Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 128

When Ruyi woke up the next day, Zhao Qingze was no longer in the bedroom.

Ruyi didn't even know when he left last night, she lay on the bed in a daze, looked at the coiled dragon embroidery on the bed curtain, and sighed softly.

In fact, she has been with Zhao Qingze for so long, how could she not see his abnormality last night, but if she found out, Ruyi would not show it, just because she knew his temperament, he would never want Ruyi to see his weakness .

Since he didn't want her to know, Ruyi pretended not to know.

At least, when he was weakest, he would choose to stay by her side, not looking for someone else, nor staying alone, that was enough.

Between husband and wife, it is not necessary to know everything clearly, and sometimes it is rare to be confused, and it is okay.

A smile appeared on the corner of Ruyi's mouth, and she stretched out her hand to gently caress the pillow that Zhao Qingze had slept on before, as if she could feel his breath just like this.

"Ma'am, do you want to get up?"

Shao Yao asked softly outside the curtain, Ruyi turned over, sat up from the bed, and said softly, "Get up!"

Although Zhao Qingze and Ruyi said that everything in Zhaoyang Palace was as usual, but Ruyi still changed into plain blue regular clothes without any embroidery, and only a silver hairpin with silk was inserted on top of her casually coiled hair. Other than that, there is no decoration on the body.

Breakfast was delivered in the dining room. Since Ruyi and Zhao Qingze are not extravagant people, the general meals are not according to their own grade specifications, basically they are enough to eat enough.

Even according to this standard, the meals delivered by the dining room are mostly wasted.

Ruyi took a look at today's breakfast and saw that it was the same as before, but when she picked up the tofu skin bun and took a bite, she couldn't help frowning.

"Why is it meaty?"

She put down the steamed stuffed bun, didn't eat the mouthful, but spit it on the handkerchief, rinsed her mouth, looked at Shaoyao and Fangcao and asked.

"Now is the emperor's filial piety period, the emperor is a vegetarian, how can I eat meat! Take it down and let the dining room change to a table."

Although it is very formal to do so, and in modern times there is no rule that a family member must be a vegetarian after death, but in this era, it has to be like this.

The folk rules of keeping filial piety are stricter, it takes three years. Although the royal rule is to turn years into the sun, it is not easy to ignore it. Now that the Supreme Emperor is still on guard, if she breaks the rules and starts eating meat, it is somewhat unreasonable.

"Young lady, it was the emperor's order. The emperor said that the imperial concubine is still recuperating, so don't treat your body harshly because of the rules." Fangcao said softly.

Ruyi was a little silent when she saw the meals on this table, but she still said softly: "The emperor understands me, and I can't cause trouble for the emperor. How to do it according to the rules, let the dining room follow the rules. !"

Although it was done in the Zhaoyang Palace, which was guarded by Zhao Qingze, which was as tight as an iron barrel, the things needed in the dining room could not be conjured out of thin air, they had to be purchased outside. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Anyway, she has only been a vegetarian for a few days, so why should she take this risk for a little appetite.

When Zhao Qingze came back at noon and saw the meals on Ruyi's table, he also understood what Ruyi meant. He sighed silently, held Ruyi's hand and said softly, "Why are you doing this!"

"It's fine with me. It's good to eat big fish and meat all day long, and occasionally eat vegetarian food."

Ruyi softly picked up a piece of tofu and put it in Zhao Qingze's bowl, and said softly: "The vegetarian food made in the dining room here is no worse than what I ate in the temple before. Look at how happy I was eating that time, and I don't need to watch the spirit, it's already very easy, but you have to be busy with business and keep the spirit, eat more."

Hearing the words, Zhao Qingze didn't insist any more, just nodded slightly, and then said, "I've wronged you!"

Ruyi couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard the words, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone: "How can this be called grievance."

However, Ruyi's heart is very moved. When a man really puts you in his heart, no matter how well he does, he will still feel that it is not enough and wrong you.

Ruyi felt that with his words, even if she was a vegetarian for the rest of her life, she would be content with it.

Although the Supreme Emperor is no longer the Emperor, Zhao Qingze still held the funeral for the Supreme Emperor according to the emperor's specifications.

It's just that, in the end, heaven failed to fulfill people's wishes, and the funeral of the Supreme Emperor ended in a hurry after all.

A major event happened above the court, and the northwest tribes united to raid the northwest border town. Although it did not cause too much damage, it was just a prelude to the storm.

War is almost imminent.

And the court was naturally busy preparing for the war. The funeral of the Supreme Emperor was ended in a hurry, and the funeral did not stop for a few days. On the second day after the news came, he was ready to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Ruyi also put on the filial sackcloth, and took Aman and Tianyou to the mourning hall.

When Ruyi arrived, Zhao Qingze was not in the mourning hall, Concubine Xian saw Ruyi walking in, and hurriedly brought someone up to greet her.

