Chapter 455

Nothing was said all night.

In a dimly lit courtyard, several rough maids on duty were already holding brooms that were full of human height, and began to sprinkle and sweep once a day.

The small movements, through the cracks in the ventilation window, loomed into the inner room, disturbing the half-asleep Erf, Erfu squinted a pair of sleepy eyes, stretched comfortably, and rolled around the bed with the quilt, then habitually took out the pocket watch under the pillow, and looked at the time by the subtle light of the candlestick next to the bed into the bed curtain.

"It's only three o'clock, no wonder it's so dark outside. Looking at the hour hand on the surface, Erph breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered as she put on the robe that had been thrown over the side of the bed.

Outside, Xiaowen and Xiaoman, who were on the night, heard the movement, and hurriedly got out of the quilt, wrapped their robes without bothering to gather their hair, and came to the side of the bed, "Master, but are you going to get up?"

According to the rules, the maidservants who are on duty in the upper room for the night are not allowed to sleep.

If it's better in summer, it's harder at best, but in winter, it's too much of a sin, and at night, the charcoal stove is withdrawn, relying on the heat of the earth dragon alone, it's not much stronger than standing in the ice and snow.

Therefore, since the time of beating Yuqing and Yubing, Erfu took the money from the private room and asked the craftsmen in the house to make two single beds that were easy to splic, and stayed in the tea room behind the hall during the day, and moved to the outer room at night, so that the two of them could sleep well.

Originally, Xiaowen and others were not very suitable for this treatment. I got used to it.

No, the two fell asleep after the meeting, and they slept soundly. It wasn't until Erfu sat up that the two of them heard the movement, and naturally there was no time to wash and comb their hair.

As soon as Erph lifted the curtain of the bed, he saw two unkempt people emerging from the head of the bed, and he was really startled, and he was about to pull his feet back and retract them. I was going to hide in the bed.

"Master, you ......" Xiao Wen, who was a little puzzled about Erf's movements, tilted his head and called.

Listen to Xiaowen's familiar voice. Erf froze, staring at her somewhat hazy sleepy eyes, and through the burning red candle, she finally saw the faces of the two men clearly.

Xiaowen went to the small kitchen to get water. Xiaoman hurried back to the room to wash up. Wait for Xiaowen to come back and change it, don't make it look like an old madman on the street, looking weird and scary. Although Erfu said that he could clearly see that the two of them were not ghosts, and they were not bad people with bad intentions, but the sequelae of being frightened were still there, and his heart was beating even more, as if he was about to jump out, so he sat back on the edge of the bed. made fun of the two.

"The slave is rude. Xiaowen and Xiaoman also realized that the two of them were indeed not wearing proper makeup now, and they also understood that Erfu was frightened just now. Busy shortened his body and whispered.

"Don't talk about these false courtesies!" Erfu waved his hand indifferently and urged, "Hurry up, you have to rush to send the breakfast prepared by Xiaoshengzi to Su Peisheng before Yin Shizheng, otherwise I'm afraid that the fourth master will go out hungry again!" After speaking, Erfu pulled the shoes that he hadn't put on, raised his legs and walked to the clean room.

As the saying goes, the plan of the day lies in the morning, but why does the emperor have to go to court before dawn, if only the fourth master could live a 9-to-5 work life, Erfu sat on the mahogany gong barrel, thinking very unproductively.

Once upon a time, her dream was obviously to do only three things in her life - rice worms that eat well, sleep and have fun, why did she still worry about the body of the fourth master, and even the trivial matter of whether she was full or not, did she really fall in love with him!

Erph shook her head self-deprecatingly, got up and walked out from behind the screen, and sat down in front of the dressing table with the hot water that Xiaowen had just sent in, and sat down in front of the dressing table after a simple wash, facing the bronze mirror, glanced at Xiao Man, who was also washed behind him, and commanded softly: "Just comb your hair in a simple bun, and you don't need to wear too much makeup." ”

Seeing Xiaoman pick up the comb, Erfu said uneasily, "The most important thing is to be concise, don't make me dare not move, I'll go to the kitchen to take a look later, and don't make too heavy hair accessories for decoration." ”

In the past, Erfu always thought that there were only a few kinds of flags, but since Xiaoman, who was skillful, came to the West Courtyard, the green silk on her head fell into the hands of good people, and she changed different hairstyles every day.

At the beginning, she still felt quite fresh, and she liked to let Xiaoman comb her hair for her, but she felt that her hair was coated with a layer of fragrant and greasy hair oil, which made her a little uncomfortable, but as soon as the wind blew, it dispersed, and there was nothing bad about it, but as soon as she washed her hair, she was embarrassed, and the oily touch and itchy scalp were as terrible as a nightmare.

