Princess Promotion

Chapter 120 Rescuing a Child from the Water

Fu Hongxuan didn't expect that Yao Chuguang would come back and tell him the whereabouts of the blood lotus.

The reason they were looking for the blood lotus was because Concubine Li had a bad health condition after giving birth. Yuanyuan and Concubine Li were cousins and had a good relationship, so she asked Fu Hongxuan to help find it.

Fu Hongxuan didn't have to go look for her himself, but he had a hunch that Yao Chuguang would also go to Yan State, so he finally indulged himself.

Fu Hongxuan knew that after this separation from Yao Chuguang, he would probably never have the chance to see her again in this life.

While spending time with Yao Chuguang in Yan State, Fu Hongxuan knew that he was really in love with her, but they were not destined to be together after all.

He had too much on his shoulders and couldn't give up his father, grandmother and family for Yao Chuguang.

Fu Hongxuan knew very clearly that he and Yao Chuguang were the same type of people, with too many things in their hearts. The country and the world were too big to accommodate his little love affairs.

So even now, Yao Chuguang became the empress, and he became her subject.

Fu Hongxuan also knew that it was impossible for him and Yao Chuguang to be together, just as he could not let go of his hatred and go find Yao Chuguang. Now he could not let go of the brothers who fought with him and enter the palace to become a king's husband.

Fu Hongxuan suddenly laughed at himself, wondering how he could be so shameless. This was all just his wishful thinking. Yao Chuguang probably didn't even know that he liked her.

He shouldn't let himself sink into depravity. It's time to let go.

Fu Hongxuan allowed himself to slowly sink until he was completely submerged.

The next day, the Royal Garden.

Yao Chuguang was cracking some melon seeds, looking at Fu Hongxuan's gloomy face and asked, "Why do you look so unsatisfied and empty?"

Fu Hongxuan picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, which relieved his urge to strangle Yao Chuguang.

Fu Hongxuan had just put down his teacup and calmed down when he heard Yao Chuguang say with a gossipy look on his face, "I heard that you had a fiancée in your early years, but the Emperor of Zhou snatched her away. Rumor has it that you haven't married yet because of this fiancée."

Fu Hongxuan continued to pour himself a cup of tea, telling himself to hold it in. He raised his eyes, glanced at Yao Chuguang, and continued to remain silent.

Yao Chuguang felt that this was not exciting enough and continued, "I also heard that you entered the palace just to see Concubine Li again."

There was no need to drink the tea now. Fu Hongxuan smiled grimly and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to help me and Concubine Li get together?"

Yao Chuguang shook his head and said, "How could I do such a wicked thing? I have already robbed someone of their throne, but I am also cuckolding them."

Fu Hongxuan's face darkened as he asked, "I wonder why Your Majesty has summoned me here?"

Yao Chuguang paused, feeling that she still needed to correct Fu Hongxuan, "I am, after all, a great empress. Even if you don't flatter me, you should at least compliment me for the sake of your own career."

Fu Hongxuan: "Then I will take my leave first!"

Yao Chuguang immediately grabbed Fu Hongxuan's sleeve and said, "Just kidding, just kidding. I asked you to come here this time to tell you that An Tian has already started to prepare..."

Before he could finish his words, the sound of something heavy falling into the water interrupted Yao Chuguang's words.

Yao Chuguang and Fu Hongxuan heard the sound and looked over, and saw someone falling into the water.

Yao Chuguang stood up and pushed Fu Hongxuan, saying, "Go down and save them!"

Fu Hongxuan didn't say anything. He walked quickly to the lake, took off his boots, jumped into the water and swam towards the fallen man.

Yao Chuguang breathed a sigh of relief, finally the wait had come.

The first night Yao Chuguang lived in the Western Zhou Palace, she had a precognitive dream. This dream was different from the previous bloody and tragic ones. It was just a very ordinary evening.

As she passed the imperial garden, she found a group of eunuchs and palace maids gathered by the lake.

She vaguely heard the palace maids discussing, "What a pity! If it had been discovered earlier, the child might still be alive."

Then Yao Chuguang woke up. From the conversation between the palace maid and the eunuch, Yao Chuguang deduced that a child must have fallen into the lake and drowned.

Although I didn't know the child, it was a life after all. There was no reason not to save him when I saw him.

But Yao Chuguang didn't know who the child who fell into the water was. In addition to the dozen princes and princesses of the former Zhou emperor, there were also about a hundred eunuchs and palace maids in the harem.

Yao Chuguang couldn't have people fence off the lake in the imperial garden because he didn't know whether the child fell into the water by himself or was pushed into the lake intentionally.

If someone deliberately killed the child, even if Yao Chuguang had the lake fenced off, the murderer could still kill the child by changing the method or location.

