Chapter 1292
Behind the heavy stone door, the faint candlelight illuminates the crystal clear ice inside.
This is a large open room, in which rows of neatly arranged ice cubes, only for cooling purposes, there is a small compartment next to it, which is stored in the ice cubes, which is edible, which is also the arrangement that Erph particularly emphasized, because those large and large stacked ice cubes are cut directly from the lake and stream, and she has lived in modern times since she was a child, and she really does not dare to eat such ice cubes, although she also knows that the streams and lakes of this era are not polluted.
The temperature in the ice cellar was very low, and the liquid on his brush quickly froze with the ice.
For a full hour, he brushed all the ice cubes near the outside with the liquid in the bucket, and his face was a little blue from the cold, and he left the ice cellar shivering.
And not long after he left, a mysterious figure also slipped into the ice cellar.
Since Erfu accidentally discovered the true identity of this Wulanala clan's side Fujin, her level of defense against the Wulanala clan has soared to the peak, not only let the fourth master arrange for Chen Fu and Zhang Bao to pay special attention to the movements of the Wulanala clan, but also specially asked Bai Jiao to find a pair of light masters from the rivers and lakes.
The reason why the little eunuch was able to get into the ice cellar smoothly was because Erph wanted to know what he was going to do.
In the ice cellar, the wind was so frozen that he was smart, and quickly took out the fire fold from the placket of his clothes, lit the wind lamp in his hand, and carefully checked the clues left by the little eunuch just now, while jumping up and down to ensure that his body temperature did not decrease this, he tossed a stick of incense for a long time, and then found the hands and feet of the little eunuch.
"It's really cunning enough, the refreshments have been neglected!" Kneeling on the polished bluestone floor tiles, he whispered softly with his frozen fingers over the few inconspicuous ice droplets directly in front of the ice wall.
Then he straightened up and followed the smell to find the ice cubes that the little eunuch had processed.
"It's a chore. He smiled bitterly and put down the wind lamp he was carrying, pulled out the dagger tied to his calf, and whined in a low voice, while resignedly knocking on the ice in front of him, which was not much less hard than a stone, because he could find that the ice had been tampered with, but he couldn't tell what was wrong with the ice, so he could only find a way to knock down a piece of ice and bring it back, and give it to his employer, Fu Jinerfu, to ask someone to identify it.
On this night, the ice cellar of the Old Summer Palace ushered in two uninvited guests.
Early the next morning, the Wulanala clan received a secret letter from the little eunuch she arranged, and Erfu also got the problem ice cubes that had turned into water through Shilan, but Erfu, who already had evidence in hand, did not rush to question the Wulanala clan, but chose to wait patiently for the Taiyi Hu who asked for a safe pulse for herself.
Of course, while she waited for an answer, she paused using the Ice Jar in her room to cool down.
However, in order to prevent the Wulanala clan from hearing the wind and be on guard, she was also worried that she would be mistaken for a backstabber, thinking that she had done something to the ice cubes in the ice cellar, so she did not directly order the palace maid who was waiting in the ice cellar to stop supplying ice cubes to the Peony Terrace, but moved those ice cubes into the room as usual.
After that, Erph dismissed the other people in the room and ordered Shilan to throw the ice cubes into the tub in the clean room in full gear, let the ice slowly melt, and finally flow underground through the drain in the clean room.
Soil is a natural purifier, and any impurities will be filtered out layer by layer.
In this way, Erfu did not need to worry about strange things contaminating the streams and groundwater of the Old Summer Palace.
After making these arrangements, Erfu still ventilated the fourth master's side in advance just in case, she thought: If this time goes well, she can justifiably get rid of the big enemy of the Wulanala clan.
It's just that the Ulanala clan is so easy to deal with!
The answer is no.
The Wulanala clan has been able to sit firmly in the position of the fourth master Fujin for many years, and has an excellent reputation in the circle of women, her scheming methods are top-notch, she is designing to get rid of Tong Jia's and the little Wulanala clan, how can she not arrange a perfect scapegoat to bear the blame, so when Erfu is thinking about exposing the trickery of the Wulanala clan, the Wulanala clan is also planning to choose a suitable scapegoat from these relatives of the fourth master's mansion.
Originally, she was planning to throw the black cauldron to Erf.
