I heard my brother is a tyrant

"How not?"

Ye Chu tilted his head, counted slowly with his fingers, "You used to lie to me that there were bad guys stealing children outside when you didn't let me go out, and you lied to me that you would give birth to children if you didn't let me eat cold food. Insects can bite and hurt people's stomachs, and you even smashed the pills and stuffed them into buns to trick me into eating them..."

"..." Xie Dan suppressed a smile, clenched his fists and coughed lightly and asked, "These are all just to trick you, so what if brother lied to you about more important things?"

"?" Ye Chu blinked and looked at him with a clear look.

"For example..." Xie Dan thought for a while, but it was hard to give an example, so he simply said, "Actually, it's not such an important event."

Ye Chu said slowly, "What about important matters, you are my elder brother, and if you lie to me, I can't beat you."

Xie Dan looked at her and couldn't help smiling.

"You haven't said, what did you lie to me?"

"Well, it's nothing important." Xie Dan said, "Your medicine should be ready."

Sure enough, when Ye Chu heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Let it cool down first, I'm going to take a bath first."

She noticed that Xie Dan had changed into a homely blue straight gown, and her temple hair was still a little wet, she must have washed it, and when she thought about how busy she was at home, she crawled on the bed without changing her clothes, and felt a little embarrassed.The maids had already prepared water, so they performed their duties, and took her to the side room with a change of clothes and so on.

Ye Chu is about 13 years old, and bathing is such a private matter, she didn't want others to wait on her, but when she entered the side room, she saw the huge cedar tub, and she could play for two laps when she went in, and she was afraid of going in. He had to be supported by someone, so he immediately stopped thinking about driving everyone away.

It was a pity that my brother raised her up so easily, but she was thin and weak. It would be a pity if she accidentally choked on water or drowned.

But she didn't want to be naked after all. All the people watched in front of her, and saw that a layer of flower petals had been sprinkled in the tub of water. Four big maids and five or six small maids were holding bath beans, handkerchiefs and the like. Standing in a row, Ye Chu slowly went behind the screen to take off his clothes, and said, "Sister maids, wait for me at the door, and I will wash myself."

Those maids turned pale, and immediately knelt down. The leader, the maid who told her porridge just now, said in panic: "Miss, you have beaten the slaves, but you can't call them sisters. If the girl thinks that the slaves serve you If it’s not good, please punish the girl, and this servant will go and change some people for you.”

"But none of you have names. I haven't named you yet, so I don't know how to call you." Ye Chu took off his clothes, watched them kneeling on the ground, lowered his head and never looked at her, so he took the opportunity to slip into the bathtub, Said, "I don't think you're serving me badly, it's just that I don't like people touching me when I'm in the shower. Get up, all of you."

She doesn't like other people touching her body, it's true, she has been like this since she was a child.Ye Chu had little contact with outsiders since she was a child. Her memory before the age of six or seven was very vague, and she couldn't remember it. After the age of six or seven, only her brother would wash her face and comb her hair. When she took a bath, she would wash herself, and her brother would occasionally come in to add water to her. Remind her to cover herself with a towel first.In addition, she would feel very uncomfortable when others touched her body, let alone when taking a bath.

Her voice was soft and slow, and she was inexplicably comforting. The four big maids stood up a little relieved, each took two steps back, and quietly sent the little maids out.

In this way, Ye Chu also gave up the idea of ​​letting them wait at the door, and stood aside with them, anyway, there was a thick layer of petals in the bathtub, and the water was deeper, so just stand there.

Ye Chu washed her hair carefully first, then her black hair was loose, sitting in the bathtub while playing and washing, the crimson rose petals stuck to her white shoulders, like a fairy playing with water.

She lay on the edge of the bathtub, looked at the four maids and asked curiously: "Are you afraid of my brother?"

The four maids were stunned, how dare they answer such words.

"Why are you afraid of him? My brother is the best. He has a very good temper. I have never seen him angry."

