Yang Jinxi's face suddenly flushed red, and after a long while she replied, "Your sister came to find me to play, and if the house was stuffy then we were in the garden, if we went the wrong way and went to the pavilion to rest, we would suddenly encounter a snake, and if I wasn't careful, we would fall down."
Zuo Youlan did not understand, and asked, "That's not right, then you are the only one who fell, why did Fifth Sister and the rest fall as well?"
While she was speaking, she had already carried Xu Minglan on her back. Her face was just like Yang Jinxi's, with dirt all over his face and clothes so dirty that even the color of her clothes could not be seen.
Because the few girls had experienced this together, because they shared a small secret, after doing a small thing behind the backs of the adults, their feelings for each other began to heat up. The strangeness and estrangement of their first meeting melted away like salt in water.
As for today's great hero, Peaches, she had also received the sincere gratitude of Yang Jinxi and Xu Minglan. By this time, everyone already knew what was so special about Peaches. It was too late tonight, so they could only take out some of their dinner to thank her for all the effort she had put in. As Yang Jinxi had been picking up food since childhood, the Yang family had already informed the kitchen when they sent their people in. With her relationship, it wouldn't be difficult to give the kitchen some extra food.
The matter that gave Xu Mingwei a headache was solved easily by Yang Jinxi. It could be said that Jade Peach had found a piece of food for him to eat.
He guessed that there were other maids in his room who had come to check on him, so he was afraid that it would be troublesome if he returned too late. Therefore, the ladies could only reluctantly bid farewell to each other.
As Xu Mingwei walked back, she was still thinking, as expected, people cannot judge a book by its cover. When she first looked at Yang Jinxi, she felt that she had never seen anyone who was colder and more arrogant than herself. If they really got to know each other, Yang Jinxi would be an easily embarrassed little girl, and wouldn't be as hard to deal with as she expected. Moreover, the three of them seemed to have forgotten that the Yang and Xu families were sworn enemies. Still, they chatted and laughed together, and it was no different than when they were with the Fu and Zuo families.
It was just that they did not know if these days would last long. Perhaps they were still young and did not understand these things. When they gradually grew up in the future, would they slowly change?
If only she could never grow up! Always be a happy, carefree child, doted upon by your parents, doted upon by your brothers … Xu Mingwei was depressed in her heart, and sighed.
Bi Tao didn't know that she was feeling depressed. He only knew that he would be able to eat his fill tonight. He happily busied himself with everything he had. His face was filled with simple happiness.
Xu Mingwei was infected by her and her mood improved a little. The two of them packed up and embroidered half a handkerchief, waiting for the people from Senior Servant Liu to come over and call and investigate. After a simple wash, Xu Mingwei spent the first night she spent alone, separated from her family in the palace.
Before going to sleep, Xu Mingwei suddenly remembered that they had another companion they had not officially met. Back then, when they went to Yang Jinxi's room to look for him, they had all forgotten about him. When she sees the Eldest Princess and her masters tomorrow morning, it would not be too late for him to get to know them. As she thought this, she fell into a deep sleep.
While she was dreaming, the letter sent by the Lady Ji had just left the capital. But by the time Lady Helan received the letter, seven or eight days had already passed. As for the Xu family members, who were far away in Shengzhou, who had just arrived at the ancestral home, Lady Helan thought that Xu Mingwei was still at home and was instructing his servants to prepare pen and ink. They wanted to take advantage of the night time to bring a letter home to ask about Xu Mingwei's recent life. Unexpectedly, thousands of miles away, her precious daughter was already in the palace.
He slept through the night without any dreams until the sun rose.
The hot water used by everyone in the Fanghua Hall was reasonable. Every day in the morning, in the middle of the night, the palace people carried the water from the water room and placed it in front of the hall. After some time, there was no more hot water available.
