Chapter 583: Wave after Wave (1)
Chapter 583
"Slave and maid, please be safe for the master, and the master will be blessed. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
When Erfu heard the sound, she turned around to look, only to see that Lily of the Valley had changed into the big flag dress that symbolized the rank of the palace maid, and her hair was combed into the small two heads of ordinary palace maids, and she was standing not far behind her, very respectfully performing a half-squat salute.
"Auntie, please. Erf winked at the guzheng and whispered.
Gu Zheng was not confused, and with a smile, he stepped forward to help Aunt Lily of the Valley, who was formalizing.
"Master, please don't call the slave aunt anymore, the slave and the maid are out of the palace now. Lily of the valley was not careful, she stood up with the strength of the guzheng, and said in a respectful voice.
Naturally, Erph has no opinion on this.
Speaking of which, in modern times, although Erfu's household registration marks the nationality of Manchu, there are many rules that have disappeared in the long river of history, and even her grandfather and grandfather can't speak a few words of Manchu, so don't blame her for calling a stranger an aunt, expressing her inability to accept.
Before, the one who could be called an aunt by Erfu was Yuxiu next to Concubine De.
But I only see each other a few times a year to say, she endures it and passes, but if she **** calls a stranger an aunt......
Heheda, there is wood.
Fortunately, Lily of the Valley is a smart one, and she mentioned the matter of the title early on.
Erfu, who was in a good mood, was not willing to treat Lily of the Valley as a little palace maid who was not of the same level, lest Lily of the Valley, the palace maid in charge of Chuxiu Palace, have a gap in her heart, but it is not beautiful, so she stood in place and thought about it, and then glanced at the guzheng standing beside her, and a flash of inspiration in her mind proposed a more suitable title for her and Yu Linglan.
"Since you have said so, then I will agree, but you are a palace maid of the highest grade in the palace, and you are the housekeeper arranged by Fujin to take care of all kinds of trivial matters in the courtyard for me, and I will change it to your grandmother in the future." After saying that, Erfu didn't wait for Lily of the Valley's consent to give her instructions, and asked Guzheng and the others to come forward to give Lily of the Valley a salute, which was considered to have completely determined the status of the steward of the West Courtyard of Lily of the Valley.
The word 'Mama', although it is also a kind of title for the elders, is unique to this era, or unique to the Manchu language, so when Erfu calls people Mama, it is not the slightest bit uncomfortable, and in the Manchu aristocratic family, those who can be called Mama are some face-to-face stewards, so Erfu asked Guzheng and others to call Lily of the Valley 'Mama', but it is not to underestimate Lily of the Valley, a high-grade palace maid from the palace.
In this regard, Lily of the Valley will not object.
She thought she was going to be marginalized by Erfu, but she was naturally too satisfied not to want it.
"Mama, I still have to go to Fujin to say goodbye, and if we talk again, I'm afraid that it will be delayed, so I won't talk to you more, and when I come back, I will invite you to come over and talk." After agreeing on the name of Lily of the Valley in the future, Erfu took out the pocket watch from the placket, glanced at it half-truthfully, and said with a slightly eager smile on his face.
Lily of the valley smiled, leaned over again, and stepped aside.
Erfu also smiled and bowed, and then led the guzheng and others through the main hall, walked out of the west courtyard, along the cobblestone path, to the main courtyard to say goodbye, early in the morning the guzheng who was holding back his stomach to talk, walking, seeing that there was no one else watching in the dark, he could no longer hold back his words, three steps and two steps to catch up with Erfu, who was walking in front, leaned in front of Erfu, and whispered: "Master, why do you want to arrange that lily of the valley as the housekeeper in the courtyard, you are not afraid that she is arranged over there." β
"You said that if I arrange you to go to the East Courtyard on an errand, will the Li family guard against you?" Hearing this, Erfu asked with a smile.
Guzheng is also a smart person, and when he heard it, he understood what Erfu meant, smiled and puffed up his chest, and said proudly: "Then you have to be on guard, who doesn't know that the slave and maid are the big palace maids in front of the master." β
"Don't you already get it!
You are the big palace maid in front of me, if I arrange for you to come over, the Li family will definitely be on guard, although Lily of the Valley is not the big palace maid with a face next to the Wulanala clan, but the person she arranged, how can I fully trust it!
Since I will not trust the person who arranged for her, how could she do such a thankless task!" Erph smiled and patted Erph on the shoulder, and walked towards the main courtyard.
