It is not easy to be the fourth master's wife

Chapter 102

When the letter was delivered to Beijing, Mrs. Li was still holding on to her breath, Da Gege didn't care about the rules at this time, she was waiting in front of the hospital bed every day, and Zhou Tingyinzhen was not there, so Aunt Wusu couldn't get out of it, so she had to call Nanny Dai and the maids watched her closely and let her eat and sleep regularly.

Even so, Da Gege lost weight very quickly, his chin that was not round before became even more pointed, and the waist of the newly cut summer shirt left a few inches vacant, his almond eyes were full of water, and he was about to shed tears from time to time .

Nanny Dai was assigned by Yinzhen to Da Gege, and all the newly assigned maids were trained by her. Although she was personally appointed by Yinzhen, she was afraid that it would be a problem if the mistress was not in Da Gege, so she had to let the two maids Watching and persuading her day and night.

The two big girls were named by Da Gege, one was Bingxin and the other was a jade pot. They both knew that if Zhou Ting came back to see Da Gege like this, Nanny Dai would be fine, but they would eat melons. She cried and persuaded her softly: "Ge Ge must take care of himself. If Ge Ge gets sick again, how can he serve Fujin?"

Da Gege's ears felt callused when he heard these words, but his sadness couldn't be stopped no matter what.The two girls guessed her mind, what if she collapsed and Li's sick neighbors didn't take good care of her?She had no choice but to grit her teeth and pour the soup from the kitchen down her throat, nourishing like this every day so as not to drag her out of the disease.

When the imperial physician came, she hid behind the screen and watched him diagnose Li Shi's pulse. At this time, she couldn't care less about her face, she lifted the curtain to let the imperial physician see Li Shi's face, she closed her eyes slightly, and turned her head to imply that Get ready.

No one mentioned it in front of her, but Da Gege knew that the mansion had already started to prepare for Li's funeral.She held the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief to stop her tears, choked with sobs and told Bing Xin: "Go and ask for some plain satin."

Bing Xin responded with a "hey", served tea and turned her head to go out to tell Nanny Dai, Nanny Dai frowned, lifted the curtain and went in, the two of Bing Xin and Yuhu sat on the porch, and Yuhu whispered: "Gege said How many horses do you want?"

Bing Xin's eyes slipped out of the corridor, and she nodded slightly when she saw no girl passing by: "Isn't it."

"Why don't you persuade me?" According to the prince's side, Fujin's funeral is only a one-day filial piety, and he should get rid of his clothes on that day. Da Gege wants several bolts of plain satin at once. Is it possible that he still wants to wear heavy filial piety?

"We came later, and the first two didn't listen to their persuasion. How can we persuade them?" Bingshan was related to Nanny Dai and knew some old things, so he tugged on the sleeve of the jade pot: "Don't make mistakes either. This is silly, Dai Nanny was given by the master, so naturally she should persuade Ge Ge if there is something to do, let's not interfere."

Yuhu hung her head down and twisted the small sachet hanging from the corner of the skirt with her hands, and murmured: "Gege treats us very well, I think she is really hard."

Bing Xin was older, and when she heard Yuhu say this, she stomped her feet and nodded her nose: "It's for Gege's own good that I told Mother Dai, and I will let her know that Gege has such thoughts when Fujin comes back." , what shall we do?" Gege is the master, if she really wants to stand up, who in the family can suppress her, but if this unruly thing is done, the unlucky ones are not all servants.

Mother Dai didn't ask about Duanzi after she went in, she just said: "Master and Fujin are not in the house, so I have to let the slaves tell Gege about the rules of the funeral ceremony, although I don't know what kind of standard it is. , but you can’t go wrong.”

Although Da Gege was feeling sad, he knew that Mrs. Li would not last for a few more days, so she sat up straight and listened to Nanny Dai's detailed explanation. When she heard that there was no sacrificial oration for Jin Fujin, the funeral would be over after one day, and no more sacrifices would be made for the [-]-day anniversary. , Tears rolled down, and I understood what Nanny Dai meant.

