Chapter One Thousand and Fifty-Three

In the upper room, Erfu was still the same lazy style, leaning slightly on the oversized soft pillow on his side, his hair scattered, facing the bright and gorgeous sunset outside the window, with a quiet smile on his face and squinting his eyes, enjoying this rare leisure time with all his heart.

She heard the footsteps coming from the hall, turned around, beckoned to Yujie with a smile, and said softly: "I knew you would come over to accompany me, sit down quickly, and help me take a look at these things by the way." ”

As she spoke, as if by juggling, Erf pulled out a few wood-carved knick-knacks from behind her.

These are all small toys that Xiao Qi and Hongxuan were children, she specially asked the craftsmen of the Internal Affairs Office to carefully carve out the small toys, originally she planned to find them out for Yuqing and those old clothes to take back, but this time, looking at these children's old toys, she didn't dare to take them out, because she found that these cartoon dolls carved out of good wood, after being stored in a ventilated and cool warehouse for a few years, there were a little traces of dark brown.

Yujie's palace maids and wedding maids of several jade characters are the old people who personally take care of Xiao Qi and Hongxuan who grew up, so even if Emperor Kangxi gave the name of the word with a Japanese edge, she is still used to calling Hongyu Brother Hongxuan, she took these familiar small toys casually, and before she could take a closer look, she had already raised her head with a smile and said: "This is the little toy that Xiao Qigege and Brother Hongxuan used to play with?"

"Yes, Xiao Qi and Hongxuan liked this little toy very much at that time!" Speaking of the old thing, Erfu also smiled.

"How did the master find out these today?" Yu Jie said, holding a kitten doll in a squatting position.

"Originally, I asked people to find out that I wanted to give it to the child in Yuqing's belly to play with, but I found that these small toys were black spots as if they were moldy, and I was afraid that there was something wrong with these things, so I didn't let Yuqing take them back. Hearing this, Erfu adjusted his posture, picked up a small doll of other shapes, pointed to the dark brown marks on the doll, and said with a stiff face.

Yujie looked at the position of Erfu's fingers, and then noticed the dark brown marks on the doll, and she hurriedly asked, "Has the master found someone to see it?" After speaking, she took the little doll of the monkey eating peaches that Erfu was holding in her hand, and put it on a corner table far away from Erfu, along with several other woodcarved dolls with unique shapes placed on Erf's side, and twisted a wet handkerchief to clean Erfu's hands, and then sat back on the embroidered pier under the Luohan's bed.

Erfu smiled disappreciatively, she said with some self-deprecation: "You don't have to be so careful, you don't know my body yet, I have long been plotted by those women in the backyard, but fortunately, I still have Xiaoqi, Hongxuan, Mituan and their three children, so I'm not afraid of those selfish and ruthless plotters now!"

However, after saying that, he still followed Yujie's intention to carefully wipe the hands that had touched the doll with a wet cloth.

"Master, you really don't have to think so, Imperial Doctor Hu and Imperial Doctor Liang have superb medical skills, maybe they can heal your body and let you dream of a bear again!"

Erfu would have believed these comforting words earlier, but after drinking the bitter medicine soup for more than a year, she had already thought about it, but she still didn't want to be looked at with pity, so she waved her hand freely, pointed to the dolls on the corner table in the distance, pouted a little unhappily, and said: "It's okay, don't talk about this, let's talk about these interesting little dolls!"

You also know that I asked the craftsmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to carve these dolls, although they are all gadgets that cannot be put on the table, but because they are small toys prepared for Xiao Qi, they are not stingy with money, and the wood used is some good hardwood that is moth-proof and anti-corrosion, and now these dolls have become like this in the warehouse for a few years, and they are not eaten by moisture insects, which makes me a little curious!

Originally, I didn't want to take this matter too seriously, but I'm a good person to get to the bottom of it, I can't think of a clue about this matter, I always feel that it's a matter in my heart, just when you came, you can help me think about it, whether someone wants to calculate the children of Xiao Qi and Hongxuan, and carve these little dolls for the craftsmen with those wood soaked in special potions, or those craftsmen of the Internal Affairs Office are greedy for the material fees I gave them, and fool me with those abandoned furniture in the palace!"

