"But if that's not the case, what can I, an ordinary woman, do?" Yu'er pulled her lips and smiled bitterly, and then continued: "I have been an orphan since I was a child, wandering between countries with Xiao Ran, who is also wandering around, and I have a cold on my body, and I have to rely on the silver brought back by Xiao Ran to buy medicine to continue my life every day, and sometimes I am weak...... I can't even hold a bowl steadily! ”

After finishing speaking, she suddenly seemed to think of something, and said: "A woman like me, if she really goes out to make money, I'm afraid there is only one way to go to the Qinglou." ”

It's not that she didn't try to be a maid in those big families in the past, but because her body was too weak and she didn't have enough to do, she was quickly kicked out!

For so many years, fortunately, Xiao Ran went out every day to try her best to make money to buy medicine for her.

"You two are siblings?" Tao Mingxi was a little surprised that the relationship between the two was so good, and subconsciously asked.

"It's not." Yu'er shook her head, and then explained: "Xiao Ran was picked up by me when I was wandering, when I saw a little child isolated in the ice and snow, I took him back to the broken temple when I relented, and since then we have been dependent on each other for 7 years. ”

Tao Mingxi nodded silently, in this way, the friendship between the two is probably better than that of their own sister and brother!

Hearing that Yu'er said that she relied on Xiao Ran to make money and buy medicine every day, Tao Mingxi couldn't help but have a burst of doubts in his heart, can a woman like this really tolerate her younger brother to steal?

She hesitated and asked, "Do you know that...... How does Xiao Ran make money? ”

"He goes to the back kitchen of the teahouse every day to help, washing vegetables and serving dishes and everything, although it is all scattered work, but at the end of the day, the shopkeeper will also pay him some wages, we have been here all these years." Yu'er replied according to what she knew, and sighed after speaking: "I have really suffered him all these years, and I have done so much in order to let me survive for a long time." ”

“……”

Tao Mingxi didn't speak, he was silent, and his heart was full of mixed feelings, I'm afraid that Yu'er's disease will cost a lot of medicine money, so Xiao Ran will do those stealing things, but she is afraid that her sister will feel guilty after being discovered, so she has never said it.

Such a young child, but he bears so much, Tao Mingxi felt a little sorry for him when he thought about it in his heart, and he still didn't say anything about it after weighing it, but just asked: "It's not a way for you to go on like this, it's better to stay in the palace in the future, this palace will find a way to cure your stubborn disease, and from now on, your sisters and brothers will stay by your side in this palace." ”

"How can this be?" Yu'er subconsciously wanted to refuse, after all, Tao Mingxi had helped them enough, and now they can only continue to stay by the other party's side as a drag oil bottle?

"There's nothing to do, the so-called helping people to the end, sending the Buddha to the west, since I have decided to save you, then the palace has already made the consciousness of being responsible to the end." Tao Mingxi said lightly, and Xiao Ran's "ability", although it is written about the evil ways of the outer door, maybe it can come in handy in the future!

"Don't worry, you don't have to feel that you owe this palace anything, these are just small things to me." Tao Mingxi threw a relieved smile at her, and then continued: "If you really feel sorry for it, after your illness is cured, it is okay to find a way to repay the palace." ”

"This ......" Yu'er still wanted to refuse, she and Tao Mingxi only had a one-sided relationship, is it really good for the other party to help her like this?

"Don't hesitate any longer." Tao Mingxi didn't bother to talk to her anymore, so he simply moved the kid out and said, "Even if you don't think about yourself, think about Xiao Ran!" He is such a young child, do you still want him to continue to drift with you and work as a coolie in the teahouse? Although it is not very happy in my palace, it will not be as miserable as before. ”

“…… All right. Yu'er nodded after thinking about it, yes, even if it wasn't for herself! You have to think about that child, right, how old is that child this year? He didn't deserve that.

After agreeing, Yu'er knelt down with her weak body, and kowtowed to her three times despite Tao Mingxi's dissuasion, so excited that she almost burst into tears: "Yu'er is here, thank you Niangniang, Yu'er will be Niangniang's person from now on, this life is also Niangniang's, go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, and don't give up!" ”

"Okay, don't say it so seriously as a little girl, and there won't be those dangers around this palace." Tao Mingxi sighed a little in his heart, but at the same time, he couldn't cry or laugh, and waved his hand to help the person up: "You have a good rest first, go back to the palace and find a doctor to see what is going on with your stubborn disease?" Can it be cured? ”

After the matter was explained, Tao Mingxi also left the guest room, and when he left, he didn't forget to tell those subordinates to remember to take good care of her.

……

It's night.

Tao Mingxi habitually went out for a walk after dinner, but when he passed by the garden, he saw a flashing figure.

She hurriedly chased after him, and saw the figure of the person clearly where there was a lantern, Tao Mingxi frowned, and walked over to stop him: "What are you doing here?" ”

The man was Xiao Ran.

After the child was discovered, panic immediately appeared on his face, and he subconsciously put his hands behind his back: "No, it's nothing." ”

"Nothing, is it?" How could Tao Mingxi believe his words, stretched out his hand to bypass him and took out the money bag that the other party had hidden behind his back, "Dare to do this kind of thing in these five princes' mansions, do you still want this little life?" ”

After "I ......" was discovered, Xiao Ran didn't bother to hide it, and her little face was dyed with a touch of pleading: "This matter is my fault, I can punish me as much as I want, but please give me this silver, is it okay?" ”

He knew that it was wrong to do these things, and Tao Mingxi was the benefactor who saved their sister and brother, and it was even more mad to steal in the palace! But my sister hasn't taken medicine for many days, and if she doesn't get some money to get her medicine, her illness will have flare-up! He didn't want to see his sister's painful look.

Tao Mingxi naturally knew why he cared so much about the money, and sighed, "Return the silver, Yu'er's stubborn illness, I will find a way for her." ”

"Really?" Xiao Ran looked at each other in surprise, looking at each other incredibly, a pair of good-looking eyes radiating light.