Chapter Twenty-Eight: Departure for the Feast
Time is like a white horse passing through a gap, a morning's effort, the original spotless Yifeng Pavilion courtyard, at this moment withered branches and yellow leaves are piled up, as if heralding the arrival of late autumn, the fragrance of osmanthus flowers in the yard, through the pineapple wood window cracks floated in, charming, bursts of fragrance, make people feel comfortable.
Fu Liluo held his green fingertips and stood against the window, just sent everyone away, the scars on the back of the shoulders had just been medicated, and the wounds were faintly painful from time to time, Dr. Hu said that although the crack was long, but fortunately, the scars were not deep, and there was no need to rest in bed, as long as she was careful not to get wet, she was a little tired after coping with such things early in the morning. Leaning against the window, holding her cheeks with her bare hands, looking at the osmanthus tree in the courtyard, she was unexpectedly distracted.
Once upon a time, there are several osmanthus trees in Ningxi Hou Mansion, but they are higher than this one, luxuriant and leafy, and the osmanthus trees next to them are very different, listen to the grandmothers in the house, that is called "double stamen osmanthus".
White flowers bloom in August, to October, it grows pink stamen, is the mother's mother country Beihu transplanted, the tree is different, naturally more squeamish than the osmanthus next to it, when it moved to Beiyi, even the soil of Beihu was also transported back a lot, just because the mother loved, so as the father of the Hou Ye is willing to serve, every day to water three or five times, boiled and cooled after soaking the red lingering water, he is not too cumbersome, more than ten years of care as a day, as if the heart of a child like a pampered indulgence.
Her eyes darkened slightly, and she suddenly remembered that a few days ago she secretly sneaked to the old mansion, she looked for a long time and did not find them, those few osmanthus trees, which were transplanted in her mother's courtyard, the only few trees, and her mother only liked them, she still wondered at the time, could it be that those trees were too squeamish, and they could not die? After all, no one took care of them like her father for eight years.
Fu Liluo was so engrossed that he didn't even notice that Manluo walked in.
"Miss, you told the slave and maid to ask, the slave and maid have done it, and the master agreed that Miss should you go. The mangrove came over like a treasure, holding a bronzed brocade box in his arms.
Fu Liluo shook his head lightly, slowly skimmed the thoughts under his eyes, and glanced at the food box in the handmaiden's hand: "What is delicious?
A hint of brightness flashed on Manluo's round face, and she smiled with her eyebrows and smiles, "The master rewarded the slave maid, saying that the young lady is not in good health, and there are not many people in Yifeng Pavilion to take care of, so let the slave and maid do their best and serve the young lady well." ”
Saying that, he hurriedly untied it, the vegetarian belt on the food box, opened it and saw that it was full, a box of milk osmanthus soft cake, mandarin only felt that the saliva was about to flow out, and he hurriedly stretched out his claws, picked up a piece of light yellow soft cake and threw it into his mouth, and winked at Fu Liluo exaggeratedly, his mouth was bulging, "Miss, it's so delicious, it's even better than the last time I bought it in Jinzhenfang, you can taste it!"
Fu Liluo looked at her funny appearance and was very funny, lightly twisted a piece with her hands, tasted the taste, it was really delicious, crispy milk, wrapped in fragrant and mellow osmanthus, the entrance was sweet and soft, and the faint sweet fragrance covered the entire taste buds, arousing people's appetite, I couldn't help but eat two more pieces, a good breakfast in the morning, she was so troubled, she was not full.
"By the way, miss, the lord said that you can go, but you have to bring a few more small guys to follow, in addition, the lord will let you sit, the taro soft sedan chair with green luan brocade. Manluo half-covered her mouth and smacked her tongue, almost forgetting her master's instructions.
"Anthracene, then you eat it quickly, and leave after eating. ”
Fu Li Luo estimated that the time was not early, it was out in the morning, and a lot of time was wasted, and it was not too late to go to the Yongding Marquis Mansion for the first time, so no one had to laugh at her, and the Yongding Marquis and Otsuka Zaifu were still related, let alone be talked about.
"Miss, the master asked the slave to bring someone over, saying that if the lady thinks it is good, she will keep it, and if it is not good, she will send it out. ”
Mama Hong, who was waiting in the outer courtyard of Yifeng Pavilion, hunched her waist and stood at the door far away to report.
Fu Liluo took the Su brocade from mangrove's hand, wiped his hands, and walked over.
Mama Hong was kneeling behind her, a thin mama, her gray hair was staggered by the wind, her thin body was as thin as a mustard, as if she would fall down with a push, she walked a few steps closer with her eyebrows, "Raise your head!"
When the old woman heard this, she suddenly raised her head, Fu Liluo lowered her eyebrows and looked, isn't this the old lady she saved in Huanyifang that day?
A trace of sympathy flashed in her eyes, and she vaguely remembered the last time she heard others say that this grandmother had served Gu Xi's mother before, and she was a poor person.
"Stay!, stay here in the future!" she said softly, and ordered Mama Hong to take her down and change into clean clothes.