Ruyi waived the ceremony, but couldn't help but look at Concubine Xian more.

In fact, although this war was a major event in the previous dynasty, it had nothing to do with the harem. Even if there were concubines of military generals in the family, they would only care about it during the deployment of personnel, but the concubine Xian was different.

Concubine Xian is not only the daughter of a general, but more importantly, her father is now the son-in-law of the leading tribe in this war. Not surprisingly, Concubine Xian's father may also become the main general of the hostile army.

No wonder Concubine Xian fainted on the spot after hearing the news yesterday.

However, Ruyi still admires Concubine Xian very much. In this situation, she did not choose to pretend to be sick and hide in her palace, but still insisted on handling the funeral of the Supreme Emperor in an orderly manner. More importantly, for other people When she saw the strange gaze, she still straightened her back and faced it with a calm attitude.

Ruyi asked herself that if it was her, it would be absolutely impossible to be like Concubine Xian.

At this moment, Concubine Xian, although she looks strong, is actually very sensitive. Ruyi glanced at her, and she naturally felt it, but she pretended not to know, and said to Ruyi in a gentle voice: "Imperial Concubine, Your Majesty My concubine asked Princess Anrui to accompany you."

Ruyi nodded, told the nanny behind her to take care of the two children, and walked inside.

An Rui was wearing the same filial piety sackcloth as Ruyi's, with only a white silk flower on her head, and her unpainted face looked very haggard, obviously she hadn't rested for a long time.

"The imperial concubine."

In front of outsiders, An Rui has always been very polite and well-mannered. Ruyi nodded, helped her stand up, and said softly, "It's been a hard few days."

An Rui shook his head, but didn't speak, and stood by the side of the mourning hall with Ruyi.

In fact, An Rui didn't have much affection for the father.When her father was the emperor, her life was not as good as it is now when her brother is the emperor.

But she was still a little sad that it was her biological father.At this moment, no matter how noble her status is, she is now just an orphan without father or mother.

Ruyi and An Rui stood together for a short while before Zhao Qingze came back.

He was also wearing filial piety sackcloth as in the past few days, but today's attire looks much more formal.When he walked into the mourning hall, he immediately saw Ruyi standing in front of him.

He didn't shy away much, walked to Ruyi's side and said softly: "After a while, you will send the child to the gate of the palace, and you will take the child back to the bedroom."

"Ah."

Ruyi nodded.

Although carrying the coffin to the imperial mausoleum, the female relatives are not required to follow.Ruyi was worried that Aman and Tianyou were going to hug each other, but after hearing what Zhao Qingze said, she felt relieved.

It was already evening when I returned to the dormitory after the end. If I thought that Aman and Tianyou were both asleep, I simply let the two children sleep in my dormitory, but I was sitting on the couch and thinking about things absent-mindedly. .

Speaking of which, since returning to the palace on the day of Lantern Festival, Ruyi felt that her life was a bit muddled, and she didn't know what she did every day.

Fortunately, these days are over now, but the war has started again, Zhao Qingze must be busy.

She sat alone and thought for a while, and only when Shaoyao and Fangcao brought her dinner did she regain her senses.

Now it's cold, and it's getting dark soon. After taking a few sips, Ruyi didn't have any appetite, so she let her go, but she remembered to tell Shaoyao: "The emperor will be back soon, probably outside. You can't eat anything, you let the dining room prepare it, and it will be delivered as soon as the emperor comes back."

"Yes."

Shaoyao agreed.

However, Ruyi waited until midnight before Zhao Qingze came back with a chill in his body.

At this time, Aman and Tianyou had already woken up once and fed their stomachs. Ruyi saw that the two children had no major problems, so they let the nanny carry them back to the house to sleep.

When Zhao Qingze came back, she had already waited and almost fell asleep, her eyes were blurry.

"Go to bed and sleep when you are sleepy, I will arrange it myself."

Zhao Qingze saw how Ruyi couldn't open her eyes but insisted on standing up and flirting with him, so he quickly supported her to stop her.

Ruyi shook her head, patted herself on the face, finally regained consciousness, smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm already awake."

Zhao Qingze shook his head helplessly, not only Ruyi was helpless to Zhao Qingze, but if Ruyi insisted on some things, Zhao Qingze would also be very helpless to her.

The food in the dining room has always been prepared. Here, Zhao Qingze brought it up immediately after entering the room. Ruyi didn't eat much for dinner, so he also used some with Zhao Qingze. After eating, the two of them were served to freshen up After finishing, they didn't fall asleep right away, Ruyi and Zhao Qingze lay on the bedside and talked for a while.

And it was the two news that Zhao Qingze inadvertently said during the conversation, which made Ruyi completely sleepless, and even couldn't sleep all night

(End of this chapter)