Chapter 396

Pearl is wearing a pale pink placket with a vermilion neckline and cuffs, plain and elegant, only the hem and back of the robe are embroidered with a few bright rhododendrons, slightly tightened waistline, showing that her figure is delicate and delicate, very eye-catching.

"Alright, it's not too early, let's start the table early. The fourth master glanced at the Li family, who lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers, raised his eyebrows, and said coldly, as if he couldn't bear to see the beauty pearl being tortured, and even threw a look at Mama Fu who was standing beside the Wulanala clan.

This kind of action appeared on the fourth master, which was really rarer than Mars hitting the earth.

Li's face changed slightly, and he soon squeezed out a brighter smile, obviously moving later than Mama Fu, but he walked to the side of Pearl first, took Pearl's hand affectionately, and whispered almost, "My sister is really restrained, and there are no outsiders here, so let's go to the hall with my sister for dinner." ”

As she spoke, she sent a flattering little look at the Ulanala clan, urging the Ulanala clan to follow her and set off together.

The Ulanala clan turned his eyes to look at Erfu, who was sitting at the head of the house, "Sister Guerjia's body is all right?"

"Yes. Erfu stood up and saluted, and said softly, "I thought I would go to my sister to say goodbye earlier, but I missed the hour after taking the medicine and was a little drowsy." ”

"Don't bother, I'm going to go to the Eighth Brother's Mansion to listen to the play tomorrow. The Ulanala clan wanted to say something but was interrupted by the fourth master's words, smiled apologetically at Erfu, got up with Mama Fu's wrist, and followed the footsteps of the fourth master towards the screen.

Li Shi glanced at Erph, who was solemn, defiantly. The picturesque pearl with his eyebrows also followed behind the fourth master.

Erfu grinned from an angle that Li couldn't see, and said secretly, "Ugly people are weird." The fool went up to the high platform" before he slowly straightened up, raised his hand to greet the guzheng and yaoqin standing behind the official hat chair, and walked towards the banquet hall on the west side with a slight smile.

Because it was an ordinary family banquet, and there was the news sent by Mama Fu before, Erfu did not instruct the housekeeper Mama to prepare the silk and bamboo orchestra and the troupe, but only placed all kinds of musical instruments in the warm pavilion behind the banquet hall for the performance of the ladies and dependents.

The fourth master, Wulanala clan, Honghui, Hongxuan, Xiaoqi and others will enter the palace first. Then I can accompany the emperor and the ladies from the palace to the Eighth Master's Mansion, and it is estimated that it will take a whole day, and Erfu is worried that the children's bodies and bones will not be able to bear it. didn't let those children come, and had already asked the big kitchen to send exquisite and delicious meals to various courtyards, and only the fourth woman's woman came to the banquet hall at this time.

There are not many women in the fourth master, and one table is enough.

A round table three meters wide. A tablecloth covered with vermilion embroidered flowers and ruyi patterns adorned with tassels. There are a high-foot plate filled with dried fruits, candied fruits, and gilt trays lined with gilt trays, among which is a dragon and phoenix Chengxiang depicting gold box, which is particularly luxurious.

On the Taishi chair in the main seat, there is no doubt that the male master of the fourth master is seated, and the left and right sides are Wulanala and Erfu.

And the next head of the Ulanara clan and the Erfu clan is the pearl and the Li clan.

The other Gege sat on both sides according to the time of entering the house in the morning and evening.

Everyone sat down, and the maid serving refreshments in the flower hall held a vermilion lacquer painted gold tray and presented hot tea and silver carved red gold hooked cups, chopsticks and dishes according to personal preferences. At the same time, remove the dried fruit snacks and candied fruit boxes on the table that have not been moved.

Another wave of palace maids carried food boxes and delivered a series of steaming, colorful, fragrant and delicious delicacies. The plates and bowls used are double-layer hollow tableware with the same pattern and material as the cups, chopsticks and dishes, and the silver carved red gold hook pattern is the treasure that the fourth master entrusted to the disposal office according to Erfu's preferences, and this is the first time to show it in front of the big guy.

Outside the flower hall, the night is gradually rising, the crooked crescent moon hangs in the treetops, the corridor is a row of red lanterns, looking through the transparent glass window, the night scene in front of the flower hall is like a fairyland, the red candle is lit on a red bronze gilt candlestick in the flower hall, the hall is reflected as day, and with the unique hazy feeling under the bright moon, it seems that the cups, chopsticks and dishes are shining, and the dishes are more exquisite, so that people are reluctant to put down the chopsticks, and destroy the dishes like works of art.

Erfu instructed the kitchen to prepare the reunion dinner of the Four Masters' Mansion, the same dish, but more elaborate on the plating, and the flowers were added to the meal, adding a touch of bright color to the gloom in the middle of winter.

