Resourceful beauty

Chapter 205

"The dishes in the East Palace look different from those in Shangyang City. But the taste is very good. Huiru and my sister thank His Highness and the Crown Princess for their hospitality."

After finishing their lunch, Ding Xiang and Su Ye served Xiaoshi tea, Zhou Huiru took the tea bowl and put it down, then stood up and prostrated himself on the ground.

Chu Yuan was noncommittal, just sipping the tea in his own bowl, obviously ignoring them, Fang Ruxuan was amused in her heart, and greeted softly on her face: "Get up, it's just a meal, where are there so many politeness?"

When Zhou Huiru got up and sat down, Fang Ruxuan answered her question, "I brought two of the cooks of the East Palace from Dayuan. I think you are used to the food from Yao Kingdom, so I specially prepared them here today. I made Da Yuan's dishes, but I don't know if your tastes suit me."

"It fits..."

Zhou Huiru nodded, and Zhou Yaru replied, "Yaru thinks that the food in the East Palace is more palatable than the food at home."

As soon as these words came out, Fang Ruxuan was even more overjoyed.

If Mrs. Zhongshan Hou heard this, she didn't know what to think.

Mrs. Zhongshan Marquis will bring two concubine daughters into the palace today, and Queen Zhou's intentions must be among them. No matter Mrs. Zhongshan Marquis is willing or not, at least she dare not disobey Queen Zhou.

The two young ladies in front of them obviously didn't receive much attention at home, so when they entered the palace today, they seemed more eager than Mrs. Zhongshan Hou, and Queen Zhou asked Fang Ruxuan to bring them to the East Palace as guests. It's like a bright mirror.

They have reached the age to be married, and with their identities, they can either find an ordinary person to be a good lady, or they can be a concubine for a son or young master of a wealthy family, or they can be a concubine for those officials who are much older. house.

If Fang Ruxuan were to say, it would be better to marry into an ordinary family to be the wife of the housewife, and that ordinary family would naturally not be far behind, either a poor family Jinshi selected by the new department, or an ordinary wealthy family, the former will be married in the future. There is an official career, and the latter can enjoy wealth, which is a good choice.

But at the moment, it seems that for Zhou Huiru and the sisters, whether it is the head wife or the concubine filling the house, they are not as honorable as marrying into the East Palace. After all, when Chu Yuan ascends the throne in the future, they are the first to follow People around the prince, even if they can't ascend to the concubine's position in one step, they can't escape from the position of nine concubines.

When the time comes, wouldn't it be more honorable to come to the front and back, and to be well-clothed and well-fed, than other choices?

So, during a lunch, the two sisters took out the effort to serve their aunt in the Zhongshan Houfu, and insisted on serving Chu Yuan and Fang Ruxuan. In the end, Chu Yuan frowned and said that they were guests, which would be bad According to the rules of the Eastern Palace, the two sat down weakly and fearfully. After a meal, they turned their heads to look at Chu Yuan frequently. Those timid eyes seemed to have been greatly wronged.

It's a pity that all the winking eyes were thrown to the blind man, Chu Yuan's eyes were always fixed on the food on the table, and from time to time, he picked up some food for Fang Ruxuan, Chu Yuan didn't notice the actions of those two at all.

According to normal circumstances, in the palace, staying food represents the importance to that family. After using up the food, no matter how reasonable it is, they should resign. But until they finished drinking two cups of tea, Zhou Huiru and the sisters had no intention of leaving.

Seeing that Chu Yuan became a little impatient, Fang Ruxuan looked up at Sangsan and said, "You go to Fengming Palace, if Madam Zhongshanhou wants to leave, then come back quickly to pick up the two ladies, so as not to miss the time to leave the palace. "

Sangshen glanced at the two sisters intentionally, and seeing the indifferent expressions on their faces, she curled the corners of her mouth and turned to go outside.

After a stick of incense, Sangshen came back and said that Mrs. Zhongshanhou was leaving the palace and returning home. Hearing this, Zhou Huiru and Zhou Yaru looked at each other with a little nostalgia on their faces.

Zhou Yaru lowered her head slightly, looked at Fang Ruxuan and said, "Although meeting the princess for the first time, Yaru and sister feel that they are very close to each other. From now on, can we often come to the palace to talk with the princess?"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yaru's eyes slid across Chu Yuan's face with a little shyness.

And Chu Yuan didn't even look at her, he patted Fang Ruxuan's hand affectionately, got up and went into the room, as if to say: get rid of her as soon as possible, I'll go to rest first.

Shyness turned into embarrassment, the two sisters didn't dare to say more, bowed their knees and saluted, and followed Sang Li out the door.

Su Ye glanced at the backs of the two men who were going away angrily, and reprimanded in a low voice: "After all, she is also a lady of the Hou family. Although she is a concubine, this is not too bad..."

Wanting to say it was too shameless, but felt that it was offensive, Su Ye paused and continued: "I don't know how the rules of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion are taught, it's really embarrassing."

Ding Xiang patted Su Ye's hand, "Be careful."

Fang Ruxuan smiled, "We are in the room, we want to say something, if we leave Xuanyi Hall, even in the East Palace, you should pay attention."

After finishing speaking, Fang Ruxuan turned around and went into the inner hall to see that awkward Chu Yuan.