As a side Fujin in the mansion, and a cousin of the same clan and clan of Xianfujin, if Erfu, the successor Fujin, is abandoned and imprisoned by the fourth master, she has a great chance of being able to regain the throne of Fujin and become the third concubine of the fourth master's mansion, but she is just having a good time in her heart, so she happily gives up this plan.
There was no other reason, because she was not confident that she would be able to throw the black cauldron on Erf's head perfectly.
From the time she was still a Chang Fujin, she knew how tightly the fourth master protected Erfu, and after she became a side Fujin, Erfu became the fourth master's successor Fujin, and the Wulanala clan understood how strong the fourth master's love for Erfu was, she was very worried that she would not only fail to throw the black pot to Erfu, but would also expose herself to the fire, so she could only give up this plan.
Subsequently, the Ulanala clan noticed Dong E's Gege, who had recently frequently wandered to the Peony Terrace where Erfu lived.
Since Dong E's entry into the government, he has always been a neutral faction for self-preservation.
She lives indifferently with her mother's family with a prominent family background, but she does not rely on her family background to brush her sense of existence in the house, she is not close to any of the relatives in the house, but she will not alienate any of the relatives in the house, let alone compete for favor in front of the fourth master, she has always been that cold and indifferent appearance, if she has to show her specialness, that is, she was lucky to give birth to Xiao Gege, and became a more special Gege in the eyes of the fourth master.
However, she also has her shortcomings, and that is her origin.
The surname Dong E, in the mind of Emperor Kangxi, is definitely a very dazzling existence.
Although it is said that Dong E's Gege is a not very important Gege in the Fourth Master's Mansion, Emperor Kangxi is holding a grudge against Concubine Dong E, who monopolizes all the attention of Emperor Shunzhi, and then angers all people surnamed Dong E, but he will not bother with her, but if she wants to go further, it is also difficult.
Then why did the Wulanala clan choose Dong E's as a scapegoat, the reason is that Dong E's is too smart.
Now that Emperor Kangxi is on the throne, in order to make a good impression, the fourth master will not exalt this Dong E's character too much, but who knows what will happen in the future, you must know that Dong E's is also a noble daughter of the Eight Banners, and her scheming is not weaker than her Wulanala clan, Wulanala clan's plan is actually to strike first, taking advantage of the opportunity for Dong E's to show his strength, and get rid of this strong competitor first.
However, Dong E's is not a stupid white sweet with a straightforward and innocent personality like Erfu, and it is difficult to make Dong E's scapegoat.
After some painstaking arrangements, she finally stuffed the prepared medicine bag into the bottom of Dong E's makeup box through the nails she had in Dong E's residence, and when Tong Jia's and Xiao Wulanala's side showed symptoms, they could expose Dong E's crimes through the nails she arranged, and that night, the medicine bag wrapped in oiled paper disappeared very magically.
And what disappeared along with this medicine bag was the nail arranged by the Wulanala clan in Dong E's residence.
At the next day's morning greeting ceremony, Dong E's family had a rare sense of existence, and in front of all the relatives who came to Peony Terrace to ask Erfu for peace, he openly and honestly blamed the disappearance of the nail to the palace maid who couldn't help but be tempted, and even shamelessly made a matter of entrainment and smuggling, and complained fiercely about a grievance, and also asked to be grounded in the residence for his own fault.
This means that the arrangement of the Wulanala clan was careful enough, and the Dong E clan failed to find the person who indicated the nail, otherwise......
Dong Eshi asked for a grounding, and Erfu was polite and agreed.
However, this incident still reminded the Wulanala clan, that is, her Wulanala clan still underestimated the foundation of the Dong E clan, if she wasn't careful enough, I was afraid that this time she would be caught by the Dong E clan.
When Dong E's self-imposed grounding, she could only draw Dong E's out of the candidate list.
At the same time, she also began to focus on observing the physical condition of Tong Jia's and Xiao's Wulanala.
Because according to the news of the little eunuch's return, Tong Jia's and Xiao Wulanala do not often use ice to cool down, and they should have some subtle symptoms, such as insomnia, palpitations, night sweats, etc., but according to her observation, Tong Jia's and Xiao Wulanala are still eating and sleeping well, and there is no sign of being hit at all.
