Rong Jiu looked down and saw that the little maid's overly white fingers were grasping her cuffs.
"What's up?"
Holding the person in his arms with the quilt, Rong Jiu asked next to Tao Ye's left ear.
"The slave who fell into the water today suspects Miss Xie San did it intentionally. In the lake, Miss Xie San even tried to push the slave under the water."
"Before the princess came, Miss Xie San talked a lot with the slave. The slave didn't agree. Maybe she was annoyed!"
Taoye couldn't hear clearly the conversation between Pei Weinan and Rong Jiu, but the look in Rong Jiu's eyes just now had unmistakable pity.
She knew that her health might not be good.
Today's illness and suffering are all thanks to Miss Third.
Taking advantage of the fact that the fifth young master was taking pity on her, Taoye wanted to retaliate.
"What did you say?"
Rong Jiu's deep voice sounded next to Tao Ye's left ear.
"Miss Xie said that if she could marry the fifth young master, she would take her slave's child under her lap and raise her as a legitimate son!"
"My slave is of low status and I dare not have such an idea! Moreover, the fifth young master's marriage is decided by your wife and yourself, but Miss Xie San doesn't seem to believe it. She feels that this slave has ruined her face and she holds a grudge!"
Tao Ye lowered her gaze, her eyelashes trembling uneasily.
"This slave dares to ask you to make the decision for me!"
After saying this, Tao Ye raised her head, her pale face full of pleading and trust, as well as Rong Jiu's anger that was rarely seen in ordinary times.
The Fifth Young Master doesn't like to thank the Third Miss, and if what happened today was just to harm her life, given the temperament of the Third Miss, he would definitely think of other ways.
Miss Xie San fell into the water on purpose, and her target was the Fifth Young Master. If she could be rescued by the Fifth Young Master, the two of them would have a physical relationship, plus the favor of the Queen in the palace, and Taifu Xie’s face, it would be easy for His Majesty and the Queen to grant a marriage. It's logical.
And dragging her into the water today is just a temporary addition.
"Okay, I will make this decision for you!"
The little maid's eyes seemed to reveal a thousand kinds of trust, and her brows showed weakness but firmness. Rong Jiu responded by mistake.
"The fifth young master treats me so well! I thank you..."
Taoye said and was about to kneel up on the bed, but was held in Rong Jiu's arms and failed.
"Take good care of yourself and don't think too much!"
Thinking of what her friend had just said, Rong Jiu asked, "Are you still taking the pills you got from Master Pei?"
Taoye was relaxing when she suddenly heard this sentence, her expression paused, and then she said: "I eat food every day!"
This subtle change in expression would not have been noticed by Rong Jiu, but in order to make Tao Ye hear her words clearly, the two of them stood very close, and the movements of Tao Ye's eyebrows were all in Rong Jiu's eyes.
The next moment, Taoye's chin was lifted.
"Really eaten?"
Rong Jiu's dark eyes fell on the brows of the people below.
"Slave... I know my fault. I really haven't eaten these days. Last time, Xiuyin was injured like that to protect this slave. I secretly gave her all those pills!"
During these days around the fifth young master, Taoye could have guessed what he was thinking from his words and expressions, not to mention that the anger in the fifth young master's words and eyes was so obvious now.
She didn't dare to hide it anymore, and she couldn't hide it. The fifth young master only needed to ask Nan Yun to find out.
"You are very brave! I dare to share the things I rewarded with others privately!"
Rong Jiu hated the people around him lying to him the most. Just now in anger, his hands moved a little harder, and light red marks were pinched on Tao Ye's white chin.
But Taoye recognized his mistake so quickly that the anger in his heart couldn't come out.
"Xingyun will bring you the medicine later. You have to take it every day, remember?"
Taoye only moved her confused eyes to the face of the person in front of her.
Only then did Rong Jiu remember that the little maid couldn't hear the sound clearly, so she whispered in her ear again.
"yes!"
The chin is still in the person's hand, so the peach leaf cannot be touched.
Rong Jiu relaxed her hand, caught a glimpse of the two red marks, and unconsciously rubbed her hand a few times.
Taoye endured the discomfort of tinnitus and the hot and cold feeling on her body, and leaned softly in front of Rong Jiu.
Rong Jiu lowered his head and looked down, and what he caught a glimpse of was the most beautiful profile of her face. The end of her eyebrows was smeared with a reddish color at some point, just like how charming she used to be when she was in love in bed.
But before Rong Jiu had time to have any charming thoughts, she keenly noticed that something was wrong with the human aura under the brocade quilt.
Not only the eyebrows, but also the originally pale face was tinged with pink.
Putting her left hand on the increasingly blushing face, Rong Jiu felt the temperature under her hand was a bit scalding.
This is the onset of cold air entering the body.
Rong Jiu got up and went out.
After a while, Nanyun hurried in carrying a basin of water.
"Fifth Young Master, please wipe yourself down for the girl first. Maybe she will feel better!"
Nanyun originally wanted her young master to give up her seat next to the bed, but she didn't expect that the fifth young master not only did not get up, but also took the cloth towel from her hand.
How can the fifth young master know how to serve people?
Nan Yun hesitated and wanted to stop him, but when he looked up and saw the fifth young master's serious and focused eyes on the bed, he lowered his head and ran over to close the doors and windows to prevent the outside wind from entering, and then came back to guard the bed.
Rong Jiu, who was sitting by the bed, lifted some of the brocade quilt on Tao Ye's upper body and wiped her neck and armpits with a handkerchief that had just been dipped in cold water.
Nan Yun took the handkerchief and let it cool in the basin again, then wrung it out, folded it, and handed it to Rong Jiu's hand.
Putting the cool handkerchief on Taoye's forehead, his slightly cool fingers slid across the slightly hot face. Taoye squeaked in discomfort, and then Rong Jiu's hand was pulled.
Perhaps his body was too hot and his greed was cold, so his face, which was turned crimson, unconsciously pressed against Rong Jiu's hand, almost dropping the scarf on his forehead.
"Slave, go get some more handkerchiefs!"
Nanyun saluted and walked out quickly.
When he came in again, Taoye, who was still lying on the bed, was already in the arms of the fifth young master.
"Wipe her again!"
Rong Jiu said to Nan Yun who was a little stunned.
"yes!"
Nan Yun wrung out the handkerchief, leaned forward and carefully wiped Tao Ye's upper body.
Tao Ye seemed to be extremely uncomfortable, her brows were slightly furrowed and her nose was wrinkled, but her whole head kept moving towards the Fifth Young Master's arms, making the Fifth Young Master only sit upright.
Nanyun was secretly worried about Taoye, and wondered if the fifth young master would be impatient.
But she soon felt relieved. The fifth young master's lowered eyes were gentle and gentle, and he even allowed the girl to hold his hand.
Rong Jiu just kept sitting like this, while Nan Yun kept wiping Tao Ye, but the heat on Tao Ye's body did not subside significantly. Fortunately, half an hour later, Xingyun brought the prepared medicine.
Although Taoye was in a coma due to fever, she drank the medicine very smoothly. Rong Jiu just said "drink the medicine" and opened her mouth obediently.
"Fifth Young Master, this is the ginger soup that Madam asked for. You should drink a bowl of it quickly!"
When Xingyun saw his young master put down the person in his arms, he handed another bowl of hot soup forward.
A spicy and pungent smell came to him, and Rong Jiu frowned instinctively.
"Fifth Young Master, Mrs. Xie is in the main courtyard. Madam, please come over!"
