Chapter 411

The venue of the dinner is still set up in the Lanyue Building, which has a stage in front and an artificial lake in the back.

Different from noon, the doors and windows on the first floor of Lanyue Building at this time have been removed, and the brocade cotton curtains used to protect against the cold at the door have long been closed, and the light gauze curtains that are tied to the window with gilt hooks as decoration have been fluttering in the wind, as clear as clouds and mist.

On the main hall, on the simple bamboo low table, there are three inches of elastic flower cushions with rolling yellow edges embroidered auspicious clouds behind them, which is obviously the location of the dinner, and the halls on both sides are facing the stage in front of Lanyue Building, and there are corner tables and Taishi chairs, which are almost the same as ordinary opera gardens.

"It's very quaint. Concubine De was one step ahead of others, and with the Wulanala clan and Erfu came to the Lanyue Building, she looked inside and out, looked at Erfu with a smile of appreciation, and praised softly.

Wulanala smiled and said, "Don't praise her, look at her tail, it's going to go to the sky." ”

Concubine De nodded thoughtfully, and asked Zhengse: "The invitations to listen to the play and watch the lanterns at night have been sent out, but is there anything missing?"

"At this point, Niangniang can rest assured, the invitations sent to the various prefectures are all handled by the steward of the front yard, which is their specialty, and the fourth master has also specially checked the booklet. Erph scratched her head and replied softly. She is really not good at socializing this kind of thing, and she really doesn't know how many relatives there are, so she answers a little weakly, but when she thinks of the fourth master who is rigorous. She wasn't worried.

Concubine De also knew that her son was a successful person, so she didn't continue to ask, and smiled and asked the palace maid who was waiting with her to send a message to the Li family, who was still hiding in the courtyard and didn't know what to do. turned around and took the Wulanala clan and Erfu to Tong Jia, Guifei and the others who were resting in the guest house.

The guest house where Concubine Tong Jia and others live is a courtyard with a small three-entry entrance.

In addition to the inverted seat room and the back cover room where there are a few maids living in the palace, the upper room of the main courtyard and the cross-courtyard on both sides, as well as the east and west wings of the main courtyard, just live a few maidens, and the interior layout is elegant and warm, although it is not as magnificent as the palace, but it makes people have a sense of comfort back home. In the northwest corner, Erfu also arranged a small kitchen with seven or eight stoves, equipped with chefs and skilled dim sum chefs who are good at various cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Huaiyang. Meet the needs of several mothers, lest a few mothers not eat well and go hungry at the table.

At this moment, as soon as Erfu and Wulanala entered the courtyard with Concubine De, they heard a burst of talking from the main hall. There was a lot of laughter. Obviously, several mothers are in a good mood.

"Come in!"

Concubine De Niangniang entered the courtyard, although the palace maid who was waiting beside Concubine Tong Jia said that Tong Jia's family had already left a message, saying that the mother could enter at will when she came, but she did not rashly break into the hall, but sent the palace maid who had a good face next to her to come forward and do enough etiquette for the subordinates to ask to see.

After Tong Jiashi heard Mama's courtesy, she was also happy to make a face for Concubine De, and smiled and led a few palace concubines who changed into costumes and walked out of the door of the hall. took Concubine De's hand and praised her daughters-in-law for their ability. The arrangements are proper and meticulous, so that these women, who have been out of touch with society in the palace for most of their lives, feel at home, and even the maids who originally served in the courtyard are no worse than the palace maids sent to the palaces by the Internal Affairs Office.

Their happiness is real and deserved.

In order to make them comfortable, Erfu asked the palace maids in the house to re-upholstery the furnishings in the room according to the preferences of the ladies, and all the drapery was replaced with a light warm color ink smudge yarn.

In the end, Erfu also gave up the precious spices, let the gardeners of the conservatory cultivate a few precious flowers that the lady liked in advance to decorate the room, and hung the dried flower sachets with calming petals after baking on the side of the bed, so that they had a feeling of being in a sea of flowers.

Women are as delicate as flowers and need care and care.

As long as these high-ranking ladies can experience the concern of the four masters' mansions for them, they will naturally feel comfortable.

Especially as they get older, the more they are far away from the emperor/favorite, most of them are thoughtful people, it is inevitable that they have the habit of choosing a bed, and they originally thought that they would stare at the dinner party and sleep sweetly in an unfamiliar environment, so of course they would be very happy.

Concubine Tong Jia and Concubine De walked hand in hand, re-entered the main hall, and sat down as guests.

