Chapter 364: The Sycophant Li Clan
Chapter 364
At this time, the fourth master, who was remembered by Su Peisheng, was sitting in the Li family's room in the east courtyard, watching the Li family busy inside and out, the whole person was gloomy as if it had its own shadow effect, rubbing the tangled branches at the corners of the small coffee table, and sighed again and again.
"What's wrong with the fourth master?" Li leaned softly on the side of the fourth master, and called out in a coquettish voice along the pattern on the placket of the fourth master's clothes.
"It's okay!" the fourth master pulled out his arm, "It's you, you are also a side Fujin with a head and a face in the house, why is this style like those excellent people! ”
Li patted the horse's legs, and his face inevitably became ugly for a moment, but soon raised a brighter smile, holding the hot tea just served by the palace maid, and gently put it in the palm of the fourth master's hand, and said softly: "Master, what are you talking about, it is the duty of the concubine to serve the master, but you can't afford such a big crime!"
"Hmph!" the fourth master snorted coldly and did not answer.
Instead, he took the hot tea sent by the Li family, took two sips, but soon put the tea bowl on the coffee table again, turned his head and pointed to the various books on the shelves in the western room, and said in a deep voice: "If you have nothing to do on weekdays, read more of the fourth female book, if you are bored in the courtyard, go and talk to Fujin, don't always let the steward go around to collect books, lest those ignorant women and children in the market be like you women with long tongues!"
Li began to regret the act of rushing to the gate of the courtyard after receiving the news......
If she knew that the fourth master was like this, she should have stopped squinting in the yard. If you want to hear the news, let the new Xingge be on the line, why bother with her waiting for the fourth master who spontaneously combusts without igniting a fire!
Li didn't speak, and the fourth master waited for the bookshelves full of words and books for luck.
Just when the scene was embarrassing to a certain extent. A savior appeared.
Roulan had anticipated such a scene as early as when she received that Li led people to block the fourth master at the gate of the courtyard, so she made an excuse and went to the needlework, called the housekeeper and pointed to an inconspicuous embroiderer, took two freshly cut new clothes and embroidery booklets, and came over.
"Master, the needlework has come to bring you clothes!"
Roulan's voice was not crisp, but it had a unique touch of hoarseness. It sounded very charming, but the fourth master at this time didn't have any thoughts, just turned his head and turned his head. Continue to the book luck on the shelf.
"Come in!" the corners of Li's mouth were about to rise, but she hurriedly twisted the handkerchief to cover it, coughed lightly, and said in a loud voice.
The cotton curtain was raised. Roulan led two or three little maids into the door with the embroidery girl.
"Slave maid, please Fourth Master!"
"Alright. Do whatever you have to do, there is something ahead of the master, so I won't stay longer!" The fourth master smelled the sudden smell of fat powder in the room, waved his hand very impatiently, signaled them to be polite, got up and said to the Li family, and walked out quickly without waiting for the Li family to reply.
Li was overjoyed when he heard this. was given a cold face by the fourth master, but she still had a sense of happiness that she had escaped.
"You are the best at relieving my worries!" watched the figure of the fourth master walk out of the courtyard gate. Li finally showed a smile, raised his hand and asked the little maids to prepare the silk screen, affectionately called Roulan forward, and said with an appreciative face.
Roulan shook her head modestly, "The slave can relieve the master's worries, that is the blessing of the slave!"
"Okay!" Li nodded with satisfaction, "I really don't want to hide you in the yard, but the matter between you and Xinggege is a secret matter, and I don't want her to know that all this is my arrangement, otherwise it will inevitably be a little lost, but it's a pity that you can't do something like a good hand."
Otherwise, I'll let you see how Xinggege's arrangements are going.
If you haven't arranged a big maid yet, you can go to her and be a close maidservant, it just so happens that you are also familiar sisters!"
After saying that, Li Shi threw Roulan a look that you know, and waited for Roulan's reply.
Roulan hurriedly knelt down on Li's side, and said again and again: "You have a great favor to the slave and maid, and the slave and maid should have listened to your orders, but the slave and maid really don't want to leave your side!"
"I know you're a grateful person, but there's no way to do it, otherwise your ability will be wasted!" Li was very satisfied with Roulan's reaction, and patted her shoulder again and again, as if he was very aggrieved for her.
Roulan's tears swirled in her eyes, and her head shook like a rattle, but her mouth should fall.
Li raised his hand and pulled Roulan up, took off a long hairpin from his hair and put it on Roulan's head, "Don't worry, I will never wronged you!"
