134. Gains and losses
Fu Nai is a person with a white flag, and he has just been brought into the imperial guard by the fourth master. In terms of the master's kindness, the slave can only swear to repay the service. So their family sent their eldest son Fu Chi to the Sibeile Mansion, and the second elder brother Hongyu became a haha bead by his side.
The Gold Festival is a Manchurian festival. Fu Nai's wife, Ma Jia's important thing every year is to prepare gifts for the Four Baylor Mansions, from the Gold Festival to October 34 Baylor's birthday, the year and the fifteenth, is to find a reason to get to the side of the fourth master. This year, there is another fourth elder brother, and Fu Nai's full moon and first birthday are regarded as a family event, and even his own master went to Jiangnan to find a master to make a fan.
But the gift is good, how can it become a difficult thing for the four Baylor mansions to sit on a cup of tea.
In the past, Ma Jia's family went to Fujin to sit first, and then to Fujin on the side. This year, when she saw that Fang Fujin had another fourth elder brother, she brought Fu Nai's younger brother and daughter-in-law with her, and instructed her in the car: "Now your uncle and our family are all servants of the Four Baylors." You also know that my brother Chi will be a haha bead next to the second elder brother Hongyu from the side of Fujin. The third elder brother of Fang Fu Jin is almost old, today you go over, go directly to kowtow to Fang Fu Jin, don't need to mention your brother Qiang, I'm afraid the master will be annoyed if you talk too much, if the master asks, talk about Brother Qiang's age, what books the family likes to read, and can boxing and draw a bow. ”
She nodded again and again, although the family had been instructed several times, but when it came to the end, she was still afraid. She pulled Ma Jiashi and asked, "Sister-in-law, is Fang Fujin easy to talk to?" ”
Ma Jiashi comforted her and said: "The masters are all relieved, even if you have any offense in front of you, the masters will not take it seriously." Thanks to the master's master, I waited for the side Fujin to go out a few times, and occasionally came in to talk to the side Fujin, she is not a person who loves to be embarrassed, or she doesn't like to listen to flattery, don't always be surprised when you get there, be generous but please the side Fujin. ”
After explaining all the way carefully, when they arrived at the gate of Sibeile Mansion, the mule cart stopped, Ma Jiashi and her concubine jumped out of the car, and handed the name sticker to the porter first, Ma Jiashi smiled: "The minions come to kowtow to the master, I don't know if it is convenient or not?" ”
Fu Chi lives in the house for 20 days a month, and Ma Jia's family often comes in, not to mention that he handed a post to the house two days earlier to ask for a meeting, so the concierge was not embarrassed, and after checking the posts and gifts, he said to her: "Excuse me, wait a minute." ”
Ask them to sit in the concierge for a while, and hand the post in.
Ma Jiashi and Concubine have a bunch of things in their arms, they themselves are slaves, and naturally they can't bring the girls around them when they enter the mansion. The porter was polite and poured tea for them.
About a quarter of an hour later, the porter came in and said, "There is a word from inside, tell you to go in now, the master is at leisure." ”
Ma Jiashi and Concubine hurriedly thanked them, and did not forget to leave some silver for the porter: "Please have a bowl of tea." ”
The porter helped them carry the gifts to the second gate, and when they got there, a lady would lead the way. Ma Jiashi separated from her here, and pointed to her: "You go directly to Side Fujin from here, go to take a long look, if the master is tired of it, retire quickly, don't stay longer." ”
Her concubine was nervous, holding the gift, not daring to ask the girl to hold it for her, and repeatedly said 'hard work, hard work', all the way through the corridor to the east courtyard.
There were two vermilion lacquer doors at the door, and there was a eunuch guarding the door, who sent her to the door of the girl and curtled her knees, pointed at her and said to the eunuch: "Brother, this is Fu Nai's family, come to kowtow to Fang Fujin." ”
The eunuch smiled at the girl and said, "I'm tired of running away, if you weren't in a hurry to leave, I'd go to your sister Yuzhan to have some snacks, I just saw our master reward her with a box." ”
The girl smiled sweetly: "Wait for me to be free, I really can't leave at this time." She turned her head to the concubine and said slightly, "Sister, just go in, I'm going back." ”
She held the gift in her arms, returned the gift to the girl in a mess, and took out a purse with great difficulty: "Don't be rough girl, I made it myself, take it and play with it." ”
The girl took the purse and left.
