"I, Ruyi, will be waiting outside. Just call me if you need anything, young lady." Seeing that Hong Xiaoduo insisted that she didn't need Ruyi to serve her, Ruyi didn't dare to persuade her any further.
This young lady, whose identity is unknown, looks like a woman who travels the martial arts world, but the fact that the princess personally entertained her and the young master specially arranged for her to serve him is enough to show that she is very special!
Ruyi closed the door behind her and muttered to herself as she stood outside.
Inside the small room, Hong Xiaoduo looked at the red and purple petals floating in the steaming bathtub and muttered to herself, "I'm just taking a short rest!"
I didn't hear Murong Jing instruct Ruyi to prepare bath water for her!
She had only been in the room a short while with her maid Ruyi when a servant brought in hot water. Before she could even react, Ruyi said that the water temperature for bathing had been adjusted, making it impossible for her to refuse.
Never mind, I'll just give it a quick wash.
Hong Xiaoduo quickly took off her robe and draped it over the screen next to her. She stepped onto a low stool and entered the bathtub. The water temperature was just right. Sitting in the tub, she closed her eyes and smelled the warm steam with its floral fragrance. It was really comfortable and relaxing.
"Young lady, would you like me to wash your hair?" A tentative voice asked in my ear.
“Okay.” This time, Hong Xiaoduo didn’t refuse.
No sooner had she finished speaking than she heard the sound of a door opening and closing, followed by light footsteps behind her.
"It's really not that I wanted to disturb you, young lady. You are a distinguished guest of the Marquis of Fu'an's mansion. If I don't entertain you properly, my master will be displeased and won't think I've done a bad job." As Ruyi gently untied Hong Xiaoduo's high ponytail, she prepared water in a wooden basin and placed it behind Hong Xiaoduo's head outside the bathtub. She soaked her hair, applied soap solution, and gently rubbed it.
Upon hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo smiled and asked, "I wonder what kind of standards Sister Ruyi is referring to as a distinguished guest?"
“Naturally, he is a guest valued by the master.” Ruyi responded immediately without hesitation.
The answer was actually like this? Hong Xiaoduo was stunned for a moment, then laughed, because this explanation was actually quite reasonable.
Those who work in wealthy households, especially those who work close to their masters, must be able to read faces and understand their masters' intentions.
Hong Xiaoduo didn't speak again, so Ruyi didn't say anything either. She not only washed Hong Xiaoduo's hair, but also gently massaged her head with her fingertips, the pressure just right.
Hong Xiaoduo was so comfortable that she was almost asleep. She heard Ruyi change the water three times, then dry her hair with a cotton towel and gently comb it.
"Thank you, Sister Ruyi. Cough cough, I still need to trouble you to leave for a moment, I'm not used to it," Hong Xiaoduo said quickly, afraid that she might actually fall asleep.
She was okay with having someone wash her hair; after all, in modern times, people occasionally go to the hair salon to get their hair trimmed.
However, she simply couldn't accept having someone serve her while she bathed.
"Okay." Ruyi immediately agreed, rolled up Hong Xiaoduo's hair with a dry cotton towel and wrapped it around her head, making sure that the hair wouldn't fall into the bathtub and get wet again, before walking out.
Hong Xiaoduo quickly washed her body, then grabbed a cotton towel from the shelf next to her to wipe herself. When she reached for her robe on the screen, she found it was empty.
She thought she had dropped it because she hadn't put it up properly, but when she went to the other side of the screen, she didn't see the robe she had taken off on the ground. However, there were two stacks of clothes on the small table next to it. These were for her to wear.
An hour later, Mu Rongjing rushed back from outside. When he saw Hong Xiaoduo, who was wearing a light green dress with a thin gauze embroidered with gold threads, a sword on one side of her waist and a soft whip on the other, he didn't know what to say.
Mu Rongjing immediately looked at Ruyi beside him. Ruyi hurriedly said in a panic, "Your Highness, time is a bit tight. They went to several clothing stores but couldn't find the style that the young lady wore. There's no time to make it on the spot, so..."
As Ruyi spoke, her voice grew softer and softer.
Looking at Mu Rongjing's helpless expression and Ruyi's guilty look, Hong Xiaoduo couldn't help but laugh. What's that saying again? As long as you don't feel embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed.
“This outfit is great, the color is nice, and the size fits perfectly. It would be perfect as long as I don’t wear these two items,” Hong Xiaoduo quickly said.
She brought her robes, but they were wrapped in the carriage of the Wei family. Uncle Tong and the carriage were both outside the city gate.
She looked in the mirror after putting on the dress and saw that it was beautiful, making her look gentle, beautiful and charming. However, it didn't match the whip and sword at all, or rather, it was incongruous and looked very awkward.
"Should we wait until I arrange for someone to buy something suitable to change into before we go out?" Mu Rongjing didn't actually mean to make things difficult for the maid.
In such a large capital city, there are more than just a few clothing shops; it's just that the maid didn't choose the right one.
"Did it work?" Hong Xiaoduo asked.
Mu Rongjing nodded and said, "It's not a difficult thing to do. It's just that the person I'm looking for went out of town on business and only just returned. Otherwise, I would have been back long ago."
"Let's go then." Hong Xiaoduo didn't want to delay, just afraid that... oh right, things might change if she waited too long.
The two left the mansion and boarded the waiting carriage, listening to his instructions to go to the Ministry of Justice.
Inside the carriage, looking at Hong Xiaoduo's hair, which still had the same pearl flower and hairpin he had seen before, Mu Rongjing opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but hesitated and didn't say anything.
"By the way, Prince Mu, I asked you to use your connections to help me. Will that have any negative impact on you?" Hong Xiaoduo asked, still a little worried.
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