41 Dream
◎My hands are stained with blood, just to protect her◎
The next day, Shu Yao got up early and when she passed by Shoukang Pavilion, she heard a commotion inside. Maids were coming in and out, and everyone looked terrified.
She was in a hurry, so she didn't bother to investigate.
In the room, the old lady was unconscious, lifeless, and her exposed calves were as black as charcoal. Several doctors knelt on the ground to help her draw out the poisonous blood. They were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, shaking their heads and sighing.
This snake is a highly venomous spotted snake. A bite from it is almost like a death sentence. Moreover, the old lady is very old, so this time she is in great danger.
Ji Dayong was called back from Liuxiang early in the morning, leaving his warm and soft beauty. He was feeling a little irritable, yawning and looking at the group of doctors: "How is my mother? Can she be saved?"
The leading doctor fell to the ground and said, "We will do our best."
Ji Dayong was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes. He went to the small couch beside him to catch up on some sleep: "Call me when you save her." His tone was flat, as if the person lying there, her life or death uncertain, was not his own mother.
…
Shu Yao took a day off yesterday, but when she arrived at the entrance of Zui Xiang Fang today, she saw a group of sleepy women standing outside waiting for her.
"Hey, Miss Shu, come quickly. Mr. Chen really liked the makeup you did for me last time."
"I'll be the first one, Miss Shu, help me with my makeup first."
“…….”
Shu Yao was escorted into the backyard. As soon as she opened her makeup box, another busy day began. There were so many girls coming today that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water in the morning.
She carefully analyzes each person's facial features and tries to create the most suitable makeup for them.
After the last woman left, she finally had time to sit down and take a breath. She poured herself a cup of hot tea, and then counted the silver she had earned that day. It was more than eight taels, which was equivalent to her previous two days' wages.
Shu Yao happily put the money into her sleeve and planned to take a nap. But before she lay down, she caught a glimpse of a thin figure wandering at the door, which instantly caught her attention: "Who's there?"
The person outside hesitated for a while, then walked in cautiously. She pinched the corner of her clothes, feeling a little helpless, and didn't even dare to raise her head.
Shu Yao looked at her. She looked very childish, with simple clothes and no makeup on her face. She asked, "Are you the girl here?"
The girl carefully stepped over the threshold and slowly walked in front of Shu Yao. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's. "My name is Qiangwei. I just arrived at the workshop. The sisters said you are very good at makeup. Can you put on a makeup for me?" As she spoke, she took out a few copper coins from her pocket and said, "I have money."
Shu Yao asked her to sit down first and asked kindly, "Little sister, how old are you this year?"
The little girl in front of me looks like a minor. In ancient times, women reached adulthood at the age of 15, but this little girl is probably not even 15.
Qiangwei answered obediently: "Fourteen."
Shu Yao was not too surprised, but felt a little pity: "Little sister, you are... here now."
She couldn't bring herself to ask the word "receive customers".
"How long have you been saving this money?" she asked in a different way.
Qiangwei carefully handed over the copper coins in her hand: "Sister, this money is earned by doing hard labor."
Hearing her say this, Shu Yao breathed a sigh of relief: "Little sister, you look very beautiful now, you don't need to put on all this makeup." Qiangwei was born pretty, and she was afraid that after she put on makeup, she would be targeted by someone with ulterior motives. After all, most of the people in this place were drunkards and women.
Hearing Shu Yao say this, Qiangwei felt a little disappointed. She lowered her head, her eyes red.
Shu Yao immediately softened her heart. She reopened her makeup box and took out only her eyebrow pencil and lip balm. "I'll give you a light outline. It's free."
Qiangwei was overjoyed: "Thank you, sister."
The two chatted from time to time. Shu Yao knew that she was sold to Zui Xiang Fang by her gambling brother. Fortunately, the owner of Zui Xiang Fang, Mei Niang, was a kind person. Seeing that she was young, she did not let her receive customers too early and only assigned her some easy tasks on a daily basis.
Shu Yao simply drew two strokes on her face, not daring to make it too stunning for fear of attracting people with bad intentions.
Qiangwei picked up the mirror and kept looking at herself. She looked at her eyebrows and the red spot between her lips. She was so happy that she ran out happily.
Shu Yao packed up her things and took a nap on the rattan chair.
Here, Qiangwei was standing at the stairs, stretching her neck to look at the crowd. Her hands and feet were shaking with excitement, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
When she saw the purple figure, her heart skipped a beat and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.
The purple figure was getting closer and closer. Her body was burning with excitement. She lowered her head and saw a pair of golden cloud-patterned boots appear in her sight. She hurriedly said, "Greetings, Prince."
Chen Jing'an nodded casually, with his usual nonchalant look on his face, and was about to go around, but Qiangwei also moved a step, blocking his way.
Chen Jing'an was slightly displeased.
Qiangwei's voice was trembling because of nervousness: "Prince, my name is Qiangwei, you helped me a few days ago." After she said that, she looked up, her cheeks were already red, just like the red pomegranates in July.
Chen Jing'an just glanced at her lightly and didn't have much impression of the face in front of him.
Qiangwei felt a little disappointed when she saw that he had forgotten about her, but she soon put on a smile again: "That day I was accidentally pushed out and fell to the ground. The prince helped me out." After saying that, she looked at him nervously, trying to find something in his eyes.
Chen Jingan hummed, "It's you."
Qiangwei nodded repeatedly, the prince still remembered her.