The eunuch got out of the way and invited her in, but he didn't take what she had in his hand, and said, "Please wait a little here, I'll ask someone to send you in." ”
She didn't know that the rules in the courtyard of Fang Fujin were so big, the girls outside couldn't come in, and the guests didn't call them to walk around, and the eunuchs couldn't leave the door after guarding the door.
The eunuch called a girl out of the upside-down room, pointed at her and said, "This is Lord Fu's family, you can bring it in." ”
The girl smiled and curtled at her, and said, "Slave Yuxi, please come with the slave." As she spoke, she reached out and took the gift from her arms gently, but she didn't even react.
Bypass the wall to see the whole picture of the east courtyard.
The courtyard is more than ten zhang deep, and there are girls and eunuchs guarding the door in the wings on both sides. There are four Taiping jars on one side, and a pyre has been set up underneath, but the weather is not yet cold, and there is no fire. There are flower beds on both sides of the yard, probably in late autumn, so the flower stands have been removed, replaced with old bamboo fences, and several chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
There is also a shelf of grapes on the front side of the main house, and now the branches and leaves are withered but have not been removed, which is obviously the master's beloved thing.
Yuxi came in with Yu Chao after the east courtyard was rebuilt, and the two of them still live on the same street, and even their names are next to each other. As a result, Yu Chao had a bad heart and was kicked out by the master, and Yu Xi felt that his face was dull, and he hid in the house to do needlework for several days.
Who knew that he was arrested by someone.
She asked the guests to wait for the stairs first, and she first asked Sister Yuhua or Yuyan to report to see if the master was free at this time.
Lifted the curtain and quietly entered, saw her on the west side of the jade bottle, waved her hand, she quickly stopped, and then heard the master in the west room talking to Ergege.
Li Wei and Er Gege sat on the couch, one holding a stove in his hand. It's not yet time to close the brazier, and there is always smoke in the house when the brazier is lit. Huailu is small and cute, she always likes to hold a trick to play, and Ergege has developed the same habit as her.
She said: "Since Fujin asked you to go, then you can go." ”
In the morning, the pomegranate from the main courtyard came to kowtow to her first, and then said to Ergege that Fujin had good material and told her to measure the size so that she could make a cloak for the three of them.
Ergege was awkward: "I don't want to go to ......" Before the words fell, Li Wei glanced sideways, and she immediately said: "I was wrong." ”
It's exactly the same as her.
Li Wei also asked her to have an attitude, let her go, and said: "Fujin is also your mother, you have to be respectful and filial on your face." ”
"I know the truth, it's just ......," she didn't say, "I am often called over there, and you know, Eniang, I don't have much to say to the eldest sister and the third sister, and their tempers are too weird...... I can't stand it...... After this time, I will definitely have lunch with the eldest sister and them......"
When I thought of eating with Da Gege and Sangege, Ergege had a stomachache. It's really delicious, you can't eat it, who has ever tried to eat and write and read like a serious face? I couldn't make a sound at the dinner table, I couldn't say a word, I couldn't even laugh at me.
Is this a meal? This is a punishment!
When I entered the palace, even if I was in front of my mother, I didn't do it. The mother will also tell them to eat more and loosen, and not to let the grandmother take care of them. As a result, the main courtyard is like this every day, and the ton is like this. She suspected that the eldest sister and the third sister were not in good health because they were eating and holding their breath.
Li Wei can't help it, she can't keep her from being close to her sisters.
"Actually, I think Da Gege and Sangege are quite pitiful," Li Wei sighed, "Look at you, Eniang never asks the grandmothers to care more about you, Da Gege and Sangege are not as easy as you." If you think about this, you can sympathize with them a little. ”
"It's always true that they want to see you and be good to you, and when you get older in the future, you will know that the relationship between you is pure and good."