Today, you also pick up the dropouts, don't panic when the time comes, and go to rest.
I guess you went to the courtyard of Xinggege, and it will be almost the same tomorrow!"
After saying that, he asked Roulan to wipe her tears and go out.
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West Courtyard.
Erfu stood in front of Se'er's bed with pity, looked at Se'er whose face was covered with ointment, sighed helplessly, turned his head to look at Imperial Doctor Hu who was packing up the medicine box, and asked in a low voice: "Imperial Doctor Hu, this face is the most important thing in the girl's family, can her injury be serious?"
When Imperial Physician Hu heard this, he hurriedly handed over the two small medicine bottles he was holding to Yaoqin, and glanced at Se'er, who seemed to be asleep, and then shook his head slightly, "If you take care of it carefully, it is estimated that it will be better, but if you want to return to the way it was before, it is even enough!"
"What if you use more pearl powder?" Erph asked hurriedly as she remembered from which book she had seen that pearl powder had a retouching effect.
Imperial Physician Hu waved his hand, called Erfu to walk out, and replied with a suppressed voice: "Pearl powder is good for a woman's appearance, but it is not omnipotent!"
Erfu sighed helplessly, signaled Guzheng to stuff the prepared purse to Doctor Hu, and asked Guzheng to send Doctor Hu out of the courtyard, and then returned to the side room where Ser'er was, facing the pitiful appearance of tears falling from the corners of Sser'er's eyes. "Don't cry, you've only been drugged on your face, but you can't touch tears!"
"Master. Don't lie to the slave and maid, the slave and maid's face is not good, the slave and maid's life is completely ruined!" Ser was helped by Erf to sit up straight, pounding the quilt on her body, and wailing.
"Don't talk nonsense, whoever says that this face is ruined, this life will be ruined!" didn't care about Ser'er's rude behavior, rubbed Ser'er's back, and softly comforted. "After a few years, I will keep it for you and find you a good family, and I won't wronged you, just like Yuqing and them. ”
Ser wept bitterly. Tears like broken threads kept falling. Wet the quilt on his body.
The dark red quilt was soaked in blood, and Erf couldn't help but want to cry.
Yaoqin walked into the door with a tray in her hand, looking at the weeping Se'er and her face covered with dark yellow ointment, she was also a little uncomfortable, and regretted her shirking Se'er at that time, otherwise Se'er wouldn't have worked to send tea to the main room, this voice couldn't help but weaken a little, and said softly with a little softness: "Master." The medicine is ready!"
Se'er, who was immersed in sadness, looked back when she heard the voice, and faced Shang Yaoqin's eyes with guilt. A seed called hatred took root in my heart.
"You come and feed her medicine!" Erph had never done such a delicate job as feeding people medicine, and secondly, she was afraid of frightening Ser, who was not very emotionally stable, so she got up and left Se'er's bedside and whispered.
Hate to the depths - Se'er didn't make a face at Yaoqin on the spot, but lowered her eyes to hide the hatred in her eyes, just like that, she swallowed the bitter medicinal soup into her stomach with an expressionless mouthful.
Only the fist under the quilt was clenched into a ball, and he didn't even notice a trace of pain when his palms were bleeding.
"Eat a plum, this medicine is bitter!" Yaoqin took out a carefully wrapped packet of candied fruit from her sleeve and stuffed it into Se'er's hand, and said softly.
Se'er tried hard to bend the corners of her lips, but she scratched the scars on her face, and couldn't help but gasp, "Thank you, Sister Yaoqin!"
"You're welcome!" Yaoqin hurriedly took some more ointment and smeared it on the corner of her mouth, "You have knocked some of this medicine off, this medicine is mixed with peppermint and other medicinal materials, which is good for wound healing!"
Ser nodded obediently, silently avoiding Yaoqin's outstretched hand for her.
Erfu was a little uncomfortable by the oppressive atmosphere in the room, and she didn't want to look at Se'er's water-soaked eyes anymore, plus there were calming ingredients in the decoction that Se'er had just drunk, she really hoped that Se'er would sleep well, and her mood was very relaxed, "Yaoqin, let's go first, leave the little palace maid to take care of her, let her sleep well!"
"Master Lao is worried about the slave and maid, and the slave and maid will come to you to serve in a few days!" said Ser'er, whose face was ashamed, and struggled to get up and bow to Erfu, and sobbed.
