"I had to lift my skirt with one hand, untie my belt with one hand, and stand with another hand. I only had two hands."
You Yuzhi looked at Si Que in silence for a long while before she got up from the bed, stretched out her hand to Si Que, and carefully supported him.
"Be careful not to bump into the corner of the bed." She still spoke in a patient and gentle tone.
Si Que glanced at her and put his arm on You Yuzhi's shoulders.
You Yuji helped Si Que into the small toilet in the room. She stopped, took a step forward, walked around to Si Que, took his arm off her shoulder, and placed it on a narrow cabinet on the side. Then she lowered her eyes, reached out to lift Si Que's skirt, the snow-white skirt material piled on her wrist, and she felt the belt on the side of Si Que's waist under the skirt.
Through the pile of skirt material, You Yuji's wrist was suddenly grasped by Si Que.
You Yuji raised her eyes and saw Si Que’s frown.
"Sister, bring me a cane."
You Yuji smiled faintly, said okay in a gentle voice, told him to hold it steady, then turned around and went out to get him a crutch.
Si Que lowered her head with a gloomy face and brushed away the wrinkles on her skirt.
You Yuji came back soon and handed a cane to Si Que. She said, "If anything happens, just call me."
Si Que lowered his head and fiddled with his cane without saying a word.
You Yuzhi quickly turned around and went out.
Si Que raised his eyes and stared at You Yuzhi's back with dark eyes.
no.
—She didn’t see it the first two times, so how could I show her Xiaoruan’s appearance the first time
When Si Que went out, You Yuji was still waiting outside. You Yuji took the crutches from his hand, personally helped him, and helped him back to the bed in the bedroom.
Having woken up from her lunch break, You Yuji didn’t plan to sleep any more.
She took out a box of pepper and cinnamon spices from the drawer, scooped some with a small silver spoon, and gently sprinkled it into the incense burner to burn. She closed the eight-treasure auspicious cloud cover of the incense burner again, and the not-so-strong fragrance wafted out softly.
You Yuji sniffed the pleasant smell and a smile immediately appeared on the corner of her lips. She looked over with a smile in her eyes and asked, "Does it smell good?"
Si Que wanted to say that it smelled bad, he preferred the scent of milk. When the words came to his lips, he looked into You Yuji's expectant eyes, and suddenly thought that this was probably the fragrance she mixed herself. He immediately smiled: "It's elegant and fragrant, very good."
You Yuji turned around with a smile, took the medical book, sat down lazily in the rattan chair under the window and read it.
Si Que leaned against the bedside, watching You Yuji's every move. Whether it was adding incense or turning the pages of a book, or even just moving, every move she made was so perfect that it seemed like magic, attracting people's attention to follow her.
You Yuji sat by the window and read a medical book for half an afternoon. She didn't close the book until it got dark and the sunlight coming in from the window turned from white to dim yellow. She looked up at the bed and was surprised to find Si Que looking at her quietly.
He watched her all afternoon
You Yuji quickly looked away and lowered her eyes gently.
Bao He trotted into the bedroom and reported outside the small inner door: "Madam, the maidservant of Madam Zhao came to the mansion and said that she would like you to go out for a stroll with her tomorrow. She wants to buy some toys for the children in advance. She wants to ask if you are free."
You Yuji agreed.
Not long after, Madam Jing brought two managers from the You family to see You Yuji. There were several important business matters that required You Yuji to make the decision personally.
The You family's business has been expanding quietly. Fortunately, You Yuji has the right people and his ten managers are all very capable, so You Yuji doesn't have to worry about it every day.
Madam Jing watched You Yuji calmly handle important matters and nodded with satisfaction. You Yuji's father had always been very strict with her. Madam Jing remembered that You Yuji had already started to deal with these things when she was eight years old.
In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. The little girl who used to sit on her father's lap and use an abacus has grown up.
