Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 35

"Sister-in-law Xu, please help me, they are going to sell me to a brothel outside." Chun Xi immediately begged the young woman, trying to get up from the ground.But she didn't drink a drop of water after dinner yesterday, and she has been kneeling since night this morning. Her calf is swollen and her knee is tingling, and she can't get up for a while.

"Chunxi!" The woman in her twenties, whom she called Mrs. Xu, hurriedly put down the basket in her hand, and stepped forward to help Chunxi up.

"Sister-in-law Xu, I saved all this money. My selling price is thirty taels or so. I beg you, please add some more money and buy me to be a maid, okay? I will take good care of you." Pale as paper, Chunxi, who was half swollen high, grabbed Mrs. Xu's arm and begged for help, like a drowning man grabbing a straw.

"Chun Xi, don't worry, speak slowly if you have something to say," said Aunt Xu.She works as a helper in the kitchen in the backyard of Yushifu. Chunxi has been to the kitchen two or three times, and each time she is polite to everyone in the kitchen, so she has always had a good impression of Chunxi.

"This can't be done, her original owner specially took care of her when he resold her, and wanted to sell her to a private kiln in another place." Said the prostitute who slapped Chunxi's lips.The prostitute who picked up all the broken silver and silver bracelets with twigs on the ground also nodded, expressing that Chunxi's former master had a special request.

"Selling an innocent maid into a brothel? Chunxi, how did you offend the eldest lady?" Aunt Xu said in shock.Isn't this pushing people into the fire pit?The lady's heart is so vicious!
"I don't want to serve my uncle, miss feels ashamed." Chun Xi whispered into Mrs. Xu's ear.

"Oh." Sister-in-law Xu looked at the man who came with her in embarrassment, "Brother Qian, can we help girl Chunxi?" Today her sister-in-law is going to take her son-in-law back to her natal family to visit relatives, and she and her husband-in-law ask for leave to go home and help their mother-in-law.

Chunxi immediately pinned her hopes on the 27-year-old man who was still standing in the crowd.She vaguely remembered that this person was one of the six guards of Lord Yushi, but she didn't know what relationship he had with Mrs. Xu, the kitchen helper.

The censor guard Xu Qian came over, patted the saber on his waist, and said loudly: "Girl, how about we go to the tea shop in front and have a chat?" Mrs. He is a woman in the backyard, so the censor guard in the front yard may not care she.What's more, it is immoral to sell an innocent girl into a brothel, and the eldest lady dare not speak out.

When the two maids saw Xu Qian, who was dressed in black as a bodyguard, they immediately smiled obsequiously, "My lord, don't make things difficult for us, okay? The former owner of this maid is Mrs. He from the Yushifu, and she specifically told us to offend this. The master's lowly maid bought a private kiln from another place."

From ancient times to the present, not everyone can use sharp weapons.In the Daqing Dynasty, except for sergeants and officials and nobles, only guards protecting high-ranking officials were eligible to wear swords.In order to prevent officials from raising private soldiers in the name of recruiting bodyguards, the imperial court uniformly recruited bodyguards from the army, and stipulated the number of bodyguards for officials at each level. The bodyguards have records in the government and the military department, and they take the official's monthly money to protect officials on weekdays , accepting orders from the government at special moments, he is regarded as a reserve general of the imperial court.

Xu Qian took another step forward and said, "You two, how about going with me over there for tea? Also, return Miss Chunxi's money and things." He was tall and big, standing in front of the two maids like a girl. a big tree.

The two prostitutes had no choice but to obediently return the pile of broken silver and silver bracelets they had picked up to Chunxi.Mrs. Xu bent down quickly to pick up the blue cloth used to wrap the clothes on the ground and Chunxi's underwear, and then said, "Chunxi, you take it."

Chunxi didn't pick up the clothes, but handed the broken silver and the silver bracelet with twigs in front of Xu Qian, and begged, "My lord, please help me."

As she spoke, she knelt down in front of Xu Qian regardless of the pain in her leg.These silvers are more than the 15 taels she had originally accumulated, so it must be that Sister Chunli gave her the silver she had accumulated herself; the silver bracelet with branch patterns was bought by Sister Chunli at the silver building when she had the opportunity to go out. I didn't wear a pair of gold bracelets given by the lady.Sister Chun Li helped her after what happened last night, her heart is so kind.

Xu Qian took Chunxi's broken silver and silver bracelet, and said, "Although it's a bit troublesome, I can try it." He estimated that the broken silver in Chunxi's hand was about 21 taels, and the silver bracelet was very thin, only two or three two.

"Thank you my lord, thank you my lord." Chunxi said eagerly, shedding tears of gratitude.Worried about not having enough money, she took off a pair of silver earrings with pearl hooks from her ears and put them in Xu Qian's hands.The pearl earrings were given by the old lady when she was in the prefect of Huanglin. Although the pearls are a little yellow, they are relatively large and round and full. They should be worth a few dollars.

Mrs. Xu helped Chunxi up, and said, "Come on, let's sit on the sidelines and let my man talk to the matchmakers." After she finished speaking, she helped Chunxi, who might have injured her knee, to the side of the road. On the way, I asked a family on the side of the road for a stool for Chunxi to sit on.

Xu Qian led the two prostitutes to a distant tea shop and sat down, and began to "negotiate" with them.

"Sister-in-law Xu, I am so lucky to have met you." Chunxi said gratefully, gently rubbing her aching legs with her hands.Her left cheek was also burning hot, but it hurt more on the knee and calf side.

(End of this chapter)