In the evening, Xue Ya in the main room was taking the little maids and servants to set up dinner for Songyan and Shao Ying, and in the back room, Ganlu leaned on a chair to close her eyes and recuperate, and Yan'er gently rubbed her shoulders. In Zhengqiu Hall, a little maid in charge of sprinkling and sweeping was probing her brain at the door, and when Yan'er saw it, she touched the nectar, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the little maid and said, "Come in." ”

The little maid hurriedly entered the room with a smile on her face, saluted the rules of Ganlu, and said, "Sister Ganlu, does your wrist still hurt?" ”

Yan'er's strength in his hand remained unchanged, and he quietly glanced at the little girl.

Ganlu stretched out her right hand, which had been bandaged, and said softly, "Don't worry, but I touched it on the eaves, and there was some broken skin and bleeding, but fortunately, it has stopped, and it will be good to take care of it in the next few days." ”

The little maid was flattered and said excitedly, "Sister is polite, you are the most amiable person by your wife's side on weekdays, although we don't say it, we all know in our hearts that you have an excellent temperament." Not to mention the affairs of today's world, except for you, at such a critical moment, who would not hesitate to go up to that high place without hesitation? ”

The smile on Ganlu's face was retracted, and she said, "You can't say this, everything we do is for Madame, no matter what level it is." ”

The little maid smiled a little embarrassed when she heard this, so she skipped about it, took out a small jade box from her arms as if she had just woken up from a dream, and stepped forward to hand it to Yan'er, "When I saw my sister, I couldn't help but say a few more words, but I forgot about it." ”

Yan'er took it, and the little maid said, "This is Bai Zhisan sent to me by my godmother, scar removal is the most effective, if my sister doesn't dislike it, you might as well give it a try." ”

Before Ganlu could speak, Yan'er said curiously, "Your aunt? But who is on an errand in our Hou Mansion? ”

The little maid glanced at the manna who sat calmly without saying a word, a small self-contained smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said modestly, "There is an idle man hanging in the big kitchen in the inner courtyard, and everyone else calls her Mother Wu." On weekdays, I love to mumble, saying that our errand maids always have to marry when they reach age, and when they are on errands, they must do their best, but they can't be too harsh on themselves, and the most important thing is not to leave any scars, otherwise how can others say peace from it and help lead the needle? “

Manna unconsciously stroked the injured right hand, and the little maid saw it in her eyes, but pretended not to notice, and said with a smile, "Godmother sent me this medicine, let me wipe it if I am injured." Seeing that my sister was injured today, this medicine can be regarded as handy. ”

Yan'er looked at Manna with the medicine, Manna lowered her left hand and said with a smile, "My injury is not serious, give me this medicine, and you will have it." This can't be done, you better take it back, don't live up to Mother Wu's heart. ”

The little maid waved her hand and said, "Sister, don't say that, if you have any usefulness, you will use it first." Godmother also often said, among the four of you in the yard, you are the best, let me be closer to you, not to mention that she likes to scare me, if I can serve by my wife's side like a sister one day, I don't have to worry about any scars, what marriage! ”

Ganlu smiled faintly, and Yan'er scolded with a smile on the side, "You are not ashamed, how can you talk about this?" ”

The little maid and Yan'er giggled and quarreled, and when she left, Ganlu took the medicine box and looked at it carefully, the jade box was half the size of a palm, carved with fine patterns. Opening the lid, a refreshing medicinal fragrance came to the nose, the nectar sniffed, frowned and closed the box, and said to the smoke on the side, "Next time it's your turn to pick up food in the big kitchen, talk to the errand man to see who this Mother Wu is." ”

Yan'er nodded hurriedly. Manna said lightly, "You don't have to be too enthusiastic, just chat a few words." ”

"What's so special about this Mother Wu?" Yan'er asked timidly, "I don't know what you want to know?" ”

Ganlu smiled and shook her head slightly, and said, "You kid, you look very clever on weekdays, why are you sluggish at this time?" ”

She held up the jade box to Yan'er and said, "Although this kind of thing is not a rare treasure, it should not be taken casually by an ordinary servant woman in the big kitchen of the Hou Mansion. ”

Ganlu casually threw the box on the small table beside her, and Yan'er stood aside with her neck bent, listening to Ganlu snort softly and said, "It's just to use this thing to throw stones and ask for directions." ”

Seeing that she had thrown the box aside, Yan'er hurriedly stretched out her hand, continued to rub her and looked at the nectar on her face, and said with a smile, "I naturally don't have as much knowledge as my sister." ”

In the second room of the meal, Songyan and Shao Ying had dinner, Xueya withdrew the dishes, Songyan was about to persuade Shao Ying to go back to Qixia Courtyard, and suddenly a little maid trembled and came to report, saying that there was a decree from the palace, and the Hou Ye asked his wife to go to the front yard to receive the decree together.

Song Yan heard that there was a will in the palace, and the memories of his past time in Yanfu came back to his mind, and he stood up suddenly, and asked with a pale face, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

The others panicked when they saw her, only the more panicked, the Zhengqiu Hall was chaotic for a while, and the errand people outside didn't know what was going on inside, but they were just frightened, and they were bold enough to probe their brains in front of the main hall and ask who was serving in the room.

Song Yan was flustered, suddenly felt a warm palm, looked down, and saw that it was Shao Ying who pulled his hand. Song Yan saw that the young prince was still beside him, looking up at himself with his head tilted, so he hurriedly calmed down, squatted down, and said at eye level with Shao Ying, "Ying'er, don't be afraid, go to see your father with your mother, right?" ”

Shao Ying nodded obediently, Song Yan barely calmed down, picked up Shao Ying, and said to everyone in Zhengqiu Hall, "Xue Ya, take a few servants to go first, if the steward of the outer courtyard has not prepared the incense, candles, and other things to receive the order, he will send someone to the treasury to pass the word, Yuhua went to the treasury to guard, and explained it clearly to the servants in the warehouse." Yunwu went to Qixia Courtyard to report the news, and told the two aunts to take people to the outer courtyard, and the rest of them came with me. ”

When the people in Zhengqiu Hall saw that she explained everything clearly, they had a backbone.

In the twilight, the lanterns under the eaves of the verandah of Zhengqiu Hall were lit with bright candles, and the main room was as bright as day. The maids and servants who stood with their hands down respectfully responded, stood sideways to make way for Songyan, and saw Songyan holding Shao Ying and walking forward, so they lowered their heads and bent down deeper, staring at Songyan's ethereal eight-panel skirt that swayed slightly with her movements, and waited for her and the maids behind her to walk over, and then hurriedly followed the team and went to the outer courtyard.