While the master and servant were talking, Hua Qing knocked on the door and raised her voice: "Girl, the hot water has been poured. You can take a bath."
Chen Fengxu nodded and prepared to stand up.
On the side, Chen Sha raised her eyes to look at the sky and whispered: "The hot water seems to be available earlier than usual today."
Hearing this, Chen Fengxu pursed her lips and asked, "Hua Qing, who went to fetch hot water today?"
"It's lotus picking." Hua Qing said without thinking.
When they heard the word Caihe, Chensha and Cinsha looked at each other with strange expressions in their eyes. Caihe and Cailian were both sent by the eldest lady, and Cailian was arrested after the incident with Xiheliu. She was sent to the firewood shed, and later she was moved to the kitchen. Today she is still a handyman, while Cai He has always been in the Melting Snow Courtyard.
Although she was a first-class maid in name, Shen Fengxu had never trusted Caihe, so he asked her to do some chores. Until today, Caihe has been working diligently, but today she suddenly behaved like this, which is unbearable. Suspicion arose in my mind.
In the past, the hot water would come a little later, but today it was so early. Something must be wrong if something goes wrong.
Hua Qing was a maid who entered the Rongxue Courtyard later. She didn't know about these things. Seeing that the faces of several people were a little strange, she was a little puzzled for a moment, so she asked: "Sister Dansha, what's wrong?"
Dansha was about to speak, but Shen Fengxu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Nothing, you go and get ready. I will change clothes and take a shower now."
Hua Qing responded: "Yes."
Then he got up and got ready.
Chensha looked at Chen Fengxu and said softly: "Girl, do you want to ask Caihe first?"
Chen Fengxu shook his head, his eyes cold: "No need to ask, let's just watch first." She wanted to see what Cai He wanted.
In other words, what exactly does the lady want?
Hua Qing moved quickly, and within a moment, everything was ready.
After Ji Huaqing prepared the hot water, Chensha changed Chen Fengxu's clothes and took a bath.
Cinsha is waiting outside the door, and Cinsha is serving in the house.
Inside the house, there was mist rising from the barrel, pink petals were floating on the water, and there was a vague fragrance.
But the warm breath of hot water still couldn't resolve the chill on Chen Feng's face.
Chensha was about to change Shen Fengxu's clothes, but Shen Fengxu raised her hand to stop her. She shook her head slightly and said, "Wait a minute, go and call Yunwan over, don't let others see."
Chensha didn't ask any more questions and just left in response. But after a moment, Chensha came back again, and Yunwan quietly came in from the window.
Shen Fengxu asked: "You haven't been seen by others, have you?"
At this time, Yun Wan still had a veil covering her face. She nodded and said, "Well, Cinsha said I couldn't let others see it, so I climbed in through the window. No one knew I was here."
"Okay." Chen Fengxu nodded, with a smile on his lips and said, "Then just wait here."
Yun Wan was a little confused: "Wait?"
Chen Fengxu raised his eyes and looked inside the house, his sight seemed to have passed through many obstacles and fell all the way into Chunfang Courtyard.
Just listen to her say: "Wait for the bait to take the bait."
After saying that, Chen Fengxu paused for a moment, then turned to look at Chensha and said, "Let Min'er go to Aunt Su's place first. I'm afraid things are not safe in the Rongxue Courtyard."
"yes."
At the same time, the lotus collector was pacing back and forth anxiously in the Rongxue courtyard. Suddenly she saw Hua Qing walking out of Chen Fengxu's room, so she pulled Hua Qing over and asked, "Hua Qing, you have already put the hot water into the house." Are you ready?"
Hua Qing nodded and said, "Yes, the girl should be taking a bath now."
After hearing this, Caihe breathed a sigh of relief. She unconsciously intertwined her fingers, raised her eyes to look at the sky, and prayed silently in her heart.
Hua Qing saw that Cai He seemed to have a strange look on his face, and thinking about the expressions on Cinsha and Cinsha just now, he asked, "Cai He, it seems that you fetched hot water earlier than usual today."
Hearing this, Caihe was immediately startled. For some reason, cold sweat dripped down her forehead. She shook her head quickly and said, "I'm afraid that if I go too late, there won't be hot water. By then, the others will The girl also needs hot water. If there is no hot water for the girl, the maid will be blamed. What's more, the girl will go to Yi'anbo Mansion tomorrow. If there is no hot water for bathing tonight, the maid will be blamed even more. .”
Hua Qing was also frightened by Caihe's reaction. She just asked a question, but Caihe replied so many times. For a moment, she became a little confused and asked again: "Miss, I'm going to Yi'an Bo Mansion tomorrow." ? How come I don’t know.”
Caihe's heart was pounding. She took a deep breath and managed to calm down. She said, "Hongqu came here just now. When she left, my maid overheard what Hongqu said. Know."
Hua Qing became more and more confused: "When Hongqu just left, didn't you go get hot water?"
Caihe's whole body almost stiffened.
Fortunately, Qing Ya happened to walk over and said loudly: "Hua Qing, you haven't finished embroidering your clothes yet. What are you doing standing there? Come back soon."
"Okay, here we go." Hua Qing responded, then stopped talking to Cai He and walked quickly to Qing Ya, and the two of them went to the room together.
After seeing Hua Qing leave, Cai He's uneasy heart calmed down a little, but he still felt complicated and unspeakable.
A servant must be loyal, and there is no way out for a disloyal and unjust servant. This has been proved by Cai Lian before, but Cai He had to obey the orders of the eldest lady. All her wealth and life Everything is in the hands of the eldest lady. Even if she knows that this is a dead end, she can only go to the end. Otherwise, she will die faster.
So Caihe can only hope that this time she can completely bring down Shen Fengxu. If it happens, Caihe still has a glimmer of hope, but if the matter is exposed, she will definitely die.
Just as he was thinking this, Caihe suddenly heard a maidservant exclaiming: "The water has escaped! The water has escaped!"
Caihe looked up and saw a fire burning in a wing of the Rongxue Courtyard. The raging fire instantly illuminated the entire night. The fire was extremely powerful and looked very scary, as if it was about to burn the entire Rongxue Courtyard. It's like swallowing it up.
A sudden fire broke out in Rongxue Courtyard, and all the servants were shocked and rushed to fetch water to put out the fire.
Dansha was waiting outside the door. When he saw this, he was greatly frightened and said to Chen Fengxu who was still in the house: "Girl, you are in trouble, please come out quickly."
The fire was extremely powerful and seemed to be able to spread to Shen Fengxu's location at any time.
Shen Fengxu's voice was very calm. She said, "I'm fine. You go put out the fire first. I'll be out soon."