The first day that Peaches had entered the palace, the mama had taught her about the palace's rules. She had long since brought back a large bucket of hot water from the palace maid, which had attracted the attention of all the girls in the rooms. If it was anyone else, they would have to carry such a heavy bucket twice.
Zhao Yang originally had a share in the hot water issue, but with her own experience, bullying Peaches was an honest act. If it wasn't for the fact that Peaches was innately strong, she would have been tricked by Zhao Yang.
Seeing that without her help, Bi Tao was able to carry the hot water back by himself, Zhao Yang leaned against the door and spat out a mouthful of melon seeds. "You're really born to be a laborer, you deserve to die from exhaustion."
Bi Tao pretended that he didn't see her when he saw her, and ignored the entire sentence in Zhao Yang's mouth. Seeing that it was already late, she was just about to go in and wake Xu Mingwei up when she saw Zhao Yang throw away the melon seeds in her hand, wipe her hands clean and walk back into the room. She even turned around to give her a provocative smile.
"The girl is up? It's fine outside. What kind of dress will the girl be wearing today? "
When Zhao Yang entered, she was already awake, leaning on the bed with her eyes open, thinking about something, she immediately asked with a face full of smiles.
Upon hearing that it was her, and that she was nowhere to be seen, Xu Mingwei frowned and asked coldly, "Why is it you? Where's Peaches? "
Zhao Yang was unhappy, but she still had a smile on her face as she said gently, "Little Sister Peaches probably hasn't woken up yet. It's understandable that she woke up a little late since she slept so late with little master last night."
Seeing that she was about to turn around and open her own chest, Xu Mingwei became even more impatient, and directly threw out a sentence, "Big sister Zhao Yang, go and call out the peaches. I am used to being served by her, she is the only one who knows where the things are located.
Zhao Yang had originally wanted to persevere a bit, but seeing that Xu Mingwei's eyes were filled with impatience, she gave up on this idea and angrily went out to call Bi Tao.
Xu Mingwei waited for her to leave before jumping off the bed. She opened the box and found a pea-green short jacket and matching skirt. By the time Peaches came in with hot water, Xu Mingwei had already changed her clothes.
Just now, she was only deceiving Zhao Yang. The person who helped her pack her things was Wan Rou in her room the whole time. The peaches were moved to her side when she was about to leave her room, so she didn't know what was in her box.
This Zhao Yang tried every possible way to get rid of the Jade Peach, but he didn't know the reason why she wanted to get close to her to serve. However, Xu Mingwei had never liked people who had more than their guard, especially those who were unscrupulous and liked to climb the stairs while stepping on others.
"He's here. Quickly fetch water and let me wash our faces. Otherwise, we won't be too late." When Xu Mingwei heard the sound of footsteps, he turned to look. It was precisely Peaches who had a face full of hesitation.
"Miss, I didn't get up late." She had never been in the habit of talking behind people's backs. If she hadn't accidentally overheard their conversation while standing by the door, she wouldn't have believed that there was such a person in this world who would lie in the dark.
"I went to get the hot water myself." She bit her lip and added.
Xu Mingwei felt it was funny. The Jade Peach was aware that it had to resist, it was definitely better than being foolishly bullied and not knowing how to defend himself. Without even turning his head, he picked up the rhinoceros' horn comb to comb his hair, and said indifferently, "If I didn't know that you had woken up, why would I have let Zhao Yang go out and find you?"
Hearing that, a bright smile immediately appeared on her face, and she was revived with blood all over, "You're still the smart one, not being deceived by Zhao Yang."
Seeing that she was smiling like a child who had gotten all the sweets in the world, the corner of Xu Mingwei's mouth rose into a smile. He used a comb to tap the dresser and urged her, "Alright, quickly come and help.
Peaches quickly squeezed a hot handkerchief over. The master and servant duo busied themselves until they finally arrived at the school before the Eldest Princess and the masters arrived.
Everyone else had already arrived. Due to their experiences yesterday evening, other than the one they didn't know, the others smiled at her as a form of greeting.