She hadn't thought of wearing heavy filial piety at first, but she should have made more filial piety clothes so that she could guard Mrs. Li for a few more days. After hearing what Nanny Dai said, the rest of her heart was completely chilled.

"It's all for others, my younger brothers and I should always be filial." Da Gege sat up on the kang by the window and stood up, staring at Nanny Dai's face, tears slid down his eyes and into his collar: "Then It's my dear mother."

Nanny Dai took a step forward and kept her face straight: "Ge Ge is careful with your words, you must never say such things again." When she was assigned to Da Ge Ge by Yinzhen, Yin Zhen only said that she was asked to teach Da Ge Ge the rules. It's just some small details, after all, Qianjiao Yugui grew up gege, her words and deeds are not bad, who knows that the master really asked her to "teach the rules".

The pair of parrots sent by Zhou Ting in the corridor fluttered their wings, and Mother Dai recalled Da Gege’s tears, and the pair of toys sent by Fujin made her sigh to herself, a pair of things that she couldn’t complain about in front of the parrots Aggrieved, Nanny Dai almost fell down, this is not what a concubine should look like.

This man is well versed in gegeqin, chess, poetry, and books, and he is very elegant, but he just doesn't know the most basic rules.

Gege from Fujin is more noble than her no matter how young she is, not to mention anything else, but the title and dowry will be different when she gets married in the future.If Da Gege had been favored all the time, Xu could still ask the master to invite him to be a princess, but not every concubine could be treated like this.As for Da Gege, she has already fallen out of favor, if she still doesn't know how to keep her duty, who will care about her in the future.

Seeing that Da Gege's tears were flowing more and more fiercely, and her eyes were fixed on her face without letting go for a moment, Dai Momo frowned in her heart. She is the most upright person, and Da Gege will never wake up if she doesn't use harsh words like this , but she wants to guard her status as a slave and can only mention something but not a good drink.

Thinking about it made her heart cringe, no matter what she did to make Da Gege behave, it was impossible for her to value herself, so she could only do the errands well and get the affirmation of the master.Maybe this time, the heavy hammer of Li's death can really ring the boring gong on Da Gege's side.

Nanny Dai sighed, put on a gentle expression on her face, looked at Da Gege and said: "Gege can't say such things again, Fujin is your mother-in-law, and the side Fujin of King Xianping passed away, and it was the same day that he was removed Clothes. It’s fine if Gege’s clothes are plainer, and it’s absolutely impossible to be filial piety.” She wanted to say a few soft words, but Fangzheng was used to it, and the first time she spoke, she was still polite. Big Gege looked at her in a daze, tears wet The embroidery on the skirt.

Nanny Dai had no choice but to treat her like a three-year-old doll and break the truth apart, crushing it to pieces, and said to her, "Which one of Gege's food and food was not given by Fujin? If there is no Fujin, Gege might be alone if there is no banquet in the palace." Entering the palace gate? Which of Gege's future dowry doesn't point to Fujin?"

Da Gege's eyes were confused, and Nanny Dai complained in her heart about Li Shi. She didn't know her status so that she could only be her own child, and being able to be promoted to a side Fujin was not low. Why didn't she understand this truth: "Looking at the whole capital, there are also No one is as comfortable as Ge Ge, Ge Ge has seen Wu Fujin bring the concubine daughter into the palace?" Wu Fujin has nothing to do, as long as she refuses, the fifth elder brother can't force her to bring the concubine daughter into the palace for a banquet .

Nanny Dai could see clearly with cold eyes that Bingxi Fujin, the head of the palace, originally wanted to take her there, but Gege half refused and half was really uncomfortable, so he pushed it away and put it in another house, that was begging Can't ask for it.

The concubine, which is loved after closing the door, is not qualified to go to Ningshou Palace to pay respects, let alone these concubines and concubines. The emperor's sons and daughters are still divided into ranks, so what is Da Gege like!Nanny Dai lowered her eyes, she wasn't stupid, but she was fooled by Mrs. Li, it's good to wake up.