The most effective way is to wait by the lake in advance and rescue the child as soon as he falls into the water.

Based on the sky, Yao Chuguang roughly deduced that the child fell into the lake between noon and dusk.

But Yao Chuguang didn't know the exact day, so he could only quietly run to the Imperial Garden and wait when the sky was cloudless.

Yao Chuguang thought it was too difficult. Every time she came to the Imperial Garden, she felt like a thief. Other empresses were always surrounded by people when they traveled, but she was sneaky here.

Fu Hongxuan stood by the lake, his wet clothes sticking to his body, but he ignored his discomfort and his eyes were fixed on the child he had just rescued from the water.

The child sat up and kept coughing, obviously choking on some water, but fortunately he was conscious and not seriously injured.

"Rui'er!" An anxious call came from a distance.

A woman was running from a distance, wearing an elegant solid-colored long dress. The hem of her skirt swayed gently with the rhythm of her running, like petals floating gently in the morning mist, light yet dignified.

The woman's face was even more eye-catching, with skin as white as jade, eyebrows and eyes as picturesque, especially her eyes, which were bright and deep, with a bit of otherworldly purity.

The woman rushed forward and hugged the child who fell into the water. After confirming that the child was safe, the woman's tension gradually subsided and she looked up at Fu Hongxuan.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still. The woman lost consciousness for a moment and unconsciously called out, "Brother Fu..."

The surface of the lake was rippling, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a golden glow on the water, as if paving a golden road leading to the distant horizon.

Fu Hongxuan and the woman looked at each other in this tranquil and magnificent scenery, their figures elongated in the reflection of the setting sun.

However, a depressing voice came from the side.

"This child is so stupid, not crying, making a fuss, or being afraid. Could it be that he has become stupid because of water in his brain?" Yao Chuguang squatted beside the child who fell into the water and poked the child's forehead with his hand.

Concubine Li also realized her own impoliteness and quickly knelt down to pay her respects, saying, "Your Majesty, I, your sinful wife, pay my respects to you!"

Yao Chuguang naturally guessed that the woman in front of her was the Concubine Li that she and Fu Hongxuan had just talked about.

After Yao Chuguang conquered the Western Zhou Dynasty, although the Zhou emperor committed suicide, his harem, concubines, princes and princesses were still there.

Yao Chuguang hadn't figured out how to deal with these people for a while, and she hadn't finished dealing with the affairs of the previous dynasty, so it was impossible for her to have time to deal with these people in the harem.

Everything remained the same, except that the palace maids in the Western Zhou Dynasty's harem were not allowed to leave the palace.

Concubine Li seemed very afraid of Yao Chuguang and said timidly, "Rui'er has suffered from mental illness since childhood. He is not... like other children."

Yao Chuguang looked at the boy with empty eyes and shaking head from left to right, and thought that he might have some autism.

Yao Chuguang remembered that Concubine Li had two sons, the ninth prince Zhou Chengxi and the twelfth prince Zhou Mingrui.

The person in front of him should be Zhou Mingrui. Yao Chuguang asked casually, "Where is his brother Zhou Chengxi?"

Concubine Li said with fatigue on her face, "Xi'er accidentally burned her face a while ago. I've been busy taking care of her recently, so I neglected to let Rui'er run to the lake."

A while ago, Yao Chuguang led his troops into the palace, causing chaos. When the palace servants were fleeing, they accidentally bumped into the charcoal fire, and the flying charcoal fire burned Zhou Chengxi.

Of course, Concubine Li didn't dare to say this in front of Yao Chuguang, so she could only be vague and briefly skip it, but you can figure it out by just working backwards in time.

Yao Chuguang reached out and lifted Concubine Li's chin. He lowered his head and looked directly into her eyes. He said softly, "What a coincidence! He just happened to get hurt on the face. Doesn't that mean no one would know if he was replaced?"

Concubine Li's hands began to tremble imperceptibly, and cold sweat began to appear on her temples.

Yao Chuguang let go of Concubine Li and stood up. He turned back to look at Fu Hongxuan and said word by word, "Three days! If Zhou Chengxi cannot be found within three days, the Yun clan will be destroyed!"

Concubine Li's breath was choked, and she immediately said, "Your Majesty, Xi'er is really in the bedroom..."

Yao Chuguang didn't listen to Concubine Li's explanation, and directly pulled Zhou Mingrui towards the imperial study.

Fu Hongxuan saw that Concubine Li was still kowtowing, and he sighed helplessly and said, "It's useless. You can't hide it from her."

Concubine Li seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said, "Brother Fu, please save Yun..."

But Fu Hongxuan shook his head and walked towards the direction where Yao Chuguang left.

Concubine Li froze in place, feeling a chill from head to toe.