When it comes to the You family, everyone knows that they are wealthy. But in fact, the You family's wealth has long exceeded many people's expectations, and it is a staggering degree. Madam Jing is a little worried again. It seems a bit too much for such a large family business to be placed on You Yuji.
You Yuji was busy until very late. After several managers left, she still sat in the study, sipping a sip of tea and looking through the accounts.
"The general is always very strict with his wife." Madam Jing couldn't help but sigh as she changed the tea for You Yuji.
When mentioning her father, You Yuji suddenly realized something.
Her father taught her a lot.
Her father hired the best teacher to teach her how to read and learn etiquette, how to judge people and talents, and how to manage business and accounts. Unlike other women on the grassland who all knew how to ride horses and shoot arrows, You Yuji was required by her father to learn more.
Her father taught her how to recognize the vital points of the human body and how to use hidden weapons. He even took her to survive in the wild and to grow rice and feed chickens at farmers' homes.
Thinking of the days when she went to visit the farmers, You Yuji couldn't help but smile.
As she laughed, her eyes suddenly became wet.
She still remembers one year during the Qiqiao Festival, when she was about 11 or 12 years old, she and her cousins were chatting under the moonlight. When talking about their ideal husbands in the future, the sisters reached a consensus that they must choose someone who can protect them. Somehow, this reached her father's ears, and he called her to the study and solemnly told her -
"That's not right."
“Only the weak consider being able to be sheltered the most important thing.”
"I teach you these things not to make you excellent, but to give you the ability to protect yourself. If one day you meet someone who is not that strong and you like him very much, you don't have to give up on him just because he is not that strong."
"When you have enough ability, whether you can protect me or not is not a condition. It's not necessary! My daughter, you should find someone you like and someone who makes you happy."
You Yuji hooked the thin string around her neck with her slender fingers, picked out the purple pearl from her lapel, and stared at it for a long time.
If there is an afterlife, she still wants to be her father's daughter and be filial to him again.
After the water for bathing in the clean room was ready, You Yuji returned from the study. Si Que sat in the rattan chair where You Yuji had read in the afternoon, flipping through a volume of guqin music.
You Yuji walked up to him, raised her sleeve with one hand, picked up the wick with the other, and said softly, "Is the light dim?"
Si Que did not answer, but raised his eyes and looked at her innocently, and asked: "Sister, how do I take a bath?"
You Yuji was stunned for a moment. Before she could think of what to say, Si Que had already lowered his eyes sadly and whispered, "I don't dare to trouble you, sister. Just don't kick me off the bed at night because I stink."
"Madam, the milk is ready." Baohe reported.
You Yuji responded, but because Baohe was here, she didn't say much to Si Que and hurried to the clean room.
You Yuji hadn't soaked in milk for several days. She took off her clothes and sat comfortably in the milk, the snow-like waves on the surface of the water created shallow ripples.
When she first entered the mansion, the people there knew that You Yuji bathed with milk every other day, and they often complained about her extravagance. But later, when they found out that she didn't use the mansion's money, they all kept silent.
Perhaps because she had just thought of her father, You Yuji was in a low mood. She slowly closed her eyes and sat quietly in the milk bath.
Suddenly, there was a sound, like someone falling down. It pulled You Yuji back to her senses. She opened her eyes in surprise and looked towards the door.
"Si Que?"
No one responded to her from the door.
You Yuji hurriedly stepped out of the barrel, not even having time to put on her clothes carefully. She just took a large cotton towel to wrap her body in front of her chest and trotted out.
"Si Que?"
Si Que sat on the ground with his head lowered, his long eyelashes covering his eyes.
"How did you fall? Are you hurt?" You Yuzhi hurriedly walked in front of Si Que, she squatted down, looked at him with frown, and spoke with concern.
Si Que raised his eyes slowly, but forgot the lines he wanted to say because of the scene in front of him.
Her body was wet, and the cotton towel was soaked through, tightly wrapped around her body. The pale white marks of her breasts were hanging on her exposed shoulders and arms. Her hair and cheeks were filled with a layer of gentle moisture.