"Big guy, move your chopsticks. The Ulanala clan took the lead in sending a piece of braised carp with chopsticks to the plate in front of the fourth master, and said with a smile.

The fourth master also sent a piece of duck breast to the plate of the Wulanala clan, "Duck meat nourishes yin and blood, you eat more." ”

The menu set by Erf and the kitchen is four happy ducks, which are brown and red, which is very suitable for the color of the year. The best ducklings and the pigs and pork sent by Zhuangzi were marinated in soy sauce, fried in the oil pan, and then stewed in the casserole for more than an hour with various small ingredients.

The duck meat is crispy, the taste is mellow and rich, the entrance is soft and not greasy, rich in nutrients, it has always been the favorite dish of the Ulanala clan, obviously the fourth master has kept her preferences in mind, and Erfu has also put his heart into preparing this table of dishes.

On the table, there are Wulanala's favorite Sixi duck, the fourth master's favorite boiled fish fillet, the Li family's favorite steamed Babao pig, and even the newly entered Xinggege often orders the kitchen to prepare pipa prawns...... Erfu also let the big kitchen prepare, all the ingredients are first-class fresh, personally selected by the best at cooking in the west courtyard, there is absolutely no gutter oil or anything like that.

There are also three kinds of wine, in addition to the raisin red made by Erfu herself, there are also the men who drink the pear blossom white, and the women who drink the osmanthus wine, all of which are filled with glass wine jugs and poured into the crystal carved goblet, even if you don't drink it, it is pleasing to the eye.

"I've heard that the food in the West Courtyard is exquisite, and now I look at the table of meals prepared by Sister Guerjia, which really responds to the old saying 'don't get tired of eating, don't get tired of being fine', and I have to let the cook in my sister's yard go to my sister's to learn skills another day." "Li eats steamed eight-treasure pig. But she couldn't keep her mouth shut, watching the Ulanala clan cloth vegetables and whispering for the fourth master from time to time, and she could only watch dryly because of the distance between her and the fourth master. I felt very uncomfortable, and when I saw that the fourth master ate another piece of assorted tofu sent by the Ulanala clan, I finally couldn't help but stab Erfu, and secretly mocked Erfu as a waste who eats and waits for death.

When Erf heard this, she hooked her lips and smiled, and muttered to herself, "What's so bad about being a foodie." Whether you're happy or not, you can always be in a good mood when you eat a delicious meal'. didn't take Li's ridicule to heart, and replied leisurely: "The people take food as the sky, and I have such a hobby." ”

"Don't talk about it!

But my sister can't do it, if you eat something delicious. Tomorrow, I will add two catties of meat. If only my sister also had a physique like Sister Guerjia who couldn't get fat. Dong Eshi was also helping on the side, looking at the plate of spicy hoof tendons in front of him, and sighed with a sigh.

This is what Erf is most satisfied with.

As an otaku girl, Erf's biggest hobby is to eat, but in the modern era, her own body does not have the advantage of not eating fat dry, and every time she can't help but eat something delicious, she has to be unscrupulous to grow meat. As a result, she is always on a diet, exercising to lose weight, and craving for meat, which is very painful.

"It's a blessing to be able to eat. Erff smiled and nodded. As a conclusion, the topic was concluded.

Li smiled coldly, listening to Erfu and Dong E's singing and harmonizing, and didn't pick up, just beckoned the palace maid who was picking up the cloth vegetables to add a bowl of soup for her and stirred it slowly, glancing at the women present from time to time, Ying Ying got up, and walked to the fourth master with the soup bowl in her hand.

"This sea cucumber soup is delicious, the most nourishing blood and moisturizing, and it is suitable for drinking in winter. The concubine looked at the lord's face not very well these days, and it was time to drink some soup to make up for it. As he spoke, he put the soup bowl in the position where the soup bowl should be placed in front of the fourth master, and at the same time handed the empty bowl to the palace maid behind him.

The sea cucumber used to make sea cucumber soup today comes from Rongcheng County, and it is the best among the sea cucumbers.

It was the good things that Erfu was going to make up for the fourth master, and at this time he was robbed by the Li family, even if Erfu was no longer in dispute, he was a little uncomfortable in his heart.

However, she didn't make a fuss about this matter, she just pursed her lips slightly, showing a little dissatisfaction with the Li family, and secretly wondered about letting Xiao Shengzi get some fast sea cucumbers out, let the fourth master eat them as snacks, and slowly adjust the fourth master's body.

Thinking of this, Erf pondered her private room.

suddenly remembered that at the end of the year, Zhuang Wencheng, the county commander of Rongcheng County, brought his family into the house to ask for peace, and brought a lot of high-grade sea cucumbers.

