Chapter 394

At the end of the day, Niu Hulu and several other Gege Eniang all took the carriage arranged by the Fourth Master's Mansion, with a rich gift, and happily left Prince Yong's Mansion.

"Today, Fujin and they can come back early when they enter the palace, so you can go back and rest for a while and pack up. Erf tightened her grip and commanded in a low voice.

Last night, she and the fourth master made a plan to hold a family banquet today, and she should have informed a few Gege in the house earlier, but she got up early and had a stuffy nose and runny nose, so she forgot about this stubble.

Fortunately, it was timely to remember, otherwise someone would have thought that she deliberately ignored them. Thinking of this, Erfu smiled slightly, "Youshi is coming to the flower hall, let's just disperse." After speaking, she took the lead in leaving the door of the hanging flower and got into the soft sedan chair parked aside.

"Master, you are not feeling well, just let the slaves and maids inform them, why do you have to go on this trip by yourself. As soon as she entered the warm pavilion, Erfu let out a big sneeze, causing Yaoqin to open the conversation box and nag a little dissatisfied.

Erfu smiled and took the hot ginger tea from the guzheng, took a sip slightly, felt the slightly astringent and spicy taste in his mouth, and shook his head gently, "Although the status of several Gege is not as good as mine, but in the end, they are all serving in the same mansion, since I can give them a decent just by going out and showing my face, why should I be so stingy......

Then go out and get some fresh air. I feel a little more comfortable. With that, Erf took another sip of hot ginger tea, feeling that it was hot in her mouth and nose. Only then did he put down the teacup in his hand, got up and walked to the charcoal stove.

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At the beginning of the unitary period, Fujin and his party returned to the house.

"Let's go back and rest for a while, and after a while, let's go to the flower hall for a meal together."

Speaking of which, we haven't had a reunion dinner in our house this year. The Ulanara clan stood next to the carriage and commanded with a smile as he asked the palace people to arrange the slightly wrinkled hem of their robes.

Lee's angle is invisible to others. Rolled his eyes disdainfully, turned his head and groaned with a smile, and then led the Hongyun child who had turned into a little chubby paper to sit in the soft sedan prepared by the housekeeper. I returned to the main house of the east courtyard and sat down.

"I heard that Guerjia side Fujin is sick again. Li Shi looked at his fingers coated with impatiens juice over and over again, and lowered his eyes.

Roulan hurriedly stepped forward and reported the news she heard from the sprinkler in the west courtyard earlier, "It is said that it is not comfortable to get up in the morning. It's drinking medicine again. It was fumigated again, and it took a long time to finally get better, and then I hurriedly went to see the Fujin who came to the house to greet a few Gege, and then asked the house to arrange a carriage to send people, but this good person let her do it. ”

"What's the use of currying favor with those things that can't be put on the table...... Li Shi sneered, "Our lord is now a prince, and according to the rule, there are four side Fujin, and those people don't keep an eye on the position under her Guarjia clan's ass." Otherwise, those people can't wait for our two side Fujin to immediately die and make room for others. ”

"That's what the master said. Roulan smiled flatteringly.

"But this good man can't let her do it all. Li casually pulled off the red gold hollow armor he was wearing on his little finger and put it to the side, and muttered for a moment. He raised his eyes and said, "I remember that a lot of materials were sent from the south a year ago, and you go and find some to send to the hospitals." After speaking, he beckoned Roulan to send a hot cloth to cover his face, and half lay on the Luohan bed to rest.

Entering the palace - it seems to be a very decent thing, but it is really tiring, not only physically tired, but also heart-tired, and it is also a loss that the fourth master is now a prince, so that she does not have to kneel and worship when she saw people when she entered the palace during the Chinese New Year a few years ago, but it was not as comfortable as being in the house.

No wonder the one in the West Courtyard was still resting in the house even if he woke up, instead of following them into the palace to socialize.

Thinking so, Li muttered, "Fool." ”

Roulan, who was sitting on the next small pestle and looking through the warehouse booklet, didn't hear clearly, so she hurriedly raised her eyes and asked, "Master, what did you say?"

