He and Brother Ming have been in prison since the disaster at the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.

At that time, his younger brother was less than one year old. In other families, children were at the age of breastfeeding, but he only ate some rice cereal every day. Several times, Wang Yuqing felt that Brother Ming was going to die.

Xu Muqian looked at the two children and sighed in her heart. How could such a young child survive this journey without his parents?

She wanted to help, but now she couldn't protect herself, so who could take care of anyone else.

Looking at Gu Huaijin lying on the ground, he was injured today and had to walk for thirty miles in shackles. He was already too overwhelmed and tired to get up.

"Stay here with daddy, and mommy will go get some water."

She said to Brother Zhao, then stood up and walked out with a kettle. The officials boiled a large pot of hot water for everyone to use.

Xu Muchian looked at the boiling hot water and carefully filled the water hyacinth.

They looked around again but couldn't find a basin. If they wanted to soak their feet to relieve their fatigue, there was no way they could do it.

The officials do have some, but if you can't get anything in exchange for borrowing from them, there's no need to think about it.

She returned to the ruined temple and looked through the baggage thrown to her by the maid Lu Yi. There were also several sets of clothes, a small roll of needlework, a small packet of medicinal powder, and a few wrapped white flour cakes.

There was nothing that could be used for washing. Xu Maqian felt around for clothes, found a piece of clothing that looked clean, and tore it open casually.

After just a few "tearing" sounds, he tore off several long wide strips of cloth, leaving two pieces for wiping his face and the remaining piece for covering his feet.

She poured water from the kettle onto the handkerchief, wetted it, scrubbed it twice, and called, "Brother Zhao, come here. Mother will wipe your little monkey face for you."

Although Gu Zhao is a child, he has had a special nanny to take care of him since he was a child. He has always been clean, and there has never been a time when he didn't take a bath for several days and became dirty.

Therefore, when he heard his mother ask him to go over and wash his face, he went over and raised his little face.

Xu Muzhen gently scrubbed him with a warm cloth, and soon a cute and beautiful little face appeared.

Looking at Gu Zhao's little face that resembled Gu Huaijin's, she secretly sighed, this guy is really handsome.

She looked at her son and became more and more curious, so she hugged him and kissed him on the face, "Hey! My brother Zhao is so cute and handsome!"

After being kissed, Gu Zhao's cheeks turned red and he was very shy, but his heart was filled with sweetness, which made him happier than eating candy.

Gu Zhao secretly touched his cheek, his mind was flying, he was so happy! His mother kissed him!

He looked at his mother who was wiping his cheeks, raised a big smile and said, "My mother is also very beautiful! Very, very beautiful! There are so many of them!"

As he spoke, he tried to open his arms to show how beautiful his mother was.

"Ah! Really? Does Brother Zhao really think my mother is the most beautiful?" Xu Muzhen covered her mouth and smiled exaggeratedly.

"Yeah! My mother is the most beautiful!"

"Haha... Mom thinks so too!" After saying that, she also nodded his little nose.

Gu Huaijin, who was lying on the side, looked at the interaction between mother and son, and somehow felt a little sad.

Xu Muzhen handed a clean hand towel to Gu Huaijin and said, "Here, wipe your face!"

"okay!"

Gu Huaijin took the warm handkerchief and immediately forgot the sourness in her heart, instead she felt a little bit reluctant to return it.

As a grown man, he now has to rely on women to take care of him.

Looking at her clean face, there was no trace of sadness or impatience, and I felt a little curious. Looking at Gu Huaijin, I felt that something was wrong with me.

He secretly thought that it had been a long time since we last saw her, and she seemed to be much thinner and more beautiful than the last time we met.

"What's wrong?" Xu Muqian, who felt that Gu Huaijin had been looking at her, raised her head and asked while applying a warm towel to Gu Zhao's feet.

"Ah! It's nothing." Gu Huaijin paused and quickly concentrated on scrubbing his cheeks.

The warm handkerchief was placed on his face, making Gu Huaijin let out a deep breath of comfort.

He hasn't used hot water for a long time. It feels so good!

After Gu Huaijin wiped his face, Xu Muzhen looked at him and said, "Take off your shoes and rinse your feet first. I'll put some hot water on you later."

After Gu Huaijin rinsed her feet, Xu Maqian went to fill another pot and came back.

Seeing Gu Huaijin grinning due to the stimulation of the hot water, Xu Maqian felt a little funny in her heart. What a fool.

I could vaguely see a few blisters on the soles of his feet just now, but I still need to open them. If he waits until tomorrow and continues walking, the blisters will form into pieces by then, and he won't have to walk on his feet anymore.

She found the needle, rinsed it with hot water and sterilized it. After Gu Huaijin applied it to her foot, she went over to sit next to him and reached out to hold his foot.

Seeing the cold light emitting from the needle in Xu Muzhen's hand, Gu Huaijin shrank in fear and stammered: "You, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Get an acupuncture!" Looking at Gu Huaijin's legs that were about to retract, Xu Maqian held them down and said with a smile.

A grown man is still afraid of needles!

"Acupuncture?"

When Gu Huaijin heard that he was about to get an acupuncture, he was so frightened that he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and retracted his legs even more.

But Xu Muqian pressed her down so tightly that she couldn't move at all.

"Don't move! If you move a little longer, I'll prick the wrong part, and it will be you who will be hurt. Also, Brother Zhao is watching you." Xu Muzhen said to scare him deliberately.

Upon hearing this, Gu Huaijin glanced at his son and indeed did not shrink back.

Xu Muchian looked at his actions and found it funny.

Sure enough, even a seventeen-year-old man still wants to project a majestic image as a father in front of his son.

Gu Huaijin didn't react until Xu Maqian carefully opened the blisters on his feet and applied a little powder from the bag.

He looked at his wife carefully and saw that she was picking up blisters.

"Okay! Lie down and take care of your injuries."

Gu Huaijin was a little embarrassed. He had to take off his clothes to treat the injury on his back. Although they were husband and wife, they didn't get along for long.

Xu Muxian looked at the squirming man and was speechless, and urged: "Hurry up!"

"Oh!" Gu Huaijin, who was frightened by Xu Muqian's tone, had no choice but to take off her shirt and lie down on the ground covered with clothes.

Xu Maqian looked at the man's body covered with bruises, purple, red and swollen marks. In some places, the skin was broken and bleeding, and she felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.

But she didn't have time to think too much, and quickly wiped him gently with a warm hand towel.

Fortunately, the weather was still a little cold, so I wore thicker clothes. If it were summer, my back would probably be broken.

After she cleaned up Gu Huaijin and sprinkled powder on the wound, he was so sleepy that he put on his clothes and lay down to sleep.
Chapter completed!