Chapter One Thousand and Twelve

The table of the Eight Immortals placed outside has already been withdrawn by the palace maids.

Erfu and the fourth master returned to the room and sat down, and beckoned Hongxuan and Xiaoqi to come and talk, but the fourth master did not continue to put on a black face, and ordered Su Peisheng to take the gift he brought back from Jiangnan.

The gift given by the fourth master is not particularly valuable, but it is very rare.

For example, a silver hairpin inlaid with glass beads he gave to Xiao Qi, if it is only a silver hairpin inlaid with glass beads, it is not rare, but it is rare that the glass beads inlaid in this one are hollow, and in the glass beads, there is even a plum blossom carved from pink crystal.

Of course, this is just one of them, as well as the unique and elegant jade carving ornaments, the best embroidered satin, etc., enough to contain a large box so much, just the hairpin and bracelet There are more than a dozen, I have to say, the fourth master is sometimes very generous, at least Erfu has never received so many gifts from his father.

The gift given by the fourth master to Hongxuan is relatively decent, mainly based on all kinds of books, and it is also a big box.

In this regard, Erfu took a look and rubbed her hands awkwardly, she wanted to ask the fourth master if he had brought a gift to herself, but she was afraid that the fourth master would say no, and she was afraid that the children would laugh at her greed for money, but fortunately, she didn't need to take the initiative to speak, and the fourth master had already ordered Su Peisheng to bring in another box from the outside.

According to this box, it should be a gift for herself, Erfu thought so, and slowly came to the side of the box that was carried in by the strong woman, and before she could bend down to open the cover of the hidden box, she heard the fourth master say: "This is a few gadgets that the master specially brought back to the millet group, and let people arrange it for the child of the rice group later!"

Erfu, who was greatly disappointed, withdrew the hand that had been stretched out, looked back with a light smile, nodded, and responded: "Ye is really worried about the children, so the concubine will lead people to arrange these small gifts first." After speaking, she beckoned Shilan for help, and walked to the side room without looking back.

At this moment, Erfu wanted to cry, as if after having children, the fourth master rarely gave gifts to himself!

Because she turned around too fast, she didn't notice the evil smile that flashed in the eyes of the fourth master, as a successful man with a lot of beautiful wives and concubines, the fourth master doesn't need to worry about himself, and those officials with vision will prepare all kinds of gifts to please his family, so although the fourth master is serious and rigid, he doesn't like all kinds of unspoken rules in the court, and he hates those corrupt officials who squeeze the people's fat and people's ointment from the bottom of his heart, but if someone takes the initiative to send gifts to the door, he will not refuse them all, at most, it is to settle accounts after the autumn, according to the value of the gifts sent by these people, carefully consider whether the income of these people is in line with the expenditure, once it is found that someone is corrupt and bends the law, it is convenient to pull him off the horse.

It can only be said that there is no fourth master with the title of a little expert in copying the family, and the officials below still know his preferences......

Having said so much nonsense, in fact, I just want to say that the fourth master did not prepare a gift for Erfu, he just deliberately did not send the gift directly to the main courtyard after returning home, because the gift he brought back to Erfu from Jiangnan this time was a complete set of marquee lanterns painted with patterns of immortals, good rosewood for the beam, juan yarn for the surface, a detailed painting of fine brushwork, whether it is hung under the corridor for appreciation, or hung in the room for lighting, it is a good choice, considering the particularity of the gift, so the fourth master is planning to wait until Erfu goes to the flower hall to participate in the reception banquet, and instructs Su Peisheng to lead the people to arrange it, and give Erfu a surprise。

Of course, when the fourth master saw Erfu's face showing displeasure, he would still be a little reluctant.

But when he thought of Erfu's crying with joy, and when he thought of Erfu's joy and letting himself do nonsense, he still couldn't help but blurt out the words, and watched Erfu sullenly lead Shilan to the wing.

Seeing Erfu go away, the fourth master beckoned the two children into the study and tested their homework one by one.

Don't look at him as Xiu Mu at home, but it is really not much more idle than in the past, this whole day tossed, it feels even harder than sitting in the yamen, so after he hastily finished the homework of the two little guys, he sent out all the palace maids who were waiting in the room, and explained to Su Peisheng to guard the door, don't let those delusional girls get in and mess around, so he took off his boots directly, leaned on the pillow, and lay down on the Luohan bed.