"Nothing. Li raised his hand and tore off the handkerchief that was no longer hot on his face, threw it into the copper basin held by the palace people, gathered the wrinkled hem of the robe, showed a faint smile, waved his hand and sent everyone in the room except Roulan, and said in a low voice, "I listened to Concubine De's words, it seems that she has the intention of marrying Mo Yaqi this year, what kind of husband do you say the fourth master will choose for her, should she marry far away to the grassland." ”

In the past few days of Roulan, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Fujin of various prefectures to come to the mansion to ask for peace for the three masters of the main courtyard and the east and west courtyards, with the large amount of reward money he had received from the Li family before, he successfully collected a lot of rough servants to do eyeliner, and he can be regarded as the most well-informed member of the inner courtyard.

At this time, seeing Li Shi mention it, he pretended to be contemplative, and his frowns were silent for a moment, and then he replied with an uncertain face: "Xu can't, our master and son cherish the child the most, and it is estimated that he is reluctant to marry us so far." ”

"......" Li had such a guess before, but what Mo Yaqi did before broke the fourth master's heart, so she felt that the fourth master might not keep Mo Yaqi by her side, "It doesn't matter where she marries, when the time comes, I, the mother, will have a good makeup." ”

After saying that, Li put this matter behind him, got up and went to choose clothes and jewelry to attend the family banquet.

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In the main courtyard, as soon as the Wulanala clan sat down, Mama Fu reported the big and small things that happened in the mansion today, and contrary to the disdainful ridicule on Li's face, the Wulanala clan was very much in favor of Erfu's approach.

Although these concubines Gege do not have a high status in the mansion, they are also the women of the fourth master. The decency that should be given in front of outsiders is always given.

"This thing is done beautifully. Ulanala raised her hand and beckoned Mama Fu to take her hair apart for her, and said with a smile. "In the past, I always felt that Guerjia's things were a little childish and her ideas were very naïve, but now that I look at it, she can still handle these things on the big picture.

In the end, it is a noble girl from everyone, much better than a girl from a small family. ”

As she spoke, she glanced at the books in front of her.

This is the account of the large kitchen in the house. It had always been the Li family in charge before, but a few days ago she took the time to rummage through it and found that something was wrong with the books. Not only are the prices of fresh fruits and vegetables, chicken, duck, fish and other things purchased on a daily basis much more expensive, but also the quantity purchased is much higher.

The Ulanala clan felt that something was wrong, and asked Mama Fu to go to the servants who were serving everywhere to ask, only to find out that the Li family was taking advantage of her illness. I was not strong for a while. secretly changed the mother-in-law who was in charge of procurement in the big kitchen, and replaced it with the mother-in-law of Su'e, a close-to-the-line maid in her yard.

Having found this, other things are easy to explain.

However, the Wulanala clan did not reveal this matter, after all, the matter of greedy ink has been around since ancient times, but no one has ever been able to do it so shamelessly, she took this opportunity to directly recover the accounts, keys, cards and other things from the Li family, and no longer asked.

These days. These things in the big kitchen are all handed over to Mama Fu to deal with.

"After the first month, I'll leave the affairs of this big kitchen to her to practice. Ulanara looked sideways at the little brother who was sleeping soundly on the bed. He said with a smile.

Hearing the sound, Mama Fu's movements stiffened, although she quickly returned to normal, but she was still sensed by the Ulanala clan, "Mama has something to say, is there anything you and I can't say?"

"The slave is worried about the master. Mama Fu frowned and sent away the other palace people in the room, and said in a low voice, "Although I have seen that the one in the West Courtyard has a good temperament in the past few years, the slave maid is afraid that the people's hearts are insufficient, and the power in her hands makes her ambitious. ”

"She's so much smarter than you think. Wulanala shook his head slightly, raised his hand and took off a pair of beeswax earrings on his earlobes, and said with a smile, "Honghui's body is losing, and I have no ability to give birth, even if she wants more rights, she will not fight me, but will treat me more respectfully, otherwise the fourth master will not tolerate her."

As for the rest, I think I've done my duty to the Ulanala family, and if I want the benefits, there's nothing I can do, and if they want to send people in again, then I'll take it. ”

As he spoke, the Ulanala clan smiled mockingly.

Those relatives in the family who are eager to suck up her flesh and blood, she will no longer care about their life or death, it would be better if she sent new people in, and then she would be able to take the opportunity to turn her face with those people, so as not to make her embarrassed between the fourth master and the family in the future.

