable for teaching the princes. But Taifu said that fishing has a lot of connotations, ancient Jiang Taigong fished, now let the princes learn to fish, is to teach them the skill of using people - that is, the principle of willing to be hooked.

  In the end, it is unknown what that Grand Tutor said to the Emperor, but surprisingly, the Emperor agreed with that Grand Tutor's approach.

  It's a lie that she wasn't interested in Taifu, it's just that now Shangguan Qing'er wants to tease this Eighth Prince.

  She quietly stepped to the back of Xia Jin Xuan. Today, Xia Jin Xuan was wearing a dark green outfit and although he was only six years old, he was already much taller than Shang Guan Light Language. At this moment, sitting by the lake, he looked quite elegant.

  Not far behind him, two palace maids and four young eunuchs stood, seeing Shangguan Light approaching, they couldn't help but feel a little tense, wanting to report to Xia Jin Xuan, but remembering that Xia Jin Xuan had just said that no one was allowed to make a sound to disturb his fishing, otherwise they would be punished, so they didn't dare speak up again.

  Shangguan Qing'er also made a silencing gesture to the palace maids and eunuchs standing not far from Xia Jin Xuan, then quietly approached Xia Jin Xuan's back.

  He stared at the lake with his eyes fixed on it, his whole body was on high alert, and a small face that had never been so serious.

  Shangguan Qing'er pouted, looking at the empty bucket beside him. It was almost noon and he hadn't caught a single fish yet, nor did he know how long he had been out here.

  It goes without saying that this person has poor character and can't be caught off guard.

  In Shangguan Qing'er's view, everyone who opposes her has a bad character, of course, she and Xia Jinhans' characters are definitely the best.

  With a disdainful look at Xia Jin Xuan's empty small wooden bucket, Shangguan Qing'er shook her head and whispered in Xia Jin Xuan's ear, "You're more tense than the fish when fishing, how..."

  What she meant was, you're so tense, how can you catch any fish? You've scared them all away.

  Unexpectedly, before she could finish speaking, Xia Jinxuan, who was originally concentrating on staring at the lake surface, was suddenly startled by Shangguan Qing'er's voice and jumped up from his chair, looking at Shangguan Qing'er in horror.

  Then, because Xia Jinxuan's movements were too big, his foot was hooked by the fishing rod and he lost his balance, so he plunged headfirst into the cool lake water.

  Shangguan Qing'er didn't expect that the Eighth Prince would be so timid, his big watery eyes blinked innocently, and then he hastily called out, "Hey, be careful..." wanting to grab hold of Xia Jin Xuan, but only managed to grasp his sleeve, and just like that, watched as Xia Jin Xuan fell into the artificial lake.

  "Pffft... uh... cough, cough...!" Xia Jinxuan took a mouthful of lake water, struggled to lift his head, and flailed his arms in the lake, creating a splash.

  Shangguan Qing'er quickly came back to her senses, waving the small hand behind her and shouting, "Lihua sister, come and save me, I've fallen into the water..."

  Li Hua also knew the severity of this matter, although the eighth prince was not very friendly to Shangguan Qing'er, but this time Shangguan Qing'er happened to be standing beside him. If someone with ulterior motives saw that he had fallen into the water, it would likely be detrimental to Shangguan Qing'er.

  Then, Li Hua immediately came to the lake and stretched out her hand to pull Xia Jin Xuan who was not far from the lake. She said seriously, "Eighth prince, hold on tight, I'll take you out."

  "Cough, cough..." Xia Jinxuan's face had already turned green, probably from being splashed by the lake water, and he couldn't stop coughing, but his hand still tightly grasped Lihua's.

  Until then, Xia Jinxuan's subordinates came back to their senses, one by one, with pale faces, hastily rushing over to help Lihua.

  Li Hua was a martial artist after all, and she quickly fished Xia Jin Xuan out of the water.

  On a sweltering day like this, the lake water isn't exactly cool, but Xia Jin Xuan's disheveled appearance is just like that of a drowned rat, making people want to stifle a laugh.

  Shangguan Qing'er suppressed the urge to laugh and walked forward, looking at Xia Jin Xuan. She saw Xia Jin Xuan glare at her fiercely, and Shangguan Qing'er met his gaze with an innocent expression. Her big, moist eyes seemed to say, "It wasn't me who pushed you, why are you glaring at me?"

  Shangguan Qing'er originally thought that Xia Jinxuan would definitely take the opportunity to attack her, but unexpectedly, after coming out of the lake, Xia Jinxuan didn't scold Shangguan Qing'er. Instead, he looked at the empty bucket with a disappointed face and turned to the palace maid and eunuch behind him, saying "Return to the palace."

  Shangguan Qing'er blinked, thinking she had misseen it - this Xia Jin Xuan didn't scold her? Although it wasn't her who pushed him, but he fell into the water because of her...

  Has he changed his mind? Or was he scared off by Xia Jinhans words earlier? Or is he planning to go back and tattle?

  Shangguan Qing'er's eyes rolled around and looked at Xia Jinhan's departing back, saying, "How many fish do you want? I'll help you catch them this afternoon."

  The soft voice, because of being too young, has some unclear articulation, like a child's coquetry, but makes people feel very comfortable listening to it.

  Xia Jinxuan stopped in his tracks, not even turning around to respond with a sentence, "You? Don't give me any more trouble, I'd be eternally grateful." Due to anger, Xia Jinxuan's self-address even changed. He turned around furiously and returned to his own palace, quickly changing into clean clothes to avoid getting sick.

  At the same time, he thought of Xia Jin's icy cold face, and Xia Jin Xuan gritted his teeth and said to the people around him, "If anyone dares to say a word about today's events, this prince will make sure they don't see the sun tomorrow."

  Xia Jinxuan was young, but his words had a great deterrent force, scaring the people around him to kneel down. Lowering their heads, they replied, "Your humble servants obey your orders."

  However, there is no wall that doesn't leak in the world. Just as Shangguan Qing'er went back to have lunch and then went fishing with Xia Zhixuan under the scorching sun, someone had already sneaked into the Peony Palace and reported today's events one by one to Empress Shu.

  Upon learning that her son had fallen into the water, Consort Shu's expression changed slightly, and a hint of coldness flashed in her indifferent eyes. However, she didn't say anything, only instructing the servants to send some warming tonics to Eighth Prince and asking the imperial physician to go and examine him.

  In the afternoon, Xia Jinxuan had lunch and remembered what Shangguan Qing'er said in the morning. He thought that girl must be talking nonsense. Since she dared to say it, he would go and see if she could hook him up with a fish or not.

  Xia Jinxuan had thought that Shangguan Qing'er, a three-year-old child, would not be able to come up with any tricks, and he could just come and tease her. But when he saw the scene in front of him, Xia Jinxuan was shocked and his mouth opened wide in astonishment.

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