Meng Tianbo, who was on the edge of the bed, grabbed her hand and caressed her face. It was still yellow, but as soft and smooth as an egg. He couldn't help but stroke it a few more times, which made Xu Ruoshui shrink his neck and snort in his sleep.
He laughed and said, "It's so itchy. Mom, please stop touching my daughter."
Meng Tianbo's hand froze. Who was she? A maid with no father or mother. How could she have a mother? He stared at the sleeping person intently, and with the desire to find out, he got up and went out to look for her.
I took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and after writing something, I put it in my arms and rested. I had no choice but to ask my mother-in-law.
"Mother~~~~" After the sweet dream, Xu Ruoshui woke up suddenly, attracting Yan'er who was waiting outside the curtain, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Oh... why are you sweating so much? I'll give you a nap."
Water goes..."
Xu Ruoshui opened her eyes wide and looked around. Without the red silk partition, the whole room seemed empty. "Mother~~" she called out again in a low voice. Fortunately, it was a dream, otherwise it would have made people suspicious.
, who didn’t know that Meng Tianbo had noticed something strange.
Looking at the sky, it was getting late, and Xu Ruoshui remembered that Zi Yan was coming over today. Unfortunately, he hadn't paid his respects to Mrs. Meng yet. After thinking about it carefully, he decided to go and pay his respects to Mrs. Meng first.
Yan'er came in with water and helped Xu Ruoshui wash up. "Zi Yan will be here in a while. Please help me greet her nicely. Don't neglect me. I'll go to Madam's place to say hello and then come back." Xu Ruoshui ordered.
"How can Zi Yan have the dignity to come here? Don't you think what she did before is embarrassing?" Yan'er mentioned Zi Yan with a look of disdain.
"Yan'er," Xu Ruoshui looked at Yan'er in the mirror and said sternly, "She is also Mr. Yu's concubine. If you don't want to serve her, I will find someone else." When things have reached this point, if not
With a calm maid by her side to help, I'm afraid it will get twice the result with half the effort. If I don't hammer it out first, I don't know if it will cause a verbal dispute between her and myself.
"My servant didn't say I wouldn't serve her, I just think it's too flattering to her." Yan'er ignored the meaning and retorted.
Xu Ruoshui was slightly angry, slapped the comb on the dressing table, put on a straight face and said, "Then do you feel that you have been wronged by serving me? Otherwise, I will talk to my wife and let you go to Chunhui Hall to serve you?"
Only then did Yan'er realize that she had spoken without thinking. She raised her skirt and knelt down, "Young mistress, this is not what I meant. That Zi Yan treated you like that before made me angry. That's why I said that. Please don't drive me away."
, please, please." She noticed that Xu Ruoshui's expression was wrong and hurriedly kowtowed.
"Oh~~~What's going on?" A cute voice sounded. Xu Ruoshui sounded familiar. He turned around and saw that it was Zi Yan. She walked in with a smile. A woman had a silver hairpin on her bun.
Step by step, he inserted two silver hairpins in response.
, it seems to be in pretty good condition, with a long skirt that outlines her waist, and a plum red gauze cover, which is more stable and less frivolous. "What's going on with sister Yan'er? She knelt on the ground early in the morning, letting
When people see you, they think the eldest mistress has abused you."
"You~~~" Yan'er was already aggrieved, but when Zi Yan provoked her, tears welled up in her eyes, "Who said that the eldest mistress abused me, please don't slander me."
"Okay, Yan'er, it's really a joke if you don't get up quickly," Xu Ruoshui didn't expect Zi Yan to come so early, and hurriedly asked Yan'er to get up, "Hurry up and bring those refreshments."
"Yes," Yan'er said, holding back her tears. The master also arranged things for her to do, so he wouldn't drive her away.
Zi Yan picked up the comb, brushed Xu Ruoshui's long hair, and combed her hair one by one. This was the first time she saw her being so humble and losing her arrogance.
"Why, are you not doing well in the Yu family?" Xu Ruoshui asked.
"If it doesn't go as you want, it's not the same as the slave's fate," Zi Yan said mockingly, "This life will just go by like this. I don't expect anything, I just want to be quiet."
Now I want to be quiet. It seems that Mrs. Yu, the wife of Yu Wenjun who was brought in in the big red sedan chair, is not an easy person to get along with. "Then I asked you to come back. Do you have any dissatisfaction with Mr. Yu?"
"What can he be unhappy about? Seeing that there are still people in the house who are worried about him, he immediately changed his face towards the slave. He also rested in the slave's room yesterday and gave away the walking stick on his head. Do you think it's the same now?
People are so snobbish." Zi Yan asked with a wry smile.
Xu Ruoshui pursed her lips. At first, she looked at the person who looked like a banished immortal. After getting along with him, she realized that maybe that person was not so beautiful at all. Can such a gap not make people feel sad? And facing Meng Tianbo, from the beginning
From pity to anger and now unknown emotions, Xu Ruoshui was a little confused.
"Okay," while Xu Ruoshui was thinking for a moment, Zi Yan had already made a bun for her.
"Your craftsmanship is so good. I have never seen it before. I will treat you with admiration after three days of separation." Xu Ruoshui gathered her hair into a tight bun, making it firm but not loose, then picked up a flower and put it on her temples.
, two jaspers
The hairpin was inserted together, and the small pendant at the end of the hairpin was swaying. It was simple and elegant. "Now that you are here, come with me to greet the madam. She was very kind to you when you got married."
"Master, please be patient. I have already been to Madam's place. However, I heard that Madam was ill and would not be visited. I only kowtowed to her outside the door and didn't say a word." Zi Yan supported Xu Ruoshui.
Sitting on the kang, he asked, "Did something happen in the house? Why did the slaves hear those little girls muttering when they came in, saying that there were thieves in the house, and they also found some unclean things."
"This is the purpose of calling you back today," Xu Ruoshui said straight to the point. Since he did not go to greet Mrs. Meng, nor did he change his clothes, he just pretended to be talking to Zi Yan.
Yan'er brought tea and snacks over, looking much better than before. She kept saying what she said, but she didn't dare to do it, especially after she had been beaten by the master. No matter how ignorant she was, she was still serving as a maid in vain, "Sister Zi Yan, drink tea."
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"Thank you, sister Yan'er. It's not me, Zi Yan, who is responsible for this. Yan'er, next time don't kneel down like before. It's a bit unsightly," Zi Yan reminded, and she meant every word Yan'er said.
After hearing this, he said, "From now on, I have to be more careful with my words and deeds, so as not to cause trouble for the eldest young lady."
"Yan'er knows," Yan'er said calmly with a blushing face, and then stepped aside.
"Go and watch outside the door. Don't let anyone in. I'll have a conversation with Zi Yan." Xu Ruoshui didn't want everyone to know about Bai Meilan. If there was anyone else to ask, she wouldn't ask Zi Yan.