The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Countless splashes of water appeared, and Nanny Zhu stared straight ahead, as if she had seen some horrifying scene.

Her face turned pale and she screamed, "Crown Princess, you can't take Miss Xu away. She treats you as a sister and came here specially to pray for you!"

She knelt on the grass and kowtowed.

The water was not rushing, but the river water was very cold in winter. The sound of Xu Shulan struggling in the water woke up Nanny Zhu.

Nanny Zhu finally came to her senses and shouted around: "Help! Help! Come and save our girl!"

Xue Jinfei was patrolling the East Palace with his guards. He noticed the commotion here early in the morning. When he heard the cry for help, he rushed over, dived into the water, and rescued Xu Shulan.

Although the girl was thin, her clothes were thick and full of water. It took Xue Jinfei a lot of effort to carry her up.

He laid Xu Shulan flat on the ground, placed his hands on the center of Xu Shulan's chest, crossed them, and began to press with his body strength.

After a lot of effort, Xu Shulan finally spit out the water in her body. Xu Shulan slowly opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Crown Princess..." After Xu Shulan uttered these three words, she fell into a coma.

Xue Jinfei was stunned. He had heard some rumors about Chu Heyi, but what was the connection between the Crown Princess and Xu Shulan falling into the river?

"My girl heard about the Crown Princess, so she came here to release river lanterns and pray for her. Somehow, she suddenly fell into the river. Just now... Just now, I seemed to see the Crown Princess floating past. I must be dazzled!" said Nanny Zhu.

Xue Jinfei's brows knitted together, and a layer of frost covered his face.

Nanny Zhu said, "Oh, it's windy outside and the river water is so cold. I hope Master Xue can help send my daughter back. We can't delay any longer. What if she catches a cold?"

At this time, Xu Shulan's face was pale without a trace of blood. Saving her life was the most important thing, so Xue Jinfei had to pick her up and send her back to Changxin Palace.

Nanny Zhu immediately sent someone to boil ginger soup and get hot water for Xu Shulan to wash. She also got clean clothes for Xu Shulan to change into and called the imperial physician.

After finishing all this, Nanny Zhu brought a bowl of ginger soup to Xue Jinfei: "Master Xue, drink a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold. Thank you Master Xue for what happened tonight. If it weren't for you, my girl would have died."

Xue Jinfei drank the ginger soup and put the bowl down, his face expressionless: "What happened tonight was just a piece of cake. Other guards would do the same. Take good care of your girl!"

After saying this, he stood up and left. His clothes were still wet. When he got outside, his subordinates immediately brought him a cloak and put it on him, and told him to go back and change his clothes before coming back.

Xue Jinfei asked, "Did everyone see me saving Miss Xu just now?"

The subordinate replied: "We all saw it. Your Excellency acted like a hero and saved the beautiful girl. You are a role model for us to follow."

Xue Jinfei felt terrible. He was working for the prince and he knew that Xu Shulan came to the palace to find a husband.

Although he went to save people who fell into the water, it is an indisputable fact that Xu Shulan was held by him. What if Xu Shulan wants to follow him later?

The way that Nanny Zhu looked at him just now was like the way she looked at Xu Shulan's husband, which made Xue Jinfei feel very uncomfortable. He was already married! Although there was no passionate love between him and his wife, they were still equals.

Xue Jinfei warned his men: "Don't spread this!"

The subordinate was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Yes, I know!"

But the next day, the news that Xu Shulan released river lanterns to pray for Chu Heyi and then fell into the water and was rescued by Xue Jinfei spread throughout the palace.

"The riverside is flat, how did Miss Xu fall into the water?"

"I heard that the Crown Princess's injuries have not yet healed and she is in critical condition. She and Princess Cheng are twins. If Princess Cheng dies, she will not survive. When Miss Xu was releasing the river lanterns, she was pulled into the water by the Crown Princess's spirit."

"I also heard that it would be fine if the Crown Princess died, but if she survived, there would be an evil ghost living in her body, which would cause great suffering to all the people of Daqi. Miss Xu prayed for her but was dragged into the water by her, which is a living example."

"This is too scary. Miss Xu was brought back to the palace by the Crown Princess, and she is also the Crown Princess's good sister. The Crown Princess doesn't even let her good sister go? What kind of suffering will Daqi suffer in the future?"

"It is said that there will be three years of drought and five years of floods. If Daqi cannot survive, it will be destroyed. If it survives, it will be attacked by the enemy until it is destroyed."

For a time, there was panic in the palace and everyone was in danger.

Although the New Year is almost approaching, the atmosphere in the palace is very tense. Such words have also spread outside the palace. There is no joy of celebrating the New Year at all.

Some even said that the next victim would be the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, which was the Crown Princess's maiden family.

Before Wangshan entered Qianqiu Palace, Xie Lin was holding the short letter written to him by Chu Heyi in his hand. He stared at the words "return in March" on the letter.

After Wangshan came in, he saw his expression and the letter in his hand, and he understood why Xie Lin called him in.

Taking a deep breath, he knelt down in front of Xie Lin: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Lin's gaze slid from the letter to Wangshan. He stared at Wangshan for a while, slowly stood up, and walked to stand beside Wangshan.

Wang Shan's whole body was tense. Even though he told himself to stay calm, he had the letter and as long as he insisted that the Crown Princess was fine, the Crown Prince would not find out anything. But he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding as if it was going to jump out of his mouth.

"The letter you gave me was written by General Wen Ce imitating the Crown Princess' handwriting." Xie Lin spoke, his tone was very calm, and no emotion could be heard, as if he was stating a fact.

Wangshan suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him.

Xie Lin continued, "He wrote that his injury had healed and he could eat a bowl of rice. He also wrote that he would be back in March and would bring me a gift. Although the letter was short, it was full of details. I had to believe it. General Wen Ce was really smart and knew how to hide it from me."

"Your Highness, please forgive me! General Wen Ce did not intend to lie. This was told by the Crown Princess. She was afraid that you would worry... We had no choice but to do this." Wangshan's forehead hit the ground.

He thought that Xie Lin had confirmed the facts by talking to him like this, but he didn't see that when he confessed everything, Xie Lin held the paper of the letter tightly, almost squeezing it through.

Really, it was actually true! It turned out that the rumors that his Crown Princess was still on the verge of life and death were actually true!

The only glimmer of hope left in his heart was shattered just like that.