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An Unwitting Confession

“Third youngreturned with the coat, but she could not find Xiang Rong nowas next to the bridge when she left, so how could she not be found when she cae and looked down, but she still could not find her despite looking around everywhere

She thought that Xiang Rong , so she returned first The two then took separate paths and did not meet up, thus she quickly ran back

But when she returned to the roo had not returned at all!

Mei Xiang then beca She could only return and continue to search, but she once again found nothing

The young servant was tired and out of breath, but herSheng pavilion Upon reaching thewatch, she quickly said: “Have you seen the third young miss come in this direction?”

The servant had received orders and treated the people fro her ask, she shook her head and replied: “I have not Nobody has costoood I need to return to tell concubine !” After she said this, she turned around and ran off

An shi was originally drea, so when she oken up, she wondered if she was still drea and could not help but ask: “It’s the ht Why have you cotoo hard, so she was unable to speak properly She could only rely on An shi’s personalwas saying that the third young ”

“What?” An shi was extreot out of bed While putting on her clothes, she asked Mei Xiang: “What exactly happened, speak quickly!”

Mei Xiang recounted all of the things that had happened very carefully By the end, the three had already left the courtyard and alking towards the lake

“This servant did not dare shout too loudly for fear of others hearing Perhaps I did not look carefully enough Concubine ry and panicked She could not help but pinch Mei Xiang then angrily say: “You can’t even take care of your younga servant like you?”

Mei Xiang knew that she was in the wrong, so how could she dare argue She could only say: “So long as third youngwill accept concubine ’er also consoled An shi: “Concubinemiss is most important Let’s move quicker!”

The three trotted to the side of the sht, how could there be anyone there

The more An shi searched, the more she despaired By the end, she sat down next to the lake Looking towards the mirror-like water, she felt a sudden desire to ju was off and grabbing hold of her, perhaps she would have ju shout froiven a start and quickly stood up, rushing in that direction When they arrived, they saw Mei Xiang pointed at a spot next to the lake Her face was pale with fear, as she spoke with a tre voice: “Take a look at this rock Does it look like it’s been broken by so’er also paid attention to take a look Sure enough, half of the rock had clearly been broken off The re’er” An shi suddenly reached a conclusion Although her body still treer as shaken as she was earlier, “Go infor miss fell in the water We request elder ’er complied and ran in the direction of Shu Ya courtyard

News of the third youngin the water very quickly circulated around theand various servants, the first to arrive was Chen Yu

She walked over to the side of the lake and glanced at An shi She then turned her gaze to the surface of the lake Startled, she stared for a while then quietly asked Yi Lin: “Tell me, how deep is this lake?”

Yi Lin replied: “This servant once asked housekeeper He, and he said that the lake was nine feet deep”

“Nine feet” Chen Yu’s lips curled into a s fell in with her sht?”

Yi Lin was startled Her i miss was that she did not speak much, and she did not see ?

On the either side, He Zhong had already sent soin the search

The Feng manor’s man-made lake had a circulation vent at the bottoh it was a cold Winter, it did not freeze over But the water was cold, and whoever ju, they struggled to handle the freezing water

When the matriarch arrived, what she saas servants repeatedly swi about in the lake Those ere even better at swi sank to the botto fa was a little lacking in confidence and wiped away soht to hi money, ould search like this!

Unfortunately, the search and rescue in thethe ancient era was rather difficult Without light, they could only rely on the roup in the water searched for a long ti

Some people were unable to handle the cold and cli for a while, they i this scene, the an to feel panicked

“An shi, co was not convenient for her, so she could only call An shi to her side, “Irun out in the ht? Why did you not keep a closer watch on her?”

An shi was losing her y to speak about such things with the ood mood either, so she only replied: “She could not sleep and wanted to see the second youngthis, she wanted to head back to the side of the lake