Chapter 233: Gossip
Chapter 233
The fourth master and Erfu returned home at night, so naturally there was no welcome ceremony, if it weren't for Zhang Bao's early ventilation, I am afraid that even the small kitchen in the west courtyard would have been extinguished.
"God bless me for the safe return of my master this time!" Yuhua put a brand-new beige soft silk bedrobe on the rattan shelf in the clean room, smiled and took the wet handkerchief to wipe Erfu's back, and whispered softly about what happened in the house.
"Who says it's not, it's been a miserable day!" Erf couldn't think back to how she survived, although she had played all the way upstream, but in the end she was still physically and mentally exhausted, and now she returned to her own place, and rarely weakened, lying on the edge of the carved bathtub, said quietly.
"Master, don't think about those unhappy things anymore!" Yuhua said with a smile as she carefully wiped Erfu's smooth and white back.
Erfu listened to the movement outside the clean room, nodded with a smile, stretched casually, got up and left the messy bathtub that made her comfortable, put on the bed clothes sent by Yuhua, wrapped a muslin hair towel around her head, and walked out of the clean room.
On the kang table on the kang outside, there are already a few of Erfu's favorite side dishes and sweet but not greasy red bean and lotus seed porridge.
"Master, master, it's not too early, it's better to eat something early and settle it!" Yujie handed the chopsticks to Erfu and said casually.
"That makes sense. "The fourth master looks at Erfu's haggard appearance these days, and he feels distressed, but he has always been cold and accustomed to it, so naturally he will not say these words. I could only arrange for the cook to cook delicious meals and take her to relax on the road, but with little success.
At this moment, I looked at Erph's faint sleepiness. The fourth master couldn't wait to let Erfu go to bed immediately after eating, but considering Erfu's cleanliness temperament, he didn't interrupt Erfu's hobby of bathing.
Erfu was also very tired, so she simply drank two small bowls of porridge and put down her chopsticks, took the mouthwash in Yujie's hand, rinsed her mouth neatly, and looked like she was ready to go to bed. The fourth master, who was originally going to sit for a while, was embarrassed to delay any longer, and directly asked Yujie and the others to clean up the table and pull Erfu to the inner room.
The inner room has already been lit with a charcoal stove. The whole room was warmly smoked, and the faint smell of pine not only did not have the slightest refreshing effect, but made Erfu find a feeling of being full of food and sleepy. Lazily stretched. didn't care about being polite to the fourth master, kicked the embroidered shoes on his feet, climbed into the bed quickly, made a grimace at the fourth master with a smile, pulled the quilt and lay down.
"It's getting bolder and bolder!" the fourth master smiled and extinguished the candle, put down the embroidered bed curtain held by the golden hook, lay down against Erfu, and casually hugged Erfu, who could no longer open his eyes. He pulled and pulled the quilt off his body, wrapping Erph's body. I also fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Erfu opened her eyes early, listened to the small movements outside, got up and washed and changed her clothes, and changed into a bright purple embroidered peony flower placket shoulder, wearing a brocade and cotton placket cheongsam of the same color, wearing a silver fox skin, and leading Yulan and Yujie to the main courtyard.
And the fourth master has already gone to the palace to meet the old man of the emperor, after all, he has been recuperating outside for more than three months this time, but the old man Kangxi has allocated a lot of good things from the private treasury, and pointed out the trusted imperial doctor around him, he will enter the palace to thank him no matter what.
In addition, he also wants to change Erfu's impression in Concubine De's mind, otherwise the inner courtyard is unstable, and he is not comfortable living this day, the most important thing is that this woman is the person he values, and he hopes to get the blessing of his Eniang Concubine Deniang.
"Sister Guerjia is really a blessing in disguise this time, my sister is really envious!" Li Shi looked at Erfu's little face with light makeup, and looked at a pair of red gold silk embedded with Dongzhu on Erfu's sideburns with some jealousy, and said sourly.
"This is also a good fortune, otherwise my sister will not be able to come back this time!" Erf replied calmly.
When these people saw the thief eating meat, how could they not see the thief being beaten?
When the fourth master was infected with the epidemic, staying in Rehe was a matter of life and death, and these women returned to Beijing with the team, no matter whether the fourth master lived or died, at least they could live a life in peace.
And she stayed by the fourth master's side to accompany her, it was simply gambling with her life.