Ergege didn't say that he was moved, but pouted and said: "E-niang, you sympathize with everyone you see, pity everyone you see, and everyone is a good person in your eyes, right?" ”
Li Wei choked her so much that she couldn't speak, pressed a finger on her forehead, and said, "E-niang's eyes are all bad people, you are bad!" ”
Ergege giggled and dodged, sighed and said, "Then I'll go." She was about to come down, and the jade bottle came to put on her shoes, and she stretched out her feet and said, "Actually, I always feel that it is close to ......," she pointed in the direction of the main courtyard, "It seems strange over there." I often ask to go over, and I hear Hongyu say that they always send snacks and supper when they are in the study. ”
After she finished speaking, she saw that Eniang's expression did not move, and there was no smile on her face. The atmosphere in the room naturally changed, and even Sister Yuhua stood up and stepped aside after putting on her shoes, hanging her head and not speaking.
E-niang, you're so scary!
The two squares stand in a regular manner.
Li Wei raised her eyes and saw that she was not too well-behaved, smiled, stretched out her hand to call her over, took her hand to look at her baby girl from the bottom up, and gently reminded her: "My mother knows about this, and you don't have to care." In the future, when you have more people, you will naturally know that most of the people in this world are good to you and calculating people in their hearts. ”
"People have selfish intentions, and it is not strange or evil." She said, "You are a smart child, Hongyu and the third elder brother are very smart, so E-Niang is not worried that people can buy you with a little favor." It's good to be vigilant, but you don't have to be the enemy in everything. ”
Li Wei thought about it, it was better to take the opportunity to educate. She told the jade bottle to stand down, and pulled Ergege to sit beside her.
"At home, Ama and Eniang are in charge of you, but they really care for you."
"Fu Jin can control you, but she is a little careful. So you don't feel sick and don't feel pain, and you don't want to see her, right? ”
Ergege nodded again and again and said, "I know that she is Ama Fujin, and we should all respect her." Can...... Wasn't it okay for her to ignore us before? Weishenme is now running every day to take care of me and my brothers? When I think about this, I feel wrong. ”
Li Wei sighed secretly in her heart, with a smile on her face, she could no longer show her uneasiness and frustration to scare Ergege.
"There will be more and more people in this world who can control you, but now you can't stand it just Fujin, and you want to avoid it, do you want to avoid every annoying person you meet in the future?"
"For example, you will always get married in the future. Although you have a high status, in this world, men are always high and women are low, so if you hold your own identity above your husband, it is not conducive to your husband and wife. ”
Li Wei wrenched her hand and indexed: "Also, your husband Ama Eniang is not as good as you in terms of status and status." But they are above your husbands, and if you will honor your husbands, you must honor them in the same way. ”
Ergege was a little ashamed, and said unhappily: "E-niang, what are you doing with this?" ”
Li Wei really wanted to sigh this time, she was really reluctant to marry her children, but the Wang family of Zhijun was going to marry far away next year, which was like a signal.
"Fujin is still in her own house, and there is still you Ama standing above, and she is limited in what she can do. But when you get married, it will be to someone else's house, and no matter how powerful your Amma is, it will inevitably be out of time. Your father-in-law, mother-in-law, husband, uncle, sister-in-law, such people, they will never treat you as well as Ama Eniang, maybe they can't compare to Fujin, what are you going to do at that time? ”
Ergege also thought about this problem recently. Zhijun Wang Da Gege said a few years before she got married, but she always felt very far away. This year, she suddenly made an order, she was going to go out next year, and she couldn't accept it when she pulled this matter in front of her eyes all at once.
However, she is worried that it is only a choice between marrying far away and staying in Beijing, and the issue of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is like a matter of the next life, and it is too early to think about it.
But she also probably understood what Eniang meant. Fu Jin may just have some minor troubles, and in the future, she will encounter troubles and troubles a hundred times more than Fu Jin will make her difficult.
After thinking about it, you will feel that meeting Fujin and eating with the two sisters is not so difficult, right?
Ergege went to the main courtyard with a heavy heart, and wanted to get married all the way. Ama and Eniang have always wanted her to stay in Beijing, pretending to be sick for this a few years ago, and this year Ama said that she would be sick again.
She didn't say frustrating words, but could Amma's trick really work? Referring to the marriage is the emperor, speaking of which she is still the emperor's granddaughter, but she has never met the saint and never spoken to the emperor.
The emperor likes the king of Zhijun so much, and he often rewards the king of Zhijun, I heard that she saw the emperor when she was a child. But didn't the emperor just point it out?
When the emperor pointed out to her, it is estimated that Ama will be powerless.
