Xiao Ai and Yan'er were both guarding the wing, not to take care of the boy, but because it was closer to the front yard. They were worried that their young lady would be punished, so they waited here for news.
Seeing Mu Rongruo and the doctor entering the wing together, Xiao Ai hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Girl, will the prime minister punish you?"
Mu Rongruo said with a smile: "I was about to make plans, but when my mother came, I changed to facing the wall and thinking about it for two months."
"That's good. Two months will pass quickly. We will meet again then..."
"Shut up now, you idiot!"
Yan'er immediately covered Xiao Ai's mouth and scolded: "You are so loud, do you really want the lady to get slapped?"
Xiao Ai realized that he had made a mistake and smiled awkwardly at Yan'er.
Mu Rongruo added: "It just caused the people in our yard to join me in waiving the test fee. Now we can only live together in a tight situation."
"It's okay, miss. I saved some money in the past, so I'm not afraid it will be useless." Yan'er comforted.
"Me too, girl. I can't even use up the money you rewarded me with. These two months' money is nothing." Xiao Ai grinned.
"Are you talking nonsense again? Are there outsiders here?" Yan'er warned again.
Xiao Ai knew that Yan'er had always disliked her showing off, and was afraid of affecting the reputation of the prime minister's palace, so she frowned and lowered her head, and did not dare to speak any more.
Seeing that the doctor had already treated the young man, Murong Ruo quickly stepped forward and asked, "Doctor, how is he?"
The doctor bowed and replied: "Fortunately, most of them were skin injuries. They were bandaged in time after being rescued, and my life was saved. It's just..."
"Just what?" Mu Rongruo asked.
"It's just that he lost too much blood and his body is still very weak. He needs to take supplements and take good care of himself." The doctor looked at Xiao Ai next to Mu Rongruo, and then smiled: "But our Prime Minister's family has a great cause, and a little bit of luxury The tonics are naturally affordable.”
What an embarrassment!
Mu Xiangguo just said that after deducting two months of Mu Rongruo's monthly payment, she would buy expensive medicinal materials to treat the boy's illness.
But human life is at stake, and since she has rescued him, there is no reason to give up halfway.
"Xiaoyu, you go and get the medicine from the doctor, and you can get the money from my courtyard." Mu Rongruo ordered the boy at the door.
"Yes, miss."
After the servant and the doctor left, Mu Rongruo walked to the bed to check on the young man's condition.
What Mu Rongruo didn't expect was that after the scars on the face of the young man whose face was originally covered in blood were wiped clean, his true face was revealed.
He turned out to be the handsome young man in charge of begging for money at the sideshow stall.
"Is it him?" Mu Rongruo recognized it at a glance.
"The girl also recognized him. He was the very rude guy at the busking stall that day."
Xiao Ai said next to him.
"It turns out that the lady knows this person."
Yan'er didn't follow him out that day, so he didn't know the boy.
"He was a gigolo, but he killed people for some unknown reason." Xiao Ai was confused.
"We don't know whether we killed someone until he wakes up. How can we convict someone just because of a family member's words?"
Mu Rongruo corrected Xiao Ai's statement.
"Young lady is right," Yan'er added, "I heard from people outside that the dead young master Cheng Jia was the illegitimate son of General Cheng Lian. Relying on General Cheng Lian's power, he was idle all day long, bullying the people and seizing their daughters. However, he only has the reputation of being a young master of the Cheng family, and the mother-in-law of the Cheng family does not recognize him, so she has been raising him outside. Now that a person like him is killed, it can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people. "
"What I'm worried about right now is not these things, but the money to treat him..."
Mu Rong Ruochou said: "I was just exempted from the medical expenses by my father, and the money I have now is probably only enough for a few days of medicine."
"Let's get some more for Miss..." Xiao Ai suggested.
"You still said that! If you hadn't looked so wealthy just now, the doctor might have prescribed some cheap tonics." Yan'er said strangely.
Xiao Ai didn't dare to say anything anymore, and Mu Rongruo sighed: "Forget it, there are no cheap tonics, let's think of another way!"
The young man was in a coma for three days, and finally woke up at noon on the fourth day.
Mu Rongruo specially sent a maid to take care of him.
After he woke up, the little maid Si'er immediately ran to Lixiang Courtyard to tell Mu Rongruo the news.
"Miss, the injured young man is awake."
Si'er also looked very happy. After all, if she took good care of him, the lady would be rewarded.
"Si'er is really a good girl who knows how to take care of others!"
Mu Rongruo gave Si'er a plate of shortbread on the table with satisfaction, and Si'er happily hugged the shortbread and left the house.
Xiao Ai said with a look of reluctance: "Girl, we are almost out of food in the house right now, so why don't you reward her?"
Yan'er immediately refuted her: "Nonsense. Although the daily meals are porridge and cabbage, the prime minister is not starving you and me."
