Chapter 962

In the main courtyard, Shilan is leading a group of little palace maids to prepare a group of strange things that Erfu explained, such as braziers, grapefruit leaves and the like, the brazier is okay, just go to the little palace maid's room to find it, there are ready-made braziers, but grapefruit leaves, such things with serious seasonal and regional restrictions, even Shilan and Shiqing are such well-informed palace maids, they have heard of it, they have not seen it, and they have not even heard of it a few times.

However, under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, so although the preparation is very difficult, but when the fourth master and Erfu returned to the main courtyard, these things have been almost arranged, in the gilded brazier, burning with fierce charcoal, is placed in front of the threshold of the main courtyard gate, the fourth master looked back at Erfu with some puzzlement, Erfu smiled, explained: " I've heard people say that crossing the brazier can go to bad luck, although the Zongren Mansion is not an unlucky place, but you provoked such a right and wrong for no reason this time, after all, it is a little unlucky, just take this opportunity to try it, maybe it will work!"

After speaking, she had already pulled the fourth master who had stopped walking in the direction of the brazier.

The fourth master smiled bitterly and shook his head, but in the end, he followed Erfu's thoughts, picked up the hem of his robe, and strode across the brazier, and he didn't know who prepared the brazier, and actually found the brazier placed at the door of the ceremony when Erfu and the fourth master got married, this is not a big problem, make the best use of things, and it is also the attitude of life he advocates, but who can tell him who lit the flame in the brazier that he wanted to burn to the waist high, whether this is to cross the brazier to get bad luck, or to burn him directly at the door......

After walking through the gate of the courtyard, the fourth master was just about to look back, and Erfu, who was following the fourth master, patted the fourth master's shoulder heavily, and at the same time reminded in a low voice: "You can't turn back, the meaning of this brazier is to cut it in two, hindering bad luck from keeping up with you, you turn back at this time, but it's unlucky." After speaking, she beckoned Bai Zhi, who was waiting beside her, to take advantage of the hot charcoal in the brazier to hurry up and close the courtyard door, so as not to follow up again.

Before going to the room, Shilan and Shiqing, who were carrying heavy responsibilities, were holding Ai Ye in their hands and waiting for the fourth master to approach.

This is also when Erfu went out of the door, specially explained, originally asked them to use grapefruit leaves for the fourth master from head to toe dusting off bad luck, but because of the relationship between region and seasonality, they really can't find grapefruit leaves, which can be seen in modern times, so they retreated to the next best thing and chose the more common plant of mugwort leaves, which seems to be similar to grapefruit leaves in terms of efficacy.

In order not to destroy the ritual arranged by Erfu, they also specially asked Erfu to take the idea, and got Erfu's approval, so they would replace it with mugwort leaves.

The tender mugwort leaves have a special fragrance.

Erfu took two steps, came to Shilan's side, took the mugwort leaf in her hand, and told her to bring the water soaked in the mugwort leaf, and wait for a while to wash the hands of the fourth master, and then stepped forward with Shiqing, stood beside the fourth master left and right, stopped the fourth master at the foot of the steps, and swept away the bad luck on the fourth master from head to toe.

Poor Fourth Master spent half a month of work from the Zongren Mansion, and at this time he wanted to lie down on the bed full of fragrant fragrance to rest, but he couldn't enter the upper room after tossing and turning for so much, if it weren't for the way these things were specially arranged for him to be greeted, the fourth master's violent temper would have already turned his face, threw his sleeves and left.

But even so, the fourth master's face was still inevitably a little ugly.

"You are all superstitious, and I don't know where you heard about this custom, if you use these mugwort leaves to sweep away, then you should go to the gambling house to sweep all directions, instead of sitting here and drinking tea." Finally entered the upper room, the fourth master took the hot tea offered by Erfu himself and took a sip, sighed, he didn't understand Erfu's kindness, but this kindness came too fiercely, he really couldn't accept it for a while, I heard that later, in the clean room, he had to wash with the bath water soaked in mugwort leaves, and it was really difficult to rest for a while!

Erfu smiled, did not refute, and gently persuaded: "Rather believe it."