As juniors, Wulanala and Erfu naturally wanted to sit on the two Taishi chairs placed closest to the door and opposite, listening quietly, listening to a few ladies talking and laughing for a while, and then took advantage of the gap to propose to go to Lanyue Tower to go to the banquet.

The soft sedan chair that several ladies want to ride has already been prepared, but Concubine Tong Jia saw that there was still a trace of golden-red sunset in the sky, shining warmly on people, so she proposed to take a walk over it, after all, it was difficult for them to get out of the boxy palace wall, and it was normal to want to breathe more free air.

On this point, Erf had already arranged it.

On the way from the guest house to Lanyue Tower, palace maids are arranged to wait, so as not to have some eyes or delusional people who collide with Niangniang, and lest when several Niangniang are tired, there is no soft sedan chair and hot tea to serve, and the heart is not happy.

"Is this a real leaf?" Bypassing a hand-copying corridor, Concubine Tong Jia looked at a leafy plane tree and asked with some surprise.

The Wulanala clan knew that Erfu's ingenious arrangement would definitely attract the attention of several mothers, so when she was suddenly asked by Concubine Tong Jia, she didn't show any panic, she stepped forward with a smile and replied softly: "If you go back to Niangniang, this is a real leaf, but it is not the leaf of the plane tree itself, but it is just a kind of wild grass that is somewhat similar to the leaves of the plane tree." ”

As she spoke, she commanded a dexterous little eunuch to go up the tree and pluck a few leaves, and sent them to several ladies who were all curious.

Originally, Erf didn't want to do that. I plan to use silk cloth to cut leaves, flowers and other things to decorate the flowers and trees on the roadside and the back garden according to the meaning of the fourth master, but I looked at the prices of those silk cloths and poplins on the records. She was just a little girl from an ordinary rich and noble family, and after thinking for a while, she sent Yaoqin to invite a florist who cultivated flowers and trees in the greenhouse, and asked carefully, so that the people on the Zhuangzi sent some common wildflower seeds in the Zhuangzi, and let the florists use the kang and quilt to cultivate a batch of grasses and beautiful wildflowers with strong growth ability to decorate the Siyefu.

In the cold night breeze. Even if these vigorous wildflowers and weeds can last for one to two days at most, they are enough to cope with the old man Kangxi and all the ladies who come to the house for banquets, flower appreciation, and lantern viewing. It can also prevent others from impeaching the fourth master with extravagance and waste, which is a good arrangement.

But with its money-saving and real benefits, this arrangement also has other drawbacks. can have the beautiful scenery seen by Tong Jia, Concubine and others at this time. Naturally, it is inseparable from the hard work of those rough palace maids and eunuchs who entangle weeds and wild flowers in the trees before dawn.

The whole house has been busy for more than three hours, and some people are so cold that their hands and feet are numb.

"Sure enough, it's a clever girl. After listening to the introduction of the Wulanala clan, Tong Jiashi smiled and rubbed a tender blade of grass in his hand, looked back at Erfu, who was accompanying Concubine De's side, and said softly.

Although, Concubine Tong Jia ignores palace affairs and lives in the inner palace. But I also have some understanding of things outside. Naturally, I know the purpose of the eighth, ninth, and tenth families.

At this moment, this seemingly casual compliment, which has the credit of Erfu for coming up with such a good idea, is more because Erfu let her sister's adopted son, the junior classmate, escape the praise of this long-planned calculation.

Wildflowers and weeds are the most common scenery in the countryside, but for these ladies who live deep in the inner palace, it is a rare beauty, and it is definitely an extraordinary enjoyment to see such a vibrant green in the bleak winter.

The concubines talked and laughed all the way to Lanyue Tower, and the Li family, who was sent by Concubine De to invite Guo Luoluo and others, had already led Bafujin and others to Lanyue Tower, and everyone was saluted again, so they sat down in the position arranged by Erfu.

On the simple and simple bamboo low table, there is a complete set of porcelain boxes with gongbi painting Chang'e running to the moon, and inside are small plates with various dried fruits and candied fruits.

As soon as several Niangniang and Fujin sat down, the palace maid gave Niangniang and Fujin red date ginger tea to ward off the cold, and Concubine Tong Jia just owed a slight owe the lid and smelled a fragrant and sweet smell coming from her nose, that is, she originally planned to put it down, and at this time she couldn't help but raise her hand to her mouth.

The water temperature is just right, slightly hot, but it is very easy to eat.

Although it is only the most common red date and ginger tea, it can be arranged so meticulously, which makes Concubine Tong Jia think a little higher about the fourth master, Guerjia Fujin.

