Chapter 760
Chapter 760
Mama Geng is worthy of being the most slick old lady in the house. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In Erfu's opinion, she just wanted to re-elect a few palace maids for such a trivial matter, but Mama Geng also had a lot of prevarication, so she reluctantly agreed, and really slapped her in the face.
She looked at Mama Geng, who was embarrassed, and sneered in her heart and wrote it down.
"Then trouble Mama to bother more!
In my small courtyard in the west, there are not enough people to sprinkle and sweep, and there are only two big palace maids left around Ya'er and Qingdai, and the things inside and outside here are always not good to rely on the two of them to work, if there are not enough people in the house, then please contact a reliable person Yazi, it's really not good, I'll buy some girls with my own money to serve!" Erfu smiled and asked Ya'er to send a purse to reward, and knocked Geng Mama a few words, and then turned to leave.
It seems that her side Fujin's intimidation power in the mansion is really weak, which is why she has been very favored all these years, otherwise I am afraid that her monthly silver will be withheld by these people.
"Master, you are discouraged.
In fact, this Geng Mama is this character, and she didn't mean to embarrass you. Ya'er saw that Erfu's face was not very good, and she was afraid that Erfu and Geng Mama would have a conflict, so she hurriedly dissuaded her.
Hearing this, Erfu looked back with a smile, glanced at the little girl with a red face, turned her head to look at the little palace maid who followed her, shook her head, deliberately raised her voice, and said loudly: " You misunderstood, I didn't get angry with this old woman, if I was angry with her, then how would others laugh at me, and I can't say that I, the master, have no measure and self-cultivation, as for what you said about Mama Geng is this character, it is even more nonsense, she is also impartial, after all, everything in this house must follow the rules, and you can't break the rules for me, if everyone does this, the things in this house will not be completely messed up!"
After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the west courtyard.
Everyone in the house knows that she has no temper and is easy-going, so she naturally wants to keep it up.
As for Mama Geng, she will never allow her to be an errand in the house.
Under the pretext that he was ill and couldn't take care of the trivial matters in the house, he handed over the good thing of taking care of the middle feed to the Li family, as well as his own hands who had just returned to the house, but he firmly controlled the trivial affairs in the house, and said that he handed over all the authority in his hands, but in fact it was just a show, and if there was anything wrong, Mama Geng would come forward to correct herself and the Li family, Erfu believed that in the minds of the Wulanala family, she was definitely a more dangerous person than the Li family, she couldn't leave such an opportunity for the Wulanala family, who let her not plan to shirk the good opportunity to intervene in her hands this timeοΌ
How to send Mama Geng out of the house, you still need a reliable excuse!
Erfu thought about her thoughts like this, and returned to her own courtyard, and saw that the fourth master was wearing a robe, sitting on the Luohan bed in her room and reading a book, looking very leisurely.
"I'm back!" Hearing Erf's footsteps, the fourth master looked up with a smile and said.
Erfu rolled her eyes angrily, turned her head and told Ya'er to prepare tea and snacks, then sat on the vacant position of Luohan's bed, and asked coldly to the smiling fourth master: "Why are you back, didn't you say that there is something to be busy in the study in the front yard, is it that you will be busy at this time!"
"You know?" said the fourth master with certainty.
Erfu took a sip of the hot tea handed over by the fourth master with a smile, snorted coldly, and said: "I'm not seventy or eighty anymore, if you remind me to be careful of Lily, I haven't forgotten that you suddenly invited Lily over to the banquet, and left her in the house for the night, and today I am in front of me, I value her very much, how can I not be suspicious!"
His Royal Highness Prince Yong, you should explain well, what do you want to do?" After speaking, she blackened her face, pushed away the big hand that the fourth master stretched out to her, sat up straight, looked at the fourth master very seriously, did not give him a chance to fool the past, and also expressed her serious attitude.
"How can you be curious about such a thing!" said the fourth master a little helplessly.
"I just want to know who the man I admire, I don't want you to be a person who will take advantage of a woman's affection!" Erfu didn't dodge the fourth master's question, stared at him very seriously, and asked in a low voice.
"Of course I'm not that kind of person.
Originally, I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry about such a thing, but since you asked, then tell you, the reason why Ye suddenly got close to Lily was actually to find that she intended to get close to Ye, and he wanted to listen to the conversation between Ye and the emperor when he entered the palace that day, Ye thought that since she was curious, she might as well behave like being deceived by her, and let her pass on the untrue content to Lao Ba when the time came, so as not to arrange other means for Lao Ba. The fourth master smiled and put down the scroll that had turned a few pages in his hand, sat up straight, and replied lightly, in his opinion, this kind of thing really doesn't need to be hidden from Erfu, so he didn't deliberately play any word games.
