"Nonsense!" Ren Yingying forcefully reeled in the fishing line. "I'm fine! I caught one! Look how fat this one is! Come help me reel it in, have someone prepare it, and grill it!"
She's never eaten koi before, so she doesn't know if it tastes good.
At this moment, Jinse, one of the concubines, said, "Princess Consort, let's forget about it; koi fish are hard to eat."
"Huh? You've eaten it?" Ren Yingying asked in surprise.
Jinse nodded. "My family used to be wealthy."
Ren Yingying: "..."
I thought we were all working-class, dirt-poor best friends, but it turns out you secretly got a gold medal?
She released the koi back with little interest.
A large, red koi carp plunged into the water with a splash, wagged its tail, and swam away, its scales gleaming in the sunlight.
"It looks so good, how can it not taste good? It's all show and no substance." Ren Yingying shook her head.
The other concubine, Jinjin, was young, only fourteen years old this year. She had a baby face, looking only twelve or thirteen, and was quite chubby, making her very Lovely.
Jinjin said, "What a pity, I was hoping to benefit from the Crown Princess's fame."
Ren Yingying: "You should have said so earlier! Actually, I wanted to try it too, regardless of whether it tastes good or not!"
The Hua Cha advised, "These koi are very expensive."
Ren Yingying glared at her. "It's not like we're the ones paying, why are you so upset?"
"I've made up my mind. If the koi bites again, it means it's tired of life and has had enough. We have to grant its wish!"
Qu Nian: I think you're tired of life and have had enough. Do you want me to grant your wish?
Just wait, we'll deal with this wicked woman sooner or later!
As they were talking, the maid who delivered the message came running up, panting.
"Princess Consort..." The maid patted her chest to catch her breath, her face flushed.
"What's wrong?" Ren Yingying handed the fishing rod to Jinse, leaned on Hua Cha's shoulder, and lazily ate a lamb skewer, while her concubine Yuanyang silently massaged her legs.
Jinjin then brought her a cup of warm honey water.
Ren Yingying was holding meat skewers in both hands, so she took a sip from her hand.
Qu Nian closed his eyes.
I've never enjoyed this kind of treatment before, and you're living it up!
You will take all four concubines, leaving none behind!
Qu Nian lay down on her feet in a fit of rage.
Ren Yingying misunderstood and put a skewer of grilled meat right up to its mouth.
That's more like it.
Just as Qu Nian was about to speak, she heard the maid say, "... The princess is back!"
"Ah?"
Ren Yingying dropped the meat skewer in her hand to the ground.
Qu Nian watched helplessly as the meat that was about to be eaten slipped away.
And he even couldn't resist trying to pick it up from the ground?
"Let's tidy up," Hua Cha said calmly. "Quickly, everyone, hurry up."
Ren Yingying looked up at the garden entrance and saw a proud and noble woman being ushered in by a crowd.
Holy crap!
Oh no, the main character is back.
Fortunately, the garden was big enough, so they still had time!
Stay calm, she can handle it!
Ren Yingying saw everyone frantically dealing with the grill and other equipment—but where could they possibly hide these things?
Ren Yingying decisively said, "Throw them all into the water! Quickly!"
Without thinking, everyone hurriedly poured the items into the water with a "plop, plop" sound.
The sound of water splashing?
Everyone pretended not to hear.
Qu Nian stood up, his dog eyes slightly moist, jumped onto the table, and strained to look into the distance.
Family!
I finally met a relative.
Even if they slapped each other in the past, and grew up to dislike and speak sarcastically to each other, they are still blood relatives!
He never imagined that he would be moved to tears when he saw Qu Hua one day.
Sure enough, being a dog means experiencing and seeing everything.
Sister, you've got to stand up for me!
Although he despised this idea, he had this strong urge right now!
As Qu Hua drew closer, Ren Yingying suddenly climbed onto the railing. Amidst the gasps of the crowd, she opened her arms and whispered, "Don't be nervous, just say I jumped into the lake to die for love!"
She wasn't afraid. After being mocked by Tang Zhuyun, and through her in-depth research, she discovered that her fake birthmark was waterproof!
Qu Nian turned around abruptly, and then saw her plunge into the water.
Without a Qu Nian thought, Qu jumped down as well.
--Isn't this Poisonous Woman Ren supposed to be very powerful?
He had originally thought that she and Qu Hua were evenly matched!
How could she be so cowardly and take her own life before the "enemy" even arrived?
Damn it, he's all talk and no action when it comes to real trouble!
Ren Yingying: No, I need to swim further.
Don't turn around and fish out the barbecue Zidu while you're at it.
I swim, I swim, I keep swimming!
Swimming was her specialty when she was a child, and she even won first place in the city's butterfly stroke competition when she was in junior high school.
That was also a highlight of her swimming career.
Later, I decided to give up swimming and focus on my studies.
However, Ren Yingying felt that this choice might be a mistake for her.
Because studying is too tiring!
Especially those who choose to study medicine, they must have been completely clueless.
How did this academic underachiever manage to turn things around?!
Look, she's still happy swimming!
In her past life, her and Tangbao's happiness came from swimming, and even their trips were mostly to warm islands.
Swimming, snorkeling... she must be a fish, that's for sure.
Tangbao boasted to her that there was a (wooden) sea in the palace, which was a gift from the person she liked.
Pshaw, is this dog abuse?
She has a pool, which was given to her by someone she doesn't like.
It's really impressive that someone you don't like can give you things!
She wouldn't accept it; he had to force her into his home—that's true love.
Qu Nian was extremely nervous, but he could only watch helplessly as Ren Yingying drifted away.
It was shocking.
It had no idea that beneath the calm surface of this pool lay hidden currents and whirlpools.
With all its might, it propelled its heavy body, clumsily swimming towards Ren Yingying.
Then, it slowly discovered that Poisonous Woman Ren, seemed... to be handling things with ease?
She wasn't swept away by the undercurrent; she swam away on her own.
Ren Yingying: Who's chasing me? And why did the old woman who saved me arrive so quickly?
They must have swum quite far by now.
Ren Yingying stopped, and then she saw the Dog Meat.
She was so moved she almost cried. She came over, patted Qu Nian's back, pulled him close to her chest, and rubbed her chin against his head.
"Dog Meat, you're definitely the best to me! But silly girl, I'm fine, I can swim."
Qu Nian: "..."
Poisonous Woman Ren, and a liar.
She had taken several concubines to the hot springs before, and he was too embarrassed to go in, but he could hear the Poisonous Woman Ren's occasional "licentious" sounds.
She shamelessly compared them, saying that Jinse had the biggest breasts and she had the smallest.
She's not young at all!
Because Qu Nian was about to suffocate.
I feel like my dog's life has come to an end.
Fortunately, Ren Yingying eventually had a change of heart, and Qu Nian was able to survive.
"Dog Meat, don't panic, let's deal with that Chahua together!"
Qu Nian: My younger sister's name is Jinghua.
However, ignorance is no excuse.
He just wants to ask her now, is diving fun?