Fast Travel: The Mountains and the Seas Are Allies

Chapter 5

"With the courage of a sesame seed, you dare to instigate me." Fourth Master took a sip of the tea in the cup, paused for a little discomfort due to the slightly sweet taste, but finally drank it all in one gulp.

Du Ruo took the empty teacup, handed it to Xiangyun casually with crooked eyebrows, and then leaned forward and smiled coquettishly: "I'll meet again, my concubine will press the duck for me."

Early the next morning, when Du Ruo woke up, it was already chilly beside him: "Hey, Xiangyun? What time is it? Where's the master?"

"Back to the master, it's already past half hour, the master got up before the hour, went to the front yard, and ordered the servant not to disturb the master's rest before leaving, and said that the dinner should be shared with the master."

Xiangyun supported his master to stand up, with joy in his eyes.

It was Yusi and Yuehua who both smiled happily. The master is considerate of the master. These servants like them are all praised when they leave the courtyard. There is nothing more enjoyable than asking for it. It took two days for these two little girls to be mentioned as big girls. Where has he received such praise!
All of them are happy to circle around their master like a little bee, waiting for the master to wash his face and hands for a while, and bringing the clothes that have been smoked on the side.

"What does it smell like?"

"Back to the master, it is still the Du Heng that the master often uses, but it is mixed with a little sandalwood. The servant found out that the master prefers sandalwood fragrance, and it is commonly used in all the courtyards in the mansion, so I use less for the master to try. If the master likes it, I will add this taste in the future.”

"Forget it. It's good for Du Heng to match up with Suhe, and it's also good to match up with Yujin, but it's not suitable to match up with sandalwood and agarwood, which are quite heavy." Du Ruo waved his hand, and then suddenly said: " By the way, I will stop incense in this house in the future, and I don’t need to smoke my clothes anymore. I put some edible flowers in summer and autumn, and put two more plates of fruits in spring and winter. I don’t need to change them every day. I see that there are bad ones. Just replace it."

"The servant is going to cover the incense now. Don't worry, master, it's not cold today. When the sun is higher and the windows are open, the smell in the room will dissipate in less than half an hour."

"Master." Xiang Yun took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it up: "The madam passed out from crying after reading the letter yesterday, and the slave dared not leave. He returned home only after seeing the madam woke up and the doctor said that there was no serious problem. Yes, it was too late, and the key was released after entering the second door." When we returned to the courtyard, the master and the master had already rested: "This is a letter from the madam to the master, and it was narrated by the madam. Substitute pen."

Du Ruo browsed through it quickly, then handed the letter to Xiangyun to order, and picked out a white jade hairpin with bat pattern from the jewelry box, gestured to the mirror and inserted it into her hair: "That Aunt Zhang thinks so much." It's beautiful."

Nurse Cen was checking the breakfasts on the table one by one, when she heard the master's words, she said meaningfully: "It's just that I was raised by the third master of the Nala family, and I don't know how many catties and taels my bones weigh. .”

She had the impression that Aunt Zhang was once considered a powerful character. According to the rules, the bannerman took a Han woman as a concubine, and the son she gave birth to was not allowed to be a banner citizen.

This can't even be registered as a flag, how can anyone pay attention to it?
But this Aunt Zhang is capable, so she insisted that the shop and money given to her son by the third young master of the Nala family were only [-]% less than that of the eldest son. that's it!
In the summer, she once heard someone say that Aunt Zhang wanted to marry a young lady from the Song family for her son. Although the young lady was Han Chinese, her father was a well-known calligrapher in the south of the Yangtze River. The first daughter is also the only girl, but she is very much loved by that gentleman, and her two first brothers have both been admitted to the scholar, and the future is promising!
She was thinking well, but how could anyone look up to a bastard from a run-down banner family who couldn't get into the banner!

At this moment, she probably saw that her daughter's status was not good, and she was rejected from the draft at the beginning of the year, and she couldn't be a regular wife by marrying herself, so she thought that she would be the fate of a concubine anyway, so why not send it to a high position?Even if it's just Lord Baylor's concubine, she can help her younger brother, right? If she's lucky enough to be Gege, then she'll probably look down on Miss Song's family.

It's just that she thought too beautifully. She has been so favored and pampered over the years that she has no sense of propriety. She has not thought about the consequences if things don't go as she wants.

Du Ruo responded with a smile: "It's important for people to know themselves. I know that, mama."

Cen Momo saw that the master understood her meaning, so she didn't continue, she just said: "Master, the breakfast is ready, do you want to try it to your liking?"

Du Ruo picked up a horseshoe pancake and said, "Just in time, take this moment to tell me what you all found out yesterday?"

"Returning to the master, the servant found out that since Fujin's body was unwell two months ago, the master ordered the backyard to change the daily greetings to twice a month on the 15th day of the lunar new year, and also ordered people not to disturb Fujin's cleanliness, otherwise he will be seriously ill." Punishment, even the housekeeping rights were confiscated, and handed over to the master's nanny Li Jia." Xiang Yun glanced at Yusi after finishing speaking.

Yusi licked a smiling face, and her brisk voice all interpreted her joy: "The slave heard that the master had not been in the backyard for more than three months before the master entered the mansion! The slave also heard that Il, who entered the mansion, Jueluogege, Li Jiagege, Shi Jiagege, and Wang Gege haven't offered tea to Fujin yet!"

"Slave, I didn't find out anything." Yuehua shrank her neck, and said hesitantly, "Ah! I heard some women in the yard say last night that it was Li Fangfujin's knee. Da Gege was carried away from the Zhilan Courtyard while he was still hot. All the nurses and maids who served Da Gege took [-] boards each and sent them back to the House of Internal Affairs. Now Da Gege is served by the master himself. The person who made the arrangements, the master also gave Da Gege the Shuhua Building, one of the two courtyards closest to the front yard. And... It has been three months, and Da Gege has never left Shuhua Building. , the master doesn't allow others to disturb Da Gege's recovery, not even Li Fang Fujin!"

Du Ruo raised his eyebrows in surprise, the girl is sick and won't even let her mother see her?What does this say?You can't still be on guard against your own mother, can you?It would be unknown if Mrs. Li still had a little elder brother by her side, but now Mrs. Li has only such a daughter left under her knees!
But Fujin fell into such a situation... it can only be related to the premature death of Li Shi's three little elder brothers, right?Except for her sons and heirs, she really couldn't think of anything else that could make fourth master shame her so much.

But if she acted so eagerly, wouldn't that mean Honghui's death...

Wait, can't be so arbitrary.

Is what fourth master found must be true?Just relying on the hands that his four sons didn't protect?I feel that the credibility of this result is quite hanging!

I can't figure it out afterward, and I'm more and more worried about my brain!

Du Ruo sighed, swallowed the venison crystal buns in one gulp, and stretched his chopsticks towards the fungus.

(End of this chapter)