Chapter 33: Chinese New Year (Part II)

After a sound, a man who seemed to be a eunuch said: "The emperor has given 'blessing' to the Sibeile Mansion." Reward 6,000 taels of silver, 20 East Pearl of the South China Sea, 20 pieces of purple mink, 6 large and small purses, 1 piece of court clothes and python robes, 20 pieces of satin, 20 family soup sheep, 20 family style sheep, 10,000 character cakes, longevity cakes, Fu character cakes, Lu character cakes, auspicious cakes, Ruyi crisps, three boxes of Fushou cakes, three boxes of apples, Ya pears, Guangzhou oranges, and cantaloupe. ”

When Huizhu's knee was about to lose consciousness, she finally finished the salute, and everyone kowtowed and thanked her: "Thank you, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." After the ceremony, he asked Yinzhen who was standing on the side to say goodbye: "Please be safe, auspicious." Yin Zhen bowed his head, and everyone got up.

Yinzhen and Wulanala sat down in the right seat, and Gao De immediately ordered the two little eunuchs to frame and hang the word "Fu", and asked the subordinates in the palace to take over the objects rewarded by the palace. Then the Ulanala clan said a few words of hard work and auspiciousness, and asked Xiaofuzi to reward the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace with a purse containing "Ruyi", and when they retired after thanking them, it was already half an hour.

At this time, Huizhu also sat down. In the past, due to Ling Zhu's low official position, Niu Hulu Mansion had never been rewarded by the palace. When the next person framed and hung the "Fu" in the main house, Huizhu couldn't help but be curious and looked at it. The seat is a little far away, and I can only vaguely see it. The word "Fu" given by Kangxi is made of silk, with dansha as the background color, and the golden cloud dragon pattern is painted on it, revealing the royal nobility.

Wulanala said: "Master, you entered the palace on the fifth watch today, and now it's time to go back to the back room to change into your regular clothes, and let Xiaofuzi serve you to rest, tomorrow's family banquet, the state banquet on the first day of the new year, you can be busy." After listening to the words of the Wulanala clan, Huizhu glanced at Yinzhen, he had a golden dragon on his head, decorated with Dongzhu Seven, a ruby Baylor crown, and a four-clawed python embroidered with stone blue.

Yinzhen also seemed to be a little tired, and as soon as the words of the Wulanala clan fell, Yinzhen said lightly: "Well, the rest is Lao Fujin." After speaking, he left with Xiao Luzi. So everyone stood up again and saluted, "Congratulations to the master." When Yinzhen's back disappeared outside the door, Fang got up.

Huizhu didn't know what she thought about Yinzhen now, and looked at the place where he left a little distracted. Seeing this, Geng Shi hurriedly took Huizhu's hand and sat down, and whispered in her ear: "Since some things can't be changed, let it be." Huizhu turned her head and looked at Geng in some surprise, Geng's eyes seemed to see everything, and seemed to show a faint helplessness, and continued: "You will get used to it slowly, some things can't be fought for, it's better to do nothing, so as not to suffer yourself." Huizhu said: "No, Sister Geng misunderstood." Geng didn't reply, patted Huizhu's hand, and turned his head away.

The women in the room said a few more casual words, and then they dispersed.

Huizhu returned to her yard, immediately took off her shoes and put on the kang, rubbed her knees and said, "I'm tired today, I guess I've been kneeling for half an hour." Su Xin smiled: "Master, this is a decent and happy event." Today, the slave and maid are also stained with the light of the master, which can be regarded as an eye-opener, and the royal New Year also appreciates food. Huizhu thought about it, but no, this ancient can get the emperor's blessing and reward, isn't it a great joy, so she laughed it off, and then twisted other words and said: "I answered Sister Geng's words today, saying that I picked a few innovative window flower paper-cuts and sent them to her, and you can also help take a look." Su Xin answered, took out the lacquered wooden box containing paper-cutting, and the master and servant picked two KitKat's "mouse marrying" and "heron feather" ju flower style, and found out the style with the meaning of "precious flower auspicious bird" and "auspicious and festive".

After picking it out, I felt that the gift was too thin, so I thought about adding some manual work. So Huizhu picked up the needlework gift given to Geng's side with Su Xin, and just as Yuehe came in with a tea tray and a New Year's coin, he replied: "Back to the master, this is a reward from Fu Lien, and a total of three hundred and thirty coins have been poured out." According to the master's share, there should have been three hundred taels of silver, but the government said that the year case would be halved, which would also save it. He handed it over. Huizhu looked at it, and saw that there were also begonia-style, melon, fruit and vegetable types, pen ingots Ruyi, and eight-treasure Lianchun. Huizhu said with a smile: "This case is halved, and there are so many silver bills, it seems that I am still a rich woman." As soon as he said it, Su Xinyuehe smiled. The master and servant then talked again, and Huizhu also picked out a few sachets, pendants, and handkerchiefs that were usually embroidered, and packed them together with the window flowers, and asked Yuehe to send them to Geng.

After noon, the people in Huizhu's courtyard were very busy. First go to the treasury to receive couplets, tags and other things and paste them on the windows, doors, and eaves together with the window flowers. Then he began to change the bedding, clean the yard, and tidy up the main house, back room, and study where Huizhu lived. In the evening, they had to greet the people sent by the Ulanala clan to reward things. The Wulanala clan was also generous, and gave a piece of purple mink given by the emperor, which made Huizhu excited for a long time, but he didn't expect that he could have the mink that he couldn't think of in his previous life, so he looked at the mink and touched it.