You don't know that you were suddenly grounded by the Zongren Mansion this time, but it scared me, if it weren't for the support of Concubine De Niangniang and Aunt Yuxiu, the sisters in the mansion would also understand the matter, I'm afraid I really can't hold on, such a thing, but I can't do it again, if I do it again, I will definitely collapse. ”

After speaking, she got up and came behind the fourth master, gently holding his shoulder and neck for him.

Erfu also knows that the fourth master is in the meditation hall of the Zongren Mansion these days, and he must not eat well and sleep well, he must be physically and mentally exhausted, and what he wants to do most is to rest and rest in a comfortable and warm room, she also feels sorry for the fourth master, and wants the fourth master to rest early, but to go to the bad luck This kind of thing, always has to be vigorous, and it must be done before entering the door, if it is not for the fear that other rivals in love will see the joke She is shallow-eyed, I didn't know it, and I was afraid that the fourth master would dislike this kind of shame and refuse to do it, she couldn't wait to put the brazier at the main gate of the fourth master's mansion, so the only thing she could do for the fourth master now was this little massage.

"Sit down, you kitten-like strength is exhausting you again. The fourth master also knew that Erfu was a good intention, he held Erfu's hands on his shoulders with his backhand, and whispered a little apologetically, he didn't know that Erfu would worry about his affairs, but this person who was facing up and down, after he was banned enough, would inevitably have his eyes on Erfu's head, so after thinking about it, he still chose to hide Erfu, he was afraid that after telling Erf the truth, Erfu would feel that he was acting too ruthlessly, and Erfu, who was kind and gentle, would dodge him, and secondly, he was also worried that Erfu knew the truth and was not good at disguise, so that others would find clues from it and destroy his painstaking arrangementsBut when he really saw that Erf couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and was haggard for his affairs, he also really felt sorry and regretful from the bottom of his heart.

When Erfu heard this, he didn't insist on massaging the fourth master anymore, and sat on the side with a smile.

Because she also knows that her strength is too small, and her technique is not professional enough, this kind of kneading action can't have the effect of relieving the fatigue of the fourth master at all, it is better to let the fourth master take a bath earlier, change into a comfortable and soft underwear, and let him lie down and relieve fatigue, so she doesn't want to pull the fourth master to talk in the hall, turned her head to the clean room and said hello, and after getting an affirmative answer, she smiled and said softly to the fourth master: " It's almost ready over there, why don't I accompany you into the room and take off your outer robe, look at this body, it's hard for you to wear it for so many days. After speaking, she stood up without waiting for the fourth master to answer, and from the large wardrobe, she found the muslin that had been cut before the sewing room, which had been made earlier in the sewing room and had been carefully rinsed.

Seeing this, the fourth master sighed heartily, but he didn't mean to Erfu, he got up and came to the inner room resignedly, replaced the wrinkled robe on his body, looked at the yellowed underwear with a neckline with some embarrassment, and hurriedly took the clean clothes handed over by Erfu, and walked towards the clean room.

The Zongren Mansion banned him, although he did not beat and scolded him, but in the small meditation hall, in addition to a futon wrapped in brocade, placed in front of the portraits of the ancestors and ancestors, there was also a low couch placed at the root of the wall, and even a washbasin was not prepared for the punished princes and clansmen.

In the past few days, he can be said to have lived a savage-like life, eating dried meat, drinking bitter herbal tea, sleeping on a hard couch, covered with a thick quilt with a slightly musty smell, and taking a bath, no one would want to arrange for him, if it weren't for the fact that Erfu sent someone to send a few sets of clean clothes, he probably wouldn't have looked like him.

But even so, he will inevitably be so dirty, before he sat in the hall in a daze, and he didn't feel uncomfortable, but now that he thinks of taking a bath, he feels that he is itching all over his body, if it weren't for his identity, he doesn't want to be too embarrassed in front of Erfu, he can't wait to transform into an ape, and give Erfu a good performance of scratching his ears and cheeks.

As the fourth master got up and entered the clean room, Erfu greeted Su Peisheng, who was waiting outside.

"I bothered Father-in-law Su to go to the front yard and call the little eunuch who usually served the fourth master to wash, and invited a little eunuch who was good at massage to come over and relieve the fourth master's fatigue. She commanded straightforwardly, and at the same time stuffed Su Peisheng with a pair of dripping pearls, although she didn't know whether Su Peisheng took good care of the fourth master during the days when he was grounded in the Zongren Mansion, but just for Su Peisheng's willingness to share weal and woe with the fourth master, this reward is what Su Peisheng deserves.

