As soon as she reached the inner seat, Yun Shang ran up to her anxiously and said to her, "Miss, you are finally back."

"What happened?"

"The eldest daughter of the Meng family just fell into the icy lake. Yun Yi knows how to swim, and although she was rescued, she has not yet woken up. Miss Song is already checking her pulse, so please go quickly."

Li Qingqian frowned. Although it was winter, the lake was already covered with a thick layer of ice. But it was said that in order to add some fun to the plum-hunting banquet, the wife of Marquis Ding'an had ordered people to dig a hole in the lakeside early to provide guests with winter fishing.

My eldest sister-in-law had been in poor health in her previous life. This was because when she had just married my eldest brother, for some unknown reason, when my eldest brother was summoned to the palace one night, she was pushed into the unfrozen lake in early winter.

The eldest brother rushed back after hearing the news, but the eldest sister-in-law was still nowhere to be found. Fortunately, she was lucky. Although she was still alive after being rescued, she was seriously injured.

As a result, she almost died during childbirth when she gave birth to her nephew.

Li Qingqian suddenly felt something was wrong and quickened his pace.

When he arrived at the backyard room, he found that Song Ningyan had already taken Meng Yanrong's pulse.

She hurried forward to ask, but was worried that the coldness in her body would make Meng Yanrong even colder, so she could only ask anxiously outside the screen: "A Ning, how is Sister Yanrong?"

Song Ningyan indicated that it would be fine even if she went over. "I have already fed her a bowl of ginger soup. Fortunately, you told your little girl to keep an eye on her. Not long after Sister Yanrong fell in, she rescued her."

Only then did Li Qingqian walk over with confidence and check on Yunyi's condition first.

The other party should have changed into clean clothes and half-dried his hair under Song Ningyan's care.

Seeing that she was fine, Li Qingqian put her hot water bottle into her hand again and asked, "Yunyi, did you see clearly how Sister Yanrong fell?"

Yunyi said, "It's strange. Winter fishing is an activity that no one likes to participate in. But after Miss Meng listened to something her maid said, she insisted on going to the lake to fish. But this was not Miss Meng's fault. There was a piece of ice left by the lake, which was specially used to place a velvet pad for footrest. It was still a certain distance away from the water surface. I don't know how, when Miss Meng caught a fish and was about to retrieve it, it fell into the water."

Li Qingqian subconsciously turned her head to look at Meng Yanrong's personal maid.

The little girl seemed to be frightened by her daughter falling into the lake. After meeting her gaze, she knelt down and replied tremblingly, "Miss Li San, my daughter has been worried about her marriage recently. I only told her the instructions of the master and queen, and I didn't mean to encourage her to go winter fishing."

Li Qingqian waved her hand, "This is your own business. I have no right to blame you. You don't have to be so afraid of me."

The little girl swallowed her saliva and continued, "My girl doesn't like winter fishing, but there are few people there and it's quiet. My girl originally wanted to stay there for a while and then leave, but just now a girl came to compete with my girl, but when my girl got interested, the girl didn't come."

"Did you see clearly which girl it was?" Song Ningyan asked.

The first person she suspected was Song Mianshuang. This eldest sister hated it most when someone outshined her in formal occasions.

The most brilliant person at today's plum blossom-hunting banquet was A Qian, followed by her sister Yan Rong, whose archery skills were not inferior to hers.

Ah Qian had been with Shen Changyun just now, so she certainly couldn't find the right time to attack. If she attacked Sister Yanrong at this time, it would be very likely.

However, the host of today's plum blossom banquet was the Ding'an Marquis Mansion. If the daughter of the Song family caused the guests to fall into the water and did not apologize afterwards, it would not only be unpleasant to hear if it was spread out, but it would also offend Minister Meng.

"Yes, it's Miss Li Si." The little girl said weakly.

Li Qingqian was so startled that she sat up from her chair. Li Shuyue?

Why did she run off to harm Sister Yan instead of staying at the table to eat?

Oh yes, she remembered that in her previous life, Li Shuyue had always disliked her elder sister-in-law, and Liu had always bullied her.

But Meng Yanrong was the eldest daughter in the family. She was concerned about the reputation of her younger unmarried sisters, so she endured it and dared not resist.

The eldest brother loves his eldest sister-in-law and has contradicted Liu several times just to protect her.

During the period before she was sent to Guqing Temple, Li Shuyue would run to her parents' home whenever she was unhappy. She would snatch things from her sister-in-law and make sarcastic remarks about her.

The old emperor was gradually losing his energy, and several princes began to fight for the throne and power. The eldest brother was busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty, and even though he was eager to protect his wife, he was often too busy to get away.

The eldest brother fought for the right to be the housekeeper for his sister-in-law, and she managed the house in perfect order inside and out. However, only she herself knew how much injustice she had suffered behind the scenes.

After becoming the prince's consort, she also secretly supported her eldest sister-in-law, but Liu did not allow her to interfere in her mother's family affairs on the grounds that she was a married daughter.

So all they could do was watch their once lively and bright sister-in-law gradually become worn out and lose her temper.

Now that she is reborn, Li Shuyue must be unable to bear to see the person she used to bully return to her current dazzling appearance, so she feels dissatisfied and wants to harm her.

Li Qingqian helped the little girl up and said, "Take me to the place where Sister Yanrong went fishing just now."

He turned to Yunyi and Yunshang and said, "Yunyi must have been cold just now. Just sit here for a while. Yunshang, go and bring the fourth young lady here and tell her that I have something to show her."

After saying that, he prepared to take the little girl Meng Yanrong out.

Song Ningyan was worried and called her maid to her, "If you want to go to the lake, take my girl Biliu with you. She is strong and may be able to help you."

Only then did Li Qingqian take the two girls out.

As soon as I arrived at the lake, I saw from afar a maid wiping something stealthily under a velvet mat.

Li Qingqian winked at Biliu, and she went up and grabbed the man.

The little girl panicked immediately, "What are you doing? Are you going to kill someone in Ding'an Marquis's Mansion?"

Li Qingqian went forward to check what she was wiping and smelled it, it sounded like hair oil.

It seems that someone really did something to the ice.

She stood up and walked to the girl, snatched the handkerchief she had hidden behind her back, and asked, "Who gave you this?"

The girl kept her mouth tightly shut and refused to speak.

Biliu used some strength, which made her arm hurt, and then she was willing to speak: "It was the fourth Miss Li! I was originally a personal maid beside my eldest daughter. It was the fourth Miss Li who paid me to steal the eldest daughter's hair oil and pour it on the ice."

"That's all she lets you do?"

The girl nodded vigorously. "It's just this one thing. If I hadn't just learned that the eldest daughter of the Meng family fell into the water, I would have been afraid of being punished and wouldn't have thought of cleaning this place."

"She's the only one who asked you to do this?"

"She's the only one."

Li Qingqian curled the corners of his mouth, "Okay, Biliu, let's take the person back."

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