The hot spring pool water in the backyard is newly drained, hot and white smoke, bubbling at the spring, Yiyu sat in it at first and couldn't stop inhaling, after a while to get used to it, she was comfortable, leaning on the soft stone by the pool, drinking herbal tea, and letting Pinghui wipe her back.

After a while, Pingtong pushed open the bamboo door with clean clothes and came in, smiled and put the sundries on the rattan chair, unfolded the tailors' newly made spring shirts for Yi Yu to see, the garnet red waist-length tunic skirt, left and right with four pleats, sharp needlework, was so gently shaken by Ping Tong, then a layer of red waves, although Yu Yu felt that the color was too bright, but the clean embroidery on the skirt made her like it even more, so she reflexively lay on the edge of the pool, and talked about embroidery with the two maids.

Wait until the Lu family sent someone to urge, she reluctantly came out of the pool, maybe there is no such blessing, this hot spring has been built for two years, but she has not washed a few times.

After drying her hair and putting it on, she went out and was wrapped in a satin robe by Pingtong, lest she get sick and catch a cold, and Yuyu's body was still a little weak, and she sat in the hot water for a long time, and she was top-heavy, so she took the hands of the two and walked forward, so as not to fall under weight.

When it was almost lunchtime, the spacious and bright hall, when I entered the door, I saw two rows of women standing on the left with their heads bowed, and Yu Yu squinted her eyes and counted carefully, there were fifteen people, looking at the appearance, the big one was about the same as her, and the small one was only eleven or twelve years old.

"Mother."

Hearing a light call, half of the little girls standing in the hall secretly turned their heads to look, and saw a slender girl in a Hunan satin robe who was supported and knocked out of the door and walked in, the face and neck exposed outside the clothes were whiter and more tender than the tofu of the water mill, the face plate was delicate, the eyebrows were very delicate, the hair was loose and only one wing's butterfly step swayed, and with the garnet red skirt under the robe, the small steps of the hand-made version of the first 55ab community moved and shook her wings, what a delicate and pitiful beautiful person, A few little girls thought in their hearts, no wonder this young lady was going to be a princess.

Yi Yu didn't know that she was dizzy after soaking in the hot spring for a long time, which would leave a delicate first impression on this group of maids, and was helped to walk to Lu's side and sit down, and was stuffed by Pingtong with a few soft cushions on her waist, seeing her mother looking at her worriedly, she shook her head, and whispered to her that it was only like this after soaking for a long time, and Lu called Chen Qu's urging kitchen on the side to send sugar pears over.

"I came up to report my age and background, and I have seen your young lady." Lu Shi sat upright, without a trace of a smile in his voice, Yi Yu turned his head to look at her straight face, secretly thinking that her mother could only see the style of the eldest lady of the Fang family back then.

"Miss Wanhui, the slave's name is Dongyun, she is fourteen years old this year, her ancestors are in Luzhou, and she knows some words."

There was no fighting, they stepped forward to meet one by one, speaking cautiously, Yi Yu took an enamel bowl and took a spoon to eat sugar pears in small bites, thinking about what Lu Shi said to her alone before she soaked in the spring-

"When you arrive at the palace, it is not better than at home, food, clothing, housing and transportation have to let the maids take care of it, and the palace will definitely assign you at the time, but after all, it is not as intimate as your own marriage in the past, listen to your mother-in-law, such as the Wei Wangfu, according to the rules of the slaves' deeds in the first few years will never be handed over to the princess, the mother is a person who has come, I will not tell you that when I married into the Fang family, although they were afraid of my identity, but in the end they did not pinch their life, and they suffered this loss. You pick four pairs from these maids, each send a task, and then ask Pingtong and Pinghui to help you discipline them, so as not to be angry in the future. ”

The slave bully Yu had heard that the Wei Wangfu was full of troubles, and she had already seen that Du Changshi, who was in the first chapter of the ant hand group, jumped down Qi Dongmei and went to Puzhen Garden to find a place, she didn't have a good feeling, and she didn't rule out this possibility, so she wrote down Lu's words, and carefully looked at the group of girls in front of her who might be the people around her in the future.

"See, see Miss, the slave maid is called Pingxia, fifteen years old this year, the ancestor is in Tongzhou, originally a farmer's family, but there was a drought in Dou County the year before last, my father and brother and sister were all killed, the slave and maid were exiled to the Guannei, and they were accepted by the people's teeth, the slave and maid have never read a book, no, they are illiterate, but the slave and maid can do some fists and feet, and they have great strength, and they can do any rough work."

At first, what attracted Yu Yu's attention was the name similar to Pingtong Pinghui, and then the girl in the white cloth shirt spoke plainly, talking about the sadness on her face when her parents and siblings starved to death due to drought, and when she was illiterate, she said that she wanted to do rough work, and several little girls around her were already laughing out loud, but she nervously pulled the hem of her clothes, looked up at Yu Yu, and then went down quickly, but this glance made Yu Yu see the seriousness in her eyes, which is a quality she likes very much.

"Fists and feet?" The first five or six maids introduced it, but Yi Yu didn't speak, and this mouth made the people below refresh, "Who did you learn from?" "The slave's father used to be a government soldier, and then he broke an arm and broke the township, and the countrymen took care of the land and irrigated the water, and the slave and maid were the eldest daughter in the family, so they learned two sets of fists and feet to protect their younger brothers and sisters."

