I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 855 - Chapter 855 At the Bottom of the Lake

Chapter 855: At the Bottom of the Lake Chapter 855: At the Bottom of the Lake Editor: Atlas Studios After placing Tiger Head on his knees, Qi Haoran made him spit out the water he had swallowed.

Only after appearing that he seemed fine did he heave a sigh of relief.

Qi Haoran patted his butt and placed him between the four children.

He said as gently as possible, “Get the servants to help you change into a fresh set of clothes.

I’ll go fetch your mother up first.” At this moment, Mu Yangling was stuck in the mud at the bottom of the lake.

As she had used too much strength just now, the recoil directly pushed her into the mud at the bottom of the lake.

Moreover, before the force dissipated, Mu Yangling sensed that her butt had hit a sharp corner.

She felt that she was too unlucky, to have actually thrown herself against on a rock.

In order not to hit her head on the rock, she could only stretch her hand back and exert a lot of strength, hoping that the recoil could offset the previous impact and rebound her out of the water.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she touched that thing, it shattered.

Not only did she not rebound successfully, but she also sank deeper.

Moreover, the mud floated up, causing her vision to turn blurry.

Mu Yangling quickly lost her sense of direction.

She could feel that her hand was propped against hard objects.

This made her know that they were not rocks because she could clearly sense that the thing she exerted her strength on just now was not a large rock.

Instead, it felt like a wooden box.

Otherwise, she would not have shattered it with force.

However, the things under her palm right now seemed like rocks.

Who was so annoying as to place rocks in a box and dump it into the lake?

Mu Yangling was suspicious and couldn’t help but think for a while.

Sensing that she was about to run out of oxygen, she stepped on a hard spot.

She subconsciously grabbed a handful of rocks and kicked her feet to float up.

Just then, Qi Haoran happened to find her in the water.

Seeing that Mu Yangling was in pain, he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a deep breath before floating up to the lake surface together.

The moment the two of them emerged from the water, Mu Yangling couldn’t help but breathe heavily.

Qi Haoran reached out and pushed back the hair on her forehead, then asked in a low voice, “Are you alright?” Mu Yangling shook her head and reached out to put her hand on his arm.

Qi Haoran widened his eyes and looked at the thing in her hand.

“Where did you get this gold nugget?” Only then did Mu Yangling see what she was holding in her handaEUR”it was actually four to five gold nuggets that were only a finger long each.

Dumbfounded, she pointed at the water and said, “I grabbed them down there.” The two of them looked at each other and immediately thought of the silver in the treasury that Qin Fang had transferred away.

Qi Haoran said, “The treasury was filled with official silver and gold ingots and gold bars made according to fixed standards.

It’s impossible for there to be such short gold bars.” In other words, the piece of gold that Mu Yangling was holding didn’t meet the requirements.

However, if Qin Fang could keep this type of gold bar at the bottom of the lake, surely he could also leave his other gold and silver at the bottom of the lake, too?

Qi Haoran immediately took the gold bar from her hand and said, “Don’t let anyone else know about this yet.

I’ll get a few people who are good at swimming to go down and take a look later.” Mu Yangling nodded.

At this moment, other than the five children, there were only three maidservants standing on the deck of the pleasure boat.

The guards were all sent away in the small boat because they couldn’t possibly watch as the soaked Princess Consort came out of the water.

As it was only late summer, the weather was still hot, hence everyone wasn’t dressed thickly.

Soaked in the water, one’s clothes would wrap tightly around one’s figure.

Should the guards see something they shouldn’t see, they feared the Prince would dig out their eyeballs.

Qi Haoran was glad that he had sent those guards away in advance.

Only three maidservants saw him holding the gold bar in his hand.

As for the few kids, Qi Haoran gritted his teeth and decided he would settle the score with them later.

As for the oath he had made in his heart not to hit or scold the kid, or pursue the matter, the shameless Qi Haoran figured that no one would know if he did not say it out loud.

The three maidservants pulled the Prince and the Princess Consort onto the pleasure boat.