Beauty comes at a price, and that's Erf's greatest realization.

After that, every time Erfu asked Xiaoman to comb her hair, she always had to give a special advice, but this girl didn't seem to understand the simple meaning, and she couldn't cry or laugh every time, but fortunately, after running in for so many days, she was also used to it.

Seeing Xiao Man pick up the bottle of fragrant jasmine head oil again, Erfu couldn't help but smile bitterly twice in his heart.

Well, what she just said was in vain.

However, in Erf's opinion, the shelf head that is too gorgeous, in Xiaoman's eyes, it is already the simplest bun, if the master doesn't like it, she plans to use a few wigs to comb a more gorgeous version of the shelf for Erf!

A few indigo silver hairpins on the hairpin were decorated, and a popular peach blossom makeup was painted for Erf, Xiaoman took his hand satisfied, took a look left and right in the mirror with his hand, and asked Erfu to check the place that could not be seen at the back of his head.

Erfu nodded with satisfaction, whispered "clean up here", changed into a dark red makeup satin robe, and led Xiaowen to the small kitchen.

In the small kitchen, Xiao Shengzi was so busy that his hands and feet did not touch the ground, and he was shouting to the maid and cook to cut a few slices of soaked fungus into thin strips and put them on a plate with braised beef. "Master, leave it to the minions here." Rest assured, don't stain your clothes. ”

"Have you prepared the vegetarian dishes?" Erf asked softly, smiling indifferently, looking at a few side dishes on the table.

"Back to the master's words, two vegetarian dishes have been prepared, one is a fresh-flavored grilled double winter, and a refreshing and appetizing vinegared cabbage. It's all what the fourth master likes to eat. Xiao Shengzi pointed to the ingredients prepared on the side and replied respectfully.

Hearing this, Erf nodded. Then he pointed to the bubbling crucian carp soup on the stove and added, "When you send it over, remember to fish out the fish." Just leave the tofu in the soup. In addition, just leave this small dish of sauce beef for the meat dish, and replace it with a light fried three shreds, the fourth master is estimated to have stayed up late last year, this appetite is afraid that it is not good, don't send it if it's too greasy.

Also, put the porridge in the food box first, don't warm it on the drawer, so as not to be able to eat it when you get it, and delay your work in vain. ”

With Erf said. Xiao Shengzi had already removed a few things that had been ordered by Erfu, and personally prepared the ingredients for stir-frying three silks. Instructed the rough envoy to light the small stove on the side and start stir-frying with a spoon.

A few hot dishes are simple home-cooked dishes, but they are very hot, and they are a piece of pot, so even a master like Xiaoshengzi is barely busy.

Before the food came out of the pot, his head was covered with beads of sweat.

On the one hand, it was roasted by the fire on the stove, and on the other hand, because Erfu was watching, Xiaoshengzi was a little nervous and sweating, and only a small part was busy, but Erfu didn't know this, and thought that Xiaoshengzi was very hard, and secretly wondered whether to give Xiaoshengzi a monthly increase, or find him two more assistants, so that he would not be busy alone.

It was a few moments, three minutes, and a few dishes were placed in the food box steadily.

Erfu didn't take over, turned her head and asked Xiaowen and Xiaoman to carry a food box, and followed Zhao Dezhu, who often walked around the front yard, to send it to the fourth master, and she herself was accompanied by Yaoqin and Guzheng, who had just gotten up, and went to the main courtyard to ask for peace.

The main courtyard is as lively as ever.

The women in the back house, in addition to the Wulanala clan and the Li clan, the two Chang Fujin and the side Fujin who are in charge of the middle feed, still have some things to be busy, and the other Gege are just idlers who are full and waiting for dark, and the only thing to worry about is where the fourth master stays at night.

Niu Hulu, who had just been lifted from the grounding, was the first to come to the main courtyard to ask for peace.

However, she didn't respect the Ulanala clan in her heart, but wanted to take the opportunity to meet her little brother who was brought to the main courtyard to be raised, but she didn't want the Ulanala clan to ignore her at all.

