Chapter XI: Punishment and Preparation
Li Sanniang covered her mouth, laughed for a while, and said in Xu Nankui's ear: "You are really still the Xu Nankui I know, you are not happy, and others should not think about it." ”
After speaking, he took a clay pot from the handmaid behind him, and there was a small and exquisite carbon stove underneath, and the sealing was indeed very good, and he couldn't smell a little smell.
Xu was deliberately shown to the housekeeper by Li Sanniang, solemnly handed it over to Xia He, and advised: "This is the only Buddha jumping over the wall today, you have to be careful, there is a charcoal fire underneath, don't burn Your Highness." ”
Xia He cautiously took it and responded: "The slave knows, please rest assured." ”
After speaking, he helped Xu Nankui into the carriage and advised, "You can also take care of it, don't play tricks anymore, even if the old lady is wrong, you can be patient, fight and fight, and make trouble." ”
Xu Nankui nodded in agreement, and then got into the car, and the housekeeper came over and saluted Li Sanniang, and said: "I'm bothering the third lady today, please don't blame, wait for the next time the lady comes, please say a few kind words." ”
Li Sanniang doesn't need to give the housekeeper any good looks, if she hadn't had a lot of distinguished guests in the entire capital, I'm afraid that this housekeeper would have already broken in to "invite" someone.
Li Sanniang rolled her eyes, and said in a weird manner: "Hey, I'm just a small boss of a Qinglou, where can I compare to you, the big butler of the Loyal and Brave Mansion." ”
The housekeeper heard that Li Sanniang was hostile to him, and he always had to say something about the scene: "Where, who doesn't know that our wife has a good relationship with you, otherwise he wouldn't come to the first floor often." ”
Li Sanniang was furious when she heard this, and she had already talked with Xu Nankui a little bit to let go of these thoughts, but now she was jumped up by Steward Li, isn't it just a ready-made punching bag?
Li Sanniang squinted her eyes, looked at the big butler and said, "Isn't it?" How is my first floor also the place to serve people, but they all say that the family is kinder, but I don't know that this watchdog, who has been raised for several years, has learned to eat inside and out. ”
A trace of fierceness flashed in the housekeeper's eyes, staring at Li Sanniang and said: "Sanniang is cautious, even if I am the housekeeper of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, it is naturally for the good of the lady, Sanniang, be careful of causing trouble." ”
Li Sanniang looked at the eyes of the big housekeeper, but she was a little funny.
The big housekeeper looks like a bad one, just that kind of bearing and posture, he must be a practitioner, with Li Sanniang's experience as a bandit leader for so many years, this big housekeeper has a life in his hands.
But what about that, there is a lot of blood on her Li Sanniang's hands, and it is really Tai Sui's head that breaks ground, I don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has.
Li Sanniang spit directly on the face of the big housekeeper, and scolded: "Phew, you wolf and wolf heart dog barking thing, my aunt and grandmother opened this first floor, who dares to argue with your aunt and grandmother, threaten your aunt and grandmother, and me, you don't pee to take care of yourself, are you worthy of it." ”
"Auntie, I also have some friendship with His Royal Highness, are you alerting me? I don't look at whether the head on your head is steady, and whether it sticks to your neck. ”
Li Sanniang has to scold again, although it is the side door of the first floor, but there are also some dignitaries who are inconvenient to enter and exit, and it is not good-looking, Xu Nankui lifted the curtain on the car and said: "Sanniang, okay, I will go back today." ”
Li Sanniang turned her head and scolded the housekeeper again: "Dog things, be careful not to fall into your aunt and my hands one day, today it is the princess here, otherwise, phew." ”
The chief housekeeper didn't speak, but just wiped the clothes soiled by Li Sanniang a little, and then instructed the coachman: "Go home!" ”
Along the way, whether it was the big housekeeper who followed or Xu Nankui who was sitting in the carriage, he was not talking, and Tuan Tuan was also very sensible holding Xu Nankui's arm, but his small eyes kept staring at the Buddha jumping over the wall on Xia He's side.
By the time the carriage arrived at the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong, the sky was already dark and terrible, and the two huge lanterns in front of the mansion exuded a scarlet color, like the two eyes of an evil ghost, watching everyone.
The open door was the mouth of the evil ghost, as if it was going to devour everyone who entered, but fortunately, as soon as Xu Nankui got off the carriage with Tuan Tuan, he saw Qiu Feng carrying an orange lantern to pick up Xu Nankui.
Qiu Feng: "Madam, all the quilts on the bed have been changed for you, the old lady has already slept with medicine, but the eldest master and the second master have not slept yet." ”
Xu Nankui nodded to indicate that she knew, the old lady was lucky, she just took a small sip and used the medicine, so naturally it didn't have much impact, as for Xu Ren, Xu Yi was afraid that it was not that simple.
After Xu Nankui waited for Xia He to take off the Buddha and jump over the wall from the car, he said to the big butler standing behind Xia He: "The big butler, now that you have arrived at the mansion, I think you should do it until the end, don't you need to say it again in the palace?" ”
The chief butler lowered his head and said in a dull voice: "Madam, don't worry, when the slave goes out to pick you up, the punishment that has been prepared will naturally not fall, and the slave still knows this rule." ”
The big housekeeper was sent from outside, and Xu Nankui didn't care about him during his three years of filial piety, and he didn't need to find out which side of the force it was.
will still monitor her, restrain her, and take the initiative to receive the punishment after each time, Xu Nankui will not have many seizures, but the punishment will naturally not be light.
