Chapter 232: On the Way Home

The night was quiet and leisurely, the fourth master had used white porridge, so he drank the tonic soup that Su Peisheng had arranged for someone to boil, and listened to Zhang Bao talk about what had happened in Beijing and the mansion these days, and from time to time glanced at the little man who had shrunk into a ball in the light gauze bed curtain.

"The new Li Gege in the house, I don't know what the master plans to do!" Zhang Bao respectfully sent the secret letter sent by Chen Fu to the fourth master, and said in a low voice.

"Since they have this heart, they will eat and drink well, and they are just a character. There is only one way, you have to keep an eye on these unconscious ones, and you can't let them hurt the children in the main courtyard and the children in the house!" The fourth master drank the light brown tonic soup in a few sips, took a handkerchief and dipped the corners of his lips, a fierce color crossed his eyes, and said hatefully.

"The minions understand. Zhang Bao hurriedly lowered his body and answered.

The fourth master sat on the soft couch, looked at the small figure on the bed who was shrinking into the quilt, waved his hand casually, and ordered Zhang Bao to extinguish a few candles in the room, leaving only a red candle in the corner to illuminate, and sent Su Peisheng and others out.

The candlelight shrouded in the shallow light gauze bed curtain left a shadow of bamboo bushes on Erfu's face, lining Erfu's pale face a little whiter, and the bruises under his eyes were more obvious.

I don't know how long it took for Erf to sit up with her swollen head rubbed, as if she was a little confused for a while, until there was a sound of rustling footsteps outside the door. Only then did he react, and looked around with some panic.

"What about the master, what about the fourth master?" Erph looked at the unchanged furnishings in the room. For a while, I didn't know if it was a dream of hers when the fourth master woke up, with a hint of crying in her voice, and Yuhan, who was waiting outside, rushed in.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Yuhan took a silk handkerchief, gently wiped the tears from her face for Erfu, and asked in a low voice.

"What about the fourth master?" Erfu grabbed Yuhan, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw. looked at Yuhan with a blank eye, and asked a little nervously.

Yu Han smiled and took the pink and purple brocade robe with twig patterns and put it on Erfu, and said softly: "The master said that he has slept too much these days. Seeing that the weather outside is just right, I went to the garden for a walk, this is not distressed by your hard work, and I specially explain that we must not quarrel with you to rest!"

"Thank goodness. He's finally awake!" Erf folded her hands. Looking out the window at the turquoise sky, he muttered.

I don't know if it's because I knew that the fourth master had recovered, Erfu felt that her body was so sore that she didn't bother to get up for a while, smelling the faint smell of sunshine on the mattress, she took off the clothes on her shoulders casually, shrunk back into the quilt, and told Yuhan to rest. Once again, I fell asleep.

Erph was exhausted, and she had been holding on to that breath for the past few months. I can't sleep every day, and I have aged more than ten years in just a few months, even if I have rested for most of the day, the cyan circle under my eyes is still hanging on my face!

Xu felt relieved, and this sleep, Erfu slept for a day and a night, and when she woke up again, it was already noon on another day.

This is still because of hunger that woke up Erf, otherwise Erfu even went to solve the internal emergency with his eyes closed and touched it back, and even ate a meal with his eyes closed on the bed.

"The master slept so well this night, and he looked better!" Yuhan and Yujie said with a smile while waiting for Erfu to wash and change.

Erff didn't think there was anything wrong with it, she just felt tired, and she couldn't even open her eyes, but she wasn't ready to sleep so stupidly, after all, she had been tossing and turning for months in a row, and it would be impossible to slow down for a while.

"Where's the master?" Erfu stroked the red gold dotted emerald beads with colorful butterflies on the sideburns, stepped over the high threshold, looked at the quiet and somewhat scary courtyard, and asked with a smile.

"Master, I'm afraid I'm in the study right now!" Yuhan replied.

Since the fourth master woke up, Erfu wanted to go back to Rongyue Pavilion, but was left behind by the fourth master's good words, fortunately there are only two beads in this garden now she and the fourth master, but she is not afraid of others saying that she is charming, and she seems to be used to being able to watch the fourth master every day, and at this time she suddenly found that the fourth master was not around, and she was really a little uncomfortable.

