The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 179 The Prince Falls into the Water

Princess Jingyang waved her hand impatiently and said, "I am not the kind of person who forces others to do things. The flowing water is meant to imitate the elegance of the ancients. How can we let some people's tricks ruin everyone's elegance?

We are out here to relax and have fun, not to build rafts for some people. If you can't write poetry, just leave and find other fun."

Shi Yao, Tao Ziyi and others bowed and left.

Shi Mingzhu was about to leave, but Ge Qiuheng smiled gently and said, "Sister Shi, please don't. I know that you can write poetry and have a collection of many famous poets' books. You can't leave."

Princess Jingyang's eyes flashed with cunning, and she smiled faintly, "Yes, Zhuzhu, how much you weigh, how much we know? Everyone was just talking about your Phoenix Kite, you can't be absent from today's Qushui Liushang."

Even if Shi Mingzhu had to dig her toes into the ground, she did not dare to offend the princess, so she could only stay with gritted teeth and red eyes.

Qi Wan silently held her arm, but due to her low status, she could not say anything to help her save face.

The Shi family has lost face today!

It's also Shi Yao's fault for not knowing the big picture. She just made up a few doggerel to get by. What good did it do to save Zhuzhu's face?

After getting down from the rockery, the women of the Ge family separated from Shi Yao and Tao Ziyi.

Tao Ziyi hurriedly pulled Shi Yao to her side and asked, "Second sister, you have offended your elder sister and brought shame to the Shi family. What should you do when the old master and the old lady blame you when you go back?"

Shi Yao pouted and said aggrievedly: "Third sister-in-law, you have seen how everyone treated us when we were flying kites. How can we expect that everyone will treat us well when we come to Princess Ziyang's villa? I thought we came here just to embarrass ourselves and be laughed at by others."

Tao Ziyi was suddenly speechless.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Just from the fact that few powerful families sent invitations to the Shi family in February, one can understand what the attitude of outsiders is towards the Shi family.

This place is full of powerful people. Only those who are powerful can enter Princess Ziyang's villa. How could they flatter and coax the Shi family like the families of petty officials?

Tao Ziyi sighed and didn't dare to join the crowd for fear of being ridiculed. She pulled Shi Yao with her and found a secluded place to appreciate the flowers.

Shi Yao sat among the flowers, took out the jade flute she carried with her, and played a cheerful tune.

Along with the gurgling sound of a stream beside the flowers and the sound of butterflies and bees fluttering their wings through the flowers, there is a unique kind of tranquility.

Tao Ziyi gradually became relaxed and happy. She stopped being so reserved and took off her cape. She sat on the ground beside Shi Yao and listened attentively. When Shi Yao finished playing, she smiled and said:

"It's a relief that you are in such a good mood to play such a cheerful tune."

Shi Yao played with the flute and said with a smile: "Life is hard, so we must learn to find joy in suffering!"

Tao Ziyi was silent for a moment, then asked, "What's the name of this song? How come I've never heard of it before?"

Shi Yao leaned forward to smell the fragrance of a peony flower, and answered casually: "When I was in Jinling, I happened to meet a shepherd boy playing the flute on the road. I asked him for advice. He taught me the tune, but I didn't know what it was called, so I named it "Cowherding Song"."

In fact, in order to cope with the talent competition of the noble ladies in the capital city in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she had nothing to show for herself, and she did not dare to plagiarize the poems of the ancients, so she hired a master to learn to play the flute early on. The "Cowherding Song" was acquired by chance.

Tao Ziyi smiled and was about to say, "Second sister is more beautiful than flowers," when she heard someone shouting at the end of the stream, "Someone fell into the water! Someone fell into the water!"

Shi Yao's heart moved, and she quickly pulled Tao Ziyi to the stream.

This stream flows in from outside the high wall. There is a sluice on the wall with iron fences above and below it to prevent people from outside from sneaking in and disturbing the women.