With a gratifying smile on the corner of Xu Nankui's mouth, he said to the housekeeper: "The palace is pleased, the big housekeeper has learned the rules well, but every time he makes a mistake, he admits it, but next time he makes a mistake, it really makes the palace a little headache." ”
Xu Nankui turned around and led Tuan Tuan back to the house.
The tiger chair was ready, and the butler had been stripped of his shirt and lay on top of the stool, with whip marks on his back.
Just as the punishment was about to be imposed here, Xia He walked over with two small clay pots and called a stop.
The two penalized subordinates stood aside and said respectfully: "I've seen Miss Xia He, but what does Madame command?" ”
Xia He smiled and said: "Well, Madame has an order, the housekeeper has crossed the rules today, and I don't think I have a long memory, so I was sent to supervise it today." ”
As he spoke, he put down the crockpot in his hand and said to the two subordinates: "This is fine salt and chili sauce, today's execution, first use this whip to dip it in fine salt, whip twenty whips, and then wrap this chili flour, and then whip twenty lashes." ”
After Xia He finished speaking expressionlessly, the whips in the hands of the two subordinates were already a little uncontrollable, too ruthless.
However, when the first whip went down, Xia He stopped again and said: "Madame said, you must be whipped to see blood, if there is a whip that does not see blood, then add ten whips, so if you don't want the housekeeper to take more pain, you still have to exert some strength." ”
Xu Nankui had already taken Tuan Tuan to the pavilion, in addition to the Buddha jumping over the wall on the table, there were a few more snacks, Xu Nankui opened the lid of the crockpot and filled Tuan Tuan with a small bowl.
Buddha jumping over the wall as the signboard on the first floor, it is naturally worth it, and it also achieves the effect that Xu Nankui wants.
Before opening the lid, there is no trace of aroma, after the lid is opened, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the fragrance is floating for ten miles, but the whole Hou Mansion is full of the smell of this Buddha jumping, and the fragrance is overflowing.
Qiu Feng next to him was still fanning, Xu Nankui looked at the direction of the courtyard of the eldest and second masters, and suddenly felt that the Buddha jumping over the wall tasted more fragrant.
Xu Nankui filled a small half bowl for herself, tasted it, the entrance of the soup was a umami taste, Xu Nankui tasted a bite and stopped eating, saw that the bowl of Tuan Tuan Huan's snorting had gone down, and added another bowl to her, and asked, "Tuan Tuan, is this delicious?" What's a good way to eat it, tell me? ”
Tuan Tuan's eyes turned, and when he saw the smile on his aunt's face, he understood that his aunt was going to do something bad, and said loudly: "Mrs. Huiyu, it's delicious, this sea cucumber is oily and refreshing, but it's not fatty at all, and this bamboo shoot is also crispy and delicious, the soup is fresh but not salty, just right, it's really full of flavors, you see, after eating, Tuan Tuan's mouth is fragrant!" ”
Xu Nankui likes Tuan Tuan's cleverness, if he can raise a daughter like this in the future, maybe he won't resist.
Xu Nankui gently tugged Tuan Tuan's fat mouth, and said lovingly: "Well, we can really eat Tuan Tuan, I can smell the aroma." ”
In addition to the fragrance of Buddha jumping over the wall emitted in the quiet courtyard, it was the sound of a loud voice.
smelling the aroma, as well as the cute cute baby explaining online, avoiding the unavoidable aroma, coupled with the real-time commentary, Xu Nankui can already think of the expressions of a few people who are still having diarrhea.
After Tuan Tuan ate his little belly bulging, Xia He came back, and Xu Nankui asked without being salty: "What, I added some ingredients to the big housekeeper today, and the big housekeeper is still satisfied?" ”
Xia He replied: "Mrs. Hui, I have been beaten with a total of forty-eight lashes, but in fact, there is no blood in the twenty-eight lashes. ”
Xu Nankui asked while fiddling with the broken hair that stained the corners of his mouth: "It's okay, this palace thought that the big housekeeper would be beaten to death!" ”
Xia He took the fan from Qiu Feng's hand and gently fanned it to Xu Nankui and Tuan Tuan, and the charcoal fire under the Buddha jumping over the wall made the two of them blush.
Xia He said while fanning: "No, since I said it, those two subordinates have also made a dead hand, but it is the big housekeeper, who gritted his teeth the whole time and didn't say a word." ”
Xu Nankui waved her hand, signaling that Xia He didn't need to fan, took Tuan Tuan's hand, and led Xia He and Qiu Feng to his yard, and by the way, he took Tuan Tuan to eliminate food.
As he walked, he said: "It's okay, this big butler is not a simple character, it was sent to the palace by others, wouldn't it be meaningless if he begged for mercy from the palace because of a whip?" You say, don't you? ”
Xia He smiled back: "Isn't it?" Anyway, I haven't seen anyone more like a big butler. ”
Xu Nankui thought for a while and said: "Go back and keep an eye on those two subordinates in the palace, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to whip blood, don't let them appear in my courtyard for the past two days." ”
Xia He nodded yes.
Xu Nankui asked Qiu Feng again: "Qiu Feng, have all the posts for Qiu Ju Banquet been sent?" ”
Qiu Feng, who had been hanging one step behind the three of them, walked two steps faster and replied: "It has been arranged, and it will be arranged next to this year's Qiu Shi Banquet of Guozijian students." ”
Xu Nankui sighed and didn't ask any more.
Xu Nankui thought to herself: "The time and place are favorable, the bureau has been arranged, Lin Wanwan, don't let me down." ”