Nine, Tongfang Maid?

After thinking about it, I said, "Do you have hot water? I want to take a bath."

She said embarrassfully, "But, girl, you have an injury..."

"It doesn't matter. I'll pay attention to it."

"Yes." She ran out when she saw that I insisted and didn't dare to say more.

I looked at the room, and the room was very large. The bed is very large and gorgeous. There are new bronze mirrors, rouge, gouache, and an open gate on the dressing table, which contains some jewelry hairpins, and a wooden frame on the other side. There are several sets of new clothes, including light purple, pink, light green and white. There is a set of white jade screens in the front. The screens cover the bed and other inner rooms. You can't see the inside, but you can easily see the outside, sandalwood tables and chairs, round tables and square stools. This room is not like a women's boudoir or a guest room, but on second thought, his family is rich, and it is not surprising that the guest room is large and exquisite.

After a while, the bucket of hot water was ready and sprinkled with petals. I walked over, and Zhiqiu also followed. I looked at her. She lowered her head. I understood that it was serving me in the shower.

"Don't wait. Go and have a rest."

"Young master, the young master said that you were injured and you should serve him close to you."

I sighed and let her go. It seemed that she was more afraid of Luo Mingxuan.

After the shower, put on the lavender suit and tie the belt.

"Where is Luo Mingxuan?" I asked again. I remember he said that he would take Anxin and Feng Lechun back from Beiyuan.

"The young master is in the study." At my signal, she loosely tied a ponytail of my hair that was not dry.

Where is the study? I stopped her from applying powder to my face.

"It's the third room on the right side of this room. Is the girl looking for the young master? The young master said that if you want to find her, you can call him at any time.

"No, I'm a little hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"

"Yes, there is, the maidservant will prepare immediately."

After Zhiqiu went out, I also walked out of the room. Outside was a corridor and a garden. I walked to the right and counted all the way to the third room. I heard Luo Mingxuan's voice inside and said, "Have you sent someone?" The answer was very low and I couldn't hear it. I don't know what they were discussing. I guess they are going to do evil again.

I knocked on the door and opened the door as I stepped in, saying loudly, "Luo Mingxuan, have Anxin and Feng Lechun picked it up?" But I was stunned immediately.

I was stunned. There were two people in the room. The light was very bright. I confirmed that I was not dazzled.

Luo Mingxuan sat on his leather chair, and his forehead was full of sweat. When he saw me shaking my body, he put on my upper body. Qiaoju knelt on his lower right head and put her hands on him. She was indifferent to my intrusion and didn't even raise her eyelids.

If it hadn't been for the circles of gauze bandages wrapped around his body, he would have misunderstood what they were doing. Yes, Qiao Ju was tying bandages for him.

"You, you... it's me?" I struggled to spit out a few words. I remember that I punched him in the chest before I fell into a coma, but I don't remember how much force I used. Now when I think about it carefully, the force before the rage was stronger than usual, and he did not resist with internal force. If he resisted my punch with internal force, the strength would rebound to me. My hands must be useless.

Qiao Ju knotted, stood up, picked up the tray on the table, with some medicine bottles and gauze bandages on it. She took my words and said without a trace of emotion, "Yes, Mr. Wei said that the sternum was broken. Fortunately, it was right, otherwise it would be hopeless to pierce the internal organs."

I stood there stunned after listening to it. Although I hated him, I didn't want to kill him.

"Qiao Ju! Who's allowed you to talk nonsense here?" Luo Mingxuan sank his face and said coldly.

Qiao Ju didn't seem to be afraid of him. She said neither humble nor arrogantly, "Yes, young master, since the girl knows it, you can take medicine."

"You go down first." Luo Mingxuan said that Qiao Juxing saluted and retreated.

I lowered my head and bit my lips, estimating my strength at that time. Indeed, the usual fist can break people. At that time, it was not impossible to break the force. For a moment, I didn't know how to face him. No wonder his hand holding the spoon trembled. No wonder his face was sickly pale. No wonder he His forehead was full of fine sweat. No wonder when I pushed him, he almost fell down. He came to see me wake up and endure the pain.