In Chu Yuan's capacity, Zhou Huiru and the sisters are just young ladies from the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion. He is completely absent today, and Fang Ruxuan is the only one who greets him. But thinking that this is the intention of Queen Zhou, she wants to sell thin noodles anyway. In addition, he didn't want to eat alone, so Chu Yuan showed his face. Unexpectedly, a lunch would make him feel unspeakably uncomfortable like swallowing two flies.

"Didn't you go out of the palace for a banquet early in the morning? Why did you come back so early?"

In the inner hall, Chu Yuan was reclining on the soft couch reading a book, Fang Ruxuan came in, walked to the dressing table and sat down, straightly took off the heavy jewelry on her head, and asked casually.

Putting down the book and walking behind Fang Ruxuan, Chu Yuan pulled her hand away, gently helped her open it, shrugged and said, "I met Marquis Zhongshan at the gate of the palace, exchanged a few words, happened to meet Li Sheng, said father The king has something to do with me, so I stayed in the Yiyuan Hall all afternoon and did not leave the palace."

Li Sheng is the servant next to King Yao, and also the chief eunuch in King Yao's palace.

Fang Ruxuan sighed softly, looked at Chu Yuan in the bronze mirror with some distress, and said, "Even during the Chinese New Year, you will not be idle."

Chu Yuan smiled indifferently and said, "In his position, seek his job."

After finishing speaking, he took Fang Ruxuan's hand and walked towards the side of the bed. Chu Yuan frowned and asked her, "Today, do you mean the queen?"

The question, of course, was about Zhou Huiru and Zhou Yaru coming to the East Palace for dinner.

Fang Ruxuan nodded, tilted her head and looked at Chu Yuan with a narrow face, looked him up and down several times, and praised with a smack of tongue: "Now, our Prince is a sweet potato, everyone wants to come up Take a bite. Tsk tsk tsk, I don’t know who has such good luck..."

It was such an obvious joke, but there was still a hint of sourness, Chu Yuan let go of his hand, and hugged Fang Ruxuan horizontally, "Hey, the luckiest person is here."

After what happened that night, Fang Ruxuan said that as long as Chu Yuan was there, unless she gave orders, the inner hall would not need anyone to serve her.

So, now, whenever Chu Yuan and Fang Ruxuan are in the inner palace, Ding Xiang restrains all the servants in the palace, not to intrude in if there is no important matter, and even if there is important matter, they must pass it on.

Therefore, Fang Ruxuan would no longer look around in a daze like before with Chu Yuanmeng Lang's actions at this moment.

Laughing wantonly, Fang Ruxuan wrapped her arms around Chu Yuan's neck, shaking her head and tauntingly said: "Hey, it's unbelievable, our Crown Prince is so incomprehensible, and now, the hearts of those two Miss Zhou are probably broken." It's all over the place, and I don't know how to be sad when I go back, it's really pitiful."

Chu Yuan smiled slightly, staring at Fang Ruxuan with a pair of eyes, and the corners of his eyes were tilted up, showing a bit of charm, "Do you really feel sorry for them?"

"nature……"

Fang Ruxuan smiled gently.

"Then, I'll go and tell the queen, I accept her wish, the two Miss Zhou are well educated and understanding, so how about bringing them all into the East Palace?"

Chu Yuan was still smiling, but Fang Ruxuan couldn't laugh for a moment.

Clearly knowing that Chu Yuan was joking with her, to take revenge on her, she just teased him heartlessly, but when she heard him say that he took another woman into the East Palace, why did she feel as if she was caught by someone all of a sudden, Does it hurt when you pull it?
"Xuan'er..."

Fang Ruxuan's depressed mood instantly let Chu Yuan know that his joke was over. He hugged her and sat back on the bed. Chu Yuan said anxiously: "I was joking, don't be annoyed, Xuan'er..."

Tears welled up in Fang Ruxuan's eyes, and Chu Yuan was even more annoyed, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, Xuan'er, I was wrong, from now on, I won't make such jokes again ,OK?"

While speaking, while holding Fang Ruxuan tightly in his arms, Chu Yuan blamed himself extremely.

Smelling the faint scent of incense on his body, and hearing his apology, Fang Ruxuan felt even more sad in her heart: One day, Chu Yuan will be surrounded by all kinds of charming women, and on that day, She will be like Queen Zhou today, always wearing a dignified and gentle mask on her face.

Putting her arms around Chu Yuan's waist, Fang Ruxuan buried her head in his neck, and said in a muffled voice, "It's not them, there will always be someone else. Sooner or later, you will not belong to me alone."

Fang Ruxuan's words stumped Chu Yuan, and he didn't know how to respond.

In the past, even if he was the proton of Da Yuan, knowing that he had nothing, he would pat his chest and promise to heaven: I, Chu Yuan, only have Fang Ruxuan in my heart, and in this life, I will only be with her and be with her forever.

However, the current him is the prince of Yao country, even if it is not his own wish, there will be more and more women in the East Palace.

After a while, he felt that the clothes around his neck were wet by Fang Ruxuan's tears, and the salty wetness flowed down his shoulders, drop by drop, falling into his heart, and Chu Yuan kissed him. Fang Ruxuan's hair whispered in her ear: "Xuan'er, no matter how many women the East Palace will have in the future, in my heart, you are the only one. That's enough."

(End of this chapter)