"This is where to go!"

Without waiting for Erfu to answer, the fourth master's slightly playful voice sounded behind him, causing Erfu to roll her eyes coquettishly.

"The sun is just right now, and I want to go out for a walk!" said Erph in a low voice.

The fourth master took two steps forward, grabbed Erfu's somewhat dry little hand, and walked towards a pavilion in the garden.

This pavilion is called Linshuiju, and it is above a stream, and it is cleverly integrated with the white marble nine-curved bridge to form an inter-zigzag structure.

Facing the position of the bridge on both sides are two large door panel doors, at this time the pavilion is burning with smoke cages, light yarn slightly hanging, and the sound of water is dingdong outside, quite a bit of fairyland feeling.

The pavilion is divided into three parts, the center is the Ming Hall, which can cross the entire pavilion, go back and forth on the bridge, and the two sides are separated by the warm pavilion, which is the same size and has different layouts.

The warm pavilion that the fourth master led Erfu into is the appearance of a standard Han women's boudoir, a shelf bed with a bed curtain, a round table with four embroidered piers, several vases with delicate flowers, and a small and delicate dressing table by the window, which gives Erfu a feeling of walking into a staggered time and space.

"Why did you bring me here?" asked Erph a little strangely, she wanted to go for a walk, not to sit in a different place!

"Eat!" said the fourth master with an unfathomable expression.

"Forehead......" Erf stumbled in embarrassment, silently bowed her head and played with her fingers.

Can she say that she just slept a little too much and her brain was a little drowsy?

Can she say that she led the maid out just to blow the wind?

Can she say that if she is hungry, she doesn't want to come out at all?

The fourth master didn't seem to realize Erfu's unhappiness. Lang Sheng instructed Su Peisheng to bring in the meal that had already been prepared.

A simple four-dish soup with an ordinary appearance and an ordinary taste. Erfu, who was accustomed to eating imperial kitchen skills, frowned unconsciously, but thinking that the fourth master was so excited to pull her here to eat, these little things were not too important.

For several days, every noon, the fourth master always appeared magically, dragging Erfu into the very delicately arranged warm pavilion. ate a somewhat unpalatable meal, but I don't know if it's because of the mountains and rivers of this hot river, she really found that her complexion was much better. Even the hair that was a little split up because he was too lazy to take care of it before turned black and shiny once.

In the blink of an eye, although Rehe is warmer than Beijing, it is still colder. And the saint also sent a few messages to urge. Erfu and the fourth master discussed it a little, and prepared to return to Beijing before the year.

These days, because of the good news of the fourth master, those eunuchs and wealthy businessmen have sent boxes of gifts, which makes Erfu, who is a fan of small wealth, feel like he has made a fortune.

"Who sent this!" Erph asked in a low voice, taking out a cross-stitch embroidery adorned with various gemstone beads, her eyes full of surprise.

"It should have been sent by the Li family!" Yuhan flipped through the booklet in his hand and replied.

"Side Fujin's maiden family?" Erph asked rhetorically.

"Not really. It was sent by Li Gege's family, who was sent back to Beijing before, and it is said to be a rare thing. It's just that the slave maid looks at it ordinarily!" Yuhan glanced at the childish embroidery like a child's handwriting, and said softly.

If Erf is not mistaken, this thing is definitely not a craft that should exist in this era.

Cross-stitch, it's all something that modern girls play in modern times, but she has seen the Li family, and she can't tell that it's an imposter at all.

"Oh, it's hers, it's fresh, let people put it away!" said Erph pretending to be flat.

After Erfu finished speaking, he put his attention on other things, and sorted out them for two days before he repacked the things sent by the various prefectures and put them in the wing room of Rongyue Pavilion, and only moved them to the carriage on the day he set to return.

When she set out from the capital, Erfu only brought some things she needed, which was really far from the dozen or two big carriages she had returned.

The fourth master finally finalized the return date on December 10, and the fourth master also because his body had just been raised, so it was not suitable to ride a horse rashly, so he sat in a carriage with Erfu, and the two of them played backgammon, backgammon, and word puzzles from time to time, which was much more interesting than when they came.

