Chapter 12: Bathing and Changing Clothes
The voice outside the door was louder twice, and the door was pushed open. At the moment when the door opened, Zhao Youling saw the ancient book in her hand disappear out of thin air, leaving only an open empty box, she looked at the bamboo and wood empty box and was stunned, feeling that everything that happened in front of her was so incredible.
The two big girls who came in saw Zhao Youling's stunned appearance, and looked back at Gu's mother in unison. Gu's mother felt that Zhao Youling's appearance was a little inexplicable, but she didn't show it, and motioned for the two maids to come forward and ask Zhao Youling to take a bath.
"What is Miss Zhao taking?"
The little maid guarding the door stared at the bamboo and wooden box in Zhao Youling's hand, she had never sent such a thing to Huanyuexuan in her impression.
"Needle and thread."
Zhao Youling came back to his senses and put the needle and thread in his hand into the bamboo and wooden box, and put it on the long table, only then did he look up and see the person who came.
"Needlework?"
The little maid guarding the door wanted to ask again, but was waved aside by Gu's mother.
"I'm going to take Miss Zhao to bathe and change clothes, and Mrs. Tai'er will go to the Cixin Nunnery to incense her early in the morning."
Without the support of Wei's mother, the little maid didn't dare to speak out again.
Just now, I didn't let Gu's mother bring people in, and I was almost slapped by Gu's mother. Mother Gu is the person she dares to offend, and if she wants to take away Xiao Xiuniang, she can only watch Zhao Youling and Mother Gu walk out of Huanyuexuan with their front and back feet.
Zhao Youling really wanted to bathe, and since someone had prepared it for her, of course she was happy to enjoy it.
Huanyue Xuan is not a place to live, and it is not impossible to bathe when you bring a bath bucket, but there are people watching at the door, and it is really eye-catching to enter and exit. Gu's mother originally wanted to take Zhao Youling to Mrs. Tai's yard, but after thinking about it, she changed her mind.
Zhao Youling is just a little embroidery girl, if Mrs. Tai treats her extraordinarily, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Wang family. Regardless of whether Zhao Youling has anything to do with the former empress and the imperial concubine, it is not appropriate to let her be too eye-catching at this time.
The bath room of Fuxiang Courtyard exuded a faint fragrance after washing, and the two big girls sprinkled a layer of thin petals in the water, and under the signal of Gu's mother, they walked over to help Zhao Youling widen their clothes.
Zhao Youling had already taken off her skirt and was only wearing close-fitting obscene clothes, and the two big girls came over to untie her profane clothes, and she hurriedly grabbed the ties and dodged away.
Seeing this, Gu's mother smiled and explained that the bath soup was a beauty and moisturizer specially adjusted by Mrs. Tai, and the best effect could only be achieved by taking off the dirty clothes and bathing.
"Miss Zhao, don't worry, there are no outsiders in this courtyard, if you are shy, I will let people guard outside, and then come in to help you change your clothes when the time is almost up."
After Gu's mother finished speaking, she glanced at one of the big girls with long faces, and then turned around and walked outside the house.
The smell in the nose is fragrant, the water in the tub is hot, and there are really no outsiders inside or outside the house.
Zhao Youling recognized Fuxiang Courtyard, last time she went out from the small gate of Fuxiang Courtyard and climbed over the wall to Huai Wang's Mansion. At that time, I thought that this was a secluded house, but now I go to the bathroom and feel that this house is even more elegant. Everyone has relieved her worries, and if she refuses to fade away from her obscene clothes and ties, it seems that she has disappointed Mrs. Tai's kindness.
The door squeaked, and Gu's mother, who was standing under the eaves, immediately turned her head to look at the big girl who came out first.
Zheng'er's slender cheeks were so excited that she seemed to have rubbed rouge, and handed the ball of clothes she was holding in her hand to Gu's mother.
"Miss Zhao's clothes are all here, which one does Mother Gu want to take?"
"What's on her?"
Gu's mother didn't say anything about the jade plate that Zhao Youling was wearing, and when she reached out to take the clothes, she kept groping her fingers to see if there were hard objects hidden in the clothes.
"It's all there, and it's a lot."
As soon as Zheng'er's words fell, Gu's mother had already turned around and walked quickly. She touched the delicate jade plaque and hurriedly took it to Mrs. Tai to appreciate.
The two big girls looked at Gu's mother's back and walked away, and then glanced at each other and pouted.
"What is Mother Gu going to do with Miss Zhao's old clothes?"
Zheng'er muttered to herself, but received no response from her companion, and she looked back at the door.
The door was hidden, and an orange light shone in the doorway, as if a figure was shaking in the room, and she snapped and turned to look at her companion, who was shivering at the red light hanging from the eaves.
Almost at the same time, the two of them remembered the beautiful kite who had hanged themselves under the eaves two months ago, and they couldn't help but clasp hands with each other and lean together. At this time, a black shadow crossed overhead, and at the same time made a "wow" sound, which frightened the two people to run out of Fuxiangyuan.
"That, Miss Zhao should be able to dress herself, why don't we go back too."
Gu's mother didn't ask them to send Zhao Youling back to Huanyuexuan, since Gu's mother left first, their trip was over.
The house was quiet, and the sudden "wow" sound outside the window made Zhao Youling's hand stop on her chest, listening to the movement outside the house, and the "wow" sound sounded again, and she heard that it was a blue-feathered bird foraging at night.
I didn't expect there to be this bird in the city!
The bird's call was slow and urgent, and it felt familiar to her. Close your eyes and soak in the bath water, feeling comfortable and comfortable.
