Chapter 667 It was she who pushed Empress Xi!
"Bang! Bang——"
Continuous gunshots echoed over the Seine, causing everyone on the "Poroscafe" to stop what they were doing and turn their heads to look north.
Captain Bliss led people to the deck and saw the "Seven Birds" parked not far away. The gunfire warning was obviously coming from there.
A sailor stood on the mainmast of the galley. He held two lanterns in his hands and kept posing in various poses.
That was a method of communication agreed upon by the crew members who were transporting people on the Seine.
Captain Bliss skillfully read the opposite gesture:
"Someone... fell overboard... starboard side..."
His face suddenly stiffened, he turned around and shouted to the third officer:
"Quick! Starboard, go rescue people! Henry, go drop the anchor!"
At this moment, the people on board the "Poroskafi" are all well-connected - after all, not just anyone can take a boat with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - if one of them drowns, he will never be able to board a boat in the future. France is running away!
Seven or eight crew members jumped into the river like dumplings, and the small boat on the side was also lowered.
Fortunately, there was still a trace of afterglow from the setting sun, so we could barely see anything on the water. Soon, a crew member pointed at a string of small bubbles and shouted:
"Look! There!"
After another half minute, the black and white maid skirt appeared on the water, followed by long golden hair.
Then, came Camelia’s tightly closed eyes.
One of the crew members tied a rope around her waist, and the people on board the Poroscarfi scrambled to drag her onto the deck.
Joseph and the nobles also came from the restaurant. When he saw Camelia lying motionless on the deck, his heart immediately tightened:
"What's going on?!"
"Your Highness... Your Highness..." the captain turned pale and stammered, "I'm... I'm very sorry..."
The third officer pressed hard on the maid's abdomen and put his fingers to the tip of her nose. He immediately raised his head in panic and looked at the captain:
"No breathing!"
"What?!" Joseph pulled him away and was about to carry out resuscitation when he saw Perna walking over weakly and waved to her, "Doctor Lamarck, give her CPR quickly!"< br>
This kind of first aid operation is naturally safer if it is done by professionals.
Perna was stunned for a moment, but immediately leaned down, held up Camelia's neck, and then took out a bamboo tube from the medical kit she carried with her, about to insert it into the latter's mouth.
Joseph's eyes widened and he raised his hand to block her:
"What are you doing?"
"Ventilate your lungs!" Perna said matter-of-factly.
"No," Joseph said anxiously, "Don't do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, artificial respiration?"
"What about cardiopulmonary? Artificial respiration?" Perna looked at the crown prince confused, as at a loss as a child.
Joseph held his forehead, it's over, it must be that these first aid techniques haven't been invented yet!
He had no choice but to signal Perna to get out of the way, and tried to recall the cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods he had learned at the beginning of college. He folded his hands and placed them on Camelia's soft chest.
"It seems like 30 plus 2..."
He pressed hard on the maid's heart and lungs 30 times, and then pinched open the little mouth that had lost all color.
From the corner of his eye, Joseph caught a glimpse of dozens of people around him looking at him in shock. After hesitating for half a second, he took a deep breath, leaned down and covered her lips with his mouth.
The girl's lips were soft and cold. Joseph didn't expect that his first kiss would be given to Camelia, but he didn't care about it at this time and blew hard.
The air is leaking...
He frowned, slapped his forehead, pinched her straight nose, inhaled again, blew, inhaled again, blew, and then pressed her chest 30 times...
Only then did Perna realize that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was probably performing first aid.
"Cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Artificial respiration?" She had never heard of these things, so she could only clenched her fists and watched, unable to help at all.
When Joseph was giving artificial respiration for the sixth time, Camelia suddenly coughed violently and sprayed a mouthful of water on his face.
Then, she lay on her side, curled up, coughed and spit out water continuously for a while, and finally took in a breath of air with difficulty.
The people around were obviously stunned for a moment, and then cheered excitedly:
"Thank God! Thank you Virgin Mary!"
"Your Highness really saved her!" "Ah, that's amazing! She had obviously stopped breathing just now..."
Behind the crowd, the fox-eyed Miss Legris saw Camelia waking up, her face suddenly darkened, she cursed a few words secretly, but then she followed the people next to her and shouted:
"This is simply a miracle from God!"
Perna hurriedly stepped forward to take over, roughly checked Camelia's physical condition, and then asked two of Joseph's personal guards to put the maid on a stretcher and carry her into the cabin.
After more than half an hour, Camelia finally began to regain consciousness, leaning on Perna and crying.
Joseph stepped forward to wipe away her tears and said softly:
"Are you feeling better?"
Camelia nodded.
"What happened? How did you fall into the water?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, then spoke with difficulty:
"It seems that someone pushed me..."
Joseph's eyes instantly became cold and he looked at Kesode:
"Find out who did it."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Kesoud immediately walked out.
Sorel took a small boat and rowed slowly over from the "Seven Birds", and was then pulled aboard with a rope by the crew of the "Poroskafi".
She strode towards the cabin, and after seeing the captain, she immediately shouted:
"The lady just now was pushed into the water, I saw it!"
Then, she saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walking out of a cabin and was stunned.
She had been on the "Seven Birds" since yesterday - where she had enjoyed luxurious dining services as a distinguished guest - so she had never known that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was on another ship not far away.
"Did you see the perpetrator?" Joseph asked.
Sorrell hurriedly curtsied and saluted, nodded and said:
"Yes, Your Highness, I saw that man wearing..."
At this moment, Legris suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, saluted Joseph, then pointed at Heriot and said loudly:
"Your Highness, I want to expose! It was she who pushed Miss Delvaux off the boat."
Delvo is Camelia's last name.
Heriot, who was huddled in the corner and trembling all over, heard this and immediately collapsed to the ground, and looked at his best friend in disbelief:
"You...how did you..."
Joseph winked at Kesoud, who immediately ordered his guards to control Heriot.
Sorel turned around and looked at Heriot's clothes and figure, and immediately nodded vigorously:
"Yes! Yes! It's her!"
Joseph looked at Legris again:
"Please tell me what's going on."
The latter looked extremely nervous and said: "Yes, Your Highness. I...I heard Heriot looking at Miss Delvaux's back this afternoon and cursing her, and saying that it would be better if she died.
"I advised her not to do this and asked her to stay away from Miss Delvaux, but she pushed me away forcefully and told me to shut up fiercely. So I just thought she was the one who plotted against Miss Delvaux."
At this time, another noble lady cautiously took half a step forward, curtsied, and whispered:
"Your Highness, I did hear someone shouting 'Shut up' at the corner of the cabin."
The middle-aged man next to him also echoed: "Yes, yes, I heard it too."
"No! That's not it!" Heriot screamed at Legris like crazy, "It's her! She told me to stay away from the Austrian bitch, so I..."
The latter immediately lowered his head and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, I really didn't expect Heriot to do such a thing. I...I should have told you earlier."
Joseph waved to Kesoud with a gloomy face:
"Lock her up."
(End of chapter)