After hearing this, Yi Yu lost her mind for a moment, remembering that Lu Jun ran ten miles every day to go to the town's martial arts hall to do chores, that is, she said that she wanted to learn her fists and feet to protect her family, she looked at Lu Shi sideways, and saw that her mother was also moved, so she handed the pear bowl to Ping Hui, reached out to hold Lu's pinch, and the mother and daughter tacitly agreed.

Yi Yu didn't ask any more and called the next one to come forward and say, and when the fifteen people had seen it, and asked a few more words, she didn't hesitate to choose eight people to come out, and that Pingxia was also among them.

The seven who were not picked were lost, after all, they went to the palace to be a subordinate, and there was only such a chance in this life, Lu Shi didn't bother them to think about it, so he waved them down, and left the eight down, and said in a stern tone: "I have informed you in the morning, I might as well say it again, you go to the palace with the young lady, you must serve wholeheartedly, abide by your duty, who dares to steal and play tricks, have crooked ideas, a meal of flesh and skin, if it is too bad, ugly words are ahead, and you will be sold to the building, No wonder I didn't warn you beforehand. As soon as the hall was quiet, Yi Yu saw the eight people kneeling down in a row, lying on the ground, and hurriedly saying that they didn't dare, but Lu didn't immediately call them up, Yi Yu knew that this was a necessary step, so he didn't make a sound, Pingtong Pinghui had seen a pomp that was more powerful than this, standing behind her without changing his face, Xiao Man saw Lu discipline his subordinates, so there was nothing strange, only Chen Qu had a white face, and his ten fingers were twisted together. It was enough for them to kneel for tea, and then Lu Shi took Yu Yu's hand and glanced at her.

"Okay, let's all get up," Yi Yu made a white face, with a kind smile on his face, but the people below looked up at Lu Shi and didn't dare to get up.

Lu Shi immediately slapped on the coffee table and said in a deep voice, "It's all deaf!" ”

"Mother Mo is angry," Yi Yu said to them again, "get up." ”

A few people hurriedly got up again, looking at who they should listen to in the future, the Lu family didn't make any more trouble, and asked Xiaoman to take them to Mrs. Zhou's yard, although there were only a few days left, they could still grow up by the old lady.

The hand-typed version of this article was first published in the 55ab community "Yuer, what my mother said just now, you also keep it in mind, which of them will be disobedient in the future, and they will be severely punished, and if they don't remember it for a long time, they will go out, don't be soft-hearted." ”

"Mother has worked hard, how can the child not know," Yi Yu leaned on Lu's body, leaned on her waist, and said, "Don't worry, I have seen a lot of people outside in the past two years, and I understand it in my heart." ”

Lu Shi patted her with relief, then turned his head to look at Chen Qu who was standing on the side in a daze, thought for a while, and said, "I originally wanted you to follow you to the palace to wait for the young lady, but your father is a steward in this garden, so it is not good for your father and daughter to be separated, you should stay in the garden, and it is better to find a good family to marry in the future than to follow to the palace to be an old girl." ”

Chen Quqiao's face changed slightly, biting the meat in his mouth, looking at the Lu family and then at the Yu Yu, then moving his gaze to Pingtong Pinghui, and biting himself hard, it was in Lu's surprise that he knelt on the ground with a puff. "Madam, the slave maid still wants to continue to serve the young lady."

"What are you doing, have something to say." Yiyu Road. "Ask Mrs. to answer the slave maid, the slave maid will serve the young lady with all her heart, and the slave and the maid will follow the young lady."

Looking at Chen Qu, who was kneeling on the ground and refused to get up, Lu Shi and Yi Yu glanced at each other, and the latter spoke, "Chen Qu, if you follow me to the palace, you will never be at ease at home, you have to be careful even if you gossip, and you can't get married when you are old, can you think about it?" ”

"The slave maid has thought about it, and the slave maid follows the young lady."

"Okay," Yi Yu nodded, "You get up, and you will go to Mrs. Zhou to listen to the teachings together in the next few days." ”

"Slave, slave, thank you."

Chen Qu bowed again, and then went with his skirt, Yi Yu looked at her back and walked away, Fang heard Lu sigh and said The ant hand beat the group for the first time, "Hey, how can you follow her, this kid is very high-spirited, and it is really not suitable to follow you." ”

"Well, I know," Yu Yu said, holding Lu's hand, "the child has his own plans. ”

Yiyu came back from the Wei Palace, she was in good health, Lu did not ask her to help with things, she went to bed early and got up early every day, in addition to Lian Yu reading books, it was to eat some soup and water to tonic, soak in the hot springs for two days, and mix a good skin plaster to apply, and walk around the garden in her spare time, paint a flower scene in the pavilion, or go to the library to fiddle with those ordered hairpin ring jewelry, try on the newly made clothes, the wedding date is approaching, and this is the appearance of a bride to be married.

It's just that Li Tai really did what he said that day, he didn't come to visit her again, and he didn't even bring a letter, and Yu Yu wrote a letter to him. I didn't hear back, so I just gave up.

As everyone knows, on the morning of her return from the Wei Palace, above the court, Gao Shilian, Fang Qiao and others brought the newly repaired "Clan Chronicles" to face the saint, and Li Shimin approved the seal and distributed it to various states. For a time, the clouds in Beijing were surging, and the old custom of being proud of marrying five surnamed women was controlled, and the eyes of the people were clear, and the first to bear the brunt was Li Tai, the king of Wei, who was to marry the granddaughter of the late Huaiguo Gong Lu Zhongzhi!

(The maids of large families are called maids, generally also called maids, servants, etc., which are not used in the text, but in terms of class, they are all the same slaves, but the names are different.) ）