Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 103

Chen Wenhan walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion in silence. He stood in front of the carriage and was about to reach out to help Huang Jingting into the carriage, but Huang Jingting patted his hand angrily and gave him a look.

"what happened?"

Chen Wenhan asked in a good temper.

But Huang Jingting stared and said: "What's the matter with you today, let's not say that you didn't know to take the initiative to talk to my father when you were eating. After my cousin came, you are fine. If you say leave, leave, and you don't discuss it with me."

Chen Wenhan just smiled slightly, and said softly: "Jing Ting, it's already late, if you stay any longer, you will delay the rest of your father-in-law and mother-in-law."

"You can live at home, why do you have to go back?"

When Huang Jingting said this, she was quite angry. She had planned to live at home when she came today, but it turned out that Chen Wenhan was lucky, and all her ideas fell through.

"..." Chen Wenhan instinctively wanted to refute, how can a woman marry and live at home, and it's not that she married out of town.But looking at Huang Jingting's face, Chen Wenhan knew that if he said this, he would probably make her furious, so he remained silent.

Seeing Chen Wenhan's silence, Huang Jingting couldn't help feeling angry again, and didn't want to talk to her, so she turned her head and was helped into the carriage by the maid.

"master?"

Chen Wenhan's book boy called out in a low voice, Chen Wenhan nodded with a smile, and followed him into the carriage.

In the small space of the carriage, Huang Jingting had a calm face and said nothing.

Chen Wenhan wanted to please, and talked to Huang Jingting, but they were all ignored.

Chen Wenhan was also a little bored, so he stopped talking.

After a while, Huang Jingting couldn't hold back any longer. Looking at the absent-minded Chen Wenhan, she reached out and threw a book on the carriage onto Chen Wenhan, and said coldly, "What are you thinking?"

Chen Wenhan was brought back to his senses by Huang Jingting's sudden movement, but he bent over to pick up the book, put it aside, and replied softly, "I didn't think about anything, just thinking about what brother Zong Bao said just now?"

"The woman's dystocia?"

Huang Jingting frowned, but suddenly seemed to think of something, a faint smile appeared on her face, and there was a different meaning in her tone: "Speaking of which, people with humble backgrounds are not blessed, and they are sealed. So what about the imperial concubine, I'm afraid I don't have the life to enjoy this blessing."

"It's been a while!"

Chen Wenhan's hands were clenched into fists and placed on his knees, his face was very ugly, and his tone was a bit harsh.

Huang Jingting, on the other hand, said that she was happy, but she didn't notice this, and she still said: "Am I wrong? It was my father who said that she had dystocia. A woman's childbirth is a narrow escape. It's not a strange thing to have two dead bodies."

Huang Jingting turned her head to look at Chen Wenhan while talking, wanting him to agree with her words, but when she turned her head, she saw Chen Wenhan's face was very ugly, as if he was holding back something, under the dim light , looked a little gloomy, but it frightened her.

"What are you doing with such an appearance? Don't you think what I said to you earlier was wrong?"

Huang Jingting was also angry, and shouted at Chen Wenhan angrily.

Only then did Chen Wenhan force a smile, and said, "No, you think too much."

Huang Jingting snorted coldly, just as the carriage stopped, the servants outside reported that she had already returned home.She didn't wait for the maids outside to raise the curtain for her, she pulled the curtain and shook it heavily, turned around and got out of the carriage.

As soon as Huang Jingting entered the mansion, she saw Chen Wenhan's mother standing at the gate. Seeing her coming down, she showed a flattering smile on her face, and said softly: "Jingting is back, are you hungry? I'll let the kitchen make it for you. Order something to eat."

"What do I eat at night? Will my parents be able to starve me when I go back to my mother's house?"

Huang Jingting replied in a cold tone, looking at her mother-in-law's flattering and old face in front of her, she felt angry for no reason.

It's so shameless, it's fine for her old couple to live here, but she even brought the elder son and the younger son's family here, why should she and Chen Wenhan support those who are not important to them.

The house, which was not considered big in the first place, is now even narrower. When she was at home, the room she lived in was larger than the current yard.

Chen Wenhan also got out of the carriage, and when he heard Huang Jingting's words, his expression was a bit ugly, but he was used to it, so he didn't say anything, but said to his mother: "Mother, it's getting late, go back and rest, Don't wait for us in the future."

"Hey!"

When Chen's mother heard Chen Wenhan's voice, she was so happy that she stepped down the steps, she nodded repeatedly with a smile on her face.

Huang Jingting stood where she was, but snorted again, and said to Chen Wenhan in a somewhat stiff tone, "I'm going back to the house, are you going back?"

"Go back carefully. I still have some business to deal with. I'll come back later."

Chen Wenhan replied warmly, but it didn't ease Huang Jingting's emotions in the slightest. She gritted her teeth and gave Chen Wenhan a look before she left with her maid.

After Huang Jingting walked away, Chen Wenhan said softly to his mother: "Mother, Jingting has such a temperament, don't worry about it."

"Mother understands, mother understands."

Mother Chen nodded with a smile, without the slightest grievance on her face, and then said with a smile, "She is the eldest daughter of the prime minister's family, so she has a natural temper. As long as she treats you well, mother will be happy."

Chen Wenhan nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to touch Mother Chen's hand, but felt it was very cold, he sighed softly, and said again: "It's late at night, mother, go to rest earlier, I'm going to the study to deal with business .”