Thinking that even Ama might not be able to protect her, Ergege felt a surge of pride in his heart! I thought that there would really be a day when she would not cry, not make Ama Eniang worry, and happily get married.
Before the Gold Festival, Er Gege handed a post to Da Gege, the king of Zhijun, and wanted to ask her out to play. As a result, he posted back that Da Gege was sick, thanked her for her kindness, and brought her a box of things. When she opened it, she saw that it was all commonly used by Da Gege.
The person who came was Da Gege's personal girl, and said: "We Gege said, she doesn't need this, leave it to Gege to think." ”
Ergege took a fragrant wood delicate ball and sent it away, she went to Eniang and said that she was going to visit Da Gege.
Li Wei was teasing the fourth elder brother, and when she heard this, she hugged the kid away and said, "If you want to go, go and call a few more people to follow." You said that Da Gege, the king of Zhijun, is sick, and I will prepare some medicine here, so you can bring some snacks and playthings. ”
Er Gege asked Eunuch Liu to make a box of crispy cream buns, wrapped in fried crispy golden dough and snow-white cream inside.
When I arrived at the Zhijun Palace, I didn't see the Zhijun Wang Fujin and went directly to the Dagege Courtyard.
The big grid is housed together with the two, three, and four grids. They are all sisters of the same mother, and they used to be very envious of Ergege, if only the eldest sister and the third sister were also Eniang's children.
But today, she saw that she was lying on the bed with a sick face, and the second king of Zhijun was crying so much that her eyes were swollen, and her heart suddenly rejoiced.
Although she has a good relationship with the eldest sister and the third sister, she is not as good as the same mother. The eldest sister vaguely revealed that she wanted to marry Mongolia far away so that she could leave her third sister in Beijing. Ergege only felt that she was thinking too much at the time, the third sister was still young, and if Ama wanted to keep the two of them, he would definitely not ignore the third sister.
But looking at the sisters of the Zhijun Wangfu, she finally understood that the eldest sister was just worried about what happened, so she would rather not gamble on this eventuality, if she was foolproof.
In the future, I will be kind to the eldest sister and the third sister.
She brought it and nodded, and the king of Zhijun, Da Gege, ate several of them, and even the nurse persuaded her not to eat them, so as not to accumulate food.
"This thing is fresh, your chef is really good." King Da Gege of Zhijun said with a smile.
Ergege smiled proudly and said, "If you like it, I'll ask someone to make it for you every day, and then send it to you." ”
"No need." Zhijun Wang Da Gege shook his head, and sat next to her Zhijun Wang Ergege wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
Ergeglio sat for a while and then took her leave, and she couldn't help but ask the coachman to go home in the car. The sadness of the Zhijun Palace's mansion really scared her.
In the evening, Shi Shi, the governor of the Zhijun Palace, came to find the fourth master and wanted to borrow it to make cream buns and Eunuch Liu went to their mansion to wait for a while.
The fourth master immediately responded and asked Su Peisheng to call Liu Baoquan over.
Su Peisheng smiled and said: "Master, the slave hasn't had time to tell you yet, Liu Baoquan accidentally chopped his fingers when chopping chickens in the afternoon, and at this time he was asked to go to the palace of the prince of Zhijun, but I am afraid that he will not be able to do anything." ”
This old thief is too cunning, and he thinks he really accidentally chopped himself, and laughs at him for being dizzy, and it turns out that this is for this.
In the dining room in the front yard, Eunuch Liu was lying on the bed with his hands folded and humming, and his apprentice Xiao Luzi trembled and said: "Master, the apprentice really doesn't need to chop himself with a knife?" He didn't understand why the master suddenly chopped the chicken himself.
Can I come back if I go to the Naojun Palace? Will it be called to bring Da Gege, the king of Zhijun, to Mongolia simply?
He didn't want to go!
Eunuch Liu glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't have long hair, people don't worry about calling you over." ”
Sure enough, the fourth master thought about it and handed Tuhe over to the king of Zhijun Changshi to take away. They are all chefs in the dining room, and they asked Su Peisheng if he would make this cream, and his skills were good when Liu Baoquan didn't come before, so he waited for him to eat.
Xiao Lu Ziba looked at Master Tu's pale face, followed by his equally white-faced apprentice and Su Peisheng who went out, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and shouted: "God bless!" ”