Peach Blossom.

Looking at Tian Le struggling in the river, Meng Xue couldn't help but cover her face and laugh out loud.

Si Yao also glanced at Tian Le and asked in confusion: "Is it so funny? After all, she is the daughter of the Imperial Physician, not an ordinary maid. Let's get someone to pull her out."

"Oh, why are you in such a hurry? Your eyeliner doesn't work right now, what a good thing!" Meng Xue trembled her eyebrows, her eyes hinting at something.

Si Yao seemed to feel that Meng Xue was conveying something to her with her eyes, but she couldn't figure it out for a while.

Cai Ling, who was watching from a distance, saw Tian Le being pushed into the river by Meng Xue, and silently speculated on what might happen next... She hesitated for a moment, but chose to continue watching.

"Taoye... Taoye... save me!" Driven by the human instinct for survival, Tian Le struggled to raise his head above the water and opened his mouth to call for help.

In this place, the only person Tian Le could think of who might help him was Tao Ye.

Just by opening his mouth for a moment, Tian Le accidentally drank several mouthfuls of water.

Tao Ye was still squatting under the old peach tree, raising his head slightly.

During this period of time, Tao Ye got used to ignoring the outside world, which made her very dull. It was not until she heard someone calling her name that she vaguely recalled that it seemed that someone had just shouted loudly, and it seemed that there were people talking nearby earlier.

She stood up slowly like an obsessed person, and heard the strong call again: "Tao Ye..."

This time, Tao Ye identified the direction of the sound. She walked over to the river and saw that the river was not wide. There was a person in the river, sometimes appearing and sometimes sinking.

Si Yao stared at Tao Ye. She was surprised to find that Tao Ye's expression was so dull and numb. Her eyes looked in one direction and only in that direction. Her eyeballs did not move, just like those crazy palace maids in the cold palace that she had seen when she was a child...

Tao Ye slowly squatted down and extended a hand to Tian Le.

At this moment, Si Yao had already walked behind Tao Ye, and she finally understood Meng Xue's hint...

She felt that this was a perfect opportunity made in heaven. Tao Ye was half conscious and half confused, Tian Le fell into the water, and there were only Meng Xue and her trusted maid around... Even if Tao Ye died, she could say that Tao Ye accidentally fell into the water while trying to save Tian Le. Anyway, with Tian Le's identity, he would never cause her or Meng Xue to pay with their lives.

The pleasure of revenge made Si Yao unable to suppress her inner impulse. She kicked Tao Ye behind her.

As Si Yao wished, Tao Ye plunged into the water and hit Tian Le.

Cai Ling, who was hiding behind a tree in the distance, finally flashed out from behind the tree and shouted to the outside: "Hurry up, someone, Miss Tao fell into the water!"

This shout startled Si Yao and Meng Xue.

Meng Xue immediately turned into an anxious look and ordered the maid beside her: "Miss Tao fell into the water, you quickly find a way to save her!"

The maids looked at each other, and then at the peach leaves and Tianle that fell into the water.

Soon, the guards patrolling in Hualin Garden heard Cai Ling's voice, rushed over, jumped into the river, and rescued Tao Ye and Tian Le.

Si Yao was so scared that he was shaking all over. He stood beside Cai Ling and stammered, "Cai Ling... don't get it wrong... Tao Ye slid down to save Doctor Tian... she slid down by herself..."

Cai Ling ignored Si Yao and was busy directing the guards to rescue people. She also asked the eunuchs to bring a sedan chair.

Tao Ye, who was rescued to the shore, was already unconscious, while Tian Le was shivering from the cold.

"Taoye... Taoye..." Tian Le called out. She saw that Taoye's face was so pale that it was almost bloodless. She rushed over, looked at Taoye's eyelids, and grabbed Taoye's wrist to feel her pulse.

Cai Ling suggested: "Doctor Tian, ​​it's too cold here, let's go back and see him again."

"Hurry up and call my dad! Send someone to go to the Imperial Hospital to call my dad!" Tian Le grabbed Cai Ling's arm in panic, and was so nervous that even his breathing became more rapid.

Cai Ling knew that the situation was not good, so she immediately sent someone to notify the imperial physician Tian Yuan. Then the group placed Tao Ye on the sedan chair and hurriedly carried her to Xuanji Palace.

Witnessing this scene, Si Yao became even more frightened. She looked at Cai Ling's back, and her heart beat faster. That maid who had tried her best to please her in the princess's mansion, now became the most trusted female official in front of the emperor. Could it be that she didn't care about the past relationship between master and servant at all?

"What should I do? What should I do?" Si Yao looked at Meng Xue, at a loss.

Meng Xue turned around and told Si Yao's maid Ruchun: "Go to Ziji Palace and tell Princess Si Rong that Yao Er and I offended Tao Ye unintentionally. Please beg her to have mercy and save us."

Ruchun obeyed the order.

Si Yao watched from the side, still filled with fear, "Will she help us? Will she?"

Meng Xue calmed down a little. She patted Si Yao's hand and said softly, "She will help us. Besides... Cai Ling may not report you."

“Cai Ling...can’t you tell me?” Si Yao didn’t quite understand.

Meng Xue analyzed for Si Yao: "She has served you for many years, you should know her well. She definitely has not just arrived at Hualin Garden, she also guessed long ago that our presence might be bad for Taoye, but she did not protect Taoye early. Even when Taoye was squatting by the river, even when you were standing behind Taoye, she did not come forward to stop it, but waited until something happened. Do you think... will she report everything that happened today to the emperor? If she really dares to tell it, you can also sue her for dereliction of duty!"