The four maids: "..."

What misunderstanding do you have about this bloody storm all over the capital!

Thinking that this is her maid, and she will get along day and night in the future, Ye Chu smiled and said: "You don't have to be afraid, let's do it, brother said that you are my people, as long as you didn't make any big mistakes , I will speak for you, on weekdays, my brother relies on me for everything."

When the four servant girls heard that they were busy, they saluted and said in unison: "Thank you, servant girls."

Seeing her turn around and play with the petals, the four servant girls exchanged glances with each other, but each of them understood that the master in front of him may not be able to occupy a position in the future, and no matter what His Majesty takes her for, he will definitely be in the future. Extremely noble.

Your Majesty is the direct son of Emperor Sejong, and the former empress only gave birth to his only son and no sister, everyone knows this.Sejong's heirs are not abundant, and the two concubine princesses have already married.No one knows the identity of the master in front of me. His Majesty is considered her brother and sister, but the two of them are far closer than ordinary brothers and sisters.

The maids were carefully selected by Xie Dan from various places. The four of them were selected by the imperial court and knew Xie Dan's true identity. Serve a noble lady faithfully.At first they were quite apprehensive when they heard that they were going to serve outside the palace, but what they saw and heard that night was really shocking.

The honor and disgrace of the servants has always been tied to the master, and to be picked to serve this master, I'm afraid it's their good luck in the previous life.The four of them thought that the emperor said it was inappropriate to change them just now, and they became more careful at the moment. If Ye Chu didn't like changing them, they would ruin their future in vain.

Thanks to the fact that after getting off the car, she took a nap for half an hour, and just had a meal, so Ye Chu took a leisurely shower, changed into a homely pink cotton satin dress, and waited for the maid to do her hair for her. Wipe dry, loosen behind your back and go out.

As a result, as soon as she entered the main room, she saw Xie Dan leaning leisurely on the beauty bed covered with pink and blue velvet cushions, with one hand resting on the back of his head, and the other hand was reading a book. When she saw her come in, she put it down with a smile book, beckoning: "Come here."

Ye Chu paused, immediately became vigilant, and walked over in one step for a long time.

Sure enough, Xie Dan sat up and gave her half of the space, and immediately a servant girl brought a bowl of medicine.

"Brother, I think it's all over." Ye Chu said, looking at him pitifully, trying to make him feel softer.

However, Xie Dan was unmoved, took the medicine bowl with one hand, tried it through the wall of the bowl, and knew that the servant girl would not dare to bring it up even if it was cold or scalded, so she teased her with a smile: "Well, let me see, we An'an When I grow up and become sensible, I don’t need to stuff it into a steamed stuffed bun to coax me to take medicine.”

"No, I'm still young." Ye Chu sat cross-legged on the bed, watched him bring the medicine bowl, and asked the servant girl to prepare warm water and candied fruit.

Ye Chu grinned and pretended: "Brother, I really feel better. You see, I ate a lot tonight. By the way, didn't you just give me the water that was imbued with immortality? Why do you want to drink it?" Medicine, it’s all right, it’s all good, there’s no need to drink it.”

Xie Dan looked at her with a smile or not.

The two confronted each other for a while, Ye Chu took the medicine bowl, and began to negotiate terms: "I'll drink the medicine well, and you name my maid."

Xie Dan said: "You get up to the four older ones, they are your personal maids after all, you get up on your own. If you really don't want to take care of the rest, you can ask others to help you, stupid. Let the four older ones get up, Let Ye Ling and Ye Hui help you get started, isn't it all right? How many people do you have? Look at those princesses and concubines in the palace, and the dignified daughters-in-law in the prince's mansion. Do you still worry about naming it?"

Ye Chu thought for a moment, that's right, he immediately decided to do it like this, and let Ye Ling and Ye Hui come to help tomorrow.

