Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 108 Are you reluctant to give me one?
Wu Rou said with a sigh:
"Arou is like other concubines. She works conscientiously, abides by the rules, and abides by her duties, but she does not win His Majesty's favor. Xia Baolin, on the other hand, wins His Majesty's heir. Thinking about it, I always feel a little sad inside."

When the emperor heard this, he raised his head, seemed a little ashamed, blushed and said;
"Okay, okay, I really know I was wrong. You and the prince are on the same team. After he lost his temper, you came to stab me with a soft knife?"

Wu Rou quickly complained and said seriously:

"Your Majesty, A Rou is telling the truth."

"It's even more irritating if you tell me the truth!" The emperor said angrily, "I will never do it again in the future. I just need to stay away from that Xia Baolin, isn't it ok?"

Wu Rou wanted to laugh a little. The emperor was frightened by the prince, for fear that father and son would break up.

Thinking about it, this was the second time that Wu Rou felt that apart from his majesty, the emperor was no different from an ordinary old man.

The first time was when he cried in front of the queen's memorial tablet.

Wu Rou hesitated for a moment and asked quietly:
"Your Majesty...then Xia Baolin, where is it?"

"What do you know?! Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." The emperor scolded her angrily, then suddenly remembered something and said, "Do you want to leave the palace?"

Wu Rou shook her head: "If I don't come out, Your Majesty, you still want to persuade me?"

"You can't get out of love! Do your job well, there are so many problems." The emperor ignored him and went to deal with the memorial with peace of mind.

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Another month later, Arthurs left the palace, and Wu Rou took the remaining three to the gate of Yeting Palace in person.

Seeing her joining the waiting palace people, they lined up and walked out of the palace city.

Outside the palace, there were crowds of people. Many people were waiting to pick up the person. They looked up eagerly. When they found the person, they leaned together and cried bitterly, celebrating the reunion excitedly.

In this scene, even Cai Yi and the others who were following Wu Rou couldn't help but shed tears because of the scene.

Wu Rou was indifferent.

She kept watching Arthur's bright yellow hair disappear outside the door, then turned around silently and walked back.

Miharu wiped away tears and said:
"Our parents are gone. If they were here, they might be waiting for us outside."

Caiyi cried and interjected:
"Don't think about it, it's useless even if they wait, they won't be able to get out even if they're not old enough."

Si Qiu responded in despair:

"...That's true."

Seeing that Wu Rou had been walking silently in front, with his head slightly lowered, Sanchun seemed a little depressed, so he said:

"Taito, do you miss your family too?"

Wu Rou smiled softly and said:
"I thought...I didn't think so. I don't have anything and can't help them. What can I do now that I see them?"

Upon hearing this, Caiyi wiped away her tears and said timidly:
"Talent...they must miss you too. You are just a girl. Isn't it normal that you can't help? They won't blame you."

"It's not a matter of blame or not. Things always have to be solved. If they can't count on them, they can only rely on me."

She raised her head, looked at the distant room, and murmured:
"Why are we meeting?...I am serving His Majesty in this deep palace, and my two brothers dare not do anything to my mother-in-law. If I go out now, I will accomplish nothing...ha..."

As she spoke, she suddenly changed the subject and said:
"Caiyi, from now on you will still be the master. You will handle the affairs in Xiliang Pavilion. I will leave it to Sanchunsiqiu to do the errands."

"Okay." "Go back later and find a suitable gift for me. I'm going to see Xia Baolin."

"Yes."

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Ever since Prince Li Shan lost his temper, the emperor really never let Xia Baolin enter the Hall of Wude again.

Wu Rou had seen her acting wildly outside Wude Hall several times. The guards would not let her in, and they did not dare to attack a pregnant concubine.

In the end, several female officials always came out and dragged her away.

She cheated many times, but it didn't work. Recently she was able to live in peace, and she stayed in the Chaohua Palace to raise her baby.

Chaohua Palace is located in the back garden and is remote and small, not facing the main road, but because it is built in the garden, the view is good.

It is said that except for the fourth concubine and the nine concubines, who have their own separate palace residences and live in spacious rooms, the other low-level concubines, as long as they are pregnant, will arrange to raise their babies in the Chaohua Palace until they give birth.

Because a first-level noble lady, a fifth-level woman like Wu Rou, has her own separate room.

Below the fifth rank, there are only two people, or even three or four people crowded into one room.

Xia Baolin usually lives with another Baolin, but now she has moved to Chaohua Palace, and she is the only one who is pregnant, which is equivalent to occupying the master of the palace by herself, which is a very preferential treatment.

Wu Rou walked in front, and Sanchun held the gift box. When the two of them arrived outside the Chaohua Palace, the maid in charge of serving Xia Baolin came out to salute and said:
"I've met Mr. Wu. We, Baolin, are taking a walk in the garden ahead. We'll be back in a moment. Mr. Wu, please wait a moment."

Wu Rou smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter." Following the palace maid's instructions, he sat in front of the window and waited for her.

It's only March now, and the willow trees have just sprouted some green buds, so the scenery is not that good.

Sure enough, Xia Yu came back after a while.

Her belly has not yet shown her pregnancy, but the figure of a young woman is just right plump. The shawl she is wearing is silvery in color, and paired with the dark blue floral dress, she has a sense of elegance, which is different from her Yang Hua who teases the emperor at every turn. There is a huge difference in temperament.

"What a rare visitor... Mr. Wu Cai is so busy that he has time to see me." Xia Yu smiled and looked at her with a strange look.

Wu Rou stood up to greet her and secretly thought about the meaning of Xia Yu's expression: Maybe it was because of an accident that she was specially welcomed?
"Everyone else has come to congratulate, how can I be missing?" Wu Rou turned around and let Sanchun open the gift box, revealing a pair of golden hairpins inside, and said dignifiedly:
"This is a tribute from Tuyuhun. I hosted the banquet and was rewarded by the palace. As a congratulatory gift, I ask Xia Baolin not to dislike it."

Xia Baolin stretched her neck and took a look. She seemed to be a little disgusted. She glanced at Wu Rou and said:

"I heard that Wu Cai Ren got a box of treasures from Princess Jinyang?...I thought Wu Cai Ren would give me one.

Everyone gave me things to use, but there was nothing the children could play with. I was so worried that I didn’t know what to do. "

Wu Rou looked at her, a little confused as to why she was so obvious and asked her for something.

Is it because I'm not well-educated enough that I want this from everyone, or is it just from her?
She thought so and said with a smile:
"You also heard their nonsense. Where there is a box of treasures, it is clearly a box of glass beads. The glass beads look good, but they are actually made of sand. They are similar to porcelain and worthless.

If you want it, just report it to Wang Zhaoyi, the accountant, and let the craftsmen make a few for you. "

Xia Baolin sat directly opposite Wu Rou, holding her belly that was not protruding, and said:
"Why is it so troublesome... we still have to wait. Everyone in Wu Cai has a box, and he is reluctant to give me one?"

(End of this chapter)