It's just that he ignored a woman's curiosity, and Erfu didn't wait for the fourth master to finish speaking, so he knelt up, put his hands on the small tea table in the middle of the Luohan bed, leaned over the tea table with half of his body, and asked in a curious voice: "What did the master say to the emperor?"
"What else can I say?
In fact, it's ridiculous, the master is just discussing the backyard with the emperor.
You also know that the emperor, not only is the major affairs of the government and the opposition, it is easy to deal with, that is, the conflict between the concubines of the queen/palace, the emperor can also be smoothly quelled, compared to the various chaos in the backyard of the master, the lord really feels that he is very incompetent, so he asked the emperor for advice, for this matter, the emperor also recorded his daily life to the lord a volume, let the lord bring it back and read it carefully.
It's just that they think too much, and when they saw that the emperor was talking to the master, they didn't let anyone serve in front of them, so they thought that what they were talking about was a great topic, and they also arranged for Lily to come over to test it, and he didn't think that the master would be a person who couldn't move when he saw a woman!" In the end, the fourth master raised his chin proudly, and looked at Erfu who was stunned by thunder with a proud smile, looking like he was waiting to be praised.
Erf is so speechless, good?
She rubbed her face, as if she was shy by the fourth master, she lowered her head, but in fact, she avoided the eyes of the fourth master, lest he see her speechless expression, and said in a low voice: "You are really embarrassed to trouble the emperor's old man!"
As the saying goes, family ugliness is not publicized.
Although it is said that the old man of the emperor is the father of the fourth master, he is not an outsider at all, but the family relationship between the royal family is thin, and it is really not just a matter of talking about it, as far as the fourth master and the emperor's two fathers and sons, I am afraid that the topic they have talked about since childhood is not about the family.
Erfu estimated that even if the fourth master told the eighth child this, the eighth would not believe it.
Just when Erfu was about to laugh, the fourth master pushed down the book that had been held on the tea table, and pushed it down in front of her eyes, the bright yellow writing, symbolizing the extraordinary origin of the book, the big characters of the iron painting silver hook' in the big characters, as if to confirm what the fourth master said, dare to love the fourth master is really doing this, and really got the living record of the old man Kangxi, so the secret that the eighth man tried his best to find out is actually some of the privacy of the fourth master, if you let the eighth know about this, it is estimated that he will vomit blood in annoyance!
"Then the emperor's old man has given you some good ideas!" Erfu, who was in a good mood, forcibly pressed down the corners of his mouth that was about to reach under his ears, reached out and flipped through the living record that exuded the fragrance of ink, looked at the jade seal mark the size of a palm on the title page, and screamed in his heart, this is the original Kangxi living record, she was full of excitement, and asked casually with a pretended calm face.
The fourth master patted the living record on the tea table with a smile, lowered his head and said, "No, I only gave the master this living book." β
"Then you can read it!"
Erfu really doesn't understand the living record and the disputes in the inner courtyard of Pingding, what is the connection, isn't the living note all the historians recording the words and deeds of the emperors of the previous dynasties, she doesn't believe that when the emperor enters the palace, he will bring a character like a historian, so the emperor doesn't even have a little privacy, since the emperor will not bring a historian when he enters the palace, what is the connection between the living note and the palace, Erfu even doubts whether the fourth master was played by the old man Kangxi.
As for whether the fourth master will lie and deceive himself!
Erfu felt that even if the fourth master wanted to lie to her, he would not come up with such an unreliable reason.
The living note was pushed back to the hands of the fourth master by Erfu, although she was curious about the content of the living note, but the living note that the old man Kangxi handed over to the fourth master was written in Manchu, and the whole text was crooked Manchu, she couldn't understand it at all, if it wasn't for the living note on the cover was written in Chinese characters, she was afraid that she couldn't even distinguish between the top and bottom anyway, although she had been exposed to a lot of Manchu over the years, she had been able to speak fluently in Manchu, and even learned the Mongolian language of daily language, but there was no clue at all in writing, even if she studied very hard, it was still a fog in her head, and there was no progress at all, It's also a shame that the invitations that come and go now are written in Chinese characters, otherwise she would be the legendary blind eye.
"I've heard the eldest grandmother say it for a long time, you don't seem to know Manchu at all, and it's true. β
"Isn't that weird?" Erf jumped up like a fried cat, and asked sharply, as if she had seen her identity exposed by the fourth master and nailed to the cross, Erfu stared at the fourth master in horror and horror, staring at the fourth master's face tightly, thinking that as long as the fourth master revealed something wrong, she would turn around and run away regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one.