He walked up to me and took my hand and said softly, "Don't listen to her nonsense. Don't you think I'm fine now?"

"Luo Mingxuan, I... I..." My tears slipped across my face, "I'm sorry."

He wiped my tears with his fingers and gently held me into his arms. He didn't dare to force, and I didn't dare to struggle. We were all afraid of being involved in each other's wounds.

"It's okay, it's okay. You said I'm doing all kinds of evil. I'll change it and stop doing evil, okay? Is it okay?"

In his arms, my tears fell. It was fake to say that I was not moved. However, at this time, I thought of another person. Although it was unkind, I couldn't stop thinking of him and said in my heart, "Ye Yi, you must have nothing to do."

According to what Qiao Ju said, in order not to let me know, Luo Mingxuan was afraid that I would feel guilty and sad, so he didn't even use heavy medicine. Now that I know it, I asked Mr. Wei to treat it again. With my kind advice, he accepted everything and asked him to lie in bed for a few days. As long as he was with him, he would have no problem. Even those bitter drugs seemed to drink honey. Because of this, he recovered so quickly that he didn't have to stay in bed for three days.

Maybe I persuaded him to actively cooperate with the treatment, and Qiao Ju smiled at me a lot. Although she didn't think she looked at me before, she was always polite and estranged, and Zhiqiu had always been afraid of me.

That morning, Zhiqiu was curling for me. I remembered that Qiaoju was like half a master here. Although she called herself a maidservant to Luo Mingxuan, she was not as afraid of him as others. I asked, "Zhiqiu, ask you a question."

"Girl, please speak."

"Is Qiao Ju Luo Mingxuan's... maid?" I thought for a long time before I said the word "house maid".

The little girl blushed and replied, "Qiao... Sister Qiao Ju is the steward of the inner house."

I asked gossipily, "I think your young master is also a little modest to her."

"Sister Qiaoju turned out to be a close maid beside her." It turned out that before Master Luo and his wife went to Beijing a few years ago, Qiao Ju was safe and meticulous and liked by her wife. She stayed to take care of Luo Mingxuan. She was afraid that her son would be wayward, so she designated Qiao Ju as the steward of the inner house. In addition to the main room, the maids and concubines were under her.

The inner house is the place where the women live. No wonder even the housekeeper and Luo Mingxuan give in to her. I smiled awkwardly at my wrong guess. During a few conversations, she had made a good hair for me, put on a bead hairpin earrings, and applied a thin amount of powder. In the bronze mirror, she even felt that she was a little bright and touching.

"The girl is really charming. No wonder the young master fell in love with you at first sight."

I raised my eyebrows, and the little girl teased me. I laughed and said, "Did you drink honey early in the morning? Is your mouth so sweet? It's a reward, right? This is a reward for you." With that, he picked up a bracelet in the gate.

Zhiqiu quickly waved his hand and said with panic, "It's okay. This is something given to you by the young master. I can't stand it. Girl, you'd better hurry up. The young master has been waiting in the study for a long time."

I promised Luo Mingxuan to accompany him to the garden today. This is the second day he can get out of bed. I also want to talk to him today about peace of mind. I haven't dared to say anything these days.

When he came to the study, Luo Mingxuan was really waiting. Today, he was wearing a black gold-colored embroidered brocade-edged cloud-sleeve robe. He was valiant and smiled when he saw me.

He took me to the chrysanthemum garden. There are thousands of ** trees planted in the garden, some in full bloom, and dozens of varieties. Luo Mingxuan said that this is just a chrysanthemum garden, as well as Meilin, Changchun Garden. Changchun Garden is bigger and has more flowers than this chrysanthemum garden. I can't help but be shocked. How rich the Luo family is, I guess it is no worse than the palace.

I whispered to him, "Is it because your mother wants to make Qiaoju the lady of the main house for you, so she built a chrysanthemum garden for her in advance?"

He knocked on my head and said, "What are you thinking about? The position of the old lady is reserved for you. My mother likes ** very much. The maids around her all wear a chrysanthemum character.

