As in previous years, he sat down in Yonghe Palace, waiting for the Fujin of each province to invite him one after another, and Erfu went to Kunning Palace with Concubine De Niangniang, who had changed into a concubine's auspicious dress.

Outside the Kunning Palace, a futon is placed on the white marble square like a chess piece on a chessboard, with the screaming movement of the eunuch, everyone regardless of age knelt down on the futon, as if the rehearsal had been countless times.

The four three-legged half-human high-gilt smoke cages distributed in the four corners exude light and elegant sandalwood, and a pillar of incense sticks in the Xuande furnace on the incense table with offerings complement each other, rendering this cold winter morning a bit of grandeur.

The old man of the emperor in front led a group of brilliant sons and courtiers to pray for blessings, and the sacrificial prayers were passed from the clever eunuchs to the back, like a melody of sinuous Kun dialect.

Erfu, who was already sleep-deprived, was wearing a warm mink fur coat on her body, kneeling under her warm futon filled with copper dates, only feeling a wisp of sleepiness in her heart, and she had no intention of taking care of her young children, and her head was dozing off little by little, and even the cold wind on her face did not wake her awake.

Time slipped away with the wind, and the big futon on his body was gradually penetrated by the wind, and the soft futon seemed to be compacted by Erfu's knees, stinging like a needle prick, making Erfu's body shake slightly, and even the sleepy insects that could not be dispersed were also slipped away like a mouse seeing a cat.

Xiao Qi and Hongxuan are the children she grew up in her hands, and she wants to give them the best life. But they can't help but face the ups and downs that shouldn't belong to their age, watching the little people kneel in the wind, and the pink and fair little faces in the past have become red monkey butts. There was inevitably some astringency in his eyes.

As soon as she thought that in two years, Hongxuan would be moved to the front yard, and in the future, she would have to follow the fourth master in front of the emperor and the old man to worship the heavens and ancestors, she couldn't help but want to stuff the child back into her small world.

Just when Erfu was full of guilt and wanted to cry, Hongxuan and Xiao Qi raised their heads together and gave her a reassuring smile, which really made her feel even more distressed.

"Is it cold?" said Erph, looking up at the left and right. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he shrank his neck and crooked his body, and approached Xiao Qi a little. asked in a low voice.

"When I got up early, my mother dressed me a lot, and there was a wormwood bag in my arms to warm me, it was not cold at all, but it was my mother. I don't look very good at you. But tired?" Xiao Qi is an empathetic child, although there were times when he was naughty in the past, but the words he said at this time really made Erfu feel the warmth of the little padded jacket.

"That's good, if you're tired, lean on Mama, don't hold on!" After a brief explanation, Erfu leaned over in the direction of Hongxuan, and asked the same question. After getting Hongxuan's affirmative answer, this knee doesn't hurt anymore. My waist is no longer sore, and even my stiff neck is flexible, as if I have eaten a cover in a cover, and I don't breathe when I go up to the sixth floor in one breath.

Although Erfu thought that no one paid attention to her small movements, but the Li family, who had been paying attention to her, naturally saw it well at a glance, and secretly planned to wait for her to return to Yonghe Palace to take good eye medicine.

With the warmth given by the two little guys, Erfu didn't feel that time was difficult, compared to the anxiety and physical discomfort in her heart when she first came to the palace to participate in this kind of large-scale sacrifice, she actually bent the corners of her mouth heartlessly, and Yuhan, who was kneeling next to her, couldn't help but pull Erfu's sleeve to remind.

In an hour and a half, the sun rose in the east, and the sun shone on the golden glazed tiles, making Erfu's slightly hunched back straighten all of a sudden, the small waist was straight, and the little head was slightly drooping, and the standard chemical imaging could be used as a teaching material for training the little palace maid.

The eunuch standing on the side of the incense case, I don't know if he was too tired with his voice, or because he was frightened by seeing Erfu's sudden change, he actually stumbled, so that the eunuchs who followed behind were scared.

The four concubines in the palace are not young, and they have been kneeling for more than an hour, and their bodies are really unbearable, Erfu saw that most of Concubine De's body was pressed on Yuxiu beside her, if it weren't for the strong mother-in-law who came over in time, I am afraid that Yuxiu would be pressed down.

