Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 385 Skating
On one side of the West Garden is a large plum grove, and on the other side is a lotus pond where you can go boating.

The partition wall of the lotus pond is Lu Zhaoyi's Yuehua Palace.

There are few masters in the palace, so this west courtyard is almost the place where Lu Zhaoyi takes a walk every day to enjoy the flowers.

It's cold in winter, and the flowers in the plum grove haven't bloomed yet, so Lu Zhaoyi takes advantage of the sunshine at noon every day to take a walk along the lotus pond.

She grew up in the countryside, and she didn't look like a rich family. Apart from the evening photos and clear sky of the two maids Lu Yange left for her when she entered the palace, Lu Yange also left Zhexue to her.

The entire Yuehua Palace was tightly controlled by these three maids, and the maids and eunuchs arranged in the palace could only do some cleaning, preparing meals and guarding the yard.

Lu Qingluan didn't take many people with her when she went to the garden. There were not many people around her. Wanzhao became the chief steward of Yuehua Palace. Under her supervision, the rules of the whole Yuehua Palace were stricter than those of other palaces. Many, going in and out must be reported, if that servant dares to gossip outside, he will be kicked out of Yuehua Palace immediately.

Qingkong manages the jewelry and dress warehouse for Lu Qingluan, and is also responsible for her food, clothing, housing and transportation.Qingkong took care of Lu Qingluan carefully and took good care of everything.Even if the water for daily mouthwash is cold or hot, and the mattresses for making the bed at night are thick or thin, they are all particular.If the little palace lady did not do well enough or was not careful enough, she would be kicked out of Yuehua Palace, and she would stay where she was.

Yuehua Palace does not support idlers, nor does it support talkative people.

Only Zhexue had few things to do, and he went to the garden with Lu Qingluan every day, and then he had nothing to do with the little eunuch in Huagong for a few months to practice.

In just a few months, the little eunuchs in Yuehua Palace became much more agile, even running errands faster than other palace servants.

Lu Zhaoyi was favored, and there were many people in the palace who favored the low and the high, and those who could enter the Yuehua Palace were not fools.

From Lu Qingluan's entry to the palace until now, Yuehua Palace has only expelled two young eunuchs and a young palace maid. As for where these people went after being kicked out of Yuehua Palace, Lu Zhaoyi is not concerned.

Yuehua Palace would not dare to keep anyone who was stuffed in by other palaces.

Today Lu Qingluan got up late, and he didn't get up until three poles into the sun. By the time he had breakfast and was accompanied by Zhexue into the west courtyard, the sun was almost at mid-air.

The sun is not very good today, the weather is overcast.

It was only when Lu Qingluan walked out of the plum garden that he remembered that he didn't bring a cape, and the wind blew the cold air straight into his jacket.

She ordered Zhexue to go back and give her the cloak, and walked to the lotus pond by herself.

In this palace, there were only a few people going in and out, and Zhexue was moldy in the palace, and Lu Qingluan was never seen in danger.

The princess was in the palace, and the three of them couldn't follow the princess, so the princess arranged to enter Yuehua Palace to accompany Lu Qingluan.

The princess said, treat Lu Zhaoyi just like you treat her, no disrespect is allowed.

Lu Qingluan asked Zhexue to go back to get the cloak, but Zhexue didn't think much about it, and went back to Yuehua Palace to get the cloak.

Lu Qingluan walked a few steps before he heard laughter from the other side of the lotus pond.

On weekdays, apart from the gardeners who built the flowers and trees, only the servants of Yuehua Palace would come to this West Garden. At this time, hearing people playing around, Lu Qingluan couldn't help being curious.

Lu Qingluan took a few steps forward and saw several figures running on the ice.

When he got closer, he saw a little eunuch holding a rope in front of him, and one end of the rope was pulling a square stool. There were people sitting on the square stool.

There were also two or three little eunuchs standing by the pond watching, clapping their hands as they watched.

After the little eunuch holding the rope ran around, he changed to another person and continued running.

Lu Qingluan was curious, which palace master is playing with the little eunuchs in the lotus pond?
No matter which palace's master it is, this lotus pond is not a place to play around.

Although this winter has arrived, there has been no snow. The ice on the edge of the lotus pond is thick, and the ice in the middle of the pond may not be so thick.

Lu Qingluan hurried over, wanting to remind her.

Hearing a scream, the little eunuch who was running on the ice with a rope turned his head suddenly, and the square stool tied to the other end of the rope flew straight out with the person sitting on the stool.

The middle of the pond in the lotus pond was hit by someone flying out, and with a click, it cracked open immediately.

Fortunately, the ice layer was still thick, and the cracked ice surface did not really shatter, and the people on the ice surface were still lying on their stomachs.

"Little prince."

It wasn't until one of the eunuchs yelled loudly that Lu Qingluan realized that the child who had just flown out turned out to be the little prince.

She didn't care about other things, and hurriedly raised her skirt and ran to the lotus pond.

Since being bought into the Lu family by Lu Yange, Lu Qingluan followed Lu Yange to go boating to Qingshan Academy in Nanyang to study.

She dare not say that she can do anything else, but swimming and rowing is something that even Lu Xiaoli, who is the best in the Lu family, can't compare to her.

Seeing the ice shatter, the little prince was so young that he crawled on the ice and cried out in fright.

Several young eunuchs were so frightened that their hair stood on end, they ran towards the lotus pond together, and the eunuch who had just dragged the little prince to skate rushed over in a few steps.

"Don't go there."

Lu Qingluan shouted while running, "The ice is about to crack, don't go over."

It was just her shouting that only stopped a few young eunuchs on the bank, and the eunuch dragging the stool was about to run to the little prince.There was a crackling sound from the shattered ice, and the little eunuch fell into the lake together with the prince lying on the ice.

When the little eunuchs who had stopped by the bank saw it, they were scared out of their wits and wanted to run towards the middle of the lake.

At this time, they didn't care about whether the ice was cracked or not, the little prince had already fallen into the water, if they stood on the shore and did nothing, then it would be a death sentence.

After all, Lu Qingluan grew up in the countryside, and followed Lu Yange to climb the big green mountain every day.

Her footsteps were extremely fast, before the little eunuchs arrived, she had already plunged into the ice hole and swam desperately to the side of the little prince.

The water in the pool was icy cold, and Lu Qingluan felt his whole body tighten up as soon as he fell into the water, and the broken ice cubes touched his bare skin, causing a sharp pain.

She didn't dare to hesitate, and just paddled towards the little prince.

Fortunately, the little prince was wearing a bright yellow robe, which was much more conspicuous in the water than the eunuch's robe.

Before Lu Qingluan could get close to the little prince, someone grabbed her leg. How could the eunuch who fell into the water be willing to let go after finally grabbing something.

Lu Qingluan was angry and impatient, watching the little prince not far away struggling in the water, he could only use his other leg to kick that hateful face in the water.

Zhexue came a step too late, so he could only pull out the leather whip on his waist and flick it in the air, stopping several little eunuchs who were scrambling to run towards the lake.

"Go and report to the emperor."

Zhexue yelled, and ran towards the middle of the lotus pond with Lu Qingluan's cloak in his arms.

She had heard of Lu Qingluan's good water skills, and Zhexue didn't dare to dive into the water recklessly to save people, but stood in a place where the ice was still thick and waited.

Just waiting for Lu Qingluan to show her head, she swung her whip and dived into the water to save her.

(End of this chapter)