Erff is like a happy bird.

The fourth master was also happy to see Erfu like this, and described the customs and customs he encountered in the places he walked through to Erfu one by one.

"One day, I want to go all over this great river and mountain!" Erph said in a particularly firm tone, looking at the mountains farther and farther away. "Okay, I'll go with you!" the fourth master grabbed Erf's shoulders and said softly.

This time back to Beijing, Erfu and his party did not need to accommodate other people's schedules, the speed was much faster, eliminating the trouble of camping every time, and also making the accompanying people a lot easier.

It was not until the fourth master led her to a real post station that Erfu knew how wrong she was.

Next to the official road, in a small three-story building, Yicheng wearing an eight-grade official robe hurriedly greeted him.

"The lower officials see the four beylers and the four blessings. ”

"Let's get up, have you arranged it properly!" The fourth master did not correct Yi Cheng's words, but just nodded casually and asked loudly.

"It's already arranged, the lower official will lead the nobles there!" Yi Cheng retreated to the side with a smile, gave way to the bluestone road at the gate, and bowed over to fight with Su Peisheng.

Erfu followed behind the fourth master and walked into the three-story building, but saw that the post man did not stop, but led them directly to the back.

Behind the wooden door, there is no cave.

In a small courtyard, there are three main rooms, two ear rooms, and three east and west wings, which are not much worse than the west courtyard of Erfu.

The furnishings in the room are also extraordinarily exquisite, looking like the products of the official kiln, a small house-like stepping bed, with stacked flat bedding, making people feel home.

"Not bad!" the fourth master sat casually on the Luohan bed and said loudly.

Su Peisheng stepped forward quickly, gave a purse with five taels of silver, and sent the post out of the door kindly, and then arranged for the maid and the little maid to boil water and charcoal.

Along the way, I don't know if the fourth master has the intention to delay, and Erfu feels that he can't go far in a day, so he returned to the capital for more than half a month.

At this time, it has reached the end of the year, both inside and outside the capital are full of joy, and the market is spontaneously formed outside the front door, all kinds of gadgets, which make people reluctant to step, Erfu and Siye are wearing ordinary robes, walking in the crowd like ordinary couples, feeling the life of ordinary people.

"It's good to be an ordinary person!" the fourth master casually took a flower hairpin and put it between Erfu's hair, and said softly.

"Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the master sees that they are doing well, but it may not be satisfactory. Just say that these craftsmen who set up stalls on the street, there are old fathers and mothers, children and grandchildren, and from time to time they can also meet those shameless scoundrels who extort some money, and if they are not careful, they will offend the nobles!"

The fourth master casually took the sugar gourd wrapped in glutinous rice paper he had just bought, nodded Erfu's head, and said with a smile: "You look at the master so unobtrusive!"

"Of course not!" Erfu naturally wouldn't admit the meaning of her words, and smiled and took a small box of rouge sold at a stall, and Su Peisheng stepped forward to settle the bill.

When night fell, the fourth master took Erfu, who was already tired of playing, into the carriage back to the house, and told Yuhan to put away the small toys that Erfu bought during the day, and led Erfu back to the fourth master's mansion with a picture of how he had just returned from other places.

Because it was not early, the fourth master naturally avoided the ceremony of welcoming the big guys, and carried Erfu, who was sleeping a little heavily, into the soft sedan chair, and sent Li and others to accompany Erfu back to the West Courtyard.

After a few months, the fourth master looked at the familiar small courtyard in front of him, and actually had a feeling of being separated from the world.

"Ama ......" Xiao Qi and Hongxuan had already received the news that the fourth master was going back to the house, and at this time, they saw that the fourth master was actually standing at the gate of the courtyard in a daze, and ran out in a hurry, screaming immaturely in his mouth.

"Run slower, don't be afraid of falling!" The fourth master came back to his senses, walked two steps quickly, grabbed two small buns, handed them over to the grandmother to take care of, turned over and picked up Erfu who was asleep in the soft sedan chair, glanced at the two buns, and walked towards the main room.

Yuhua and Yulan led the little maid to clean up the main room spotlessly, and the bedding was also freshly replaced. (To be continued......)

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