The other three concubines are also in a similar state, plus they are all past the age of competing for favors and fierceness, but no one laughs at anyone, and they are busy following the palace people in their respective palaces, and leading a group of daughters-in-law back to the palaces to rest.

As soon as Concubine De entered Yonghe Palace, she asked the palace people to lead a number of daughters-in-law to rest in the side hall, and led Yuxiu to the inner hall alone.

Erfu leaned on the official hat chair at this time, took the hot tea from the palace people, drank a toast in one go, and took the hand stove filled with Ai Duan burning, took a deep breath, and it took a long time to ease his senses, and suddenly looked up, and found that the big guys were all like this, and laughed unconsciously.

"Little fourth sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Fourteen Fujin is a standard Manchu girl, not as white and beautiful as a girl in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, her voice is hearty, and she speaks to Lisosalem, which greatly increases Erfu's good feelings.

Without waiting for Erfu to speak, Li frowned as if he was uncomfortable, "Your little sister-in-law is a delicate one, I'm afraid I'm tired at this time, let's let her rest!"

Fourteen Fu Jin was just a casual remark, seeing that Erfu was robbed of white, for fear that they would make trouble in this Yonghe Palace, he smiled slightly and bowed, and walked to the side hall where the children were resting.

The children were weak, and Concubine De was worried that they would catch a cold, so she specially explained that the palace people prepared hot ginger tea and a prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor to soak their feet, and the treatment of Bilf and other daughters-in-law was much better.

The old fourteenth family got up and left, although the side of the old thirteenth family, the Fujin Guerjia clan had the intention to stay for Erfu, but seeing that their Fujin's face was not very appropriate, they had to smile apologetically at Erfu, and then pinched the hem of the robe and followed out.

As for the daughter-in-law of the seventh concubine of the Cheng concubine family who lives in the apse of Yonghe Palace, Fang Fujin. I went to the back with my mother-in-law early in the morning, and I didn't see this scene, but Erf thought. Even if they did, it would be just when the deaf and blind mute left the room, and they would never be nosy.

In such a comparison, Erfu felt that the side Fujin Guerjia clan of the old thirteen families was much cuter.

After a while, only Li and Erfu were left in the side hall, and Erfu felt a little awkward, and she didn't want people to think that she was running away. He walked into the inner sanctum, as if he was worried about his mother-in-law's health.

Li Shi spat in disdain, and casually took off the red gold dot Cui Fulu Suxi wide bracelet on his wrist and put it on the hand of a palace man who looked quite decent. smiled and inquired about Concubine De's daily life, so frightened that the palace people hurriedly stuffed the gold bracelet back into Li's hand, and drilled back in small steps.

As a side Fujin in the Fourth Master's Mansion, he actually inquired about Concubine De's whereabouts. I was really blinded by lard.

But these elves don't know. She's busy right now.

As soon as Concubine De came back, she was busy changing her coat, drinking the hot ginger tea prepared by the palace people, and chewing a few pieces of sugar-soaked ginger, only then did she feel some heat on her body, and her face eased a little.

But his legs were still cold and unconscious, and he was soaking in hot water soaked in cold-warding herbs, and suddenly saw Erfu walk in, and Concubine De's old face was a little embarrassed.

"Why did you get in?" said Concubine De in a very impulsive tone. There was a sense of embarrassment and anger.

Erfu was worried about Niangniang's body, and she was afraid that Niangniang would miss the time of the palace banquet. That's when I came in rashly, and I asked the lady not to be angry!" replied with a smile.

Seeing that Concubine De Niangniang seemed to be pinching her legs in annoyance, Erfu took out the small bronze gilt box in Xiao Qi and Hongxuan's arms, took out the spare Ai Duan, lit the smoke, wrapped the somewhat hot small box with a coat made of deerskin, divided two for Yuxiu, and took the other two and pasted them on Concubine De's legs, sliding up and down in an orderly manner.

Ai Duan is a good thing for the last year, and after a while, the blood veins on Concubine De's legs were dredged, and they gradually became hot.

"This thing looks very delicate, but there is no built-in model, could it be that it is a gadget that you researched again!" Concubine De leaned comfortably on the couch, looked at the small box in Yuxiu's hand, and said softly.

