Chapter 72 Beauty Takes a Bath (2-in-1, Happy Valentine’s Day!)(2/2)
Saponins, hot water buckets, clean towels, thin silk clothes and other items were also carried in and out by the maids with nimble hands and feet.
A girl takes a bath early in the morning.
Outside the courtyard gate, a little maid with a bun face wearing goose-yellow clothes came over carrying a full wooden tray.
There were bottles and jars on the plate, including mugwort, plasters, hot soups, and pills.
Carrying the plate, Cai Shou walked through the alley between the two boudoirs, walked into the courtyard, passed the busy maids one after another, opened the door and walked into the west wing shrouded in heat and mist.
"Thank you, madam, for letting me apply medicine for you."
The little maid with a bun face said crisply. After waiting for a while, the girl behind the screen did not reply.
Cai Shou put down the medicine tray, moved closer and poked her little head into the flower and bird screen to look around.
I don’t know if it’s the spring sunshine behind the screen or the heat in the tub.
The chubby face of the little maid suddenly turned red.
Behind the screen, a certain snow-white figure was not completely underwater.
Several red-faced maids, whose eyes could not help but wander occasionally, were carefully scrubbing with hot and wet towels.
Because the scar on Nvyu's back has not completely healed, she cannot take a bath. However, she has been recovering from the injury for many days, and her body must be sticky and uncomfortable. In addition, the low-grade fever she suffered in the past few nights has recovered, and she can wake up and get out of bed this morning.
So the maids taking care of her in the yard boiled hot water, cleaned her briefly, and applied medicine.
Seeing the lady of the Xie family shining white like a beautiful woman behind the screen, she didn't respond. Cai Shou wasn't annoyed either. It seemed she was used to it and turned around to get the medicine tray.
Xie Lingjiang's face looked slightly weak. He lowered his head and lowered his eyes. His black hair hung straight down like black satin. His two round and white shoulders were like bright white jade plates protruding from the dark night sky, emerging from the wet black hair.
The more you look out, the more adorable you become.
Especially with the slightly blank look in her eyes staring at the floor at this moment, and the shocking red marks on her back.
It looks even more delicate and timid.
It makes people want to rub her into her arms so that she can be pampered and show kindness to her with all her strength.
The little maid with a bun face who walked in with the medicine felt that if she were a man, she would definitely not be able to bear it when she saw this scene.
Cai Shou blinked her eyes.
However, she knew that Miss Xie's lovely and delicate appearance was just an illusion.
This delicate body hides a strong temper.
Anyway, Cai Shou has had an eye-opening experience in the past few days. After being whipped into such a state that day, Miss Xie refused to help her and walked back to the Su Mansion alone to this courtyard.
The next few times I applied medicine, I was silent the whole time.
However, the changes after this injury were not without change.
Cai Shou found that Miss Xie was often in a daze these days.
Sometimes he hugged the quilt and stared at the white clouds outside the window, sometimes he bit his chopsticks and stared at the half bowl of rice left, and sometimes he stared at her with his hair disheveled and his head tilted, which made Cai Shou feel a little scared.
In short, after this injury, Miss Xie became silent for a long time, cherished words like gold, and gave people an indescribable change in her body.
Cai Shou secretly asked her lady, but she just continued reading without looking back, saying it was a good thing.
Cai Shou approached with small steps, smiled softly and said:
"Thank you, little lady, it's time to apply the medicine."
The lady Xie, who was sitting on the stool with her legs bent, did not raise her head. Under her wet black hair, she just let out a soft "hmm" as thin as a mosquito.
The two maids who were scrubbing her hair stepped aside to get a clean towel and wipe her hair.
Cai Shou bent her knees, placed the medicine tray on the stool, opened her eyes wide, prepared the medicine carefully, and muttered:
"It's better to use the new prescription sent by your senior brother. The previous golden sore medicine didn't work well and gave the little lady a low fever all night, but the new prescription is magical...
"Well, first use Atractylodes and mugwort to smoke the wound, and then apply some of this strange plaster. Then put on your clothes and drink some tonic decoction. The taste is a bit bitter, but hey, look, I'm bringing
I bought a piece of rock candy and will hold it in my mouth later..."
The girl who had been staring blankly since just now suddenly raised her head and asked: "Where is senior brother?"
"ah?"
The sugar that Cai Shou gently twisted between her fingers almost fell into the brown medicinal soup, and she was stunned.
The two stared at each other for a while.
Xie Lingjiang's slightly pale pink lips opened slightly again: "Didn't you mention it just now?"
Cai Shou came back to her senses and nodded:
"Yes, this is the healing prescription he had someone send... Where is he, no... I don't know. He should be busy with the county government affairs. He is the county magistrate. Didn't he say that the county is going to dig a new building recently?
River? These officials must be busy with official duties..."
"oh."
As if she realized later that she had misheard something, Xie Lingjiang's eyes seemed to have been filled with hazy mist, and their brilliance dimmed a little.
She nodded slightly, moved her pink buttocks slightly, and turned her back to the little maid with a bun face, indicating that it was time to apply the medicine.
The little girl didn't think much, lowered her head and applied the medicine carefully.
But just like the two maids who scrubbed it just now, she couldn't help but glance around when applying it to some whip marks that extended far away.
Hmm, it would have been better if I had pulled it a little more crookedly at that time. Maybe now that I have applied the medicine, I can take the opportunity to climb up and try out the feel... Cai Shou's little head was full of random thoughts, mainly because a certain scenery was really spectacular.
Xie Lingjiang didn't know that a certain little maid with a bun face didn't learn well and thought about something all day long. At this time, because of the little girl's distraction, she occasionally applied too much force on the wound on her back, causing bursts of numbness.
pain.
Xie Lingjiang bit her lower lip lightly and stared at the few strands of black hair falling from her forehead, without moving or saying a word.
The west wing also fell silent for a while.
At this moment, the maid's cry suddenly came from the yard:
"Little lady, someone came to see you, he said it was your senior brother..."
Cai Shou, who was applying the medicine, suddenly felt a flash of white light in front of her eyes, and the scar she was focusing on for treatment teleported away and disappeared.
There is nothing in front of me.
Her eyes widened and she turned around to look.
A girl with wet hair hanging over her shoulders grabbed a towel, wiped her hair with her head tilted, and reached for her clothes.
"..." Cai Shou and several maids.
The little maid with a bun face chased after her, stretched out a little hand, and fanned her up and down:
"Wait, wait, those are dirty clothes and you can't wear them..."
Chapter completed!