Erfu smiled and nodded, and asked Yaoqin to explain the use of the ointment to the little palace maid, and then she helped Se'er to lie in the quilt, tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and told softly: "Okay, you have a good rest and nourish your body, don't think nonsense!"
"Slave knows!" Ser shrunk back into the quilt and nodded repeatedly.
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Back in the main room, Erfu sighed, threw a few things on the coffee table to the ground, looked at the sharp corners of those sharp broken porcelain pieces, and his eyes flashed again and again, "I've been wronged!"
If someone else hurts her in the house, even if my master is shameless, I have to seek justice for her, but that person is the fourth master, and even my master has to be wronged, and I can't even say a word for her, I'm not a good master!"
When Yaoqin heard this, tears popped out of the corners of her eyes, how happy they were to have such a distressed slave master.
"Master, don't say that, this is Se'er's fate!" Yaoqin persuaded while cleaning up the broken porcelain pieces on the palace carpet.
Erfu shook his head, feeling that he didn't know where to spill his anger in his stomach, and he didn't want to talk anymore, so he got up and walked to the courtyard, looked up at the boxy sky above the head melon, and looked at the lush flowers and trees outside the courtyard gate, but found that even this peaceful west courtyard was no longer peaceful!
"Why don't you put on a dress when you come out!" Xiao Qi shouted as soon as he passed the moon cave door across the courtyard and the west courtyard, and hurriedly sent the grandmother who followed him to the main room to fetch the big coat, and ran to Erfu's side with his little short legs, nagging repeatedly.
"Xiao Qi!" Hearing this, Erfu half-squatted down, hugged Xiao Qi's body wrapped in rabbit fur, buried his face in Xiao Qi's shoulder, tears rolled down silently, wetting a piece of wind hair swaying in the wind, and finally fell to the ground in a languid, "E-niang let Xiao Qi worry!"
Before the words fell, Yaoqin had already come out with a big hat, and when she saw Erfu kneeling on the cold floor tiles, she couldn't help but be a little flustered, "Master, what's wrong with you, get up quickly, how cold is it on the ground!"
As he spoke, he was about to pull Erfu up, but Erfu had no strength at this time, and even Xiaoqi fell to the ground, but fortunately, Zhao Dezhu and Wang Shoucai ran out when they heard the sound, and then they moved Erfu into the room half-dragging and half-resisting.
"Hurry up and let Xiaoshengzi come over after boiling ginger soup!" Yaoqin rubbed Erfu's hands with dried ginger while supporting the stunned guzheng, but she didn't forget to let Grandma Grandma take Qigege back to the courtyard, so as not to frighten Qigege.
Xiao Qi cried and refused to leave, but in the end, Erfu barely held on to the last bit of strength to let Xiao Qi go back to the hospital.
"Don't be busy, I'm fine!" Erfu pulled out her arm that was as soft as a noodle, squeezed out a bitter smile, and waved her hand to let Zhao Dezhu and the others return to their places, no longer need to guard in the room, as if she was dying, and it looked very unlucky.
Zhao Dezhu and the two nodded, and went out one after another.
Wang Shoucai has a loyal personality and has no heart, not like Zhao Dezhu who has an idea with a turn of his eyes, but he respects the master of Erfu from the bottom of his heart, and he also feels that his master is really wronged, for fear that his master will have something to think of, and I wish that his master and master would return to the previous moment in a moment, so good that he was like a person.
As soon as he went out, Wang Shoucai grabbed Zhao Dezhu, who was about to go down the steps, pointed in the direction of the main room, and asked in a low voice full of urgency: "Brother Zhao, what can you do about this?"
"Okay, don't talk about it here!" Zhao Dezhu pointed to the palace maid who was secretly looking left and right, pulled Wang Shoucai, and said as he walked.
Although Wang Shoucai didn't have any eyes, he was very convinced of Zhao Dezhu, and without waiting for Zhao Dezhu to continue pulling, he followed Zhao Dezhu to the inverted room, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Dezhu open several cabinets that had fallen together, rummaging through the inside out.
"Brother Zhao, what are you doing here?" Wang Shoucai asked as he walked towards him while packing up the clothes and other things thrown out by Zhao Dezhu.
"Find out the right card for the door, otherwise how can we help the master!" Zhao Dezhu finally found a pair of cards from a corner of the cage that he hadn't used for a few days, and replied impatiently, "Okay, you just stay in the yard and take care of it, I'll go to the front to find out the news and see what Gonggong Su has to say!" )