"But, this is my case!" Da Gege touched the lavender butterfly lotus leaf skirt embroidered with gold thread strokes on her body, and her confident voice weakened just now. The thing in her room is the prince. The three princesses who came out of the progeny can only be praised.

At this time, Putao rushed in, with tears on his face: "Ge Ge, go, the master is dead." Big Ge Ge shuddered when he heard the words, and a chill came from the bottom of his heart. A burst of dizziness subsided.

The room was in chaos, Bing Xin took peppermint oil and rubbed it under Da Gege's nose, she regained consciousness and tears burst out of her eyes in an instant, struggling to get up and go to the south courtyard.

The eldest girl in the main courtyard, Erniu Hongshi, was sleepy just after lunch. Zhou Ting was gone, and Aunt Wusu took them to the main room to rest for a while. Hearing the commotion behind, she sent Pearl out to watch. Pearl knew The day was about the same, and I helped Da Gege to the south courtyard, but she didn't go in by herself, and gave Bing Xin the job of helping others, and gave her a wink.

In the south courtyard, except for the two rooms where Mrs. Li and Mrs. Song lived, all the houses were empty, and no amount of greenery could hide the desolation. Crying, Da Gege hadn't finished chanting "Er Niang" when she was gagged by Nanny Dai.

Pearl Su stood in front of the door with his hands in his hands, and glanced at the little girl. The girl quickly retracted her head. After a while, Mrs. Song came out of the room, her eye circles were already red, and she kept wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. , choked up as he walked into Li's house: "Big gege who is miserable."

Pearl's eyebrows almost frowned, and she stood still while suppressing the unhappiness in her heart, and she didn't stop Mrs. Song. Nanny Dai followed Da Gege in, so she would naturally tell Grandpa all these words.

It turned out that Grandma Dai had persuaded Da Gege to stop crying, but as soon as Mrs. Song said this, she threw herself on Mrs. Li and started crying again.

Mrs. Song stepped forward and put her arms around Da Gege's shoulders, one mouthful of pity and the other of misfortune, Mother Dai's forehead twitched when she heard it, Pearl stood by the door and watched Song's singing this play, her tear was wet Handkerchief, the little girl cleverly took out another one and handed it to her, Mrs. Song patted Big Gege on the back to persuade her: "Gege, don't cry, don't let your mother go uneasy."

Pearl couldn't bear it any longer, and stepped across the threshold with a solemn face: "My condolences to Ge Ge, the letter from the master has arrived, and things must be done quickly."

Big Gege cried so hard that she almost lost her breath, Nanny Dai pushed Song Shi aside two steps forward, rubbed her heart, put her mouth next to her ear and reminded her: "Gege must not be confused at this time, It's not too late to deal with the side Fujin."

Da Gege was only less than 12 years old, how could he know this, he raised his eyes to look at Song Shi, the joy flashed in Song Shi's eyes, she was waiting for this.

When Fujin passed away, the things that had to be dealt with were not settled by a few slaves. Just as she was about to take care of the matter smoothly, Pearl took the lead first: "Please take care of yourself, the master is in the letter." It's all been arranged, and Empress Defei has been appointed to take over this matter, so Ge ​​Ge doesn't have to worry about us servants messing up the rules."

As she spoke, she glanced at Song from the corner of her eye to see her thoughts clearly, but she just wanted to use the excuse of the funeral to go back to the back house. something happened.

When Song Shi heard this, her face immediately turned ugly. If Concubine De sent someone from the palace to command, then she would really have no role to intervene. She gritted her teeth and looked at Li Shi who was lying on the bed with a thin quilt covering her face, Take out the master's money: "That's true, if the empress sends someone, it's perfect, but we can't help at all, I still remember where the things in the treasury are placed, that's okay Give me a hand."