She didn't like the taste of sea cucumber very much, so she didn't move, but it happened to be cheaper for the fourth master.

"Go back and sit down, let them do these things. The fourth master didn't look at the Li family, but just pointed to the palace maids who were standing behind the masters and wore dark pink palace maid costumes, and said lightly, but he didn't refute the Li family's face, raised his hand and picked up the spoon in the soup bowl, and took a sip of sea cucumber soup.

Li nodded with a smile, turned back to his seat and sat down, and continued to bow his head and cheer and drink.

"Look, it's just a little boring to eat at the table, why don't we play something big guys!" Seeing that everyone present had already counted the grains of rice and sent them to their mouths, it seemed that they had almost eaten it, but the hour was still early, so he turned slightly sideways to the fourth master, and smiled lightly.

The fourth master nodded noncommittally and did not answer.

The Manchu people have been in the customs for less than a hundred years, and the Manchu nobles are really not good at the self-cultivation things such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so the banquet on weekdays is arranged for the troupe or juggling to have fun, and there is no such a play as a noblewoman's performance.

As soon as the Wulanala clan finished saying this, the Niu Hulu clan and the others were stunned.

On the contrary, the Li family had already gotten up, "It's rare that Fujin has such a Yaxing, so the concubine will throw bricks and lead the jade first, and present a song for the fourth master." After saying that, the Li family didn't care whether the Wulanala clan responded or not, so he beckoned and ordered the palace people to fetch her commonly used guzheng, piano table, incense burner and other objects.

"Sister Li is really anxious. Erfu smiled and pointed to the palace people who had already moved the piano table and other things to the flower hall, and said softly.

"This person's things are easier for individuals to use. Li glanced at those big road goods with disdain, covered his lips with a smile and said, "It's really not that I, as a younger sister, have the intention to talk about it, but if I want to talk about these elegant things, my sister really knows too little." ”

Erf also knew that the ancients were very particular about playing the harp.

But she was born with a complete voice, and her parents really didn't let her cultivate in this area, so Erfu didn't know much about these small details.

The things she temporarily asked Yaoqin and Guzheng to prepare were also selected from the guqin, guzheng, and pipa sent by someone in her private library, and she really didn't know whether it was good or bad, so she really didn't know how to refute Li's statement, so she could only laugh and forget it when she sang.

The palace maid ordered by the Li family trotted all the way back, and without even breathing, she carried the guzheng that Li used on weekdays, took another palace maid holding an incense burner, and led the two little eunuchs to carry the sandalwood piano table with a thick pulp and a commonly used thing at a glance, and entered the flower hall.

Because Erf had long known that the Ulanara clan would have a proposal to let the ladies perform, when arranging the banquet hall, Erf had already set aside a place on one side and made a simple arrangement.

Adjacent to the wall, there is a trapezoidal shark yarn screen that is the size of half a wall, embroidered with the picture of the ladies of the Tang Dynasty painted by famous artists, one by one holding a group fan, a cloud bun and a high comb, wearing a colorful silk, wearing a bandeau long skirt of the beautiful women or picking flowers, or looking at the moon, the posture is different, but the same beauty is very beautiful.

Behind the screen, there are several low tables and low tables, which are the places where the musicians who provide the soundtrack for the ladies who want to show off their dance skills.

In front of the screen, Erfu ordered people to erect a table less than a foot high, covered with a scarlet palace carpet, and arranged a simple stage, with the back close to the base of the screen, as if it were inlaid on the screen.

"Then the concubine's body will be ugly. Li instructed the palace people to set up the piano table and low couch, walked to the stage elegantly and generously, turned around lightly, and said softly to the fourth master.

The fourth master raised his hand, "Then let's start." As he spoke, he had already asked the palace man to move the Taishi chair under him in the lower direction, facing the stage head-on, sideways to the table, and picked up the wine glass casually, as if to cheer for the Li family, raised it to the Li family, and drank it all.

Encouraged by the fourth master, Li walked on the stage with light steps, took the hands of the palace people, soaked the warm water of flower petals and incense in a copper basin, washed his hands carefully, dried slowly, picked incense slowly and lightly, took a deep breath, and put his hand on the strings.

The song "Fishing Boat Singing Evening" slowly unfolded, with the beautiful and elegant tune and soothing rhythm, Erfu seemed to see a magnificent picture of the sunset reflecting the blue waves and the burning clouds on the horizon.

Even if Erfu dislikes Li's personality and character, she has to admit that Li's piano skills cannot be underestimated, and she is a little worried that Wulanara's arrangement will fail, after all, she feels that Li's piano skills are already a great achievement, and if Pearl is behind her, I am afraid it will be difficult to surpass. (To be continued.) )