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At that moment, Pear walked out with a pale face, knelt on the ground, and said to Mu Junqi, "Empress, I urgently need to relieve myself. May I be excused?"
Everyone's expressions turned sour; after all, the masters were discussing food, and a servant suddenly running out to say such a thing was quite inappropriate. They looked at Consort Qian with some disdain.
Consort Qian also felt a bit embarrassed and looked at Pear, saying, "This is really rude of you. You should apologize to the masters!"
Pear immediately looked at Mu Junqi with tearful eyes, continuously bowing her head and saying, "Please spare me, Empress. Please spare me."
Only then did Mu Junqi wave her hand and say to her, "Alright, you may go."
Upon hearing this, Pear quickly ran out, leaving behind a group of people laughing.
Before long, Pear returned and knelt down in front of everyone, then anxiously said, "Empress, Consort Xi is crying by Xiyue Lake for some unknown reason."
Everyone suddenly remembered that they hadn't seen Consort Xi today. Mu Junqi's expression changed slightly as she felt puzzled but still stood up and asked Pear, "What exactly is going on?"
"I don't know either, but it looks like she might be trying to harm herself. You should hurry over to check on her."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was surprised and quickly stood up. After all, Consort Xi was the most favored woman of the Empress Dowager, so they were worried something might happen.
Thus, the group hurriedly made their way to Xiyue Lake. Before they reached it, they heard the sound of a woman sobbing. Turning past a grove of trees, they saw Consort Xi sitting by the lake with her feet dangling over the edge. The palace maids serving her were also kneeling beside her with tear-streaked faces, pleading with her.
"Consort Xi, what are you doing?" Mu Junqi said while covering her abdomen with one hand.
The originally crying Consort Xi turned around and glanced at everyone. Her tear-stained face made everyone feel a pang of sympathy in their hearts.
"Don't come over..." After saying that, she took a step forward.
Mu Junqi, seeing this, instructed Huixin beside her to go to Yun Jin Palace to find Mo Xiao Li, then took another step forward and said, "No matter what happens, you mustn't do anything foolish."
"Your Highness... the Consort shouldn't have come to the palace," Consort Xi said, looking at Mu Junqi with a trembling voice.
During this time, it was not easy for the Empress Dowager to have a better impression of her. If this matter was not handled well, it would surely disappoint her again. Thinking of this, Mu Junqi disregarded everything and took a few steps forward, saying, "No matter what happens, don't think like that."
Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stepped forward a few paces as well. Consort Xi retreated a few steps and then shouted loudly, "Don't come any closer! Your Highness, thank you for taking care of the Consort during this time," and then pretended to jump down.
At that moment, the other concubines behind her pushed forward as if they were all very worried about her, which pushed Mu Junqi to the front. As she approached the edge of the lake, Ziyue worried about what might happen to Mu Junqi and desperately shielded her from behind. However, Consort Xi was about to jump down, and the people behind pushed even harder, accidentally shoving her out of the crowd.
Mu Junqi did not want anything to happen to Consort Xi either; after all, it would affect her standing in front of the Empress Dowager. So she didn't notice that she had already stood in a rather dangerous spot. Suddenly, someone pushed her from behind, and she fell into the lake just like that.
The concubines behind screamed in fright but no one went to save her. Hearing Mu Junqi's scream, Ziyue rushed past everyone and stood by the lake, only to see Mu Junqi floundering in the water.
Seeing this, Ziyue immediately began to cry and then jumped in. However, having grown up in the palace, she didn't know how to swim either and could only struggle in the water.
On the shore, Consort Xi's legs went weak and she collapsed on the ground, staring blankly at the scene. Consort Wang came back to her senses and screamed loudly. Before long, it attracted the Imperial Forest Army.
They dispatched a few people who could swim into the water to rescue them, but those in the lake had already disappeared from sight. Many concubines were already scared and crying.
Suddenly, a bright yellow figure plunged into the lake. After a short while, he emerged from the water holding Mu Junqi and flew back to shore. Everyone realized it was the Emperor and hurriedly knelt down to pay their respects. Shortly after that, Ziyue was rescued by the Imperial Forest Army.
However, both of them had their eyes tightly shut as if they had lost consciousness. Mo Xiao Li disregarded everyone's greetings and took off his robe to wrap it around Mu Junqi's body. Then he pressed hard on her abdomen. After a long time, she finally spat out some water and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the person in front of her, she weakly said, "You... how... how did you get here?" After saying this as if using all her strength, she fainted again.
Mo Xiao Li picked her up and coldly glanced at the crowd. They clearly saw the killing intent in his eyes, and combined with what had happened today, they couldn't help but shrink back.
He then flew towards Jingxian Palace, leaving everyone looking at each other. After all, this matter was witnessed by the Emperor himself. If the Empress's unborn child was fine, perhaps nothing would happen. But if something were to happen, they would likely have to pay the price.
Consort Qian watched Mo Xiao Li leave and looked at Pear, unable to hide the smile in her eyes. Unfortunately, she didn't drown her right away. If the Emperor had appeared a little later, everything might have ended. Given the current situation, it seemed that the child in her womb would definitely not survive. The more she thought about it, the happier she became, leaving with a smile on her lips.
When they arrived at Jingxian Palace, the imperial physician was already waiting there. Seeing Mo Xiao Li drenched, he immediately understood the reason; such things were common in the palace, and they had seen too much of it.
"Come quickly!" Mo Xiao Li shouted at the physician outside while placing Mu Junqi on the bed.
However, Huixin suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, the Empress is soaked; let me change her clothes first."
"That is not acceptable," Zhang Taiyi said from behind the screen.
Mo Xiao Li strode out and fixed his gaze on him: "You must save the child!"
Zhang Taiyi suddenly knelt on the ground, fearfully saying: "Your Majesty, forgive me. The Empress's life is uncertain right now, and after falling into the lake... this child... may not survive." He finished speaking and remained kneeling on the ground.
At this moment, Huixin had already changed Mu Junqi's wet clothes and came out, kneeling on the ground with tears on her face: "Your Majesty, perhaps Lord Xia can save the Empress and the prince now."
Mo Xiao Li furrowed his brows tightly and pondered for a moment before nodding. Seeing him nod, Li Fusheng hurriedly ran out.
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