If Honghui can successfully become a rich idler, that is exactly what she expects.

Thinking of this, Wulanara's mood became more pleasant, and the corners of his eyes rose slightly, revealing a few fine crow's feet, "You said that this Guerjia clan is really smart and clever, she introduced me to use egg whites and honey to apply to my face, and use less official powder, my face is really tender to the touch." ”

"Yes, the master's complexion is much better. Mama Fu glanced at it slightly, and nodded in agreement.

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From the time the fourth master and others returned to the house and went to the flower hall for a banquet, there was only half an hour in between.

That is, after a little washing, the Wulanala clan and the others were almost going to the flower hall, but Erfu and other people who stayed in the mansion were more lenient in time.

Before going to the flower hall, Erfu specially ate something and drank a bitter medicine soup, so as not to spoil the interest of others because of her body, and at the same time asked Yaoqin to put peppermint oil in her sleeve in case of emergency.

After packing up, Erfu changed into a garnet red embroidered flag suit, combed the shelf, wrapped in a heavy, warm mink fur, led the yaoqin and guzheng, and walked slowly to the flower hall.

The big hat worn by Xinggege is pink and white satin on the outside, a thin layer of silk cotton on the inside, and the neckline and brim of the hat are rolled around a circle of snow white mixed with a few strands of dark red wind hair, although it looks beautiful, it is also very sagging, if it is late autumn, early winter, or early spring, it is good to wear, but now it is too thin.

"Lao Bian Fujin is worried that the concubine has lived outside the gate since she was a child, and the temperature in the capital is nothing for the concubine. Xingge took two steps to Erf, leaned down slightly, and whispered.

Erf smiled and nodded, and motioned to the maid beside Xingege to help her up, "Then you should be careful, it's not good if you get frostbite." ”

With that, Erf gave her the sleeve of the fox skin that warmed her hand and the stove to Xingege.

And she herself retracted her hands back into the big one, pulled both sides of the big one from the inside, and beckoned Xinggege to walk towards the flower hall together.

"It's better to use it on the side. Xingge looked at the back of Erf's neck, felt the temperature in the palm of his hand, his heart warmed, and he hurriedly chased forward and said.

Erf shook her head slightly, "It's okay, let's walk a few steps faster." ”

As he spoke, the five-room flower hall with arches and cornices was already in front of him, and he only needed to bypass a moon gate again.

The two walked all the way without slowing down.

It's okay, whether it's on stage or in your spare time, you have to practice basic skills, so your physical strength is very good, except for some sweat beads flashing on your forehead and other positions, you can't see that it's almost trotting all the way.

But Erfu is not good, pampered for these years, most of the time when going out is not a car or a sedan car, even if it is walking, it is just a slow walk, at this time suddenly walk a few steps, lung capacity can not keep up, plus the nose is still a little breathless, as soon as I enter the flower hall door, I can't help but take a deep breath.

The flower hall is five rooms wide, three rooms deep, among which is the bright room that opens the door before and after, only in the middle of the north-south direction, a wooden partition is made, the lower end is submerged in the blue jade floor tiles, the top is close to the painted dust exposed outside the ceiling, the partition of the wood carving hollow hangs a porcelain plate painting of magpie Dengmei, and the Taishi chair of the hot painting of the five blessings is inlaid in front of the partition wall.

On the square table among them is a blue jade porcelain vase, several plum blossom branches of different lengths are irregularly inserted in it, faint and fragrant flowers, when you first enter the door, it is the most obvious, Erfu glanced at the left and right two screens between the empty things, turned around and walked to the east.

In addition to a throne placed on a screen against the wall, there are also two neat rows of official hat chairs and corner tables, on which are placed fresh fruit bowls and boxes full of candied dried fruits, which are arranged very kindly.

"Looks like the two of us were the first to arrive. Erfu smiled and sat down in the official hat chair at the back window, and after sitting down, he affectionately beckoned Xingge to sit beside him, and said softly.

Xinggege bowed shallowly, and then sat down half-bowed, looking very well-behaved.

"I know who you are!" Erfu smiled and glanced around, beckoned Yaoqin to step forward to block the sight of the palace people waiting outside, staring at Xinggege's flower-like jade face in a firm tone and low voice, and said slowly. (To be continued.) )