But not today, she couldn't worry about Nanyun, and Xingyun hadn't brought Nanyun's mother back yet.
Just at this moment, Xingyun's voice sounded outside the door: "Master, we have brought him back!"
"Slave, please help me get settled in the back!"
Taking advantage of Rong Jiu's dazed moment, Tao Ye's waist softened and twisted, then she left the embrace and ran out the door.
Rong Jiu's newly aroused interest was gone, and he should have been angry, but for the first time he saw the little maid being "unruly" in front of him, a smile appeared on Qing Jun's face.
When Taoye arrived outside the door, she was startled by the person under the steps.
Two women were holding a person with a messy bun. This person should be Nayun's mother, but she couldn't even stand firmly.
"When Qin's mother took the people there, the steward of the laundry room got the old lady's word and had already pinned down Nanyun's mother and tortured her, forcing her to agree to persuade Nanyun to voluntarily marry the idiot of steward Lu! Yun's mother refused to obey, so she was tortured into this state!"
Although Xingyun said it calmly, he was also dissatisfied with the behavior of Shouantang.
This method is really too underhanded.
If he didn't stick to his role as master and servant, Xingyun would also want to curse.
"I understand, please help the two mothers to help the people to the back!"
After being angry, Taoye secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, she had just begged the fifth young master to pick him up immediately. Otherwise, Nayun's mother would have been tortured tomorrow.
"This way!"
Taoye thought for a moment and placed the person in Nanyun's house.
But he almost collided with someone running out from inside.
"mother……"
The two women who were looking at Nan Yun saw that it was Tao Ye and stopped pulling at her.
"Your mother is injured, let her lie down first!"
Taoye knew what happened in the room at a glance. Nanyun must have wanted to go out after waking up, but was stopped by the wives left behind by his wife.
Nanyun was worried, but suddenly his worried mother appeared in front of him. The usually cold and calm person was a little stunned. After Taoye said this, he hurriedly helped her.
After helping the person to lie down on the bed, the people in the room saw clearly that the rough light brown Gebu clothes were covered with dark blood stains.
"Go get a basin of warm water and clean the wound!"
"good!"
Nanyun stumbled out, and Taoye asked the two women standing in the room to help.
"Nanyun..."
The person on the bed was about to push himself up weakly, and Taoye hurriedly said to the side: "She will be here soon. You are fine, don't worry!"
"Girl, you..."
"I am Taoye, and I am on good terms with Nanyun. You can lie down peacefully and recover from your injuries first! My wife and the fifth young master agreed to let you come!"
Seeing the uneasiness and fear in the expressions of the people on the bed, Taoye added the following sentence.
While he was talking, Nanyun and the two women had already come in with a basin and towels.
"Miss Taoye, this is the medicine sent by the Fifth Young Master!"
One of the women handed the medicine bottle in her hand to Taoye.
The clothes on her back were already stuck to the wound, so Taoye used scissors to cut it open, while Nayun cleaned the wound for his mother with tears in her eyes.
After carefully wiping away the blood on his back, Taoye helped Nanyun apply the medicine.
"It's a bit late today. The doctor should have gone home. I'll report it to the Fifth Young Master tomorrow and please come and take a look at your mother!"
The two of them worked together to change the person on the bed into Nagyun's clean clothes.
"Girl, it's no need to bother! Just put some medicine on it!"
Nanyun's mother said in panic, for fear of causing trouble for her daughter.
According to Nanyun's age, her mother should be less than thirty-five, but her face is weathered, her hair has a lot of silver hair, her hands are red, swollen and chapped from years of washing clothes, and her body is even more skinny.
"What are you doing?"
Taoye quickly squatted down to help the person on the ground.
"Nanyun thanked the girl!"
Nanyun forced herself to kowtow, knowing that if she and her mother could escape today, it must be Taoye who helped.
"The fifth young master already values you. I just followed the master's wishes and said a few good words. Moreover, the madam refused the Shou'antang offer for you. These are all your own merits!"
"And I was injured a few days ago, and it was you who took care of me day and night. Otherwise, how could I have recovered so quickly!"
Taoye used her strength to pull the person up.
"I will definitely keep your kindness in mind, girl!"
After Nanyun stood up, he still bowed to Taoye.
Taoye no longer continued to be polite, but took her hand and said: "You can take care of your mother with peace of mind these days, and leave the rest alone!"
There were two beds in this room, and Taoye helped Nanyun put a mattress on the other bed. Regardless of Nanyun's dissuasion, she insisted on staying and taking care of her.
Nanyun's mother had suffered a lot in recent years and her health was also poor. She fell asleep later in the evening and developed a fever.
The two of them kept wiping her body until the very beginning of the ugly moment.
Nanyun persuaded her to go to sleep for a while, but before the fifth master got up at noon, Taoye had to go to the front to wait on him.
Seeing that the fever of the person on the bed was mostly gone, Taoye didn't insist and fell asleep on the other side of the bed.
Just after Yin time on the second day, Taoye hurriedly put on clothes and rushed to the main house in front.
"Why is sister Taoye late today?"
When he entered the house, the fifth young master had already changed into his official uniform under Qing Xing's service.
"My slave is too late to sleep. Please forgive me, Fifth Young Master!"
"Come here and tie your crown!"
Tao Ye lowered his body to plead guilty, and then heard a faint command from the front.
Qingxing reluctantly stepped aside.
"Fifth Young Master, it's ready!"
Quickly and gently combing her hair, twisting it on top of her head, and finally fixing the purple gold crown with a hairpin, Taoye took a step back and spoke softly.
Rong Jiu hummed and stood up and walked to the table, where a lunch box was already placed.
Gu Yunqing was afraid that his son would be hungry, so he would ask someone from the kitchen in the main courtyard to bring breakfast before midnight every day.
Taoye only lay down for an hour yesterday, and she still slept uneasily, feeling sleepy. She couldn't see anything in her movements, but there was obvious fatigue in her brows and eyes.
"As long as there is Qingxing here, you can go down first!"
As soon as Taoye put a grilled shrimp cake in Rongjiu's bowl, he heard a faint order coming from the side.
"yes!"
Taoye retreated as she was told.
"Fifth Young Master, it's cold in the morning. Please warm up after drinking the porridge!"
After Taoye left, Qingxing felt particularly happy, and she was even more attentive when serving Rongjiu.
Rong Jiu's expression was indifferent. After finishing the porridge in his hand, he ate the shrimp cakes just made by Tao Ye and put down his chopsticks.
The few things Qingxing had just clothed were not touched at all.
"Do you want some more, Fifth Young Master? If Madam knew that you had used so little breakfast before going on duty in the palace, she would be... worried."
Rong Jiu glanced at the person impatiently, making Qingxing's last worry almost inaudible.
Seeing that lazy and casual figure disappearing from the door, Qingxing looked aggrieved and confused.