When they saw the gold bar in the Prince’s hand, although they were puzzled, they didn’t express their curiosity.

To only be responsible for such tasks as steering the boat at their age, it could be seen that they weren’t scheming and ambitious people.

Mu Yangling and Qi Haoran glared at the five children and warned, “Stay here obediently.

Let’s go change first before we go ashore.

Don’t be naughty again, understand?” Little Lion poked Tiger Head, who immediately asked, “Then will Father and Mother beat us up?” He looked at the two of them eagerly.

Afraid that the children would jump into the water again if he said he would, Qi Haoran hurriedly said, “I won’t beat you up.” Tiger Head heaved a sigh of relief and turned around to say to the four of them, “Don’t worry, Daddy said he won’t beat us up.” Little Treasure wanted to cover Tiger Head’s mouth, baffled as to why he would say such things in front of everyone.

Little Bear and Little An looked at Tiger Head sadly, wishing they could tell him immediately that there was more than one way to punish a person.

Only Little Lion let out an excited cheer.

The twins held hands and walked onto the deck together, sighing.

“What a false alarm.

Look, I know how to use idioms too.” Tiger Head’s eyes were sparkling.

“You’re amazing.

Brother Crown Prince only said it once and you remembered it.” Everyone: “aEUR|” Although the money in the national treasury was important, the education of their sons was equally important.

Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling simultaneously prioritized family matters over national affairs.

After the two of them changed their clothes, they quickly steered the pleasure boat back to the shore on each side, planning to educate the children after bringing them back.

As soon as the boat docked, Little Madam Xia quickly ran up.

Only when she saw that Little An was safe and sound did she feel relieved.

Although the guard who came back had reported that Little An was safe and sound, she still had to see him with her own eyes before she could completely calm down.

Mu Yangling’s hand that was reaching out to Little An turned to Little Madam Xia.

She held her and said, “Are you alright?

Why is your face so pale?” Little Madam Xia forced a smile and said, “I’m fine.

I was just startled.” She squatted down and hugged Little An.

Just as she was about to straighten up, her vision darkened and she lost consciousness.

Fortunately, Mu Yangling had been supporting her the entire time so she didn’t collapse to the ground.

“Madam.” Nanny Xia hurriedly came over to support her.

Mu Yangling carried her up and said to Nanny Xia, “Get someone to call Imperial Physician Wang to the Evening Pavilion.” As the Evening Pavilion was the closest to the East Lake, Mu Yangling carried Little Madam Xia to Evening Pavilion’s main house.

Imperial Physician Wang jogged over.

Seeing that Little Madam Xia did not look good, he did not dare to delay and hurriedly took out a pulse pillow to take her pulse.

Little Lion and Tiger Head held Little An’s hands on both sides and comforted him.

“Don’t worry.

With us around, your mother will be fine.” Little An stood on tiptoe and looked at the bed, asking worriedly, “Will my mother ignore me?” “No she won’t.

My mother can never bear to ignore me.” Little Lion patted his chest confidently.

Tiger Head said, “Only if you disturb her.” Little Treasure and Little Bear grabbed the two of them and whispered, “Shut up quickly.

Didn’t you see that (Aunt) is going to beat you up?” Imperial Physician Wang put down her hand and turned to ask Nanny Xia a few questions, feeling very helpless.

Speaking of which, he was the imperial physician, right?

His medical skills were also one of the best in the Imperial Institute of Medicine.

Back then, he had followed Prince Rong for the sake of the health of the masters of the Prince’s estate.

However, in reality, he had been taking the pulse of the Duke of Peaceful State the most over the years, in addition to helping him recuperate.

Yes, he only had a chance to take Prince Rong’s pulse once a month.

When he turned around, Imperial Physician Wang looked at the worried Prince Rong and his wife, and said, “Your Highnesses, the Lady of the Duke of Peaceful State is pregnant.

It’s perhaps because she’s early into her pregnancy that the nannies had failed to notice it.

She merely suffered a fright today and will be fine after recuperating.

I’ll write her a prescription to stabilize her pregnancy.”