As soon as Erfu's words fell, the guzheng and Xiaowen who followed Erfu glanced at each other, and they also understood the implied meaning of her words, so they didn't talk anymore, in the end, the place where the wall has ears, so in the courtyard, they said the rights and wrongs of Fujin with a big grin, they are not ignorant little maids who have just entered the house, and they will cause trouble for their masters for no reason if they are not careful!
Erfu said a few words to Lily of the Valley in the courtyard, and delayed a while with the guzheng on the road, but he came out early, so when he arrived at the main courtyard, he didn't miss the effort to ask for peace to the Fujin Wulanala clan, and even the side Fujin Li who has been currying favor with the Wulanala clan these days did not come over, but the concubine Mengdie in her courtyard, a person who did not have the qualifications to ask for peace, did not know what was going on, and actually sat in the lower position closest to the door of the wing room decently, and was lowering her head and taking small sips of teaγ
Seeing that this fellow who was suspected of being from the same place and the same time and space, who had suffered several losses and had not learned to be obedient, Erfu unconsciously twitched the corners of her mouth, but she did not remind this dream butterfly girl of her thoughts, but instead made up her mind to stay away from her, so as not to be affected by her.
"Concubine, please side blessing Jin'an. As Erfu walked into the room step by step, Niu Hulu and several other Gege, who were originally sitting together and talking, stood up, bowed respectfully, and said softly.
Erfu nodded unhurriedly, raised her hand slightly, motioned for everyone to get up and sit down, then walked to the circle chair in front of the screen and sat down, with the action of the little palace maid serving tea, she unconsciously glanced at the position of the 'fellow countryman' sitting and drinking tea, and saw that she was still doing her own thing, she couldn't help but close her eyes, as if she couldn't believe the facts she saw in front of her, she reached out and tore off the silk handkerchief embroidered with half a plum blossom on the placket, pressed the corner of her eyes hard, and said in a low voice: " This sister looked at her eyes tightly, but she didn't know that it was the dream butterfly girl in Li Fangfujin's yard. β
When asked about the dream butterfly on his head, he seemed to have just come back to his senses, and bowed his head and said respectfully: "If you go back to Fujin, it is the slave maid." After speaking, he continued to look at the blue and white tea bowl in his hand, as if he was studying the pattern on the tea bowl, and lowered his head seriously, without looking at Erfu.
"Look at it, it's a good color, no wonder the fourth master will value you. "In line with the idea of wanting to help the 'fellow countryman', Erfu did not find fault with Mengdie's failure to give her a gift according to the rules, nor did she find fault with Mengdie's behavior as if she had nothing to do, but praised her with a smile.
It's just that her kind-hearted eyes were misunderstood by Qu Yao (Mengdie), who has read too many house fighting novels.
"Hehe!" Qu Yao, who secretly felt that Erfu was deliberately provoking her relationship with the Li family, smiled coldly, blushed and lowered his head seemingly modestly, but in fact, he was silently cursing this bad woman who dominated the favor of the fourth master in his heart.
The chat stopped at the Internet buzzword of the modern rotten street, Erfu didn't believe that Mengdie didn't understand, since the other party felt that she had bad intentions, why did she have a hot face and stick to someone's cold ass, so she didn't say more, only smiled and talked about clothes with Dong E's and Niu Hulu's who were almost in front of her. She took the tea bowl and took a small sip, but before she could swallow it, she took the handkerchief from the placket, wiped the tea stains from the corner of her mouth, pressed the corner of her lips with a smile, spit the tea in her mouth on the handkerchief, and carefully received it in her sleeve.
Don't ask Irf why she did this, she hasn't been a particularly careful person.
Before, there was a cautious stare at the eldest grandmother by her side, which was better, but the eldest grandmother was gone, and Yaoqin sometimes had some habitual thinking, thinking that the Fujin Wulanala clan would not be so arrogant and act on the bright side, so she never stopped Erfu from using tea in the main courtyard, and at that moment just now, Erfu suddenly found that she thought she had never used any food outside, but she just thought.
It was precisely because of this little flash of inspiration that she spit out the tea that **** would take two sips of tea on the handkerchief, planning to take it back to Dr. Hu for examination.
After making a small gesture, Erfu pursed her lips with a smile, and continued to chat with Niu Hulu and the others as usual, this time she didn't wait for her mouth to be dry, and Mama Fu entered the wing room with a smile, and invited everyone to the main hall to say goodbye to the Ulanala clan.