Si Yao understood what was said, but she still didn't understand: "Since Cai Ling knew that Tao Ye was going to get into trouble, why didn't she stop it? Didn't you all say that she was the most loyal to Chen Ji?"

"Shh..." Meng Xue put her index finger against Si Yao's lips, as if warning him: "Why are you calling the emperor by his name again?"

Si Yao was speechless and lowered his head: "I... I forgot... I got used to it all those years..."

"You have to change this habit, otherwise you will shout it out in front of others next time. How can you do that?" Meng Xue reminded Si Yao again solemnly.

Si Yao nodded.

Meng Xue returned to the topic just now: "What Cai Ling is thinking is none of your business. The key issue is that Tian Lezheng did not see how Tao Ye fell into the water, and Tao Ye is a man of few words. It is said that she has never spoken a word to the emperor, so it is unlikely that she would file a complaint. So as long as Cai Ling does not clearly testify, you will insist that Tao Ye fell into the water to save Tian Yizheng."

Si Yao nodded again, but he felt uneasy.

While Cai Ling was leading people back to Xuanji Palace, he also ordered people to go to the East Hall of Taiji Palace to report the matter to Chen Ji.

Chen Ji was discussing memorials submitted by various states and counties with his ministers when he suddenly heard that Tao Ye was in trouble. He put down the memorial, ran away, and hurriedly followed the messenger to Xuanji Palace.

Chen Chong, Chen Liang and others were speechless when they saw that Chen Ji ran so fast without saying a word to the ministers. They didn't know whether they should wait here or go home.

Since Tian Yuan got the news earlier, he arrived at Xuanji Palace a moment earlier than Chen Ji. As soon as he entered the palace, he saw Tian Le from afar, soaking wet, with his clothes and hair sticking to his body.

Tian Le was standing at the door of Tao Ye's room. He saw Tian Yuan and ran over quickly: "Dad! Check on Tao Ye, her pulse is so weak, and I can hardly feel her pulse..."

"Go change your clothes! Why are you running?" Before Tian Le could finish his words, Tian Yuan interrupted him harshly.

Tian Le was stunned for a moment, then said: "When she fell, her stomach hit my head..."

"I told you to change into dry clothes quickly, don't you understand?" Tian Yuan pushed Tian Le, and his expression was obviously angry.

"The Emperor has arrived." The eunuch's voice came from outside the door.

In a blink of an eye, Chen Ji walked in quickly. Tian Yuan had to leave Tian Le and turned to go into Tao Ye's room.

Tian Le and the palace servants knelt on the spot to welcome the emperor.

Chen Ji didn't have time to pay attention to anyone and ran into Tao Ye's room.

Tian Le did not dare to disobey his father's order. After Chen Ji came in, he hurried to the next door to borrow a set of clothes from the maid.

When Chen Ji entered the room, he saw Tao Ye lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her face pale. Her wet clothes had been changed, but her hair was still wet and scattered on the pillow.

"How is she? How is she?" Chen Ji asked Tian Yuan anxiously, because he had just run too fast and was out of breath.

"Miss Tao... isn't feeling well..." Tian Yuan quickly examined Tao Ye while answering Chen Ji perfunctorily.

"What do you mean by 'not very good'? Explain it more clearly!" Chen Ji couldn't help but become irritable again, and his voice became louder.

Tian Yuan thought for a moment and made up his mind. He bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, Miss Tao has eaten very little in the past month and has been very weak. She was seriously injured today. If she is to be treated, she will have to use a lot of medicine, which is extremely harmful to the fetus."

"Why are you trying to save the baby when she's already in this condition?" Chen Ji was very impatient and urged, "Use whatever medicine you need. You must save her life! I want her to live!"

Tian Yuan had long expected Chen Ji to have this attitude. This was a choice that didn't need to be considered at all. Chen Ji hated Wang Jing as much as he disliked this child.

Thinking of the last time they met at the doorstep of his house, when Wang Jing entrusted the peach leaves to him and left with lifeless and desperate eyes, Tian Yuan felt sad.

Tian Yuan didn't dare to hesitate and was about to turn around, but Tian Le, who didn't want to change clothes in a hurry next door, rushed in in a panic without even putting on his shoes.

Tian Le obviously heard Tian Yuan's words through the wall. He came over and strongly refuted without thinking: "No, no! An Fenghou is dead. This child is Tao Ye's only hope to survive! We can't give up!"

These two sentences frightened Tian Yuan so much that he looked at Tian Le in shock.

Tian Le also immediately remembered that it was a taboo to mention the three words "Anfeng Hou" in front of Chen Ji. She subconsciously glanced at Chen Ji, and sure enough, Chen Ji's eyes were sharp, and he looked as if he wanted to eat someone.

"The fetus is only three or four months old. There is absolutely no reason to abandon the adult to save the child..." Tian Yuan explained to Tian Le in a low voice to ease the weird atmosphere.

After saying this, Tian Yuan bowed and reported to Chen Ji: "Your Majesty, I will do my best, but even if I can cure Miss Tao this time, it will hurt her vitality. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

Chen Ji remained silent, which was considered as his agreement.

Tian Yuan went to get the medicine.

Tian Le couldn't help crying. She walked to the bedside, squatted down, and held Tao Ye's cold hand. The more she cried, the more painful it became: "It's me who implicated you... Tao Ye..."

Chen Ji suddenly stepped behind Tian Le, grabbed Tian Le's arm with one hand, and asked seriously: "Tell me, how did she fall into the water?"