"Don't bother Song Gege to worry, everything is already ready." Zhupi smiled but didn't smile, and glanced at Bing Xin, and the two of Bingxin and Jade Pot hurriedly set up the big Gege: "Gege, you should change this body first. That's it."

Pearl didn't pay any attention to Mrs. Song, she quickly went up to give Da Ge a hand: "Fu Jin has sent a letter to specify the material for the clothes, and the jewelry is also ready-made, even the young brothers also need to wear white belts."

Big Gege is just grieving but not stupid. It turned out that when Mrs. Song was crying, she thought she was sad because of Mrs. Li's death. When she heard her talking about the funeral, she understood her intentions and leaned half on Bing Xin's body. Hearing what Pearl said, she nodded, closed her eyes and stopped looking at Mrs. Song, and didn't want to listen to her talking in front of Mrs. Li, so she let Bing Xin help her back.

Mrs. Song's face turned red and turned white, and she wrapped her hands around the handkerchief before she could say anything more. Nanny Dai pointed to the pomegranate and grapes: "You two also go and change your clothes before coming back." The two of them can wear filial piety for Mrs. Li, Before I finished talking here, the little girl in the main courtyard had already brought over the clothes, Nanny Dai nodded secretly in her heart, Fujin was a sensible person, and she really had to handle this errand well.

The plain clothes were already placed on the kang, Da Gege was still dazed, Bingshan untied her skirt and put on a white silk dress, both of which had light blue piping on the cuffs and skirts, and the jade pot was removed for her He cut his hair and tied it back with plain jewelry inlaid with silver beads.

"Fu Jin is really considerate to Ge Ge." Bing Xin put away the clothes she used to wear, and brought over the gauze for pasting the windows. Yuhu saw that Ge Ge was still sitting in front of the mirror, her eyes were red, With a pale face, she couldn't help but whispered: "This is already plain enough, how can someone else wear it like this." The clothes Zhou Ting asked Pearl to prepare had no patterns at all, and they were not much different from being solemn and filial.

Da Gege had already shed tears, and when she heard Yuhu's words, she turned her head to look at the apricot-yellow embroidered plum and bamboo curtains that had just been dismantled from the kang. For the first time, she realized where she was wrong. Can't wear it, let alone next to it.It's not that she doesn't understand the truth, it's just that she doesn't want to think about it. Now that Mrs. Li is gone, she doesn't even have her last support, and she has nowhere to go in this backyard.

She has always lamented that her mother is like a floating weed without pampering her, and now she really knows what a concubine is, and endless panic surges in her heart. She has done such a thing, how will she suffer in the days to come.

When the curtain moved, she looked up and saw Nanny Dai who had changed her clothes, and her lips moved slightly: "Mommy..." Nanny Dai saw her expression clearly, sighed in her heart and walked over to persuade: "Gege go From now on, treat Fujin like a aunt."

The mansion was in chaos, but the prairie was very lively. Although Zhou Ting felt uncomfortable about Li's matter, she had been ill for so long and everyone was already mentally prepared. Yinzhen didn't care. Sound, there is no other way.As for what Big Gege thinks in his heart, we have to wait for her to go back to deal with it.

She is most worried about her two daughters when it comes to the funeral. What if the children have clean eyes and they are caught off guard by something, but she can't tell Yinzhen about this worry. In the letter, she repeatedly asked Aunt Wusu to look after several children You are not allowed to stay in the mourning hall for a long time, and you will come out after being hugged by the nanny, and the matter of burning the paper will naturally be handed over to Da Gege.

Hui Rong knew about Li's affairs, but she was very puzzled by Zhou Ting's sad expression. Even after she married, she heard a lot of grievances between Si Fujin and Li Fangfujin. Seeing that Zhou Ting's expression did not seem to be fake, she sighed in her heart. She was too kind, but there was a smile that couldn't be concealed at the corner of her mouth, and she was rubbing her belly and grinning.

"Really?" Zhou Ting smiled.

(End of this chapter)