Turned around and entered the inner room, changed into the new clothes that Manrose had taken yesterday, went to the snail clothes shop to get the new clothes, dressed up in the mirror for a while, reminded Manluo to bring the congratulatory gifts prepared earlier, and walked out.
As soon as he walked to the door, he turned back again, looked at the pretty face in the mirror, raised his hands up, took off the jasper tassel hairpin on the green silk, replaced it with a pink and purple tortoiseshell pendant, and pinned it.
Manluo followed behind in surprise and pouted: "Miss, you are too plain, aren't you! The jasper tassel hairpin just now is more gorgeous, and the slave maid thinks it's very good!"
"And the Morui peach blossom green wood hairpin, or the pearl-inlaid jade pendant..."Manluo followed behind her and muttered in pieces.
Manluo remembered that when she first came back, she saw the second lady's head full of pearls and jade, so gorgeous!
This young lady is so elegant, it is inevitable that the second miss will fight for face when the time comes, Manluo will be angry when she thinks about it, that Gu Yunhua is just a young lady who is a concubine, and she dares to cross the young lady, thinking to herself, Manluo's little bun face is angry like a bulging ball, as if it will explode when you poke it!
Knowing the little maid's careful thoughts, Fu Liluo brushed the green silk on her shoulder, and said: "Each flower into its own eyes, don't be crooked, let's go!"
She twitched the corner of her mouth, walked forward, and the taro soft sedan chair with green luanjin parked at the door of the courtyard was shining under the warm sun, and the colorful ones were very conspicuous, bent the corners of her mouth, and walked over.
The little maids carrying the sedan chair bowed down, hurriedly lifted the Yunshu roller blinds, and invited her in.
Manluo muttered in her mouth, scolded Gu Yunhua, and trotted up with her steps, "Miss, you don't wait for the slave." She lifted the corner of the curtain sadly, looked at the young lady who closed her eyes and recuperated, and stood next to the sedan chair with some chagrin.
"Come up!"
Fu Liluo pulled up the curtain and looked at the little maid outside the curtain, only to see a few beads of sweat the size of beans on her forehead, rolling down.
She was a little speechless, this little maid has a wide heart so fat, but she likes to mumble and nag, she broke her thoughts, and wanted to punish her, so she walked fast, and the little maid only had the share of running, because of the fat, so in this cold autumn season, she actually gave birth to a body of fine sweat.
Fu Liluo was distressed and funny.
A warm current surged in Manluo's heart, although Miss said that she had changed a lot after waking up, she was still very good to her, but she was really going to get on the sedan chair, and those good deeds would see it, and Miss would definitely be involved.
Manluo grinned, picked up the brocade handkerchief, wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead, glanced at Gu Yunhua who came over, and said loudly: "Miss, this can't be done! A slave is a slave and a maid, how can she be on an equal footing with her master, but there are those who don't know their faces, they don't know their identity, they don't talk about the serious master, and they don't have to make people laugh behind their backs!"
She said such a big basket of words in one breath, Fu Liluo smiled lightly when she heard it, this! Su Rili is a big grin, I thought she was a scheming person, but I didn't think she was a powerful person.
Fu Liluo lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, only to see Gu Yunhua coming over with a graceful appearance, followed by Xiao'e, a servant girl with low eyebrows.
Fu Li Luo Supa covered the corners of his mouth, and his smile became bigger and bigger, no wonder Manluo, this Nizi, suddenly said so many words, it turned out that the drunkard did not mean to drink, but to Gu Yunhua, thinking that he loved Manluo even more.
Leaning slightly on the large cushion of beaded scarlet nephrite, with her eyes closed, she pretended to sleep, and the things outside, Manluo will definitely be able to get rid of them, and she doesn't need to worry about it.
"Second Miss, why haven't you left yet?"
Manluo stood in place, bowed slightly, and gave a cold salute.
Gu Yunhua smiled and glanced at the colorful soft sedan chair, the taro-colored brocade was dazzling and gorgeous under the reflection of the sun, like the gorgeous stars in the sky.
Thinking that his father actually gave her this sedan chair, Gu Yunhua felt panicked.
She heard that this palanquin was given by the saint when her father married his wife, and the last time she secretly observed in the Tibetan Jade Pavilion, she accidentally broke off a white jade bead on the brocade, and her father scolded her after knowing it, causing her to cry several times aggrieved.
Thinking to himself, Gu Yunhua's beautiful eyes shot into the gap of the soft sedan car as if they had been infected with venom.
Manluo coughed lightly, seeing through the strange behavior of Gu Yun's paintings, her eyes were slightly tight, "Second Miss, let's go first." Manrose didn't want to look at her jealously distorted face, and motioned for the little ones to leave.
Gu Yun was stunned on the screen, froze for a few seconds, shook his head and smiled at the people in the sedan chair: "My sister will go first, and my sister will follow." ”
Fu Liluo helped his forehead and opened his eyes, his eyes were cold and slightly dark.
Gu Yunhua looked at the gorgeous soft sedan chair that was gradually moving away, and listened to the sound of the sedan chair shaking and the jade beads colliding with the rings.....