Although Rong Jiu was scolding, his voice was not loud, so Taoye did not hear the words clearly, but looked up at the person holding him with a slight confusion.
"You're injured like this, don't mess around!"
Seeing the confusion in the still beautiful eyes, Rong Jiu felt suffocated, but she deliberately raised her voice.
This time, Tao Ye heard the general meaning and leaned obediently against Rong Jiu, but lowered her head. The black hair hanging down on both sides half covered the unsightly redness and swelling.
"It was my slave who caused trouble for Madam and the fifth young master. Fortunately, Miss Wang is fine. Otherwise, not only would I have lost my life, but I would have also brought trouble to Madam!"
Tao Ye's hanging eyelashes slowly became moist, and her body in her arms could not help but tremble slightly.
"Did you accidentally bump into Miss Wang?"
Rong Jiu lowered his eyes and asked.
Taoye hesitated for a moment, then replied softly: "It's because I acted carelessly!"
"Yeah?"
After Rong Jiu asked that question, she clearly felt her body stiffen in her arms. She avoided the redness and swelling, gently raised Tao Ye's chin, and asked Tao Ye's right ear.
Unable to escape, the struggle, fear, grievance, and hesitation in Tao Ye's eyes all fell into Rong Jiu's eyes.
"yes!"
Taoye lowered his eyes.
"If you act so carelessly, even if your aunt calls you, don't enter the palace again!"
The warmth on her chin disappeared, and Rong Jiu put her back on the bed.
"Fifth Young Master..."
When Rong Jiu stood up, her robe tightened around her waist, and her eyes moved to the face of the person who grabbed her robe.
"I'm sorry, Fifth Young Master, I didn't hear you clearly just now. Can you say it again?"
Taoye lowered his head and spoke softly, not wanting anyone to see his expression at all.
The right hand holding the robe was also wrapped in white silk. Even if she couldn't see Tao Ye's face, Rong Jiu could feel the fear and confusion.
"It's nothing, just rest first!"
Rong Jiu bent down, stroked Tao Ye's hanging hair, and emphasized the word "rest" in his ear.
"My slave, thank you Fifth Young Master for your concern!"
Taoye still lowered his head.
When the footsteps came out of the door, Taoye raised her head and lay on the bed again.
Fortunately, the fifth young master still pities her in his heart.
She actually heard the sentence that told her not to enter the palace again, and what she did afterwards was just to test the fifth young master's attitude towards her.
She doesn't know yet whether her left ear can be cured, or even whether her right ear can return to its original state.
In the mansion, if a maid or a servant is sick, she can only be sent to the Zhuangzi and cannot stay in the mansion to continue to serve the master.
Although she is not like this for the time being, she cannot rest at ease.
She held herself up in the carriage to win the lady's sympathy, and just now she found out that the fifth young master felt a little sorry for her. For the time being, she could let go of some of her worries.
The dizziness and tinnitus still made her very uncomfortable. Remembering the doctor's instructions to rest quietly, Taoye closed her eyes, abandoned distracting thoughts, and began to recuperate.
After a while, Nanyun came in with medicine and asked her to drink it.
At night, Nan Yun was worried about going to the back, so Tao Ye asked her to go to bed and fall asleep together.
"Girl, you can sleep peacefully for a while. The fifth young master said that you don't have to go to the main house to wait on me these days!"
At Yin o'clock on the second day, as soon as Taoye opened her eyes, Nanyun whispered in her ear.
She followed the sound and looked to the side. Nanyun's eyes were all green and black. It was obvious that he was worried about himself last night and didn't sleep much at all.
"Okay, let's sleep together!"
Now, the most important thing is to take good care of your health and regain your hearing. After saying this, he closed his eyes seriously. Nanyun saw that Taoye looked much better than yesterday, and felt a little more at ease, and actually slept a little better.
When the two woke up again, it was almost time.
The breakfast delivered was already cold.
The two of them ate a few pastries and settled their breakfast.
"Girl, I'll give you the medicine first, and then I'll boil the medicine later!"
Nanyun said and took out a sandalwood box from the high table behind.
The few celadon vials inside looked familiar.
"This is what the fifth young master called his slave to fetch from the main house last night. It is better than the medicine next to it!"
"All the medicines in the girl's room were given to Xiuyin. I mentioned it casually when the Fifth Young Master asked yesterday!"
The Fifth Young Master's medicine was all obtained from Young Master Pei, so it was naturally better than what the doctor sent back.
"Thank you!"
Although these medicines would not help her ear injury, they would at least save her from the pain for a few days.
"Is Sister Taoye okay?"
Nanyun went to the back to cook the medicine, Taoye rested on the head of the bed, and Qingxing came in holding a handkerchief.
Although she has not been able to really serve him in the past few days, she has spent much more time in front of the fifth young master than before, and she has put a lot of thought into dressing up.
Her face was covered with makeup, her eyebrows were painted particularly delicately, and her lips were rouged and red. She was much more beautiful than Taoye's still swollen face.
Coupled with the unconcealable joy in his expression, he looked even more radiant.
"What's wrong with my sister? But you don't want to pay attention to your sister?"
Seeing Taoye just looking at herself and not speaking, her tone became a little annoyed.
"What did Sister Qingxing say? My ears were injured and I can't hear clearly. Why don't you speak louder!"
Taoye said sheepishly.
"Look at me, I have forgotten that Sister Taoye was slapped in the palace yesterday and her ears were hurt. Now she can't hear clearly!"
"It's my fault too. If sister Taoye had been reminded of the rules in the palace earlier, she wouldn't have to suffer this!"
"But I didn't expect that my sister would enter the palace. This palace is the most noble place in the world, but if someone who doesn't meet his status enters, blessings will also turn into disaster!"
Qing Xing sat down next to Tao Ye, almost talking in Tao Ye's ear.
But after she finished speaking a bunch of words, Tao Ye still had a blank look on her face, not even the slightest bit of sadness she wanted.
"Sister Taoye still can't hear you?"
Qingxing was a little confused. Yesterday, the doctor said that it was just the left ear that was injured, so he couldn't hear clearly at all.
"I'm so sorry!"
Taoye shook her head calmly.
Qingxing didn't know whether to be angry that her words sounded like she was talking to herself or to be happy that Taoye's hearing had been damaged to this extent.
The expression on his face suddenly became stiff.
"Girl, the medicine is here!"
Before he could turn around, Nan Yun came in with a stern face, holding the medicine.
"Girl, drink slowly, be careful because it's hot!"
Nan Yun had a bad expression towards Qing Xing, but was very gentle towards Tao Ye.
"I know, I'll do it myself!"
Taoye smiled at Nanyun, took the medicine bowl, and drank it slowly.
It wasn't until Taoye finished the bowl of medicine that Qingxing remembered the interaction between the two.
"Did you pretend not to hear on purpose?"
Qingxing was so angry that she stood up and pointed at Taoye and asked loudly.
"How could it be possible? I just roughly understood what Sister Qingxing said. Sister Xu said too many things just now, but I didn't even understand a word of it!"