I said with great contempt, "I won't do it. A bunch of women will fight for a man and have to stage a palace trick."

He smiled brightly and said, "I will only spoil you in the future." With that, he reached out to hold me.

I immediately jumped away to a safe distance and said hatefully, "Come on! I don't want it."

Seeing that I was very defensive, he said with a smile, "Okay, if you don't come, let's go to the pavilion."

There are soft seats in the pavilion, as well as ** brewed tea, ** pastries, and seasonal fruits. As soon as we sat down, Zhiqiu and another maid holding a copper plate and a handkerchief. I caught a glimpse of a layer of sweat on Luo Mingxuan's forehead, so I stood up and twisted the handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

"You don't listen to let you take a soft sedan chair. Are you tired now?"

"I'm not tired. A man has to take a sedan chair at home. What does he look like?"

"Then you have to save face." I said it angrily.

"Do you care about me?" He took my hand with a little giggle.

"Luo Mingxuan," I hesitated and said, "I want to see peace of mind."

His smiling face sank down, and his hand holding my hand tightened. He lowered his eyes and opened his head. I couldn't see the emotion on his face.

"When you see peace of mind, you will leave together. Now I and I can't stop you, right? After letting her go, you will also find a way to escape from me, right? You have a lot of ideas. I brought nearly a hundred people and didn't bring you back, did you? He spoke very hard but his voice was very soft, as if he was trying to restrain his anger.

"Do you want to keep me in her for the rest of your life?"

"No matter what method I use, I just want to keep you by my side!" He stood up and waved his hand. The cup smashed to the ground with a bang. He looked down at me.

"What's good about me? You have to keep me." I also lowered my eyes and said lightly.

"What's wrong with me? Do you have to leave? I've changed everything you said. What's wrong with me?" He roared in a low voice, holding my hand, and shaking with a fist in the other hand. I looked up at him and was shocked. He clenched his teeth and his face turned white. I quickly helped him sit down, but he stood stubbornly and couldn't pull it.

I was anxious and stamped my foot and said, "Luo Mingxuan, my injury is good. Don't ask me to pull you hard!" This sentence works. He sat down obediently, but his eyes stared at me tightly, with anger in his eyes.

I said in a soft voice, "I just want to see her. Don't be angry. I didn't say I was leaving. I won't leave. Zhiqiu, go and invite Mr. Wei to come here quickly.

He took a breath and waved his hand and said, "No need." Zhiqiu Shengsheng, who had just turned around, stopped.

I wiped the sweat from his forehead with a veil and continued to say in a soft voice, recognizing that he was soft or not hard: "I will be sad if you do this. Let Mr. Wei have a look. Don't let me worry, okay?" After saying that, Xiang Zhiqiu winked, and the little girl ran to invite Mr. Wei.

He looked at me, and there was no anger in his eyes just now. I took the initiative to take his hand and said softly, "Luo Mingxuan, I won't leave, but I can't restrain others for a lifetime because of me. Whether it's peace of mind or others, I feel guilty all my life. Can I let them go?"

He followed my messy bangs and held me in his arms for a long time before he said, "As long as you don't leave, as long as you stay with me, I will promise you."

In the evening, after I took a bath, Zhiqiu was wiping my hair. After a few days together, she was obviously not afraid of me at the beginning.

"Today, the young master's face is so scary, just like that day."

"That day? Which day?" I caught her words.

"I know what's wrong, and what I know when I'm wrong." She said quickly.

"You didn't do anything wrong. Why do you apologize?" I don't quite understand that they often know what's wrong.

"This, this, maidservant..." She couldn't support it.

"Talk well, I won't blame you." I coaxed her.

"However, the young master ordered not to mention that day." She still said timidly that it was Luo Mingxuan who was obviously afraid.

"Which day? What's the matter? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." I continued to coax softly.