On the other end, Erfu led the strong woman carrying the big box to the side room, and after asking the grandmother if she had eaten well and slept peacefully, she greeted the millet group who had woken up and crawled all over the ground, and took the gift from the box in the same way.

A crooked piece of wood, a crooked piece of wood, a crooked piece of wood......

When she took out the wooden blocks with a curved shape like a crescent moon and painted with bright colors from the box for the third time, she was a little bad, because this thing looked too familiar, this is not an enlarged version of the building blocks, or should it be said that this thing is a wooden version of the children's paradise, and these curved like crescent wood, through the tenon and tenon splicing on the side, is not the fence of the family version of the children's paradise.

No wonder such a large box is needed......

Hey, there seems to be something weird, what is used to install it, it shouldn't be her focus, her focus should be that there is something wrong with the time when this thing appeared, although Erf is not completely sure when this kind of children's paradise appeared, but she only needs to look at the cartoon slide accessories in the box, she can be sure that this is not a thing that belongs to this era.

Damn crossing female peers.

Erfu didn't need to think much about it, she had already confirmed this suspicion, she didn't have the leisure to continue piecing together this ancient version of the children's paradise now, and she couldn't wait to rush to the fourth master immediately to ask where the fourth master bought this thing, and who bought it, God knows how many four or four fans there are in the crossing girl, this is to ask her to fight the decent local concubines in the house, and continue to fight to the death with those brain-opening opponents, God really doesn't want her to be idle for a day!

Call......

Slowly exhaling a breath of turbidity, Erfu gradually calmed down, she sat next to the millet group that was still crawling all over the ground, and handed over the work of splicing the children's paradise to Wang Yicheng, who came to serve, and at the same time quietly inquired about the origin of this thing with Wang Yicheng, who accompanied the fourth master back from Jiangnan.

Hangzhou, Yaqu Ge.

- A shop specializing in children's toys, which has all kinds of funny plush toys, including a large-mouthed monkey wearing a big red brocade jacket, a cute little fox with obsidian eyes, a plush dog biting cartoon bones, in short, all the plush dolls that Erf can think of, you can find it in that shop, in addition, there is also this kind of children's playground covering an area of more than a dozen square meters and a small carriage with strange shapes, etc.

In the end, Erf can be sure that the behind-the-scenes boss of this Yaqu Pavilion is the female companion of the crossing.

The only thing that makes her feel a pity is that Wang Yicheng doesn't know who the boss of Yaquge is, fortunately, she still has Bai Jiao, a good assistant, who can help her find out the origin of the boss of Yaquge.

With such an idea, she did not continue to listen to the news from Wang Yicheng, firstly, Wang Yicheng may not be clear, and secondly, she was also afraid that her attention to the behind-the-scenes boss of Yaqu Pavilion would arouse the curiosity of the fourth master.

In the upper room, the fourth master and his clothes were nested on the Luohan bed, and they were completely asleep.

She took a look at the enamel filigree table clock on the Bogu shelf next to her, estimated that there was still enough time, and did not come forward to disturb the fourth master's good sleep, she came to the inner room softly, took the brocade quilt on her legs in the past, and gently put it on the body of the fourth master, and waited until the time was almost up, Erfu, who had already been dressed, and then softly woke up the fourth master who was sleeping sweetly, and personally waited for the fourth master to change his clothes, and walked in the direction of the flower hall.

Walking in the cloister illuminated by the palace lanterns, Erf once again lamented the extravagant life of the ancient ruling class.

You must know that in ancient times, ordinary people were very reluctant to use candles for lighting, even if women stayed up late to do needlework, it was just to light a thin candle, or use a cheaper oil lamp, but in the mansion of the fourth master's house, that is, in the courtyard used for lighting, the stone carved candlesticks are all good red candles with the thickness of the baby's wrist, not to mention the smokeless candles in the room and the candles with their own fragrance, the cost of each is dozens of times that of ordinary white candles.

"What do you want?" Seeing that the jade man beside him was a little distracted, the fourth master asked with a smile.

When Erfu heard this, he shook his head slightly, and replied casually: "I'm just thinking about some useless idle things, thinking about what ordinary people are doing at this time, is it also like us to carry lanterns at night......"