Wulanala still has a very good face, wearing a small round neck and big placket dress with a small round neck and a rich group pattern that does not fit well, loosely worn on her body, it seems that she is a little thinner, when she speaks, she also seems to be weak, slightly reclining on the side of the ink square pillow, and when everyone has already done a half-squat salute, then she stretched out her hands like chicken paws, raised slightly, and seemed to be very virtuous and said: "All the sisters are polite, sit down and talk!"
"This is the Dream Butterfly girl next to the Li family!" After everyone sat down, and the palace maid had already brought refreshments, she raised her eyebrows, looked at the dream butterfly sitting at the door, and asked with a smile.
The same words come from different people's mouths.
When he was facing Erfu just now, he still looked like a reserved dream butterfly, but when he faced the Wulanala clan at this time, he actually made a half-squat salute very exaggeratedly, and said with a respectful and humble face: "If you go back to Fujin, it is the slave maid." β
That humble, flattering look, Erph said she didn't see it.
As soon as Mengdie's words came out, the eyes of Niu Hulu, Dong E, and Jing Gege fell on Erfu's body, and the gossip look that was faintly watching the show made Erfu blush.
Sure enough, there is no such thing as a fellow seeing a fellow countryman with tears in his eyes.
The crossing woman sees the crossing woman, and all kinds of mutual looks are unhappy.
"Well, sit down and talk back, we are all serving the fourth master, although our identities are different, but in the end, we are our own sisters, so we don't have to be so polite. Seeing that Mengdie knew her like this, Wulanala naturally would not embarrass her for no reason, smiled and asked Qi Xiang, who was standing next to her, to step forward, help Mengdie, who was doing a half-squatting salute, pointed to the circle chair placed under her head, and said softly.
Qu Yao, who sat back on the chair, that is, Mengdie, did not sit down with a big grin, but became more deferential, simply put on a posture of Zama step, and only slightly set up a chair, that look, it is really hard to believe that a few days ago, she was the one who was bold and reckless in the main courtyard.
Wulanala said a few more gossips, then turned his head, glanced at the sweaty dream butterfly on the tip of his eyes and nose, and in front of everyone, took off a very delicate hairpin in his hair, smiled and handed it to Qi Xiang, looking very important to Mengdie, and said slowly: "Look at it, you know that it is a good rule!"
This is the first time I've seen you, but I haven't prepared any greeting gifts, this gold-inlaid jade dotted emerald filigree fish play lotus leaves between the hairpins, I'll give you to take it and wear it. After speaking, he smiled and asked Qi Xiang to hold the hairpin in a tray painted with vermilion lacquer, and let people hold the prepared gaiwan tea bowl, stand on his side, and signal Mengdie to step forward and serve tea.
This is an ancient ritual for a concubine to give a gift to the wife of the main room.
In the house, it is not the first time, after the first night of Erfu's favor, she also did it, when the bowl of hot tea prepared by the Wulanala clan burned a small string of blisters on her neck, which still makes her unforgettable.
Looking at the tea ceremony in front of her, which seemed to be a replica version, she couldn't help but sigh for Mengdie, and at the same time groped for something suitable for the meeting gift.
It's just that she is too cumbersome, the only thing suitable for a meeting gift is a red gold skein inlaid with heart-shaped ruby bracelet on her wrist, but this thing was personally put on her wrist by the fourth master before, and she is really willing to make a meeting gift.
While she was hesitating, Mengdie had already received the meeting gift from the Wulanala clan, and she was about to come to her with hot tea, and the cushions sent by the palace maid had already been placed on the floor tiles in front of her, and she couldn't continue to struggle, but she was absolutely reluctant to let her reward the bracelet that the fourth master personally put on her wrist.
"The slave has seen the side blessing, and the side blessing is ten thousand blessings. Before Erfu could pick out something suitable for a greeting gift, Mengdie twisted her waist and came to her step by step, respectfully holding the tea bowl above her head, and said in a shallow voice.
Although Erfu said that she was on the side of the jade and was the master of Hengjing in the house, she was not a concubine in the end, so she didn't say anything more persuasive, she took the tea bowl casually, took the tea bowl with a smile, smiled and took the tea bowl sent by Mengdie, nodded slightly, and responded, which was considered a full salute: "En." β
At the same time, she finally came up with a meeting gift.
Because she noticed that Mengdie's earlobe had pierced ears, but she didn't wear earrings, she reached out and took off a pair of red garnet earrings on her earlobes and put them on Mengdie's body with her own hands.
"Ahh
(To be continued.) )