"Not surprising. The fourth master shook his head with a smile and didn't continue.
Can he say that this is a very strange thing, as early as before Erfu entered the mansion, he heard that Guo Luo Luo's Fujin is a person who values Manchu culture very much, not only is his daily correspondence in Manchu, but even the dialogue is like this, and the servants who serve around him are all from a family of cloth, how can he train his daughter to not even speak or write half a sentence of Manchu!
But he saw fear in Erf's eyes.
The fourth master thought, maybe he shouldn't get to the bottom of it too much, otherwise it might destroy the relationship between him and this little girl, just like Ama said "It's rare to be confused", not deaf or dumb, not a family, why should he bother with those details, as long as he knows that what he likes is this little Nizi who is a little confused, and this little Nizi who has children for himself.
As for her origins, is she not of Manchu blood?
What's the big deal about that, even the old man Kangxi today is from Concubine Tong of the Han Army Banner, why should he care about the distinction between Manchu and Han!
With this in mind, he quickly threw the doubt behind him.
Seeing that the fourth master no longer asked about this topic, Erfu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking in his heart, I am afraid that I really want to invite two gentlemen to come and learn Manchu well, otherwise sooner or later there will be a day when the stuffing will be exposed, after all, the original owner is an authentic Manchurian background, once her identity is questioned, not only will she be in danger, but even her children will be watched with strange eyes.
The two sat down at the tea table, and chatted for a while, and then Erfu dozed off in a drowsy state, forgetting even the content of the conversation she wanted to ask the fourth master and Yuman, and before she could get up and go to the inner room, she fell down on the Luohan bed, curled up and fell asleep.
WhewW......
"This Nizi really doesn't know how to take care of herself!" The fourth master raised his hand to take off the cloak on the hanger, gently put it on Erfu's lap, turned his head to look at the hidden doors and windows, stepped down from the Luohan bed, hugged the sleeping Erfu horizontally, and gently put it on the bed that was warmed in the inner room, and carefully unbuttoned the gilt buckle on the neckline for her, pulled the quilt to cover her, and then got up and walked upstairs.
The upper room where Erf lives is a small two-story building with a total of two staircases, two inside and outside.
One is next to the tea room at the back of the hall, which is relatively narrow, which is also convenient for the servants to go up and down with the children in winter, and the other is the staircase for the masters to enter and exit, in a hugging shape, spiraling down from both sides of the second floor, the exit is built in front of the back door, facing the exquisite small garden in the backyard, and another fountain is built to be decorated, if you look down from a high place, it is like two colorful phoenixes competing for pearls, which shows the importance of the fourth master to Erfu, which is why Erfu even if there is no heir, the Wulanala clan still persevers against herγ
The fourth master walked down the small staircase behind the tea room to the west room upstairs.
This is Xiao Qi's residence, he was just about to raise his hand and knock on the door, Xiao Qi recognized the figure of the fourth master through the silhouette on the door, opened the hidden door with a smile, and threw himself into the arms of the fourth master very affectionately, and called softly: "Amma!"
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, the fourth master pulled Xiao Qi, who was in the shape of a koala, to his side, took Xiao Qi's hand, walked to the round table, took out a gift for Erfu from the inner pocket of his coat, and said softly: "You kid, you are really too lively, don't hurry down! You have completely forgotten what your mother said to you, you have grown up now, you can't always jump into Amma's arms like this, let others see it, but they will laugh at you!"
Ah, this is a gift from Amma to your mother.
Originally, Ama wanted to hand over the gift to your mother, but your mother has been working too hard lately, and she fell asleep just after talking for a while, and Ama has to go to the front to deal with things, you will hand it over to your mother for Ama in a while, so that you can see this gift as soon as you wake up, okay!"
"Then what's the good of Xiao Qi?" Xiao Qi smiled very mischievously and stretched out his hand.
Enjoying this kind of closeness between father and daughter, the fourth master relaxed his back on the back of the upholstered official hat chair, stretched out his hand and flicked it on Xiao Qi's head, and took out a red gold rabbit with ruby eyes from the sleeve, put it in front of Xiao Qi's eyes, and said: "You naughty child, the new little rabbit produced by Xuancai Fang, the four legs, ears and tail of this little rabbit are all movable, as long as you use the tail to wind it here, it is just right for you to play." β
After speaking, the fourth master patted Xiao Qi's head again, got up and walked out.
Xiao Qi, who was left alone in the room, jumped to his feet and shouted "I've grown up" like a kitten that had been provoked, but he didn't notice the fourth master's whispered words, "It's really a mother and daughter, and even the tone of speech is exactly the same." β
Xiao Qi, who was still angry, took the brocade purse embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns that the fourth master put on the table in his hand, ran to the window in a few steps, and threatened viciously at the back of the fourth master leaving: "Hmph, stinky Ama, you dare to give me this kind of toy to coax children, I want to see what gift you prepared for Eniang!"