Seeing her coming, under the pretext that she hadn't washed and groomed, and it was not suitable to see people, she asked Mama Fu to take her to the side room to drink tea and wait for a greeting, so she was in a depressed mood, and when she saw Erfu coming, she thought of the rumors she had heard before, and she didn't care about the fact that the fierce and vicious upbringing Mama was following behind her, her nose was not a nose, and her face was not a face: "Guerjia Fujin's complexion is really getting better and better, no wonder you like to run to the west courtyard." ”

"Please be cautious. Erfu glanced at Niu Hulu coldly, and said softly, "Don't know how to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the master when you have nothing to do, practice more when you are idle, and be quiet, so as not to cause trouble and make a fuss." ”

After speaking, he ignored the red-faced Niu Hulu, walked to the top and sat down, took a small sip of the hot tea sent by the palace maid, and secretly wondered what kind of medicine Niu Hulu had taken wrong, and he didn't remember to confront her for a long time when he came out, could it be because of Li's instigation.

Thinking of this, Erfu looked at the Li family who closed his eyes like an old monk and recuperated with some suspicion, and at the same time looked at Dong Eshi and Jing Gege who were sitting opposite Niu Hulu's family, but he didn't want to face the strange eyes of the old woman standing behind Dong E's family, and felt the resentment in the old mother's eyes that was a little too sharp, which made her heart more and more confused.

Just as Erfu was about to talk to Dong E's family, Mama Fu appeared in the room silently like a ghost, "Masters, please go up to the room and talk!"

"Huh......" Erfu, who was frightened again, let out a long breath, squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile, got up and said, "Mama's footsteps are so light, and it's in broad daylight, otherwise it will really scare people to death." ”

"The lesson of Guerjia Fujin is that slaves and maids must be more careful in the future. Mama Fu took two steps back, let go of Erfu, who had come closer, and bowed down solemnly.

Erfu was just joking, but when she saw Mama Fu like this, she felt a little bored.

What's more, Mama Fu also made a picture of being afraid that she would approach, no matter how good her temper was, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, Erfu squinted her eyes and was too pretentious Mama Fu, shook her sleeves fiercely, snorted coldly and walked past Mama Fu who was being restrained, and walked straight to the door.

"Mama, don't be surprised, our master was sprinkled with water by Xiao Man's clumsy girl when he got up early, and he is angry at this time!" Seeing this, Yaoqin, who had always been safe, hurriedly exchanged glances with Guzheng, took a step forward, came to Mama Fu, and explained softly.

"Look at what you said, Guerjia Fujin is the master, even if you beat me and scold me, that's right. Hearing this, Mama Fu turned sideways, as if she was unwilling to accept Yaoqin's courtesy, squinted at Niu Hulu who was full of playful expressions on the side, and said in a weird manner.

After speaking, he bowed his head slightly, walked out by himself, and left Yaoqin standing in place very embarrassed.

At the same time, the grandmother who was following Dong E's privately poked the little palace maid standing beside her, turned around and helped Dong E's who was stunned, and also left the wing.

"This old pious woman is really uninteresting, my sister has said so, she is still so good, she doesn't even look at the Guerjia master in her eyes!" The little palace maid who received the hint from the grandmother stepped forward with a smile, stretched out her hand and pulled the hand clenched into a fist in the sleeve of La Yaoqin, and said with a gritted tooth as if she was indignant.

The little palace maid who came to Yaoqin was originally standing next to the flowers, which was not noticeable, and she was very eye-catching, so even if Yaoqin had good eyesight, she couldn't recognize which master this person was in front of her for a while, and the left and right would not be served in the main courtyard, because the patterns on the clothes were different.

"......" Yaoqin looked at the little palace maid in front of her with scrutinizing eyes, smiled coldly, didn't answer, and looked at the position where the palace maid was standing in her memory, secretly pondering the origin of the little palace maid, turned around and walked out.

It seems that as the master said, the water in this house is very deep!

As early as on the way here, Erfu had mentioned that I was afraid that there would be some changes in the attitude of the people in this house recently, so that they should not have any disputes with the palace maids on this side of the main courtyard for some trivial matters, so as not to fall into the calculations of others.

Before, Yaoqin still felt that Erfu was making a fuss, after all, this mansion had been cleaned up by the fourth master several times, and some restless palace maids and eunuchs were sent out of sight, even a few servants who couldn't be determined for a while, and they were also sent back to the Internal Affairs Mansion in accordance with the principle of preferring to miss and not letting go, how could there be so many spies and eyeliner, but I didn't want such a one to emerge in just one morning.

Yaoqin didn't think that this person was angry with Mama Fu's style, and stood up to comfort her, because those words were not like comfort, but more like arching fire.

Thinking of this, Yaoqin smiled coldly, quickly caught up with Erfu, who had already walked to the door of the upper room, reported what happened just now, and followed Erfu into the upper room as if nothing happened.

(To be continued.) )