The stream was rushing fast. Shi Yao stood on tiptoe to look outside the sluice. She first saw a few fish being washed down. The small fish swam downstream and perhaps could even take part in Princess Jingyang's Qushui Liushang. Then a big fish hit the iron fence and was probably knocked unconscious, then was swept into the water by the whirlpool.

Immediately afterwards, a man in a blue robe rushed over and had a close contact with the big fish.

Tao Ziyi exclaimed: "It's a person! Someone fell into the water!"

Words kept coming from outside: "Someone fell into the water," "My prince fell into the water," "The prince of Changning fell into the water," "Hurry up and save him," etc.

Soon, a group of men gathered outside the sluice gate.

Shi Yao only had time to see the fat face of the Prince of Changning with his eyes closed before Tao Ziyi quickly pulled her away.

There were continuous splashing sounds from outside the wall.

The aunt and the sister-in-law hid in the bushes. Tao Ziyi stroked her throbbing chest and said fearfully, "It was the prince of Changning who fell into the water!"

He muttered again, "How could it be him? This prince is so unlucky. He fell from a tree when he was seven years old and became stupid. Now he fell into the water, I wonder what will happen to him..."

Shi Yao looked toward the sluice gate through the gaps between the branches and saw someone swimming up to the silly prince, putting his arms around his neck and dragging him to the shore.

Seeing this, Tao Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally someone rescued him. He should be alright, right? Amitabha, God bless him, please save him."

It is always unlucky to encounter a dead person when going out for fun.

Shi Yao tugged at Tao Ziyi's sleeve and said, "Third sister-in-law, I think I saw our guard also jumped into the water, the one called Zhao Yan."

Tao Ziyi was surprised: "Zhao Yan? He is your third brother's personal bodyguard, why is he here?"

She leaned over to look, but the person in the water had already climbed ashore and had been dragged away. Both sides of the stream were covered with dense grass, some of which was new and some of which had withered last year. It was difficult to see the figures of people on both sides.

In just a moment, there was no one in the stream.

Tao Ziyi thought for a moment and asked excitedly, "Who saved Prince Zhou Ji? Could it be Zhao Yan?"

"I didn't see clearly, but it wasn't Zhao Yan." Shi Yao helped her up, and they left this place of trouble.

Tao Ziyi said disappointedly: "Ah, what a pity. But it's always a good thing to save the person."

Shi Yao remained silent.

She found it unbelievable that the person who rescued Prince Zhou Ji was actually Xie Jibai!

It seems that it was the reborn Xie Qingdai who abandoned the unreliable backer of the Shi family and pointed out another way for the Xie family.

This is to cling to the golden thigh of Prince Changning!

And judging from the situation just now, there were four or five people jumping into the water to save people, and many people on the shore exclaiming. It seems that the people who were watching Zhou Ji fall into the water were not only from the Xie family and the Shi family.

Well, not bad. Shi Yao nodded with satisfaction. The sisters-in-law were indeed extraordinary.

In the original novel, it was the eighth brother Shi Minghui who saved Zhou Ji, and after Zhou Ji woke up, his IQ returned to normal, the fool was no longer stupid, and after losing weight, he became an elegant, graceful, and knowledgeable nobleman.

——Although I don’t know why, a seven-year-old child was stupid and had been stupid for ten years. He didn’t learn anything, but when he woke up, he automatically reached the IQ and mind of a seventeen-year-old.

Because Shi Minghui doted on Shi Mingzhu, Zhou Ji, in order to express his gratitude to his benefactor, also joined Shi Mingzhu's army of favorites and followed Shi Mingzhu's lead.

Later, Zhou Ji fell in love with Shi Mingzhu, and for her, he never married and remained a virgin for the rest of his life.

The Prince of Changning's Mansion also helped the Shi family a lot in the court, helping to bring down the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince Zhou Shao, and the Prince of Changning's Mansion also had a lot of involvement.

Since Zhou Ji was no longer stupid and the Shi family still saved his life, there was naturally no need to marry "Shi Yao" to the wealthy Zhou Ji.

In short, "Shi Yao" is not worthy of marrying into a good family.