"Don't mess around!" The fourth master, who had already walked downstairs, raised his hand with a smile.
Xiao Qicai didn't pay attention to the words of the fourth master, she deliberately moved the small stool, stepped on it, stood by the window, and just opened the purse in front of the fourth master.
"What!"
Xiao Qi, who was disappointed, wordlessly stuffed Dongzhu back into his purse, complained softly, then jumped off the small stool, stepped on the stairs, kicked and ran downstairs, and caught up with the fourth master who turned around and came back, and said like a little adult: "Amma, the gift you prepared is so casual, I can't see it at all, Eniang will definitely not like it, although the Dongzhu you prepared is very large, shiny and moist, and it is a very rare Dongzhu at a glance." β
"What do you know about a child!" the fourth master retorted angrily.
"E-Niang said it herself, every time E-niang was preparing a gift for Amma, she would always say this. Xiao Qi exaggerated the tone of Erfu, shook his head and said, reached out and untied the sachet hanging on his waist, shook it quite complacently, and said, "This sachet is embroidered by Eniang to Xiao Qi, although the embroidery is not as good as the embroiderer's craftsmanship, the pattern is not so rare, the materials are some ordinary fabrics, but it was embroidered by Eniang for Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi felt very happy when he received it, don't you feel happy when Ama received the clothes and socks sewn by Eniang for you?"
The fourth master naturally understood what Xiao Qi said, but he didn't plan to change it.
Because the gift he prepared was Erf's favorite, and it was also made by him himself, but Xiao Qi's child was too careless, she didn't see her own intentions, and fortunately, it was so, otherwise he would be a little embarrassed to be Xiao Qi Amma!
He was really afraid that Xiao Qi would take a closer look, so he discovered the secret on Dongzhu,
"You don't understand!" After speaking, he hurriedly took the purse back into his hand, and walked back to the upper room, this thing must not be placed in Xiao Qi's hands, and he wanted to let Erfu wear a hairpin on his head when he attended the evening reception banquet, so he had to wait here for Erfu to wake up.
The fourth master looked at Xiao Qi, who was still preaching to him, and said softly: "You go back quickly, I don't know how to put on a dress when I come out, the weather is getting colder and colder after the rain, Ama is going to accompany your mother!"
After speaking, he beckoned Ya'er to send Xiao Qi upstairs.
And the fourth master himself was from the clean room to the small door in the backyard, went into the clean room to wash, until the cold on his body was dissipated, then he came to the bed lightly, and the clothes lay beside Erfu, with the faint light, focused on Erfu's quiet sleeping face, looking at it, he was also sleepy, he reached out to hold Erfu's shoulders, straightened out Erfu's sleep full of green silk, covered both of them with a quilt, then closed his eyes, and fell asleep deeply.
As the fourth master snored softly, Erfu opened his eyes.
She woke up as early as when Xiao Qi chased the fourth master downstairs, and Xiao Qi kicked and stepped downstairs, no wonder she was woken up, but she was really tired, and the bed was too comfortable, so she was too lazy to move, just when she was going to find a comfortable position, continue to sleep, and recuperate to cope with the evening reception, she heard the conversation between Xiao Qi and the fourth master, and she was curious, just wanted to go out in shoes, and the fourth master came in through the small door in the back.
She was embarrassed to let the fourth master know that she was eavesdropping, so she closed her eyes again and pretended to be asleep.
It's just that I didn't expect that before she could pretend to wake up, the fourth master would actually lie beside her, and look at herself with very eager eyes, and even she felt it with her eyes closed, which made her whole body almost stiff, and finally the fourth master fell asleep, she was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and move her neck slightly.
"Wake up!" Erph sat up, only to stretch slightly, and just as she was about to remove the arm of the fourth master on her waist, the voice of the fourth master sounded behind her.
Listening to the voice of the fourth master behind him, Erfu was stupid.
She looked back awkwardly, smiled, nodded, and said, "Just woke up!"
How could the fourth master not know that Erfu had already woken up, he was deliberately pretending to be asleep just now, he just wanted to see how long this naughty little Nizi could last, he listened to Erfu next to him sit up, and immediately opened his eyes, he watched Xiao Nizi act like a thief, and deliberately teased Erfu, if he wasn't afraid that Erfu would be too embarrassed to turn his face, he would definitely tease her again.
Seeing that Erfu's cheeks turned into red apples, the fourth master hurriedly took out the gift and said with a smile: "Look at the gift I prepared for you." β