Chen's mother nodded with a smile, and only looked away when her son disappeared.

Although Chen Wenhan is now a good scholar in the Imperial Academy, he actually doesn't have much to do for him, so going home to deal with business is just an excuse for him.

He returned to the study, sat on the chair and began to stare blankly.

If it is said that the only advantage of being such a small official position in Beijing is that it is convenient for him to inquire about information, he can almost confirm that Concubine Zhao is Chen Liuya, the little sister sent to the palace by their Chen family back then.

However, he actively recognized his relatives, but the imperial concubine did not intend to respond, which made him a little helpless.

He has always buried this matter deeply in his heart. It's not that he never thought about telling Huang Jingting to find the noble concubine through the Huang family's relationship.But after getting along with Huang Jingting day by day after marriage, Chen Wenhan didn't dare to speak out because of her growing understanding of her character.

He could only slowly think about finding another suitable opportunity in his heart. Who knew that he would hear such news when he was dragged to Huang's house by Huang Jingting today.

If the imperial concubine is really difficult to give birth, if the imperial concubine is gone...

Chen Wenhan couldn't imagine in his heart that the difference between a living imperial concubine and a dead imperial concubine was too great.

There was a knock on the study door, Chen Wenhan raised his head impatiently, and said, "Who?"

"Wen Han, it's me."

Chen's mother's voice sounded outside the door, Chen Wenhan sighed, picked up a book on the desk, opened it in his hand, and then said: "Mom, come in!"

Mother Chen walked in, holding a bowl of noodles in both hands.

"Wen Han, I'm afraid you'll be hungry at night, so I ordered a bowl of noodles for you."

"Mother, thank you for your hard work. Put it on the table, be careful not to burn it."

The expression on Chen Wenhan's face was slightly soft, he put down his book, dinner was at Huang's house, he didn't use much at all, he was really hungry at this moment.

"Hey!" Chen's mother responded, and put the noodles in front of Chen Wenhan, and then with a kind smile on her face, she watched Chen Wenhan start to eat. Seeing Chen Wenhan eating the noodles, she suddenly sighed and said: " These days are easier now, not to mention noodles, fish are also available, how good it would be if your three younger sisters could wait till now."

Chen Wenhan paused slightly with the hand holding the chopsticks, raised his head, and suddenly said softly: "Mother, do you still remember the little girl who was sent to the palace?"

"Of course mother remembers. Mother has been thinking these days. If you have the ability, go and inquire about it. Speaking of which, your little sister is the prettiest among the daughters I gave birth to, and she does things neatly. So young If you are a little bit, you can do the housework very well." Chen's mother had a look of reminiscence on her face when she heard her son mention it.

Speaking of which, the daughters she gave birth to were miserable, but who made the family suffer, and Wenhan and the others could not be prevented from studying.

"Mother, in fact, when I came to the capital, I inquired about the whereabouts of my little sister."

Chen Wenhan hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth.

"Did you hear that?"

Mother Chen's face was a little excited, she looked at Chen Wenhan and asked aloud.

"Actually...Actually, will my younger sister not want to recognize us?" Chen Wenhan asked softly.

"How could it be, how could she not recognize her family?" The smile on Chen's mother's face slowly disappeared, and she looked at Chen Wenhan with some hesitation in her heart.In fact, this little girl was a little different from other girls in the village when she was born, but such a small person has big ideas, and the matter of entering the palace as a palace maid was not known until she came to the family and told them, and when she entered the palace, Other girls couldn't cry, but she didn't shed a single tear.

"With an official brother like you, how could she not want to admit it?"

Mother Chen said such a sentence for a long time, even if she became a court lady and went to the richest place, she was just a slave.

"I'm afraid my little sister will look down on my brother."

Chen Wenhan said something with a wry smile, causing Chen's mother to look at him in surprise.

"I've inquired. My little sister is now a noble concubine, and she gave birth to the emperor's only son."

"you are right……"

Chen's mother couldn't believe it, she looked at Chen Wenhan and said, "If this is true, Wenhan, then you will be an official in the future..."

Chen's mother was a little excited and couldn't speak anymore.

Chen Wenhan shook his head.

"How can it be so easy, my little sister seems unwilling to recognize us now, and we can't do it rashly, and I heard from Jing Ting's house that my little sister is having a difficult labor now... is useless."

"How could it be difficult to give birth? I gave birth to so many of your children, and nothing happened. Why did she..." It's so useless.

Mother Chen didn't say this.Ever since she knew that her little daughter had become a noble concubine, even though this daughter came out of her belly, she felt awe in her heart.

"Go and talk to the emperor, and I will accompany her. I have given birth to so many children, and I will definitely be able to let Liu Ya give birth to this child smoothly."

Mother Chen had an idea in her head, and said to Chen Wenhan quickly.

Chen Wenhan smiled wryly, feeling a bit speechless about his mother's whimsical ideas.

"Mother, it's not that easy. Don't say that I won't even see the emperor. Let's go up rashly and deal with it as a troublemaker later. That's not worth the loss."

"Then..." Mother Chen lost her mind.

Chen Wenhan didn't intend to let Chen's mother say anything, but just wanted to find someone to say what he had been holding in his heart for so long. Seeing this, he smiled and said, "Mother, go back and read more for my little sister." Chanting scriptures is the best."

"Okay, I'll go now."

After listening to her son's words, Chen's mother turned around and ran towards the small Buddhist hall in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)