Chen Jing'an smiled at her and said, "Your eyebrows are done well today." Then he walked upstairs.
Looking at his back, Qiangwei unconsciously stroked her thin eyebrows, feeling very sweet in her heart.
Shen Jing'an pushed open the door of Shen Qianxiao's room. Shen Qianxiao was dressing up. He took out a jasper hairpin from his arms and put it on her bun: "A beautiful hairpin goes well with a beautiful woman. My Qianxiao is really like a lotus emerging from clear water."
Shen Qianxiao put down the comb, turned around and hugged his waist, saying in an aggrieved tone: “Sir, I have missed you so much these past two days.”
Chen Jing'an touched her head soothingly and said, "I have some things to deal with in the next two days." After saying that, he lightly tapped her nose with a smile on his face.
Shen Qianxiao stood up and said: "I brewed the tea that the prince likes to drink today. I hope the prince will do me the honor of drinking a few more cups."
When the tea was placed in front of him, he smiled wickedly, held her slender fingers stained with red nail polish, and whispered in her ear: "Qian Xiao, feed me."
Shen Qianxiao blushed, gently hit his chest, pursed her lips and took a sip, then held Shen Jingan's face and passed the tea in her mouth to him.
While rubbing his lips against hers, Chen Jing'an held her waist and kissed her passionately.
A charming room.
A quarter of an hour later, he rubbed his temples tiredly. The things that happened in the mansion in the past few days had exhausted him.
Looking at the sleeping face beside him, he lost his previous confusion and got up, put on his clothes, opened the window and looked at the backyard, knocking on the window frame with his long, bony fingers.
At noon that day, Shu Yao had a strange dream.
In the dream, Ji Shijing walked out from the darkness. He was wearing official uniform and had a slender and upright figure. He had long lost his former frail appearance. Even the third-rank official hat could not hide his deep eyes.
His eyebrows were sharp as blades, and his handsome and aloof face showed no emotion. He looked noble and indifferent, like a glacier on the top of a mountain that had not melted for thousands of years.
He walked slowly towards her, and the powerful aura on him made Shu Yao unconsciously feel a little scared. He bent down and leaned close to her ear, his breath burning.
When he stood up again, he found a human head in his hand, covered in blood, and his originally white hands were stained with blood.
The air was filled with blood and energy.
Shu Yao was stuck there, at a loss as to what to do.
Ji Shijing stepped back step by step, with a strange smile on his lips.
"Bang."
There was a sound of something heavy falling behind her. She turned around and was horrified to find a corpse lying behind her, with a knife flashing with cold light in the corpse's hand.
If it weren't for Ji Shijing, she might have been killed by the person behind her...
Shu Yao was frightened and wanted to escape from here. She ran in a daze, with cold sweat soaking her back.
"Xiaoyao'er, wake up."
Shu Yao opened her eyes painfully, and saw a magnified handsome face in front of her. She seemed to have not yet recovered from the dream she just had.
Chen Jing'an took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her forehead and asked gently, "Did you have a nightmare?"
Shu Yao closed her eyes and exhaled.
Chen Jingan just looked at her like that, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Xiao Yao'er must have had a terrible nightmare, look at her little face, it's still pale."
Shu Yao noticed that he always liked to stare at her. She touched her face and asked, "When did the prince come?"
Chen Jingan said, "I'm just bored, so I came to see Xiaoyao'er."
Shu Yao stood up and walked to the window to feel the cool breeze, which made her feel much more awake.
Chen Jingan came to her side and said, "The old woman didn't embarrass you again that day, did she?"
Shu Yao shook her head: "No, thank you so much that day, Prince."
Chen Jing'an reached out and plucked a red plum blossom, pinning it to her hair. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Then, Xiaoyao'er, do you want to repay me?"
"What does the prince want?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell Xiaoyaoer when I have thought about it."
It was unknown when heavy snow began to fall from the sky. Shu Yao looked at the white snow and recalled the dream she had just had.
Chen Jing'an watched her quietly from the side. She looked at the snow and he looked at her.
…
When she returned home, she hid the roast duck she had bought in her clothes. One bad thing about moving to Chunhua Pavilion was that she had to pass by Shoukang Pavilion every day.
She walked cautiously past the door of Shoukang Pavilion and heard the old lady in the room losing her temper, followed by the sound of porcelain breaking. A little maid ran out crying, covering her swollen face.
Shu Yao held her back: "What's wrong, old lady?"
The little maid sobbed and said, "The old lady was bitten by a poisonous snake last night. Although her life is saved now, her legs are disabled and she will never be able to walk again. Now she is taking her anger out on people." After saying that, she ran away crying.
Shu Yao looked at Shoukang Pavilion, lost in thought.
The old lady was actually bitten by a poisonous snake. This is what is called evil will be punished. If she hadn't sent people to catch so many poisonous snakes, she herself would not have been bitten by a snake.
In the room, the old lady couldn't accept the fact that she couldn't walk, and was going crazy and hysterical, smashing everything that could be smashed to pieces. The maids and servants in the room knelt on the ground, trembling, not daring to make a sound.
The old lady was panting heavily, her eyes full of resentment. How could the poisonous snake sneak into her house? She had clearly had it thrown into Chunhua Pavilion.
Chunhua Pavilion!
Thinking of this, she pointed at the maid on the ground and shouted, "You guys go to Chunhua Pavilion and see if those two bitches have died in the mouth of the poisonous snake. Go quickly."
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