Chapter 54 Our Family is Hongfu

It seemed that a long, long time had passed, Lan Chu was oozing sweat from the corners of his forehead, and hurriedly returned to Songfeng Courtyard, with a face full of joy, bent his knees, and reported in a cheerful voice:

"Girl, I heard it, it's a good thing to hear Mama Liu say, it was the father-in-law of the inner court who sent the emperor's reward, and the front yard has been busy picking up the Qin errand from morning to now, and the emperor has rewarded a lot of things to congratulate the ancestor on his birthday."

Li Xiaonuan was stunned, let out a long sigh of relief, frowned and asked:

"When did the Chin Cha arrive?"

"Said that she arrived early this morning, and Mama Liu said that before dawn, she received an order to prepare tea and dinner."

Li Xiaonuan breathed a long sigh of relief, and his body softened, it seems that it was the arrival of the Qin Cha that delayed the departure of those two people, and today's misfortune was just a chance encounter.

Li Xiaonuan's mind gradually settled down, looked up at Lan Chu and asked:

"When is the Chin Cha leaving?"

"The kitchen is busy preparing for the noon banquet, and Mama Liu said that after finishing the noon business, you can rest in the afternoon, and it seems that Qincha should leave for the afternoon to go back."

Li Xiaonuan breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and praised with a smile:

"You are a thoughtful one, after a while, after lunch, you can find something to go over, carefully inquire when Qin Cha will leave, and then inquire when Young Master Ke and Zhou Gongzi will leave."

A trace of doubt flashed in Lan Chu's eyes, but he didn't ask much, and hurriedly bent his knees in agreement.

Li Xiaonuan's heart settled down a little, unless that Young Master Ke was willing to pull down his face, and Old Man Li was willing to indulge him and search for people in the Gujia Manfu, otherwise he wanted to find her, but it was not so easy These days, if he is far away from Yuezhou Mansion, she will not leave this courtyard to say anything

Li Xiaonuan stood up, shook into the east chamber, leaned on the couch, took the book and looked at it twice, and lost his mind again.

Mrs. Li was born the day before yesterday, and the emperor's reward only arrived this morning. There is no reason for this kind of ceremonial reward to be rushed, and there must be something strange in it.

Lord Gu committed suicide because of the crime, why did Mrs. Li still have a reward from the emperor on her birthday? This kind of glory is not what a family of criminals should have.

It was the father-in-law of the inner court who gave the reward, why weren't Zhou Gongzi and Cheng Ke in the front yard?

It is still reasonable for Cheng Ke to come to Shangli Town to congratulate his birthday, but it is a little strange for Zhou Gongzi to come over.

Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes, she didn't have a clue after thinking for a long time, for a while, she sighed one after another, she had almost finished reading the copy of the mansion in the study, but those were all things from more than ten years ago, almost useless, if only she could see the recent copy of the mansion, at least she could know some major events and trends in the imperial court.

Although the Gu family said that they avoided living in Shangli Town, Mrs. Zhou's mother's family and Princess Runan were all in the capital, and today there is such a reward, the Gu family has a constant connection with the capital, and has a constant connection with the imperial court, and these connections will make the turmoil of the imperial court * to Shangli Town.

If the Gu family has something, that is, she has something.

Li Xiaonuan let out a long sigh, and had to think about taking a look at the mansion copies over the years.

Alas, let's think about the things in front of us, now that Mrs. Li is entertaining Qincha, that night, are those two prodigals going to ask for red blessings? What happens then?

Li Xiaonuan had a headache and fell back to the couch, who knows what will happen, it doesn't matter, the water will cover up, and the soldiers will block, as long as that Cheng Ke doesn't say anything about her kicking and biting, and only steals a snack, it doesn't matter, Mrs. Li only feels sorry for her.

Li Xiaonuan stood up and turned around twice, turned into the West Chamber, calmed down, sat down at the table and slowly shadowed the words.

After dinner, Li Xiaonuan stretched her neck and listened carefully to the movement at the gate of the courtyard, she had never looked forward to Gu Xiao coming over as much as today, but until the beginning of the year, she hadn't seen Gu Xiao coming, Li Xiaonuan sighed disappointedly and relaxedly, no movement is the best news.

At the end of winter, he looked strangely at Li Xiaonuan, who had been restless all day, and quietly pulled Lan Chu to ask carefully, Lan Chu spread his hands, and couldn't say a clue, the two waited for Li Xiaonuan to bathe and wash up, Li Xiaonuan lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and put down the tent lightly at the end of winter, Li Xiaonuan prayed silently, counted the sheep and fell asleep.

Just after the next day, Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran had already packed up, and more than a dozen carts were loaded with luggage, drove out of the gate of the ancient mansion early, and waited outside.

In the main hall of the ancient mansion, Mrs. Li sat on the top chair, Mrs. Zhou stood beside Mrs. Li, and the two were smiling and talking to Zhou Jingran, Cheng Ke and Gu Xiao who were sitting next to them.

“…… Be more careful on the road, rather slow down, and don't be greedy for the excitement along the way......"

Mrs. Li explained with concern, Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke bowed slightly and agreed one by one, Cheng Ke seemed to remember something, arched his hand with a smile and said:

"Old lady, Xiao Ke heard about a person a few days ago and wanted to ask the old lady for back."