Xie Dan was also very kind, and if he didn't agree to this one condition, he offered another condition: "Drink your medicine well, and when you recover in a few days, I'll take you to the street to play and see the scenery of the capital. "

So Ye Chu held the medicine bowl, frowned, held his breath, pondered over and over again, pinched his nose and gulped it down in one go.Xie Dan immediately brought clear water to her mouth skillfully, Ye Chu took a sip of clear water to wash away the bitter taste of medicine in his mouth, Xie Dan fed her another candied fruit.

"I'm going to be on duty tomorrow morning. You can eat breakfast by yourself. Don't sleep too late. If I can get away in the afternoon, I will come back to accompany you. If you don't come back, you take care of yourself. I will definitely come back for dinner." .”

"Yes, I see." Ye Chu nodded.

"The hair is still damp, and I slept dry." Xie Dan stood up, stopped his feet and said, "Then I'm going back to my room. My brother lives in the front yard. If something happens, ask someone to call me."

Ye Chudu nodded in agreement, and Xie Dan went out.

As soon as he left, the maids secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and gathered around to dry Ye Chu's hair.Ye Chu was lying on the bed, and the two servant girls spread out a plain cotton towel, spread her long hair on it, wiped it carefully, then changed to a cotton towel and let it dry for a while, lightly blowing it with a small fan. Gently fanning, felt the hair dry, and went back to the bedroom.

As soon as Ye Chu entered the bedroom, he found that the bedding on the canopy bed had been changed. He remembered that it was originally a brocade quilt in the shape of apricot peony. When she first came in, she climbed up to sleep without taking off her coat. It is not known whether the maids were careful, or Xie Dan ordered it to be embroidered with red silk silk and rose branches.

Ye Chu is not used to getting up early, because of her frailty, it seems that everyone has tried to let her get enough sleep since she was a child. From the boat to the post house, after more than two months, she finally slept on her own soft bed, and she slept very well this time. Comfortable, when she woke up, it was already high in the sun.

As soon as she woke up, the maids guarding the door rushed in one after another. Those who dressed, those who held water, those who combed their hair, were busy performing their duties, and carefully dressed Ye Chuzai.

Probably because she was worried that she would sleep so late and be hungry. While combing her hair and dressing up, someone brought up a small bowl of steamed eggs with milk. It was sweet, with a little brown sugar added. Inside, there is a fragrance of milk, and a few red cherries and purple mulberries are dotted on it, which looks pleasing to the eye and attracts people's appetite.

It was just a small bowl as big as the palm of your hand, Ye Chu ate it slowly, looked at himself in the mirror who was dressed in a silk dress, and his head was full of pearls and emerald hairpins inserted by the maid, shook his head and listened to the jingle of beads on his head, put down bowl, I wanted to talk to the maids about combing hair.

She doesn't like to go out either, so she just needs to dress comfortably at home, but she doesn't want to sit in front of the dressing table for an hour every day to do her makeup, and having too many hairpins and flowers would be overwhelming.

And the maids even put on powder and some rouge on her. Ye Chu had never put on makeup before when she was young, and it was the first time that she put on makeup so seriously.

Just as he was about to speak, he remembered that the maidservants in front of him had no names yet, and it was hard to call each of them, and it was inconvenient to speak, so Ye Chu put aside the matter of dressing for the time being, and decided to come one by one. The name thing is settled.

Find a cousin and get a name.The three stooges are always better than herself.

"Where are my uncle, aunt and two cousins?" Ye Chu asked.

The maids were at a loss, as if they didn't know who she was asking.

Ye Chu slept drowsily in the soft sedan chair last night, and was carried all the way into the back house. After that, he didn't see Ye Fu's family again, and he didn't know which yard his brother put them in.

Ye Chu explained: "It's the people who came from Luzhou with me, my uncle, aunt and cousin's family."

The leading servant girl went out, came back after a while, and Fushen said: "Girl, I have asked the people around Mr. Ye. My lord told me that if the girl is looking for Ye Fu's family, I will tell the girl when he comes back."