Chapter 279: Miracle
The Emperor, who was sitting on the aft deck, saw this scene.
The Emperor had been watching Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei from afar. He was smiling, and his expression was unbelievably gentle.
He didn’t get anyone to investigate Gu Yanfei. He trusted his son’s judgment.
His son had been extremely smart since he was young. Not only did he have a heart of gold, but he also had a pair of sharp eyes. In the past 18 years, his son had never been wrong.
Eight years ago, when his son left the capital, he told him that he would definitely return.
Eight years later, his son returned.
His son had always been a man of his word.
If his son felt that this girl from the Gu family was worthy of being his lifelong companion, the Emperor was willing to believe him.
At some point, the sun had poked half its head out from behind the clouds, gently scattering a large amount of golden light and giving Gu Yanfei and Chu Yi’s profiles a dreamy halo. They were as beautiful as a painting.
They were a perfect match.
The more the Emperor looked at her, the more beautiful she became. He wished he could immediately send an artist over to draw this scene.
He wondered how old this girl was... By the way, when she was in the water pavilion, she seemed to have said that she was born in the sixth year of the Reign of Ren and Xuan. Her mother had given birth to her during the war.
In that case, this girl should be of age by the middle of the year. There were still five months left!
Good!
The Emperor’s lips curled up in a good mood, and he was in high spirits. He wondered if he should go back and find Zhao Rang to find the betrothal gift list when he married Empress Yuan back then.
At the side, the palace servants served tea and water. From time to time, they would change snacks for their masters or watch the fire burning tea.
The Emperor had just picked up a pot of new tea and had yet to take a sip when an orange clove was stuffed into his mouth.
The Emperor obediently swallowed it. Immediately after, his daughter stuffed another orange clove into his mouth.
An Le carefully picked out the orange petals and flesh from the orange peel, and the Emperor ate them one by one...
After finally emptying the orange petals in the orange peel, An Le took the needle and thread from the palace maid and excitedly threaded the needle into the bowl-shaped orange peel to make a small and exquisite orange lamp.
“Father, this is for you.” An Le picked up the little orange lamp and waved it. She handed it to the Emperor and smiled until her eyes narrowed. She was as obedient as she could be.
The Emperor’s heart melted at the little girl’s cute appearance.
The Emperor smiled and took the small orange lamp. He imitated his daughter and picked up the trinket and shook it twice. The candlelight in the orange lamp swayed with it, and a faint orange fragrance wafted over.
His daughter was so filial! A happy smile appeared on the Emperor’s face.
Seeing Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei walking over together, he smiled and said to An Le, “Little darling, are you only giving it to me?
“1’11 make one for my eldest brother too.” An Le smiled and took out the largest orange from the fruit plate before continuing to make small orange lamps.
The Emperor, who was sitting against the railing, held the lamp in one hand and stroked his beard with the other. He leaned leisurely toward the guard pole behind him.
Crack.
The crisp sound of something breaking suddenly entered his ears.
Before the Emperor realized what was going on, he felt a sudden emptiness behind him. He instantly lost his balance and fell back with the broken guardrail.
Empress Dowager Yuan and Chu You looked over.
One smiled faintly, while the other was expressionless, but their eyes were a little sinister.
Chu You narrowed his sharp eagle eyes, his gaze burning, and his thin lips curled up slightly.
Finally...
“Father!”
An Le shouted in panic, her face pale.
Instinctively, she reached out with her right arm in the Emperor’s direction and tried to take his hand...
But she was young and in a wheelchair, so she couldn’t react in time. Her fingers grabbed at nothing.
The father and daughter’s fingers were only half an inch apart as they pa.s.sed each other.
A wave of earth-shattering screams broke out on the deck:
‘Ah! Your Majesty!’
‘Someone come!”
‘The Emperor fell into the water...”
The Emperor fell out of the pleasure boat. From the corner of his eye, he saw Chu Yi rushing towards him with a drastic change in expression...
The Emperor fell headfirst into the lake below. The weightlessness made him dizzy. The blue sky and white clouds above him came into view, and the cold wind whistled past his ears, cutting his cheeks like ice knives.
The hand stove fell from his sleeve.
‘Plop!”
High splashes rose from the lake, and the cold water spattered his robe.
The lake below was sparkling and cold.
He was probably going to be sick again this time. He was going to make Chu Yi and his little darling worry about him again...
A bitter smile appeared on the Emperor’s lips. He let his body fall and closed his eyes helplessly...
However, in the next moment, he felt a sudden force supporting him from behind. It was as if he had fallen into a pile of cotton, or as if he suddenly had the ability to soar through the clouds.
When he opened his eyes again, the Emperor felt unreal, as if he was in a dream.
His body stopped about three feet from the lake below. There was nothing below, and he floated in the air.
This scene was too unbelievable. It was as if time had suddenly stopped at this moment.
No, time hadn’t stopped.
A strong wind blew, causing his robe to flutter.
The expression on the Emperor’s slightly pale face was indescribably complicated. His hands and feet moved subconsciously, and he felt like an old hen flapping its wings. He could neither stand nor fly.
He couldn’t go up or down.
It was as if his hands and feet no longer belonged to him.
What... was going on?
The Emperor’s eyes widened, and he looked a little confused. He was very different from his usual gentle and refined appearance.
Suddenly, he felt a burning sensation in his sleeve pocket, so hot that his skin hurt slightly.
The burning sensation in his sleeve disappeared in a flash. In the next moment, the Emperor felt nothing beneath him or under his feet. The weightlessness attacked him again, and his body was about to fall again...
‘Swoosh!”
Coincidentally, at this moment, a black and shiny whip flew out of the pleasure boat and quickly swept towards him like a spirit snake. When the whip swung, it shook the air and made a sharp sound.
The whip wrapped nimbly around the Emperor’s wrist and sleeve.
The Emperor subconsciously looked up and saw Gu Yanfei’s beautiful face above him.
The other end of the whip was firmly in Gu Yanfei’s hand. The little girl smiled at him. The smile on her lips was faint, like a lotus flower in the morning dew.
“Father, hold on tight.”
As Chu Yi shouted, the Emperor hurriedly grabbed the long whip wrapped around his wrist. He felt his right arm tighten, and his body rose into the air as if he had wings. He was pulled up by Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei...
In the blink of an eye, the Emperor’s feet were on the deck again, but his feet were still a little weak.
Chu Yi quickly held the Emperor’s arm and called out again, “Father.
His clear voice was slightly tense..