Xu was so comfortable, her sensitive senses didn't even notice that someone had walked into the house, and when she opened her eyes and saw the visitor, she forgot that she was defenseless, jumped out of the bathtub and stopped in front of the visitor, and shouted loudly:
"Who has the audacity to trespass!"
After Zhao Youling finished speaking, she found that the other party closed her eyes and looked indecent, and she found out about her condition, "Ouch mom" flashed to the back of the gauze screen of the changing clothes, grabbed a long shirt and put it on her body.
"You get out, get out quickly, if you don't go out again, I'll kill you."
Zhao Youling was ashamed, annoyed and angry, gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, but she still couldn't bear to hurt the other party.
"Don't be annoyed, girl, since I have seen her, I will definitely marry you. Dare to ask the girl's name? ”
"Which one wants you to marry, you go out quickly, I'll leave here after changing my clothes."
Zhao Youling put all the clothes that Gu's mother prepared for her on her body indiscriminately, looked from behind the screen, and found that the person was still standing in place and did not leave, so she couldn't help but be even more annoyed.
"Brother Mu, is Brother Mu you?"
Hearing Shen Zhao's voice coming from outside the door, Zhao Youling didn't dare to stay for a long time, so she came out from behind the screen and went straight to the back window, intending to break out of the window.
Mu Hanchi recovered from his surprise at this time, and without waiting for Zhao Youling to push the window, he grabbed her arm.
"Girl, slow down!"
"You let go of me!!"
Zhao Youling turned her head and stared at Mu Hanchi's eyes hatefully, Mu Hanchi had never seen a woman look like this, her heart was already soft, but she didn't let go, she had to let Zhao Youling tell her name. Since he has polluted the innocence of other girls, he can't be without responsibility. The eldest husband stands up to the sky, and he should be responsible and must not shirk.
"My name is Zheng'er, let it go!"
"Zheng'er."
As soon as Mu Hanchi's hand was released, Zhao Youling pushed open the window and jumped out, like a fluttering fallen leaf that disappeared lightly.
"...... Kite"
"Brother Mu, it's really you! What kind of kite do you say? ”
Shen Zhao walked in and found that Mu Hanchi was looking out the window, he looked out, outside the window was the flowers in the back garden, and the sky was dark and there was no good scenery.
Mu Hanchi shook his head helplessly, then unconsciously lowered his head and grinned, and when he raised his head again, his expression became serious.
He and Shen Zhao were accustomed to flying pigeons to pass on books, and when he was about to pass on books to Shen Zhaoge, Shen Zhao's letters came one step ahead of him. Shen Zhao asked him to meet at Fuxiangyuan at the end of the day, but he couldn't wait for the meeting time, so he came in through the backyard wall in advance.
Unexpectedly, I pushed open the hidden door, but I saw a piece of spring light......
"Is there a girl named Zheng'er in the house?"
"Zheng'er? There should be. My fifth sister's personal little maid is called Qin'er and Xian'er. Kite! Listening to the name, it should be a maid, but I don't know which house and which courtyard it is. You also know that there are many courtyards in our family, how can Brother Mu ask such a question? ”
"Let's not talk about that, what did you call me for? I have something to tell you about as well. ”
Mu Hanchi's eyebrows twisted into a knot.
"I can't wait to meet you tomorrow on the outskirts of the city, so I'll have to ask you to come over and talk. Brother Mu, the emperor is mediocre and cruel now, and the crown prince is not worthy of the throne, it is time to set up a Ming monarch. ”
"Crown Prince Zhao Yan?"
"Exactly. He came to my house that day to sit as a guest, and met my fifth sister in the back garden, jokingly to accept my fifth sister as the crown princess, and my fifth sister was afraid to hide in Fuxiangyuan. That Zhao Yan was in high spirits for a while and followed to Fuxiangyuan, and then he saw the beautiful kite......"
Thinking of the events of that day, Shen Zhao was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and the words that had been hidden in his heart for the past two months after returning to work came out, and his mood still couldn't calm down for a long time.
"I didn't expect Zhao Yan to be humble and polite in front of people, and he put filial piety first, but in fact, he was cruel and lustful, and he was better than the current emperor. He hated that the beautiful kite was not obedient and scratched his face, and he ruined the perfect kite and hung her under the roof beam in front of the door. It is rumored that the beautiful kite is jealous for me and is unwilling to commit suicide...... I hate, I hated that I had seen the wrong person before, and I thought that he would be a good lord in the future, and the people of the world would have hope. ”
Mu Hanchi is not familiar with the crown prince Zhao Yan, and he knows best about the emperor's mediocrity and cruelty, otherwise he would not have killed all the six of the eight generals who fought with him in the world, only Shen Lu, the prince of Zhenguo, and Mu Tingchen, the king of Huai, were fortunate enough to escape......
"This matter is not enough for you and me to fight against the prince's party, so we have to think about it in the long run. Shen Zhao, you should know that the emperor gave me a marriage, right? ”
“……”
The emperor gave Mu Hanchi a marriage inexplicably, and Shen Zhao was also speechless. He couldn't think of anything to comfort Mu Hanchi. Since he can't fight against the prince for the time being, the emperor has no choice, and if he can't resist, he can only endure it.
"Early tomorrow morning, I will enter the palace to face the saint and ask the emperor to take back his order. If I marry the Pingjin Houfu, I would rather die, and if the emperor is angry and punishes me, please take care of my father on my behalf. The thirty lieutenants I have installed in the manor on the outskirts of the city can be commanded at any time. You take this, and they see you holding this talisman as they see me. ”
Mu Hanchi put a polished wooden tiger talisman into Shen Zhao's hand.