She scratched her head. By the standards of ancient waterways, anyone wandering too close to the edge ran a very real risk of tumbling in. There was no way that young lady hadn't known the danger; she surely wouldn't have thrown herself into the river in a fit of despair just because her lover betrayed her.
And falling into the river at the Prince's Mansion? What a messy place to choose to die.
If she had deliberately tried to get the Heir Apparent to save her so she could hook a better catch, the premise required knowing in advance that Péi Mídù was going to be there.
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