If the fourth master and her are safe and sound, then they will naturally be happy; but if the fourth master really doesn't survive, she has no possibility of coming back; if she is a little more unlucky, she is also unfortunately infected with the epidemic, then she will be regarded as a loss to his wife and soldiers!
However, Erfu would not defend these things with them, although she knew that the fourth master regarded her as the most beloved woman, but she also knew that if the fourth master knew that she had a different mind at that time, this relationship would no longer be pure.
Xiao Li Gege, the sister of the Fujin Li clan next to her, has the charm of Xiao Cairen in a certain TV series, with black and white eyes, and she rolls her eyes from time to time, which destroys her gentle and lovely little face, which makes people look at it with a sense of meanness and affection.
Song Shu Fujin changed his normal way and became intimate with Erfu, and he looked like he regarded Erfu as a life-saving benefactor.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our masters have gotten up, please move to the main room!" Mama Fu walked into the wing room wearing a dark brown robe, bowed respectfully, and whispered.
In the past three years, she went from feeling that the Ulanala clan was not angry at the beginning, to slowly accepting such a change, and putting her heart on taking care of the life of the Ulanala clan and the eldest brother, which made her face, which originally looked a little similar to Mama Rong, appear more and more peaceful.
"The concubine has seen Fujin, Fujin is blessed!" Erfu leaned over with the big guy and said softly.
"Get up quickly!" Ula Nara was dressed in a dark blue brocade flag suit, with a comb on his hair and a complete set of red gold twisted silk head, raised his hand with a smile, pointed to the two rows of chairs in the hall, and said softly. "They are all sisters, so there is no need for so much courtesy.
Yesterday, I heard the news that Gualga's sister had returned home. Thinking that my sister has traveled a long way along the way, it must have been very hard, and I was saying that I wanted Mama Fu to go over and say goodbye to you, and you came over!"
"The concubine is just riding in a carriage all the way, but it is not hard, and besides, she has slept well all night, and her spirit is much better by this time!" The little girl who likes and dislikes on her face, although she still doesn't like the other women in the house, but she has a kind of respect from the heart for the Ulanala clan. He stood up again and bowed, and whispered.
The Ulanala clan didn't say anything, but glanced at the maid beside him, and asked Erfu to sit down again. I excused myself with the excuse that my body was not very cool. He sent the people who had come to greet him.
Erfu was too lazy to be abusive with these women, and wanted to go back to play with the buns, so naturally he quickly said goodbye to everyone and returned directly to the West Courtyard.
As soon as Hongxuan and Xiao Qi got up, they ran to the main room, pitifully blinking and looking at Erfu with watery eyes, the appearance was no different from the abandoned little animal, and Erfu was distressed again.
"E-niang won't leave Xiao Qi in the future!" Xiao Qi puffed out his cheeks. Said childishly.
"Silly girl, how can Eniang be willing to leave Xiao Qi!" Erfu hugged two small buns left and right in distress. He said in a low voice.
"But the second sister said that Eniang doesn't want our sister and brother anymore!" Xiao Qi wrapped his fingers around and bowed his head and said.
A flash of fierceness flashed in Erfu's eyes, although she had expected that there would be all kinds of gossip in the house, but she really didn't expect that these words were passed on to Xiao Qi and Hongxuan by the juniors like Mo Yaqi, giving her a sense of re-acquaintance with these children whom she thought were children.
Looking at Xiao Qi and Hongxuan's cautious and pitiful looks, Erfu couldn't imagine how their sisters and brothers had lived in the past few months, especially these children who grew up in the courtyard of the deep house, far more precocious than those modern children, and they would only hold back in their hearts if they were wronged, if they didn't pay attention to it, they were afraid that Xiao Qi and Hongxuan would go down the wrong path.
For example, depression, autism, etc., Erfu doesn't care if they will deal with themselves, but if someone dares to put their hands on Xiao Qi and Hongxuan's heads, then she can't be blamed for being ruthless, these two children were born to her desperately, and they were all her eyeballs.
Erfu forcibly suppressed the urge to kill in her heart, and smiled and talked to Xiao Qi and Hongxuan about what she had seen and heard on the road, such as the jugglers who could perform the golden gun and lock their throats outside the front door, such as the lifelike lanterns, or those unpretentious and enthusiastic fellows, such as the foot merchants they met on the road.