I was busy all day, and I didn't go to sleep until the second watch. I still vaguely thought in my mind, it seems that I am a good life, and I have both mink and New Year's silver. If you had dressed as a common person back then, you might be starving and freezing somewhere now. Cannibalism and the dead resting on each other......

The next morning, Huizhu woke up early, and nightmares all night long, always dreaming that she was dissected and eaten by others.

In the morning, Su Xin saw that Huizhu looked tired, her face was a little pale, and she said with concern: "What's wrong with the master, can't you get sick in the Chinese New Year's Eve." Huizhu shook her head and said, "It's okay, I didn't sleep well at night." With that, he went to the main courtyard.

On this Chinese New Year's Eve, the atmosphere in the mansion is not as lively as yesterday's festivities. Because Yinzhen took the Fujin and the two side Fujin in the house, as well as Hongyun and Da Ge Ge Shizheng (10 o'clock), they went to the family banquet in the palace, and the others stayed in the house to have lunch and dinner by themselves. After Huizhu and the wives and concubines in the house sent them away, there was nothing to do. When I got back to the house, I thought about it for a while, and then I fell asleep in a daze.

It was dark, although the man and the woman were not there. But the main entrance of each courtyard is also picked up with a big red corner lamp, and the two slips are high, and there are corner palace lights everywhere. Even the upper and lower slaves were dressed up in flowers, and their faces were peaceful.

When it was time to arrive, the big kitchen brought Huizhu's food, plus Xia Mei's cooking, and the large and small plates were placed on a whole table. Faced with a large table of food, only herself, Huizhu inevitably felt a little lonely.

After eating, Huizhu sat on the pit and talked and laughed with Su Xin, Mama Zhang, Xia Mei, and Yuehe. I think I slept in the afternoon, and now I'm not very sleepy, and I've been talking and laughing for a long time before Huizhu gets sleepy.

When it was almost time (11 p.m. - 1 a.m.), Huizhu was a little sleepy when she suddenly heard a "boom" outside, followed by the sound of "crackling" firecrackers, and she woke up in an instant. At a glance, Su Xin and the others were also napping on the embroidery pier, and now they were all awakened by fright. Seeing this, Huizhu laughed and said, "This vigil will be Zhou Gong." ”

Yuehe's lively heart was about to reply a few words, when a somewhat faceless maid came in and kowtowed to Huizhu and said, "Slave maid, please Gege Da'an, the New Year is auspicious." Back to Gege, the slave maid was ordered by the high father-in-law to invite Gege to the main courtyard, and the lord and the Fujin and the two little masters came back from the palace. Huizhu bowed her head, gave the maid a reward, and sent her away. Hurriedly tidied up his clothes and hair buns, and hurried to the main courtyard with Su Xin.

When I entered the main courtyard, I saw that Yinzhen, Wulanala and others had changed into their regular clothes and were sitting on chairs. By the time Yinzhen's wives and concubines came, it was already a quarter of an hour later. Then Hongyun, Da Gege, and Hongshi, who was held by his grandmother, kowtowed to Yinzhen, Wulanara, and Li Nian, who were sitting on the top. Hongshi has been wrapped in a thick blanket, and he is hugged by his grandmother, Huizhu can't see the appearance of this little brother clearly, and from time to time I hear his laughter, it should be a lively child. Kowtowed, and listened to Yinzhen say solemnly: "After today, you will be older again, you must abide by etiquette and honor your parents." Then he specially instructed Hongyun to study hard in the palace and wait, so Xiao Luzi handed them a red envelope.

Then, the Wulanala clan took all the wives and concubines in the house to kowtow to Yinzhen. Huizhu found out that in addition to the three famous concubines in Yinzhen, there were also four women who were dressed in general but were very colorful. When people didn't pay attention, they quietly asked Geng's family to find out that this was given by someone else, because her name was too low, she was called a girl in the house, and she was not qualified to ask for peace for the Ulanala clan, and she only came out during the big festival. Hearing this, Huizhu unconsciously remembered Yinzhen's roughness that night, she was really as black as a crow in the world, and no matter how cold she usually was, she was a man. The elder brother also said that he has fewer women, which is also called less, and there are a total of fourteen women including himself, which is not that he doesn't know. In this way, he became one of his many women, and when he thought about it, he casually looked at Yinzhen, not wanting to be caught. Yinzhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and she frowned, Huizhu immediately snorted, and the word cannibalism flashed in her mind, so she lowered her head slightly, and lowered her head slightly.

actually looked at himself angrily, making himself afraid to bow his head at a glance. Yinzhen was a little embarrassed, and then thought that he was so scary, and he was a little unhappy. As a royal person, this Niu Hulu clan has his own character, and the public in the hall boldly disregarded women's morality, and he was too ignorant of the rules. The honest Niu Hulu clan is like this, so aren't the others even more ignorant of the rules. So Yinzhen waited for the Wulanala clan and his party to finish the salute and said: "This year, Fujin has worked hard, and the house has been well taken care of, and the back house has been maintained in harmony. But you can't be too merciful, you still have to manage what should be managed, some people in the house are a little tired and unruly, whether it is a master or a slave, they should be rectified, and the rules of the house should be established. Especially within the women's morality and women's precepts, you also let them learn more. ”

Everyone who said it was a little puzzled, and the Ulanala clan was also a little puzzled, what is the matter, the good ones will train the rules, it seems that there is a problem, and they will be reorganized after the year. The Ulanara clan whispered. Yin Zhen bowed his head, and everyone sat back.