Whether she was alive or not, she didn’t know, but Cuiya said that the person had fainted.
She nodded uncertainly and said, "She should... still be alive, I guess!"
Gu Youyou’s heart went cold, and she quickly got up, stretched her neck out the window and shouted to the coachman driving the carriage, "Could you please hurry up!"
The coachman didn’t dare delay and sped up the carriage.
Fortunately, the Jie Family didn’t live far from the Lin Family, and before long they had arrived.
Gu Youyou rushed into the Jie Family’s compound, entering the deserted courtyard of Miss Du.
Cuiya, sobbing breathlessly with a hoarse voice, was overjoyed at the sight of Gu Youyou, as if seeing a savior.
Almost at the same time they entered the courtyard, the changed Concubine Du also arrived.
She was similar to Cuiya, crying breathlessly and supported by two maids.
Xie Qinyun stood at the gate of the courtyard, effectively blocking her entrance.
"Concubine Du, you plotted against my second sister-in-law; let’s see who can help you this time," she said.
"I... how could I harm my elder sister!" Concubine Du exclaimed in disbelief.
Xie Qinyun sneered and said, "Save that performance for when my second brother returns. I don’t enjoy it, nor do I believe it."
Having said this, she closed the door and instructed two old women to bring a stone stool to block it further.
Gu Youyou was in the main house saving someone; they couldn’t let this vile woman ruin everything.
"How is it going?" Xie Qinyun returned to the house where Gu Youyou was performing the rescue.
Gu Youyou said, "Fortunately, she didn’t choke on much water and should wake up soon. She probably didn’t struggle much after falling into the water. She’s so thin, there’s hardly any flesh on her bones; she floated on the surface."
Xie Qinyun sighed in relief and looked towards Cuiya, asking, "Aren’t you always with your mistress? How did you let that vile woman plot against her?"
Cuiya stopped crying, her voice somewhat hoarse.
"Today, Concubine Du came to see our mistress and even brought the pastries mistress loves. They needed to speak privately and had us leave. What they talked about in the room, I do not know. Later, I saw them come out, and mistress instructed me to get a shovel, saying she needed to dig out something left by our late master.
I thought since my mistress was going to divorce the young master, she would surely take with her whatever belonged to the late master. Concubine Du’s visit must have been about the master’s belongings as well. Seeing Concubine Du looking so sad, I thought they were reminiscing about the late master and the past, and nothing serious would happen. But I never imagined both of them would end up in the water..."
Overcome with sadness, Cuiya began crying again.
Xie Qinyun glared at her, said sternly, "Shut your mouth and tell me how the two of them ended up in the water."
That vile woman had also fallen into the water, this was problematic.
Cuiya sobbed quietly, saying, "I don’t know either!"
"The maids and old women brought by Concubine Du kept stopping me, saying not to disturb their sisterly reunion, that whether they could reconcile depended on today. Thinking that if the two sisters could restore their former relationship, it would be a good thing and our late master’s spirit could rest in peace, so I didn’t follow them.
It was only when I heard cries for help from the direction of the lotus pond that I realized something had happened. Miss Jie, when I got there, both of them were in the water. The rescuers first pulled out Concubine Du, who was struggling fiercely, before saving my mistress. By that time, my mistress was floating on the water’s surface, like a dead person; I was terrified."
After hearing this, Xie Qinyun clenched her teeth in anger and said, "That vile woman, what play is she performing now?"