"I'm talking about the pastries and preserves that the girl likes to eat. Now we have to buy them ourselves. Our money is used to pay for the young master who is recovering from illness. Pastries and preserves are the most popular food in our house. It’s a rare thing, so save some food.”
Xiao Ai said it aggrievedly.
"I think you're greedy! And you're dragging it on the lady."
Yan'er deliberately exposed her thoughts.
"Okay, after these two months, I'll let you eat enough."
Mu Rongruo comforted Xiao Ai while looking outside the house.
"If I'm not allowed to leave the house right now, how can I know whether he killed someone or not?"
Xiao Ai rolled his eyes and reminded: "The prime minister won't let the girl out of the yard, but he didn't say he won't let others in. When no one is around at night, I will ask Si'er to bring him to the girl for questioning."
"You are still full of ideas. You deserve to have grown up eating so many good things from me."
Mu Rongruo pinched Xiao Ai's chubby face lovingly.
Yan'er rolled her eyes at Xiao Ai and said, "Her evil ideas are all to harm the young lady. The young lady wasted so much food to raise such a fool. It is a waste of food."
Xiao Ai pouted after hearing this and ignored Yan'er's sarcasm. She just lay on Mu Rongruo's lap and said something close to herself.
Yan'er didn't bother to look at her appearance, so she went out alone to think of ways to raise money.
After nightfall, all the servants in the prime minister's mansion fell asleep. Yan'er transferred the guards patrolling the house away.
Si'er helped the boy, who was still struggling to move, into Lixiang Courtyard where Mu Rongruo lived.
After entering the hall, the maids knelt down and saluted. The young man stared at Mu Rongruo who was sitting on the warm couch drinking hot tea without saying a word.
Mu Rongruo was wrapped in a green pigmented dress and covered with a white tulle shirt, revealing her graceful neckline and clearly visible collarbones.
The hem of the skirt embroidered with the Luan bird pattern flows down to the floor like a stream of light, and a pair of jade feet are looming.
A jade hairpin was inserted diagonally on her head, and her hair was pulled up into a bun loosely. The long hair scattered at the back fell to her waist like a waterfall, and a few strands of hair fell on her chest, making her look soft and charming.
People are more delicate than flowers, their skin is whiter than snow, their fingers are like peeled onions, and their mouths are like red pills.
A red candle was lit on the coffee table. The breeze outside the window blew and the candle flame swayed, reflecting Mu Rongruo's starry eyes.
The young man looked a little dumbfounded.
"Hurry up and salute the lady!"
Si'er pulled at the hem of the boy's clothes, but the boy didn't move.
"Forget it," Mu Rongruo put down the tea cup in his hand and pointed to the mahogany stool beside him: "You are injured and it is inconvenient to speak while kneeling, so you should sit down and speak."
The young man was not polite and sat down on the stool.
Xiao Ai asked Si'er to wait outside the house, then took out a pen and paper and handed it to the boy.
Mu Rongruo pointed to the pen and paper and said: "I know you are mute, but you know how to write and ink. I just ask you what to write on it."
The young man pushed away the pen and paper Xiao Ai handed him, looked at Mu Rongruo, and said, "Did you save me?"
Not mute?
Mu Rongruo and Xiao Ai looked at each other, a little surprised.
"Well...since you can speak, you don't need paper and pen."
Mu Rongruo asked Xiao Ai to take back the pen and paper in embarrassment, and then said: "Tell me honestly now whether you killed General Cheng Lian's son Cheng Yu."
"Did you save me?"
The young man seemed to just want to know this answer.
Faced with the boy's many rudenesses, Xiao Ai couldn't help but lose his temper.
"Who else could it be if my girl didn't save you? My girl was almost humiliated by the servants of Chengfu that day because of saving you. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Highness came here, so the girl didn't suffer a loss. Now, in order to buy you medicine to treat your illness , my girl has spent all her money, and her silver is almost running out. Now she has a problem with her own food and drink. If you don’t return to my girl honestly, do you still have a conscience? "
"Xiao Ai~"
Mu Rongruo saw that Xiao Ai was a little excited and quickly interrupted her, "Go and make me another pot of hot tea. This tea is a bit cold."
"But girl..." How could Xiao Ai leave the boy and Mu Rongruo alone in the house.
"Isn't Si'er at the door? Besides, he's injured like this. What else can he do to me? Just go ahead!"
Mu Rongruo was so noisy by Xiao Ai that her ears hurt, and she thought that she couldn't ask the boy anything here, and had to listen to her noise. So I quickly thought about sending her out, asking the questions as soon as possible, and letting the young man go back as soon as possible to avoid being discovered by the patrolling guards.
"Okay, ma'am."
Xiao Ai reluctantly took the teapot out.
Seeing Xiao Ai leaving, Mu Rongruo's tone softened.
"Well, why don't you tell me your name first, and then we can talk about other things?"
At this time, Mu Rongruo's smile was as warm as candlelight, and his words were as touching as the breeze at night.
The young man was a little dazed again.