Su Peisheng politely excused himself, then put the pearl in his sleeve pocket, and walked quickly to the front yard to arrange for the little eunuch to come and serve, if it weren't for the fourth master's habit of not taking people by his side, where would he need such an arrangement before and after running, but even so, he didn't dare to complain, he can have the dignity he has now, it all depends on the fourth master's support, it is precisely because the fourth master let him follow him alone when he enters the backyard, he will be particularly valued, so the matter of running a few steps is not a job in his opinion.

He hurriedly ran back to the study in the front yard, called the two little eunuchs who used to serve the fourth master to wash, and went to the Tibetan medicine courtyard next to him to find two little eunuchs with the best massage skills, and finally under Mr. Dai's explanation, he held a stack of half-person-high Di Bao Shu, and returned to the main courtyard with a bitter face.

"What's going on?" Erfu looked at the stack of Di Bao Shu who completely blocked Su Peisheng's face, and asked in surprise, although the fourth master lived in the Zongren Mansion for half a month and did not deal with government affairs, but the staff in the palace are all working, how can they hand it over to the fourth master to personally pass the Di Bao Shu, and there are so many, if this is after the fourth master ascends the throne, the music sent from all over the country must not be buried by the fourth master...... But I have to think of a way to reduce the burden on the fourth master.

After a short while, the little eunuchs brought by Su Peisheng were all in place.

Erfu sat in the east room, listening to the sound of water in the clean room, imagining the embarrassed appearance of the fourth master's blushing face, hooking his lips and smiling, but before her smile disappeared, the sound of water in the clean room had stopped, and the fourth master who had taken a bath, with his hair scattered, a large towel woven of muslin and cotton coils on his shoulders, and slippers with wooden soles under his feet, walked out of the clean room with a little moisture.

Seeing this, Erfu hurriedly got up and stepped forward, wiping the hair of the fourth master while pulling the big towel on the crook of the little eunuch's arm next to him, and beckoning the palace maid to close the window, his mouth was still full of distressed nagging, "Why don't you wipe your hair well and come out, and you are not afraid of being blown by the wind." After speaking, she didn't forget to pull the fourth master to sit down in front of the Luohan bed, this bath is also a strength work, people who already feel tired will feel very tired after taking a bath, but they will feel more hard, don't look at the fourth master's face calmly, I'm afraid that both legs are trembling, since she wants to be an empathetic and good wife, she naturally has to be considerate of the fourth master.

As she imagined, the fourth master was so tired that he didn't even want to say a word.

He sat on the Luohan bed, took the tonic tea handed over by Erfu and took a sip, slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbidity, as if he wanted to spit out the fatigue in his body, and smiled at Erfu for a long time, and whispered: "The set of clothes that the master wore back before, don't let the Huan Washroom wash it, just cut it up and let people throw it out, since it is to go to bad luck, let's have a complete bad luck." ”

When Erfu heard this, she glanced at the old clothes next to her, and teased, "You think that your crumpled clothes are about to lose their original color and pattern, and I can still let you continue to wear them."

If you want me to say, you're just too frugal.

Look at the princes and Baylors in the capital, which one looks like you, except for the robes you wear when you go out, you don't even have a slightly better home-style clothes, and it's a shame that you didn't learn to patch like ordinary people, and wear them for three years and three years for the old ones, otherwise the people below will not laugh at you to death. After speaking, she took the pattern booklet sent by the sewing room, and really planned to cut a few new clothes for the fourth master, not to mention the use of tribute satin, floating brocade and other precious materials, at least to make a few new clothes with plain colors, and no longer let the needlework room prepare muslin robes for the fourth master, no matter what, it has to be Hangzhou silk and plain brocade.

In fact, the fourth master does not have to dress like ordinary people, it's just that he doesn't pay much attention to food and clothing, and the people below cut new clothes for him, and they are not all muslin robes as Erfu thought, just because he thinks that muslin clothes are more comfortable to wear, so the clothes in Erfu's room are all muslin robes that look half-new, but since Erfu wants to cut new clothes for him, he has no objection, but he is interested in choosing the style and pattern to be cut with Erfu。

It's just that before he could finish chatting, Su Peisheng came out to spoil the atmosphere.