Rong Jiu did not answer Tao Ye's words, but let his sleeves be grabbed, and even leaned slightly in order to prevent Tao Ye from affecting the wound.
"The princess sent someone to ask you to collect dew at the foot of the mountain yesterday?"
With such a posture, the slightest movement on Tao Ye's face would fall in Rong Jiu's eyes.
Taoye didn't dare to take it lightly, but she really didn't know why the fifth young master asked about this matter.
"She is the maid next to the princess. I have met her during the day. I went to the foot of the mountain because a young lady mentioned to the princess during the day that tea made with osmanthus dew has a great flavor!"
Taoye thought carefully about what the maid said at that time, and added another sentence: "When the maid came to deliver the message, she did not tell the slave to go there to collect dew!"
"By the way, Miss Xie San also spoke for the slave in front of the princess, saying that it was dangerous at night, and it was the slave who showed off her talents and took care of the matter!"
When Tao Ye finished talking, her voice became softer and her head shrank back into the quilt, not daring to look at Rong Jiu's face.
"Okay, you're still weak, sleep a little longer!"
Rong Jiu tucked the person under her into a quilt.
Taoye closed her eyes obediently, but she was still thinking about the meaning of the fifth young master's question.
She went to the foot of the mountain to collect dew after the princess's order. Apart from the people on the princess' side, only she and Miss Chen knew about this.
The fifth young master should also have learned about this from Miss Chen, but why did he ask himself again? It was not because he was afraid that he would team up with a censor's daughter to frame the princess, that is... the fifth young master suspected that what happened last night was not the princess's fault. mean.
correct!
Tao Ye suddenly remembered that at the foot of the mountain last night, besides Master Wei Er's master and servant, there was also a man in black.
If the man in black hadn't suddenly appeared, she and Miss Chen would not have been discovered.
The man in black didn't come with Master Wei Er, that is, he came for her.
Judging from the way she had made things difficult for her a few times before, the princess just wanted to torment herself and make herself suffer.
The man in black still had a rope on him, and he probably wanted to tie her up and leave. There was no need for the princess to act like this.
She was just a maid of low status. Even though she had become the fifth young master's mistress, she was still unworthy in the eyes of the nobles.
There are too few people who can send people to deal with her.
Miss Xie San is possible, and so is the eldest young master in the mansion.
When he was at the Duke's Mansion, the eldest young master suggested in front of the Duke that he be sent to Zhuangzi.
And the eldest young master did get involved in the conversation at the foot of the mountain last night.
"I don't dislike you, so don't think too much!"
Rong Jiu saw that the little maid's eyelids kept moving, thinking that the little maid was still worried about what happened before.
Taoye was shocked. She didn't expect the fifth young master to keep looking at her.
But his body was really weak, and he was even more tired from thinking about it just now, so he really fell asleep.
A quarter of an hour later, the breath of the little maid under her gradually became calmer. Rong Jiu looked away, with a layer of coldness hanging over her brows.
The carriage drove for more than an hour, and when it was approaching the gate of the house, Rong Jiu woke up Tao Ye.
"Ajiu is back!"
"It's okay! You're not hurt!"
"Don't worry, mother, my son is fine!"
After entering the mansion, Rong Jiu let Gu Yunqing look at her up and down with a relaxed smile on her face.
"lady!"
Taoye was helped off the carriage by Biyun and Bixiao.
"You're still hurt, stop saluting!"
Gu Yunqing received a letter from his son early this morning, telling him what happened on the hunting ground. He casually mentioned that the gangsters could not hurt his son, who was both civil and military, but found another way to kidnap the girl Tao Ye.
Fortunately, this girl was smart and escaped on her own.
Gu Yunqing used to like Taoye, but now looking at the person's weak and pale face, she felt a little unbearable.
"It's all my fault that my servant failed to help, causing the madam and young master to worry!"
Taoye's eyes were slightly red, with a grateful face.
The madam treated her well as a master and servant, and Tao Ye was not just acting out of luck this time.
"Mom, let's go back to the yard first, and then we'll go over and have dinner with you after our son is settled!"
Gu Yunqing wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by his son.
"That's right, you must not have had a good rest last night. Go back to the yard to take a shower and refresh yourself. Mother will send lunch to the small kitchen in the yard. Don't be tired from walking back and forth!"
Gu Yunqing loved her son as much as her life, and after hearing her son's words, she immediately turned her attention away from Tao Ye.
"Biyun and Bixiao helped Taoye go to the Fifth Young Master's courtyard and then back to the main courtyard."
After the explanation was finished, Rong Jiu had already turned around and planned to go to her yard.
"Fifth brother, wait!"
Rong Yue, wearing an ivory yellow t-shirt, walked slowly from the other side.
"I didn't expect that my eldest brother would have time to come and greet me today. I'm so ashamed of myself!"
With Gu Yunqing here, the sarcasm in Rong Jiu's tone was not obvious, but when their eyes met, they knew each other's details.
"My brother, fifth brother is joking again!"
Rong Yue's eyes slid over Rong Jiu's outstanding face without any damage, and then glanced at the haggard Tao Ye who was being supported by Bi Yun and the other two people.
"But the eldest brother came here in a hurry because he was ordered by his father to ask the fifth brother to go to the front hall!"
"Ajiu has just come back. Why are you so anxious to find someone right now?"
Gu Yunqing walked up to Rong Jiu and asked.
"This son doesn't know. My father also heard that something happened at the hunting ground last night. He was very worried. He asked someone to go to the palace to take leave early in the morning. He didn't even go to the military camp. He probably wanted to see his fifth brother with his own eyes. well!"
Seeing Gu Yunqing protecting her son behind her, Rong Yue's eyes darkened, but the smile on her face was particularly gentle, and her words were full of comfort.
"Go and talk to the Duke..."
"Mom, since my father is worried, my son should just go there!"
Gu Yunqing was about to refuse this offer for her son. She didn't believe that Rong Yanbo would worry about her son, but Rong Jiu took two steps forward and agreed with a smile.
"Don't worry, mother!"
"Then you speak more carefully!"
Gu Yunqing hesitated for a while before agreeing, and then gave a worried instruction.
She and Rong Yanbo had long since lost their relationship as husband and wife, but people in the world valued filial piety. Although her husband was partial and cold-hearted, a son could not disobey his father all the time.
Rong Jiu gave Gu Yunqing another reassuring look and walked to the front hall with Rong Yue.
"You go back and rest first!"
Watching his son's figure turn towards the screen wall, Gu Yunqing said to Taoye absentmindedly.
"Thank you two sisters for your hard work!"
Biyun and Bixiao helped Taoye into the side room and looked at the furnishings in the room. A trace of envy arose in their hearts, but they heard a weak voice.
"Then let's go back and take care of yourself these days!"
Seeing the injuries on Taoye's body, the two of them became less worried.
I don't have that blessing, but I don't have to suffer.
People like them are already short-lived, so they can't bear this blessing.
After the two of them went out, the weakness on Taoye's face faded a little, and she looked at the dressing table.