Even the collarbone is like a cup, filled with a small pool of milk.
"Did you bump your injured leg?" You Yuji asked again with concern, leaning closer. As she moved, the small pool of milk in her collarbone flowed out, slowly flowing down along her fair skin, and hiding in the cotton towel wrapped around her chest.
Si Que looked at You Yuji's collarbone, then suddenly leaned over and drank the remaining fragrance.
You Yuji froze.
She subconsciously raised her hand to press against Si Que's shoulder, but before she could make any move to push him away, she stopped the movement and just placed her hand lightly on Si Que's shoulder.
After a long time, Si Que stepped back, slowly licked the residue on his lips, and said with a smile: "Sister, I'm fine, just a little thirsty."
You Yuji turned her eyes away from him and nodded randomly in response.
Si Que squinted his eyes and looked at her who was so close to him, and added slowly: "I used to think deer milk was delicious, but it turns out that cow's milk is also sweet."
You Yuji didn't know how to respond. She also knew that she looked really embarrassed at the moment, and she didn't want to appear in front of Si Que like this. She helped Si Que up, helped him sit back in the rattan chair, and then walked back to the clean room with steady steps.
However, she stepped over the threshold, closed the small wooden door, leaned her back against the door, and breathed a sigh of relief. She stood there for a long while before walking towards the bronze mirror. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror and gently touched her collarbone with her fingertips.
A different emotion arose in her heart. She put her hands on the table, slowly turned sideways, and looked towards the door.
After a long time, You Yuji finally came out of the clean room, looking normal, with gentle smiles on her face. She walked to the bedside, looked at Si Que and was about to say something, when she suddenly saw the skirt and pants thrown casually under the bed.
She bent to pick it up.
"Sister, help me throw it away." Si Que said.
“Why do you suddenly want to throw it away? Take it to wash…” You Yuji lowered her eyes and looked at the marks on her unfolded skirt and pants, and stopped talking before she finished.
She nodded, hummed lightly, turned around and hurried to the clean room, throwing his skirt and pants into the trash can.
You Yuji subconsciously raised her hand and touched her feverish cheek, then suddenly remembered something. She put down her hand, opened her palm and looked in front of her eyes for a while, then hurried to wash her hands.
At night, Si Que slept peacefully. However, You Yuji was a little upset and couldn't sleep. She turned over, facing the inside of the bed, looking at Si Que who was sleeping beside her.
When he slept, the paleness of his face was particularly obvious.
You Yuji raised her hand and gently slid her fingertips across the tip of his long eyelashes, causing them to tremble slightly. You Yuji instantly let go of her hand.
She looked at Si Que with a smile, and silently said in her heart: "It's okay, sister will protect you."
The next day, You Yuji didn't wait for her concubines to come and pay their respects to her early in the morning. She first told them not to come today. She took her pillow and Zhuo Wen out early and went to the busy shopping street where she had an appointment with Jiang Chun.
"You're still unstable this month. Is it really okay for you to hang out every day?" You Yuji asked with concern.
"It's okay! I've been taking care of it for a long time! It's stable now!" Jiang Chun smiled and took You Yuzhi's wrist, pulling her into a silk shop.
In a carriage not far away, Qi Mingcheng looked at You Yuzhi who walked into the silk shop.
"She is You Yuji?" he asked
The subordinate outside the car window replied: "Exactly!"
Qi Mingcheng nodded and said with a smile: "It is more beautiful than in the painting."
"After all, she is one of the two most beautiful women in Si State, so of course she is a great beauty."
Qi Mingcheng's eyes flashed with Chen Anzhi's disgusting face. He couldn't help but sneer and said, "Tell me, if I fucked Chen Anzhi's wife, would he not dare to speak out for the sake of his face?"
"this… "
Qi Mingcheng smiled and said, "Find a way to get this woman to me."
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