"It was the day the girl came. The girl hit the young master's chest. The young master spit out a few mouthfuls of blood. The young master's martial arts are very good. I have never seen him suffer such a serious injury." She talked about what happened that day. On the day when the official took me into Luo's house to see Luo Mingxuan, Zhiqiu and another maid named Zhilan were called to serve me by Luo Mingxuan. I raised my hand and threw her away. The two maids were very scared. I saw that I punched Luo Mingxuan in the chest. Before I fainted, I fainted and saw a trace of blood on the corners of his mouth. It was his birth. I resisted and vomited three mouthfuls of blood when I saw that I fainted and was in a hurry. Fortunately, Mr. Wei, a famous contemporary doctor, lived in Luo's house these days. When Mr. Wei arrived, he ignored his internal force into my body and insisted that Mr. Wei heal me first. They couldn't resist Luo Mingxuan, so they had to rely on him. The official gave his internal strength to him, and he could only avoid insisting until Mr. Wei gave it to me. The medicine was prescribed.

After that, I also knew that he was afraid that I would feel guilty and didn't let me know that he was so seriously injured, but he was broken by my inadvertently. No wonder he didn't see the official life these days. He said that he couldn't stop me from leaving now.

This night, whether I felt guilty or moved, I couldn't fall asleep. The moonlight casts hazy light and shadow through the paper window leaves. It is estimated that the moonlight of the night is good. I got up and put on my clothes, but shocked Zhiqiu, who was watching the night outside the screen.

"Is the girl thirsty?" Zhiqiu was busy running in.

"Didn't you not have to keep vigil?" I asked, and she came forward to tie my clothes.

"The young master said that you were injured, and there should be no one at night."

"What time is it now?" I tied my long hair with a ribbon casually.

"Just after Hai." She looked at it and missed the answer. It was from 21 o'clock to 23 o'clock.

Pushing the door open, the refreshing wind in early autumn blew. I stood under the osmanthus tree in the garden and looked up at the sky. A round of full moon was very pleasing to the eyes, but my mood was very heavy. Looking at the study from afar, I fainted, I occupied his room, and he moved to the study, where it was quiet and dark. After Mr. Wei arrived today, he repeatedly scolded him for not being angry and scolding us for not letting him get angry. This time, he was not allowed to get out of bed for ten days, and he just smiled and said nothing.

Zhiqiu put on a cloak and a lantern for me. I smiled. The girl was very careful.

"The moonlight is so good that you don't need lanterns. You can go back and rest. I just can't sleep for a walk."

What else did the little girl want to say? I said directly, "If your young master asks, just say that I want to be quiet."

Sending Zhiqiu away, I walked leisurely and aimlessly, but in fact, I have a purpose. I keep remembering that when I came with Ye Yi, I walked west in the study and met the official student in the garden at the end.

At the end of the west is a garden called "Zhucuiyuan". Through the moon arch, the garden is not big, but it is very exquisite. There are clumps of Xiangfei bamboo, phoenix tail bamboo, Buddha belly bamboo, etc. There is still a lush feeling under the moonlight. There are flat pebble roads in the bamboo bushes, which go straight to the pool and rockery in the center of the garden. The pool is planted with lotus flowers. Behind is a pavilion overlooking the lotus pond, and there is a angular staircase leading to the pavilion beside the pool.

Bamboo is known as a gentleman, and the lotus flowers come out of the mud without staining. The bamboo garden is so elegant. The people who live here must be highly valued or respected.

When I approached the pool, I found someone in the pavilion. I picked up my skirt and walked to the pavilion. Even if it is not an official student, it will not be difficult for me, let alone Yizhou Sanxiong and other people to arrange to live in such an elegant garden.

"Miss Xiao is so elegant. I don't know what's the matter with visiting late at night?" Guan Sheng's faint voice was a little alienated. He sat on the guardrail of the pavilion, with his back against the pillar. His robe hung down the railing and fluttered in the wind. I'm used to his polite appearance. It's the first time he's so casual, but he's a little handsome. I didn't care about his alienation. Anyway, I didn't know him very well. I sat down straight next to the table. There was a jade pot, a jade cup and two plates of pastries on the table.