The person who saved her was an elderly bachelor from the village.
When Yuqing ran off to throw herself into the river right at noon, the surrounding fields were full of villagers working nearby. Many of them had seen her standing by the riverbank for a long time before jumping in.
In the past, the unmarried young men in the village would have scrambled to save her. But now, Zhao Yingdi had deliberately spread the news that Yuqing had drugged Cao Hui. The entire village knew that Yuqing had taken a fancy to Cao Hui and even tried to force herself on him, while Cao Hui, to protect his chastity, would rather soak in the river than have anything to do with her.
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