After saying that, she deliberately tilted her head cutely and blinked her big watery eyes.

Hearing this, Yu Jie's brows furrowed slightly, and after thinking for a while, a trace of hindsight appeared on her face, and she lowered her voice and reminded: "Master still remembers that when you mentioned that you wanted to carve these little dolls for Xiao Qigege, you originally planned to let the craftsmen who served in the house make them, who recommended you to find the craftsmen of the Internal Affairs Mansion?"

Erfu felt that there was such a thing, at that time she originally planned to let the craftsmen in the house who were responsible for the daily maintenance and maintenance of the house carve small dolls, and later heard that the craftsmen of the House of Internal Affairs were more accomplished, and these things for delicate children to play with should be extra particular, so she changed her mind, and specially asked Su Peisheng in front of the fourth master to arrange this matter, but now let her remember who persuaded her to make such a decision, she couldn't remember the appearance of that person, she thought for a moment with a sad face, and finally decided to give up recalling, and asked with some frustration: "Who is it? I really don't remember what year it was!"

"It's the concubine in the palace, and even the wood is given to you by her from her own private warehouse. However, Yujie remembered this matter clearly, because it was the first time that Erfu entered the palace to ask Concubine De for peace after marrying into the Fourth Master's Mansion, and it happened to break the good news that she was pregnant。

Thinking of this, Yujie's face became a little more ugly, and she lowered her voice and said: "The slave remembers clearly, the reason why you changed your mind so quickly at that time was not only because you felt that the craftsmen in the Internal Affairs Mansion were better, but also because after listening to the words of Concubine Niangniang, I was worried that these wood carving dolls and witchcraft would be involved, which would cause taboos among the emperor and the master, so this would let Su Peisheng and Father-in-law Su arrange this matter." ”

Hearing Yujie say this, Erfu also remembered the events of that day.

It was the first time she had met the half-sister in this strange era, if it weren't for Concubine De Niangniang to speak, she wouldn't have thought of seeing this eldest sister at all, because in the vague memory left by the original owner, this eldest sister treated her very close and warm, and she was afraid that Er Rou would find out that she was a lonely ghost hiding in the original owner's body, and she was caught by those mages in Baohua Hall and tempered, so she ......

However, Concubine De opened her mouth, but she had no excuse to excuse herself, so she had the courage to go to see the concubine.

She didn't expect that the concubine Niangniang was such a gentle woman who gave people a feeling like a spring breeze, nor did she expect that she and the concubine Niangniang would be so deed, although there would still be a sense of strangeness, but in this era, Erfu, who has no relatives and friends, still found a good feeling of chatting with her best friend, so she said that she wanted to prepare some little dolls for the children who had not yet been born.

Erfu thought that the quiet and gentle Concubine Niangniang would oppose her childish approach, and prepared a lot of reasons to persuade the concubine to agree, but she didn't expect that He Concubine Niangniang not only supported, but also gave her a lot of ideas, and finally gave her a piece of rosewood that was enough to make a floor cabinet.

Although that piece of wood is worth a lot of money, but for Erfu, it is not a great gift, but because of the comfortable feeling left to her by the concubine Er Rou, she cherishes this gift very much, so this piece of wood is cut off and handed over to the craftsmen of the Internal Affairs Office to carve cartoon dolls, and the other parts have been left in the warehouse, and when she entered the palace, Er Rou knew that there was still a lot of wood left, and it was not enough to make large pieces of furniture, and she also persuaded her to hand over the remaining wood to the craftsmen of the Internal Affairs Office to make some small things, so as not to waste this kind of scraps in the warehouse。

Erfu looked at the dolls on the corner table in the distance with a deep and gloomy gaze, and thought back to what Errou had said to her, and took a deep breath, she still clearly remembered the knick-knacks that Errou persuaded her to carve, such as the kang screen placed next to the incense burner, such as the rosewood side octagonal palace lamp hanging in front of the bed in the inner room, and the tray for the tea set, as if they were all things that could touch the heat source...... If there is a problem with these woods, then can she still give birth to Xiao Qi unharmed, I am afraid that she will die early before she becomes the favorite concubine of the fourth master!

