Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

When Lin Xi woke up, it was already bright outside. She felt a dull pain on her forehead. She reached out and touched it, but only felt a soft spot. She thought the wound had been carefully bandaged.

Thinking back to what happened last night, she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart, secretly thinking that she had made a mistake. She noticed the moment the malicious ship came straight at her, but she didn't panic. There was once a small world where she was a fisherwoman who grew up on the seashore, and therefore had mastered the skillful swimming skills. With her seemingly weak but actually very strong body, let alone saving herself, it would be more than enough for her to drag He Lanting back to the shore from here.

But man proposes, God disposes. The moment she fell into the water, before she could display her superb skills, she suddenly felt a pain on her forehead, and her eyes went black and she knew nothing.

Fortunately, the system closed her respiratory system in time. Otherwise, after soaking in the water for so long, in an era without emergency measures such as chest compressions and artificial respiration, even if she was rescued by chance, she would probably be in great danger.

"Host, you're awake. You did a good job this time. The second male lead's fate deviation value has skyrocketed and is now at 85%." The system suddenly spoke. Even though it was still the same unchanging dull mechanical sound, Lin Xi could hear the excitement in its tone.

"Did the Duke take action?"

On the surface, this ship collision seemed to be an accident, but in fact, if you think about it a little, you will understand that they had a disagreement with Cen Ji, and then this happened. It was obviously Cen Ji's doing.

It took only an hour from the time they left Changjie to the time they fell into the water. Cen Ji had to arrange boats and personnel, and also confirm their position on the huge lake. In his haste, there must have been various loopholes. With a meticulous mind like He Tongguang, he only needed to let his subordinates investigate a little to find out the person behind the scenes.

Whether in the heroine's previous life or this life, the He family had never clearly taken sides until the final palace coup. One reason was that the emperor was in his prime, and with the friendship between He Tongguang and the emperor, the emperor would always trust the He family as long as the Anguo Mansion did not suddenly lose its mind and want to rebel.

The second reason is that although the current emperor has several sons, none of them is capable. The empress and the emperor are not on good terms. Although the prince is the legitimate son of the empress, he is not loved by the emperor. He is mediocre and easily influenced, and is completely controlled by the crown princess.

Prince Cheng was the eldest son of the emperor. He was a man of both strategy and tactics, but he had a violent temper. He would beat and scold palace maids at any time, and he enjoyed it. He was reprimanded by the emperor many times. The worst time was when the emperor kicked him in the heart. He almost died on the spot. He was finally rescued, but he was left with a heart disease and could not run or jump. His personality became even more gloomy.

The six-year-old Prince Yue was smart, but he was too young. His mother was of low status, just a palace maid in the Ye Ting, and she was not beautiful. The emperor favored her once after getting drunk, but then forgot about her. Even after giving birth to Prince Yue, she was still a little concubine.

As for other concubines, with Concubine Cen being the emperor's favorite for many years, it was extremely difficult for them to even see the emperor, let alone serve him in the emperor's bedchamber and get pregnant.

Therefore, in the case of an unclear situation, only by keeping the troops in place can the entire Anguo Mansion be preserved. But now that the heroine has been reborn, Concubine Cen, who has been infertile for many years, is pregnant with the dragon fetus. Cen Ji has the ceremonial guard and has acted more and more outrageously. He even reached out to the Anguo Mansion, which is in its heyday. He Tongguang, who has always protected his shortcomings, will naturally not stand idly by.

As the leader among all officials of the Jin Dynasty, He Tongguang's stance will inevitably lead to huge changes in the situation between the court and the opposition, and it can even be said that it determines the future trend of the forces between the court and the opposition. The Anguo Mansion will certainly not gradually decline as in the original plot because it is not favored by the new emperor, and He Lanting's final outcome will not be to die in the mountains.

"Is He Lanting okay last night?" She knew nothing about what happened after she fell into a coma, but now that she was lying here safely, she knew that it must be him who saved her.

"Apart from a strained arm, some water in his lungs, some headache, a slightly high temperature, and a heavy heart, the second male is fine." The system said in a relaxed tone.

Lin Xi: ...

Is this what you call no big deal? It sounds like He Lanting almost lost half his life, but thinking about the chaos of yesterday, if it was someone else, they would definitely be busy with their own affairs, how could they be like He Lanting who risked their lives to save him? Lin Xi was silent for a long time, and finally made up her mind and said, "Take half of my life-saving pill."

"Host, are you sure? There are only three life-saving pills. Once they are used up, there will be no more."

The life-saving pill was one of the few golden fingers of the system, and it was also the only thing she could take away after all her tasks were completed. There were only three of them, and Lin Xi had always treasured them very much. Even in that small world set in the war-torn era, she was reluctant to take out the pill even after being shot twice in order to rescue the second male lead from the Japanese. Instead, she endured the severe pain and dug out the bullets, relying on her great willpower to get through it. Now she took out half of the pill directly, so the system confirmed it carefully with Lin Xi.

"Yeah." Lin Xi did not hesitate this time. Although the system said that He Lanting was not seriously injured, as far as Lin Xi knew, people who choked on water would suffer permanent damage to their lungs, seriously affecting their quality of life. He Lanting suffered this misfortune in order to save her, so she naturally could not stand idly by.

The effect of the life-saving pill was immediate. If she gave the whole pill to He Lanting, it would probably arouse suspicion. Fortunately, the drug was so potent that just half a pill could slowly help him recover and become strong and healthy.

Seeing this, the system stopped persuading her and cut half of it for Lin Xi. Lin Xi hid it in her palm and lay down again, pretending to have just woken up, and called out Xue Yun in a weak voice.

The person guarding the door heard the sound and quickly opened the door and walked in. It was Xue Liu. Seeing Lin Xi wake up, she was surprised and said, "Miss, you finally woke up. Sister Xue Yun went to watch over the decoction of medicine. Are you feeling unwell?"

"There's nothing else, just a little pain on my forehead." Lin Xi pretended to be in pain and frowned slightly.

"I heard from my cousin that you hit your head, but it's nothing serious, just take good care of yourself."

"Well, how is my cousin?" Lin Xi's face showed deep worry.

"It is said that he soaked in the water for too long, choked on the water, and stretched his hands. Now he is feeling hot." Xueliu also looked worried.

"Bring me the rosewood box under my dressing table."

Xue Liu took the box as she said. Lin Xi took the box and put the medicine in it calmly, then asked Xue Liu to deliver it to Cang Fengyuan.

In the following days, both of them recuperated in their own courtyards, but they were unaware that a dark cloud was quietly floating over the Duke of Anguo's mansion.