At night, Li Xiuyuan returned to Guobei County with all the members of the Li family.
At this moment, Li's mansion was still brightly lit, and servants were patrolling outside the mansion, holding lanterns and illuminating the nearby roads clearly.
"It's the eldest young master. The eldest young master is back."
"Hurry, go and report to the master." Butler Li urged.
"Yes, housekeeper." Immediately, a servant ran into the house to pass back the news that Li Xiuyuan was back.
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand at this moment and said: "It's getting late. The others will go back to rest after putting the horses away. They have worked hard today, and tomorrow each of them will be rewarded with one or two silver coins."
"Thank you, young master." Everyone replied happily, looking a little excited.
You can get a reward of one or two pieces of silver for a trip without doing anything. This is a big profit today.
"Xiaodie, follow me back home." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, Master." Xiaodie hugged a package and followed closely behind her somewhat cautiously, for fear of accidentally losing it.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Steward Li, is my father still up so late?"
"The master was worried today when he heard that the eldest young master had taken away so many people. He had not yet fallen asleep. He was afraid that something might happen to the eldest young master outside, so he specially ordered the house to light up the lights overnight and be ready to welcome the eldest young master back at any time." Li
The steward said.
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "Father is still the same, but now I'm back and the servants are safe and sound. Nothing happened. Let's turn off the lights and rest early."
"Yes, young master." Butler Li responded.
Immediately, Li Xiuyuan took Xiaodie into the house.
"My Qilin is back, and my father is free from worries." Just when he walked out of the lobby, he saw Li Dafu walking out with a relaxed smile on his face.
"It makes father worry." Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands.
Li Dafu smiled and said: "Before, my son sent Tieshan to ask for a gold lock from my father. I don't know which girl he fell in love with. Could it be the girl behind you." After saying that, he squinted his eyes and looked at it again.
Fan Xiaodie.
But I saw that she had a delicate appearance, a well-behaved appearance, and extraordinary beauty. Although she was a lot worse than the vixen Qing'e before, she was still a good woman, and she was also young, so she was a good match for her son.
Xiaodie felt a little embarrassed when Li Dafu looked at her like a daughter-in-law, but she just lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Father, this matter is a long story. Let me talk to my father in detail tomorrow."
He couldn't explain the right and wrong in a few words. He couldn't say that he went to Lanruo Temple to kill the thousand-year-old tree spirit. Moreover, Qingmei's matter was not easy to explain. He could only think about it first and find a good one tomorrow.
I tried to fool him with all the excuses, but as for the things about monsters and ghosts, it was best not to talk about them, so as not to worry my father again.
"Well, that's fine. It's getting late today. Let's talk about anything tomorrow. As for this girl..." Li Dafu thought for a moment, as if he was considering how to arrange it.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Father, her name is Xiaodie, and she will be the child's personal maid from today on."
"Haha, okay, okay, my son has finally come to his senses, and I am very happy as a father." When Li Dafu saw that this woman had been adopted by his son as his personal maid, he immediately smiled and nodded: "Since she is your personal maid,
, then I won’t say much more as a father, you can make your own arrangements."
He doesn't care about maids or concubines, as long as his son doesn't imitate the monks and avoid being sexually attracted to women.
Moreover, this woman is not bad, and she is suitable to be a personal maid.
"It's getting late, father, please go to bed early. The child is tired, so he went back to his room to rest." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yeah. Go ahead." Li Dafu said.
Li Xiuyuan then left with Xiaodie.
After returning to his room, he said: "Xiaodie, there is a side room over there, so you can sleep there. There are no rules in the Li Mansion, so you can live here with peace of mind."
Now that Xiaodie has been adopted as his personal maid, there is no need to worry about sleeping in the same room.
"Yes, Master." Xiaodie felt warm after hearing this, then opened the package in her arms and handed over a written deed.
"What is this?" Li Xiuyuan subconsciously took it.
Xiaodie said: "This is the deed of sale of my slave. I used to keep it with the young lady. Now that the young lady is gone, I ask the young master to keep it."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "You can keep your deed of betrayal yourself and don't lose it. If one day you feel you have been wronged in the house, or if I treat you badly, you can leave."
Xiaodie immediately knelt down with a pop and said urgently: "Young master, from today onwards, this slave will live and die as a member of the Li family, and death will be the fault of the Li family. Even if the master drives the slave away, the slave will not leave. The slave has no young lady, and will not be without her in the future."
Master." After saying that, he couldn't help crying.
"Why are you kneeling down again? Didn't you say you are not allowed to kneel down again?" Li Xiuyuan quickly helped her up, then wiped her tears and said, "I'm just saying this, if you are willing, you can stay in the Li family for the rest of your life."
But no one will drive you away."
"Thank you very much, young master." Xiaodie felt relieved and looked happy.
"You haven't slept in two days, go and have some rest." Li Xiuyuan said.
Xiaodie said: "But the young master hasn't gone to bed yet, please help the young master fall asleep first."
"No need for today." Li Xiuyuan said: "You are much more tired than me now. If you want to serve, you have to keep yourself energetic. Go to sleep."
Xiaodie nodded, gave a bow, and then walked into the side room. After a while, she blew out the candles and seemed to go to rest.
Thinking back on everything Xiaodie had gone through, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh slightly, then turned around and went back to his room to rest.
Not long after he fell asleep and before he went to bed early, he suddenly heard the sound of rustling footsteps. A figure quietly opened the door and came in. Then he walked to the bed and gently opened the door.
He opened the quilt at Li Xiuyuan's feet and quickly got in.
Immediately, Li Xiuyuan felt his feet being hugged by someone and placed in a warm, soft embrace.
"Who?" Li Xiuyuan asked aloud.
Could it be that it was the maid from my house who secretly came to my bed again?
This kind of thing happened not once or twice. Every year, there were always a few bold maids who secretly came to his bed and wanted to serve him.
However, in the past, Li Xiuyuan was underdeveloped physically and was powerless towards young and beautiful maids, so he never succeeded.
"It's a slave. I will warm the young master's feet." Xiaodie curled up under her feet and hugged Li Xiuyuan's feet into her arms: "The young master's feet are so warm. I don't feel cold at all."
In this era, the so-called personal maids are not just as simple as sleeping with their masters. They have to serve their masters all the time. Xiaodie's method is a very common service method, to warm the master's feet.
Sleeping at the owner's feet, hugging the owner's feet into his arms, and warming the owner's feet with his body temperature.
It's okay if the temperature is higher. But if it's winter and some people's feet are cold, then the maids who warm their feet will suffer.
"Come back to sleep, I don't need you to warm your feet." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, Master." Xiaodie got off the bed again, walked around to the front, opened the brocade quilt and got in.
Li Xiuyuan hugged her into his arms, feeling her soft and slightly cold body and said: "My body is so cold, why should I warm my feet? My Li family doesn't have a maid to warm my feet. That's a disrespectful thing. My Li family
Don’t do it.”
Xiaodie was hugged by Li Xiuyuan at this moment. She felt extremely warm and the chill all over her body was dispelled. It was as if she was leaning on a heater, making her unable to help but want to stay here.
"But this slave can't do anything except serve people. If the young master doesn't let my slave serve me, then my slave will be useless." Xiaodie whispered with her heart pounding.
"You don't need to do anything, this is enough. Go to sleep, it's already very late." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Um."
Xiaodie responded, feeling extremely safe being held in the arms of the young master. For a moment, fatigue surged into her heart, and she fell into a deep sleep.