"The days of the common people, where is there such a freedom, they have to work hard for three meals a day during the day, after nightfall, it is natural to rest early, otherwise where will there be spiritual work the next day, unless it is some festivals and special days, it is estimated that there are few people who have not rested at this time.

When you catch up with Ming'er, you will take the time to lead you to the city wall to have a look, and you will know. The fourth master replied with a light smile, but he didn't expect that Erfu was worried about how worried about the country and the people, because he was used to the Forbidden City that was bright all night since he was a child, and the fourth master, who had long been accustomed to seeing the candlestick lighting everywhere, had not considered how much the lamp and candle money would cost this night, let alone that the lamp and candle money this night was enough for almost everyone to eat, drink and chew for a whole month, which is the most essential difference between the Tianhuang nobles born with a golden spoon and the children of the poor family who came out of a small family.

Erfu didn't want to talk about this matter with the fourth master in detail, and when he heard this, he smiled very casually, and talked happily about going to the city wall to climb and look into the distance.

The two of them came to the flower hall talking and laughing, and the others had already arrived early.

"The concubine/concubine, please Fourth Master An, please Fu Jin'an. ”

"Mo Yaqi/Xiaoqi, please Amana, please Eniang'an. ”

"Honghui / Hongyun / Hongyu please Amana, please Eniang'an. ”

Erfu and the fourth master accompanied the sound of greetings, walked hand in hand to the Taishi chair placed in the depths of the flower hall and sat down, the fourth master raised a light smile at the corner of his mouth, raised his hand slightly, and avoided the salute of the first crowd, and said loudly: "This is an ordinary family banquet, don't be confined to these vulgar rituals, sit down and talk." ”

After speaking, he specially called the children to come to him and talked one by one, and then raised his hand to beckon everyone to enter the table.

On the east side of the flower hall, there are elegant and refined long tables and bonsai at the root of the wall, and in front of them are two large round tables that can sit down more than a dozen people, and the dried fruit snacks and fruit plates on the table have been placed.

Flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, everything is available, but it is not extravagant, sixteen dishes, and two soups, full of tables, although it is exquisite, but the amount is not much, the fourth master led his wife and concubine to sit at a table, next to the table are Honghui and Xiaoqi these juniors, the fourth master took the lead in clipping a chopsticks vinegar carp, this reception banquet is completely opened.

Honghui is a little older, although he has reached the age where he can drink, but Erfu took into account that the same table is a child, or did not prepare a high degree of pear blossom white, only ordered someone to arrange fruit wine and low degree osmanthus brewing, and arranged two drunken chicken and wine stuffed meatballs that are not on the adult table for the children to enjoy, according to the arrangement is very thoughtful and considerate, the ladies in this house also know that the table is not a good place to compete for favor, all of them are very peaceful, in addition to toasting the fourth master, saying a few words of auspicious words, and not as jealous nonsense as in the past, but the accident still appeared, and it took a while to open the banquet, Mo Yaqi on the table next to her clutched her stomach and curled up in pain.

This kind of family banquet is most prone to such and such problems, although Erfu is already very careful, it is inevitable that someone will take advantage of the loophole, so the fourth master saw that Mo Yaqi was uncomfortable, even if he was not happy, but he did not fire at Erfu, while arranging for Su Peisheng to invite the imperial doctor on duty in the front yard to come over to see Mo Yaqi, he hurriedly got up and came to Mo Yaqi's side, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

"Mo Yaqi's stomach hurts, Mo Yaqi's stomach hurts. Mo Yaqi, who was lying on the table, clutching her stomach and crying, wailed.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, Su Peisheng has already gone to ask for a doctor......" The fourth master comforted softly, and motioned to Wang Yicheng, who was waiting behind him, to stare at the dishes on the table and the palace maids serving in the room, for fear that someone would take advantage of the chaos to do something in the dishes and take the opportunity to pour dirty water on Erfu's head.

After a while, Imperial Doctor Hu, who came in a hurry, checked Mo Yaqi's pulse, although he was at peace in his heart, he was very embarrassed on his face.

Because Mo Yaqi didn't eat dirty things, and she didn't encounter any food that was not good for her body, but the little day had come.