Su He subconsciously lowered her eyes to look at the jade button on her chest. She pinched the jade button and said with a heavy expression, "This is a relic left by my late mother. If it was something else, I would give it to you if you liked it."
Yu Jiao saw that she didn't look like she was lying, but the red inside the jade button had a thin line at the end, which was exactly the same as the one she accidentally lost, so there was no way she could be mistaken.
"So it's your mother's relic. Have you been wearing it since you were a child?" Yu Jiao retracted her gaze, looked at the water, and asked softly.
Su He shook her head and whispered, "The master who raised me went to Qingzhou some time ago and brought me this jade button, saying it was a relic of my late mother. Later, it was because of this jade button that the master of the Wu family found me and brought me to the capital."
Yu Jiao knew that Su He was born into a family of skinny horses in Yangzhou, so the master she was talking about should be the one in Lianghuai who specialized in buying girls to raise skinny horses.
Su He's words probably mean she really doesn't know the origin of the jade button.
But this jade button was clearly left to her by her mother, Runiang, and her elder brother also had an identical jade button. Why did Mr. Wu recognize Su He as a relative because of this jade button and bring her to the capital?
Could it be that these jade buttons are sold wholesale nowadays, and people use them as relics? Yu Jiao thought to herself amusingly.
But Su He had not worn this jade button since she was a child. The timing when the master gave the jade button to Su He was not right, as it was the time when Yu Jiao had her jade button stolen in Qingzhou.
People who soak in hot springs feel dizzy, and Yu Jiao's thoughts are inevitably a little confused for a moment. She still remembers that when Gu Yun was in Qingyu Village, he insisted that she should have a small red mole on her back, but there was no small mole on her back, and Liu Ziqi never asked about this matter again.
Yu Jiao subconsciously looked at Su He's slender back. Her white undergarment was stained with water, revealing a hint of flesh color, but she couldn't see clearly whether there was a mole or not.
Yu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "Can I help you wipe your back?"
Su He subconsciously said, "How can this be possible?" Yu Jiao was the daughter of the current vice-minister, and was worlds apart from her. How could she let Yu Jiao rub her back?
"It's okay. If you feel embarrassed, you can help me wipe it later." Yu Jiao reached out and took a towel to wipe her body from the tray on the big rock beside the hot spring pool. Her movements were extremely natural.
Su He hesitated for a while, but finally took off her underwear. Yu Jiao raised her hand and wiped Su He's back with a towel, while looking up at her back seriously.
On the creamy back, there was a small bright red mole at the shoulder blade. Yu Jiao was startled and paused in wiping the area. Looking at the small red mole, she felt a little flustered for a moment.
There actually is a small mole on Su He's back!
"Let me wipe it for you." Su He was still embarrassed to be served by Yu Jiao, so she turned around and took the towel from Yu Jiao's hand.
Yu Jiao looked at Su He in a daze, with a lot of thoughts in her mind, and let Su He take the handkerchief away.
Su He raised her hand to help Yu Jiao take off her underwear. Yu Jiao came out of the water and stood up on the stone steps. "I'm a little thirsty. Go drink some tea."
After saying that, Yu Jiao walked along the stone steps to the edge of the pool where the teapot was placed. She poured herself a cup of tea and drank it, then she calmed down a little.
The small red mole made Yu Jiao doubt herself. She wondered if Liu Ziqi had recognized the wrong person. The third lady of the Liu family should have been Su He, not her.
But at that time Liu Ziqi took her to see Liu Sanniang, and Liu Sanniang also told her many things related to Runiang, which were consistent with what Liu Ziqi said and did not seem to be fabricated out of thin air.
Moreover, Liu Ziqi was so sure that she was the sister he was looking for.
Yu Jiao couldn't help but touch her back with her hands behind her back. There was no red mole on her back. What was going on?
Why did Mr. Wu say that Su He was his distant cousin and brought her to the capital because of the jade button?
These doubts were like a tangled mess, and Yu Jiao wished she could go back home right now to ask Liu Ziqi.
After drinking another cup of cold tea, Yu Jiao thought to herself that if she really had impersonated Su He's identity, it would be better to make it clear as soon as possible. If the third lady of the Liu family was not from her family, then she should not have usurped the throne and left the real girl of the Liu family to wander around.
"Third sister, don't drink tea while standing. Be careful not to get cold. You can drink tea while soaking in the hot spring." Liu Yaoyu saw Yu Jiao standing here for a long time and walked over from the pool.
Yu Jiao turned her head to look at her, her heart churning. If she were not the third daughter of the Liu family, the kindness of her elder brother and Yao Yu would not belong to her.
"Pour me a cup of tea too." Liu Yaoyu's face turned red as she stretched out her hand towards Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao pursed her lips and smiled faintly and said okay. He poured a cup of tea for Yu Jiao and handed it to her. She walked down the stone steps, walked next to Liu Yaoyu, and soaked her body in the hot spring water again.
Seeing Su He looking over, Yu Jiao smiled at her, "Would you like some tea?"
Su He smiled and shook her head.
It was almost evening when they finished bathing in the hot spring. The steward of the Guo family's farm prepared a meal, but they were all girls and it was not convenient for them to return home too late, so they did not stay at the farm for dinner and went back home in a carriage.
After sending Su He back, Yu Jiao and Liu Yaoyu also returned to Liu's Mansion. After getting off the carriage, Yu Jiao did not go back to Yingyue Pavilion, but went directly to Fufeng Pavilion next door.
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