Harem Daily Life

Tao Yanyan knew that the ancients valued etiquette and reputation, but she was not an ancient person at heart, so she naturally could not agree with the idea of getting married just because they fell into the water at the same time. So after pondering for a moment, she said, "So there is such a thing. Thank you so much, Your Majesty."

After saying this, he stood up and bowed to Prince Yong: "Your Majesty, you saved my life. I actually forgot about this. Please accept my greeting."

Prince Yong immediately stopped him, "No, no, you are wrong! I can't swim, I fell into the water accidentally, and Miss Tao, you saved me!"

Tao Yanyan: “…”

Since the original owner was able to jump into the water to save people, why did he fall into the water and die?

She looked at Prince Yong suspiciously: "Are you serious? Was it really me who saved you?" It seems that the cause of the original owner's death needs to be investigated further.

Prince Yong nodded and said solemnly: "That's why I have always been brooding over it. Miss Tao disregarded her own reputation and jumped into the water to save me. I certainly cannot let Miss Tao down!" His sincere eyes put Tao Yanyan under great pressure.

"Haha, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Your Majesty, don't worry about it. Now you are my brother-in-law, and we are also a family. I can reluctantly call myself your sister-in-law. I saved you without expecting anything in return."

"But... you can obviously draw it."

King Yong felt even more regretful. Such a kind woman is not as good as what you expected from me. If you did, you would tell me the truth, and I wouldn't have to look for you all over the world but couldn't find you.

Prince Yong looked at Tao Yanyan with resentment.

Tao Yanyan sighed, blinked and said, "Your Highness, it's too late to say anything now. I can only say that I didn't threaten you to promise me anything at the beginning, which means I really didn't expect anything in return from you. But..." She paused and said, "If your Highness wants to repay me now, it's not impossible."

When King Yong heard this, his eyes lit up and he looked at Tao Yanyan expectantly.

"How about Your Highness converting the money into silver to thank me? What do you think?" A first-rank prince with a fiefdom should be worth a lot of money!

"What?" King Yong thought he was hallucinating.

"If possible, please give me gold. I like shiny things." Tao Yanyan said seriously.

Prince Yong was at a loss for words, but since things had come to this point, he and her would never be together again, so he could only nod reluctantly: "Okay, I'll go back and prepare. But... you really don't have the slightest affection for me?"

Prince Yong stared at her intently, trying to tell from her eyes that she was helpless.

Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed.

Tao Yanyan looked at Prince Yong, who looked a bit like He Linzhang, and nodded seriously: "It didn't happen then, and it won't happen now."

What kind of friendship can there be when saving a stranger on the road? Love at first sight does not exist for Tao Yanyan.

Poor King Yong was so devastated that he walked out of the door and returned to his room like a walking corpse.

The scene of Prince Yong coming out of Concubine Tao's room in a daze was just seen by Qi Yizheng who was walking towards this side from the corner. Qi Yizheng stroked his chin with two fingers, thinking, why do these two people feel weird?

Qingfeng at the door didn't see Qi Yizheng. When she saw Prince Yong coming out, she hurried in and asked, "Talented Lady, are you okay?"

After looking his talented man up and down, Qingfeng felt relieved when he saw that there was nothing unusual.

Tao Yanyan cleared his throat and asked, "Qingfeng, did I have any amazing skills before? For example, do I know how to swim?"

Qing Feng thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "The time the talented lady fell into the water, she was struggling in the water and was rescued by several palace servants. As for whether she knows how to swim, that servant doesn't know. Why did the talented lady suddenly ask this?"

Tao Yanyan said calmly, "Nothing, I just can't remember some things, so I asked you. By the way, how was my relationship with Fu Baolin before? Do you still remember the day I fell into the water?"

Qingfeng seemed to have a lot to say. Now that someone had finally asked her, she had to talk about it in detail.

"Fu Baolin and Cairen were selected to enter the palace at the same time. They have similar family backgrounds and are of similar ages. After entering the palace, they were assigned to live together in Cuiweixuan. But Cairen is a quiet person and doesn't like socializing, while Fu Baolin is a manipulative person. He likes to make friends with the ladies of other palaces all day long. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get close to Concubine Li."

"As for her relationship with the talented lady, it can't be said to be good or bad. But the talented lady didn't play with her before, and didn't like to talk to her, but she was lively and active, and always came to find the talented lady. The time the talented lady fell into the water was the day she was about to move to the palace of Concubine Li. She said that if they were separated, they might not see each other again in the future, so she insisted on asking the talented lady out for a walk and a personal talk."

"Mingyue caught a cold those days and couldn't get up, so I was the only one accompanying the talented lady to visit the garden. When we walked to the Taiye Lake, the wind was a bit strong, so the talented lady asked me to go back and get a cloak. Thinking that the distance was not far, I ran back to get it. But when I came back, I found that the talented lady had fallen down, and Fu Baolin was standing aside, seemingly at a loss. I shouted for help, and two palace servants happened to pass by and pulled the talented lady up."

"I was terrified at the time. Fortunately, I had a cloak, so I put it on the talented lady. But I don't know how long she was in the water. After she was rescued, her face turned pale, so we hurriedly carried her back to Cuiweixuan and asked for the imperial physician."

"It was Imperial Physician Zhao who came at that time. He said that the talented person was most likely dying. Mingyue dragged her sick body up, and the two of us, a servant, kept patting the water off the talented person. Fortunately, the talented person showed a breath later, and the Imperial Physician checked her again before she woke up."

Tao Yanyan had an impression of what happened next. As soon as she came through, she saw two little palace maids crying breathlessly, which scared her to death.

"Then, did you ever ask Fu Baolin how I fell into the water and how long I was there?"

Qingfeng thought for a moment and shook her head. "I'm sorry, Talented Lady. I was so panicked at that time that I didn't think of asking. Fu Baolin moved away that day and Talented Lady is recuperating in Cuiwei Pavilion. The Queen and the Imperial Concubine sent people to ask about it and also sent people to question Fu Baolin. They said that the railing was broken and Talented Lady accidentally fell into the water."

Tao Yanyan thought of what He Linzhang had found out, and it was undoubtedly Fu Baolin who did it. But she only found out today that the original owner could actually swim, and she drowned despite being able to swim, which meant that Fu Baolin must have done something else besides asking someone to tamper with the railing, such as asking someone to hold her feet underwater so that she couldn't get out, or using something to hurt her so that she couldn't save herself.

No matter which one it is, Fu Baolin is vicious and cannot be let off!