However, she noticed that Tong Jia's clan and the little Ulanala clan did not notice anything wrong and took precautions.
This situation made the Ulanala clan faintly uneasy in his heart.
And in this very strange atmosphere, the scenery banquet that Erfu set up on a whim finally began.
On the third day of the second dog day, the sky is slightly cloudy, accompanied by a drizzle like cow's hair, the temperature is not high, but it is not low, and the air is not that very humid and sticky feeling, in short, it is a good day for enjoying the scenery and listening to the play.
In the morning, Erfu sent Yujie and Aunt Yuxiu and other palace maids and stewards who had their own faces to wait outside the main gate of the Old Summer Palace, and she also led Shilan and Qinglan to wait in a flower hall near the main entrance of the Old Summer Palace, while sipping fragrant tea, and at the same time ready to come forward to entertain the guests who came to the Old Summer Palace.
Mama Qin personally sat in Taohuawu, which was the place that Erfu arranged for the ladies of the boudoir to chat and play.
According to Erfu's arrangement, unmarried men and women are entertained separately, in order to avoid any good dramas such as falling into the water and encounters, she must have sent her trusted Mama Qin to guard the peach blossom dock where the ladies of the boudoir are gathered, not to mention that in the peach blossom dock, there is also her pearl Xiao Qi, in case of being mixed up by some ill-intentioned men, Erfu will definitely be annoyed to death.
In addition, on the side of Qinghui Pavilion and Siyi Bookstore, where boys gathered, she also specially invited Chen Fu to sit down.
This arrangement also allows Erfu to deal with other princes and clan Fujin more at ease, and arranging the children who are still young on both sides can also make these children play more casually, and it is more convenient for Xiao Qi and Hongyu to find like-minded friends.
"Qifujin has already arrived outside the garden gate. ”
"Wufujin and Jiufujin have arrived outside the garden gate. ”
"The Twelve Blessings have arrived. ”
"The Thirteenth Fujin and the Fourteenth Fujin have arrived outside the garden gate. ”
A series of sounds of prayer came into the flower hall where Erfu was resting and waiting like flowing water, and Erfu smiled and tidied up the makeup that was not messy at all, and greeted him step by step.
It stands to reason that she didn't need to, but she still wanted to be able to show her friendly side.
Among the six Fujin, Erfu is most familiar with the Fujin of the thirteenth and the fourteenth, because there are many contacts, and the most unfamiliar is the Wufujin Tatara clan and the Jiufujin Dong E's clan, which is not caused by Erfu's unsociability, and it is also the reason why the two rarely move around, plus the relationship between the fourth master and the old nine, both sides are very strange, and it is natural.
However, Erfu, who had done her homework before this, quickly identified the identities of the two.
On the contrary, it was the Twelve Fujin, that is, the Fujin of Emperor Kangxi's twelve sons, Yinqi, which made Erfu feel very surprised, because the appearance of this Jifujin Li Jiashi was six points similar to the appearance of the Yuanfujin Fucha clan who had passed away, if it was a sister of the same clan, this would be a matter of course, but this Jifujin and Yuanfujin Fucha had no blood relationship at all, so Li Jia's appearance not only reminded Erfu of the common stalks in romance dramas.
As for the truth, in fact, Erf really doesn't care.
She smiled and welcomed the six concubines to the flower hall and chatted enthusiastically about family life, while the Fujin and children from the various prefectures who arrived with the six concubines were all sent to the places arranged earlier.
The side Fujin of each province was all greeted by Tong Jiashi and several other side Fujin in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion.
The little brothers in each province, the older one, was entertained by the elder brother Honghui in the house, and the young ones were entertained by Hongyu and Hongyun at the Siyi Library, with Li Wei and Zhang Bao assisting, as for those little brothers who were so small that they couldn't even understand the words, they were taken care of by Yuqing and played with the millet group on the side of the peony platform.
The little Geges are easy to arrange, all of them are Xiao Gege, Mo Yaqi and Xiao Qi greeted each other, and they all stayed in Taohuawu, where the girls had already prepared Kunqu Opera and Huangmei Opera, which the girls liked very much, as well as all kinds of small snacks, so as not to worry that these children would not have fun.
In such a comparison, on the contrary, these concubines greeted by Erfu were more restrained.