After sending away the Xiahou family's waiter, Yuqiao walked slowly towards his own courtyard, and glanced at Cai Fu who was following him, looking wilted and drooping, only to feel pitiful and angry.

Finally, he sighed and said: "You are also getting older year by year, take this naughty and stubborn temperament a little bit, if you meet another master now, go with you, you can't make up a thousand taels of silver if you sell yourself!" ”

With tears in her eyes, her cheeks were bare, she just nodded, and before she could say a word, she caught a glimpse of Zhang's big girl embroidering painting, standing in front of the green bundle of stone dragons on the wall, and when she saw her approaching, she hurriedly greeted her.

This embroidery painting is also a clever person who observes the face and color, seeing that the two of them are not distracted, but do not leave, only take some daily words to greet.

After a few words, Yuqiao understood, and told Caifu sideways: "You go back first, tell Sù Bixiu to let the mother-in-law fry the water with peach branches and hibiscus leaves, and wait for me to go back and bathe my hair." ”

Cai Fu hurriedly agreed, gave a few words to the embroidery courtesy, and went away one by one.

At this time, the embroidery painting said: "This matter was only remembered by Mrs. Fang, so she urgently urged me to come to Sister Qiao'er, the girl in your room Bixiu, was originally serving by Mrs. Yesterday, her brother and sister-in-law came to beg, saying that this Bixiu is old, and she always wants to be married or something, thinking that we will let her out." Now after all, this girl is given to her sister, and her wife doesn't have this spirit, so she is in charge of her sister. ”

Yu Qiao pursed her lips and sighed: "No wonder I looked at Bixiu with a wrong expression, doing things in a trance, it was for this!" I'll ask her what she means at the break. ”

Xiuhua didn't want to talk much, hesitated for a moment, but still smiled: "That Bixiu's parents died early, and she was sent into the palace by her brother and sister-in-law at the age of seven, and she was released in her twenties. On weekdays, she is also in harmony with me, and her brother and sister-in-law have a tricky temperament and are people who are in the market. I'm afraid that this time it is not simple. ”

Yu Qiao thought that this embroidery painting was a wise and self-protective character, and he refused to come out in everything, so he was enthusiastic at this time, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and smiled: "It is Bixiu's blessing to let the embroidery open his mouth and say so much, I will put more snacks." ”

The embroidered painting blushed and was a little embarrassed, Yuqiao just didn't know, so the two talked for a while, and they dispersed without mentioning it.

Back to the room, Bixiu has ordered a few small servants to move the Huanghuali rectangular table, on which there is a large bath basin of white porcelain pinched golden fish, lotus leaves, and a shallow bottom of cold water has been filled in the room, the left side is stacked with a snow-like size scarf and handkerchief, and the right side is neatly placed with chicken white, pig Ling and tea oil ointment rewarded in the palace, and there are ivory combs and grates and so on.

Five or six maids were waiting in the room, Caifu pouted unhappily for the purple water chicken, Bixiu hid her thoughts, and described herself lazy, Lu'er saw these two sad and depressed, so she didn't speak, and the other two rough girls looked at this formation, and they were even more frightened and didn't dare to say anything.

It's rare to be so quiet in her own room, Yuqiao shook her head and sighed, and didn't pay attention to them, she sat down in front of the dresser, reflected the rhombic glasses, gently rolled up her sleeves, faded the bracelet on her hand, and took off the pink jade earrings, Bixiu looked at the young lady and didn't call them, only did it herself, and became more and more frightened in her heart, so she hurriedly walked behind Yuqiao, and carefully removed the hairpin cuidai on her hair one by one. ”

Bixiu bit her lip and nodded heavily.

Seeing her like this, Yu Qiao continued: "I just came out of my mother's room, I heard Xiuhua say something about you, if you want to solve it by yourself, I won't stop you, and if you have the result, you can sue me and I, if you can't get over and want to find help, you can also talk to me, and get an idea for you." ”

"Miss, me!" Bixiu's eyes were red, and tears welled up.

Yu Qiao saw that the headdress was removed and the bun was scattered, so she got up and walked to the bath and sat down, tilted her head at her and smiled: "Help me wash my hair first, and then it's not too late to talk about your file in detail." ”

Bixiu's messy heart suddenly became transparent at this time because of Yuqiao's words, hoping that You Sheng, this face was naturally bright and clear. stepped forward and hurriedly ordered the girl to pour the hot water in the pot into the basin, tested the water temperature with her fingertips, picked up a large foreign scarf, wrapped it around Yuqiao's neck like a circle, tucked the corners into the collar by the way, waited for Yuqiao to bow her head, scattered her hair and soaked it in water, smeared it with ointment and other things, rubbed it gently and combed it repeatedly, and poured water twice before washing the foam.

Cai Fu felt that her scalp was itchy at this time, and she took advantage of the situation to relieve her hair, and bent down to wash it with the residual water in the basin of Yuqiao.

After the girl took the pot away, the little maid came in and took off the table, and after cleaning up and going out, Yuqiao took a new dry foreign scarf, wrapped it in her hair and sucked the water droplets that flowed, while looking at Bixiu, waiting for her to speak.

Bixiu knelt down directly in front of her feet, kowtowed three times, and then raised her face and said sadly: "Since I came out of the palace, I have lived in my brother and sister-in-law's house, and I know that they are addicted to gambling, and the slaves and maids have saved some money in the palace, and they have also stolen it, forced or lured it. This is not enough, and I thought that the law was going to sell the slave and maid to the septuagenarian to be small, and I was forced to run out, so I sneaked out, who knew that they had found this place, and begged my wife to take me back yesterday. Speaking of this, she choked up and couldn't speak, and only after a while did she burst into tears: "Even if the slave dies or goes to the nunnery to twist her hair and become a sister-in-law, it will not be as they want." ”

Yu Qiao frowned and muttered, "What's the gambling word again?" Now that there are people who are addicted to gambling inside and outside the house, the people of Yanjing have nothing else to do? ”

Bixiu said with a bitter face: "Miss doesn't know, now the underground gambling houses in the city are rampant, there are many types of gambling, often open day and night, and the business is very prosperous. ”

After being silent for a while, Yu Qiao said: "Don't kneel anymore, be careful that your knees hurt!" I know your intentions, and when your brother and sister-in-law come to the door again one day, I will mediate for you. ”

She looked at her eyes again and asked seriously: "This is a must-have to make some silver to block their hearts, you have to think carefully, use this money, I'm afraid you have to serve me in this life!" ”

Bixiu hurriedly kowtowed and said with tears: "Don't say that in this life, even in the next life, in the next life, Bixiu is willing to serve in front of Miss without a complaint." ”

Yuqiao asked her to get up, and asked some about the past of her and her brother and sister-in-law, and Bixiu also answered carefully.

While the two were talking, Cai Fu opened the curtain and came in, and said with a smile: "Miss, I just saw that Master Zhou had passed the second gate, accompanied by the little guy who led the way, and he wanted to pass by in front of our Shufang Courtyard and go to Young Master Yu's study!" ”