When I rode back under the leadership of Liu Huaian, I discovered that the ruined temple was at least twenty or thirty miles away from the Empress Temple.
It turns out that Huaizhu and I overslept yesterday while lying on the back of the horse. The horse walked along the roadside and grazed and passed by.
When we returned to the Empress Temple, Huaizhu and I breathed a sigh of relief. We took the opportunity to go back to the wing and change into women's clothes, so as to avoid being manipulated by the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Liu Huaian was also holding his breath and couldn't distinguish between joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, so I tried not to provoke him.
The servants packed everything early and just waited for us to return home.
I didn't want to ride on the horse with Liu Huaian, so I pulled Huaizhu into the carriage.
Liu Huai'an was not upset. After everything was sorted, he rode his horse and followed the carriage. When he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was already noon.
Having come all the way, I saw Uncle Fu leading the maids and women to greet us at the door. Huaizhu and I were really tired, so we skipped the pleasantries and returned to Xiaoxiang Courtyard with the support of the women.
After entering the door, Huaizhu took off my cloak and prepared to pour me a cup of tea to take a breath.
I knew that she had a high fever all night last night, and she was still weak today. I took her hand and sat down with me: "Don't be too busy. It's okay to let them do the work of bringing tea and pouring water." .”
Aunt Zhou next to her is also a wonderful person who can observe people's words. She is Uncle Fu's wife and usually helps with some things in the house.
With a warm smile on her face, she took the initiative to pour tea: "Madam and the girl are exhausted from being outside these days. Just let us wives do this kind of rough work."
I'm curious, how many of these mothers, mothers-in-law, and maids really care about me and Huaizhu?
Now the sun is rising from the west. Does it mean it is beginning to please me?
Huaizhu sat next to her and didn't answer. Like me, she wanted to see what kind of medicine Aunt Zhou sold in her gourd.
This week, the aunt is very warm-hearted and doesn't show up. She sat opposite us with a stool and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you don't know, madam?" When you get up early in the morning, the old lady has strict requirements. From now on, the whole government must not neglect the madam, otherwise There will be severe punishment.”
"From today on, the servants will be responsible for serving the madam. In addition, there are Granny Zhang and Granny Li. They must serve the madam properly and satisfactorily. It is best to keep her healthy and fat. Only when the body is well can we have children. no."
"What's more, no matter how hard-working Zhu Yatou is, she is still a young lady who has not yet left the court. She is inconvenient to come forward for many things. The old lady decided to let us experienced people come to help her."
Huaizhu and I looked at each other. It was obvious that this operation was to send people over to take care of my daily life, but in fact, they were secretly watching me, hoping to keep an eye on my fat grandson as soon as possible.
I calmly put the teacup on the table and said to Aunt Zhou: "I accept the old lady's wishes, but Huaizhu and I are used to living alone, and it would be inconvenient if there are more people. It's better to do this. , if you can't reply to the old lady, I will go and explain everything to the old lady in person when I have time later."
Aunt Zhou heard that I was going to drive her away, and she quickly knelt on the ground, terrified: "Does Madam think that this slave is not taking good care of me?"
She belongs to the Li family, how dare I say anything wrong about her?
It's not so much that she didn't take good care of her, but that she took too good care of her. As time went by, she probably even found out that Liu Huaian and I never consummated our marriage.
By then I will be a frog in warm water, waiting to die.
But I am not a submissive person, so how could I do what they want?
I calmly replied: "I have already decided. Madam, I'd better take the ladies down first. I'm tired."
Seeing that I had made up my mind, Aunt Zhou had no choice but to pull the other two women back.
Huaizhu went to close the door, then came to me and lowered her voice. She asked me in a very worried voice: "Did you hear something about the old lady's order?"
I glanced at her: "Don't worry, if the old lady really heard something, with her style, it would be more than just sending a few women to test her."
After hearing this, Huaizhu became even more worried. She felt that what happened outside in the past two days was a bit shocking and rebellious.
Not only do women disguise themselves as men and appear on the streets, but they also stay in a ruined temple in the deserted mountains with a group of men in the middle of the night.
Any one of them alone can beat someone to the point of being beaten to death.
I knew she was afraid that Mr. Li would blame her, so I comforted her softly: "I'm here, it'll be okay. You're still sick, aren't you? Go to bed and rest."
Huaizhu shook her head firmly: "Young lady is not even complaining about being tired, so how dare you rest by yourself? Why don't you help me wash up?"
It's a good idea to come and clean up and go see Mr. Li.
Huaizhu went outside and asked the ladies to get hot water, and then personally selected my change of clothes.
I went behind the screen in the bedroom and undressed myself. When I unbuckled my girdle and was about to take off my dress, I discovered an ambiguous little strawberry on my fair chest!
Damn it! The picture in my mind instantly flashed back to the extremely fragrant scene on horseback last night.
It was only later that I remembered that I was almost stripped naked by Ling Hui at that time.
I have never seen a person ignite such a strong desire in an instant.
I wish I could be torn apart and eaten.
At this time, Huaizhu walked toward me with a pile of new dresses, and said as he walked: "Miss, I'm a little undecided, which one looks better, this goose yellow pleated Ruyi Liuxian dress, or this light crimson one?" Does your floral embroidered smoke skirt look good?"
Huaizhu's words scared me. I immediately came to my senses and wrapped my clothes around in a mess to prevent her from seeing the clues.
Seeing my frightened look, Huaizhu asked curiously: "What's wrong, Miss?"
I forced a smile and said, "No, it's okay. What did you ask me just now?"
Huaizhu innocently held two sets of dresses and gestured to me: "The clothes, both of them are very beautiful. The lady has never worn them before, and I don't know which one looks better, so I asked the lady for her opinion."
I looked at the light crimson dress, with its exquisite embroidery and elegant background. It looked quite what we contemporary people call high-end. I pointed at it without thinking, "That's it."
Huaizhu agreed to keep the clothes I liked and put the other goose-yellow one in the closet.
Seeing that she wanted to help me take a shower, I clearly refused.
At this time, Dai Shishi and Yu Rao both came in carrying buckets of hot water.
I saw that her whole body was haggard and thin, and I must have been having a very difficult time these past few days.
Dai Shishi bit her lower lip, and while pouring hot water into the bucket with Yurao, she muttered vaguely: "Madam, your bath water is here."
I nodded coldly: "When the water is full, you can go down."
Dai Shishi walked away with Yurao with red eyes.