Erfu was accustomed to the tone of a superior like Concubine De, and explained with a smile.

This smoke mugwort can be regarded as a traditional Chinese home-cooked care method, and the elderly generally have it at hand, but it is indeed in the later generations, and now Concubine De Niangniang, a high-ranking and powerful person, is surrounded by a doctor to take care of her, and she disdains to do it herself, so she has never seen this thing.

And Erfu saw the moxibustion box with a plastic shell on the outside and a stainless steel inside beside the elders, and asked about the use of this thing.

The fourth master also let the imperial doctor take a look, knowing that this thing is good for Erfu's weakened body, so he also asked people to keep a long-aged Ai Duan for her to use, so that she can often regulate and condition her body by herself.

Entering the palace to participate in the sacrifice in this winter, Erfu prepared a few stuffed in Xiao Qi and Hongxuan's clothes, so that the little guy would not be cold, and it was really used in the right place at this time, so that Concubine De Niangniang could get rid of this discomfort of being frozen and not bloody.

Concubine De asked, and Erfu also said what she had said about the fourth master before, and promoted this most common thing to nourish the body with a smile.

"You're a clever person, let the fourth child send a few to me another day, this person is getting older, and this body is getting more and more unlucky!"

"Bh. For such a small request from Concubine De, Erfu responded with a smile, and asked Yuxiu to take out the knee pads made of wolf skin, carefully put them on the outside of Concubine De's silk pants and tie them, and said in a low voice, "I heard that the imperial doctor said that this wolf skin is the most beneficial for old cold legs and other diseases, and Niangniang's legs are a problem that fell when she was young, but you have to pay attention to it, especially when this is the case!"

Concubine De Niangniang looked at the worried look in Erfu's eyes, and unconsciously grabbed Erfu's white and tender little hand, and pulled Erfu to sit on the wide collapse, "You have been serving in the fourth mansion for many years, and you have never been angry with you when I treat you like that?"

"Mother, if I tell the truth, will you punish me?" asked Erph with a smile in her eyes.

"Tell you the truth, I will be angry, but I will not punish you. Once this person's status is high, there will be fewer and fewer people who are willing to tell you the truth!" Concubine De patted the back of Erfu's hand and said as if she was a little touched.

Erph smiled shyly, revealing a mischievous and cunning look like a little fox.

"If you are not angry, Erfu asks herself if she is not a generous person, and there will be times when you can't figure it out. It's just that since ancient times, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been natural enemies, not to mention that Erfu is just a concubine, and if you don't like Erfu, that's reasonable.

However, you are kind to your father, and Erfu serves you, which is to do your filial piety for your father. Maybe you don't believe it, but that's what Erf thinks, if he is good to Erf, Erf will be good to his family. ”

After saying that, Erfu lowered her head shyly, because she felt that Concubine De was the person she could talk to, but she was a little worried that these words would get out.

Concubine De nodded thoughtfully, and just when Erfu thought she would not respond, she spoke, "The world says that this palace is the richest place, but the people in this palace know that this is the darkest and most inhumane place.

However, I feel that no matter when and where I am, I must always keep that trace of kindness in my heart, which may make people feel that this argument is a bit silly, but as a person who has come over, I can be in the palace for a long time, precisely because of that residual good thought.

You're a smart kid, I'm sure you can understand what I mean, otherwise Lan Qin wouldn't have entrusted Honghui to you!"

"What the mother said, Erfu understands, and besides, Erfu's brain really can't play any bad intentions!" Erfu scratched his head a little embarrassedly, brushed the tassel chain hanging from his sideburns, and whispered.

"I still remember when I first entered the palace, I was just a tea maid who did meticulous work in the Qianqing Palace, and the grandmother I followed told me at that time that in this palace, people who are too smart will not live long, and people who are too stupid will not live long, and the people who really survive and live well are those who are confused, if you ask them, how did they survive, maybe they themselves can't figure it out!" Concubine De continued, neither comforting Erfu nor extricating Erfu, but as if she was saying inconsequential words, but her expression changed when she heard Delph.

At this time, what Concubine De said was all in the palace, could it be that she now knew that her fourth master had plans to compete for the position of the great treasure!

"I'm not close to the fourth child, but I'm still his mother, listen to what I'm saying today, don't worry too much!" (To be continued......)