On the contrary, Li, who was sitting under his head and twisting his eyebrows and losing his face, became more and more out of her eyes.

The fourth master's adoptive mother, Empress Xiao Yiren, is the sister of Concubine Tong Jia, although the two sisters entered the palace together, but the age is very different, Concubine Tong Jia is only ten years older than the fourth master, it can be said that the fourth master was raised under the knee of Queen Xiao Yiren During the days, the contact between Concubine Tong Jia and the fourth master was closer than that of Queen Xiao Yiren, and she took care of the fourth master like the eldest sister of the fourth master, so that in the past few years, she felt a wonderful feeling of children around her knees.

So although she is indifferent to all the palace concubines and princes on her face, she is close to the fourth master in her heart, and because of the relationship between the fourth master, she has troubled Concubine De several times, and she is not used to seeing Concubine De only spoiling her younger son, and ignoring the practice of the little fourth child's shoes.

This time, with the old man Kangxi coming to the fourth master's mansion for a banquet, no matter what Concubine De thought in her heart, but Concubine Tong Jia had a mother-in-law's mother-in-law's mentality in her heart, and she kept observing the ladies in the fourth master's mansion.

Those Gege who can't get on the stage naturally can't get into her eyes, and she already knows a lot about the Wulanala clan, so her attention falls more on the two side Fujin of the fourth master.

Although the fourth master is a prince, he can have four side blessings, but there are not many women in the fourth master's mansion, judging from the news that Tong Jia Guifei got from all sides, except for Dong E's Gege, who is still clever and calculating, but has no heirs, others are either not on the stage, or too stupid, so in Tong Jiaguifei's opinion, they are not qualified to become Shangyu as a side Fujin.

With such a premise, Concubine Tong Jia's requirements for the two side Fujin are higher.

I hope that the two side Fujin in the Fourth Master's Mansion can help the Fourth Master a lot, instead of just knowing how to compete for favor and have fun to trouble the little four children's shoes, in this regard, Erfu can be regarded as passing the test by mistake, but Li's approach is not even comparable to a smart Gege, which makes Concubine Tong Jia really hate the root of her teeth and grit her teeth again and again.

If the Li family is stupid and likes pleasure, forget it, but the Li family doesn't want to be a background wall, seeing Tong Jia Guifei looking at her, she has already got up with a smile and came to Tong Jiaguifei's side, and willingly squeezed down the palace maid who was half-kneeling and serving on Tong Jia's side, and knelt down on Tong Jia's side as a servant maid, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, these rough and clumsy girls are still good at serving, but they can't do meticulous work, so there are concubines waiting for Niangniang!"

I'll it!

If Concubine Tong Jia is the biological mother of the fourth master, it is not ashamed for the Wulanala clan to make such a gesture, and she will not be angry, but she is not, she is not even the queen of the old man Kangxi, and as a side Fujin of the prince, the Li family knelt next to her so unaware of the identity to offer courtesy, but instead abandoned the fourth master's biological concubine Defei Niangniang, which made Concubine Tong Jia's face "swish" black all of a sudden.

"Fang Fujin did this, which really made the slave and maid embarrassed. "The palace maid who served beside Concubine Tong Jia was not the palace maid arranged by the Fourth Master's Mansion, but the palace maid in charge who grew up with Tong Jia's family since she was a child, and Mu Rong, who was more faceless than an inconspicuous concubine in the palace, was also a little embarrassed when Li said this, and still half-knelt beside Tong Jia's side, and said in a flat and slow voice.

was said by a little palace maid who didn't care about it, and Li's face was a little unbearable, but it was not good to worry about a little palace maid regardless of his identity, so he could only blink at Concubine Tong Jia with misty eyes, as if he wanted Concubine Tong Jia to give her a head.

As a prince, she is not good at dealing with the little palace maid, and Concubine Tong Jia, as the master of Mu Rong, can scold Mu Rong, but Concubine Tong Jia and Mu Rong have grown up together since childhood, and their love is extraordinary, not to mention that she herself looks down on the Li family, how can she stand up for her, facing the Li family's pretending to be delicate and pitiful, she pursed her lips and smiled slightly, reached out to hold Li's little hand, patted it as if comforting, and said softly: "Li Fujin is a natural nobleman, where do you need to do these rough jobs, let's just sit and talk!" ”

As she spoke, Concubine Tong Jia beckoned Mu Rong to move the cushion on Li's position, and even pulled Li to sit beside her with her own hands. (To be continued.) )