Thinking like this, Hotaru Yue's beautiful eyes were so angry that they were about to breathe fire.

"Good man, don't be afraid~"

Hotaru looked at the children who were shivering with cold and shivering with fear, and said as gently as possible so that they would not be afraid.

Because the children had seen Hotaru before, the moment they saw her, they let down their guard and looked at her with some grievances.

Of course, there are also a few children who have grown up and become more sensible who don't think so, but are more vigilant, thinking that Hotaru is definitely not a good person, I'm afraid that if they don't take a bath, they will cut off their hands and feet to let them go out to beg for food, after all, her people are really rude to them, no different from before!

It's not that they haven't seen a hypocritical face, and although Hotaru is beautiful, it doesn't mean that her heart is clean.

was kind to them before, maybe it was just acting!

The trust that Hotaru had built up after playing with the children for a day was facing collapse, and she took several deep breaths before she pressed it down.

"I'm a person, I don't like to see people sick, I don't know how people used you in the past, but I like not to create evil or kill, my sister wants you to make money for me in the future, but in exchange for your own labor for wages, as long as you are not lazy, you will have food to eat and a place to live. I'm late today, but tomorrow onwards, you'll be better taken care of. ”

As he spoke, hot water came.

The steward was about to pour it into the vat, but was stopped by Hotaru Yue, she frowned and said, "Don't you still let them take turns to go in and soak?" Besides, when you fill the bucket slowly, the previous one will already be cold. ”

The person in charge was a little displeased, and asked patiently, "Then what do you say?" ”

"Give each of them a basin and let them clean it themselves. I'll make a list of purchases for you later, from now on, their clothes, shoes, socks, cups, plates and dishes should be one per person according to the quota, and no more deductions will be allowed. ”

When the man in charge heard this, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and didn't do it!

Who wants to do such a pickled thing without oil and water, he shook his face and said, "Who do you dare to order me like this?" ”

At the bottom of his heart, he was full of contempt, how much authority could she have to deal with these broken things in the middle of the night?

And it's just a maid who came with her, at most it was the housekeeper maid beside Miss Ning.

He can afford to offend!

Thinking so, the steward looked at her a little arrogantly: "I advise you to beg me, maybe I will treat these children with a good voice later, otherwise, as usual!" ”

Hotaru was stunned by his shamelessness, and her eyes became colder and colder when she looked at him, as if she was looking at a dead person.

"You ......"

opened her mouth, she just wanted to teach the other party a lesson, but she didn't expect a black shadow to jump down from the roof of the courtyard, quickly dodged in front of her, protected her behind her in a protective posture, pulled out the saber at her waist, and pointed it directly at the person in charge in front of her.

"Presumptuous! What dare you talk to Lady Yue of the Yongning Marquis Mansion like this! Don't want to die?! ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, Hotaru recognized his identity, which was Xu Shuo.

She looked at Xu Shuo with some complicated eyes to protect her back!

The person in charge was startled, so embarrassed that he almost fell to the ground, took a few steps back, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hotaru Yue, and his legs instantly became a little weak.

He's finished!

These three words floated through his mind, and the steward wanted to cry without tears, thinking how could he be so unlucky and offend Mrs. Yue of the Hou Mansion.

Hotaru came back to her senses, gently pressed his hand and said, "The sword has no eyes, and the life of the worker is also fate." ”

Xu Shuo withdrew his sword, but his eyes were full of warnings when he looked at the steward.

The weak-legged steward saw him withdraw his sword, and finally felt at ease, but he fell directly to the ground without spine, wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.

Almost, his life is about to be lost!

Looking at the scared look of the steward, Hotaru Yue thought about it, afraid that Xu Shuo would be angry and do something, so she said softly: "He is also too busy until the middle of the night is too tired, don't be so fierce." ”

Xu Shuo looked at Yingyue and was afraid that he would keep making up for it, so he walked behind her and silently waited to protect her.

"Did Master Hou send you?"

Raising her eyebrows slightly, Hotaru turned her head to ask him.

After thinking about it, only Xie Jingyuan would do such a thing, Xu Shuo was the proud officer beside him, if there was nothing particularly important, Xie Jingyuan would not send him out.

Does that mean that she is an important thing to him?

Yingyue smiled lightly, like the snow melting in spring, and looked at Xu Shuo and nodded embarrassedly and admitted: "Lord Hou is worried that Madame will be in danger, so he sends his subordinates to guard Madame at all times to protect Madame's safety." ”

Of course, since Yingyue left the house, Hou Ye sighed every day for tea and dinner, and he didn't move to shake the small courtyard to see things and think about people, he was very strict, and he would never say it.

Xu Shuo silently added in his heart.

Waving her hand, Hotaru Yue said: "I'm very moved to send people, but next time you can send a few soldiers to protect the courtyard, you don't have to do everything yourself, you are his right and left hand, you also have to have a good rest." Let him eat well and pay attention to rest, and remember to add clothes when the weather turns cold. ”

originally thought that arranging Hotaru Yue's style of acting would inevitably blame Xie Jingyuan for letting Xu Shuo secretly protect her without her consent, mistaking it for "surveillance".

But I didn't expect her to think about it so much, and pay attention to him so intimately.

Xu Shuo nodded, and suddenly his nose was sour, thinking that recently even all the subordinates in the mansion had said that they hadn't found out before, and Mrs. Yue would really feel sorry for their subordinates.

Looking up, Xu Shuo smiled inadvertently: "Madam, it's okay, I'm worried about you too." ”

"If you think about me, you can go to Linglong Pavilion to find me at any time, but now that there is an undercurrent in the capital, you still have to go back to his side, nothing will happen to me here." Hotaru Yue said, hoping that he could go back to protect Xie Jingyuan as soon as possible.

Xu Shuo hesitated, in fact, his heart was also thinking about Xie Jingyuan's side, lest something happen: "However, Master Hou said that let his subordinates follow you......"

"Then do you listen to me or to him? I can tell you, I'm still his young mother, and even he has to listen to me! ”

With her hands on her hips, Hotaru pretended to be angry.

Hearing this, Xu Shuo dared to refuse, so he lowered his head coldly and said seriously: "The subordinates understand, the lady has to protect herself, and the subordinates will send another good subordinate to protect the lady." ”

"Don't worry, if there is an emergency, I will let Chunlan go to you."