There was a fear that it would drown Erf like a flood, but she was only suspicious, and she did not make up her mind.

Erfu, who was uneasy under the pressure, raised her hand and beckoned Yujie to come to her, and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow daytime, you find an opportunity to go to the private warehouse in my courtyard with Shilan or Shiqing, and see if the piece of wood is still there, if it is still there, then take the wood to Bai Jiao, and ask her to find a craftsman to put a makeup box for me, and by the way, find an experienced person to see if there is a problem with the material." ”

With that, she sat up straight with a pale face.

Time has passed, whether the wood that Er Rou gave to her niece to carve the doll has been done and when it has been done, everything is not easy to confirm, and the relationship between her and Er Rou is no longer as harmonious as it was at the beginning, she doesn't know what she is arranging this way for, just to prove that Er Rou and her, and the original owner are sisters, to prove that she is not a fool who is fooled at will, thinking of this, Erfu leaned on the soft pillow in confusion, and looked at the blue and white painted roof with blank eyes.

Erfu, who was hit by her own speculation, was in a trance, but she had forgotten that she had asked Imperial Doctor Hu and Imperial Doctor Liang to jointly inspect the public and private warehouses, even if there was a problem with that piece of wood, I am afraid that it would have been destroyed a long time ago, because there were many problematic things that were found to be problematic that day, and the fourth master was furious, and he didn't even have the heart to trouble the Internal Affairs Office, so he let people throw all the home furnishings mixed with pickled things to the wilderness and burn them.

As it turned out, the piece of wood was really mixed with pickled stuff.

Because at noon the next day, Yujie, who was sitting under the porch and chatting for a while, recommended herself and Shilan went to the warehouse to choose the wood suitable for the makeup box, but did not find this piece of wood that had existed in the warehouse file, and the two carefully checked the warehouse file, and Yujie found that this piece of wood was in the part that was destroyed.

"Since there is no good rosewood, let's go with ash and willow. Erfu pretended not to react and casually ordered, but her eyes had already fallen on a brocade box with those dolls, she didn't want to expose the private affairs that happened in the Guerjia clan in front of Shilan and Shiqing, the two wedding maids arranged for her by Ilgen Jue Luo Clan's Fujin, until Shilan and Shiqing were sent outside, she asked Yujie to hurry up and take the brocade box out of the house.

Although her face is still that light and happy, but her heart has long been overturned and full of incomprehension and anger, she doesn't understand how Er Rou can be ruthless to her sister who has loved her for many years, and she doesn't understand what impact her existence has on Er Rou, the concubine and the deceased Guo Luo Luo Clan's Fujin, just because she is not a child of Guo Luo Luo's family, she has to be treated like this by their mother and daughter, so why didn't Er Rou directly attack the original owner, but waited until her arrival as an impostor, or was there any misunderstanding in the middle......

Even at this time, she still didn't want to believe that Errou wanted to hurt her and the child in her womb, because the impression left on her by the first meeting with Errou was too warm.

"I'm a little tired, if it's nothing serious, don't let anyone in and disturb me!" Erfu, who felt the slight astringency in her eyes, raised her head to hold back the tears rolling in her eyes, pretended to be very tired, covered her lips and yawned, stood up, said a word to Shilan and Shiqing, and walked straight to the inner room.

Leaving down the curtain of the bed with the clouds and splendid branches, blocking the sunlight from the room, Erfu showed a sad face, she can't wait to get a result now, whether this result is good or bad, she doesn't want to think like this anymore, if it weren't for the strict palace ban, she would have rushed to the palace to ask Errou what she had in mind when she gave her the piece of wood.

With such a messy thought, El Fu lay on his back in bed all afternoon.