Old Madam Li smiled gently,

"Which one have you heard? What's the name? ”

"Old lady,"

Cheng Ke coughed lightly and arched his hand again, Zhou Jingran gently shook the fan and looked at Cheng Ke with a smile in his eyes.

"Is there a fire girl in the kitchen in the house, named Hongfu? Xiao Ke wanted to ask her to go, but he didn't mean anything else, he just thought that her name was good, and he wanted to take it back and send it to his grandmother's yard to call, which was also auspicious. ”

Mrs. Li was stunned, turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou also looked at Mrs. Li with a surprised face, Mrs. Li laughed, turned her head to look at Cheng Ke and asked:

"Have you seen that girl?"

"No, I haven't seen it, I just think it's a good name, so I thought about asking the old lady to take it back and send it to my grandmother's house, but I just want to please a good mouth."

Cheng Ke gently tapped his palm with a fan, and said casually, Mrs. Li nodded and praised:

"This is also your filial piety, how can it be bad?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and instructed Mama Zhou, who was standing next to him,

"You go in person, let Hongfu quickly pack up, change into clean clothes, and bring her over to kowtow to the young master."

"I don't have to bring it here"

Cheng Ke hurriedly waved his hand and said,

"Don't kowtow, just hand her over to Ping'an, you don't need to see you now."

Old Madam Li was slightly stunned, smiled and nodded in agreement,

"Good"

Mama Zhou respectfully bent her knees and retreated, and hurriedly went to the back kitchen to lead people.

Old Madam Li looked at Cheng Ke and solemnly explained:

"Hongfu is a simple girl, her heart is really not breathing, she was picked up from outside a few years ago, she will only burn the fire, the old lady is a compassionate person, this girl is put in the old lady's yard, I can rest assured, but you have to worry more along the way, don't let people bully her."

Cheng Ke was full of smiles and hurriedly reassured.

A few people talked for a while, and Tingbo, the chief steward of the ancient mansion, came in and reported that everything was ready outside.

Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke got up and said goodbye, Mrs. Zhou helped Mrs. Li to go straight to the second gate, Gu Xiao took the little maid and Changsui, and Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke got into the car respectively, and he wanted to send the two to the ten-mile long pavilion.

After the ten-mile long pavilion, Gu Xiao was sad and wept, watching Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke's convoy go out of sight, before getting in the car and going back.

At noon, Ping An let people charter an inn early, sent someone to clean it up, Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke got out of the car and entered the inn lobby, Cheng Ke's little servants Yuanshan and Luochuan had already set up a red clay stove in the corner of the lobby, boiled water and prepared to make tea, Cheng Ke paused and ordered:

"Go, bring Hongfu over and let her learn to make tea"

Yuanshan was stunned, hurriedly agreed, went out of the lobby, and asked the chief steward to lead people safely.

Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran sat down on the armchair in the middle of the lobby, Zhou Jingran turned his head to look at the boiling water on the red clay stove, and commanded with a smile:

"Luochuan will make me a cup of tea first"

Luo Chuan smiled and agreed,

"Back to Master Zhou, it has already been soaked and cooled."

As he spoke, he took two Jun kiln white porcelain cups, poured two cups of tea from the small pot next to him, and brought them up.

Zhou Jingran crossed his legs, picked up the cup and drank tea, Cheng Ke leaned back on the back of the chair, also picked up the cup, and lowered his head to drink tea.

Yuan Shan led Hongfu, who was holding the burden tightly, into the lobby, Zhou Jingran was facing the entrance of the lobby, looking at Hongfu who came in behind Yuan Shan, his eyes were round, and the tea in his mouth squirted out at once.

Cheng Ke hurriedly turned around, stunned and looked at the girl who was cowering and following behind Yuanshan, the girl was extremely short and fat, her face was huge and flat, her two eyes were one left and one right, far apart, her nose was almost level with her face, her lips were half a foot thick, half open, a shiny saliva hung on her lips, as if dripping, the left eyeball was to the left, and the right eyeball was slanted to the right, I don't know where to look.

Zhou Jingran burst into laughter, twitching with laughter, he couldn't hold the cup in his hand, he slid down, and the little guy standing next to him hurriedly reached out to catch the cup.

Cheng Ke's face turned from red to white and then blue, jumped up from the chair, pointed at the red blessing and asked angrily:

"This? What is this? ”

The saliva on Hongfu's lips was long sticky and dripping on his clothes, his two eyes turned out, and he cried with a grin, Yuanshan looked back at her, and bowed down to answer Cheng Ke's words:

"Master, she is Hongfu, the fire girl in the kitchen of the ancient mansion."

Zhou Jingran raised his hand and pointed at Hongfu, turned around and pointed at Cheng Ke, laughing so much that he couldn't say a word, seeing Hongfu's tears and saliva flowing together, he cried together, and even laughed so much that he held his stomach, stomped his feet, and got out of breath.

The two little guys standing behind hurriedly rushed forward to hold up the chair and helped Zhou Jingran up, Zhou Jingran stood up straight, blushed with laughter, coughed lightly, gasped a few breaths, shook to Cheng Ke's side with a blue face, patted Cheng Ke's shoulder hard, pointed at Hongfu, and spoke for a while:

"This girl, you must keep the inkstone to warm the bed, it's really rare."