I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 667: It was she who pushed Empress Xi!
"Bang! Bang——"

The continuous gunshots echoed over the Seine, causing everyone on the "Poloskafi" to stop what they were doing and turn to look north.

Captain Bliss led his men to the deck and saw the "Seven Birds" parked not far away. The warning gunshots obviously came from there.

A sailor stood on the mainmast of the galley, holding two lanterns in his hands and constantly posing in various postures.

That was a way of communication agreed upon by crew members doing transport on the Seine River.

Captain Bliss read the other side's gestures expertly:

"Someone... fell overboard... starboard..."

His face suddenly froze, and he turned and yelled to the third mate:
"Quick! Starboard, go and rescue people! Henry, you go and drop the anchor!"

At this moment, everyone on the "Poloskafi" is of great importance - after all, not everyone can ride on the same boat with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - if one of them drowns, he will never be able to sail in France again!

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 glimmer of afterglow from the sunset, so that objects on the water surface could still be seen. Soon, a crew member pointed at a string of small bubbles and shouted:

"Look! There it is!"

Half a minute later, a black and white maid skirt appeared on the water, followed by long golden hair.

Then, Camelia closed her eyes.

A crew member tied a rope around her waist, and the people on the Poroskafi worked together to drag her onto the deck.

Joseph and the nobles also rushed over from the restaurant. When he saw Camelia lying motionless on the deck, his heart tightened immediately:
"How is this going?!"

“Your Highness… Your Highness…” The captain’s face turned pale and he stammered, “I’m… I’m very sorry…”

The third mate pressed the maid's abdomen hard, then put his finger to the tip of her nose. He immediately looked up in panic and looked at the captain:
“No breathing!”

"What?!" Joseph pulled him away and was about to perform first aid when he saw Perna walking towards him weakly. He waved to her and said, "Doctor Lamarck, give her CPR!"

It is safer to have this kind of first aid performed by professionals.

Perna was stunned for a moment, but immediately bent down, supported Camelia's neck, and then took out a bamboo tube from the medical box she carried with her and was about to insert it into the latter's mouth.

Joseph widened his eyes and raised his hand to stop her:

"What are you doing?"

"Ventilate your lungs!" Perna said as a matter of course.

"No," Joseph said anxiously, "No CPR, artificial respiration?"

"Cardiopulmonary what? Artificial respiration?" Perna looked at the crown prince in confusion, at a loss like a little child.

Joseph held his forehead with his hand, it’s over, these first aid techniques must have not been invented yet!
He had no choice but to signal Perna to move aside, and tried hard to recall the CPR method he had learned at the beginning of college. He folded his hands and placed them on Camelia's soft chest.

"It seems to be 30 plus 2..."

He pressed hard on the maid's heart and lungs 30 times in a row, and then pinched open her bloodless mouth.

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 over and placed his mouth on her cherry lips.

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 that at the moment and blew hard.

There's a leak...

He frowned, slapped his forehead, pinched her upturned nose, inhaled and blew out again, inhaled and blew out again, and then pressed his 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. She could only watch with her fists clenched, 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, coughing and spitting water continuously for a long time, and finally took 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, it's amazing! She had clearly stopped breathing just now..."

At the back of the crowd, Miss Legris with fox eyes saw Camelia wake up, her face suddenly darkened, she cursed secretly, but followed the people next to her and shouted:

“This is simply a miracle from God!”

Perna hurried forward to take over, roughly checked Camelia's physical condition, and asked two of Joseph's personal guards to put the maid on a stretcher and carry her into the cabin.

More than half an hour later, Camelia finally began to regain consciousness and leaned on Perna and cried.

Joseph stepped forward to wipe away her tears and said softly:
"feel better now?"

Camelia nodded.

"What happened? How did you end up in the water?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, then spoke with difficulty:
"It seems like someone pushed me..."

Joseph's eyes suddenly turned cold and he looked at Kesode:

"Find out who did it."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Ksode immediately walked out.

Sorel rowed slowly over from the Seven Birds in a small boat, and was then pulled aboard by the crew of the Poroskafi with a rope.

She strode towards the cabin, and upon 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 - as a VIP, she enjoyed luxurious dining services there - so she had no idea that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was on another ship not far away.

"Did you see the murderer?" Joseph asked.

Sorel knelt down and nodded.

"Yes, Your Highness, I saw that man wearing..."

At this moment, Legris suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, saluted to Joseph, then pointed to Herriot and said loudly:
"Your Highness, I want to expose it! She was the one who pushed Miss Delvaux off the boat."

Delvaux is Camelia's last name.

Hearing this, Heriot, who was originally huddled in the corner and trembling all over, collapsed to the ground and looked at his best friend in disbelief:

"You...how did you..."

Joseph winked at Csode, who immediately ordered his guards to restrain Herriot.

Sorel turned around and looked at Herriot'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 seemed extremely nervous and said, "Yes, Your Highness. I... I heard Herriot looking at Miss Delvoye's back and cursing her this afternoon, 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 and told me to shut up fiercely. So I thought she must have plotted against Miss Delvaux."

At this time, another noble lady carefully took a half step forward, knelt down and saluted, 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, I heard it too."

"No! That's not it!" Herriot screamed at Legris like crazy, "It was her! She was the one who told me to stay away from the Austrian bitch, so I..."

The latter immediately lowered his head, tears welling in his eyes as he said, "Your Highness, I really didn't expect Herriot to do such a thing. I...I should have told you earlier."

Joseph waved his hand at Csode with a gloomy face:

"Lock her up."

(End of this chapter)