In short, there are all kinds of things, Erfu is like explaining the itinerary, saying all the interesting and boring things she has encountered these days, and specially explaining the reason why she can't go back to the house with Xiao Qi and Hongxuan in words they can understand, saying that she will never leave the two little buns behind, and finally won the forgiveness of the two little buns, and eliminated the estrangement that just appeared, so she let out a long breath in her heart.
In the afternoon, Erfu changed into a homely robe, and the gold, silver, and emerald jewelry on her head were also put back into the makeup box, combing a simple bun, pulling a small bun and playing the childish game of eagle catching chickens.
"E-niang, you run faster, my brother is faster than you!" Xiao Qi stood at the door with his hands on his hips, looking at Erfu's appearance that he had just started panting after running for a while, and said helplessly.
"You two leather monkeys, you're really going to be tired to death!" Erph wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, put her hands on her knees, and gasped for a few breaths, which could be regarded as a word, but she couldn't run anymore.
The fourth master, who had just come back from the palace, as soon as he walked into the room, he saw that Erfu was out of breath by Xiao Qi and Hongxuan, and he hugged Erfu who was going to continue in distress, looked at the two little buns with a dark face, and said in a deep voice: "You have memorized your homework, have you finished writing the big characters?"
"They are still young, don't be so impatient!" Before Xiao Qi and Hongxuan could reply, Erfu had already taken the little bun behind him in distress, and said with some disapproval.
Erf, who had complained countless times that school was too hard, suddenly felt that she was still quite happy, at least she had a happy childhood.
And her two little buns, just three or four years old, had to hold a brush and stand behind the small table prepared by the carpenter specially prepared by the fourth master to practice calligraphy.
"Words are like people, this practice should start from a young age, you can't spoil them too much, be careful of how much a loving mother loses!" The fourth master looked at Xiao Qi and Hongxuan, who were obviously a little bent at the corners of their mouths, and said helplessly.
"You're not afraid of exhausting them, little kids!" said Elph softly, bowing her head.
"Today, your mother will intercede for you, then you will be given a day off, but the big characters still have to be written!" The fourth master didn't want to sweep Erfu's face, so he pulled Erfu to sit on the kang to rest, and said in a low voice.
Xiao Qi and Hongxuan cheered and ran out of the room like a bird, abandoning Erf.
"You're so spoiled by them, look at you're tired!" the fourth master wiped the beads of sweat from Erfu's forehead with a handkerchief, and said with a few words.
Erf raised her eyebrows slightly, "They have grown up around me since they were children, and this time I suddenly left them for a few months, I always have to compensate them well, otherwise those gossips will come true!"
"What kind of gossip?" the fourth master suddenly sensed that something was wrong with Erfuqing, and asked in a deep voice.
"It's not that there are rumors in the house that I don't want Hongxuan and Xiaoqi anymore, they have become motherless children, Balabala's ......" Erfu also pouted unhappily.
The fourth master raised his eyebrows, "Fools, although they are small, but they are all the children of the master, they are all smart, so that they will not be disturbed by those shadowless things, you just think too much!"
Erf said hehe.
The pressure of public opinion is terrible, this is clearly the thoughts of people who have not experienced the times of those celebrity idols ruined by scandals, and children are sensitive, and they are immature, so it is inevitable that they will not be affected by others, which has nothing to do with being smart or not.
Seeing that Erfu was still sullen, the fourth master smiled and promised to let Zhang Bao clean up the maids in the mansion, and promised to let those who like to play right and wrong get out of the fourth master's mansion, which coaxed Erfu to show a smiling face.
"Look, this is a gift that Eniang specially asked me to bring back to you, you can see if you like it!" As he spoke, the fourth master took out a brocade box with red hollow carvings of hundreds of sons and grandchildren from his arms as if by magic, and stuffed it into Erfu's hand.
Erf opened it casually, and her eyes widened a little in an instant.
The brocade box is not big, the weight is not light, open it casually, the jewels reflect the sun, and the 24K dog eyes of Erfu are blinded, and there are one hundred and ten dragon-sized East Pearls, which is definitely a great fortune.
"Do you like it?" asked the fourth master.
Erfu rolled her eyes and said as if she was coquettish: "Who doesn't like such a valuable gift!"
"What about this!" As he spoke, the fourth master took a three-inch square box from the tray held by Su Peisheng and opened it casually.
"Master, did you rob the gold shop?" Erph couldn't believe what she saw, swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and said dryly. (To be continued......)
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