In his memory, only his dead mother had spoken to him like Mu Rongruo, with such gentle words and silent words.
"My name is Jiang You, and I didn't kill anyone."
Although he only said a few words, Mu Rongruo felt that it was already very difficult.
She continued to ask: "Then would you like to tell me why the servants of Chengfu say that you killed their young master? Why do they want to accuse you unjustly?"
After being silent for a while, Jiang You seemed to be thinking about something.
Mu Rongruo was not in a hurry to ask questions, and just waited quietly.
He was moved by her patience.
Finally, Jiang You spoke again.
"That day we were performing on the street, and Cheng Yu fell in love with our class leader's daughter, Ling'er, and started teasing her in full view of everyone. Of course we didn't want to, so we started fighting with the people he brought. They were outnumbered. Many of the guards were bandits, and the class leader was beaten to death by them. Several of my senior brothers were also seriously injured, and Ling'er was kidnapped by Cheng Yu. I was grateful for the class leader's kindness in taking him in, so I sneaked into Cheng Yu's house at night. Outside the house, who would have thought that when I saw Ling'er, she had already been humiliated and jumped into the well to death. I originally wanted to kill Chengyu for revenge, but I was discovered by the guards in his courtyard. While chasing me, Chengyu slipped and fell. Maybe it was karmic retribution! His head happened to hit the mouth of the well where Ling'er jumped, and he died on the spot with blood dripping from his body. Seeing this, the guards in his courtyard were afraid of taking responsibility, so they reported to General Cheng Lian that I was the one who killed him. Although I managed to escape that night, I was still caught by their men when I was buying medicine for my senior brother the next day, and they chased me all the way, and you know what happened next."
It was rare that Jiang You was willing to tell Mu Rongruo everything in detail, so she was a little surprised.
"You look so cold, it's hard to trust others. But you still chose to believe me, otherwise you wouldn't have said so much to me, right?" Mu Rongruo smiled.
"Then...do you believe it?"
Jiang You raised his head to look at Mu Rongruo, his face suddenly turned red.
"I trust you."
Mu Rongruo's face was also a little flushed under the candlelight, which was really pretty.
Jiang You was a little at a loss, lowered his head and said: "Thank you... for saving me. I will definitely repay your kindness in the future."
This time Mu Rongruo laughed out loud, and she said: "I don't ask you to repay me for anything. Besides, I am the daughter of the prime minister's house. If anything happens, my father will protect me. You can just take good care of yourself at my house! As for Cheng I’ll go talk to the prince’s brother about the jade matter, and he will naturally handle it impartially.”
"The girl seems to be very familiar with the prince of Daxi Kingdom?"
There was a hint of jealousy in his tone, but Jiang You didn't notice it himself.
"The prince of Daxi Kingdom?" Mu Rongruo was curious: "Aren't you a citizen of Daxi?"
Jiang You realized that he had made a mistake and quickly explained: "I escaped from the border, and people there call the prince that way."
"Fleeing from the border to the imperial capital?" Mu Rongruo looked at Jiang You with some distress: "Looking at you are younger than me, you must have suffered a lot along the way, right?"
"I am seventeen years old, not too young." Jiang You emphasized his age.
Mu Rongruo suddenly stretched out his hand and flicked Jiang You's forehead, and said with a smile: "You are two years younger than me! Can you call me sister Aruo from now on?"
The elasticity was very light, but Jiang You's whole body trembled.
"I won't scream!" Jiang You refused without thinking.
"Yo yo yo! What a stubborn kid!"
Mu Rongruo said to Jiang You like he was coaxing a child, "You don't even know how happy it is to be the younger brother of the prime minister's daughter. Why can't others ask for such a good thing?"
"Then it's better to give this good thing to others!"
Jiang Youcai didn't want to be Mu Rongruo's younger brother, and he didn't even pay attention to the Prime Minister.
What he paid attention to was just the woman in front of him, and it had nothing to do with her identity.
When Murong Ruo saw that Jiang You was unwilling, he no longer forced himself.
She thought for a while and said, "Then give me the addresses of your senior brothers. I will send someone over to visit them tomorrow and send them some medicinal materials by the way."
"you…"
Jiang You looked at Mu Rongruo with a strange look, which seemed to be mixed with some emotions that he himself did not understand.
"What's wrong with me?"
Mu Rongruo looked at him with a smile.
"It's so kind of you…"
Jiang You had never said such disgusting words since he was a child, but for the girl in front of him, he felt that no matter how many disgusting words he said, she was worth it.
Mu Rongruo smiled even more happily.
At this time, Xiao Ai came in with freshly brewed tea.
Mu Rongruo saw that it was getting late, so he called Si'er at the door and helped Jiang You back to the wing.
When he walked to the door, Jiang You couldn't help but look back at Mu Rongruo, who was leaning on the warm couch.
After leaving the house, Si'er was shocked.
"You can actually laugh?"
When Jiang You heard what Si'er said, he quickly dropped the corner of his mouth that had been raised at some point.
