Chapter 173 He wants me to marry a princess who has lost her virginity.

"This lake looks so deep, and it's so wide, who would dare to go down in?"

"That's right, we can't swim either! Why don't we hurry and call a few servants who can swim to come and rescue them!"

"No, you can't call him a servant! That would ruin our young lady's reputation! Miss Su, please save our young lady!"

"But, but I can't swim! How about I send someone to fetch a servant who can swim? If this continues, your young lady might lose her life. What's more important than her life than her reputation!"

Several women stood on the bridge watching the commotion, but none of them, who could swim, were willing to go down and rescue the person.

The maidservant of the woman who had fallen into the water was in tears, desperately trying to protect her mistress's reputation while also pleading with Su Wanshi to save her.

Su Wanshi pretended to be in a difficult position and went to find a servant to rescue the person. The maid wanted to stop her, but seeing her young mistress struggling in the water and gradually disappearing from sight, she was too scared to speak.

Su Liluo watched the scene on the bridge from afar, then looked at the woman who had fallen into the water. From a distance, she couldn't make out which family's young lady had fallen into the water.

Although she can swim, she's not very good at it. If she were to go and rescue someone, she'd probably be in serious trouble.

As a woman, she knew the consequences of ruining one's reputation, and naturally wanted to help this woman.

After hesitating for a while, she suddenly remembered that Xiao Ye had given her two female bodyguards a couple of days ago.

So she immediately called out the names of the two bodyguards.

A moment later, two lithe and dashing women in bodyguard uniforms appeared before them.

"Quickly, go and save that young lady in the lake!"

"yes!"

Su Lilu gave the order, and the guards responded and prepared to go over.

Suddenly, with a splash, before the female guards even reached the lakeside, a figure in sapphire blue anxiously jumped into the lake.

"Your Highness, someone jumped down to save people!"

Sister Qiao exclaimed in surprise, and Su Liluo also saw it, but she couldn't see clearly who the person was.

Then, the two guards she sent out also jumped into the lake, intending to rush to rescue the person ashore.

However, they were a little late to the water, and the person who jumped into the lake before them was an excellent swimmer. Before they could even touch the woman in the water, he had already swum towards the shore.

"Miss, are you alright? Please wake up!"

The maidservant ran over anxiously, crying.

Su Liluo and Sister Qiao also walked onto the bridge from the side. It wasn't until they got closer that they realized the person who had fallen into the water was Zheng Qinxue.

Zheng Qinxue was betrothed to the King of Chu, so the reason why Su Wanshi harmed her is obvious.

"Miss Zheng, wake up!"

At this moment, the man who had rescued Zheng Qinxue shouted urgently.

Zheng Qinxue was lying on the ground with a pale face. The man was about to press the water out of her abdomen when Su Liluo saw this and quickly stopped him.

"Young Master Song, let me do it!"

Yes!

The man who saved the person was Song Donghao!

"Your Highness! Please save Miss Zheng!"

When Song Donghao looked up and saw that it was Su Liluo, his eyes lit up with joy, and he quickly stood up to give Su Liluo his seat.

Su Liluo quickly walked to Zheng Qinxue's side, first helping her press out the lake water she had inhaled, and then taking out her magic needles to give her a few acupuncture needles.

A moment later, Zheng Qinxue slowly woke up.

"Thank you... for saving me, Crown Princess."

When Zheng Qinxue saw that the person squatting in front of her was Su Liluo, she subconsciously assumed that Su Liluo had rescued her from the water.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Su Wanshi's voice reminded her from the side.

“Miss Zheng, you should thank not only the Crown Princess, but also this young master, who just rescued you from the water!”

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qinxue's already pale face turned even paler.

Was it a man who saved me?

Then...then what about my innocence?

She was terrified, but quickly calmed down.

Although her reputation was damaged, the other party had saved her after all, so she should still thank them.

Then, she looked at Song Donghao and suddenly frowned.

"Young Master Song, is that you?"

Song Donghao awkwardly apologized, "Miss Zheng, I'm sorry. Your life was in danger just now, and I disregarded the proper distance between men and women and offended you. I'm willing to take responsibility for you."

"Take responsibility? Young Master Song, Miss Zheng is engaged to the Prince of Chu. How are you going to explain this to him?"

Su Wanshi said gloatingly, her pretense almost falling off.

Su Liluo looked at Su Wanshi with a dark expression, "How could Miss Zheng have fallen into the lake? There are so many people, why was she the only one who fell in? Su Wanshi, as the hostess, you cannot escape responsibility!"

"Your Highness, I am truly wronged by what you say. Didn't you see how many people there were? Just now, a young lady accidentally tripped and fell, bumping into the person in front of her, which caused Miss Zheng to fall into the water. It wasn't intentional."

Su Wanshi immediately started to argue.

"Whether it was intentional or not, I will have someone investigate thoroughly later! Today, Young Master Song only went into the water to save someone and did not do anything inappropriate with Miss Zheng. The two of them are completely innocent."

"If any of you dare to gossip, I will not let you get away with it. Did you all hear me?"

Su Liluo said sternly.

But as soon as she finished speaking, a furious voice came from behind her.

"Your Highness is truly impressive! Are you trying to silence everyone so that I can marry a woman who has lost her virginity and make her my princess?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Xiao Churen was standing at the bridgehead.

He walked over step by step with a sullen face and a very ugly expression.

“Miss Zheng fell into the water and was rescued by another man, so she is already impure. I will not want such a woman! Everyone here today is a witness. I will go to the palace to tell my father and ask him to cancel this marriage.”

After Xiao Churen walked up, he gave Zheng Qinxue a cold look.

"Your Highness, this is not Miss's fault. She was also a victim. She didn't want this to happen. Please forgive her, Your Highness!"

Upon hearing the King of Chu's words, Zheng Qinxue's maidservant was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

If her young lady were to be rejected by the King of Chu, her reputation would be completely ruined, and she would find it difficult to find a husband in the future.

Zheng Qinxue was stunned by what the King of Chu said, and looked terrified.

However, she wasn't afraid of the marriage with the King of Chu being canceled; rather, she was afraid that the King of Chu would say she was impure.

It seems her reputation is going to be ruined this time.

“Your Highness, if I hadn’t saved Miss Zheng, she would probably be dead by now. Besides, I only rescued her; I didn’t actually touch her. Isn’t it inappropriate for you to insult a woman like this?”

After hearing what the King of Chu said, Song Donghao spoke up in defense of him.

Xiao Churen scoffed at his words, coldly snorting, "Her clothes were soaking wet, and you held her, which makes her impure. I'm too lazy to waste words with you. Go to the palace now and tell Father Emperor!"